Memorandum for All Holders of Ssdsg Study of US Overseas Base Requirements in the 1970's (SSDSG Base Study)

Furnas, Howard (1969-06-24). Memorandum for All Holders of Ssdsg Study of US Overseas Base Requirements in the 1970's (SSDSG Base Study). Department of State.

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Abstract: Memo dealing with the Study of U.S. Overseas Base Requirements in the 1970's, including comments on the TTPI.

The Special State-Defense Study Group study on "A Study of US Overseas Base Requirements in the 1970s" provides a comprehensive overview of the world environment in the 1970s. While it does not set forth a definitive worldwide base structure with detailed force level and budgetary considerations, it does provide data on US overseas bases and the military, political, economic, and technological factors involved. The study should be of value as a reference document for related study actions and as a point of departure for further detailed studies on basing systems.

"...7. (S) Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI). While the study refers, in several places,to the strategic importance of the TTPI (particularly if Okinawa or other offshore islands are lost as forward bases) and assumes the continued availability of the Trust Territory as a basing area, insufficient attention has been given to both the domestic US and international political steps which must be undertaken in order to secure a permanent relationship between the United States and the TTPI."