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Confusion and a deep division within the American public over die value of an anti-ballistic missile (A.B.M.) defense system was reflected in the midsummer vote in the Senate to authorize about $900 million for expenditure in fiscal year 1970 for President Nixon's Safeguard A.B.M. system.During the debate that preceded the Senate vote, public and religious presses carried many articles that presented forceful arguments against the Safeguard program. These seem to boil down to two principal issues of moral concern: it is alleged, first, that the Safeguard A.B.M. would introduce a destabilizing element into the strategic nuclear balance just at the time we are attempting to enter negotiations with the Soviet. Union for limitation on strategic armaments; second, that deployment of the Safeguard system would be wasteful of national resources needed for pressing domestic problems.

THE PRIMARY PROPOSALS OF DEFENSE CRITICS FOR CUTTING DEFENSE SPENDING ARE ANALYZED AND THE SHORTCOMINGS OF EACH POINTED OUT. THE PROPOSALS CRITIQUED INCLUDE MANPOWER CUTS, DELAYED MODERNIZATION, STRETCHING OUT PRODUCTION, AND REDUCING OVERSEAS TROOP LEVELS. A FEW AREAS WHERE CUTS MAY BE POSSIBLE, MAINLY IN PERSONNEL COMPENSATION AND LESS COSTLY WEAPONS ARE SUGGESTED.

Imprint varies: Arlington, Va., Jan. 1980-Apr. 1987; Alexandria, VA, May 1987- ; "A publication of the Department of Defense."--P. 8 ; Title from cover ; Beginning with 1993 issues lack chronological designation and begin numbering each year with issue 1 ; Some issues combined; issue 5 for 1993- called "Almanac." ; Title includes year of issue; i.e., Defense/80 ; Mode of access: Internet. ; UCLA Library - CDL shared resource. ; UPD

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THE AUTHOR, A DEFENSE ANALYST, CLAIMS THAT IN U. S. CHINA POLICY THE DANGER IS THAT WE WILL BE TOO CAUTIUOUS, NOT TOO ACTIVE. ALTHOUGH HE FEELS IT UNLIKELY THAT SOVIET DIPLOMACY CAN CAUSE GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN SOVIET-PEKING RELATIONSHIPS, IT COULD HAPPEN: SO, MOREOVER, COULD WAR. AT THIS POINT CHINESE MILITARY DEFENSES AND STRENGTH ARE NOT GREAT. HE URGES MORE POSITIVE ACTION BY THE U. S.