Register of the Seymour Weiss papers
1925 May 15 | Born, Chicago, Illinois |
1968-1969 | Director, Office of Strategic Research and Intelligence, U.S. Department of State |
1972-1973 | Deputy Director, Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State |
1973-1974 | Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
1974-1976 | U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas |
1992 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Biographical File 1943-1994
College transcript 1946-1994
Military records 1943-1994
Obituary 1992
Correspondence 1976-1992
Barker, Robert B. 1992
Brennan, Donald G. 1979
Central Intelligence Agency 1992
Cooper, Henry F., Jr. 1983
Defense Nuclear Agency 1982-1992
Denech, F. R., Jr. 1985
Doyle, William L., Jr. 1981
Dunne, Gerald W. 1992
Ermarth, Fritz W. 1992
Foster, John S. 1985
Gaffney, Henry H. 1992
Griff, Len 1976
Hagemann, Kenneth L. 1992
Ikle, Fred 1985
International Republican Institute (Jack Buechner) 1992
Jenkins, Frank 1992
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff 1980-1984
Kelso, Frank B. 1992
Kenyon College (Frank Baumann) 1984
Larson, C. R. 1992
Lehrman Institute (Nicholas X. Rizopoulos) 1981
Marshall, Andrew 1985
Martin, J. J. 1992
Martus, M. F. 1992
May, Ernest R. and James E. Goodby 1987
Merrill, John 1986
National Academy of Public Administration (Donald E. Smith) 1987
Neumann, Ronald E. 1980
Nixon, Richard 1982
Prociv, Theodore M. 1983
Rostow, Gene 1982
Rumsfeld, Donald 1977-1980
Saxer, Richard K. 1987
Sloss, Leon 1981-1982
Stark, J. R. 1992
U.S. Department of State 1989-1992
Wagner, Rich, Jr. 1991-1992
Watkins, James D. 1983
Weinberger, Caspar 1982-1988
Wohlstetter, Albert 1983
Speeches and Writings 1973-1992
Speech, U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board 1973
"Secretary Kissinger's Defense of Detente," 1975
"U.S. National Security Imperatives," 1976 November 10
With Paul H. Nitze and John F. Lehrman, The Carter Disarmament Proposals: Some Basic Questions and Cautions, 1977
"The Role of Allied Nuclear Forces," 1977 July 12
"Some Thoughts on a Comprehensive Test Ban," 1977 July 19
Article on Soviet military policy 1977 August 5
Draft statement on SALT for Senator Baker 1977 November 3
"Follow Up to the Kupperman Study on Terrorism," 1977 November 23
With Eric Fromm, President Carter's Arms Transfer Policy: A Critical Assessment 1978
"Mr. Kennan Should Clarify Views on Soviet Policy," Wall Street Journal, 1978 January 27
Transcript of interview, MacNeil/Lehrer Report 1978 April 10
Transcript of remarks, The Advocates 1978 April 13
"National Intelligence and the USSR," National Review, 1978 June 23
"Dealing with the Problem of Gaining a Widespread Public Appreciation of the Implications of a Strategic Balance," 1979
"U.S./European Relationship in the 1980s," 1979
"Factors Which Bear upon the Potential of Allies to Contribute to an Improved Western Strategic Posture for the Early 80s," 1979 March
"The Political Context of SALT II," 1979 May 15
"'War Monger' Fear Isn't a Reason to Buy SALT," Wall Street Journal, 1979 May 24
"Implications of Revised U.S. SALT Position," 1979 Summer
Questions on SALT 1979 Summer
Notes for speech on multilateral force 1979 June
"A Question Which Requires Serious Attention," 1979 June
"As It Stands Now, There Is No Safety in SALT," Los Angeles Times, 1979 August 26
Letter to the editor, Washington Post, 1979 September 3
"Soviet Troops in Cuba: Ominous Portent," 1979 September 7
Notes on SALT treaties and arms control 1980-1987
Notes on NATO 1980
With Leon Sloss, "U.S./European Relationship in the 1980s," 1980
"U.S. Surrogate Program," 1980
Writings on terrorism 1980
"Soviets on Military Strength," 1980 January
With Fred S. Hoffman and Leon Sloss, "Alliances under Stress," 1980 April
"The Politico-Military Context of CW Treaty Verification and Compliance," 1981
"SALT," 1981
