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U.S. INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
ORGANIZATION
CABINET COMMITTEE FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
On September 7, 1971 the President established the Cabinet Com- mittee for International Narcotics Control to coordinate anti-narcotics activities.
The Cabinet Committee is responsible for the "formulation and co- ordination of all policies of the Federal Government relating to the goal of curtailing and eventually eliminating the flow of illegal nar- cotics and dangerous drugs into the United States."
Because the cooperation of foreign governments is absolutely essen- tial if these objectives are to be achieved the Secretary of State was designated Chairman of the Cabinet Committee. Its members include the Attorney General; the Secretaries of Defense, Treasury, Agricul- ture, the Permanent United States Representative to the United Nations; the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and such others as may be deemed necessary by the Secretary of State.
The Executive Director of the Cabinet Committee is a Special Assistant to the President.
The Committee is supported by a Working Group composed of personnel from each of the Departments and Agencies represented on the Cabinet Committee, the National Security Council, and the Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention. The Chairman of the Work- ing Group is also the Executive Director of the Cabinet Committee. The Working Group has seven functional subcommittees Law En- forcement, Intelligence, Public Information, Diplomacy and Foreign Aid, Congressional Relations, Rehabilitation and Treatment, and Research and Development.
Under the Working Group is a Coordinating Subcommittee which is a staff level group responsible for coordinating interagency narcotics control actions within five geographic regions. This group which de- velops policy recommendations and monitors implementation is also chaired by a White House Official who is responsible to the Chairman of the Working Group. The following chart shows the organizational structure of the Cabinet Committee.
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