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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 12, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Jack, I have spoken with Don Ogilvie, Tod Hullin,
Steve Herbitz and Lt. Col. Marv Braman re Craig
Air Force Base, Alabama.
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Status:
1) On March 11, 1976, the Air Force announced
that it was beginning the "study" process
leading to the possible close of Craig AFB.
A draft environmental impact statement was
submitted, as required, prior to the Septem-
ber 15 deadline that had been set for the re-
ceipt of said statement.
2) Public hearings have been scheduled for Novem-
ber 15, 1976 in Selma, Alabama.
3) No final decision is expected on this entire
matter until mid-January, 1977.
3' FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
October 9, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
RUSS ROURKE
FROM:
Russ, would you ask Don status of Craig
JACK MARSI June
Air Force Base and report back to me, please.
Many thanks.
Tried-11000-ns anowey
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 16, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Jack, I discussed the base realignment with Don
Ogilvie. Don stated that both he and Paul O'Neill
believe a real close look should be taken at all
three categories prior to any definitive action.
As I indicated to you yesterday, since we have passed
the immediate deadline ($2½ million Frankfort and Blue
Grass Arsenals), the time frame is no longer pressing.
I indicated to Don that we have the luxury of several
weeks before further decisions have to be made (either
to move forward or to do nothing). Ogilvie indicated
that his people will be giving the list a real going-over.
November 15, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO: PAUL 0' O'NEILL
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Paul, Jack asks your view on whether or not the
President should see the attached before we move
forward.
m (attached memo from Shrontz to Herbits re base
realignment announcements)
RAR:cb
FORD is LIBRARY 078870
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
STATE
INSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS
11 NOV 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR STEVE HERBITS
SUBJECT: Base Realignment Announcements
In accordance with our discussion on November 9, 1976, we are forwarding
to you for the Secretary of Defense's review and guidance the package of
base realignment actions for which Congressional notification and public
announcement is required between now and the middle of January 1977.
We have categorized these actions into three groups as follows:
A. Relatively minor actions which are agreed upon within
the staff and which should be announced as soon as
possible (TAB A). AGREE
B. Additional actions upon which the Services and OSD
staff are in agreement. These actions also require
announcement as soon as possible, but are particu-
larly controversial outside the DoD (TAB B).
C. Announcements that the Army desires to make as
soon as possible but with which the OSD staff disa-
grees and/or which require SECDEF decisions (TAB C).
A meeting on several of these issues is scheduled
with Secretary Clements on November 15, 1976.
For most of the actions listed in TABs A and B, we would recommend an
orde: ly phased release schedule between November 15 and December 15,
1976 (the start of the holiday season during which it is the policy of
DoD not to release announcements involving adverse personnel action -
TAB D). Certain actions are being programmed for release between
January 1 and January 15, 1977 as noted in Tabs A and B. It should be
noted that under our procedure of waiting 30-days before implementation
after notification of a base realignment decision, release of such
decision after November 15 could result in violation of the policy
against adverse personnel actions during the holiday season. However,
we will delay notification of specific personnel actions if necessary to
avoid violating that policy.
REVOLUTION
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY,
AMERICAN
BICENTENNIAL
1776-1976
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
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We recommend that the SECDEF approve for release, as recommended above,
the list of actions at TABs A and B. The list of announcements con-
tained at TAB C require additional staff work. It would be premature to
release them at this time.
Subsequent to the SECDEF's decision on this matter, we propose a return
to our long standing procedure of clearing minor base realignment actions
for Congressional notification at the action officer level for all such
future actions. Under this procedure the action officers involved in
the clearance process have the responsibility of informing their princi-
pals of the significant minor actions cleared by the OSD staff for
Congressional notifications, thereby avoiding unnecessary demands on the
time of the principals. Such clearances do not apply to those actions
requiring the approval of the DEPSECDEF or the SECDEF. These will be
staffed and processed for approval in the normal manner.
Please let me know what the Secretary decides on this issue as soon as
possible.
FRANK A SHRONTH
Assistant Secretary
Enclosures
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Base Realignment Actions
To Be Announced By Mid
January 1977
Decisions on Candidate Actions Included
in the March and April 1976 Announcements
and new Minor Actions.
ARMY
1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing Annex, Kansas.
The candidate action was announced on April 1, 1976.
The current announcement represents the final decision
to close this facility by September 1977. A total of
27 military and 57 civilian positions are affected.
2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart Annex
family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh, New York.
The candidate action was announced on April 1, 1976.
The current announcement represents a decision that
it is feasible to convert the activity to contract
operations and to undertake the necessary detailed
economic analysis to determine the cost effective-
ness of the proposal. A total of 31 military and
71 civilian positions are affected.
3. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.
This is a new action although it represents to
a great extent after-the-fact notification to
the Congress since much of the realignment has
already been implemented. Included is the
transfer of responsibility on October 1, 1976
for Fort Devens, Mass. from the Army Security
Agency together with a number of Intelligence
activities at Arlington Hall Station, Va. to
Training and Doctrine Command; the transfer on
December 1, 1976 of responsibility for Vint
Hill Farms Station, Va. from Army Security
Agency to Army Materiel Development and Readi-
ness Command; and other similar realignments.
Basically only 69 military and 43 civilian
positions are affected by this action.
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4. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions
at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
functions to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 26 military and 174
civilian positions are affected.
5. Relocation and realignment of the Army's Troop Support Command
and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis, Missouri.
This action has been under study for a number of
years, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.
The Army's preferred alternative was announced
on April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary
studies have been completed and the current
announcement represents a final decision to
implement the Army's preferred alternative.
The preferred alternative would, over the next
18 months, disestablish the two Commands by
combining the logistics and materiel readiness
missions of both into a new command, US Army
Troop Support and Aviation Material Readiness
Command, and combining the research, development
and acquisition missions of both into another
new command, US Army Aviation Research and
Development Command. Both new commands would
remain in St. Louis but would be moved to
Federal office building space to be renovated
by the GSA. A total of about 325 military and
6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-
ment of which 10 military and 414 civilian posi-
tions would be reduced due to the elimination
of duplicate jobs.
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AIR FORCE
6. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar Sites at Saratoga
Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air Force Stations.
These are new actions. The announcement repre-
sents a decision to close these sites. A total
of 102 military and 28 civilian positions are
affected at the New York site and 95 military
and 29 civilian positions at the Wisconsin site.
7. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force Radar Sites
at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington; Point Arena, Cali-
fornia and one at an overseas location.
These are new actions. The announcement
represents a decision that it is feasible
to convert the activities to contract operations
and to undertake the necessary detailed economic
analysis to determine the cost effectiveness of
the proposal. A total of 300 military and 96
civilian positions are affected.
8. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and the Air Force's
Civil Engineering functions at DoD bases in the San Antonio area,
Texas, under Air Force management and control.
This action has been under study for over a year
and the announcemnt represents the decision to
realign the activities. A total of 550 military
positions will be reduced and about 250 new
civilian positions will be added to these functions.
MARINE CORPS
9. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington, D.C.
area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.
This is a new action required by the headquarters
reduction imposed in the FY 1977 President's Budget.
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DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY
10. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The current announcement represents the
results of the completion of the study effort of
the proposed closure and the decision that the
factory is not to be closed (which would have
affected 1100 civilian employees).
DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY
11. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center Field
Offices, located at Providence, R. I.; Kansas City, Mo.; San
Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.
The candidate action was announced on March 17, 1976.
The announcement represents the results of the com-
pletion of the study effort and the decision that none
of the four field offices will be closed but one
will be realigned and transferred to the management
control of DMA's Aerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.
(It should be noted that the above action is in the process
of being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)
NAVY
12. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronic Systems Engineering
Center, Washington, D.C.
This is a new action. The announcement represents
the decision to disestablish the activity. A total
of one (1) military and 141 civilian positions are
affected.
13. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout the U.S.
These actions were announced on March 17, 1976
as the result of specific Congressional direc-
tion. Subsequently the Congress mistakenly
believed that these actions were associated
with the President's 50,000 man Naval Reserve
reduction.
The DEPSECDEF provided guidance
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to the Navy in August 1976 to explain the
situation to the concerned Congressional
Committees and to implement the closures.
The Navy did not implement the closures and
the current announcement represents reaf-
firmation that the facilities will be closed.
14. Closure of Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The current announcement represents the
results of the study effort and the decision
not to close the installation at this time,
(which would have affected about 2200 military
and 700 civilian positions) but to reduce cer-
tain support activities by the end of FY 1977
and reduce the installation to a Naval Air
Facility in FY 1981 when the aircraft assigned
there are phased out of the inventory. A
total of 740 military and 375 civilians are
affected by end FY 1977 and another 1800
military and 140 civilians are affected
in FY 1981 after the assigned aircraft are
phased out.
(It should be noted that the above action is in the process
of being forwarded to DEPSECDEF Clements for a decision).
15. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center, Pacific,
Hawaii.
This is a new action. A total of 165 military
and 45 civilians are affected.
16. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21, Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii.
This is a new action. There are a total of 383
military spaces affected.
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17. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,
China Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California.
This is a new action but does not involved
any adverse personnel impact.
18. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Office
for contracts at Elks Hills, California.
This is a new office which will consist of
12 military and 87 civilian personnel.
19. Transfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve Center,
Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army National Guard.
This is an ongoing action for which a final
decision is expected to be announced shortly.
Maximum effect on personnel would be the
reduction of about 120 civilian employees
although it is not believed that the impact
will be that large.
20. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region, Philadelphia.
This is a new action which will affect six
military and 19 civilian positions.
21. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station, Norfolk,
Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California; Naval
Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval Station, Puget Sound,
Washington; and Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
This is a new action which will reduce a total
of 284 military positions.
Tab
Base Realignment Actions
To Be Announced By Mid
January 1977
Continuing Actions on Previously
Announced Base Realignments
ARMY
1. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974
with the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for end
FY 1977. This action has resulted in a number of
court actions against the DoD, all of which to
date have been resolved in favor of the DoD. In 1974,
the Arsenal employed about 3400 civilians. The current
announcement represents another significant mile-
stone in the closure process in that the approxi-
mate 2750 remaining employees will receive
termination (1025) or transfer (1700) notices in
November 1976.
2. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army Depot, Ky.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974.
The action has been under court injunction almost
since the announcement. The last request for a
further injunction was denied by the Supreme Court
on September 9, 1976. Anticipated savings amount
to about $1.5 million per month. The action
originally affected 30 military and 2850 civilian
positions of which about 1000 are still on board.
The current announcement informs all concerned
that termination or transfer notices are being
issued to the remaining 1000 civilian employees
affected.
TAb B
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3. Conversion to contract operations of selected support activities
at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
This is a new action. The announcement represents
a decision that it is feasible to convert some of
the support activities to contract operations and
to undertake the necessary detailed economic
analysis to determine the cost effectiveness of
the proposal. A total of about 480 military and
750 civilian positions are affected.
4. Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research
and Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N.J., Washington,
D.C. and elsewhere.
The Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for
OSD review and approval. However, the Army
advised on November 9, 1976 that it intends to
announce the final decision on the proposed
realignment in November 1976. The proposal
stems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and
primarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where
about 750 civilian positions would be affected
by relocation to the Washington, D. C. area.
AIR FORCE
5. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air Force
Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan; Loring Air
Force Base, Maine and the relocation of activities and reduction
of Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri.
These candidate actions were announced on
March 11, 1976. The necessary studies are
ongoing. However, the Air Force advises that
it is attempting to accelerate the schedule so
that decisions can be made early in January 1977.
The Air Force expects to file the final Environ-
mental Impact Statements for these actions in
early January 1977 so that decisions
can be made and announced sefore JANJO.
No Lunger possible to
Decide LORING.
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DEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY
6. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.
This is a new candidate action. The action, if
proven to be feasible after study, would affect
about 580 civilian positions of which about 400
would be transferred to other Defense Depots and
the rest reduced.
DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY
7. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont, Maryland
and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland at one location.
This proposal has been under consideration since
last year. The announcement informs all conncerned
of the intent to study possible consolidation of
the two activities. Approximately 750 civilian
positions are affected.
(It should be noted that the above action is in the
process of being forwarded to DESECDEF Clements for
a decision.)
NAVY
8. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn, N.Y.
to Great Lakes, Illinois.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The intent of the action is to relocate
the activity from GSA space to space on a
military installation with attendant signifi-
cant annual savings. However, before the
necessary study was completed the GSA at the
request of members of the New York City
Congressional Delegation reduced the current
space cost by over 40%. Despite this reduction
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for FY 77, GSA has been advised that the activity
will relocate unless the DoD receives assurances
that the space cost will not be increased over
the next four to five years. We believe the GSA
will shortly reply that they can provide no such
assurances which, in all probability, then will
result in the originally proposed relocation
being implemented. A total of 752 civilian positions
are affected.
