Military Procurement Supplemental -- Fiscal Year 1974, Hearings Before ..., 93-2, March 12 and 19, 19741974 - 214 pages |
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1974 supplemental request 1975 increment additional Administration Admiral MOORER Air Force aircraft airlift American ammunition Answer appropriation approved Army authorization base budget request Cambodia capability carriers ceasefire ceiling Chairman civilian CLEMENTS combat Committee Congress continue cost Defense Department deleted Department of Defense Diego Garcia equipment estimated facilities fiscal year 1974 foreign funds FY 1974 supplemental improve included increase Indian Ocean Indochina information follows inventory IOC delay Israel MASF program McCLARY ment Middle East military aid million modification NATO naval Navy Nixon Doctrine operations Paris Agreement pay raises percent personnel planned political present procurement proposal Question readiness record reduce reprograming Saigon Secretary of Defense Senator CANNON Senator HUGHES Senator MCINTYRE Senator SYMINGTON Senator TAFT ships simulator South Vietnam Soviet Union statement STUART SYMINGTON supply tanks Thank tion U.S. SENATOR United Vietnamese weapons
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Page 203 - The United States will not continue its military involvement or intervene in the internal affairs of South Vietnam.
Page 1 - The funds so made available may be expended to acquire, construct, convert, rehabilitate, or install permanent or temporary public works, including land acquisition, site preparation, appurtenances, utilities, and equipment.
Page 175 - Within sixty days of the signing of this agreement, there will be a total withdrawal from South Vietnam of troops, military advisers, and military personnel, including technical military personnel and military personnel associated with the pacification program, armaments, munitions, and war material of the United States and those of the other foreign countries mentioned in Article 3 (A).
Page 9 - No supplemental or amendment or increase in limitation will be considered unless the matter is of sufficient urgency to warrant immediate action. Every effort should be made to postpone, until the following fiscal year, action which would require supplemental appropriations. However, proposals which decrease or eliminate amounts will be submitted whenever such changes are warranted. Most supplemental and amendments will be expected to meet one...
Page 80 - The need for balanced, mutually supporting forces, ie, not just tanks and aircraft, but infantry, antitank weapons, artillery and ground air defenses as well ; The new importance of modern antitank and air defense weapons ; The importance of defense suppression weapons, equipment and tactics ; The importance of a warm production base, and sufficient reserve stocks of ammunition, spare parts and equipment; The importance of trained manpower. None of these lessons is surprising. The Department has...
Page 80 - In addition, the Middle East war confirmed prior judgments about various aspects of modern warfare. The principal points are : The importance of advanced warning and its assessment, and the ready forces available to take advantage of it ; The heavy attrition of equipment and supplies that can result from modern, intense conventional conflict ; The need for balanced, mutually supporting forces, ie, not just tanks and aircraft, but infantry, antitank weapons, artillery and ground air defenses as well...
Page 50 - ... good." Aden: No press or official reaction. Oman: No public or official comments in Oman. Abu Dhabi: No public or private comment, but our Embassy reports that local attitudes were "relaxed and probably favorable." Kuwait: No public or private reaction to our Diego Garcia proposals. Iran: Press reaction has been balanced, but expressed the desire that a great power arms race in the area be avoided. There has been no official Iranian position, but our Embassy believes the GOI would not object...
Page 138 - I first want to express my appreciation to you, Mr. Chairman, and the members of this committee for permitting me to appear...
Page 116 - Defense during the current fiscal year may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be available for the same purposes and time period : Provided further, That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may...
Page 194 - Article 3 (A). Advisers from the above-mentioned countries to all paramilitary organizations and the police force will also be withdrawn within the same period of time. Article 6 The dismantlement of all military bases in South Vietnam of the United States and of the other foreign countries mentioned in Article 3 (A) shall be completed within sixty days of the signing of this agreement.