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Administrative History

The Post Vietnam Planning Committee was formed by Governor Nelson Rockefeller when he appointed 25 individuals on April 13, 1968 and charged them with the responsibility of designing plans and recommendations which would offset the economic consequences of the de-escalation of the war in Vietnam. A key recommendation in the report, which was submitted to the Governor on December 18, 1968, was the formation of the State Post Vietnam Coordinating Committee.

Agreeing with the Planning Committee's recommendations, Rockefeller established the Post Vietnam Coordinating Committee on September 27, 1969. The main responsibility of this nine-member body, headed by the Commissioner of Commerce, was to plan for and assist the returning veterans and workers affected by defense cutbacks resulting from de-escalation, and eventually, the end of the war in Vietnam. In addition, the State Coordinating Committee was to work closely with the eleven Area Post Vietnam Planning Committees that were also a recommendation of the Post Vietnam Planning Committee. These area committees covered twenty-five counties in which substantial defense employment was located.