Base Realignment Actions
Actions which the Services want to announce
before the middle of January 1977 but which
have not yet been forwarded to OSD for
review and approval; are in the process of
OSD review and require SECDEF decision or
with which the OSD staff disagrees.
ARMY
1. Army Training Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey.
In 1973 the Army strongly recommended to the SECDEF
that because of projected reduced training loads and
the implementation of the "One Station Training"
concept (at an estimated cost of $200 million), Fort
Dix should be closed as an Army Training Center by
end FY 1974. The SECDEF informed the Secretary of
the Army that in view of the large, relatively
recent capital investment in Fort Dix, he would not
approve the closure of the Training Center until the
Army provided a plan for the reuse of the installation.
While the Army made a number of studies of possible
reuse alternatives, no feasible proposal has ever
been submitted to the SECDEF. In August 1975, the
Secretary of the Army announced at a Congressional
hearing that the Training Center would be retained
at Fort Dix until FY 1979. Recently, however, the
Army advised the ASD (I&L) that the Secretary of
the Army, based upon an Army study which projected
increased assession rates for new recruits, made a
decision to retain the Training Center at Fort Dix
indefinitely. As the result of this Secretary of
Army decision, the Army included a number of con-
struction projects for Fort Dix in the FY 78
Military Construction Program. The Army's plan
provides for over $50 million in construction at
Fort Dix during the next few years. The entire
matterof the Army's Training requirements and the
future status of Fort Dix is currently under inten-
sive review in OSD with appropriate decisions
expected to be forthcoming as part of the FY 1978
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budget review. Accordingly, the staff considers
that it would be premature to make any announce-
ment on Fort Dix until the overall issue of its
future is decided. In fact, since the Secretary
of the Army's announcement that the Army would
retain the Training Center at Fort Dix until
FY 1979, no further announcement is considered to
be necessary until the matter is finally resolved
at some time in the future.
2. In December 1975 the President and the SECDEF directed that
12,000 civilian positions be reduced from the DoD FY 77
budget specifically for base realignments. From the outset,
the Army indicated that they could not meet their assigned
goal of 5,945 civilian reductions by end FY 1977 as directed.
Despite this the Secretary of the Army on April 1, 1976 did
announce a number of base realignment actions aimed at complying
with the President's directive. However, the Secretary of the
Army has submitted a number of memoranda to the SECDEF advising
that the Army could not meet the assigned goal and requesting
restoration of the positions reduced in the FY 1977 budget. The
latest of these memoranda (September 11, 1976) is still undergoing
review in OSD. Associated with this Army position that they cannot
accomplish most of the base realignment actions announced for
study by the Secretary of the Army on April 1, 1976, the Army
has forwarded proposed notifications to OSD which would announce
that insignificant changes or no change in the status quo would
result at the following installations based upon completion of
the study efforts.
a. Jefferson Proving Ground, Indiana (studied for possible
closure).
b. Fort Story, Virginia, (studied for possible closure).
c. Savanna Army Depot, Illinois, (studied for possible
closure).
d. Fort Detrick, Maryland, (studied for reduction to
a sub post)
(Instead of reducing Fort Detrick, the Army is now
proposing to relocate the Headquarters, Medical
Research and Development Command from Washington,
D.C. to the installation. However, the details
of this latest proposal have not been submitted
to OSD for review.)
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The OSD staff position is that it is premature to make any of the
above announcements until the SECDEF makes a decision on the overall
question of whether or not the Army is going to be required to meet its
FY 1977 directed civilian reductions in response to the Secretary of the
Army's reclama. A SECDEF decision directing the Army to meet its budget
reduction could result in the Army deciding that some of the announced
actions which they now indicate cannot be implemented can, in fact, be
beneficially implemented.
DoD 1400. 20-1-M
December 1971
DOD PROGRAM FOR STABILITY
OF
CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT
POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMS MANUAL
STATEMENT
Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense (Manpower and
Reserve Affairs)
Reprinted 12 February 1973 incorporating Changes 1, 2, and 3,
dated 7 January 1972, 19 April 1972, and 30 August 1972,
respectively.
DoD 1400. 20-1-M
F. Reduction-in-force and other termination notices will not be
issued which provide an effective date for separation (or drop from
strength accounting) during the period December 15 through January 3,
nor will such notices be issued for delivery to employees during this
period. If, in specific situations, available resources absolutely pre-
clude the delays caused by this policy, exceptions may be authorized by
specific approval of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration),
the Assistant Secretaries (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) of the Military
Departments and Directors of the Defense Agencies, as appropriate. It
is expected that exceptions will be minimal and approved only where the
total adverse effect on employees will be significantly increased if the
exceptions are not granted.
III. Functional Transfer
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A. Determinations as to when a transfer of function occurs among
different activities of the Department of Defense shall be made in accord-
FPM 351
ance with the provisions of DoD Directive 5410.12 When directives or
instructions are issued which involve a change in component jurisdiction
Ch.
over an activity, function or real property, insofar as practical, such
directives or instructions will incorporate an advance determination as
to whether a transfer of function within the terms of DoD DiEPM.,35-110. 12
is involved.
B. Where real property is transferred between activities, but not
the work being performed on that property, the work of the employees
directly engaged in the custody, protection and maintenance of the real,
property will be considered to have been transferred to the gaining
activity. Employees other than those directly and primarily engaged in
the custody, protection and maintenance of the real property do not have
regulatory rights to consideration for transfer. However, to the maxi-
mum extent possible in hiring to meet its requirements, the gaining
activity will give priority consideration to the employees of the releasing
DoD activity.
C. When it is determined that there is a functional transfer, the
personnel office of the gaining activity will make a paper consolidation
of pertinent retention registers of both activities. Each activity will
process for its employees appropriate actions to separate or reassign
as determined from the joint retention register. After conducting the
reduction-in-force, all reemployment and appeal rights of employees
affected by the functional transfer rest with the gaining activity. Wherever
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Part II -- Main Edition -- 10 November r 1976
PHILADELPHIA BULLETIN - 7 NOVEMBER 1976(10) Pg 1
Mondale Reaffirms Aid for
Arsenal
WASHINGTON POST - 10 NOVEMBER 1976 Pg 11
By JOHN T. GILLESPIE
Of The Bulletin Staff
Pentagon's Contracting Rate
Vice President-elect Walter F. Mon-
dale' has reaffirmed in a telephone
call to Mayor Rizzo a promise to try to
$6.8 Billion Behind Schedule
save Frankford Arsenal.
A spokesman for Rizzo said that
Los Angeles Times
"We're not rushing to get it obli-
fruit
November 22, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
JACK MARSH
SUBJECT:
Base Closures
Attached is the latest submission from Defense on the
question of base closures. This was received today.
I have asked Paul O'Neill to prepare a comment for you.
Attachment
JOM/dl
FORD & LIBRARY
Actions Completed and Announced
Into Implementation Stage
1. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout
the U.S.
These actions were announced on March 17, 1976
as the result of specific Congressional direction.
Subsequently the Congress mistakenly believed
that these actions were associated with the
President's 50,000 man Naval Reserve reduction.
The DEPSECDEF provided guidance to the Navy in
August 1976 to explain the situation to the
concerned Congressional Committees and to
implement the closures and the current announce-
ment represents reaffirmation that the facilities
will be closed.
2. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974
with the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for
end FY 1977. This action has resulted in a
number of court actions against the DoD, all of
which to date have been resolved in favor of the
DoD. In 1974, the Arsenal employed about 3400
civilians. The current announcement represents
another significant milestone in the closure
process in that the approximate 2750 remaining
employees will receive termination (1025) or
transfer (1700) notices in November 1976.
3. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army
Depot, Ky.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974.
The action has been under court jurisdiction
almost since the announcement. The last request
for a further injunction was denied by the
Supreme Court on September 9, 1976. Anticipated
savings amount to about $1.5 million per month.
The action originally affected 30 military and
2850 civilian positions of which about 1000 are
still on board. The current announcement informs
all concerned that termination or transfer notices
are being issued to the remaining 1000 civilian
employees affected.
Final Actions To Be Announced
Intent Previously Announced
(March or April)
1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing
Annex, Kansas.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents the
final decision to close this facility by
September 1977. A total of 27 military and
57 civilian positions are affected.
2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart
Annex family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh,
New York.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
activity to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 31 military and 71
civilian positions are affected.
3. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions
at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
functions to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 26 military and 174
civilian positions are affected.
4. Relocation and realignment of the Army's Troop Support
Command and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,
Missouri.
This action has been under study for a number of
years, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.
The Army's preferred alternative was announced
on April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary
studies have been completed and the current
announcement represents a final decision to
implement the Army's preferred alternative.
The preferred alternative would, over the next
18 months, disestablish the two Commands by
combining the logistics and materiel readiness
missions of both into a new command, US Army
Troop Support and Aviation Material Readiness
Command, and combining the research, development
and acquisition missions of both into another
new command, US Army Aviation Research and
Development Command. Both new commands would
remain in St. Louis but would be moved to
Federal office building space to be renovated
by the GSA. A total of about 325 military and
6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-
ment of which 10 military and 414 civilian
positions would be reduced due to the elimination
of duplicate jobs.
5. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The current announcement represents the
results of the completion of the study effort
of the proposed closure and the decision that
the factory is not to be closed (which would
have affected 1100 civilian employees).
6. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center
Field Offices, located at Providence, R.I.; Kansas City,
Mo.; San Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The announcement represents the results
of the completion of the study effort and the
decision that none of the four field offices will
be closed but one will be realigned and trans-
ferred to the management control of DMA's
Aerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.
(It should be noted that the above action is in the process
of being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)
7. Transfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve
Center, Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army
National Guard.
This is an ongoing action for which a final
decision is expected to be announced shortly.
7,
Maximum effect on personnel would be the
reduction of about 120 civilian employees
although it is not believed that the impact
will be that large.
8. Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research
and Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N. J., Washington,
D. C. and elsewhere.
The Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for
OSD review and approval. However, the Army
advised on November 9, 1976 that it intends
to announce the final decision on the proposed
no
realignment in November 1976. The proposal
stems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and
primarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where
about 750 civilian positions would be affected
by relocation to the Washington, D.C. area.
9. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air
Force Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan;
Loring Air Force Base*, Maine and the relocation of
activities and reduction of Richards-Gebaur Air Force
Base, Missouri.
These candidate actions were announced on March 11,
1976. The necessary studies are ongoing. However,
no
the Air Force advises that it is attempting to
accelerate the schedule so that decisions can be
made early in January 1977. The Air Force expects
to file the final Environmental Impact Statements
for these actions in early January 1977 so that
decisions can be made and announced before January 20.
*No longer possible to decide Loring before January 20.
10. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn,
N.Y. to Great Lakes, Illinois.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The intent of the action is to relocate
the activity from GSA space to space on a
military installation with attendant significant
annual savings. However, before the necessary
study was completed the GSA at the request of
members of the New York City Congressional
Delegation reduced the current space cost by
over 40%. Despite this reduction for FY 77,
GSA has been advised that the activity will
relocate unless the DoD receives assurances
that the space cost will not be increased over
the next four to five years. We believe the
GSA will shortly reply that they can provide
no such assurances which, in all probability,
then will result in the originally proposed
relocation being implemented. A total of 752
civilian positions are affected.
New Actions
1. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.
2. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar sites at
Saratoga Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air
Force Stations.
3. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force
Radar Sites at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington;
Point Arena, California and one at an overseas location.
4. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and
the Air Force's Civil Engineering functions at DoD
bases in the San Antonio area, Texas, under Air Force
management and control.
5. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington,
D. C. area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.
6. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronics Systems
Engineering Center, Washington, D. C.
7. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center,
Facific, Hawaii.
8. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21,
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
9. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,
China Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,
California.
10. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Office for contracts at Elk Hills, California.
11. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region,
Philadelphia.
12. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station,
Norfolk, Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field,
California; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval
Station, Puget Sound, Washington; and Naval Shipyard,
Portsmouth, Virginia.
13. Conversion to contract operations of selected support
activities at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
14. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.
15. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont,
Maryland and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland
at one location.
November 22, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PAUL O'NEILL
FROM:
JACK MARSH
SUBJECT:
Base Closures
I believe Defense gave you a copy of their latest sub-
mission on base closures. The President has brought
this matter up and is quite interested in seeing their
latest proposal which I have sent in to him.
I have advised him that I have sent it to you in order
for you to prepare a comment by OMB.
Attachment
JOM/dl
FORD j LIBRARY
Actions Completed and Announced
Into Implementation Stage
1. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout
the U.S.
These actions were announced on March 17, 1976
as the result of specific Congressional direction.
