NATIONAL SECURITY STUDY MEMORANDUM 200 (NSSM 200)

by Henry Kissinger
April 24, 1974

Table of Contents:

• Cover letter; Cover Page; Executive Summary
• PART ONE. ANALYTICAL SECTION
  • CHAPTER I - WORLD DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS
  • CHAPTER II - POPULATION AND WORLD FOOD SUPPLIES
  • CHAPTER III - MINERALS AND FUEL
  • CHAPTER IV - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND POPULATION GROWTH
  • CHAPTER V - IMPLICATIONS OF POPULATION PRESSURES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
  • CHAPTER VI - WORLD POPULATION CONFERENCE
• PART TWO POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
  • CHAPTER 1. Introduction - A U.S. Global Population Strategy
    • A. Basic Global Strategy
    • B. Key Country priorities in U.S. and Multilateral Population Assistance
    • C. Instruments and Modalities for Population Assistance
    • D. Provision and Development of Family Planning Services, Information and Technology
    • E. Creating Conditions Conducive to Fertility Decline
    • F. Development of World-Wide Political and Popular Commitment to Population Stabilization and Its Associated Improvement of Individual Quality of Life.
    • An Alternative View (move this up)
    • Conclusion
  • CHAPTER II. Action to Create Conditions for Fertility Decline: Population and a Development Assistance Strategy
    • A.  General Strategy and Resource Allocations for AID Assistance
      • 1. Past Program Actions
      • 2. Geographic Priorities in U.S. Population Assistance
      • 3. Mode and Content of U.S. Population Assistance
      • 4. Resource Allocations for U.S. Population Assistance
      • Recommendations
    • B.  Functional Assistance Programs to Create Conditions for Fertility Decline
      • Introduction
      • 1.  Providing Minimal Levels of Education, Especially for Women
      • 2.  Reducing Infant and Child Mortality
      • 3.  Expanding Wage Employment Opportunities, Especially for Women
      • 4.  Developing Alternatives to the Social Security Role Provided By Children to Aging Parents
      • 5.  Pursuing Development Strategies that Skew Income Growth Toward the Poor, Especially Rural Development Focussing on Rural Poverty
      • 6.  Concentration on Education and Indoctrination of The Rising Generation of Children Regarding the Desirability of Smaller Family Size
      • General Recommendation for UN Agencies
    • C.  Food for Peace Program and Population
  • CHAPTER III. International Organizations and other Multilateral Population Programs
    • A.  UN Organization and Specialized Agencies
    • B.  Encouraging Private Organizations
  • CHAPTER IV. Provision and Development of Family Planning Services, Information and Technology
    • A.  Research to Improve Fertility Control Technology
    • B.  Development of Low-cost Delivery Systems
      • Abortion
    • C.  Utilization of Mass Media and Satellite Communications Systems for Family Planning
  • CHAPTER V. Action to Develop World-Wide Political and Popular Commitment to Population Stability
    • Recommendations:
      • 1. Executive Branch
      • 2. World Population Conference
      • 3. Department of State
      • 4. A.I.D.
      • 5. USIA