Inited States. Congress
"Armed Serving

conate. Committee on

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FISCAL YEAR 1978 AUTHORIZATION FOR
MILITARY PROCUREMENT, RESEARCH
AND ACTIVE

AND

DEVELOPMENT,

DUTY, SELECTED RESERVE AND CIVIL-
IAN PERSONNEL STRENGTHS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 1210

TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR
1978 FOR PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT, MISSILES, NAVAL
VESSELS, TRACKED COMBAT VEHICLES, TORPEDOES, AND
OTHER WEAPONS, AND RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND
EVALUATION FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND TO PRESCRIBE
THE AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL STRENGTH FOR EACH ACTIVE
DUTY COMPONENT AND OF THE SELECTED RESERVE OF EACH
RESERVE COMPONENT OF THE ARMED FORCES AND OF CIVIL-
IAN PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND TO
AUTHORIZE THE MILITARY TRAINING STUDENT LOADS, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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PART 1
Authorizations

JANUARY 25, FEBRUARY 24, 1977

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CONTENTS

JANUARY 25, 1977

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Stennis, John C., Senator, chairman, statement...

Tower, John, Senator, statement.

Brown, Hon. Harold,, Secretary of Defense..

Rumsfeld, Donald H., report of the Secretary of Defense to the Congress

on fiscal year 1978 budget authorization request and fiscal year 1978-

1982 defense programs. -

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SECTION I:

I. Introduction _ _ _.

B. The fiscal year 1978 budget and 5-year defense program..

A. The fiscal year 1977 budget..

C. Basis for the proposed increase..

II. The basis for planning...

B. U.S. relations with the Soviet Union_.

C. U.S. regional and functional security interests and objectives___

1. Europe.

2. East Asia.