Index
References are to document numbers
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- Aaron, Maj. Gen. Harold R., 157
- Abramowitz, Morton I., 86, 87
- Abrams, Gen. Creighton W., Jr., 6, 28, 42
- Adams, Brock, 73, 74
- African Americans in all-volunteer force, 23, 28
- Agnew, Spiro, 8, 15, 24, 25
- Ahearne, John, 23
- Ailes, Stephen, 169
- Air Force, U.S., 2
- Air-launched cruise missiles (ALCMs), 45, 48, 74
- Aircraft carriers (see also Naval forces):
- Airlie House conference, 2
- Aldridge, Edward C., 76, 83
- Aldridge, Peter, 111
- All-volunteer force (AVF), 4, 11, 23, 28, 46
- Allen, Lt. Gen. Lew, Jr., 157, 177, 180, 182
- AN–22 aircraft (Soviet), 113
- Anable, David, 65
- Anderson, Adm. George W., Jr.:
- Anderson, Jack, 183, 197, 202
- Anderson, John B., 13, 24, 72
- Anderson, Robert, 64
- Angola, 43, 65, 75, 78
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972), 2, 17
- Anti-ballistic missiles (ABMs):
- Anti-satellite systems:
- Anti-submarine warfare (ASW), Soviet capabilities, 113, 144, 149, 150, 152, 155
- Arends, Leslie C., 13, 24, 169
- Arms control (see also Strategic Arms Limitation talks):
- Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA), 39, 50, 88, 127, 130
- Arms transfer policy. See Military aid policy.
- Armstrong, Anne L., 8, 15, 24
- Ash, Roy:
- Ashley, Thomas W.L., 73
- Asia, U.S. policy in. See U.S. policy in Asia.
- Azores, U.S. military bases in, 38
- AZORIAN, Project. See Hughes Glomar Explorer mission.
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- B–1 bomber program:
- Ash memoranda, 49
- Borg memoranda, 108
- Defense Department reports, 104
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 76
- Ford DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- Ford-House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- Ford-Kissinger discussions, 59
- Ford-Senate leadership discussions, 71
- Ford State of the Union address (1977), 132
- Inter-Agency Working Group report, 17
- JCS discussions, 42
- Kissinger-Schlesinger discussions, 37, 45
- Lynn memoranda, 57
- Lynn-Scowcroft memoranda, 62
- Schlesinger memoranda, 48
- B–52 bombers, 48, 104
- Backfire bombers (Soviet):
- Bahr, Egon, 37
- Bahrain, U.S. military bases in, 38
- Baker, Howard H., Jr., 52
- Baker, William O.:
- Baldwin, Hanson W., 142
- Ballistic missile defense, 48
- Banzer, Gen. Hugo, 16
- Barnes, Thomas J., 86, 87
- Barnum, James, 23, 51
- Baroody, William, 8
- Bartlett, Dewey F., 13
- Bear bombers (Soviet), 113
- Beecher, William, 170
- Behr, Col. Robert M., 18, 23, 83, 111, 114, 125
- BeLieu, Kenneth E., 6
- Bellmon, Henry L., 13, 63
- Bennett, Charles, 56, 68, 94, 97, 98
- Bennett, Wallace F., 13, 24
- Bergin, Adm., 111, 114
- Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 28
- Biden, Joseph R., Jr., 43
- Binary chemical weapons. See Chemical weapons policy.
- Binder, David, 170
- Biological Weapons Convention, 126
- Bison bombers (Soviet), 55, 113
- Black, Edward, 89
- Blake, James J., 35
- Bolivia, 16
- Bolling, Richard W., 43
- Bombers (see also B–1 bomber program; Backfire bombers):
- Borg, C. Arthur, 90, 108, 112, 118
- Boverie, Brig. Gen. Richard T.:
- Brademas, John, 72
- Brands, Paul, 18
- Brandwein, David S., 17
- Bray, Leslie W., 68, 94, 97, 125
- Brehm, William K., 74
- Bremer, L. Paul, III, 35, 64
- Brennan, Peter J., 15
- Brezhnev, Leonid, 7, 37, 50
- Brinegar, Claude S., 8, 25
- Brooke, Edward W., III, 13, 24, 63
- Broomfield, William S., 64, 81
- Brown, Gen. George S.:
- Anti-satellite systems, 134
- B–1 bomber program, 104
- Chemical weapons policy, 126, 128
- Civil defense policy, 95, 124
- Force modernization, 28
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 190, 194, 196, 201, 203, 205, 207
- Military aid policy, 53, 85, 122
- National security policy overviews, 102, 106, 111, 113, 114, 116, 120, 135
- Naval forces, 47, 83, 111, 133
- Space assets, 91
- Stockpile planning, 56, 99
- U.S. forces overviews, 42
- Brown, Leslie H., 18, 23, 35
- Broyhill, James, 73
- Buchanan, Patrick J., 8
- Buchen, Philip W., 181, 182, 197
- Buchsbaum, Solomon J., 96
- Buffum, William B., 35, 64
- Bunker, Ellsworth, 43
- Burleson, Omar T., 73
- Bush, George H.W.:
- Anti-satellite systems, 134
- B–1 bomber program, 104
- Chemical weapons policy, 126
- Civil defense policy, 95
- Committee on Foreign Intelligence creation, 163
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Military aid policy, 88, 103, 122
- Military budget, 8, 13, 15, 76
- National Intelligence Estimate process, 174
- National security policy overviews, 102, 111, 113, 135
- Naval forces, 83, 111
- Overseas bases, 67
- SALT contingency planning, 76
- Soviet military capabilities, 165, 170, 172
- Soviet strategic policy, 173
- Space assets, 91
- Stockpile planning, 97, 99
- Telecommunications security, 178, 180, 182
- U.S. policy in Asia, 107
- Butz, Earl L., 8, 15, 25
- Byers, Wheaton B., 142, 144, 152, 154, 161, 200
- Byrd, Robert C., 74
- B–1 bomber program:
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- Caglayangil, Ihsan, 72
- Cannon, James M., 181, 182
- Caramanlis, Constantine, 72
- Carlucci, Frank C., 15
- Carver, George, 148, 163, 165
- Case, Clifford P., Jr., 24, 42, 43, 72, 81
- Casey, William J., 10, 169
- Cederberg, Elford A., 73
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (see also Hughes Glomar Explorer mission):
- Chanatry, Col. Fred I., 157
- Chemical weapons (CW) policy:
- Clements memoranda, 50
- Elliott memoranda, 50, 127
- Geneva Protocol, 50, 126
- Moscow Summit Joint Communiqué on, 50
- NSC Chemical Weapons Working Group paper, 126
- NSDM 35, 39, 50, 126
- NSSM 192, 33, 39, 51, 126
- Rumsfeld memoranda, 121
- Scowcroft-Lynn memoranda, 130
- Senior Review Group discussions, 51, 128
- Vladivostok Accord, 50
- Cheney, Richard, 74, 79, 81, 97, 120, 172
- Cherne, Leo:
- Chile, U.S. military aid to, 78, 89
- Chiles, Lawton, 74
- China, People’s Republic of (PRC) (see also U.S. policy in Asia):
- China, Republic of (ROC), 51
- Civil defense:
- Clarke, Bruce C., 18, 23