Subsequently the Congress mistakenly believed
that these actions were associated with the
President's 50,000 man Naval Reserve reduction.
The DEPSECDEF provided guidance to the Navy in
August 1976 to explain the situation to the
concerned Congressional Committees and to
implement the closures and the current announce-
ment represents reaffirmation that the facilities
will be closed.
2. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974
with the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for
end FY 1977. This action has resulted in a
number of court actions against the DoD, all of
which to date have been resolved in favor of the
DoD. In 1974, the Arsenal employed about 3400
civilians. The current announcement represents
another significant milestone in the closure
process in that the approximate 2750 remaining
employees will receive termination (1025) or
transfer (1700) notices in November 1976.
3. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army
Depot, Ky.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974.
The action has been under court jurisdiction
almost since the announcement. The last request
for a further injunction was denied by the
Supreme Court on September 9, 1976. Anticipated
savings amount to about $1.5 million per month.
The action originally affected 30 military and
2850 civilian positions of which about 1000 are
still on board. The current announcement informs
all concerned that termination or transfer notices
are being issued to the remaining 1000 civilian
employees affected.
Final Actions To Be Announced
Intent Previously Announced
(March or April)
1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing
Annex, Kansas.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents the
final decision to close this facility by
September 1977. A total of 27 military and
57 civilian positions are affected.
2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart
Annex family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh,
New York.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
activity to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 31 military and 71
civilian positions are affected.
3. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions
at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
functions to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 26 military and 174
civilian positions are affected.
4. Relocation and realignment of the Army's Troop Support
Command and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,
Missouri.
This action has been under study for a number of
years, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.
The Army's preferred alternative was announced
on April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary
studies have been completed and the current
announcement represents a final decision to
implement the Army's preferred alternative.
The preferred alternative would, over the next
18 months, disestablish the two Commands by
combining the logistics and materiel readiness
missions of both into a new command, US Army
Troop Support and Aviation Material Readiness
Command, and combining the research, development
and acquisition missions of both into another
new command, US Army Aviation Research and
Development Command. Both new commands would
remain in St. Louis but would be moved to
Federal office building space to be renovated
by the GSA. A total of about 325 military and
6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-
ment of which 10 military and 414 civilian
positions would be reduced due to the elimination
of duplicate jobs.
5. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The current announcement represents the
results of the completion of the study effort
of the proposed closure and the decision that
the factory is not to be closed (which would
have affected 1100 civilian employees).
6. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center
Field Offices, located at Providence, R.I.; Kansas City,
Mo.; San Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The announcement represents the results
of the completion of the study effort and the
decision that none of the four field offices will
be closed but one will be realigned and trans-
ferred to the management control of DMA's
Aerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.
(It should be noted that the above action is in the process
of being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)
7. Transfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve
Center, Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army
National Guard.
This is an ongoing action for which a final
decision is expected to be announced shortly.
Maximum effect on personnel would be the
reduction of about 120 civilian employees
although it is not believed that the impact
will be that large.
8. Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research
and Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N. J., Washington,
D. C. and elsewhere.
The Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for
OSD review and approval. However, the Army
advised on November 9, 1976 that it intends
to announce the final decision on the proposed
realignment in November 1976. The proposal
stems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and
primarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where
about 750 civilian positions would be affected
by relocation to the Washington, D.C. area.
9. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air
Force Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan;
Loring Air Force Base*, Maine and the relocation of
activities and reduction of Richards-Gebaur Air Force
Base, Missouri.
These candidate actions were announced on March 11,
1976. The necessary studies are ongoing. However,
the Air Force advises that it is attempting to
accelerate the schedule so that decisions can be
made early in January 1977. The Air Force expects
to file the final Environmental Impact Statements
for these actions in early January 1977 so that
decisions can be made and announced before January 20.
*No longer possible to decide Loring before January 20.
10. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn,
N.Y. to Great Lakes, Illinois.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The intent of the action is to relocate
the activity from GSA space to space on a
military installation with attendant significant
annual savings. However, before the necessary
study was completed the GSA at the request of
members of the New York City Congressional
Delegation reduced the current space cost by
over 40%. Despite this reduction for FY 77,
GSA has been advised that the activity will
relocate unless the DoD receives assurances
that the space cost will not be increased over
the next four to five years. We believe the
GSA will shortly reply that they can provide
no such assurances which, in all probability,
then will result in the originally proposed
relocation being implemented. A total of 752
civilian positions are affected.
New Actions
1. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.
2. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar sites at
Saratoga Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air
Force Stations.
3. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force
Radar Sites at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington;
Point Arena, California and one at an overseas location.
4. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and
the Air Force's Civil Engineering functions at DoD
bases in the San Antonio area, Texas, under Air Force
management and control.
5. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington,
D. C. area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.
6. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronics Systems
Engineering Center, Washington, D. C.
7. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center,
Pacific, Hawaii.
8. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21,
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
9. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,
China Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,
California.
10. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Office for contracts at Elk Hills, California.
11. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region,
Philadelphia.
12. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station,
Norfolk, Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field,
California; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval
Station, Puget Sound, Washington; and Naval Shipyard,
Portsmouth, Virginia.
13. Conversion to contract operations of selected support
activities at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
14. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.
15. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont,
Maryland and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland
at one location.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 22, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Jack, attached is a second copy of the DOD memo
that Steve Herbits dropped off this morning.
You will note that the memo is broken down into
three sections. The first group are actions that
Don Rumsfeld would like to see taken prior to Thanks-
giving. The second group have all been announced
previously. A judgement must be made as to whether
or not the President moves on this group now, in
January or at all.
The third and final group are strictly new actions,
to be addressed at sometime in the future.
In any event, Herbits indicated DOD's desire to
withdraw their previously submitted base realign-
ment memo and to substitute for consideration the
attached.
Obviously, a quick turn around was requested.
FYI, a copy of Herbits' memo went to Paul O'Neill's
Office.
CC: PO'Neill
DOgilvie
Actions Completed and Announced
Into Implementation Stage
1. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout
the U.S.
These actions were announced on March 17, 1976
as the result of specific Congressional direction.
Subsequently the Congress mistakenly believed
that these actions were associated with the
President's 50,000 man Naval Reserve reduction.
The DEPSECDEF provided guidance to the Navy in
August 1976 to explain the situation to the
concerned Congressional Committees and to
implement the closures and the current announce-
ment represents reaffirmation that the facilities
will be closed.
2. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974
with the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for
end FY 1977. This action has resulted in a
number of court actions against the DoD, all of
which to date have been resolved in favor of the
DoD. In 1974, the Arsenal employed about 3400
civilians. The current announcement represents
another significant milestone in the closure
process in that the approximate 2750 remaining
employees will receive termination (1025) or
transfer (1700) notices in November 1976.
3. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army
Depot, Ky.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974.
The action has been under court jurisdiction
almost since the announcement. The last request
for a further injunction was denied by the
Supreme Court on September 9, 1976. Anticipated
savings amount to about $1.5 million per month.
The action originally affected 30 military and
2850 civilian positions of which about 1000 are
still on board. The current announcement informs
all concerned that termination or transfer notices
are being issued to the remaining 1000 civilian
employees affected.
Final Actions To Be Announced
Intent Previously Announced
(March or April)
1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing
Annex, Kansas.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents the
final decision to close this facility by
September 1977. A total of 27 military and
57 civilian positions are affected.
2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart
Annex family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh,
New York.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
activity to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 31 military and 71
civilian positions are affected.
3. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions
at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
functions to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 26 military and 174
civilian positions are affected.
Reloce and realignment of the Army's Troop Support
Command and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,
Missouri.
This action has been under study for a number of
years, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.
The Army's preferred alternative was announced
on April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary
studies have been completed and the current
announcement represents a final decision to
implement the Army's preferred alternative.
The preferred alternative would, over the next
18 months, disestablish the two Commands by
combining the logistics and materiel readiness
missions of both into a new command, US Army
Troop Support and Aviation Material Readiness
Command, and combining the research, development
and acquisition missions of both into another
new command, US Army Aviation Research and
Development Command. Both new commands would
remain in St. Louis but would be moved to
Federal office building space to be renovated
by the GSA. A total of about 325 military and
6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-
ment of which 10 military and 414 civilian
positions would be reduced due to the elimination
of duplicate jobs.
5. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The current announcement represents the
results of the completion of the study effort
of the proposed closure and the decision that
the factory is not to be closed (which would
have affected 1100 civilian employees).
6. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center
Field Offices, located at Providence, R.I.; Kansas City,
Mo.; San Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The announcement represents the results
of the completion of the study effort and the
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decision that none of the four field offices will
be closed but one will be realigned and trans-
ferred to the management control of DMA's
Aerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.
(It should be noted that the above action is in the process
of being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)
7.
Transfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve
Center, Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army
National Guard.
This is an ongoing action for which a final
decision is expected to be announced shortly.
Maximum effect on personnel would be the
reduction of about 120 civilian employees
although it is not believed that the impact
will be that large.
8.
Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research
and Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N. J., Washington,
D. C. and elsewhere.
The Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for
OSD review and approval. However, the Army
advised on November 9, 1976 that it intends
to announce the final decision on the proposed
realignment in November 1976. The proposal
stems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and
primarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where
about 750 civilian positions would be affected
by relocation to the Washington, D.C. area.
9. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air
Force Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan;
Loring Air Force Base*, Maine and the relocation of
activities and reduction of Richards-Gebaur Air Force
Base, Missouri.
These candidate actions were announced on March 11,
1976. The necessary studies are ongoing. However,
the Air Force advises that it is attempting to
accelerate the schedule so that decisions can be
made early in January 1977. The Air Force expects
to file the final Environmental Impact Statements
for these actions in early January 1977 so that
decisions can be made and announced before January 20.
*No longer possible to decide Loring before January 20.
10. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn,
N.Y. to Great Lakes, Illinois.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The intent of the action is to relocate
the activity from GSA space to space on a
military installation with attendant significant
annual savings. However, before the necessary
study was completed the GSA at the request of
members of the New York City Congressional
Delegation reduced the current space cost by
over 40%. Despite this reduction for FY 77,
GSA has been advised that the activity will
relocate unless the DoD receives assurances
that the space cost will not be increased over
the next four to five years. We believe the
GSA will shortly reply that they can provide
no such assurances which, in all probability,
then will result in the originally proposed
relocation being implemented. A total of 752
civilian positions are affected.
New Actions
1. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.
2. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar sites at
Saratoga Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air
Force Stations.
3. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force
Radar Sites at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington;
Point Arena, California and one at an overseas location.
4. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and
the Air Force's Civil Engineering functions at DoD
bases in the San Antonio area, Texas, under Air Force
management and control.
5. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington,
D. C. area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.
6. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronics Systems
Engineering Center, Washington, D. C.
7. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center,
Pacific, Hawaii.
8. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21,
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
9. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,
China Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,
California.
10. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Office for contracts at Elk Hills, California.
11. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region,
Philadelphia.
12. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station,
Norfolk, Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field,
California; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval
Station, Puget Sound, Washington; and Naval Shipyard,
Portsmouth, Virginia.
13. Conversion to contract operations of selected support
activities at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
14. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.
15. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont,
Maryland and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland
at one location.
THE WHITE HOUSE
base
WASHINGTON
November 22, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Jack, attached is a second copy of the DOD memo
that Steve Herbits dropped off this morning.
You will note that the memo is broken down into
three sections. The first group are actions that
Don Rumsfeld would like to see taken prior to Thanks-
giving. The second group have all been announced
previously. A judgement must be made as to whether
or not the President moves on this group now, in
January or at all.
The third and final group are strictly new actions,
to be addressed at sometime in the future.
In any event, Herbits indicated DOD's desire to
withdraw their previously submitted base realign-
ment memo and to substitute for consideration the
attached.
Obviously, a quick turn around was requested.
FYI, a copy of Herbits' memo went to Paul O'Neill's
Office.
CC: PO'Neill
DOgilvie
Actions Completed and Announced
Into Implementation Stage
1. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout
the U.S.
These actions were announced on March 17, 1976
as the result of specific Congressional direction.
Subsequently the Congress mistakenly believed
that these actions were associated with the
President's 50,000 man Naval Reserve reduction.
The DEPSECDEF provided guidance to the Navy in
August 1976 to explain the situation to the
concerned Congressional Committees and to
implement the closures and the current announce-
ment represents reaffirmation that the facilities
will be closed.
2. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974
with the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for
end FY 1977. This action has resulted in a
number of court actions against the DoD, all of
which to date have been resolved in favor of the
DoD. In 1974, the Arsenal employed about 3400
civilians. The current announcement represents
another significant milestone in the closure
process in that the approximate 2750 remaining
employees will receive termination (1025) or
transfer (1700) notices in November 1976.
3. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army
Depot, Ky.
This decision was announced on November 24, 1974.
The action has been under court jurisdiction
almost since the announcement. The last request
for a further injunction was denied by the
Supreme Court on September 9, 1976. Anticipated
savings amount to about $1.5 million per month.
The action originally affected 30 military and
2850 civilian positions of which about 1000 are
still on board. The current announcement informs
all concerned that termination or transfer notices
are being issued to the remaining 1000 civilian
employees affected.
Final Actions To Be Announced
Intent Previously Announced
(March or April)
1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing
Annex, Kansas.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents the
final decision to close this facility by
September 1977. A total of 27 military and
57 civilian positions are affected.
2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart
Annex family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh,
New York.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
activity to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 31 military and 71
civilian positions are affected.
3. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions
at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.
The candidate action was announced on April 1,
1976. The current announcement represents a
decision that it is feasible to convert the
functions to contract operations and to under-
take the necessary detailed economic analysis
to determine the cost effectiveness of the
proposal. A total of 26 military and 174
civilian positions are affected.
4. Relocation and realignment of the Army's Troop Support
Command and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,
Missouri.
This action has been under study for a number of
years, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.
The Army's preferred alternative was announced
on April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary
studies have been completed and the current
announcement represents a final decision to
implement the Army's preferred alternative.
The preferred alternative would, over the next
18 months, disestablish the two Commands by
combining the logistics and materiel readiness
missions of both into a new command, US Army
Troop Support and Aviation Material Readiness
Command, and combining the research, development
and acquisition missions of both into another
new command, US Army Aviation Research and
Development Command. Both new commands would
remain in St. Louis but would be moved to
Federal office building space to be renovated
by the GSA. A total of about 325 military and
6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-
ment of which 10 military and 414 civilian
positions would be reduced due to the elimination
of duplicate jobs.
5. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The current announcement represents the
results of the completion of the study effort
of the proposed closure and the decision that
the factory is not to be closed (which would
have affected 1100 civilian employees).
6. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center
Field Offices, located at Providence, R.I.; Kansas City,
Mo.; San Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The announcement represents the results
of the completion of the study effort and the
decision that none of the four field offices will
be closed but one will be realigned and trans-
ferred to the management control of DMA's
Aerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.
(It should be noted that the above action is in the process
of being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)
7.
Transfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve
Center, Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army
National Guard.
7
This is an ongoing action for which a final
decision is expected to be announced shortly.
Maximum effect on personnel would be the
reduction of about 120 civilian employees
although it is not believed that the impact
will be that large.
8. Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research
and Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N. J., Washington,
D. C. and elsewhere.
The Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for
OSD review and approval. However, the Army
advised on November 9, 1976 that it intends
no
to announce the final decision on the proposed
realignment in November 1976. The proposal
stems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and
primarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where
about 750 civilian positions would be affected
by relocation to the Washington, D.C. area.
9. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air
Force Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan;
Loring Air Force Base*, Maine and the relocation of
activities and reduction of Richards-Gebaur Air Force
Base, Missouri.
These candidate actions were announced on March 11,
1976. The necessary studies are ongoing. However,
the Air Force advises that it is attempting to
no
accelerate the schedule so that decisions can be
made early in January 1977. The Air Force expects
to file the final Environmental Impact Statements
for these actions in early January 1977 so that
decisions can be made and announced before January 20.
*No longer possible to decide Loring before January 20.
10. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn,
N.Y. to Great Lakes, Illinois.
The candidate action was announced on March 17,
1976. The intent of the action is to relocate
the activity from GSA space to space on a
military installation with attendant significant
annual savings. However, before the necessary
study was completed the GSA at the request of
members of the New York City Congressional
Delegation reduced the current space cost by
over 40%. Despite this reduction for FY 77,
GSA has been advised that the activity will
relocate unless the DoD receives assurances
that the space cost will not be increased over
the next four to five years. We believe the
GSA will shortly reply that they can provide
no such assurances which, in all probability,
then will result in the originally proposed
relocation being implemented. A total of 752
civilian positions are affected.
none
New Actions
1. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.
2. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar sites at
Saratoga Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air
Force Stations.
3. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force
Radar Sites at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington;
Point Arena, California and one at an overseas location.
4. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and
the Air Force's Civil Engineering functions at DoD
bases in the San Antonio area, Texas, under Air Force
management and control.
5. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington,
D. C. area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.
6. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronics Systems
Engineering Center, Washington, D. C.
7. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center,
Pacific, Hawaii.
8. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21,
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
9. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,
China Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,
California.
10. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Office for contracts at Elk Hills, California.
11. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region,
Philadelphia.
12. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station,
Norfolk, Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field,
California; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval
Station, Puget Sound, Washington; and Naval Shipyard,
Portsmouth, Virginia.
13. Conversion to contract operations of selected support
activities at Fort Gordon, Georgia.
14. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.
15. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont,
Maryland and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland
at one location.
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WASHINGTON
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FORD is LIBRARY GRAVID
[Dee 1976?
The Fort Monmouth realignment was Item #8
on the list that we reviewed with the President about
two weeks ago. At that time it was determined that
this would be a new start and, therefore, the Presi-
dent decided it should not be done. Instead it
was determined that this realignment should wait
for the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel.
As I understand the facts from OMB staff,
if this realignment were to proceed, some 350 people
would be shifted from Fort Monmouth to Vint Hill
Farms, Virginia, as base that has been determined
to be closed.
I recommenda we stay with our previous position
that no further action be taken on Fort Monmouth
at this time.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 2, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Run
Jack, FYI, I have verbal reports to give you
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on Kincheloe, Will Tankersley and the future
of the Reserves, Eckerd/Zarb and Buzzard's Point.
Anytime at your convenience.
December 2, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Jack, FYI, I have verbal reports to give you
on Kinchelee, Will Tankersley and the future
of the Reserves, Eckerd/Sarb and Bussard's Point.
Anytime at your convenience.
RAR:cb
FORD is LIBRAR, GERALD
December 15, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
DON OGILVIE
FROM:
JACK MARSH
I would appreciate receiving your recommendations
and suggestions in reference to the attached.
Also, could you give me a call around 3:00 today?
Many thanks.
dl
paper from Steve Herbits -- DOD --- Base realignment
FORDO is LIBRARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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Don Oglivie
ASAP.for his
recommedation
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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
December 14, 1976
Memo For
Jack Marsh
The attached fact sheet relates to our
telecon this morning.
#
Stephen E. Herbits
Attachment
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FORD is LIBRARY 07V839
FOR DEFICIAL HSF ONLY
Fact Sheet
ARMY ELECTRONICS R&D REALIGNMENT
This action was not initiated as part of the Base Realignment package;
rather, It is the result of a reorganization of the Army's
matericl acquisition management which was begun approxi-
mately three years ago.
This is the final "piece" in the above reorganization; a
reorganization which affected commands with a total of
106, 000 people. All other actions have now been completed.
Thus, at present, the Electronics R&D effort is the only
element which is out of alignment, organizationally, with all
the remainder of the Army's R&D and Logistics activities.
Because of the above, the Electronics R&D Command
(ERADCOM) reorganization has the highest single priority
of any realignment pending within the Army. Should only
one further action be possible, this is the one that is endorsed.
One result of the planned action will be to realign the electronics
effort now being pursued at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The
elements of ERADCOM located at Fort Monmouth have finished
an average of 6th from the bottom of the Army's 21 laboratories
in terms of quality of performance since a formal ranking system
was begun two years ago. The independent Army Materiel
Acquisition Review Committee (AMARC) singled out these
organizations as being in serious need of organizational change
and recommended realignment along the lines currently proposed.
Approximately $500M per year is expended through this Fort
Monmouth organization in a technological area having major
impact on the fighting capability of the soldier.
The purpose of the planned realignment is to consolidate the
currently fragmented electronics effort of the Army, set up
new top management, and reduce geographical dispersion.
The impact on local communities 18 as follows:
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Location
Net Job Change
Adelphi, Md.
-35
Arlington Hall, Va.
-32
Fort Belvoir, Va.
-50
Vint Hill Farms, Va.
:
+345
Woodbridge, Va,
-15
White Sands, N. M.
-28
The above positions are all civilian. The maximum military
loss at any location is 12. The change at Fort Monmouth
represents a 7% loss. (Other unrelated functions will remain
in place.)
The new organization will be built around a headquarters at
Adelphi, Maryland where the remaining large segment of
Army electronics R&D activity is currently conducted.
(The Washington area electronics laboratories ranked an
average of 5th from the top in the previously mentioned
ranking system.)
The operating efficiency of the new organization permits a
net reduction of 433 civilian jobs. Funds to pay these
employees have been deleted from the FY 78 budget and a
portion of the spaces reduced as early as the FY 77 budget
(234 spaces). Hence, if this action is not completed, a
like number of employees must be terminated somewhere else.
This realignment produces a future operating savings of $6M
per year. The one-time implementation costs are such that
the investment is paid back in almost two years
exclusive
of the benefits of improved management.
The proposed action has been reviewed by the GAO which
concluded that the Army's cost and manpower data are
accurate and stated no objection.
FOND
An extensive EIS has been prepared and fully processed,
including holding three public hearings.
2
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Congressional hearings have been hold relating to this
action over the past two years. Opposition has been
expressed by several of the representatives from New
Jersey; however, no action has been taken by the Congress
to impede the proposed realignment.
Court actions have been brought against the Army to
preclude implementation, principally in the area of
Environmental Impact. None, however, have resulted
in any impediment to the proposed action.
The principal opposition to the move has been expressed by
delegations from the Fort Monmouth area which point out
that an alternative exists which is to consolidate at Fort
Monmouth. They state that this would generate comparable
savings. This thesis is basically correct, from the savings
standpoint, when the ERADCOM move is considered in isola-
tion. However, when viewed in the context of other realign-
ments taking place at Fort Monmouth, the overall cost of
their proposed alternative is unattractive ($23M investment
rather than $15M to achieve similar future operating savings
of about $6M-$7M per year). This is a consequence of the
fact that the related realignments utilize building space
proposed for use in the Fort Monmouth delegation's
alternative.
unded realignment was publicly
the 280.00 the "preferred alternative";
emplements that announced preference.
The proposed announcement is supported by ASD(I&L),
ASD(C), ASD(M&RA), DDR&E, ASD(PA) and ASD(LA).
Recommendation: Approve the ERADCOM realignment.
3
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 15, 1976
Mr. Marsh:
Russ called re the paper Steve Herbits
sent to you yesterday -- Fort Monmouth.
Evidentally, Herbits had already checked
with Ogilvie for his inputs. Ogilvie
has no problem with it.
Russ said he is being bugged by Herbits
who is being bugged by Rumsfeld for a
decision.
Thanks.
Donna
R- IT - wants to
See this!
Jin
THE WHITE, HOUSE
WASHINGTON
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Fact Sheet
ARMY ELECTRONICS R&D REALIGNMENT
This action was not initiated as part of the Basc Realignment package;
rather, It is the result of a reorganization of the Army's
matericl acquisition management which was begun approxi-
mately three years ago.
This is the final "piece" in the above reorganization; a
reorganization which affected commands with a total of
106, 000 people. All other actions have now been completed.
Thus, at present, the Electronics R&D effort is the only
element which is out of alignment, organizationally, with all
the remainder of the Army's R&D and Logistics activities.
Because of the above, the Electronics R&D Command
(ERADCOM) reorganization has the highost single priority
of any realignment pending within the Army. Should only
one further action be possible, this is the one that is endorsed.
One result of the planned action will be to realign the electronics
effort now being pursued at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The
elements of ERADCOM located at Fort Monmouth have finished
an average of 6th from the bottom of the Army's 21 laboratories
in terms of quality of performance since a formal ranking system
was begun two years ago. The independent Army Materiel
Acquisition Review Committee (AMARC) singled out these
organizations as being in serious need of organizational change
and recommended realignment along the lines currently proposed.
Approximately $500M per year is expended through this Fort
Monmouth organization in a technological area having major
impact on the fighting capability of the soldier.
The purpose of the planned realignment is to consolidate the
currently fragmented electronics effort of the Army, set up
new top management, and reduce geographical dispersion.
The impact on local communities is as follows:
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Location
Net Job Change
Adelphi, Md.
-35
Arlington Hall, Va,
-32
Fort Belvoir, Va.
-50
Vint Hill Farms, Va.
+345
Woodbridge, Va,
-15
White Sands, N. M.
-28
The above positions are all civilian. The maximum military
loss at any location is 12. The change at Fort Monmouth
represents a 7% loss. (Other unrelated functions will remain
in place.)
The new organization will be built around a headquarters at
Adelphi, Maryland where the remaining large segment of
Army electronics R&D activity is currently conducted.
