Supplemental Military Procurement and Construction Authorizations, Fiscal Year 1967: Hearings Before the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Department of Defense of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninetieth Congress, First Session |
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1967 basic appropriation 1967 supplemental additional Air Force aircraft ammunition amount Army ARVN believe bombing BYRD of Virginia Chairman RUSSELL civilian Colloquy deleted committee correct cost Defense agencies Department of Defense direct program equipment facilities figures fiscal year 1967 FY 1967 Budget Haiphong Hanoi increase infiltration JANUARY 23 Korean Marine Corps materiel Mekong Delta ment Military construction Military personnel missiles months Navy North Dakota Operation and maintenance percent port procurement question Saigon Secretary MCNAMARA Senator ALLOTT Senator BYRD Senator CANNON Senator DOMINICK Senator ELLENDER Senator INOUYE Senator JACKSON Senator MCCLELLAN Senator MILLER Senator MONRONEY Senator PASTORE Senator PEARSON Senator STENNIS Senator SYMINGTON Senator THURMOND Senator YOUNG ships South Vietnam southeast Asia statement STENNIS stock fund supplies targets Thailand thousands of dollars tion troops Viet Vietcong VIETNAM Senator Vietnamese Westmoreland WHEELER YOUNG of North YOUNG of Ohio
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Page 6 - Vietnam and elsewhere to support the larger forces that might be required. Without these data, we could only guess the amount of the additional funds which would be needed for the balance of the fiscal year. Second, many of the decisions which would have been involved in preparing an amendment to the FY 1967 Budget would also have been involved in preparing the FY 1968 Budget, and these decisions could be made with much greater assurance of accuracy later in the year. Indeed, I am convinced that...
Page 12 - Vietnam total over 235,000 compared with the 190,000-200,000 estimated last summer. The Communist hard core strength, including some 107 battalions, totals about 87,000, the irregulars number about 110,000, and the political cadres about 39,000. Within these totals, the confirmed North Vietnamese regular Army forces in South Vietnam now number at least 11,000 men organized in 22 battalions, and there are probably more.
Page 21 - We are now operating a pipeline extending some 10,000 miles across the Pacific and, as I noted earlier, we are moving vast quantities of materiel to, and large numbers of military personnel to and from, Southeast Asia; another $375 million will be required for this purpose. The further expansion of the training establishment will require an additional $128 million in...
Page 194 - Other significant procurements are 5.56-millimeter cartridges; 40-, 60-, 81-, 90- and 152-millimeter cartridges; 155- and 175-millimeter charges; flash reducers and projectiles; stockpile components for the 2.75-inch rocket, and other ammunition in support of SEA. In the remaining budget activity, "Production base support," our request totals $219.9 million, of which 98 percent is in support of both contractor and Government-owned industrial facilities. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION...
Page 6 - The Congress was informed of these actions through the reprogramming process and related hearings. But, while it was clear even last summer that additional funds would be required for FY 1967 if the conflict in southeast Asia were to continue, the timing and the amount of the additional request posed a problem. With regard to timing, we had essentially two alternatives : ( 1 ) request an amendment to the...
Page 136 - All right, without objection, we will recess until 2:30. (Whereupon, at 12:30 pm, Thursday, February 25, 1965, the commmittee recessed, to reconvene at 2:30 pm the same day.) (AFTERNOON SESSION, 2:45 PM, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1965) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE STATEMENTS OF HON. ROBERT S. McNAMARA, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, AND GEN. EARLE G. WHEELER, US ARMY, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF— Resumed QUESTIONS BY SENATOR THURMOND Senator STENNIS. Members of the committee, if we may begin now. I hope...
Page 56 - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENTS OF HON. ROBERT S. McNAMARA, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE; AND GEN.