BRIEFING BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE MILITARY APPLICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY - 8 NOVEMBER 1967

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• Publication Date: November 8, 1967
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8 November 1967
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Briefing by the Director of the Military Applications
S o ittee of the Joint Committee on Atomic
Energy - 8 November 1967
1. The Director met with the Military Applications Subcommittee
of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy beginning at ten o'clock. The
meeting went until approximately 11:20 a. nx. Senator Jackson. as
Chairman of the Subcommittee, and also in his capacity as Chairman of
the Nuclear Safeguards Subcommittee of Senate Preparedness Investigating
Subcommittee of Senate Armed Services, specifically invited those members
of the Nuclear Safeguards Subcommittee which included Senator Stuart
Symington and Senator Margaret Chase Smith and also Senator John Stennis.
member ex officio. Members present were:
Senator Henry M. Jackson
Senator John O. Pastore
Senator George D. Aiken
Senator Stuart Symington
Representative Chet Holifisld
Representative John Young
Representative Melvin Price
Representative William Bates
Representative Wayne Aspinall
Iseeoreesentative Thomas Morris
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There was a technical sweep of the room prior to the hearing and
monitoring during the hearing. A transcript was taken of the -neeting.
Prior to the hearing, 20 copies of the prepared statement were
delivered and receipted for by 3CAE.
2- The Director went through his entire prepared statement
covering the following topics:
Soviet Strategic Attack
ICBM Forces
Research and Development
Future Possibilities
MRBM-lRBb Force
The Soviet Navy
g Range Aviation
Soviet Strategic Defense
Advanced Defense Missile Systems
Air Defense
Soviet and East European Ground Forces
Chinese Communist Advanced Weapons
introduction
Nuclear Weapons Program
Delivery Systems
Strategic Defenses
3. Since a transcript was taken, the details will not be included
hore The briefing was very well received with Senator Jackson being
most laudatory of the briefing content. Other members joined with him.
There were no follow-up actions as a result of the hearing.
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Rep Young
Rep Price
Rep Bates
Rep AspAnall
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Sen Ervin
Sen Cannon
Sen Byrd WVa
Sen Young Ohio
Sen Inouye
Sen McIntyre
Sen Brewster
Sen Byrd Va
Sen Miller
Sen Tower
Sen Pearson
Sen Dominick
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