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Parenthood Federation, The International Women's Health Coalition, The Center for
Reproductive Rights, The International Society of Abortion Doctors, Inter- American
Parliamentary Group on Population and Development and many others.
National Security Study Memorandum 200
The real reason for the elites concern over population growth is contained in a secret
1974 report entitled National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM 200). The subtitle of the
report was
“Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas
Interests.” The report was written by Henry Kissinger and remained classified until 1989.
According to John Henry Westen, writing in his newsletter The Interim, “The Memorandum
(NSSM 200) became the official guide to U.S. foreign policy on Nov. 26, 1975 and has not been
replaced since.”
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NSSM 200 reveals that the primary concern about population growth had to
do with U.S. economic and security interests.
The U.S. is dependent on the importation of many natural resources and is the biggest per
capita consumer of natural resources in the world. These natural resources include minerals, oil
and now even food. NSSM 200 stresses that the military and economic welfare of the U.S. is
dependent on a continued uninterrupted supply of these natural resources from many different
third world countries. According to the report, growing third world populations could lead to
wars, political unrest and/or regime changes and these could restrict the ability to expanded
output or even maintain the flows of such natural resources. Further, an expanding world
population would hasten the depletion of the world’s natural resource, which the U.S. is
dependent on. Hence, the report concluded that it was in the best interest of the U.S. to engage in
measures to control the earth’s population. It stated: “The conclusion of this view is that
mandatory programs may be needed and that we should be considering these possibilities now.”
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NSSM 200 points out that earlier in 1974 the U.S. had attended the World Population
Conference in Bucharest and had significantly contributed to the draft World Population Plan of
Action (WPPA) prior to the conference. The U.S. had contributed population control goals to the
WPPA. These included specific targets for reductions in population growth within specific time
frames:
From the standpoint of policy and program, the focal point of the World
Population Conference (WPC) at Bucharest, Romania, in August 1974, was the
World Population Plan of Action (WPPA). The U.S. had contributed many
substantive points to the draft Plan. We had particularly emphasized the
incorporation of population factors in national planning of developing countries'
population programs for assuring the availability of means of family planning to
persons of reproductive age, voluntary but specific goals for the reduction of
population growth and time frames for action.
As the WPPA reached the WPC it was organized as a demographic document. It also
related population factors to family welfare, social and economic development, and fertility
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