SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE POSTURE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 112
• Publication Date: August 1, 1967
• Content Type: REPORT

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August 1, 1967
SPECIAL SUBCOMMIT'T'EE ON NATIONAL DEFENSE POSTURE
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by House Resolution 124, I hereby
appoint a special subcommittee to conduct a full and thorough inquiry into
various phases of our national security. The subcommittee will be composed of
the following Members:
Mr. Hardy, Chairman Mr. Halleck
Mr. Hebert Mr,. Dickinson
Mr. Stratton
Mr. Bates and I will serve as ex officio Members.
The subcommittee will proceed immediately to determine the status of.plans,
including contingency plans, for achieving a military victory in Southeast Asia;
the ability of our armed forces to simultaneously meet present commitments in
Southeast Asia, as well as treaty obligations, including the availability of
military equipment and present and projected force levels. In this connection,
the subcommittee will inquire into the existence of "shortages" in equipment
and/or personnel, as well as the extent to which they may be affected or
?bliminated" by directed reductions in requirements, tables of organization,
combat support inventories, manning levels, and reserve stocks.
In addition, the subcommittee will inform itself with respect to projected
time estimates for achieving a military victory in Southeast Asia, if a plan
exists for such a victory, and the number of military personnel required to
achieve either a military victory or the cessation of hostilities and in the
establishment of a viable government in South Vietnam.
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The subcommittee will also ascertain the extent to which our naval vessels
require replacement, modernization, or weapons' improvements; the present status
of major weapons systems previously authorized and funded; and the existence of
any plans, studies or recommendations that may affect the assigned roles and
missions of each of the four Services.
For the purposes of the inquiry herein directed, the subcommittee will be
vested with the authority granted and conferred in House Resolution 124 in the
conduct of said inquiry. All witnesses testifying before the subcommittee will
be sworn.
I hope it will be possible for the subcommittee to complete its hearings
prior to the convening of the Second Session of the 90th Congress.
L. Mendel Rivers
Chairman
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