"SALT: A Bad Agreement Better Than No Agreement?," 1981
Unpublished article on American security assistance 1981
"The NSC Is No Place for Active Military Officers," Wall Street Journal, 1981 February 4
"Random Thoughts on U.S. Policy toward East-West Relations," 1981 March 2
"Arms Transfer Programs under the Reagan Administration," 1981 April 30
"AWACS Bears Bitter Fruit," Wall Street Journal, 1981 May 1
"Tne Human Rights Office Was a Poor Idea" 1981 June 9
"'Strategic Stability'-Paths and Prospects," New York Times, 1981 July 26
"Secretary Haig's New Framework for Arms Control," Wall Street Journal, 1981 July 27
With William R. Van Cleave, "A Conceptual Framework for SALT," 1981 August
Editorial submitted to Wall Street Journal, 1981 August 15
"The Risks of Cutting the Defense Budget," Wall Street Journal, 1981 September 11
"Support for Reagan's Arms Speech Will Fade," Wall Street Journal, 1981 November 30
"The Reagan Response on Poland," Wall Street Journal, 1981 December 29
Article on NATO and no first use of nuclear weapons 1982
"Organization for Nuclear Crises Management," 1982
"Political Realities and Military Planning in NATO," 1982
Writing on arms control 1982
Writing on nuclear winter 1982
Writing on START talks 1982
"President Must Hang Tough, Ignore Advice to Compromise His Plan," Conservative Digest, 1982 January
"The Role of Congress in Nuclear War," 1982 February
"U.S. National Interests and Protracted Nuclear War," 1982 March 4
"The Foreign Policy Debate Disintegrates," Wall Street Journal, 1982 March 23
"The Current Debate over Nuclear Arms," Wall Street Journal, 1982 April 20
Review of book by Henry Kissinger 1982 May 13
"Arms Control Verification and Survivability of TNF" 1982 May 27
Unpublished article on Alexander Haig's resignation 1982 June 25
"Why We Must Think about Protracted Nuclear War," Wall Street Journal, 1982 August 30
Writing on nuclear strategy 1982 November 9
Transcript of panel discussion, Heritage Foundation 1983
Unpublished article on arms control 1983 January
"...But Let's Not Overlook the Hurdles," Wall Street Journal, 1983 April 8
"The Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movement," speech, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops 1983 May 3
Unpublished article on START 1983 June
Unfinished article on Central American policy of U.S. government 1983 August
Unpublished article on arms control 1983 August
"What If the Soviets Mean Every Deed of It?," Wall Street Journal, 1983 September 23
Unpublished article on arms control 1983 October
Questions about Ballistic Missile Defense 1983 November 1
Unpublished article on arms control 1984 February 16
Unpublished letter to the editor, Washington Post, 1984 May 18
"Contemporary U.S./USSR Arms Control Negotiations: Bane or Salvation?," 1984 April 17
"Mr. Nixon's Chimerical Detente," Wall Street Journal, 1984 June 4
"The Case against Arms Control," Commentary, 1984 November
Unpublished article on arms control 1984 November 14
"Strategic Defense" 1984 December 12
"Theater Nuclear Force Initiatives," 1984 December 21
Article on summit conference 1985
"Contingency Planning Involving the Potential Use of U.S. Military Force," 1985
Notes on the Soviet Union 1985
Unpublished article on U.S./USSR summit meetings 1985
"Contemporary U.S./USSR Arms Control Negotiations," 1985 January
With Leon Sloss, "Raging against 'Star Wars,'" Washington Post, 1985 January 7
Unpublished article on arms control 1985 January 15
"Is a Workable Arms-Control Pact Possible?," interview, U.S. News & World Report, 1985 January 21
"Hard Questions about Arms Control," Reader's Digest, 1985 March
Interview, Policy Review, 1985 March-April
Salt II: Rest in Peace, roundtable discussion 1985 March 28
Unpublished article on liberalism 1985 April
"Strategic Defense - A Third View," 1985 April 2
"Summits: Substance as Important as Tactics," 1985 April 30
