Treasury balance..

Current receivables, net..
Selected assets: 1
Inventories...

Fixed assets, net.

Total assets..

Current liabilities.....

Government equity:
Non-interest-bearing capital:

17,563 17,705 15,620 3,936 3,240 3,240

5,067 5,802 410,109

439,001

436,675

465,748

11,913 12,834

651,750 34,820 725

687,295

1964 1965 actual estimate

23,846 26,605

5,349 468,864

493,073

13,400

735,138 782,963 841,616 -262,533-282,224-303,290-325, 199

452,914 479,673 516,417

31,491 19,806 28,119 28,119

687,295 735,138 782,963 46,860 47,825 58,653 983

32,558 28,119

37,830

39,735

39,129 38,979 982 1,051 1,337 1,850 2,380,054 2,469,355 2,547,415 2,636,921

2,469,317 2,569,145 2,635,656 2,739,183 58,658 52,011 43,273 62,255 611 616 616 616 145,000 180,000

220,000 295,000

50,000

50,000 85,000 95,000 35,000 10,000 -25,000 50,000 85,000 95,000 70,000

616,375 634,352 642,752 655,254

81,719 73,214 85,769 77,652 465,074 419,385 353,883 305,770 2,273,255 2,328,919 2,367,115 2,382,890

2,820,048 2,821,518 2,806,767 2,766,312 -555,000-485,000-435,000-385,000

41.0 Grants, subsidies, and contributions. 42.0 Insurance claims and indemnities. 43.0 Interest and dividends.....

1965 1966 estimate estimate

4,638 4,359 5,014 3,473 1,101 444,803 474,213

1,707 509,696

452,914 479,673

516,417

1964 actual

36,136

87,373 91,784 37,649 515 4,461

3,795

131,715

13,953

2,198

129,998

13,070

1965 1966 estimate estimate

92,820 35,474

3,796

132,090

14,442

2,043

2,343

24,431

21,338

2,830 134 7,606 112,293

24,418 6,364 9,987 146 139 11,662 12,511 109,710 119,095 42,507 36,945 46,365 11,265 12,744 8,213 9,048 120 82 8,653 10,960

17,988 10,247 79 12,250 363,163 366,865 401,954 27.137 12,691 -6,848 356,026 379,556 395,106

1. Program operation.-The Agency is charged with the formulation and implementation of U.S. arms control and disarmament policy. The Director advises the Secretary of State and the President on arms control and disarmament policy and its implementation, conducts negotiations with other countries looking toward international agreements to control, reduce, or eliminate arms, and will direct U.S. participation in such control systems as may be adopted.

The Agency was created on September 26, 1961, under authority of Public Law 87-297. Previously this work had been conducted by the Department of State.

2. Contract research.-Contracts or grants will be entered into with private or public institutions for the conduct of research, development, and studies in the field of arms control and disarmament.

13

21

24

40

persons.

Identification code 30-44-0900-0-1-910

Program by activities:

10 Studies (costs-obligations)

Financing:

Receipts and reimbursements from trust fund accounts (see narrative statement). Unobligated balance available, start of year. Unobligated balance available, end of year.

1,541

54

711

New obligational authority (appropriation).

14

། =

2,319

129

3

31

3,446

731

5

6,775

600

7,375

166

5

161

9.1 $9,196

$20,667

$18,187

1964

actual

[UNITED STATES-PUERTO RICO COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF PUERTO RICO]

242

2,785

141

165

7

-121

129

[SALARIES AND EXPENSES]

[For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of Public Law 88-271, approved February 20, 1964, $250,000, to remain available until June 30, 1966.] (Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965.)

Program and Financing (in thousands of dollars)

250

8,212

915

40

12,272

$26,583 $26,583

$21,288 $21,288

184

178

9.1

$9,881

2

5

1966 estimate

258

-129 -129

This Commission is composed of a Chairman appointed by the President and 12 members-6 each from the United States and Puerto Rico. It is to study all factors, including but not limited to existing laws, treaties, constitutions and agreements, which may have a bearing on the present and future relationships between the United States and Puerto Rico, and make a report thereon to the President, the Congress, the Governor of Puerto Rico and the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. The Commission will make its report by January 1966. Public Law 88-271 (78 Stat. 17), which created the Commission, provided for equal sharing of the expenses with Puerto Rico.

Object Classification (in thousands of dollars)

Personnel compensation..

