1st Session PLANNING-PROGRAMMING-BUDGETING PPBS AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS MEMORANDUM PREPARED AT THE REQUEST OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY AND (Pursuant to S. Res. 54, 90th Cong.) OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations 42-649 O 70-8 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1968 INTRODUCTORY NOTE The subcommittee is pleased to include this memorandum by Dr. Thomas C. Schelling in the record of its study on planning-programming-budgeting in the national security departments and agencies. We requested Dr. Schelling to prepare a statement covering the main points on PPBS in relation to foreign affairs which he thought we should consider and reflect upon in the course of our inquiry, and he has responded with this thoughtful contribution. Dr. Schelling is Professor of Economics and Member of the Faculty of Public Administration at Harvard University. Student of foreign policy in the nuclear age and author of Arms and Influence (1966), he serves as consultant to the Departments of State and Defense and to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. HENRY M. JACKSON, Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security JANUARY 5, 1968. 109 |