Transcript of remarks, Face the Nation, 1985 June 9
"Get Prepared for the Next Crisis," Wall Street Journal, 1985 July 2
"SDI and Offensive Warhead Reductions," 1985 August 14
Unpublished article on U.S./USSR summit 1985 September
Speech at christening of USS Indomitable, 1985 November
Unpublished article about SDI 1986
Unpublished article on SALT II for Wall Street Journal, 1986 April
Unpublished article on SALT II 1986 April
"Memorandum on the Prospective Initial Use of Nuclear Weapons by the U.S.," 1986 May 20
"SDI, Arms Controls, and U.S. Foreign Policy" in SDI in the Near Term: Strategy, Technology and the ABM Treaty, 1986 July 15
"Sounding a Retreat on SDI," Wall Street Journal, 1986 July 30
"Approaching Summit II: A Case for Wariness," Christian Science Monitor, 1986 August 25
Unpublished article on SDI 1986 Winter
"Misrepresenting Rowny," Evening Sun, 1986 November 26
"U.S. National Security Interests and Objectives Today," 1987
Writing on INF Treaty 1987
"Arms Control: Just Say No," Wall Street Journal 1987 May 13
Unpublished article on ABM Treaty 1987 August 4
"Shultz's Troubling Testimony," Wall Street Journal 1987 August 6
Unpublished article on arms control 1987 September
Unpublished article on INF Treaty 1987 October
Article against INF Treaty 1987 November
"INF Pact Limits Our Conventional 'Smarts' as Well," Wall Street Journal, 1987 November 16
Unpublished article on INF Treaty 1987 December
"Detente and My Relationship with Kissinger," 1988
"Detente and Technology," 1988
"Reform in the Soviet Union - Déjà Vu?," 1988
"NATO after INF," 1988 February 6
Writing on INF Treaty 1988 April 10
Unpublished article on INF Treaty 1988 April 20
"Labyrinth Under Moscow," Washington Post, 1988 May 25
With Richard Pipes, "The Record of 'Team B,'" Washington Post, 1988 August 21
Writing on detente 1988 December-1989 January
"Detente: The Emperor Has No Clothes," 1989
Unpublished writing on Gorbachev 1989
"A European Arms Pact?," New York Times, 1989 March 11
Unpublished writing on INF Treaty, 1989 May
Unpublished article on arms control 1989 September
Unpublished article on U.S./Soviet relations 1989 October 23
"U.S.-Soviet Detente: The Collision of Hope and Experience," Strategic Review, 1989 Winter
Speech on arms control 1990
Unpublished article on nuclear strategy 1991
Unpublished article on use of nuclear weapons in Gulf War I 1991 January 7
Writing on U.S. nuclear policy 1991
"Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense," 1992
"Getting Intelligence Estimates Right: The 'Team B' Experience," 1992
"Intelligence in National Security Affairs," 1992
Unpublished article on Gulf War I 1992
"The Role of Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War," 1992 February 11
"Will No One Defend Defense?," Wall Street Journal, 1992 February 18
Unpublished article on chemical weapons 1992 April 21
Freedom of Information Act requests 1992
Records of transferred and destroyed files 1959-1967
File register prepared by Richard Smith 1997
1953-1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
January-June
July-December
1961
January-April
May-June
July-August
September
October
November-December
1962
January
February
March-April
May
June-July
August-November
December
1963
January
February
March
April
May
June
July-August
September 1963
October
November
December
1964
January
February
March
April
May
June
July-August
September
October
November
December
1965
January
February
March
April
May-June
July-August
September
October-December
1966
January
February
March
April
May
June
July-August
September-October
November-December
1967
January
February-April
May
July-September
1968
January
July-August
September-October
November-December
1969
January-February
March
April
May
June
July
August-September
October
November-December
1970
January
February
March
April
May
June-July
August-September
October
November
