- Title: U.S.A.: DEFENCE SECRETARY OPPOSES PROPOSED CUTS IN MILITARY EXPENDITURE:
- Date: 13th October 1970
- Summary: 1. GV Sate Department 0.10 2. LV&CU Laird speaking 1.14 TRANSCRIPT: SEQ 2: MR. LAIRD: "I believe that at this time further reductions in our Defence Department Budget place in jeopardy the important negotiations that are going on at present time on many fronts. We should be in a position, as we enter this era of negotiation, of strength. I also believe that it also jeopardises seriously the national security posture of this country and the safety of our people. And I hope to have the support of a majority of the United States - and the 'contraries' of the House and the Senate - when this Bill gets back into conference after the elections recess which begins on Wednesday, as far as Capitol Hill in concerned. An all-out effort will be made by the Army, the Navy, the Air Force and the Department of Defence to see that these funds are restored through out 1971 Appropriation Act. Initials JMR/PS/1630 JMR/PW/MH/1620 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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