- Clarke, John M., 200
- Clawson, Del M., 13, 73
- Clawson, Ken W., 8
- Clements, William P., Jr.:
- Chemical weapons policy, 50, 51, 126
- Civil defense policy, 124, 125
- Force modernization, 23, 28
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 193
- ICBMs, 42
- Military budget, 28, 76
- National security policy overviews, 2, 6, 106, 111, 113, 120
- Naval forces, 83, 111
- Net assessment, 138
- Nuclear policy, 20
- Overseas bases, 38
- SALT contingency planning, 76
- Soviet military capabilities, 172
- Stockpile planning, 93, 97, 98
- Strategic forces, 48
- Telecommunications security, 176
- U.S. policy in Asia, 18, 86, 87
- Clift, A. Denis, 50
- Close Air Support (CAS), 2
- Cohen, Jerry, 196
- Colbert, Evelyn, 87
- Colby, William E.:
- Chemical weapons policy, 33
- Force modernization, 23
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 198
- Military aid policy, 53
- Military budget, 25
- National Intelligence Estimate process, 145, 156, 159, 160, 163
- Nuclear policy, 31, 32
- Overseas bases, 34, 38
- Overview, 183
- Replacement proposals, 152, 194
- Soviet military capabilities, 144, 145, 157, 158, 160
- Stockpile planning, 56
- Telecommunications security, 176, 177
- U.S. policy in Asia, 18
- U.S.-Soviet military balance, 136, 138, 139, 147, 148
- Cole, Kenneth R., Jr., 8, 13, 24
- Collier, Harold R., 13
- Commerce, U.S. Department of, 93, 94, 97, 98
- Committee on Foreign Intelligence (CFI), 163
- Conable, Barber B., Jr., 13, 24, 72, 73, 81
- Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (CCD), 126
- Congress, U.S. (see also Congress, U.S.,
Acts of):
- Chemical weapons policy, 51, 126
- Civil defense policy, 92
- Defense Department relations with, 2
- Domestic bases, 43
- Economic aid policy, 64
- Military aid policy, 64, 72, 78, 81, 103
- Military budget:
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 76, 83
- Ford-bipartisan Senatorial discussions, 74
- Ford-House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- Ford-JCS discussions, 42
- Ford-Rumsfeld discussions, 65, 69, 70
- Ford-Schlesinger discussions, 43
- Ford-Senate Steering Committee discussions, 63
- Nixon-JCS discussions, 28
- Nixon memoranda, 9
- Nixon-Republican Congressional leadership discussions, 13, 24
- Nixon-Senate Appropriations Committee discussions, 7
- Naval forces, 110
- Senate Appropriations Committee, 7
- Senate Committee on Armed Services, 1
- Senate Foreign Relations Committee, 37
- Stockpile planning, 10, 16, 56, 68, 94, 97, 98
- War Powers Resolution, 26
- Congress, U.S., Acts of:
- Defense Production Act (1950), 93
- Employment Act (1946), 93
- Federal Civil Defense Act (1950), 117
- Foreign Assistance Act (1975), 53
- International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act (1976), 89, 103, 112, 119
- Jackson-Nunn Amendment, 42
- Mining and Minerals Policy Act (1970), 93
- Rivers Amendment, 44
- Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (1946), 93
- Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (1976), 126
- Tunney Amendment, 43
- War Powers Resolution (1973), 26
- Connor, Jim, 92, 130, 181
- Control of escalation concept, 17
- Cook, Marlow, 13
- Cook, Richard K., 13
- Cotter, Donald R., 36
- Cotton, Norris, 13, 24
- Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP), 93, 94, 97, 98
- Council on International Economic Policy Study Memoranda, CIEPSM 33 (NSSM 197, “Critical Imported Commodities”), 56, 68, 94
- Covey, James P., 90
- Cox, Archibald, 26
- Cranston, Alan, 43, 64
- Cregar, William O., 157
- Cruise missiles, 45, 48, 55, 59, 73, 74
- Cuba, 43
- Currie, Malcolm, 73
- Curtis, Carl T., 74, 81
- Cushman, Gen. Robert E., Jr., 6, 42
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- David, Edward E., Jr., 104, 179, 181
- Davies, Rodger P., 35
- Davies, Thomas D., 51, 128
- Davis, Jeanne W.:
- Dean, John W., III, 15
- DeBruler, Col. Henson R., 76, 153, 161
- DeBruler, Ray, 125
- Defense, U.S. Department of (DOD) (see also
Richardson, Elliot L.; Rumsfeld, Donald; Schlesinger, James R.):
- Chemical weapons policy, 39, 50, 126, 127, 130
- Fiscal policies, 2
- Military aid policy, 88, 112, 119
- Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction talks, 2
- National security policy overviews, 101, 105, 106
- Nuclear policy, 31
- Participatory management, 2
- Reorganization of, 1
- Stockpile planning, 93, 94, 97, 98
- U.S. policy in Asia, 18
- Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 64, 150
- Defense Manpower Report (1972), 2
- Defense Policy and Planning Guidance (DPPG) papers, 2, 17, 86
- Defense Production Act (1950), 93
- Defense Program Review Committee (DPRC) (see also Defense Review Panel), 2, 18, 23, 66
- Defense Review Panel (DRP):
- Defense spending. See Military budget.
- Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-p’ing), 37
- Dent, Frederick B., 8, 15
- Derrick, Butler, 73
- Détente (see also U.S.-Soviet relations), 140, 173
- Devine, Samuel L., 13, 72, 81
- Diego Garcia base, 28, 29, 38, 42
- Dixon, George H., 97
- Dobrynin, Anatoly F., 199
- Documents not declassified, 54, 100, 131
- Dole, Robert, 74
- Domestic bases, 43, 46
- Dominici, Pete V., 68, 74
- Dominick, Peter H., 43
- Dougherty, Gen. Russell E., 42
- Draft. See Selective Service.
- Draper, Charles S., 161
- Duckett, Carl E., 20, 183, 188, 205
- Dulles, Allen, 172
- Dunlop, Dean, 13
- Dunn, John M., 56
- Dunn, Thomas P., 125
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- Eagleburger, Lawrence, 18
- Eagleton, Thomas F., 72
- Eastland, James O., 74
- Eckerd, Jack, 68, 93, 94, 102
- Economic aid policy, 64
- Edwards, W. Jackson, 13, 72, 81
- Eger, John M., 177, 180
- Egypt, 51, 64
- Ehrlichman, John, 8, 10, 13, 15
- Eldredge, Howard, 111
- Elliott, David D., 50, 51, 61, 126, 127, 128, 175, 178
- Ellsworth, Robert, 51, 163, 172
- Employment Act (1946), 93
- Enders, Thomas O., 64
- Ermarth, Fritz, 171
- Estes, Col. Charles, 125
- Ethiopia, 28, 29
- Europe. See North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Western Europe.
