from higher authority and subject to established policies and programs of the United States. Only the President and the Secretary of State shall communicate instructions directly to the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission.

(d) No Chief of United States Diplomatic Mission shall delegate any function conferred upon him by the provisions of this part which directly involves the exercise of direction, coordination, or authority.

SEC. 202. Referral of unresolved matters. The Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission in each country shall initiate steps to reconcile any divergent views arising between representatives of United States agencies in the country concerned with respect to programs referred to in the introductory portion of section 201 (b) of this order. If agreement cannot be reached the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission shall recommend a course of action, and such course of action shall be followed unless a representative of a United States agency requests that the issue be referred to the Secretary of State and the United States agencies concerned for decision. If such a request is made, the parties concerned shall promptly refer the issue for resolution prior to taking action at the country level.

SEC. 203. Further coordination procedures and relationships. (a) All representatives of United States agencies in each country shall be subject to the responsibilities imposed upon the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission in such country by section 523 (b) of the Act and by this part.

(b) Subject to compliance with the provisions of this part and with the prescribed procedures of their respective agencies, all representatives of United States agencies affected by this part (1) shall have direct communication with their respective agencies and with such other parties and in such manner as may be authorized by their respective agencies, (2) shall keep the respective Chiefs of United States Diplomatic Missions and each other fully and currently informed on all matters, including prospective plans, recommendations, and actions, relating to the programs referred to in the introductory portion of section 201 (b) of this order, and (3) shall furnish to the respective Chiefs of United States Diplomatic Missions, upon their request, documents and information concerning the said programs.

PART III. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. Definition. As used in this order, the word "functions" embraces duties, powers, responsibilities, authority, and discretion. SEC. 302. Prior orders. (a) This order supersedes Executive Order No. 10476 of August 1, 1953 (18 F. R. 4537).

(b) The reference in section 3 (c) of Executive Order No. 10560of September 9, 1954 (19 F. R. 5927), to Part III of Executive Order No. 10476 shall after the date of this order be deemed to be a reference to Part II of this order.

(c) Except to the extent inconsistent with law or with this order, and except as revoked, superseded, or otherwise made inapplicable before the time of issuance of this order, (1) all determinations, authorizations, regulations, rulings, certificates, orders, directives, contracts, agreements, and other actions issued, undertaken or entered into with respect to any function affected by this order shall continue

priate authority, (2) each reference in any Executive order to any provision of law repealed by the Mutual Security Act of 1954 shall be deemed also to refer to the corresponding provision, if any, of the Mutual Security Act of 1954.12

SEC. 303. Effective date. Without prejudice to anything done under proper authority with respect to any function under the Act at any time subsequent to the approval of the Act and prior to the approval of this order, the effective date of this order shall be deemed to be the date of the approval of the Act.

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 6, 1954.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

12 Sec. 2 of Executive Order No. 10625 provides as follows: "Except in respect of any provision which has been revoked, superseded, or otherwise rendered inapplicable, and except as may be otherwise inappropriate, any reference in any provision of any prior Executive Order to the Mutual Security Act of 1954 shall be deemed to include a reference to the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended."

13. Executive Order No. 10610

Text of Executive Order No. 10610, May 9, 1955, 20 F. R. 3179, as amended by Executive Order No. 10663, March 24, 1956, 21 F. R. 1845

ADMINISTRATION OF MUTUAL SECURITY AND RELATED FUNCTIONS

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Mutual Security Act of 1954, including particularly sections 521 and 525 thereof (68 Stat. 855, 856), and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

PART I. DEPARTMENT OF STATE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

ADMINISTRATION

SEC. 101. Exclusive of the functions transferred by the provisions of section 201 of this order, all functions conferred by law upon, or delegated or otherwise assigned by the President to, the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration, and all functions conferred by law upon, or otherwise placed under the jurisdiction of, the Foreign Operations Administration (including, subject to the provisions of sections 102 (b) and (c) of this order, all functions of agencies, officials, and employees of the Foreign Operations Administration), are hereby transferred to the Secretary of State and the Department of State, respectively.

SEC. 102. The following are hereby transferred to the Department of State:

(a) All offices of the Foreign Operations Administration, exclusive of the office of Director of the Foreign Operations Administration. (b) The Institute of Inter-American Affairs and the functions vested in it by law, which functions shall remain therewith.

(c) The International Development Advisory Board (68 Stat. 842) and the functions vested in it by law, which functions shall remain therewith.

(d) The Office of Small Business, provided for in section 504 (b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 851), and in section 101 (d) of Executive Order No. 10575 of November 6, 1954 (19 F. R. 7251).

