[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 96 (Thursday, July 21, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                        TRIBUTE GERARD C. SMITH

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                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 21, 1994

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, Gerard C. Smith, one of America's principal 
architects of arms control policy, passed away earlier this month. 
Gerard Smith was a man who dedicated much of his life to the creation 
of a more peaceful and stable world in the various positions he held 
during a long and distinguished career: Director of the Arms Control 
and Disarmament Agency, Ambassador at Large for Nuclear 
Nonproliferation, Chief U.S. Negotiator of the Strategic Arms 
Limitation Talks [SALT], Director of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty 
negotiations, and U.S. Governor on the Board of the International 
Atomic Energy Administration.
  Through Mr. Smith's insights, leadership, and dedication much of 
America's arms control and disarmament policy was created. It was his 
idea in the early 1960's to establish a hotline between Moscow and 
Washington. His efforts paved the way for the flourishing of arms 
control measures in the 1980's. Under his leadership ACDA was a strong, 
vital voice for arms control and disarmament. Mr. Smith was a devoted 
public servant, and his efforts to foster a more peaceful world places 
the country in his debt.
  I would like to insert in the Record the comments of ACDA's current 
Director, John Holum a worthy successor to Gerard Smith:

       Gerard Smith was an outstanding public servant with an 
     unsurpassed commitment to the cause of arms control, 
     nonproliferation and disarmament.
       As a former Director of ACDA and the Chief U.S. Negotiator 
     of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) and the ABM 
     Treaty, Ambassador Smith lead U.S. Government efforts to 
     reduce tensions between the United States and the former 
     Soviet Union, and paved the way for all the significant arms 
     control and disarmament actions taken since.
       His dedication to nonproliferation over the years and his 
     work with the International Atomic Energy Agency helped 
     inspire our focus on proliferation, which dominates world 
     concerns in the current era.
       We are forever grateful and indebted to Gerard Smith for 
     believing in a strong Arms Control and Disarmament Agency 
     (ACDA) and the contribution it has and must continue to make 
     to world peace and stability. His enduring contribution to 
     the agency and to arms control, nonproliferation and 
     disarmament will not be forgotten.

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