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- F–14 aircraft, 23
- Fannin, Paul J., 74
- Farley, 50
- Farr, William, 196
- Federal Civil Defense Act (1950), 117
- Federal Preparedness Agency (FPA), 94, 97, 98
- Finch, Lawrence, 157
- Finney, John W., 58
- Fiscal policies, 2
- Fisher, William L., 93
- Fitzgerald, Cmdr. Maurice D., 200
- Flanigan, Peter M., 8, 25
- Fleet ballistic missiles (FBMs), 2
- Flowerree, Charles C., 83
- Force modernization (see also Naval forces; Strategic forces):
- Ford, Gerald R.:
- All-volunteer force, 46
- Anti-satellite systems, 96, 123, 134
- Chemical weapons policy, 50, 130
- Civil defense policy, 92, 120, 129
- Committee on Foreign Intelligence creation, 163
- DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- Documents not declassified, 54, 100, 131
- Domestic bases, 43, 46
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 183, 190, 194, 195, 197, 199, 206, 208
- Military aid policy, 72, 81, 119, 122
- Military budget:
- Ash memoranda, 49
- Bipartisan Senatorial discussions, 74
- DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- JCS discussions, 42
- Lynn memoranda, 57, 58
- Lynn-Scowcroft memoranda, 62
- Nixon-Republican Congressional leadership discussions, 13
- Rumsfeld discussions, 65, 69, 70
- Schlesinger discussions, 43, 44, 46, 58
- Senate leadership discussions, 71
- Senate Steering Committee discussions, 63
- National Intelligence Estimate process, 159, 169
- National security policy overviews:
- Naval forces, 58, 73, 132, 133
- Nuclear policy, 41
- Nuclear weapons overseas storage, 52
- Presidency transition, 41
- SALT contingency planning, 55, 77
- SALT talks, 59, 74
- Soviet anti-satellite capabilities, 80
- Soviet military capabilities:
- Bipartisan Senatorial discussions, 74
- Competitive analysis experiment, 165, 169, 172
- DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- Defense spending, 164
- House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- Kissinger-Rumsfeld discussions, 75
- Marshall memoranda, 147
- National Intelligence Estimates, 158
- PFIAB discussions, 152, 154
- PFIAB reports, 155
- Space assets, 91, 96
- State of the Union address (1976), 65
- State of the Union address (1977), 132
- Stockpile planning, 56, 68, 97, 98
- Strategic forces, 48
- Telecommunications security, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181
- Unified Command Plan, 43
- U.S. forces overviews, 42
- U.S. policy in Asia, 86, 87
- Foreign Assistance Act (1975), 53
- Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. See President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
- 40 Committee, 183, 187, 188, 194, 195, 196, 201, 203, 204, 205
- Foster, John S., Jr.:
- Foster, Richard B., 171
- Fraser, Donald M., 64
- Frenzel, William E., 72, 81
- Frey, James M., 72, 81
- Fri, Robert, 135
- Friedersdorf, Max, 24, 63, 74, 81, 92, 126
- Friedheim, Jerry W., 6
- Fuerth, Leon S., 115
- Funseth, Robert L., 90
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- Galvin, Robert W.:
- Gannon, Frank, 8
- Garment, Leonard, 8
- Garn, Edwin J., 63
- Gelb, Leslie H., 37, 59
- General purpose forces, 23, 113, 135
- General Strike Plan (GSP), 17
- Geneva Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (CCD), 50
- Geneva Protocol, 50, 126
- Gergen, David R., 8
- German Federal Republic (FRG), 37
- Giaimo, Robert N., 73
- Gibbons, Sam M., 73
- Giller, Maj. Gen. Edward B., 157
- Gilmore, Daniel, 202
- Gleason, Joseph, 205
- Goldberg, Lawrence, 97
- Goldberg, Samuel H., 72
- Goldwater, Barry, 61, 74
- Goodby, James E., 83, 87, 109, 111
- Goodpaster, Gen. Andrew J., 6
- Gorog, William F., 93, 97, 98
- Gorshkov, Adm. Sergey, 47
- Graham, Lt. Gen. Daniel, 147, 171, 174, 198
- Granger, Col. Clinton E., 50, 86
- Gray, Gordon:
- Great Britain, 29
- Greece, 38, 78, 89
- Greener, 70
- Greenwald, Joseph A., 90
- Griffin, Robert P., 13, 24, 72, 81
- Gromyko, Andrei A., 24
- Guhin, Michael, 39
- Guthrie, John, 8
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- Habib, Philip C., 64, 87, 90, 97
- Hadley, Stephen J., 47
- Haig, Gen. Alexander M. Jr.:
- Haldeman, H. R., 8, 15
- Hall, Albert C., 188, 194
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Hansen, Clifford P., 13, 63, 74
- Harlow, Bryce N., 24, 25
- Hart, Gary W., 43
- Hartman, Arthur A., 64, 90
- Hartmann, Robert T., 79, 81, 190
- Hatfield, Mark O., 72
- Hathaway, Stanley K., 56
- Haver, Richard, 157
- Hébert, F. Edward, 92
- Helms, Jesse A., 63, 74
- Helms, Richard M., 183, 184, 188
- Hersh, Seymour, 183, 197
- Higby, Lawrence M., 8
- Higgins, E.C. Michael, 68
- Hill, Robert C., 23
- Hirschfeld, Thomas J., 115
- Holcomb, Rear Adm. M. Staser, 76, 103, 113, 117, 121
- Holliday, Raymond, 196
- Hollings, Ernest F., 74
- Hollingsworth, Lt. Gen. James F., 97
- Holloway, Adm. James L., III, 42, 76, 97, 111, 172
- Holt, Marjorie S., 73
- Holtzman, Elizabeth, 73
- Horn, Sally, 125
- Hornblow, Michael, 76, 83, 87, 125, 128
- Hoskinson, Samuel M., 172
- Houser, Thomas J., 181, 182
- Howard, Robert, 125, 128
- Hruska, Roman, 74
- Hughes, Harold Everett, 20
- Hughes, Howard, 183, 187, 188, 196
- Hughes, John T., 185, 191
-
Hughes Glomar Explorer mission:
- CIA memoranda, 202
- Clements memoranda, 193
- Colby memoranda, 185, 198
- Documents not declassified, 184, 189
- Ford meetings, 197
- 40 Committee discussions, 188, 194, 201, 203, 204, 205, 207
- Helms memoranda, 184
- John T. Hughes memoranda, 185, 191
- Kissinger memoranda, 195, 199, 206
- Media exposure, 183, 196, 197, 202, 206
- Mission proposal, 186
- NSC discussions, 190
- NSC staff memoranda, 187
- Overview, 183
- PFIAB discussions, 200
- Ratliff memoranda, 187, 196
- Scowcroft memoranda, 208
- Soviet responses, 199, 200, 202, 206
- Hullin, Tod R., 8
- Human rights, military aid policy and, 64, 78, 89, 90
- Hummel, Arthur W., Jr., 18
- Humphrey, Hubert H., 24, 64, 78
- Hyland, William G.:
- Aircraft carriers, 35
- Chemical weapons policy, 50, 51, 126, 127, 128
- Civil defense policy, 117
- Committee on Foreign Intelligence creation, 163
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 187, 188, 194, 196, 205, 207
- Military aid policy, 64
- Military budget, 74, 76
- National Intelligence Estimate process, 161, 169
- National security policy overviews, 106, 120
- Naval forces, 83
- SALT contingency planning, 64, 76
- Soviet military capabilities, 157, 172
- Telecommunications security, 182
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- Iceland, U.S. military bases in, 38
- Iklé, Fred C.:
- Anti-satellite systems, 134
- Chemical weapons policy, 33, 50, 51, 126, 128
- Civil defense policy, 95
- Force modernization, 23
