TWO FORMER OFFICIALS SPLIT ON SALT PACT

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CIA-RDP88-01315R000400360076-9
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December 16, 2016
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December 8, 2004
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76
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July 12, 1979
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ARTICLE APPE~_proved For Rele f r, 4 PAGE - ORV : CIA-RDP88-O1315ROthY46 6dO76S5 r7 r. w o former officials split on SALT pact United Press International CHICAGO - A former member of the joint chiefs of staff said yesterday the Salt II treaty commits the United States to "nuclear inferiority," while a former CIA director said the nation would be "better off with the pact than without it. In the first of a series of public hear- ings on SALT 11, opponent Admiral Elmo R, Zumwalt charged that the pact permits the Soviet Union to increase its nuclear power and is misleading the American public into a "race toward inferiority." "I favor a sensible strategic arms con- trol agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. Salt II, in its pre- sent form, is not such an agreement," said Zumwalt, who was chief of US Navy oper- ations from 1970 to 1974. The pro-and-con debate between Zum- walt and former CIA Director William E. Colby at the Union League Club of Chica- go was the first of 15 hearings to be held across the nation. The event was co-sponsored by the Union League Club of Chicago and the Foreign Policy Association. Other organi- zations will sponsor future debates. Colby, who headed the CIA from 1973- 1976, said at a pre-debate news conference the United States would be "better able to manage with the Soviets if we ratify." Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315ROO0400360076-9