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+ —— : sessments of “the require- ments of new weaponry and new technology” by military andi mn speakers, Fink said. “There was a minimum of back-siapping and tax of the Communist men- ace,” he recaiied. “Most of it was technical talk and discussion of the m2rxet potential of weapons on the drawing boards end in Various stages of deploy- ment.” Fink said he experienced No difficulty msaing tape “recordings and photo- graphs of such presenta- tions as: Gen. George S. Brown, chief of the Air Force Systems Command, criti- cizing “the widespread be- lief that all our ills can be eured by cutting the de- tense budget” and detail- ing the Air Force's “major —— o— emphasis on development of weapons for Lmited war.” Maj. Gen. Leslie W. Bray Jr., whose title at the Pentagon is “director of doctrine concep:s and ob- jectives.” descrioimg 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 conducted 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 ————— o_o 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 deployment of the F1l1 and other aircraft). “I was impressed by the complete indistinguishabil- ity of military and cite Personnel at the ence," Fink said. “There was a lot of lobbying and a lot of reminiscing by ze- tired officers who subse- quently joined firms with defense contracts.” Traditionally, the “top events” at American Ord- nance Assn. gatherings have been outdoor “fire- power demonstrations” conducted by military per- sonnel at the host base, Fink said. ——