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20251109 CDTL Bản Ghi Nhớ Từ Korologos Gửi Scowcroft Và Marsh Washington 12 August 1974 D136

136. Memorandum From the President’s Deputy Assistant for Legislative Affairs (Korologos) to the President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs (Scowcroft) and the White House Counselor (Marsh) 1

Washington, August 12, 1974.

https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v10/d136

Washington, August 12, 1974.

SUBJECT

DOD Appropriations

The Defense Department Appropriations Bill is in trouble in the Senate. (Subcommittee markup begins Tuesday)2

The budget request was for $87 (b) billion.

The House cut $3.7 (b) billion out of it.

The Senate Appropriations Committee wants to come out with about a $5.2 (b) billion total cut.

The doves want to put a spending ceiling on it of $81 (b) billion when it gets to the Floor.

McClellan and the Committee also want to cut 25,000 overseas troops. Cranston has a 75,000 and 50,000 cut ready on the Floor.

Atop all this there is virtually no chance to restore the $300 (m) million MASF money for South Vietnam—indeed there will be an attempt to cut that total down to $500 (m) million when it gets to the Senate Floor. We will be lucky to hold to the House figure of $700 (m) million.3

The point of all this doggerel is that the President tonight might should make a fervent plea not to handcuff him with massive Defense and troop cuts—in his first week in Office.4 My concern is that if we go for a cut of some kind the Senate not only will take the President’s recommendation, but raise it a few billion, really hurting us.

Schlesinger and I both have talked with McClellan and Committee members and it looks gloomy.

I pass all this on for your information.

Google Translated

Washington, ngày 12 tháng 8 năm 1974.

CHỦ ĐỀ

Khoản phân bổ ngân sách của Bộ Quốc phòng

Dự luật Phân bổ ngân sách của Bộ Quốc phòng đang gặp khó khăn tại Thượng viện. (Tiểu ban bắt đầu đánh dấu vào thứ Ba)

Đề nghị ngân sách là 87 tỷ đô la.

Hạ viện đã cắt giảm 3,7 tỷ đô la.

Ủy ban Phân bổ ngân sách của Thượng viện muốn đưa ra mức cắt giảm tổng cộng khoảng 5,2 tỷ đô la.

Những người theo chủ nghĩa ôn hòa muốn đặt mức trần chi tiêu cho dự luật là 81 tỷ đô la khi nó được đưa ra thảo luận tại Thượng viện.

McClellan và Ủy ban cũng muốn cắt giảm 25.000 quân ở nước ngoài. Cranston đã sẵn sàng cắt giảm 75.000 và 50.000 quân tại Thượng viện.

Trên hết, gần như không có cơ hội nào để khôi phục lại khoản tiền 300 triệu đô la của MASF dành cho Nam Việt Nam—thực tế sẽ có một nỗ lực cắt giảm tổng số tiền đó xuống còn 500 triệu đô la khi được đưa ra Thượng viện. Chúng ta sẽ may mắn nếu giữ nguyên con số 700 triệu đô la của Hạ viện.

Mục đích của tất cả những lời lẽ vô nghĩa này là Tổng thống tối nay có thể sẽ đưa ra lời kêu gọi tha thiết không trói buộc ông bằng những khoản cắt giảm lớn về Quốc phòng và quân số—trong tuần đầu tiên nhậm chức. Mối lo ngại của tôi là nếu chúng ta thực hiện một khoản cắt giảm nào đó, Thượng viện không chỉ sẽ chấp nhận đề nghị của Tổng thống mà còn tăng thêm vài tỷ đô la, thực sự gây tổn hại cho chúng ta.

Schlesinger và tôi đều đã nói chuyện với McClellan và các thành viên Ủy ban và tình hình có vẻ ảm đạm.

Tôi xin chia sẻ tất cả những điều này để quý vị tham khảo.

https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v10/d136

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