(The Washington area electronics laboratories ranked an
average of 5th from the top in the previously mentioned
ranking system.)
The operating efficiency of the new organization permits a
net reduction of 433 civilian jobs. Funds to pay these
employees have been deleted from the FY 78 budget and a
portion of the spaces reduced as early as the FY 77 budget
(234 spaces). Hence, if this action is not completed, a
like number of employees must be terminated somewhere else.
This realignment produces a future operating savings of $6M
per year. The one-time implementation costs are such that
the investment io paid back in almost two years
exclusive
of the benefits of improved management.
The proposed action has been reviewed by the GAO which
concluded that the Army's cost and manpower data are
accurate and stated no objection.
An extensive EIS has been prepared and fully processed,
including holding three public hearings.
2
FOR OFFICIAL 11SF ONLY
FOR DEFICIAL USE ONLY
Congressional hearings have been hold relating to this
action over tho past two years. Opposition has been
expressed by several of the representatives from New
Jersey; however, no action has been taken by the Congress
to impede the proposed realignment.
Court actions have been brought against the Army to
preclude implementation, principally in the area of
Environmental Impact. None, however, have resulted
in any impediment to the proposed action.
The principal opposition to the move has been expressed by
delegations from the Fort Monmouth area which point out
that an alternative exists which is to consolidate at Fort
Monmouth, They state that this would generate comparable
savings. This thesis is basically correct, from the savings
standpoint, when the ERADCOM move is considered in isola-
tion. However, when viewed in the context of other realign-
ments taking place at Fort Monmouth, the overall cost of
their proposed alternative is unattractive ($23M investment
rather than $15M to achieve similar future operating savings
of about $6M-$7M per year). This is a consequence of the
fact that the related realignments utilize building space
proposed for use in the Fort Monmouth delegation's
alternative.
milded realignment was publicly
the 200 2.8 the "preferred alternative";
that announced preference.
The proposed announcoment is supported by ASD(I&L),
ASD(C), ASD(M&RA), DDR&E, ASD(PA) and ASD(LA).
Recommendation: Approve the ERADCOM realignment,
3
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
December 14, 1976
Memo For
Jack Marsh
The attached fact sheet relates to our
telecon this morning.
#
Stephen E. Herbits
Attachment
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 17, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
CHARLES LEPPERT, JR.
CLg.
SUBJECT:
Rep. Bob Bauman (R. - Md.)
Rep. Bob Bauman called regarding the Defense Department
announcement yesterday, December 16, 1976, that the final
decision on 40 to 50 base closures throughout the United
States may be left for the Carter Administration to
decide.
Bauman was informed that yesterday's DoD announcement
included the Aberdeen Ordinance Depot which is in his Con-
gressional District. Bauman contends that if the final
decision is left to the Carter Administration, the bases
that are not closed will give credit to the Democrat,
probably Sarbanes, whereas if Aberdeen is closed the onus
for failure to keep it open will be laid at the hands of
Bauman, despite his efforts to keep it open.
The point Bauman makes is a valid one in my judgment
because of its political impact, and some consideration
should be given to the propriety of DoD making the deci-
sions on base closures prior to January 20.
R- what 7 did DOD
Slay
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 20, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO: JACK MARSH
FROM:
RUSS ROURKE
Jack, Steve Herbits advises me that the
"announcement" to which Bauman refers is a fig-
ment of his imagination. There have been a
wide variety of press reports on what DOD is
doing or not doing re base closingsand realign-
ment. FYI, Bauman has been beating Pentagon types
on the head, demanding a meeting with Don Rums-
feld. Herbits further advises that a high-level
DOD meeting was held this morning re the entire
base action situation. The bottom line is no
firm policy has been established with respect to
these bases and that each decision will be made on a
case by case basis.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
December 17, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
CHARLES LEPPERT, JR. CL.
SUBJECT:
Rep. Bob Bauman (R. - Md.)
Rep. Bob Bauman called regarding the Defense Department
announcement yesterday, December 16, 1976, that the final
decision on 40 to 50 base closures throughout the United
States may be left for the Carter Administration to
decide.
Bauman was informed that yesterday's DoD announcement
included the Aberdeen Ordinance Depot which is in his Con-
gressional District. Bauman contends that if the final
decision is left to the Carter Administration, the bases
that are not closed will give credit to the Democrat,
probably Sarbanes, whereas if Aberdeen is closed the onus
for failure to keep it open will be laid at the hands of
Bauman, despite his efforts to keep it open.
The point Bauman makes is a valid one in my judgment
because of its political impact, and some consideration
should be given to the propriety of DoD making the deci-
sions on base closures prior to January 20.
R- what 7 did DOD
Slay
LIBRARY GERALD R. FORD

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"ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 11, folder \"Defense - Military Base\nRealignments and Closures (3)\" of the John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential\nLibrary.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 11 of The John Marsh Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 12, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nJACK MARSH\nFROM:\nRUSS ROURKE\nJack, I have spoken with Don Ogilvie, Tod Hullin,\nSteve Herbitz and Lt. Col. Marv Braman re Craig\nAir Force Base, Alabama.\n&\nStatus:\n1) On March 11, 1976, the Air Force announced\nthat it was beginning the \"study\" process\nleading to the possible close of Craig AFB.\nA draft environmental impact statement was\nsubmitted, as required, prior to the Septem-\nber 15 deadline that had been set for the re-\nceipt of said statement.\n2) Public hearings have been scheduled for Novem-\nber 15, 1976 in Selma, Alabama.\n3) No final decision is expected on this entire\nmatter until mid-January, 1977.\n3' FORD\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nOctober 9, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nRUSS ROURKE\nFROM:\nRuss, would you ask Don status of Craig\nJACK MARSI June\nAir Force Base and report back to me, please.\nMany thanks.\nTried-11000-ns anowey\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 16, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nJACK MARSH\nFROM:\nRUSS ROURKE\nJack, I discussed the base realignment with Don\nOgilvie. Don stated that both he and Paul O'Neill\nbelieve a real close look should be taken at all\nthree categories prior to any definitive action.\nAs I indicated to you yesterday, since we have passed\nthe immediate deadline ($2½ million Frankfort and Blue\nGrass Arsenals), the time frame is no longer pressing.\nI indicated to Don that we have the luxury of several\nweeks before further decisions have to be made (either\nto move forward or to do nothing). Ogilvie indicated\nthat his people will be giving the list a real going-over.\nNovember 15, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO: PAUL 0' O'NEILL\nFROM:\nRUSS ROURKE\nPaul, Jack asks your view on whether or not the\nPresident should see the attached before we move\nforward.\nm (attached memo from Shrontz to Herbits re base\nrealignment announcements)\nRAR:cb\nFORD is LIBRARY 078870\nWASHINGTON, D.C. 20301\nSTATE\nINSTALLATIONS AND LOGISTICS\n11 NOV 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR STEVE HERBITS\nSUBJECT: Base Realignment Announcements\nIn accordance with our discussion on November 9, 1976, we are forwarding\nto you for the Secretary of Defense's review and guidance the package of\nbase realignment actions for which Congressional notification and public\nannouncement is required between now and the middle of January 1977.\nWe have categorized these actions into three groups as follows:\nA. Relatively minor actions which are agreed upon within\nthe staff and which should be announced as soon as\npossible (TAB A). AGREE\nB. Additional actions upon which the Services and OSD\nstaff are in agreement. These actions also require\nannouncement as soon as possible, but are particu-\nlarly controversial outside the DoD (TAB B).\nC. Announcements that the Army desires to make as\nsoon as possible but with which the OSD staff disa-\ngrees and/or which require SECDEF decisions (TAB C).\nA meeting on several of these issues is scheduled\nwith Secretary Clements on November 15, 1976.\nFor most of the actions listed in TABs A and B, we would recommend an\norde: ly phased release schedule between November 15 and December 15,\n1976 (the start of the holiday season during which it is the policy of\nDoD not to release announcements involving adverse personnel action -\nTAB D). Certain actions are being programmed for release between\nJanuary 1 and January 15, 1977 as noted in Tabs A and B. It should be\nnoted that under our procedure of waiting 30-days before implementation\nafter notification of a base realignment decision, release of such\ndecision after November 15 could result in violation of the policy\nagainst adverse personnel actions during the holiday season. However,\nwe will delay notification of specific personnel actions if necessary to\navoid violating that policy.\nREVOLUTION\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY,\nAMERICAN\nBICENTENNIAL\n1776-1976\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\n2\nWe recommend that the SECDEF approve for release, as recommended above,\nthe list of actions at TABs A and B. The list of announcements con-\ntained at TAB C require additional staff work. It would be premature to\nrelease them at this time.\nSubsequent to the SECDEF's decision on this matter, we propose a return\nto our long standing procedure of clearing minor base realignment actions\nfor Congressional notification at the action officer level for all such\nfuture actions. Under this procedure the action officers involved in\nthe clearance process have the responsibility of informing their princi-\npals of the significant minor actions cleared by the OSD staff for\nCongressional notifications, thereby avoiding unnecessary demands on the\ntime of the principals. Such clearances do not apply to those actions\nrequiring the approval of the DEPSECDEF or the SECDEF. These will be\nstaffed and processed for approval in the normal manner.\nPlease let me know what the Secretary decides on this issue as soon as\npossible.\nFRANK A SHRONTH\nAssistant Secretary\nEnclosures\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nBase Realignment Actions\nTo Be Announced By Mid\nJanuary 1977\nDecisions on Candidate Actions Included\nin the March and April 1976 Announcements\nand new Minor Actions.\nARMY\n1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing Annex, Kansas.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1, 1976.\nThe current announcement represents the final decision\nto close this facility by September 1977. A total of\n27 military and 57 civilian positions are affected.\n2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart Annex\nfamily housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh, New York.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1, 1976.\nThe current announcement represents a decision that\nit is feasible to convert the activity to contract\noperations and to undertake the necessary detailed\neconomic analysis to determine the cost effective-\nness of the proposal. A total of 31 military and\n71 civilian positions are affected.\n3. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.\nThis is a new action although it represents to\na great extent after-the-fact notification to\nthe Congress since much of the realignment has\nalready been implemented. Included is the\ntransfer of responsibility on October 1, 1976\nfor Fort Devens, Mass. from the Army Security\nAgency together with a number of Intelligence\nactivities at Arlington Hall Station, Va. to\nTraining and Doctrine Command; the transfer on\nDecember 1, 1976 of responsibility for Vint\nHill Farms Station, Va. from Army Security\nAgency to Army Materiel Development and Readi-\nness Command; and other similar realignments.\nBasically only 69 military and 43 civilian\npositions are affected by this action.\n2\n4. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions\nat Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nfunctions to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 26 military and 174\ncivilian positions are affected.\n5. Relocation and realignment of the Army's Troop Support Command\nand Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis, Missouri.\nThis action has been under study for a number of\nyears, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.\nThe Army's preferred alternative was announced\non April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary\nstudies have been completed and the current\nannouncement represents a final decision to\nimplement the Army's preferred alternative.\nThe preferred alternative would, over the next\n18 months, disestablish the two Commands by\ncombining the logistics and materiel readiness\nmissions of both into a new command, US Army\nTroop Support and Aviation Material Readiness\nCommand, and combining the research, development\nand acquisition missions of both into another\nnew command, US Army Aviation Research and\nDevelopment Command. Both new commands would\nremain in St. Louis but would be moved to\nFederal office building space to be renovated\nby the GSA. A total of about 325 military and\n6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-\nment of which 10 military and 414 civilian posi-\ntions would be reduced due to the elimination\nof duplicate jobs.\n3\nAIR FORCE\n6. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar Sites at Saratoga\nSprings, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air Force Stations.\nThese are new actions. The announcement repre-\nsents a decision to close these sites. A total\nof 102 military and 28 civilian positions are\naffected at the New York site and 95 military\nand 29 civilian positions at the Wisconsin site.\n7. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force Radar Sites\nat Klamath, California; Makah, Washington; Point Arena, Cali-\nfornia and one at an overseas location.\nThese are new actions. The announcement\nrepresents a decision that it is feasible\nto convert the activities to contract operations\nand to undertake the necessary detailed economic\nanalysis to determine the cost effectiveness of\nthe proposal. A total of 300 military and 96\ncivilian positions are affected.\n8. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and the Air Force's\nCivil Engineering functions at DoD bases in the San Antonio area,\nTexas, under Air Force management and control.\nThis action has been under study for over a year\nand the announcemnt represents the decision to\nrealign the activities. A total of 550 military\npositions will be reduced and about 250 new\ncivilian positions will be added to these functions.\nMARINE CORPS\n9. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington, D.C.\narea by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.\nThis is a new action required by the headquarters\nreduction imposed in the FY 1977 President's Budget.\n4\nDEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY\n10. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nresults of the completion of the study effort of\nthe proposed closure and the decision that the\nfactory is not to be closed (which would have\naffected 1100 civilian employees).\nDEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY\n11. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center Field\nOffices, located at Providence, R. I.; Kansas City, Mo.; San\nAntonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17, 1976.\nThe announcement represents the results of the com-\npletion of the study effort and the decision that none\nof the four field offices will be closed but one\nwill be realigned and transferred to the management\ncontrol of DMA's Aerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.\n(It should be noted that the above action is in the process\nof being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)\nNAVY\n12. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronic Systems Engineering\nCenter, Washington, D.C.