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ee — eee ee mene ee a me ee ee oe ee sessments of “the require- ments of new weaponry and new technoiogyr” by military and civilian speakers, Fink said. “There was a minimum -Of back-siafping and talk of the Communist men- ace,” he recatied. “Most of it was technical talk and discussion of the marxet potential of weapons on the drawing boards end in Various stages of deploy- ment.” Fink said he experienced no difficulty maxing tape “recordings and photo- graphs of such presenta- tions as: Gen. George S. Brown, chief of the Air Force Systems Command, criti- eizing “the widespread be- lief that all our ills can be cured by cutting the de- fense budget” and detail- ing the Air Force's “major ——— el emphasis on development of weapons for Lmited war.” Maj. Gen. Leslie W. Bray Jr., whose title at the Pentagon is “director of Coctrine concepts and ob- jectives,” cescrioing pro- jected laser-guided aerial bombardment systems as part of what he called “a low-profile deployment capability” in keeping with the requirements of “de- Americanizing” guerrilla wars. —military historian R. V. Stulting, in a privately conducied interview, re- sponding to Fink’s ques- tions about possible ethical implications of the use of laser technology with the comment: “It’s time we had the stardust knocked out of our eyes, painful as that may be to some,” and describing former Defense | Ee emmemmedl cr ee re ae ee et ES ee seen ate ee GR - A A ee : a Secretary Robert McNama- ra as a man with “a not very strong grasp of mili- tary theory, as witness such things as the F111.” (McNamara was at times critical of large cost GVCTTUNS Occasioned by the deployment of the F111 and other aircraft). “I was impressed by the complete indistinguishabil- ity of military and civilian personnel at the “tonféer= ence," Fink said. ‘There was a lot of lobbying and a lot of reminiscing by re- tired officers who subse- quently joined firms with defense contracts.” Traditionally, the “top events” at American Ord- nance Assn. gatherings have been outdaor “fire- power demonstrations” conducted by military per- sonnel at the host base, Fink said. Seite?