- Military aid policy, 53, 85, 88, 103, 122
- Military budget, 76
- National security policy overviews, 102, 113, 135
- Naval forces, 83
- Nuclear policy, 31, 32
- SALT contingency planning, 76
- U.S. policy in Asia, 18, 21
- India, U.S. military bases in, 28
- Indian Ocean, 28, 42
- Ingersoll, Robert S.:
- Inman, Rear Adm. Bobby R., 157
- Inouye, Daniel K., 64, 65
- Intelligence programs (see also Central
Intelligence Agency; Intelligence Reports; National Intelligence
Estimate process; National Intelligence Estimates; Net assessment;
Special National Intelligence Estimates; specific
intelligence topics):
- Executive Order 11905 reorganization, 163
- Intelligence Reports:
- NIO M 76–021J, “Soviet Strategic Objectives: An Alternative View,” 171
- SR 76–10053, “A Dollar Comparison of Soviet and US Defense Activities 1965–1976,” 162
- SR 76–10121U, “Estimated Soviet Defense Spending in Rubles, 1970–1975,” 164
- SR 76–10248, “US–USSR Offensive Strategic Force Balance: Evolution and Measurement, 1965-1976,” 167
- SR IR 74–7, “Soviet Spending for Defense: A Dollar Cost Comparison of Soviet and US Defense Activity,” 151
- Inter-Agency Working Group on NSSM 169, 17
- Interagency Intelligence Memoranda, IIM 76–04, “Soviet Civil Defense,” 166
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs):
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 76, 111
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Ford-bipartisan Senatorial discussions, 74
- Ford State of the Union address (1977), 132
- Goodby-Lord memoranda, 109
- Kissinger-Schlesinger discussions, 37
- Moorer memoranda, 42
- Nixon-JCS discussions, 28
- NSC discussions, 115
- NSDM 348, 135
- PFIAB reports, 155
- Schlesinger memoranda, 48
- Sonnenfeldt memoranda, 116
- Soviet capabilities:
- CIA studies, 160
- Competitive analysis experiment, 170
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Goodby-Lord memoranda, 109
- NIE 11–3/8–74, 149, 163
- NIE 11–3/8–75, 158, 159, 161
- NIE 11–4–77, 173
- NIE 11–8–73, 141
- Nixon-Senate Appropriations Committee discussions, 7
- PFIAB discussions, 161
- PFIAB reports, 155, 163
- Special National Intelligence Estimates, 140
- Tucker memoranda, 2
- Interim Agreement on Certain Measures with Respect To the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (1972), 2
- Interior, U.S. Department of, 93, 94, 97, 98
- International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act (1976), 89, 103, 112, 119
- Iran, U.S. military aid to, 45
- Iraq, 51
- Israel (see also Middle East), 27, 72
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- Jackson, Henry M. (”Scoop”), 61
- Jackson-Nunn Amendment, 42
- Jane, Randy, 111
- Janka, Leslie A., 72, 73, 74
- Japan (see also U.S. policy in Asia):
- Javits, Jacob K., 24, 43, 64
- Jayne, Maj. Edward R., II, 97, 114
- Jenkins, Kempton B., 89
- Johnson, Albert W., 13
- Johnson, Donald, 8
- Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) (see also Moorer, Adm. Thomas H.):
- Joint Strategic Bomber Study (JSBS), 104
- Jones, Gen. David C., 42
- Jordan, Amos A., 87
- Joshua, Wynfred, 59
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- Kahan, Jerome H., 109
- Kamenev, Valentin M., 202
- Keegan, Maj. Gen. George J., Jr., 157, 171
- Kehrli, Bruce A., 16
- Kennedy, Col. Richard T., 188, 190
- Kent, Sherman, 171
- Kerwin, Gen. Walter T. (Dutch), 43
- Kissinger, Henry A.:
- Anti-satellite systems, 134
- Chemical weapons policy, 33, 50, 51
- China visit (Nov. 1973), 21
- Civil defense policy, 95
- Defense Department reorganization, 1
- Force modernization, 23
- Ford briefing, 41
- Ford DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 195, 206
- Human rights, 90
- M–X missile program, 109
- MBFR talks, 37
- Military aid policy:
- Military budget, 9, 24, 46, 49, 69, 76
- National Intelligence Estimate process, 156
- National security policy overviews, 101, 102, 115, 116, 120, 135
- Naval forces, 12, 35, 47, 133, 142, 143
- Nuclear policy:
- Overseas bases, 29, 34, 38, 40, 67
- SALT contingency planning, 55, 64, 76
- SALT talks, 37, 59
- Selective Service, 11
- Soviet military capabilities, 75, 144, 145, 152, 153, 154, 172
- Space assets, 91
- Stockpile planning, 3, 10, 56, 99
- Telecommunications security, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 182
- U.S. forces overviews, 42
- U.S. policy in Asia, 5, 18, 21, 86, 107
- U.S.-Soviet military balance, 75, 136, 139
- U.S.-Soviet Moscow Summit (1974), 37
- Kittikachorn, Field Marshall Thanom, 16
- Klein, Herbert G., 8
- Kleindienst, Richard G., 8, 15
- Kleppe, Thomas, 97, 99
- Knoche, E. Henry, 108, 114, 120, 128, 174
- Knubel, John, 18, 23
- Kohler, Foy, 171
- Korea, Democratic Republic of (North Korea) (see also U.S. policy in Asia), 113
- Korea, Republic of (South Korea) (see also U.S. policy in Asia), 18, 78, 113
- Korologos, Tom C., 7, 13, 24
- Kubisch, Jack B., 35
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- Laird, Melvin R., 1, 4, 25, 37
- Laitin, Joseph, 61
- Land, Edwin H., 142, 152, 154, 169, 200
- Landrum, Phillip M., 73
- Latin America, 103, 113
- Latta, Delbert L., 73
- Latter, Albert, 161
- Lawless, Lt. Cmdr. William, 157
- Lawson, Brig. Gen. Richard L., 41
- Laxalt, Paul, 63, 74
- Leber, Georg, 37
- Leggett, Robert L., 43, 73, 92
- Lehman, John F., Jr., 76, 106, 111, 114, 120
- Leigh, Monroe, 90
- Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman L., 169
- Levi, Edward H., 182
- Lewis, Samuel W., 90
- Lin Biao (Lin Piao), 137, 146
- Lindsay, David B., Jr., 70
- Lodal, Jan M., 30, 50
- Long, Russell B., 24
- Lord, Winston, 35, 64, 90, 109
- Lowe, Bruce A., 191, 192
- Luce, Clare Booth, 142, 152, 161, 169, 200
- Lynn, James T.:
- B–1 bomber program, 57, 62, 104
- Chemical weapons policy, 126, 130
- Civil defense policy, 95, 129
- Military aid policy, 72, 85, 103, 122
- Military budget, 8, 15, 57, 58, 62, 63, 65, 76
- National security policy overviews:
- Naval forces, 84, 111, 133
- SALT contingency planning, 76
- Space assets, 91
- Stockpile planning, 56, 93, 98, 99
- Telecommunications security, 177, 182
-
- M–X missile program:
- McAfee, William, 196
- McAuliffe, Eugene V., 121, 124
- McClellan, John L.:
- McCloskey, Robert, 64, 78, 89, 90
- McClure, James A., 63, 68, 74
- MacDonald, Donald, 53, 87
- McFall, John J., 43
- McNamara, Robert, 1
- Maheu, Robert, 188
- Mahlberg, Col. Don, 128
- Mahon, George H., 27, 37, 69, 120, 152
- Mailliard, William S., 24
- Malek, Frederic V., 8, 10, 16
- Mansfield, Michael J., 6
- Marsh, John O., Jr. (Jack), 74, 81, 190, 197
- Marshall, Andrew W., 136, 147, 148, 171
- Martin, James G., 13
- MATADOR, Project. See Hughes Glomar Explorer mission.
