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The Arms Control and Disarmam.ent Agency (ACDA) was quick
to respond to the new impetus toward Latin American d e n u c l e a r i
zation.
In a background paper dated October 25, 1962, the
Agency recommended that the United States support
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Communist China and the Proliferation
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Effects of the Vietnam Wa r .........................
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Disarmament
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IV.
ORGANIZATION AND WORK'OF THE AGENCY
A.
Administration and Structure
When Congress created the U.S. Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) in September 1961,_!/
it took a step without precedent; it assigned to a
new agency
- , or "collateral" measures.
Characteristically, the
first major new initiative of the Johnson Administration - a
proposal to freeze strategic nuclear delivery vehicles - emerged
during discussion of an ACDA attempt to revise the first stage
of the U.S. treaty
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a new set of program objectives which could perhaps be
achieved in a reasonable time period, say 10-20 years.
In early 1964 an effort was initiated to develop a
formal statement of objectives which after many false
starts finally led to the establishment
- testing in 1961.^
Proposed Approach to Soviet Leaders
In a memorandum of November 23, 1964, to the Committee of
Principals, ACDA Director Foster submitted an outline of sub
jects for discussion with the new Soviet leaders who had recently
^See