Political Warfare Timeline 1977
Notes towards a chronology of the modern history of covert action with particular reference to the role of the Lovestoneite movement.
Contents
January
- 10 - Henry Kissinger states "I do not believe the Soviet Union is achieving military superiority over the United States", contradicting Team B analysts.[1]
- 19 - Outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld claims, in line with Team B analysis, that Soviets appear to be aiming at war-fighting rather than deterrence.[1]
- 30 - Publication of a report by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, criticising Team B's charges. New York Times reports that Carter administration will nominate Paul Warnke to direct the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. A memo opposing Warnke by Penn Kemble and Joshua Muravchik of the Coalition for a Democratic Majority will begin to circulate anonymously around this time.[2]
February
- 7 Paul Nitze writes to Senator John Sparkman criticising Warnke nomination.[3]
- 8-9 Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds hearings on Warnke nomination. Nitze testifies that the Soviets look on "weakness as weakness and not be respected."[4]
- Following the Warnke hearings, the Emergency Coalition Against Unilateral Disarmament is formed to oppose the nomination, bringing together supporters of the Coalition for a Democratic Majority with activists from the New Right.[5]
April
- Committee on the Present Danger (CPD) publishes What is the the Soviet Union up to?. At the launch event, Nitze praises praises President Jimmy Carter's stance in the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty talks but doubts it will be acceptable to the Soviets.[6]
May
- 14 Coalition for a Democratic Majority releases an open latter praising Carter's emphasis on human rights in foreign policy.[6]
July
- 6 Committee on the Present Danger releases Where We Stand On SALT, drafted by Nitze, criticising Carter's stance on the treaty negotiations.[7] Washington Post reveals the existence of Presidential Review Memorandum #10 study of national security strategy directed by Samuel Huntington for the Carter administration.[8]
August
- 4 President Carter, Defense Secretary Harold Brown and National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brezinski meet with senior members of the CPD, including Nitze, and attempt to persuade them to tone down their critique of the administration.[9]
September
- 15 Defense Secretary Brown announces that the US will develop the M-X missile system.[5]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.203.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.204.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.206.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.207.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.208. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "Sanders208" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.243.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.244.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.246.
- ↑ Jerry W. Sanders, Peddlers of Crisis: The Committee on the Present Danger and the Politics of Containment, South End Press, 1983, p.247.