- Materiel Support Planning Guidance (MSPG), 2
- Mathison, Col. Theodore E., 118
- Matthews, Leonard, 97
- Maw, Carlyle E., 35, 64, 78, 90
- May, Michael M., 104
- Michel, James H., 78
- Michel, Robert H., 24, 72, 81
- Middendorf, J. William, 47
- Middle East, 28, 113
- Military aid policy:
- Borg memoranda, 112
- Ford-Republican Congressional leadership discussions, 72, 81
- International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act (1976), 89, 103, 112, 119
- Kissinger staff meeting discussions, 64, 90
- McCloskey memoranda, 89
- NSDM 342, 122
- NSSM 223, 53, 88
- NSSM 243, 85, 103
- Plowden memoranda, 112
- Scowcroft memoranda, 119
- Vest-McCloskey memoranda, 78
- Military Assistance Advisory Groups (MAAGs). See Military aid policy.
- Military bases. See Domestic bases; Overseas bases.
- Military budget:
- Ash memoranda, 49
- Cabinet meeting discussions, 8, 15, 25
- Chemical weapons policy and, 50, 126
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 76, 83
- Ford-bipartisan Senatorial discussions, 74
- Ford DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- Ford-House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- Ford-JCS discussions, 42
- Ford-Rumsfeld discussions, 65, 69, 70
- Ford-Schlesinger discussions, 43, 44, 46, 58
- Ford-Senate leadership discussions, 71
- Ford-Senate Steering Committee discussions, 63
- Ford State of the Union address (1976), 65
- Inter-Agency Working Group report, 17
- Lynn memoranda, 57, 58
- Lynn-Scowcroft memoranda, 62
- National security policy overviews and, 111, 113
- Nixon-JCS discussions, 28
- Nixon memoranda, 9
- Nixon-Moorer discussions, 14, 28
- Nixon-Republican Congressional leadership discussions, 13, 24
- Nixon-Rogers discussions, 7
- Nixon-Schlesigner-Ash discussions, 27
- Nixon-Senate Appropriations Committee discussions, 7
- Nixon speech (Mar. 29, 1973), 14
- NSC discussions, 84
- SALT contingency planning and, 55, 57, 76, 77
- Schlesinger memoranda, 48
- Sullivan memoranda, 62
- Military Transport Aviation (VTA), 113
- Miller, Robert H., 90
- Mining and Minerals Policy Act (1970), 93
- Mink, Patsy, 73
- Minuteman ICBMs, 2, 28, 37, 48, 76, 109, 155
- Missiles (see also Cruise missiles; Intercontinental ballistic missiles; M-X missile program):
- Mitchell, Parren, 73
- Molander, Roger, 125
- Moore, 72
- Moore, Jonathan, 6
- Moore, Richard A., 8
- Moorer, Adm. Thomas H.:
- Chemical weapons policy, 33
- Force modernization, 23, 28
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 187, 188, 196
- ICBMs, 42
- Military budget, 14, 28
- National security policy overviews, 6
- Naval forces, 12
- Nuclear policy, 20, 31, 32
- Overseas bases, 28, 34, 38
- U.S. policy in Asia, 21
- U.S.-Soviet military balance, 138, 139
- Moot, Robert C., 2
- Morell, William N., Jr., 157
- Morgan, Thomas E., 64, 74
- Morrell, William, 23
- Morton, Rogers C. B., 15, 25, 56, 61
- Mulcahy, Edward W., 64
- Multiple independently retargetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs):
- Murphy, Adm. Daniel J., 6
- Murphy, John M., 52
- Murphy, Robert D., 169
- Muskie, Edmund S., 46, 55, 71
- Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction (MBFR) talks:
-
- Narwhal submarines, 37, 58
- National Intelligence Estimate process:
- National Intelligence Estimates:
- NIE 11–3/8–74, “Soviet Forces for Intercontinental Conflict through 1985,” 149, 152, 153, 154, 155, 159, 160, 163
- NIE 11–3/8–75, “Soviet Forces for Intercontinental Conflict Through the Mid-80s,” 157, 158, 159, 161, 163
- NIE 11–3/8–76, “Soviet Forces for Strategic Nuclear Conflict Through the Mid-1980s,” 170
- NIE 11–4–77, “Soviet Strategic Objectives,” 173
- NIE 11–8–73, “Soviet Forces for Intercontinental Attack,” 141, 144, 145
- NIE 11–15–74, “Soviet Naval Policy and Programs,” 150, 153
- NIE 13–8–73, “China’s Strategic Attack Programs,” 137
- NIE 13–8–74, “China’s Strategic Attack Programs,” 146
- NIE 13–76, “PRC Defense Policy and Armed Forces,” 168
- National Nuclear Targeting and Attack Policy (NNTAP), 2
- National Security Agency (NSA), 64
- National Security Council (NSC):
- National Security Decision Memoranda (NSDM):
- No. 16, “Criteria for Strategic Sufficiency,” 17, 30, 113
- No. 27, “U.S. Military Posture,” 18, 21, 94, 113
- No. 35, “US Policy on Chemical Warfare Program and Bacteriological/biological Research Program,” 39, 50, 126
- No. 182, “Security of U.S. Telecommunications,” 182
- No. 184, “United States Civil Defense Policy,” 92, 118
- No. 203, “Revised Guidelines for Stockpile Planning,” 3, 56, 68, 94
- No. 208, “Standby Draft,” 11
- No. 224, “National Net Assessment Process,” 138
- No. 230, “U.S. Strategy and Forces for Asia,” 21, 94
- No. 239, “National Net Assessment Process,” 147
- No. 242, “Policy for Planning the Employment of Nuclear Weapons,” 30, 31, 36, 113, 117
- No. 266, “Improved Security of Telecommunications,” 176
- No. 296, “Improved Communications Security,” 177
- No. 312 (document not declassified), 60
- No. 333, “Enhanced Survivability of Critical U.S. Military and Intelligence Space Systems,” 91
- No. 337, “Strategic and Critical Materials Stockpile,” 99
- No. 338, “Further Improvements in Telecommunications Security,” 180
- No. 342, “Organizations To Perform Security Assistance Functions,” 122
- No. 344, “Navy Shipbuilding Program,” 133
- No. 345, “U.S. Anti-Satellite Capabilities,” 134
- No. 348, “U.S. Defense Policy and Military Posture,” 135
- National security policy overviews:
- DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 105, 106, 111, 114
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Ford speech (1974), 41
- Ford State of the Union address (1977), 132
- Nixon-JCS discussions, 6
- NSC discussions, 115, 120
- NSDM 348, 135
- NSSM 246, 102, 105, 106, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 120
- Scowcroft memoranda, 101
- Sonnenfeldt memoranda, 116
- Tucker memoranda, 2
- National Security Study Memoranda (NSSM):
- No. 3, “U.S. Military Posture and Balance of Power,” 66, 82, 94, 101, 113
- No. 57, “Review of U.S. Civil Defense Policies,” 92
- No. 129, “U.S. Policy and Post-Tito Yugoslavia,” 20
- No. 157, “Review of U.S. Position on Chemical Weapons Prohibitions,” 33, 39, 50, 126
- No. 168, “US NATO Policies and Programs,” 17
- No. 169, “U.S. Nuclear Policy,” 4, 17, 30
- No. 171, “U.S. Strategy for Asia,” 5, 17, 18
- No. 177, “Military Missions Involving Naval Forces,” 12, 47, 143
- No. 178, “Program for National Net Assessment,” 136
