XIV. Limited Overseas Activities

Many other agencies of the Government are engaged in programs which involve overseas economic operations of a less general nature. A few of the most important are listed below:

Atomic Energy Commission

The Atomic Energy Commission, as a result of its purchases of ores and commodities overseas, engages in economic operations abroad, and maintains some personnel in key locations overseas. The details of its overseas economic operations are classified information.

The Central Intelligence Agency

While engaged in securing, correlating and disseminating national security intelligence and performing certain common intelligence services, the CIA does engage in operations abroad which undoubtedly involve economic considerations. These activities are classified information.

The American Battle Monuments Commission

This group erects and maintains national cemeteries and memorials in Europe and elsewhere outside the United States. It has been engaged in an overseas construction program of some magnitude.

The Veterans Administration

The Veterans Administration fulfills its obligations to United States ex-servicemen when they are overseas, as it does to those in the country. In the Philippines, for instance, it is an activity of some size.

Department of Justice

While not generally involved in either economic or overseas matters, the Department of Justice does have some specific responsibilities overseas which are of an economic nature. These chiefly involve the Office of Alien Property which exercises the functions of the Attorney General in vesting or controlling foreign-owned property, the func

tions formerly exercised by Treasury relating to World War II Foreign Funds Control, and certain funds relating to the settlement of intercustodial disputes concerning vested enemy property.

These functions do not overlap or duplicate any performed by other agencies of the Government.

Post Office Department

The Post Office Department has certain responsibilities in connection with the overseas transportation of mail, membership in the international postal union, and negotiation of postal treaties with foreign governments.

None of these activities, however, are of major economic consequence, and, are not duplicated in other agencies of the Government.

XV. Miscellaneous Independent Agencies

While not directly engaging in overseas economic operations, a number of other independent agencies of the Government provide assistance, advice, and technical support, on a reimbursable basis, to FOA in connection with the Foreign Aid program. These include: The Federal Communications Commission.-Reimbursed $39,000 for 7 positions in connection with the training of foreign nationals. The Housing and Home Finance Agency.-Reimbursed $66,900 for 8 positions for training services, technical consultation and support in providing training for foreign nationals in appropriate fields.

XVI. General Functions

A great many of the agencies of the United States Government also have responsibilities in connection with interagency or interdepartmental boards, commissions or organizations which have an effect on foreign aid or other overseas economic operations such as the Trade Agreement Committee, the National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems. In addition, there are 72 multilateral international organizations, such as UN and OAS, in which the United States participates with varying responsibilities exercised by many United States agencies.

Participation in these groups is an important activity of the various United States Government agencies and while they are vital in the development of Government-wide policy, or international objectives, their participation does not generally involve administration or operation of foreign aid programs and thus these groups are not detailed here.