OPENING STATEMENT BY SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER (R-ARIZONA) FOR THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE - THURSDAY MARCH 8 1984 9:00 A.M.

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Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 Received from I I in the Office of Security the fo ow~~ Secrecy Oaths Scrap Material Statement Reporter's Notes (or) Reporters Tapes Typewriter Ribbons Original ands copies of the Transcript of the Director before ~~~~~~ ~~ Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 Sir: There will be a meeting of the Committee on ARMED SERVICES Roots SR-222 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING Thursday, March 8, 1984 -- 10:00 a.m. EXECU'T'IVE/OPEN To receive testimony on the President's Strategic Defense Initiative in review of the Fiscal Year 1985 Defense Authorization Bill. WITIJESSES: `~ [ Dr. Fred C. I kl e ~ /, Under? Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. Richard D. DeLauer ~ t' Y Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering *Notice amended to inda.eate heaxing will begin a,n ~xec~t~ve ses~:}.on then go into Open session. Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 OPENING STATEMENT BY SEPT. OR BARRY GOLDWATER (~ ~-ZTI~~ FOR THE .SENATE ARMED SERVICES C MMITTEE NG ON'`THE PRESIDENT'S .STRATEGIC DEFENSE IN ~T-~A~T~VE - TH RSDAY, MARCH 8, 1984, 9:00 A.M THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE CONVENES THIS MORNING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON THE PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE. SENATOR TOWER REGRETS THAT HE IS NOT ABLE TO BE WITH US THIS MORNING. I WELCOME OUR WITNESSES: DR. RICHARD DELAUER, THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, AND DR. FRED IKLE, THE UNDER SECRETARY. OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS MORNING. WE BEGIN1IN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO .RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON SOVIET ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF STRATEGIC DEFENSE AND TO PROVIDE OUR WITNESSES AND OUR MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH CLASSIFIED MATTERS. I S M INT INTO OP N SESSION A SOON AS POSSIBLE A I WILL HAVE A RE FORMA STATEMENT T THAT TIME. BEFO E WE PROCEED W H THE TEST MONY OF 0 WITNESSES, I WOULD LIK TO TURN TO Y DISTINGUIS ED COLLE UE FROM GEORGIA, SENATOR NUNN. Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 INFORMATION FOR THE ALDERSON REPORTING CO. ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE TITLE OF~HEARIN~ SUBCOMMITTEE ON: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION TACTICAL WARFARE STRATEGIC & THEATER NUCLEAR FORCES MANPOWER & PERSONNEL PREPAREDNESS SEA POWER & FORCE PROJECTION DATE OF HEARING: ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: John Tower, Chairman Strom Thurmond arry Goldwater John W. Warner Gordon J. Humphrey William S. Cohen Roger W. Jepsen' Dan Quayle John P. East Pete Wilson CONVENED: A.M~ ~D-D~.M. ADJOURNED: A.M. ~ r P.M. Sam Nunn RECORD INSERTS BY: John C. Stennis Gary Hart J. James Exon Carl Levin Edward M. Kennedy Jeff Bingaman Alan J. Dixon OTHER SENATORS PRESENT: ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: James F. McGovern, Staff Director and Chief Counsel Arnold L. Punaro, Staff Director for the Minority Alan R. Yuspeh, General- Counsel Minority Counsel Christine C. Dauth, Chief Clerk Brenda K. Hudson, Assistant Chief .Clerk Patrick A. Tucker, Counsel Toni D. White, Special Assistant Gerald D. Strickler, Printing and Documents Clerk Suzanne Bantz, Receptionist RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: Judith A. Freedman Douglas R. Graham COMMITTEE MEMBERS'ASSISTANTS PRESENT: Gerald J. Smith, Asst. to Sen. Goldwater ,~/,?e~,r;~,Qe~ ,Asst. to Sen. Warner uy L. Copeland, Asst. to Sen. Warner Ronald P. Kelly, Asst. to Sen. Humphrey James H. Dykstra, Asst. to Sen. Cohen Robert Savitt, Asst. to Sen: Cohen Dale F. Gerry, Asst. to Sen. Cohen Jonathan Etherton, Asst. to Sen. Jepsen Henry J. Steenstra, Asst. to Sen. Quayle Bernard R. Toon, Asst. to Sen. Quayle Karl H. Stegenga, Asst. to Sen. Quayle John Roddy, Asst. to Sen. East "Mark J. Albrecht, Asst. to Sen. Wilson Larry Siegel, Asst. to Sen. Cohen TRANSCRIPT: OPEN L~EXECUTIUE CLASSIFIED: TOP SECRET/CODEWORD TOP SECRET SECRET *= Fellow -- MAY NOT ATTEND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS (ALDERSON, DO NOT NOTE) **If more than one area of responsi6il~ty is covered, be sure to order separate. transcripts' nomination hearings which precede or follow hearings on other subjects, for example. Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS: L. Wayne Arny III _David S. Lyles Robert E. Bayer Jose E. Martinez Robert F. Bott _ Bruce D. Porter Michael B. Donley Mark B. Robinson Richard D. Finn, Jr. Ann E. Sauer Drew A. Harker _ Carl M. Smith William E. Hoehn, Jr. _James C. Smith III George K. Johnson ,J r. John G, Campbell James R. Locher III STAFF ASSISTANTS: Kathryn E. Bognovitz Barbara B. Brown Marie Chaillet Marie Fabrizio Dickinson Tamara L. Farnsworth Mary J. Kampo Karen A. Love Kathleen L. McGuire Deborah Paige-DuBose Patricia L. Watson Francis J. Sullivan, Asst. to Sen. Stennis Mary A. Shields, Asst. to Sen. Stennis William S. Lind, Asst. to Sen. Hart Kent Hughes, Asst. to Sen. Hart Lewis G. Pallas, Asst. to Sen. Exon Jeffrey B. Subko, Asst. to Sen. Exon Peter D. Lennon, Asst. to Sen. Levin Gordon Kerr, Asst. to Sen. Levin Gregory P. Craig, Asst. to Sen. Kennedy Matthew H. Murray, Asst. to Sen. Kennedy -James Steinberg, Asst. to Sen. Kennedy Edward McGaffigan, Jr., Asst. to Sen.Bingaman * Michael A. Fainberg, Asst. to Sen. Bingaman * M. Jon Beard, Asst. to Sen. Bingaman Charles C. Smith, Jr., Asst. to Sen. Dixon NUMBER OF COPIES: ORIGINAL + 'T (consider number of witnesses from various departments when ordering) Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3 Q Next 2 Page(s) In Document Denied STAT Approved For Release 2008/07/24 :CIA-RDP86B00337R000200260011-3

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OPENING STATEMENT BY SENATOR BARRY GOLDWATER (R-ARIZONA) FOR THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE PRESIDENT'S STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE - THURSDAY MARCH 8 1984 9:00 A.M.