NSSD 1-82 US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: STATUS REPORT

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• Publication Date: April 21, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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21 April 1982
NSSD 1-82
US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY: STATUS REPORT
There will be a meeting of the NSC on Tuesday 27 April at which Part III,
sections D-G will be discussed. All of these papers were approved at the IRG
of 21 April except section G, "Force Integration." This part will be the
subject of another working group meeting on 22 April to ensure that it is
fully congruent with section D, "US Nuclear Forces" and to add a further
paragraph that will emphasize the need for the US to mobilize its non-military
power--economic, political, social, and moral--in the competition with the
USSR, particularly in view of continuing US disadvantages in the military
realm.
SECTION III D: US NUCLEAR FORCES
This paper reconfirms the overall objectives of US nuclear force policy
as articulated in NSSD-13. It emphasizes the need to modernize US nuclear
forces in light of Soviet capabilities in order to meet the requirements for
damage limitation, flexibility of options, crisis stability, escalation
control, support of commitments to allies, preservation of the continuum of
conventional and nuclear deterrence, maritime nuclear employment, and forward
deployment of non-strategic nuclear forces. This section generated no issues
for consideration by the NSC.
SECTION III E: NON-NUCLEAR FORCES
The purpose of this section is to describe national policy with regard to
both force development and force application, in both peacetime and wartime.
The most contentious issue in this section, as it has been for some time,
remains the relationship between multitheater war policy and force expansion
priorities. State continues to seek priority for flexible forces tailored for
SW Asia, with DOD resisting this commitment and arguing that "multi-purpose
forces" are usable in any theater. State, as a corollary, wishes to see SW
Asia upgraded as equal in priority to Europe. An additional issue is that,
even with the FYDP, the US will remain in a number of instances unable to meet
its objectives.
SECTION III F: SECURITY ASSISTANCE
The current draft is fundamentally the same as earlier drafts. There is
unanimity in the IRG that:
(1) Atop priority administrative drive should be initiated to win
congressional approval for the FY 83 program. This will be addressed
separately as a short-term objective.
(2) Long-term recommendations include real growth in the security
assistance program for the next 5?years, greater use of multi-year
commitments to facilitate planning and predictability, extending our
anticipation of and planning for foreign military sales, an effort to
rewrite or revise the Arms Control Export Act and the Foreign
Assistance Act to remove outdated or inflexible provisions.
SECTION III G: FORCE INTEGRATION
This paper continues to be an issue within DOD with OSD recommendations
as noted above. Issues include:
-- Control of space.
NSC review completed
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Ballistic missile defense (BMD)
Reserve policy, including active duty/reserve ceilings/floors and
varying service commitments to total force policy.
Unified command, including integration of land and maritime assets
and establishment of joint commands (e.g., for SW Asia).
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