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==March== | ==March== | ||
*'''1''' - [[Eugene Rostow]] warns Senate Budget Committee that US security position will erode without a substantial increase in the Defense budget.<ref name="Sanders251-2">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, pp.251-252.</ref> | *'''1''' - [[Eugene Rostow]] warns Senate Budget Committee that US security position will erode without a substantial increase in the Defense budget.<ref name="Sanders251-2">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, pp.251-252.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==May== | ||
| + | *'''16''' - In ''Is SALT II a Fair Deal for the United States'', a publication of the [[Committee on the Present Danger]], [[Paul Nitze]] claims the Soviet Union is attempting to outflank Western Europe via the Middle East.<ref name="Sanders255">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.255.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==July== | ||
| + | *'''25''' - Rostow tells Hartford conference on ''United States Security and the Soviet Challenge'' that "the Soviet Union is engaged in a policy of imperial expansion all over the world".<ref name="Sanders254-5">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, pp.254-255.</ref> | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
*[[Coalition For Peace Through Strength]] formed to build opposition to a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty in Congress.<ref name="Sanders225">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.225.</ref> | *[[Coalition For Peace Through Strength]] formed to build opposition to a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty in Congress.<ref name="Sanders225">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.225.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==October== | ||
| + | *'''5''' - A report by the [[Committee on the Present Danger]], ''Is America becoming Number 2? Current Trends in the U.S. Soviet Military balance'', charges that "the Unites States will become vulnerable to a Soviet pre-emptive attack without further improvements in US weapons."<ref name="Sanders255">Jerry W. Sanders, ''Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment'', South End Press, 1983, p.255.</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:47, 17 November 2011
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
March
- 1 - Eugene Rostow warns Senate Budget Committee that US security position will erode without a substantial increase in the Defense budget.[1]
May
- 16 - In Is SALT II a Fair Deal for the United States, a publication of the Committee on the Present Danger, Paul Nitze claims the Soviet Union is attempting to outflank Western Europe via the Middle East.[2]
July
- 25 - Rostow tells Hartford conference on United States Security and the Soviet Challenge that "the Soviet Union is engaged in a policy of imperial expansion all over the world".[3]
August
- Coalition For Peace Through Strength formed to build opposition to a Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty in Congress.[4]
October
- 5 - A report by the Committee on the Present Danger, Is America becoming Number 2? Current Trends in the U.S. Soviet Military balance, charges that "the Unites States will become vulnerable to a Soviet pre-emptive attack without further improvements in US weapons."[2]
Notes
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, pp.251-252.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.255.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, pp.254-255.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.225.