12.0 Personnel benefits..

21.0 Travel and transportation of persons.

23.0 Rent, communications, and utilities.

24.0 Printing and reproduction...

25.1 Other services

25.2 Services of other agencies.

26.0 Supplies and materials.. 31.0 Equipment...--

1964 actual

Total number of permanent positions.. Full-time equivalent of other positions. Average number of all employees.. Average GS grade..

Average GS salary.

1964 actual

1965 1966 estimate estimate

242 -121

121

-6

115

258 -129

90

10

6

3

1

5

1

121

242

129 6

10

8

15

9.5 $9,499

135

61

104
20

1

186

93

5

7

5

8

7

3

129

93

4

7

5

9

7

3

1

129

258

10

11

17

9.5

$9,748

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

General and special funds:

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (75 Stat. 527), and the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), to carry out international information activities, including employment, without regard to the civil service and classification laws, of (1) persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $20,000), (2) aliens within the United States, and (3) aliens abroad for service in the United States relating to the translation or narration of colloquial speech in foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated for such employment in accordance with procedures established by the [Secretary of State] Director of the Agency and the Attorney General); travel expenses of aliens employed abroad for service in the United States and their dependents to and from the United States; salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801-1158); entertainment within the United States not to exceed $500; hire of passenger motor vehicles; insurance on official motor vehicles in foreign countries; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise in foreign countries; advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; dues for library membership in organizations which issue publications to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; employment of aliens, by contract, for service abroad; purchase of ice and drinking water abroad; payment of excise taxes on negotiable instruments abroad; purchase of uniforms for not to exceed six guards; actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of persons, not United States Government employees, who may die away from their homes while participating in activities authorized under this appropriation; radio activities and acquisition and production of motion pictures and visual materials and purchase or rental of technical equipment and facilities therefor, narration, script-writing, translation, and engineering services, by contract or otherwise; maintenance, improvement, and repair of properties used for information activities in foreign countries; fuel and utilities for Government-owned or leased property abroad; rental or lease for periods not exceeding five years of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for officers and employees engaged in informational activities abroad; travel expenses for employees attending official international conferences, without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and to the rates of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Travel Expense Act of 1949, but at rates not in excess of comparable allowances approved for such conferences by the Secretary of State; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign governments, schools, or organizations; [$137,800,000 $141,111,000, of which not less than $11,000,000 shall be used for payments in foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That not to exceed [$110,000 $120,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for expenses in connection with travel of personnel outside the continental United States, including travel of dependents and transportation of personal effects, household goods, or automobiles of such personnel, when any part of such travel or transportation begins in the current fiscal year pursuant to travel orders issued in that year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel or transportation may not be completed during the current year: Provided further, That passenger motor vehicles used abroad exclusively for the purposes of this appropriation may be exchanged or sold, pursuant to section 201(c) of the Act of June 30, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(c)), and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance of each such replacement, except buses and station wagons, shall not exceed $1,500: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), the United States Information Agency is authorized, in making contracts for the use of international short-wave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY-Con. General and special funds—Continued

SALARIES AND EXPENSES-Continued

the purpose against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities: Provided further, That existing appointments and assignments to the Foreign Service Reserve for the purposes of foreign information and educational activities which expire during the current fiscal year may be extended for a period of one year in addition to the period of appointment or assignment otherwise authorized. (Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1965.)

2. Media services.-These services provide support for overseas country programs.

(a) Press and publications service maintains communications facilities for the transmission of editorial and feature materials for adaptation by oversea missions. It produces two monthly magazines titled "America Illustrated," one for distribution in the Soviet Union and the other in Poland; and one Arabic language magazine, "Life in America," sold on newsstands throughout the Arab world. A new monthly magazine for the African area, in French and English editions, is planned for 1966. The service also operates three regional printing centers and provides oversea missions with printing supplies and equipment. (b) Motion picture service produces and acquires films which are then translated into as many as 58 foreign languages. It adapts films for specific country or area use, and directs the foreign production, use, and distribution of films. Increased production of high-quality films is planned in 1966. The service also supplies the missions with mobile film units and equipment for showing motion pictures.

(c) Information center service supports U.S.-operated libraries and reading rooms, and binational centers, providing them with collections of American publications, both in English and in translations, and with English language teaching materials. It assists American publishers in distributing selected products overseas and supports the publication of low-priced books for sale abroad. The service also provides exhibits and visual materials to overperiodicals for presentation to selected individuals and seas missions for local display, and provides books and groups.

(d) Broadcasting service in 1966 will produce radio broadcasts in English and in 37 foreign languages, with