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...Washington headquarters promptly. When Edwin Meese, a top Reagan transition adviser, asked FBI Director William Webster in December 1980 whether the FBI had any information linking Donovan to organized crime, Webster responded, "I know of nothing to hold up the nomination at this time." The director wrote a memo saying that the FBI's 59 field offices had run checks on Donovan with no negative findings. In fact, no such national FBI survey had been made...
...media campaign surfaced last week when the citizens' lobby Common Cause released a memo it had obtained, written by a Pentagon public relations officer, Kathleen Troia. The memo calls for high-profile speeches by Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger, a vigorous "letter-to-the-editor" campaign, and the enlistment of local base commanders around the country to win "public understanding and support" for the Administration's management of military programs. The media barrage, which was approved by Weinberger, spans a period beginning two days after Labor Day and ending Nov. 3, three days before the election. Common Cause President...
...Army is also being challenged about the survivability of its Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, a cannon-equipped personnel carrier. A Pentagon memo made public past week, written by a colonel well acquainted with the vehicle, criticized the Army's failure to submit the Bradley to realistic tests. The $1.5 million vehicle is clad with aluminum armor that some critics claim would vaporize when hit by high-explosive antitank projectiles, creating a deadly fireball inside the fuel-and ammunition-laden tank. The manufacturer claims the tank's armor "does not burn when hit." So far, the Army has refused...
...such investigation uncovered by Pentagon auditors that came to light last week: because of inflated cost estimates, claims an internal Air Force memo, the Lockheed Corp. stands to earn nearly twice the profits agreed upon for the production of five C-5B transport planes. Another horror story was reported last week by the Washington Post: in 1981, top executives at General Dynamics allegedly sought to delay the disclosure of a $100 million cost overrun on its nuclear-submarine program until lucrative new Navy contracts that would offset the losses were signed. Sherick laments, "I keep turning over rocks, and under...
...memo last week, Rolm President Kenneth Oshman assured his employees that "our partners at IBM recognize the need to preserve Rolm's culture and informal style." Feelings within the company were mixed. Said a Rolm marketing manager: "There is a vague disquiet about the takeover and a feeling that something has been lost, but no great sense of panic...