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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 14:55:07 CST
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- From: lopresti robert <lopresti@henson.cc.wwu.edu>
- Subject: GAO info on missiles
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- Well, last week I put on a query about an article that
- appeared on the NY Times op-ed page, dec 29, which referred to a
- GAO report on nuclear weapons. I was trying to find out which report it
- was (the Times, typically for newspapers, did not give the title of
- the report, only that it was released in September).
-
- I called the GAO doc ordering hotline (800-512-6000) and the person at
- the other end had no idea what I was talking about (was I the only
- one who read the Times and called in?) but he promised to send the request
- to "Research." I didn't expend much good to come of that.
-
- Today I received a packet from GAO "Document Handling and Information
- Service." It is a 32-page printoff from their database, searching for
- B-52 bombers in 1992 publications. And sure enough there is a publication
- called "Triad Summary," dated 9-28-92, which seems to discuss the elements
- mentioned in the op-ed article. The document type is "correspondence"
- as opposed to report and the number is PEMD-92-36R. I'm ordering a copy
- today.
-
- Darned impressive work from the gnomes at GAO.
-
- THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED HERE ARE SOLELY MY OWN, BUT YOU CAN
- BORROW THEM FOR TWO WEEKS
- Rob Lopresti
- Wilson Library "Good manners are a sign of strength."
- Western Washington University -Dick Francis
- Bellingham, WA
- 98225-9103 lopresti@henson.cc.wwu.edu
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