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The '''RAND Corporation''', according to the corporate web site, is a "nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis."
 
The '''RAND Corporation''', according to the corporate web site, is a "nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis."
  
:"Covert foreign policy became the standard mode of operation after World War II, which was also when [[Ford Foundation]] became a major player for the first time. The institute most involved in classified research was Rand Corporation, set up by the [[Air Force]] in 1948. The interlocks between the trustees at Rand, and the Ford, [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]], and [[Carnegie Corporation|Carnegie Foundation]]s were so numerous that the [[Reece Committee]] listed them in its report (two each for Carnegie and Rockefeller, and three for Ford). Ford gave one million dollars to Rand in 1952 alone, at a time when the chairman of Rand was simultaneously the president of Ford Foundation."[Rene Wormser, Foundations: Their Power and Influence, p65-66 (Sevierville TN: Covenant House Books, 1993), 412 pages. First published in 1958 by Devin-Adair in New York, and reprinted in 1977 by Angriff Press.]<ref>[http://www.namebase.org/news15.html Philanthropists at War by Daniel Brandt; From NameBase NewsLine, No. 15, October-December 1996]</ref>
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:"Covert foreign policy became the standard mode of operation after World War II, which was also when [[Ford Foundation]] became a major player for the first time. The institute most involved in classified research was Rand Corporation, set up by the [[Air Force]] in 1948. The interlocks between the trustees at Rand, and the Ford, [[Rockefeller Foundation|Rockefeller]], and [[Carnegie Corporation|Carnegie Foundation]]s were so numerous that the [[Reece Committee]] listed them in its report (two each for Carnegie and Rockefeller, and three for Ford). Ford gave one million dollars to Rand in 1952 alone, at a time when the chairman of Rand was simultaneously the president of Ford Foundation."<ref>[Rene Wormser, Foundations: Their Power and Influence, p65-66 (Sevierville TN: Covenant House Books, 1993), 412 pages. First published in 1958 by Devin-Adair in New York, and reprinted in 1977 by Angriff Press.], [http://www.namebase.org/news15.html Philanthropists at War] by Daniel Brandt; From NameBase NewsLine, No. 15, October-December 1996</ref>
  
 
:"Two-thirds of Rand's research involves national security issues. This is divided into Project Air Force, the Arroyo Center (serving the needs of the Army), and the National Defense Research Institute (providing research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the defense agencies). The other third of Rand's research is devoted to issues involving health, education, civil and criminal justice, labor and population studies, and international economics." 1994 Annual Report<ref>[http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01/XQ]</ref>
 
:"Two-thirds of Rand's research involves national security issues. This is divided into Project Air Force, the Arroyo Center (serving the needs of the Army), and the National Defense Research Institute (providing research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the defense agencies). The other third of Rand's research is devoted to issues involving health, education, civil and criminal justice, labor and population studies, and international economics." 1994 Annual Report<ref>[http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01/XQ]</ref>

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The RAND Corporation, according to the corporate web site, is a "nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis."

"Covert foreign policy became the standard mode of operation after World War II, which was also when Ford Foundation became a major player for the first time. The institute most involved in classified research was Rand Corporation, set up by the Air Force in 1948. The interlocks between the trustees at Rand, and the Ford, Rockefeller, and Carnegie Foundations were so numerous that the Reece Committee listed them in its report (two each for Carnegie and Rockefeller, and three for Ford). Ford gave one million dollars to Rand in 1952 alone, at a time when the chairman of Rand was simultaneously the president of Ford Foundation."[1]
"Two-thirds of Rand's research involves national security issues. This is divided into Project Air Force, the Arroyo Center (serving the needs of the Army), and the National Defense Research Institute (providing research and analysis for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, and the defense agencies). The other third of Rand's research is devoted to issues involving health, education, civil and criminal justice, labor and population studies, and international economics." 1994 Annual Report[2]

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Project RAND

According to Wikipedia: RAND was set up, in 1945, by the USAAF as Project RAND, under contract to the Douglas Aircraft Company, and in 1945 they released the Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship. In May 1948, Project RAND was separated from Douglas and became an independent organization.

Locations

"RAND has four principal locations, Santa Monica, California; Arlington, Virginia (just outside Washington, D.C.); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and RAND Europe headquarters in Leiden, The Netherlands. RAND Europe also has offices in Berlin, Germany, and Cambridge, the United Kingdom." Since 2003, RAND has also operated the RAND-Qatar Policy Institute in Doha, Qatar.


Contact, References and Resources

Contact

RAND
P.O. Box 2138
1776 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138
Email: correspondence@rand.org
Website: www.rand.org

Resources

References

  1. [Rene Wormser, Foundations: Their Power and Influence, p65-66 (Sevierville TN: Covenant House Books, 1993), 412 pages. First published in 1958 by Devin-Adair in New York, and reprinted in 1977 by Angriff Press.], Philanthropists at War by Daniel Brandt; From NameBase NewsLine, No. 15, October-December 1996
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