Paul C. Warnke, Arms Control Negotiatior, Dies at 81
NEWS AND NEGOTIATIONS
PAUL C. WARNKE, a leading advocate of arms control and a longtime director of the Arms Control Association, died of a pulmonary embolism October 31 at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 81. Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr., former ACA president, said, "With his passing, arms control lost one of its great voices."
Warnke's most notable contribution to arms control was his service as chief U.S. negotiator to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) with the Soviet Union. Nominated in 1976 to head the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) by President-elect Jimmy Carter, Warnke led the U.S. delegation to the SALT II negotiations, which aimed to replace …
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Article title: Paul C. Warnke, Arms Control Negotiatior, Dies at 81.
Contributors: Not available.
Magazine title: Arms Control Today.
Volume: 32.
Issue: 1
Publication date: January/February 2002.
Page number: 39.
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