SEC. 103. (a) The Secretary of State shall establish, with the offices, personnel, and facilities transferred to the Department of State by or under sections 102 (a) and 302 of this order, an agency in the Department of State which shall be known as the International Cooperation Administration. The agencies transferred by sections 102 (b), (c), and (d) of this order shall be made a part of or attached to the International Cooperation Administration. The International Cooperation Administration shall be headed by the Director of the International Cooperation Administration referred to in the first sentence of section 103 (b) of this order. The said Director shall report directly to the Secretary of State. Except as may be otherwise pro

vided by the Secretary of State in respect to the matters referred to in section 104 of this order, the functions transferred by section 101 hereof shall be carried out by or under the International Cooperation Administration or the Director thereof. The said Administration, including all its officers and agencies, and all functions transferred by this Part shall be subject to the direction and control of the Secretary of State. To such extent as the Secretary of State shall prescribe, consistent with law and without diminishing assignments made or required to be made by this order to the International Cooperation Administraton or the Director thereof, the said Administration and Director shall be deemed to be the successors of the Foreign Operations Administration and the Director thereof, respectively, in respect of transfers to the Department of State and the Secretary of State made by this order.

(b) The title of Deputy Director of the Foreign Operations Administration is hereby changed to Director of the International Cooperation Administration. The Director of the International Cooperation Administration may, as he deems proper, change the title of and utilize in connection with the functions transferred by this order any other office of the Foreign Operations Administration transferred hereby.

SEC. 104. (a) The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall make appropriate arrangements for carrying out the function of coordination referred to in section 102 (c) (1) of Executive Order No. 10575 of November 6, 1954.

(b) The Secretary of State or, if he shall so direct, the Director of the International Cooperation Administration shall (1) carry out the functions under the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 transferred by section 101 of this order, (2) carry out the functions under section 501 (a) (2) of the Mutual Security Act of 19511 (as continued by section 525 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954), (3) make the determinations authorized by the last sentence of section 524 (b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, and (4) coordinate the functions of the International Cooperation Administration and other affairs of the Department of State.

(1) The Secretary of State may carry out the functions now financed pursuant to section 405 (d) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, through any officer or agency of the Department of State.3

PART II. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

SEC. 201. So much of the functions under chapter 2 of Title I of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 now vested in or delegated to or otherwise conferred upon the Director of the Foreign Operations Adminis

1 That section provides:

"SEC. 501. (a) In order that the programs of military, economic, and technical assistance authorized by this Act may be administered as parts of a unified program in accordance with the intent of Congress and to fix responsibility for the coordina tion and supervision of these programs in a single person, the President is authorized to appoint in the Executive Office of the President a Director for Mutual Security. The Director, on behalf of the President and subject to his direction, shall have primary responsibility for

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(2) preparation and presentation to the Congress of such programs of foreign military, economic, and technical assistance as may be required in the interests of the security of the United States ;".

2 Subsec. (c) was added by sec. 1 of Executive Order No. 10663.

8 See sec. 3 of Executive Order 10663.

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tration or the Foreign Operations Administration as consists of furnishing to recipients eligible under that chapter, equipment, materials, or services which are delivered or rendered directly to the military forces of the recipient country or its agent (including a civilian contractor with such force) for the exclusive use, or to be under the exclusive control, of such military forces and without entering into or being processed by the civilian economy of the recipient country except as above provided is hereby transferred to the Secretary of Defense and the Department of Defense, respectively.

SEC. 202. The determination of the value of the program for any country under so much of chapter 2 of Title I of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 as pertains to the functions transferred by section 201 of this order shall be made by the Secretary of State.

PART III. GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. As used in this order, the term "functions" includes powers, duties, authority, responsibilities, and discretion.

SEC. 302. So much of the records, property, personnel, positions, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Foreign Operations Administration as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine shall be transferred to the Department of Defense. There are hereby transferred to the Department of State all other records, property, personnel, positions, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Foreign Operations Administration (including those of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, the International Development Advisory Board, and the Office of Small Business, which shall be transferred with those agencies, respectively). Such further measures and dispositions as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget may deem necessary in order to effectuate the transfers provided for in this section. shall be carried out in such manner as he shall direct and by such agencies as he shall designate.

SEC. 303. (a) The Foreign Operations Administration, including the office of Director of the Foreign Operations Administration but excluding all other offices of, and all agencies and positions of, the Foreign Operations Administration, and excluding also all functions transferred by the provisions of this order, is hereby abolished.

(b) The memberships of the Director of the Foreign Operations Administration on the following bodies, together with the functions of the said Director in his capacity as member of each thereof, are hereby abolished: (1) The National Security Council, (2) the Operations Coordinating Board, (3) the Council on Foreign Economic Policy, (4) the Interagency Committee on Agricultural Surplus Disposal, (5) the Defense Mobilization Board, and (6) the Interdepartmental Committee on Trade Agreements: Provided, That the Director of the International Cooperation Administration or his designated representative shall participate in the deliberations, and assist in connection with the affairs, of the bodies mentioned in items (2) to (6), inclusive, above, and of the Committee for Reciprocity Information.

SEC. 304. Nothing in this order shall be construed to derogate from the authority of the President, after the date of approval of this