“The Department of State released today Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, volume II, Organization and Management of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1969–1972. The volume examines the efforts undertaken by the administration of President Richard Nixon to thoroughly reorganize the foreign policy decision-making process during Nixon’s first term. Particular attention is paid to the structure, operation, and problems of the new National Security Council (NSC) system created by the Nixon administration during its first year, as well as to attempts to revamp the operations and management of the U.S. intelligence community. Shorter chapters are devoted to the management of the Department of State, the organization of foreign economic policy, and the Nixon administration’s conflict with Congress over war powers legislation…The volume and this press release are available at the Office of the Historian website…”