- No. 186, “National Net Assessment of the Comparative Costs and Capabilities of U.S. and Soviet Military Establishments,” 139, 147
- No. 191, “Policy for Acquisition of U.S. Nuclear Forces,” 30, 32, 66
- No. 192, “Chemical Weapons Policy,” 33, 39, 51, 126
- No. 196, “Overseas Military Base Structure,” 34, 38, 40
- No. 197 (CIEPSM 33), “Critical Imported Commodities,” 56, 68, 94
- No. 210, “Review of Japan Policy for the President’s Visit to Japan,” 86
- No. 223, “Review of U.S. Policy on Arms Transfers,” 53, 88
- No. 228, “Strategic and Critical Stockpile Planning Guidance,” 56, 68, 93, 94
- No. 235, “Review of U.S. Interests and Security Objectives in the Asia-Pacific Region—Issue: Military Bases Negotiations with the Philippines,” 67, 86, 87
- No. 243, “MAAG Requirement Study,” 85, 103
- No. 244, “U.S. Civil Defense Policy,” 95, 117, 118, 124, 125, 129
- No. 246, “National Defense Policy and Military Posture,” 102, 105, 106, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 120
- National Strategic Targeting and Attack Policy (NSTAP), 17
- Naval forces:
- Defense Program Review Committee discussions, 23
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 82, 83, 111
- Ford-House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- Ford-Schlesinger discussions, 58
- Ford State of the Union address (1977), 132
- Kissinger staff meeting discussions, 35
- NDSM 344, 133
- NSC discussions, 84
- NSC papers, 110
- NSSM 177, 12, 47, 143
- PFIAB discussions, 142
- Soviet capabilities, 47, 82, 83, 87, 113, 142, 143, 150, 173
- Sullivan memoranda, 47
- Naval Petroleum Reserves, 49
- Negus, Gordon, 171
- Nelson, William E., 194, 207
- Nessen, Ronald H., 74
- Net assessment:
- Newsom, David D., 29
- Nitze, Paul H., 104, 171, 174
- Nixon, Richard M.:
- All-volunteer force, 23, 28, 46
- Cabinet meetings, 8, 15, 25
- Chemical weapons policy, 33, 50
- Defense Department reorganization, 1
- Force modernization, 28
- Gromyko meetings, 24
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 183
- Military budget, 9
- Moscow Summit (1974), 37, 50
- National security policy overviews, 6
- Naval forces, 142, 143
- Net assessment, 136
- Nuclear policy, 1, 4, 30, 31, 32
- On peace, 25
- Overseas bases, 28
- Resignation, 41
- Soviet military capabilities, 7, 13, 144, 145
- Speech (Mar. 29, 1973), 14
- Stockpile planning, 3, 10, 16, 94
- U.S. policy in Asia, 2, 6, 18, 21
- War Powers Resolution (1973), 26
- Nixon Doctrine, 2, 6
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 2, 17
- North Korea. See Korea, Democratic Republic of.
- Nosenzo, Louis V., 109
- Nuclear Command Authority (NCA), 17
- Nuclear policy:
- Civil defense policy and, 117
- Declaratory policy, 17, 19, 30, 31, 113
- Defense Department guidance, 31, 36
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Ford memoranda, 41
- Kissinger-Defense Department discussions, 19, 20
- Kissinger-JCS discussions, 36
- Kissinger memoranda, 30
- National Nuclear Targeting and Attack Policy, 2
- National Security Study Memoranda, 4, 17
- Nixon-Richardson discussions, 1
- NSDM 16, 17, 30, 113
- NSDM 242, 30, 31, 36, 113, 117
- NSSM 169, 4, 17, 30
- NSSM 191, 30, 32, 66
- Single Integrated Operational Plan, 1, 17, 19, 20, 41, 144, 145
- Nuclear weapons (see also National Nuclear Targeting and Attack Policy; Nuclear policy; Soviet military capabilities; Strategic forces):
- Nunn, Sam, 74
-
- Ober, 175, 178
- Obey, David R., 72
- Odeen, Philip, 3, 18, 19, 23
- O’Donnell, Patrick E., 63
- Office of Management and Budget, U.S. (OMB), 93, 94, 98, 112, 119
- Ogilvie, Donald G.:
- Olmer, Cmdr. Lionel, 161, 200
- O’Neill, Paul, 55, 74
- O’Neill, Thomas “Tip,” 73
- Operations Advisory Group (OAG), 208
- Overseas bases:
-
- Packwood, Bob, 81
- Pakistan, U.S. military bases in, 28
- Parker, David N., 8
- Passage, David, 90
- Pastore, John, 52
- Patton, James M., 88
- Pauly, Lt. Gen. John W., 51, 205, 207
- Pell, Claiborne, 43
- Pepitone, Byron V., 102
- Percy, Charles H., 24
- Perkins, Courtland, 104
- Philippines, U.S. military bases in, 29, 38, 67
- Pickering, Thomas R., 29
- Pinckney, Col. T. C., 18
- Pipes, Richard, 171, 174
- Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS), 2
- Plowden, Robert B., Jr., 112, 119
- Polaris submarines, 48, 154, 155
- Porter, William J., 23
- Potter, David S., 188
- President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (PFIAB):
- Price, Melvin, 126
- Price, Raymond K., Jr., 8
- Prisley, Capt. John P., 171
- Proctor, Edward W., 148, 151
- Project 186, 147
- Project AZORIAN. See Hughes Glomar Explorer mission.
- Project MATADOR. See Hughes Glomar Explorer mission.
- Proxmire, William, 92
-
- Randolph, Jennings, 24
- Ratiner, Leigh, 202
- Ratliff, Rob Roy:
- Ray, Dixy Lee, 31, 32
- Reagan, Ronald, 75, 79
- Rectanus, Vice Adm. Earl F., 137
- Red Integrated Strategic Operations Plan (RISOP), 144, 145
- Resor, Stanley R., 52
- Rhodes, John J., 13, 72
- Richardson, Elliot L.:
- Appointment, 1
- Defense Policy and Planning Guidance, 17
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Military budget, 8, 9, 15, 25
- National security policy overviews, 2, 6
- Naval forces, 12
- Net assessment, NSSM 178, 136
- Nuclear policy, 1, 4
- Nuclear weapons, 52
- Selective Service, 11
- Stockpile planning, 3, 99
- Telecommunications security, 182
- U.S. policy in Asia, 5
- Vietnam War, 2
- Rivers, L. Mendel, 43, 44
- Rivers Amendment, 44
- Roberge, Col. Ronald A., 20
- Robinson, Charles W.:
- Rockefeller, Nelson:
- Rogers, William D., 64, 90
- Rogers, William P.:
- Romanov, Valentin A., 202
- Rooney, Frederick B., 81
- Ruckelshaus, William D., 8
- Rumsfeld, Donald:
- Anti-satellite systems, 134
- B–1 bomber program, 108
- Chemical weapons policy, 121, 126, 127, 130
- Civil defense policy, 95, 124
- Ford DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 190, 197, 199
- Military aid policy, 85, 88, 103, 122
- Military budget, 65, 69, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76
- National security policy overviews, 101
- Naval forces, 83, 110, 111
- Nuclear weapons overseas storage, 52
- Overseas bases, 67
- SALT contingency planning, 55, 76, 77
- Soviet military capabilities, 75, 154, 164, 172
- Space assets, 91
- Stockpile planning, 99
- Telecommunications security, 181
- U.S. policy in Asia, 107
- Rush, Kenneth, 18, 21, 25, 31, 33, 34, 35
-
- Safeguard ABM system, 2
- SALT I Accords (1972), 2, 6, 17, 140
- Sampson, Arthur F., 3, 56, 99, 177
- Sarbanes, Paul S., 72
- Satellites. See Anti-satellite systems; Space assets.
