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B -- DEFENSE IMPLICATIONS OF THE RECENT & FUTURE CHANGES IN WORLD MONETARY & FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Due 062596. Contact Diane M. Blesi, Contract Specialist (703) 697-0801, Contracting Officer, Joyce Rose. The Defense Implications of the Recent & Future Changes in World Monetary & Financial Systems--Notice of Intent to Award a purchase order to Yale University, Professor Martin Shubik, for a study entitled, ``Defense Implications of Recent and Future Changes in the World Monetary and Financial Systems.'' The research includes events such as the recent Orange County derivatives default and the Barings failure. This research requires unique and highly developed skills in analyzing the new possibilities for unconventional financial warfare. This entails a unique understanding, not only of the technology that already exists, but also the changes that are in the pipeline as well as the adequacy (or inadequacy) of current institutional forms to handle change. The proposed period of performance shall be for twelve months. There is no solicitation document. Interested parties may submit a capability statement for satisfying this requirement. See Note 22. (176)

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