S. Hrg. 105-183
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
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HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
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C O N T E N T S
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Tuesday, April 8, 1997
a.m. session
Rumsfeld, Hon. Donald, former Secretary of Defense............... 13
Prepared statement........................................... 19
Schlesinger, Hon. James R., former Secretary of Defense.......... 5
Letter Submitted by Hon. Richard B. Cheney, former Secretary
of Defense................................................. 5
Weinberger, Hon. Caspar, former Secretary of Defense............. 9
P.M. SESSION
Albright, Hon. Madeleine Korbel, Secretary of State.............. 61
Prepared statement........................................... 64
Wednesday, April 9, 1997
Feith, Douglas J., Feith and Zell, P.C., former Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Negotiation Policy.................... 107
Prepared statement........................................... 110
Ikle, Dr. Fred C., former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency......................................................... 105
Kirkpatrick, Dr. Jeane J., former U.S. Permanent Representative
to the United Nations, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise
Institute...................................................... 91
Prepared statement........................................... 96
Perle, Richard N., former Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy.................................. 99
Rowny, Lieutenant General Edward L., U.S. Army (retired),
International Negotiation Consultant........................... 131
Prepared statement........................................... 133
Scowcroft, General Brent, President, Forum for International
Policy, and former National Security Policy Advisor............ 134
Zumwalt, Admiral E.R., Jr., United States Navy (retired), Member,
President's Foreign Intelligence Avisory Board................. 124
Tuesday, April 15, 1997
Bailey, Hon. Kathleen C., Senior Fellow, Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory............................................ 182
Prepared statement........................................... 185
Letter Submitted by Paul L. Eisman, Senior Vice President for
Refining, Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation............ 182
Letter Submitted by Robert W. Roten, President and CEO of
Sterling Chemicals......................................... 183
Forbes, Malcolm S., Jr., President and CEO, Forbes, Inc., New
York, New York................................................. 153
Prepared statement........................................... 157
Johnson, Ralph V., Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Dixie
Chemical Company, Inc., Houston, Texas......................... 180
Kearns, Kevin L., President, United States Business and
Industrial Council............................................. 174
Prepared statement........................................... 176
Merrifield, Hon. Bruce, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce... 187
Reinsch, Hon. William A., Under Secretary of Commerce for Export
Administration................................................. 189
Prepared statement........................................... 192
Spears, Wayne, Owner and CEO, Spears Manufacturing, Inc., Sylmar,
California..................................................... 178
Prepared statement........................................... 179
Webber, Frederick, President, Chemical Manufacturers Association,
Washington, D.C................................................ 194
Prepared statement........................................... 197
Thursday, April 17, 1997
Goss, Hon. Porter J., U.S. Representative in Congress From
Florida........................................................ 219
Lehman, Hon. Ronald F., former Director, Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency............................................. 236
Odom, General William, U.S. Army (retired), former Director,
National Security Agency....................................... 227
O'Malley, Edward J., former Assistant Director
(Counterintelligence), Federal Bureau of Investigation......... 231
Appendix
Conditions to the Chemical Weapons Convention.................... 261
The Case Against The Chemical Weapons Convention ``Truth or
Consequences'' [Prepared by The Center for Security Policy].... 276
Remarks by President Bill Clinton and Others at the White House,
April 4, 1997.................................................. 321
False Promises, Fatal Flaws: The Chemical Weapons Convention
[Prepared by Empower America].................................. 326
Letters and Other Material Submitted in Support of Ratification
of the Chemical Weapons Convention:
American Ex-Prisoners of War................................. 329
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.......................... 329
Reserve Officers Association of the United States............ 329
Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A............................. 330
Prepared Statement of Brad Roberts, Institute for Defense
Analyses................................................... 331
Letters Submitted in Opposition to Ratification of the Chemical
Weapons Convention:
Sterling Chemicals........................................... 335
Small Business Survival Committee............................ 335
Statement by Ronald F. Lehman Before the U.S. Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, June 9, 1994.............................. 337