AUTHORITY TO ORDER THE USE OF

NUCLEAR WEAPONS
(United States, United Kingdom, France,
Soviet Union, People's Republic of China)

EPARTMLIN

COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania, Chairman CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin

WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan WAYNE L. HAYS, Ohio

EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina

PAUL FINDLEY, Illinois DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida

JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama CHARLES C. DIGGS, JR., Michigan

J. HERBERT BURKE, Florida ROBERT N. C. NIX, Pennsylvania

PIERRE S. DU PONT, Delaware DONALD M. FRASER, Minnesota

CHARLES W, WHALEN, JR., Ohio BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York EDWARD G. BIESTER, JR., Pennsylvania LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana

LARRY WINN, JR., Kansas
LESTER L. WOLFF, New York

BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York
JONATHAN B. BINGHAM, New York TENNYSON GUYER, Ohio
GUS YATRON, Pennsylvania

ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California
ROY A. TAYLOR, North Carolina
MICHAEL HARRINGTON, Massachusetts
LEO J. RYAN, California
CHARLES WILSON, Texas
DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan
CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois
STEPHEN J. SOLA RZ, New York
HELEN S. MEYNER, New Jersey
DON BONKER, Washington

MARIAN A. CZARNECKI, Chief of Staff

SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS

CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina

PAUL FINDLEY, Illinois JONATHAN B. BINGHAM, New York

ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California CHARLES WILSON, Texas DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., Michigan

FOREWORD

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,

Washington, D.C., December 1, 1975. The material contained in this volume was requested of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress by Hon. Clement J. Zablocki, Chairman of the Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.

It is expected that these materials will be of assistance to the committee and its members in considering various pending legislative proposals relating to the first use of nuclear weapons.

THOMAS E. MORGAN, Chairman. (III)