LETTER TO ADM. STANSFIELD TURNER FROM JOHN B. BRECKINRIDGE

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: May 20, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
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DISTRICT OFFICES;
305 COURT SQUARE BUILDING
107 CHEAPSIDE
LExIRGTON, KENTUCKY 40507
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19 FEDERAL BUILDING
7TH AND SCOTT STREETS
COVI..GTON, KENTUCKY 41011
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Was!lindton,D.C. 20505
DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATIONS.
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SUBC=OMMITTEE:
CHAIRMAN, ANTITRUST, CONSUMERS
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our constituents :at?O It t e llilp1r llcie:1 a11, O!i1i-10uS Soviet
Military build-up, the balance of forces, t rlci the state of
U.S. and Allied security.
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This study, which I commissioned June 21, 1977, is the
"most comprehensive, authoritative assessment of the U.S.-
Soviet military balance ever made available to the American
Public," according to the Preface appended by Dr. Ray Cline,
Executive Director of the Center for Strategic and International
Studies.
I urge you to review the enclosed materials carefully.
Sincerely yours,
John B. Breckinridge
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