Word: abm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...probably differ more in style than in substance. Yet to the extent that there are two divergent bodies of opinion within Nixon's inner circle-at least on Viet Nam and ABM systems-Laird and Rogers probably exemplify them. The President, still playing for time, has so far kept to a cautious middle course. But sooner or later he may have to choose one tack over the other...
Happier News. In his assertive defense of the controversial ABM system, Laird made what seemed like a startling revelation. The "Safeguard" system was absolutely necessary, he said, because "there is no question" that the Russians are marshaling a first-strike force of giant intercontinental ballistic missiles that could destroy large numbers if not most of the Minuteman U.S. ICBMs. Laird insisted that without Safeguard the U.S. strategy of retaliatory deterrence would be dangerously undermined. Laird's report about the Russian first-strike capacity is still unconfirmed by the White House and doubted by many experts...
...system could be scuttled entirely. "If the Soviet Union, when we start these talks, indicates that it wants to get out of the defensive-missile business, we can get out of it very quickly," Rogers said. That reasoning only added evidence to suggest that Nixon was proceeding with the ABM partly to have it as a handy bar gaining point. Rogers at first denied that it would ever be used in that manner, which seemed logical enough if its proposed deployment was not deemed threatening enough by the Russians to stall the arms talks in the first place. When Committee...
When pressed for the names of outside authorities who were consulted in the Pentagon's review of the proposed ABM system, Packard produced only one-that of Stanford University's Wolfgang Panofsky, an electronics and radar expert. The name was hardly...
...awkwardly that he looked forward to "the information and wisdom that you will want to impart upon me in your talks." Trudeau had every reason to be wary. His government is upset over U.S. attitudes on oil imports and wheat prices. It is apprehensive about Nixon's Safeguard ABM system. It is engaged in an intensive review of foreign and defense policy. Canada has already decided to establish full diplomatic relations with Red China, and very soon will decide whether to continue its membership in NATO...