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COMMUNITY

this passage — the U.S. will con-
tinue to “repeatedly assert” that it
is concerned with individual rights
and the welfare of the country while
flooding it with contraception, ster-
ilization and abortion, whether the
people and the nation want them or
not.

So — if the United States govern-
ment cannot directly impose pop-
the mineral resources the United accused of racism and imperial- ulation control measures on poor
States covets. NSSM-200 specif- ism. This means that, through the
ically targets thirteen nations for implementation of its population nations, who can?
special population control attention: control programs, the United States
India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, must hide its tracks and disguise its 4. Finding funding
Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, the Phil- programs as altruistic.
ippines, Thailand, Egypt, Turkey, There are two groups that will im-
Ethiopia and Colombia. NSSM-200 recognizes that the U.S. plement these programs.

must act by proxy: First, the United States must de-
2. Choosing weapons
against the threat There is also the danger that some velop a commitment to population
The second step is to identify the LDC leaders will see developed control among key LDC leaders,
“weapons” that the United States country pressures for family plan- while bypassing the desires of their
people. NSSM-200 says that “The
government will use to neutralize ning as a form of economic or racial U.S. should encourage LDC lead-
the threat. NSSM-200 identifies imperialism; this could well create a
four tools that can be used to slow serious backlash.…The U.S. can help ers to take the lead in advancing
the growth of a nation, with particu- to minimize charges of an imperial- family planning and population
lar emphasis on its young popula- ist motivation behind its support of stabilization both within multilateral
organizations and through bilateral
tion. These are: population activities by repeatedly contacts with other LDCs.”
asserting that such support derives The program is usually implement-
• The legalization of abortion from a concern with
• Financial incentives for coun- (a) The right of the individual ed through the target nation’s health
tries to increase their abortion, couple to determine freely and ministry, with assistance from the
state-controlled media.
sterilization and contracep- responsibly the number and spacing
tion-use rates of children and to have information,
• Indoctrination of children education, and means to do so; and Concurrent with this effort is enlist-
through sex education and (b) The fundamental social and ing the aid of as many multilateral
propaganda economic development of poor population control organizations as
• Mandatory population control countries in which rapid population possible in order to deflect criticism
and charges of imperialism: “The
and coercion of other forms, growth is both a contributing cause
such as withholding disaster and a consequence of widespread U.S. will look to the multilateral
and food aid unless an LDC poverty. agencies, especially the U.N. Fund
implements population control for Population Activities, which
already has projects in over 80
programs. Note very carefully the language of countries to increase population

3. Assigning the dirty work
Now that the threat and the tools
to suppress it have been identified,
the third step is to determine who
is going to do the actual dirty work.
The United States cannot do the
groundwork itself, or it will be justly

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