u 9 - Anthem his I I I Ran Hem For WHESBFIEB EN FEM E0 13526 5'14 11mm yesterday JAN 0 3 2w eras gs mazes 11 3 is Fur 8-33 Mr Duncan a agree W1 Lani-Eu 7 a Ch I Stanle De ass 1e Date 1 f thit u R Reason 353 Def Cont Wm 12 1y DEE SEC Resor I nu mm h-mmwj HA art 5 air - I Slocombe in response to your request- of' @239 18 October 1978 Attached is a paper prepared by Walt a mama's-Jessica SEEN OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Of ce of the Secre RED mm Authority 1 classify es 3 tary 91 of Defense #5 r I Deny up- 35 a I - a vialeminently En 113 526 - thaei natures a senses my Launch on Warning @3393 JAN 8 3 ent that wees-of our 0 tions for res ending - is adopting WW strategy Because elieve that is not an option I am ad ressing is separately here It is useful to remind the _that if they were-to conte late an they could not count 011 when attack arrivedi-stration -- have iven such reminders At the same time I believe it would be den erous wron and ineffective for gs to an instead of merer definition a No matter how much wewproved technically that any foolproof the ac le would ri distrust a One sometimes hears the ar to the threat to was lic which re uired -- It is a rinci eseciall this Adminis- tration W11 be able to _ because it depends on The temptatio f0 Le 6391 2's also In short it is useful to remind the not the possibiliti and to a f-Tr- do certain things to make it feasibl ut reliance on as a substitute for 5 not an acceptable option gilitarily technically politic -- nor I believe morallySee Def Cont lira Jim-Q 3 9 4L -pamDu mn- This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu