A Study Of American Public Diplomacy In 1973-1976

American public diplomacy is an important part of its global strategy.In order to cope with the cold war's propaganda needs of the United States,the United States passed the “National Security Act”,establishing the Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S.Department of information,which constructs the early stages of the United States' public diplomacy in the period of cold war.Since the beginning of the 1960 s,the United States and the Soviet Union went into the relaxation period of the Cold War.Thus,during the period of 1973-1976,a series of adjustments and reforms were carried out in organization of implementation agencies and management of coordination system.First of all,after intense discussion "Stanton report",United States information agency's functions have been redefined,and its internal institutions and government agencies have been restructured;the focus of the news department has shifted from focusing on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to the world,and with the third world.Secondly,establishing the Organization Committee for the implementation of United States' foreign policy supervise the implementation of public diplomacy in the United States,which improves its coordination mechanism?Finally,United States' public diplomacy of the of Europe and Southeast asia has been promote through the legislations like "Helsinki","Indochina the final document of the immigration and Refugee Assistance Act" and "Indochina refugee children aid law".During the period of 1973-1976,the adjustment of American public diplomacy policy was constrained by the international pattern of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union,The rapid development of information technology and the strengthening of international norms promoted the transformation of American public diplomacy.At the regional level,with the rise of economy and foreign independent tendencies in Western Europe and Japan,and with the rise of the third world and the advance of the globalization of world economy,the public diplomacy of the United States began to expand from the east to the world.From the domestic point of view,the development of the popularization of mass media and modern mass politics,the declining impact of the Mccarthy doctrine,The interaction between the executive branch of the president and the legislature of the Congress,the interest groups and other factors all Promote the reform and improvement of American public diplomacy organization.During the period of 1973-1976,the adjustment of American public diplomacypolicy complied with the changes of the international cold war situation,improving the efficiency and the supervision mechanism as well as promoting the national soft power of the United States.However,in the process of implementation,there are still not enough attention to the competent authorities and the official and civilian resources are imbalance,meanwhile,it is difficult to effectively assess the objective and other issues.Generally speaking,as one of the countries that are more mature in the use of public diplomacy,the United States has a certain enlightenment to the construction of China's public diplomacy.