FULL SENATE DEBATE ON ASAT

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2008
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• Publication Date: June 12, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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OLL 84-2406
12 June 1984
1. On 12 June 1984 at 1:00 p.m., Larry Gershwin,
National Intelligence Office for Strategic Programs,
attended Hearing of the Full Senate on the Soviet Space and
ASAT Programs as the Intelligence Communit ' technical
referent. Dr. Gershwin was accompanied by s
Liaison Division, Office of Legislative Liaison. The only
transcript taken was that taken by the official Senate
recorder. The hearing was at the SECRET level although the
debate verged on codeword material several times. Dr.
Gershwin and were sworn to secrecy.
2. Senators attending were:
John East (R., NC)
Strom Thurmond (R. SC)
Barry M. Goldwater (R., AZ)
Malcolm Wallop (R., WY)
Howard H. Baker, Jr., (R., TN)
Larry Pressler (R., SD)
Mark Andrews (R., ND)
Pete Wilson (R., CA)
Dan Quayle (R., IN)
John C. Danforth (R., MO)
John Warner (R., VA)
John Heinz (R., PA
Orrin G. Hatch (R., UT)
Arlen Specter (R., PA)
William L. Armstrong (R., CO)
William V. Roth, Jr., (R., DE)
Mack Mattingly (R., GA)
Pete V. Domenici (R., NM)
Frank H. Murkowski (R., AK)
Mark O. Hatfield (R., OR)
Paul Laxalt (R., NV)
Bob Packwood (R., OR)
Lawton Chiles (D., FL)
Jim Sasser (D., TN)
Patrick J. Leahy (D., VT)
J. James Exon (D., NE)
Sam Nunn (D., GA)
Howard Metzenbaum (D., OH)
Jesse A. Helms (R., NC)
Russell B. Long (D., LA)
Paul E. Tsongas
John Glenn (D., OH)
Bill Bradley (D., NJ)
Howell Heflin (D., AL)
Edward M. Kennedy (D., MA)
Paul Sarbanes (D., MD)
Lloyd Bentsen (D., TX)
Joseph R. Biden (D., DE)
Edward Zorinski (D., NE)
Robert C. Byrd (D., WV)
John C. Stennis (D., MS)
Donald W. Riegle (D., MI)
George J. Mitchell (D., ME)
William Proxmire (D., WI)
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Alfonse M. D'Amato (R., NY)
Lowell P. Weicker (R., CT)
Robert J. Dole (R., KS)
Gordon J. Humphrey (R., NH)
William S. Cohen (R., ME)
James Abdnor (R., SD)
Charles E. Grassley (R., IA)
Richard G. Lugar (R., IN)
Thad Cochran (R., MS)
Jake Garn (R., UT)
Slade Gorton (R., WA)
Charles McC Mathias (R., MD)
Don Nickles (R., OK)
Roger W. Jepsen (R., IA)
Steven D. Symms (R., ID)
Rudy Boschwitz (IR MN)
Bob Kasten (R., WI)
Thad Cochran (R., MS)
James A. McClure (R., ID)
Daniel J. Evans (R., WA)
John H. Chafee (R., RI)
Alan K. Simpson (R., WY)
Ted Stevens (R., AK)
Chic Hecht (R., NV)
Jeremiah Denton (R., AL)
Walter D. Huddleston (D., KY)
Wendell H. Ford (D., KY)
David L. Boren (D., OK)
Alan J. Dixon (D., IL)
Gary Hart (D., CO)
Dennis DeConcini (D., AZ)
Spark M. Matsunaga (D., HI)
Claiborne Pell (D., RI)
Frank R. Lautenberg (D., NJ)
Quentin N. Burdick (D., ND)
Alan Cranston (D., CA)
Daniel P. Moynihan (D., NY)
Bennett Johnston (D., LA)
Jeff Bingaman (D., NM)
Carl M. Levin (D., MI)
Jennings Randolph (D., WV)
John Melcher (D., MT)
Max S. Baucus (D., MT)
Dales L. Bumpers (D., AR)
Daniel K. Inouye (D., HI)
David H. Pryor (D., AR)
3. Cleared staffers present were:
Joseph Mayer, SSCI
Angelo Codevilla, SSCI
Bob Bott, SAS
Jim McGovern, SAS
George Murphy
Hans Binnendijk, SFR
4. During the debate, technical questions were asked of
Dr. Gershwin by Senator Warner, who presented the briefing,
and Senators Wallop and Moynihan of the SSCI who were active
participants in the discussion. Dr. Gershwin answered their
questions privately and did not speak directly to the
Senate. Senators came and went during the 1 1/2 hour
session, but at least 50 were present throughout. Debate
centered, as it did in open session, on Soviet ASAT
capabil' nd US ability to monitor even a partial ASAT
Tom Blau, SSCI
Tom Connolly, SSCI
Douglas Graham, SAS
John Campbell, SAS
Donald Massey, Dept. Sgt. at Arms
Mark Albrecht, Sen. Wilson's staffer
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