high potential for economic development. The policy gives "paramount importance" to population control measures and the promotion of contraception among 13 populous countries to control rapid population growth which the US deems inimical to the socio-political and economic growth of these countries and to the national interests of the United States since the "U.S. economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad" and the countries can produce destabilizing opposition forces against the US. In summary, the NSSM200 provides four main observations: Population growth of foreign nations provides more geopolitical power and possible opposition to US interests The United States relies on countries being underdeveloped in order to easily obtain natural resources High birth rates result with more younger individuals who oppose established governments American businesses are vulnerable to interference by foreign governments that are required to provide for growing populations It recommends that US leadership "influence national leaders" and that "improved world-wide support for population-related efforts should be sought through increased emphasis on mass media and other population education and motivation programs by the UN, USIA, and USAID." Named countries Thirteen countries are named in the report as particularly problematic with respect to US security interests: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Turkey, Nigeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mexico, Colombia, and Brazil. The countries are projected to create 47 percent of all world population growth. It also raises the question of whether the US should consider preferential allocation of surplus food supplies to states deemed constructive in use of population control measures. General oversight The paper takes a look at worldwide demographic population trends as projected in 1974. It is well divided into two major sections: an analytical section and policy recommendations. The policy recommendations is divided into two sections. A US population strategy and action to create conditions for fertility decline. A major concern reiterated in the paper concerns the effect of population on starvation and famine. "Growing populations will have a serious impact on the need for food especially in the poorest, fastest growing LDCs.[least developed countries] While under normal weather conditions and assuming food production growth in line with recent trends, total world agricultural production could expand faster than population, there will nevertheless be serious problems in food distribution and financing, making shortages, even at today's poor nutrition levels, probable in many of the larger more populous LDC regions. Even today 10 to 20 million