\nThis is a new action. The announcement represents\nthe decision to disestablish the activity. A total\nof one (1) military and 141 civilian positions are\naffected.\n13. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout the U.S.\nThese actions were announced on March 17, 1976\nas the result of specific Congressional direc-\ntion. Subsequently the Congress mistakenly\nbelieved that these actions were associated\nwith the President's 50,000 man Naval Reserve\nreduction.\nThe DEPSECDEF provided guidance\n5\nto the Navy in August 1976 to explain the\nsituation to the concerned Congressional\nCommittees and to implement the closures.\nThe Navy did not implement the closures and\nthe current announcement represents reaf-\nfirmation that the facilities will be closed.\n14. Closure of Naval Air Station, Key West, Florida.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nresults of the study effort and the decision\nnot to close the installation at this time,\n(which would have affected about 2200 military\nand 700 civilian positions) but to reduce cer-\ntain support activities by the end of FY 1977\nand reduce the installation to a Naval Air\nFacility in FY 1981 when the aircraft assigned\nthere are phased out of the inventory. A\ntotal of 740 military and 375 civilians are\naffected by end FY 1977 and another 1800\nmilitary and 140 civilians are affected\nin FY 1981 after the assigned aircraft are\nphased out.\n(It should be noted that the above action is in the process\nof being forwarded to DEPSECDEF Clements for a decision).\n15. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center, Pacific,\nHawaii.\nThis is a new action. A total of 165 military\nand 45 civilians are affected.\n16. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21, Pearl\nHarbor, Hawaii.\nThis is a new action. There are a total of 383\nmilitary spaces affected.\n6\n17. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,\nChina Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California.\nThis is a new action but does not involved\nany adverse personnel impact.\n18. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command Office\nfor contracts at Elks Hills, California.\nThis is a new office which will consist of\n12 military and 87 civilian personnel.\n19. Transfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve Center,\nLos Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army National Guard.\nThis is an ongoing action for which a final\ndecision is expected to be announced shortly.\nMaximum effect on personnel would be the\nreduction of about 120 civilian employees\nalthough it is not believed that the impact\nwill be that large.\n20. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region, Philadelphia.\nThis is a new action which will affect six\nmilitary and 19 civilian positions.\n21. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station, Norfolk,\nVirginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California; Naval\nAir Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval Station, Puget Sound,\nWashington; and Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia.\nThis is a new action which will reduce a total\nof 284 military positions.\nTab\nBase Realignment Actions\nTo Be Announced By Mid\nJanuary 1977\nContinuing Actions on Previously\nAnnounced Base Realignments\nARMY\n1. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974\nwith the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for end\nFY 1977. This action has resulted in a number of\ncourt actions against the DoD, all of which to\ndate have been resolved in favor of the DoD. In 1974,\nthe Arsenal employed about 3400 civilians. The current\nannouncement represents another significant mile-\nstone in the closure process in that the approxi-\nmate 2750 remaining employees will receive\ntermination (1025) or transfer (1700) notices in\nNovember 1976.\n2. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army Depot, Ky.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974.\nThe action has been under court injunction almost\nsince the announcement. The last request for a\nfurther injunction was denied by the Supreme Court\non September 9, 1976. Anticipated savings amount\nto about $1.5 million per month. The action\noriginally affected 30 military and 2850 civilian\npositions of which about 1000 are still on board.\nThe current announcement informs all concerned\nthat termination or transfer notices are being\nissued to the remaining 1000 civilian employees\naffected.\nTAb B\n2\n3. Conversion to contract operations of selected support activities\nat Fort Gordon, Georgia.\nThis is a new action. The announcement represents\na decision that it is feasible to convert some of\nthe support activities to contract operations and\nto undertake the necessary detailed economic\nanalysis to determine the cost effectiveness of\nthe proposal. A total of about 480 military and\n750 civilian positions are affected.\n4. Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research\nand Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N.J., Washington,\nD.C. and elsewhere.\nThe Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for\nOSD review and approval. However, the Army\nadvised on November 9, 1976 that it intends to\nannounce the final decision on the proposed\nrealignment in November 1976. The proposal\nstems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and\nprimarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where\nabout 750 civilian positions would be affected\nby relocation to the Washington, D. C. area.\nAIR FORCE\n5. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air Force\nBase, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan; Loring Air\nForce Base, Maine and the relocation of activities and reduction\nof Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base, Missouri.\nThese candidate actions were announced on\nMarch 11, 1976. The necessary studies are\nongoing. However, the Air Force advises that\nit is attempting to accelerate the schedule so\nthat decisions can be made early in January 1977.\nThe Air Force expects to file the final Environ-\nmental Impact Statements for these actions in\nearly January 1977 so that decisions\ncan be made and announced sefore JANJO.\nNo Lunger possible to\nDecide LORING.\n3\nDEFENSE SUPPLY AGENCY\n6. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.\nThis is a new candidate action. The action, if\nproven to be feasible after study, would affect\nabout 580 civilian positions of which about 400\nwould be transferred to other Defense Depots and\nthe rest reduced.\nDEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY\n7. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont, Maryland\nand the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland at one location.\nThis proposal has been under consideration since\nlast year. The announcement informs all conncerned\nof the intent to study possible consolidation of\nthe two activities. Approximately 750 civilian\npositions are affected.\n(It should be noted that the above action is in the\nprocess of being forwarded to DESECDEF Clements for\na decision.)\nNAVY\n8. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn, N.Y.\nto Great Lakes, Illinois.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The intent of the action is to relocate\nthe activity from GSA space to space on a\nmilitary installation with attendant signifi-\ncant annual savings. However, before the\nnecessary study was completed the GSA at the\nrequest of members of the New York City\nCongressional Delegation reduced the current\nspace cost by over 40%. Despite this reduction\n4\nfor FY 77, GSA has been advised that the activity\nwill relocate unless the DoD receives assurances\nthat the space cost will not be increased over\nthe next four to five years. We believe the GSA\nwill shortly reply that they can provide no such\nassurances which, in all probability, then will\nresult in the originally proposed relocation\nbeing implemented. A total of 752 civilian positions\nare affected.\nBase Realignment Actions\nActions which the Services want to announce\nbefore the middle of January 1977 but which\nhave not yet been forwarded to OSD for\nreview and approval; are in the process of\nOSD review and require SECDEF decision or\nwith which the OSD staff disagrees.\nARMY\n1. Army Training Center, Fort Dix, New Jersey.\nIn 1973 the Army strongly recommended to the SECDEF\nthat because of projected reduced training loads and\nthe implementation of the \"One Station Training\"\nconcept (at an estimated cost of $200 million), Fort\nDix should be closed as an Army Training Center by\nend FY 1974. The SECDEF informed the Secretary of\nthe Army that in view of the large, relatively\nrecent capital investment in Fort Dix, he would not\napprove the closure of the Training Center until the\nArmy provided a plan for the reuse of the installation.\nWhile the Army made a number of studies of possible\nreuse alternatives, no feasible proposal has ever\nbeen submitted to the SECDEF. In August 1975, the\nSecretary of the Army announced at a Congressional\nhearing that the Training Center would be retained\nat Fort Dix until FY 1979. Recently, however, the\nArmy advised the ASD (I&L) that the Secretary of\nthe Army, based upon an Army study which projected\nincreased assession rates for new recruits, made a\ndecision to retain the Training Center at Fort Dix\nindefinitely. As the result of this Secretary of\nArmy decision, the Army included a number of con-\nstruction projects for Fort Dix in the FY 78\nMilitary Construction Program. The Army's plan\nprovides for over $50 million in construction at\nFort Dix during the next few years. The entire\nmatterof the Army's Training requirements and the\nfuture status of Fort Dix is currently under inten-\nsive review in OSD with appropriate decisions\nexpected to be forthcoming as part of the FY 1978\n2\nbudget review. Accordingly, the staff considers\nthat it would be premature to make any announce-\nment on Fort Dix until the overall issue of its\nfuture is decided. In fact, since the Secretary\nof the Army's announcement that the Army would\nretain the Training Center at Fort Dix until\nFY 1979, no further announcement is considered to\nbe necessary until the matter is finally resolved\nat some time in the future.\n2. In December 1975 the President and the SECDEF directed that\n12,000 civilian positions be reduced from the DoD FY 77\nbudget specifically for base realignments. From the outset,\nthe Army indicated that they could not meet their assigned\ngoal of 5,945 civilian reductions by end FY 1977 as directed.\nDespite this the Secretary of the Army on April 1, 1976 did\nannounce a number of base realignment actions aimed at complying\nwith the President's directive. However, the Secretary of the\nArmy has submitted a number of memoranda to the SECDEF advising\nthat the Army could not meet the assigned goal and requesting\nrestoration of the positions reduced in the FY 1977 budget. The\nlatest of these memoranda (September 11, 1976) is still undergoing\nreview in OSD. Associated with this Army position that they cannot\naccomplish most of the base realignment actions announced for\nstudy by the Secretary of the Army on April 1, 1976, the Army\nhas forwarded proposed notifications to OSD which would announce\nthat insignificant changes or no change in the status quo would\nresult at the following installations based upon completion of\nthe study efforts.\na. Jefferson Proving Ground, Indiana (studied for possible\nclosure).\nb. Fort Story, Virginia, (studied for possible closure).\nc. Savanna Army Depot, Illinois, (studied for possible\nclosure).\nd. Fort Detrick, Maryland, (studied for reduction to\na sub post)\n(Instead of reducing Fort Detrick, the Army is now\nproposing to relocate the Headquarters, Medical\nResearch and Development Command from Washington,\nD.C. to the installation. However, the details\nof this latest proposal have not been submitted\nto OSD for review.)\n3\nThe OSD staff position is that it is premature to make any of the\nabove announcements until the SECDEF makes a decision on the overall\nquestion of whether or not the Army is going to be required to meet its\nFY 1977 directed civilian reductions in response to the Secretary of the\nArmy's reclama. A SECDEF decision directing the Army to meet its budget\nreduction could result in the Army deciding that some of the announced\nactions which they now indicate cannot be implemented can, in fact, be\nbeneficially implemented.\nDoD 1400. 20-1-M\nDecember 1971\nDOD PROGRAM FOR STABILITY\nOF\nCIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT\nPOLICIES, PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMS MANUAL\nSTATEMENT\nOffice of the Assistant Secretary\nof Defense (Manpower and\nReserve Affairs)\nReprinted 12 February 1973 incorporating Changes 1, 2, and 3,\ndated 7 January 1972, 19 April 1972, and 30 August 1972,\nrespectively.\nDoD 1400. 20-1-M\nF. Reduction-in-force and other termination notices will not be\nissued which provide an effective date for separation (or drop from\nstrength accounting) during the period December 15 through January 3,\nnor will such notices be issued for delivery to employees during this\nperiod. If, in specific situations, available resources absolutely pre-\nclude the delays caused by this policy, exceptions may be authorized by\nspecific approval of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Administration),\nthe Assistant Secretaries (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) of the Military\nDepartments and Directors of the Defense Agencies, as appropriate. It\nis expected that exceptions will be minimal and approved only where the\ntotal adverse effect on employees will be significantly increased if the\nexceptions are not granted.\nIII. Functional Transfer\n3\nA. Determinations as to when a transfer of function occurs among\ndifferent activities of the Department of Defense shall be made in accord-\nFPM 351\nance with the provisions of DoD Directive 5410.12 When directives or\ninstructions are issued which involve a change in component jurisdiction\nCh.\nover an activity, function or real property, insofar as practical, such\ndirectives or instructions will incorporate an advance determination as\nto whether a transfer of function within the terms of DoD DiEPM.,35-110. 12\nis involved.\nB. Where real property is transferred between activities, but not\nthe work being performed on that property, the work of the employees\ndirectly engaged in the custody, protection and maintenance of the real,\nproperty will be considered to have been transferred to the gaining\nactivity. Employees other than those directly and primarily engaged in\nthe custody, protection and maintenance of the real property do not have\nregulatory rights to consideration for transfer. However, to the maxi-\nmum extent possible in hiring to meet its requirements, the gaining\nactivity will give priority consideration to the employees of the releasing\nDoD activity.\nC. When it is determined that there is a functional transfer, the\npersonnel office of the gaining activity will make a paper consolidation\nof pertinent retention registers of both activities. Each activity will\nprocess for its employees appropriate actions to separate or reassign\nas determined from the joint retention register. After conducting the\nreduction-in-force, all reemployment and appeal rights of employees\naffected by the functional transfer rest with the gaining activity. Wherever\n5\nPart II -- Main Edition -- 10 November r 1976\nPHILADELPHIA BULLETIN - 7 NOVEMBER 1976(10) Pg 1\nMondale Reaffirms Aid for\nArsenal\nWASHINGTON POST - 10 NOVEMBER 1976 Pg 11\nBy JOHN T. GILLESPIE\nOf The Bulletin Staff\nPentagon's Contracting Rate\nVice President-elect Walter F. Mon-\ndale' has reaffirmed in a telephone\ncall to Mayor Rizzo a promise to try to\n$6.8 Billion Behind Schedule\nsave Frankford Arsenal.\nA spokesman for Rizzo said that\nLos Angeles Times\n\"We're not rushing to get it obli-\nfruit\nNovember 22, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nTHE PRESIDENT\nFROM:\nJACK MARSH\nSUBJECT:\nBase Closures\nAttached is the latest submission from Defense on the\nquestion of base closures. This was received today.\nI have asked Paul O'Neill to prepare a comment for you.\nAttachment\nJOM/dl\nFORD & LIBRARY\nActions Completed and Announced\nInto Implementation Stage\n1. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout\nthe U.S.\nThese actions were announced on March 17, 1976\nas the result of specific Congressional direction.\nSubsequently the Congress mistakenly believed\nthat these actions were associated with the\nPresident's 50,000 man Naval Reserve reduction.\nThe DEPSECDEF provided guidance to the Navy in\nAugust 1976 to explain the situation to the\nconcerned Congressional Committees and to\nimplement the closures and the current announce-\nment represents reaffirmation that the facilities\nwill be closed.