- Saunders, Harold H., 90
- Scali, John A., 8
- Schaufele, William E., Jr., 90
- Schlesinger, James R.:
- All-volunteer force, 28, 46
- B–1 bomber program, 37, 45
- Chemical weapons policy, 33
- Domestic bases, 43, 46
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 187, 190, 195, 197, 201
- Military aid policy, 53
- Military budget, 48
- National Intelligence Estimate process, 156
- National security policy overviews, 2
- Naval forces, 12, 47, 58
- Nuclear policy:
- Overseas bases, 34, 38
- SALT contingency planning, 55
- SALT talks, 37
- Soviet military capabilities, 139, 144, 145, 147, 148, 151
- Stockpile planning, 56
- Strategic forces, 48
- Telecommunications security, 175, 176, 177, 180, 182
- Unified Command Plan, 43
- U.S. forces overviews, 42
- U.S. policy in Asia, 5, 18, 21, 86
- Schmidt, Helmut, 6
- Schneebeli, Herman T., 73
- Schoning, Maj. Gen. William, 18
- Schultz, Charles L., 73
- Scott, Hugh, 13, 24, 43, 63, 72, 74, 81
- Scott, Stanley S., 8
- Scowcroft, Brig. Gen. Brent:
- Anti-satellite systems, 96, 123, 134
- B–1 bomber program, 62, 108
- Chemical weapons policy, 50, 51, 121, 126, 127, 130
- Civil defense policy, 92, 95, 124, 129
- Defense Program Review Committee renewal, 66
- Documents not declassified, 100, 131
- Domestic bases, 43
- Force modernization, 23
- Ford briefing, 41
- Ford DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- “Halloween Massacre” personnel changes, 61
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 208
- Military aid policy, 119
- Military budget, 62
- Cabinet meeting discussions, 15, 25
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 76
- Ford-bipartisan Senatorial discussions, 74
- Ford-House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- Ford-Rumsfeld discussions, 65, 69, 70
- Ford-Schlesinger discussions, 46, 58
- Ford-Senate leadership discussions, 71
- Ford-Senate Steering Committee discussions, 63
- Nixon-JCS discussions, 28
- Nixon-Schlesigner-Ash discussions, 27
- National Intelligence Estimate process, 159, 160, 163, 169
- National security policy overviews, 101
- Naval forces, 47, 82, 83, 110, 133, 142
- Nuclear policy, 19, 20, 31, 32
- Nuclear weapons overseas storage, 52
- Overseas bases, 28, 38, 67
- SALT contingency planning, 55, 76
- SALT talks, 37, 59
- Soviet military capabilities, 75, 80, 144, 153, 154, 172
- Space assets, 80, 91, 96
- Stockpile planning, 98
- Telecommunications security, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182
- U.S. forces overviews, 42
- U.S. policy in Asia, 18, 86, 87, 107
- Sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs), 48, 55, 74
- Seamans, Robert C., Jr., 6
- Security assistance. See Military aid policy.
- Seith, Lt. Gen. Louis T., 17
- Selective Service, 11
- Senior Review Group:
- Shanahan, Eileen, 74
- Shipbuilding. See Naval forces.
- Shlaudeman, Harry W., 90
- Short range cruise missiles (SRAMs), 45, 59
- Shriver, Garner E., 73
- Shultz, George P., 152, 154, 200
- Sidey, Hugh, 37
- Simon, William E., 8, 10, 15, 25, 56, 81, 99
- Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP):
- Sisco, Joseph J.:
- Sitton, Lt. Gen. Ray B., 124
- Slighton, Robert, 148
- Smith, K. Wayne, 37
- Smith, Lt. Gen. William Y., 76, 83, 87, 114, 125
- Smith, Neal, 73
- Sneider, Richard, 18
- Sober, Sidney, 64, 90
- Sohmer, Arthur, 8
- Solomon, Richard H., 86, 87
- Sonnenfeldt, Helmut:
- Chemical weapons policy, 50, 51, 128
- Civil defense policy, 118, 125
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission, 187
- M–X missile program, 109, 116
- Military aid policy, 90
- Military budget, 76
- National security policy overviews, 106, 114, 116
- Naval forces, 83
- SALT contingency planning, 76
- Soviet military capabilities, 154
- South Korea. See Korea, Republic of.
- Soviet military capabilities (see also
Backfire bombers):
- Anti-satellite systems, 80, 91, 96
- B–1 bomber program and, 104
- Chemical weapons, 50, 51, 113, 121, 126, 128
- CIA studies, 160
- Civil defense, 111, 113, 117, 118, 124, 125, 166
- Colby memoranda, 145, 160
- Competitive analysis experiment, 165, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174
- Defense Program Review Committee discussions, 23
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 83
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Defense spending, 23, 113, 151, 162, 164
- Ford-bipartisan Senatorial discussions, 74
- Ford DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- Ford-House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- Ford-Kissinger-Rumsfeld discussions, 75
- Ford State of the Union address (1977), 132
- Goodby-Lord memoranda, 109
- Intelligence Reports, 167
- Naval forces, 47, 82, 83, 87, 113, 142, 143, 150, 173
- NIE 11–3/8–74, 149, 152, 153, 154, 155, 159, 160, 163
- NIE 11–3/8–75, 157, 158, 159, 161, 163
- NIE 11–3/8–76, 170
- NIE 11–4–77, 173
- NIE 11–8–73, 141, 144, 145
- NIE 11–15–74, 150, 153
- Nixon-Republican Congressional leadership discussions, 13
- Nixon-Senate Appropriations Committee discussions, 7
- NSDM 224, 138
- NSSM 178, 136
- NSSM 186, 139, 147
- PFIAB discussions, 142, 152, 153, 154, 161
- PFIAB reports, 143, 144, 155, 163
- SALT contingency planning and, 64, 77
- Schlesinger memoranda, 148
- Space assets, 113, 134
- Special National Intelligence Estimates, 140
- Sullivan memoranda, 47
- Team B reports, 174
- Teller memoranda, 154
- United States Intelligence Board discussions, 157
- Soviet strategic policy:
- Soviet Union. See Soviet military capabilities; Soviet strategic policy; U.S.-Soviet military balance; U.S.-Soviet relations.
