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...SENATE Foreign Relations Committee straddled the fence last week by voting against President Reagan's nominee to head the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency but not blocking his nomination entirely. During three confirmation hearings. Kenneth L. Adelman cast doubt upon his own integrity and demonstrated his incompetence by repeatedly wavering when asked fundamental questions about arms control. By sending debate on Adelman's fate to the Senate floor, the Committee is only prolonging a problem it should have resolved quickly and decisively. Adelman should not be the chief U.S. arms control official...
According to New York Daily News reporter Ken Auletta, Adelman reportedly said in a May 1981 interview that arms control negotiations were a "sham." Auletta provided his notes and telephone bills to prove the validity of the accusations, which Adelman denied under oath. It is difficult to believe Auletta invented an interview with Adelman, particularly since the transcripts were published in the Daily News two years ago and never questioned until this week...
Then Maryland Republican Charles Mathias turned the tide. He noted that Reagan and his top aides "are all innocent of experience in the complex and bewildering world of arms control." He added in biting understatement: "I would hope that Mr. Adelman could be excused from taking a crash course in a subject upon which, until now, he has not concentrated. The President can then enjoy that privilege so rare in human experience, a second choice." With that, Percy knew the vote would be 9 to 8 against the appointment. He turned to Cranston and said, "I am going...
...Adelman, who holds a Ph.D. in African studies from Georgetown University, claimed that he did "not recall" describing arms control as "a sham" and that it was not his view, either in 1981 or at present. Percy tentatively agreed, at Cranston's urging, to hold a committee hearing on whether Adelman had been quoted accurately in the Daily News...
...acrimonious Senate debate over the nomination could further erode confidence in the U.S.'s ability to deal seriously and intelligently with arms control issues. Already sensing a propaganda plum, the official Soviet news agency TASS jumped on Adelman's reported anti-arms control views as "a scandalous development." Adelman was proof, TASS said, that Reagan had been "appointing incompetent persons to high offices...