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ID-79-24 1 (1979-03-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaywn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE / RELEASED WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 c~'ea ~~~RELEASED W., o.o.=, RESTrCT C - o-~~val INrWRNlATIONAL IVjlIONt . ...~ .. . . -:- ....... by theC'- MARCH 16, 1979 B-194206 The Honorable Barry Goldwater Hl'IIUIIIHl United States Senate Dear Senator Goldwater: 108981 In response to your letter of December 19, 1978, we have obtained information on the costs of the administration's efforts to inform the public on the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) with the Soviet Union. Public information activities relating to SALT II are centered in the Department of State and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). There are several means by which the agencies keep the public informed, including furnishing officials for speaking engage- ments, arranging conferences, preparing and distributing publications, and providing interviews and press releases for the media. The Department of State and ACDA estimated that approximately $600,000 was expended in 1978 on SALT II public information activities as shown in enclosure I. The meetings referred to in your letter included both individual speaking engagements before civic groups and con- ferences cosponsored by the State Department, ACDA, and local organizations. During 1978 Department and ACDA officials participated in about 350 individual speaking engagements in 48 States and the District of Columbia. In addition, senior officials of these agencies and the Department of Defense appeared as principal speakers at 11 conferences held in Washington, D.C., and other major U.S. cities. Nine of these conferences were held outside the Washington area and were arranged through the efforts of the SALT Working Group, an office within the Bureau of European Affairs, Depart- ment of State. This group was created in May 1978 to respond to an anticipated public need for information relating to the emerging SALT II agreement. The other two conferences were held in Washington and were jointly sponsored by ACDA and the State Department. The stated purpose of the conferences was to provide a background educational briefing on United States security and the Soviet Challenge, with particular focus on the critical issues involved in the current Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) with the Soviet Union. ID- 79- (46541 . . .. . . .. .. . , i i

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