SECRETARY OF STATE GEORGE SHULTZ HAS COMPLETE CONFIDENCE IN EMBATTLED U.S. ARMS CONTROL NEGOTIATOR EDWARD ROWNY, A SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY AFTER A SENATOR CALLED FOR ROWNY TO RESIGN.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201040012-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2011
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• Publication Date: March 18, 1983
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REUTERS
18 March 1983
WASHINGTON
NUCLEAR-ROWNY
,Secretary of State George Shultz has complete confidence in embattled U.S.
arms control negotiator Edward Rowny, a spokesman said today after a senator
called for Rowny to resign.
Rowny; a former army general who is chief U.S. negotiator in the Strategic
Arms Reduction (START) talks, is under fire for preparing a "hit list" of
American arms control officials he thought were too soft and should be purged.
Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart, a senator from Colorado who was
on the list, yesterday called for Rowny's resignation.
But State Department spokesman John Hughes told reporters today: "Secretary
of State (George) Shultz has full confidence in Ambassador Rowny."
Hughes said he has no reason to believe the Secretary does not also have
confidence in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) officials on the
"hit list," which Rowny reportedly provided to Kenneth Adelman, President
Reagan's nominee to head the agency. Adelman has denied any knowledge of the
list.
Hughes had no comment on news reports that the list identified one candidate
to be purged as a Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA) official, thus
compromising the operative's confidential role in violation of U.S. regulations.
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