December
1971
January
February
March
April
May-June
July-August
September
October
November
December
1972
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
October-November
December
1973
January-February
March
April
May
June
July-August
September
October
October
November
December
1974
January-February
March
April
May
June-August
September
October-November 1974
1975
January-February
March-April
May-September
October-December
1976
January-March
May-June
July-November
1992-1995
1996
1997-1998
Writings by Others 1952-1992
Ball, George W. 1982-1983
Bennett, William J. 1992
Fromm, Erik M. 1987
Gray, Colin S. 1981
Hartley, Anthony 1975
Heisbourg, François 1992
Kissinger, Henry A. 1974-1992
Klingberg, Frank L., 1952
Kohler, Foy D. 1970-1975
Kraemer, Fritz G. A. 1961
Marshall, Charles Burton 1970
Nitze, Paul H. 1975
Odom, William E. 1987
Ra'anan, Uri 1980
Sloss, Leon 1988
Tarcov, Nathan 1984
Wohlstetter, Albert 1973
Subject File 1960-1994
Arms control 1987
Ball, George W. 1987
Baltic States 1988
BETA I and II war games 1967
Chronologies 1963-1973
Defense budget 1964-1969
1964
1965
1967
1969
Defense industry 1987
Defense Nuclear Agency 1980
Defense Science Board, Task Force on Defense, Nuclear Agency Technology Base Program 1981
Détente 1974-1975
1974-1975
1975
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty 1987-1988
1987-1988
1988
Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff Scientific Advisory Board 1987-1988
Kemp, Jack 1987
Kennedy administration 1974
Kissinger, Henry, 1976
National Archives 1975-1993
National security strategy 1987
National Security Archive 1994
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 1980-1989
Nuclear History Program 1993
Nuclear strategy 1961-1992
1961
1981
1982
1983
1984
1992
Nuclear winter 1985
Reagan transition team 1980
Skybolt affair 1963
Soviet military 1975
Soviet military 1975
Soviet Union - Foreign relations 1974
Spiers, Ronald J. 1992
Strategic Defense Initiative 1990
Team B 1975-1988
Technology transfer 1980
Troop withdrawals in Europe 1966
Test ban 1976
U.S./NATO relations 1978-1981
Vietnam 1960
Photographs 1965-1980
1 print depicting Seymour Weiss being awarded a State Department medal 1968
1 print depicting Seymour Weiss arriving at a naval facility 1972
1 print depicting Seymour Weiss on Face the Nation, 1974
12 prints depicting Seymour Weiss with various government officials, military officers, and other individuals 1965-1980
Oversize Materials 1958-1988
Certificates 1965-1988
Superior Honor Award 1965
Outstanding performance 1969
Outstanding performance 1972
Appointment, Director, Politico-Military Affairs, U.S. Department of State 1973
Official recognition and appreciation, 30 years of service, U.S. government 1976
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, 1977
Recognition of exemplary service, presidential transition 1981
Meritorious public service citation, U.S. Department of the Navy 1982
Appointment, Member, Army Science Board 1984
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service 1987
Appointment, Consultant, Army Science Board 1988
Medals 1970
Superior Honor Award, U.S. Department of State 1970
Unidentified award 1970
Photographs 1958-1986
1 print depicting Seymour Weiss and others, 27th meeting of the Scientific Advisory Group 1980
1 print depicting Seymour Weiss and Admiral William J. Crowe 1985
Inscribed portraits 1958-1986
U. Alexis Johnson 1958
Elliot Richardson 1970
Earle G. Wheeler 1970
J. R. Halloway 1971
James D. Watkins 1971
Elmo Zumwalt 1971
Tom Hayward 1972
Carl Trost 1986
Unidentified 1973
Plaque in recognition of 31 years of service and dedication, U.S. government 1977
Printed Matter 1973-1994
Pamphlet, Economics and Politics in Russia: Diagnosis, 1992
Serial issues 1973-1994
Bahamas, 1973-1974
Cold War International History Project Bulletin, 1992-1994
Department of State Newsletter, 1973-1974