- Space assets:
- Spain, 29, 38, 78
- Special National Intelligence Estimates, SNIE 11–4–73, “Soviet Strategic Arms Programs and Détente: What Are They Up To?,” 140
- Spiers, Ronald I., 17
- Springsteen, George S., Jr., 35, 50, 64, 86
- SS–X–16 bombers (Soviet), 140
- SS–X–18 bombers (Soviet), 141, 152
- SS–X–20 bombers (Soviet), 113
- SS9 missiles (Soviet), 7
- Stabler, Wells, 35
- Stafford, Robert T., 81
- State, U.S. Department of:
- State-Defense Study Group reports, SDG 68–033, “A Study of US Overseas Base Requirements in the 1970’s,” 34, 38
- Stein, Herbert, 8, 10, 13, 25
- Stennis, John C., 20, 27, 51, 71, 74, 83, 126
- Stevens, Theodore F. (Ted), 43, 72, 81
- Stockpile planning:
- Stoertz, Howard, 153, 157, 161, 174
- Stokes, Louis, 73
- Stone, Richard, 74
- Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (1946), 93
- Strategic Arms Limitation (SALT) talks (see
also SALT I Accords):
- B–1 bomber program and, 104
- Cabinet meeting discussions, 8
- Contingency planning, 55, 57, 64, 76, 77
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Ford-bipartisan Senatorial discussions, 74
- Ford-Kissinger discussions, 59
- Kissinger-Schlesinger discussions, 37
- National Intelligence Estimates, 158, 170
- Nixon memoranda, 9
- Nixon-Senate Appropriations Committee discussions, 7
- NSC discussions, 55, 120
- Tucker memoranda, 2
- Vladivostok Accord, 48, 50
- Strategic forces (see also Bombers; Intercontinental ballistic missiles; Strategic Arms Limitation talks; Submarine-launched ballistic missiles; specific weapons):
- Strategic Materials Stockpile. See Stockpile planning.
- Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicles (SNDVs), 104
- Strategic threat. See Soviet military capabilities.
- Stratton, Samuel S., 43
- Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs):
- Submarines (see also Hughes Glomar Explorer mission; Submarine-launched ballistic missiles; Trident submarines):
- Sullivan, Leonard, 47, 62
- Symington, Stuart, 20
-
- Taiwan, 18
- Talcott, Burt L., 13
- Talmadge, Herman E., 74
- Tanaka, Kakuei, 6
- Tanker-transport-bombers (TTBs), 37
- Tarr, Curtis W., 11
- Taylor, Herbert W., 157
- Team B. See Competitive analysis experiment under Soviet military capabilities.
- Telecommunications security:
- Teller, Edward:
- Thailand:
- Theater nuclear forces (TNF) (see also Nuclear policy), 17, 113
- Thorsness, Leo K., 43
- Thurmond, Strom, 24, 61, 63, 71, 74
- Tighe, Lt. Gen. Eugene F., Jr., 157
- Timmons, William E., 8, 9, 13, 24, 25
- Titan missiles, 48
- Total force planning, 2
- Tower, John, 1, 13, 24, 72, 74, 92
- Train, Vice Adm. Harry D., II, 38
- Train, Russell, 8
- Treasury, U.S. Department of, 93, 94, 97, 98
- Treaty on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (1976), 126
- Triad capabilities (see also Bombers; Intercontinental ballistic missiles; Submarine-launched ballistic missiles), 17, 113, 135, 145, 163
- Trident missiles, 48, 57
- Trident submarines:
- Defense Program Review Committee discussions, 23
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 83
- Ford DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- Ford-Schlesinger discussions, 58
- Ford State of the Union address (1977), 132
- Inter-Agency Working Group report, 17
- Kissinger-Schlesinger discussions, 37
- Lynn memoranda, 57
- Lynn-Scowcroft memoranda, 62
- Schlesinger memoranda, 48
- Trudeau, Pierre, 6
- Tucker, Gardiner L., 2, 17
- Tunney, John V., 43
- Tunney Amendment, 43
- Turkey, U.S. military aid to, 72, 78, 89
- Twombly, John, 18
-
- Ullman, Albert C., 43
- Unified Command Plan, 43
- United States Intelligence Board (USIB), 157
- U.S. forces in Europe. See Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction talks.
- U.S. forces overviews, 42
- U.S. policy in Asia:
- Defense Program Review Committee discussions, 18
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Ford Honolulu speech (Dec. 7, 1975), 86, 87
- Interdepartmental Group for East Asia reports, 107
- Nixon Doctrine, 2, 6
- NSDM 230, 21, 94
- NSSM 171, 5, 18, 21
- NSSM 235, 67, 86, 87
- Nuclear policy, 17
- Senior Review Group discussions, 86, 87
- U.S.-Soviet military balance (see also
Soviet military capabilities; Strategic Arms Limitation talks):
- Chemical weapons, 121, 126, 128
- CIA studies, 160
- Civil defense policy and, 92, 111, 124
- Defense Program Review Committee discussions, 23
- Defense Review Panel discussions, 83
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Defense spending, 151, 162
- Ford DAR speech (Apr. 21, 1976), 79
- Ford-House Budget Committee discussions, 73
- Ford-Kissinger-Rumsfeld discussions, 75
- Ford State of the Union address (1977), 132
- Intelligence Reports, 167
- M–X missile program and, 109
- Marshall memoranda, 147
- Naval forces, 47, 82, 83, 142, 143
- NSDM 224, 138
- NSSM 178, 136
- NSSM 186, 139, 147
- NSSM 246 and, 111
- PFIAB discussions, 142
- PFIAB reports, 155, 163
- Schlesinger memoranda, 148
- Sullivan memoranda, 47
- Team B reports, 174
- U.S.-Soviet relations (see also Détente):
- Brezhnev U.S. visit (1973), 7
- Defense Review Panel reports, 113
- Détente, 140, 173
- Hughes Glomar Explorer mission and, 199, 200, 202, 206
- Kissinger-Schlesinger discussions, 37
- Moscow Summit (1974), 37, 50
- Nixon-Gromyko meetings, 24
- Nixon-JCS discussions, 6
- Nixon-Republican Congressional leadership discussions, 13
- Nixon-Senate Appropriations Committee discussions, 7
- Soviet responses to U.S. nuclear policy, 31
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- Wade, Gen. Horace M., 6
- Wade, James P., Jr.:
- Walsh, Paul, 125
- Walters, Lt. Gen. Vernon A., 18, 21, 43, 51, 87, 157
- War Powers Resolution (1973), 26
- Warner, John S., 6, 207
- Watergate scandal, 15, 26, 41
- Weber, Carl, 128
- Weinberger, Caspar W., 8, 25
- Weinel, Vice Adm. John P., 18
- Weiss, Seymour, 23, 29, 35, 171, 174
- Welch, Capt. Edward F., Jr., 20
- Welch, Maj. Gen. Jasper, 171
- Wells, William, 194
- Western Europe (see also North Atlantic Treaty Organization):
- Weyand, 97
- Whitaker, John C., 8
- Whitehead, Clay T., 176
- Wickham, Maj. Gen. John A., Jr., 19, 31, 38, 48, 147, 148
- Wiggins, Charles E., 72, 81
- Wiley, Richard E., 182
- Williams, Edward B., 169
- Wilson, Bob, 13
- Wolfe, Thomas, 171
- Wolfowitz, Paul, 171, 174
- Wolthuis, Robert K., 74
- Wood, Gen. Robert J., 34, 38
- Wright, James C., Jr., 73