March 4,1974
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NOTICE OF HEARINGS ON U.S. WEAPONS POLICY
Mr. SYMINGTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a release issued by Senator MUSKIE and myself be printed in the RECORD.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
HEARINGS – U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY
Senator Stuart Symington(D-Missouri), Chairman of the Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad, and Senator Edmund S. Muskie (D-Maine), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Law and Organization, announced today that their two Foreign Relations Subcommittees will hold hearings in March on various aspects of United States nuclear weapons policies. The Security Agreements and Commitments Subcommittee will focus on "The Changing Security Implications of U.S. Commitments to Europe." The Arms Control Subcommittee hearings will concentrate on current strategic issues involving the United States and the Soviet Union. The two Subcommittees will also hold joint sessions to hear testimony from the Secretaries of State and Defense on nuclear weapons issues of concern to both groups.
The hearings will begin on March 4, with Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger scheduled to testify before a closed session of the Arms Control Subcommittee. Secretary Schlesinger will focus his remarks on Soviet strategic doctrine and current military developments.
Hearings of the Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad will begin on March 7. Witnesses on that day will be Professor Stanley Hoffmann of Harvard University and Dr. Morton Halperin, formerly Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. Professor Hoffmann will survey the history of the United States security commitments in Europe, analyze the constant or recurrent features of American involvement in Europe and discuss the main issues of the present, with special emphasis on strategic nuclear weapons. Dr. Halperin will discuss the role of American military forces in Europe with particular emphasis on the impact of United States tactical nuclear weapons deployed in Europe on our relations with our NATO allies.
On March 14, the Honorable Paul Warnke, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, and the Honorable Alain Enthoven of the Stanford Business School, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis will testify before the Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad on the evolution of United States military strategy in Europe and the capabilities and implications of United States conventional and nuclear weapons systems in Europe.
Following these hearings, the two Subcommittees plan joint public sessions, on dates yet to be determined, with Secretary of State Kissinger and Secretary of Defense Schlesinger. Secretary Kissinger will testify on the foreign policy implications of United States nuclear weapons in Europe, and Secretary Schlesinger will testify on United States force deployments in Europe. In addition, the two Secretaries will testify on current strategic policies and programs of the United States and the Soviet union, with emphasis upon the effects of these programs and policies upon the SALT II negotiations.