\n2. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974\nwith the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for\nend FY 1977. This action has resulted in a\nnumber of court actions against the DoD, all of\nwhich to date have been resolved in favor of the\nDoD. In 1974, the Arsenal employed about 3400\ncivilians. The current announcement represents\nanother significant milestone in the closure\nprocess in that the approximate 2750 remaining\nemployees will receive termination (1025) or\ntransfer (1700) notices in November 1976.\n3. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army\nDepot, Ky.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974.\nThe action has been under court jurisdiction\nalmost since the announcement. The last request\nfor a further injunction was denied by the\nSupreme Court on September 9, 1976. Anticipated\nsavings amount to about $1.5 million per month.\nThe action originally affected 30 military and\n2850 civilian positions of which about 1000 are\nstill on board. The current announcement informs\nall concerned that termination or transfer notices\nare being issued to the remaining 1000 civilian\nemployees affected.\nFinal Actions To Be Announced\nIntent Previously Announced\n(March or April)\n1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing\nAnnex, Kansas.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nfinal decision to close this facility by\nSeptember 1977. A total of 27 military and\n57 civilian positions are affected.\n2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart\nAnnex family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh,\nNew York.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nactivity to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 31 military and 71\ncivilian positions are affected.\n3. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions\nat Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nfunctions to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 26 military and 174\ncivilian positions are affected.\n4. Relocation and realignment of the Army's Troop Support\nCommand and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,\nMissouri.\nThis action has been under study for a number of\nyears, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.\nThe Army's preferred alternative was announced\non April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary\nstudies have been completed and the current\nannouncement represents a final decision to\nimplement the Army's preferred alternative.\nThe preferred alternative would, over the next\n18 months, disestablish the two Commands by\ncombining the logistics and materiel readiness\nmissions of both into a new command, US Army\nTroop Support and Aviation Material Readiness\nCommand, and combining the research, development\nand acquisition missions of both into another\nnew command, US Army Aviation Research and\nDevelopment Command. Both new commands would\nremain in St. Louis but would be moved to\nFederal office building space to be renovated\nby the GSA. A total of about 325 military and\n6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-\nment of which 10 military and 414 civilian\npositions would be reduced due to the elimination\nof duplicate jobs.\n5. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nresults of the completion of the study effort\nof the proposed closure and the decision that\nthe factory is not to be closed (which would\nhave affected 1100 civilian employees).\n6. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center\nField Offices, located at Providence, R.I.; Kansas City,\nMo.; San Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The announcement represents the results\nof the completion of the study effort and the\ndecision that none of the four field offices will\nbe closed but one will be realigned and trans-\nferred to the management control of DMA's\nAerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.\n(It should be noted that the above action is in the process\nof being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)\n7. Transfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve\nCenter, Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army\nNational Guard.\nThis is an ongoing action for which a final\ndecision is expected to be announced shortly.\n7,\nMaximum effect on personnel would be the\nreduction of about 120 civilian employees\nalthough it is not believed that the impact\nwill be that large.\n8. Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research\nand Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N. J., Washington,\nD. C. and elsewhere.\nThe Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for\nOSD review and approval. However, the Army\nadvised on November 9, 1976 that it intends\nto announce the final decision on the proposed\nno\nrealignment in November 1976. The proposal\nstems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and\nprimarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where\nabout 750 civilian positions would be affected\nby relocation to the Washington, D.C. area.\n9. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air\nForce Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan;\nLoring Air Force Base*, Maine and the relocation of\nactivities and reduction of Richards-Gebaur Air Force\nBase, Missouri.\nThese candidate actions were announced on March 11,\n1976. The necessary studies are ongoing. However,\nno\nthe Air Force advises that it is attempting to\naccelerate the schedule so that decisions can be\nmade early in January 1977. The Air Force expects\nto file the final Environmental Impact Statements\nfor these actions in early January 1977 so that\ndecisions can be made and announced before January 20.\n*No longer possible to decide Loring before January 20.\n10. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn,\nN.Y. to Great Lakes, Illinois.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The intent of the action is to relocate\nthe activity from GSA space to space on a\nmilitary installation with attendant significant\nannual savings. However, before the necessary\nstudy was completed the GSA at the request of\nmembers of the New York City Congressional\nDelegation reduced the current space cost by\nover 40%. Despite this reduction for FY 77,\nGSA has been advised that the activity will\nrelocate unless the DoD receives assurances\nthat the space cost will not be increased over\nthe next four to five years. We believe the\nGSA will shortly reply that they can provide\nno such assurances which, in all probability,\nthen will result in the originally proposed\nrelocation being implemented. A total of 752\ncivilian positions are affected.\nNew Actions\n1. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.\n2. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar sites at\nSaratoga Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air\nForce Stations.\n3. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force\nRadar Sites at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington;\nPoint Arena, California and one at an overseas location.\n4. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and\nthe Air Force's Civil Engineering functions at DoD\nbases in the San Antonio area, Texas, under Air Force\nmanagement and control.\n5. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington,\nD. C. area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.\n6. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronics Systems\nEngineering Center, Washington, D. C.\n7. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center,\nFacific, Hawaii.\n8. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21,\nPearl Harbor, Hawaii.\n9. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,\nChina Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,\nCalifornia.\n10. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command\nOffice for contracts at Elk Hills, California.\n11. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region,\nPhiladelphia.\n12. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station,\nNorfolk, Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field,\nCalifornia; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval\nStation, Puget Sound, Washington; and Naval Shipyard,\nPortsmouth, Virginia.\n13. Conversion to contract operations of selected support\nactivities at Fort Gordon, Georgia.\n14. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.\n15. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont,\nMaryland and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland\nat one location.\nNovember 22, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nPAUL O'NEILL\nFROM:\nJACK MARSH\nSUBJECT:\nBase Closures\nI believe Defense gave you a copy of their latest sub-\nmission on base closures. The President has brought\nthis matter up and is quite interested in seeing their\nlatest proposal which I have sent in to him.\nI have advised him that I have sent it to you in order\nfor you to prepare a comment by OMB.\nAttachment\nJOM/dl\nFORD j LIBRARY\nActions Completed and Announced\nInto Implementation Stage\n1. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout\nthe U.S.\nThese actions were announced on March 17, 1976\nas the result of specific Congressional direction.\nSubsequently the Congress mistakenly believed\nthat these actions were associated with the\nPresident's 50,000 man Naval Reserve reduction.\nThe DEPSECDEF provided guidance to the Navy in\nAugust 1976 to explain the situation to the\nconcerned Congressional Committees and to\nimplement the closures and the current announce-\nment represents reaffirmation that the facilities\nwill be closed.\n2. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974\nwith the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for\nend FY 1977. This action has resulted in a\nnumber of court actions against the DoD, all of\nwhich to date have been resolved in favor of the\nDoD. In 1974, the Arsenal employed about 3400\ncivilians. The current announcement represents\nanother significant milestone in the closure\nprocess in that the approximate 2750 remaining\nemployees will receive termination (1025) or\ntransfer (1700) notices in November 1976.\n3. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army\nDepot, Ky.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974.\nThe action has been under court jurisdiction\nalmost since the announcement. The last request\nfor a further injunction was denied by the\nSupreme Court on September 9, 1976. Anticipated\nsavings amount to about $1.5 million per month.\nThe action originally affected 30 military and\n2850 civilian positions of which about 1000 are\nstill on board. The current announcement informs\nall concerned that termination or transfer notices\nare being issued to the remaining 1000 civilian\nemployees affected.\nFinal Actions To Be Announced\nIntent Previously Announced\n(March or April)\n1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing\nAnnex, Kansas.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nfinal decision to close this facility by\nSeptember 1977. A total of 27 military and\n57 civilian positions are affected.\n2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart\nAnnex family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh,\nNew York.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nactivity to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 31 military and 71\ncivilian positions are affected.\n3. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions\nat Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nfunctions to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 26 military and 174\ncivilian positions are affected.\n4. Relocation and realignment of the Army's Troop Support\nCommand and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,\nMissouri.\nThis action has been under study for a number of\nyears, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.\nThe Army's preferred alternative was announced\non April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary\nstudies have been completed and the current\nannouncement represents a final decision to\nimplement the Army's preferred alternative.\nThe preferred alternative would, over the next\n18 months, disestablish the two Commands by\ncombining the logistics and materiel readiness\nmissions of both into a new command, US Army\nTroop Support and Aviation Material Readiness\nCommand, and combining the research, development\nand acquisition missions of both into another\nnew command, US Army Aviation Research and\nDevelopment Command. Both new commands would\nremain in St. Louis but would be moved to\nFederal office building space to be renovated\nby the GSA. A total of about 325 military and\n6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-\nment of which 10 military and 414 civilian\npositions would be reduced due to the elimination\nof duplicate jobs.\n5. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nresults of the completion of the study effort\nof the proposed closure and the decision that\nthe factory is not to be closed (which would\nhave affected 1100 civilian employees).\n6. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center\nField Offices, located at Providence, R.I.; Kansas City,\nMo.; San Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The announcement represents the results\nof the completion of the study effort and the\ndecision that none of the four field offices will\nbe closed but one will be realigned and trans-\nferred to the management control of DMA's\nAerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.\n(It should be noted that the above action is in the process\nof being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)\n7. Transfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve\nCenter, Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army\nNational Guard.\nThis is an ongoing action for which a final\ndecision is expected to be announced shortly.\nMaximum effect on personnel would be the\nreduction of about 120 civilian employees\nalthough it is not believed that the impact\nwill be that large.\n8. Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research\nand Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N. J., Washington,\nD. C. and elsewhere.\nThe Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for\nOSD review and approval. However, the Army\nadvised on November 9, 1976 that it intends\nto announce the final decision on the proposed\nrealignment in November 1976. The proposal\nstems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and\nprimarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where\nabout 750 civilian positions would be affected\nby relocation to the Washington, D.C. area.\n9. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air\nForce Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan;\nLoring Air Force Base*, Maine and the relocation of\nactivities and reduction of Richards-Gebaur Air Force\nBase, Missouri.\nThese candidate actions were announced on March 11,\n1976. The necessary studies are ongoing. However,\nthe Air Force advises that it is attempting to\naccelerate the schedule so that decisions can be\nmade early in January 1977. The Air Force expects\nto file the final Environmental Impact Statements\nfor these actions in early January 1977 so that\ndecisions can be made and announced before January 20.\n*No longer possible to decide Loring before January 20.\n10. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn,\nN.Y. to Great Lakes, Illinois.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The intent of the action is to relocate\nthe activity from GSA space to space on a\nmilitary installation with attendant significant\nannual savings. However, before the necessary\nstudy was completed the GSA at the request of\nmembers of the New York City Congressional\nDelegation reduced the current space cost by\nover 40%. Despite this reduction for FY 77,\nGSA has been advised that the activity will\nrelocate unless the DoD receives assurances\nthat the space cost will not be increased over\nthe next four to five years. We believe the\nGSA will shortly reply that they can provide\nno such assurances which, in all probability,\nthen will result in the originally proposed\nrelocation being implemented. A total of 752\ncivilian positions are affected.\nNew Actions\n1. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.\n2. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar sites at\nSaratoga Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air\nForce Stations.\n3. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force\nRadar Sites at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington;\nPoint Arena, California and one at an overseas location.\n4. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and\nthe Air Force's Civil Engineering functions at DoD\nbases in the San Antonio area, Texas, under Air Force\nmanagement and control.\n5. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington,\nD. C. area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.\n6. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronics Systems\nEngineering Center, Washington, D. C.\n7. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center,\nPacific, Hawaii.\n8. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21,\nPearl Harbor, Hawaii.\n9. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,\nChina Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,\nCalifornia.\n10. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command\nOffice for contracts at Elk Hills, California.\n11. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region,\nPhiladelphia.\n12. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station,\nNorfolk, Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field,\nCalifornia; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval\nStation, Puget Sound, Washington; and Naval Shipyard,\nPortsmouth, Virginia.\n13. Conversion to contract operations of selected support\nactivities at Fort Gordon, Georgia.\n14. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.\n15. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont,\nMaryland and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland\nat one location.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 22, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nJACK MARSH\nFROM:\nRUSS ROURKE\nJack, attached is a second copy of the DOD memo\nthat Steve Herbits dropped off this morning.\nYou will note that the memo is broken down into\nthree sections. The first group are actions that\nDon Rumsfeld would like to see taken prior to Thanks-\ngiving. The second group have all been announced\npreviously. A judgement must be made as to whether\nor not the President moves on this group now, in\nJanuary or at all.\nThe third and final group are strictly new actions,\nto be addressed at sometime in the future.\nIn any event, Herbits indicated DOD's desire to\nwithdraw their previously submitted base realign-\nment memo and to substitute for consideration the\nattached.\nObviously, a quick turn around was requested.\nFYI, a copy of Herbits' memo went to Paul O'Neill's\nOffice.\nCC: PO'Neill\nDOgilvie\nActions Completed and Announced\nInto Implementation Stage\n1. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout\nthe U.S.\nThese actions were announced on March 17, 1976\nas the result of specific Congressional direction.\nSubsequently the Congress mistakenly believed\nthat these actions were associated with the\nPresident's 50,000 man Naval Reserve reduction.\nThe DEPSECDEF provided guidance to the Navy in\nAugust 1976 to explain the situation to the\nconcerned Congressional Committees and to\nimplement the closures and the current announce-\nment represents reaffirmation that the facilities\nwill be closed.\n2. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974\nwith the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for\nend FY 1977. This action has resulted in a\nnumber of court actions against the DoD, all of\nwhich to date have been resolved in favor of the\nDoD. In 1974, the Arsenal employed about 3400\ncivilians. The current announcement represents\nanother significant milestone in the closure\nprocess in that the approximate 2750 remaining\nemployees will receive termination (1025) or\ntransfer (1700) notices in November 1976.\n3. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army\nDepot, Ky.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974.\nThe action has been under court jurisdiction\nalmost since the announcement. The last request\nfor a further injunction was denied by the\nSupreme Court on September 9, 1976. Anticipated\nsavings amount to about $1.5 million per month.\nThe action originally affected 30 military and\n2850 civilian positions of which about 1000 are\nstill on board. The current announcement informs\nall concerned that termination or transfer notices\nare being issued to the remaining 1000 civilian\nemployees affected.\nFinal Actions To Be Announced\nIntent Previously Announced\n(March or April)\n1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing\nAnnex, Kansas.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nfinal decision to close this facility by\nSeptember 1977. A total of 27 military and\n57 civilian positions are affected.\n2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart\nAnnex family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh,\nNew York.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nactivity to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 31 military and 71\ncivilian positions are affected.\n3. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions\nat Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nfunctions to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 26 military and 174\ncivilian positions are affected.\nReloce and realignment of the Army's Troop Support\nCommand and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,\nMissouri.\nThis action has been under study for a number of\nyears, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.\nThe Army's preferred alternative was announced\non April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary\nstudies have been completed and the current\nannouncement represents a final decision to\nimplement the Army's preferred alternative.\nThe preferred alternative would, over the next\n18 months, disestablish the two Commands by\ncombining the logistics and materiel readiness\nmissions of both into a new command, US Army\nTroop Support and Aviation Material Readiness\nCommand, and combining the research, development\nand acquisition missions of both into another\nnew command, US Army Aviation Research and\nDevelopment Command. Both new commands would\nremain in St. Louis but would be moved to\nFederal office building space to be renovated\nby the GSA. A total of about 325 military and\n6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-\nment of which 10 military and 414 civilian\npositions would be reduced due to the elimination\nof duplicate jobs.\n5. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nresults of the completion of the study effort\nof the proposed closure and the decision that\nthe factory is not to be closed (which would\nhave affected 1100 civilian employees).\n6. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center\nField Offices, located at Providence, R.I.; Kansas City,\nMo.; San Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The announcement represents the results\nof the completion of the study effort and the\nFORD is LIBRARY BERALD\ndecision that none of the four field offices will\nbe closed but one will be realigned and trans-\nferred to the management control of DMA's\nAerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.\n(It should be noted that the above action is in the process\nof being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)\n7.\nTransfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve\nCenter, Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army\nNational Guard.\nThis is an ongoing action for which a final\ndecision is expected to be announced shortly.\nMaximum effect on personnel would be the\nreduction of about 120 civilian employees\nalthough it is not believed that the impact\nwill be that large.\n8.\nRealignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research\nand Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N. J., Washington,\nD. C. and elsewhere.\nThe Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for\nOSD review and approval. However, the Army\nadvised on November 9, 1976 that it intends\nto announce the final decision on the proposed\nrealignment in November 1976. The proposal\nstems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and\nprimarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where\nabout 750 civilian positions would be affected\nby relocation to the Washington, D.C. area.\n9. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air\nForce Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan;\nLoring Air Force Base*, Maine and the relocation of\nactivities and reduction of Richards-Gebaur Air Force\nBase, Missouri.\nThese candidate actions were announced on March 11,\n1976. The necessary studies are ongoing. However,\nthe Air Force advises that it is attempting to\naccelerate the schedule so that decisions can be\nmade early in January 1977. The Air Force expects\nto file the final Environmental Impact Statements\nfor these actions in early January 1977 so that\ndecisions can be made and announced before January 20.\n*No longer possible to decide Loring before January 20.\n10. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn,\nN.Y. to Great Lakes, Illinois.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The intent of the action is to relocate\nthe activity from GSA space to space on a\nmilitary installation with attendant significant\nannual savings. However, before the necessary\nstudy was completed the GSA at the request of\nmembers of the New York City Congressional\nDelegation reduced the current space cost by\nover 40%. Despite this reduction for FY 77,\nGSA has been advised that the activity will\nrelocate unless the DoD receives assurances\nthat the space cost will not be increased over\nthe next four to five years. We believe the\nGSA will shortly reply that they can provide\nno such assurances which, in all probability,\nthen will result in the originally proposed\nrelocation being implemented. A total of 752\ncivilian positions are affected.\nNew Actions\n1. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.\n2. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar sites at\nSaratoga Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air\nForce Stations.\n3. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force\nRadar Sites at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington;\nPoint Arena, California and one at an overseas location.\n4. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and\nthe Air Force's Civil Engineering functions at DoD\nbases in the San Antonio area, Texas, under Air Force\nmanagement and control.\n5. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington,\nD. C. area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.\n6. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronics Systems\nEngineering Center, Washington, D. C.\n7. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center,\nPacific, Hawaii.\n8. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21,\nPearl Harbor, Hawaii.\n9. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,\nChina Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,\nCalifornia.\n10. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command\nOffice for contracts at Elk Hills, California.\n11. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region,\nPhiladelphia.\n12. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station,\nNorfolk, Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field,\nCalifornia; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval\nStation, Puget Sound, Washington; and Naval Shipyard,\nPortsmouth, Virginia.\n13. Conversion to contract operations of selected support\nactivities at Fort Gordon, Georgia.\n14. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.\n15. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont,\nMaryland and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland\nat one location.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nbase\nWASHINGTON\nNovember 22, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nJACK MARSH\nFROM:\nRUSS ROURKE\nJack, attached is a second copy of the DOD memo\nthat Steve Herbits dropped off this morning.\nYou will note that the memo is broken down into\nthree sections. The first group are actions that\nDon Rumsfeld would like to see taken prior to Thanks-\ngiving. The second group have all been announced\npreviously. A judgement must be made as to whether\nor not the President moves on this group now, in\nJanuary or at all.\nThe third and final group are strictly new actions,\nto be addressed at sometime in the future.\nIn any event, Herbits indicated DOD's desire to\nwithdraw their previously submitted base realign-\nment memo and to substitute for consideration the\nattached.\nObviously, a quick turn around was requested.\nFYI, a copy of Herbits' memo went to Paul O'Neill's\nOffice.\nCC: PO'Neill\nDOgilvie\nActions Completed and Announced\nInto Implementation Stage\n1. Disestablishment of 45 Naval Reserve Facilities throughout\nthe U.S.\nThese actions were announced on March 17, 1976\nas the result of specific Congressional direction.\nSubsequently the Congress mistakenly believed\nthat these actions were associated with the\nPresident's 50,000 man Naval Reserve reduction.\nThe DEPSECDEF provided guidance to the Navy in\nAugust 1976 to explain the situation to the\nconcerned Congressional Committees and to\nimplement the closures and the current announce-\nment represents reaffirmation that the facilities\nwill be closed.\n2. Closure of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974\nwith the closure of the Arsenal scheduled for\nend FY 1977. This action has resulted in a\nnumber of court actions against the DoD, all of\nwhich to date have been resolved in favor of the\nDoD. In 1974, the Arsenal employed about 3400\ncivilians. The current announcement represents\nanother significant milestone in the closure\nprocess in that the approximate 2750 remaining\nemployees will receive termination (1025) or\ntransfer (1700) notices in November 1976.\n3. Realignment and reduction of Lexington Blue-Grass Army\nDepot, Ky.\nThis decision was announced on November 24, 1974.\nThe action has been under court jurisdiction\nalmost since the announcement. The last request\nfor a further injunction was denied by the\nSupreme Court on September 9, 1976. Anticipated\nsavings amount to about $1.5 million per month.\nThe action originally affected 30 military and\n2850 civilian positions of which about 1000 are\nstill on board. The current announcement informs\nall concerned that termination or transfer notices\nare being issued to the remaining 1000 civilian\nemployees affected.\nFinal Actions To Be Announced\nIntent Previously Announced\n(March or April)\n1. Closure of the Army's Schilling Manor Family Housing\nAnnex, Kansas.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nfinal decision to close this facility by\nSeptember 1977. A total of 27 military and\n57 civilian positions are affected.\n2. Conversion to contract operations of the Army's Stewart\nAnnex family housing activity, (West Point), Newburgh,\nNew York.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nactivity to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 31 military and 71\ncivilian positions are affected.\n3. Conversion to contract operations of selected Army functions\nat Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Michigan.\nThe candidate action was announced on April 1,\n1976. The current announcement represents a\ndecision that it is feasible to convert the\nfunctions to contract operations and to under-\ntake the necessary detailed economic analysis\nto determine the cost effectiveness of the\nproposal. A total of 26 military and 174\ncivilian positions are affected.\n4. Relocation and realignment of the Army's Troop Support\nCommand and Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,\nMissouri.\nThis action has been under study for a number of\nyears, even before the 1973 Army AMARC proposal.\nThe Army's preferred alternative was announced\non April 1, 1976. Since then the necessary\nstudies have been completed and the current\nannouncement represents a final decision to\nimplement the Army's preferred alternative.\nThe preferred alternative would, over the next\n18 months, disestablish the two Commands by\ncombining the logistics and materiel readiness\nmissions of both into a new command, US Army\nTroop Support and Aviation Material Readiness\nCommand, and combining the research, development\nand acquisition missions of both into another\nnew command, US Army Aviation Research and\nDevelopment Command. Both new commands would\nremain in St. Louis but would be moved to\nFederal office building space to be renovated\nby the GSA. A total of about 325 military and\n6000 civilian spaces are affected by the realign-\nment of which 10 military and 414 civilian\npositions would be reduced due to the elimination\nof duplicate jobs.\n5. Closure of the Clothing Factory, Philadelphia, Pa.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The current announcement represents the\nresults of the completion of the study effort\nof the proposed closure and the decision that\nthe factory is not to be closed (which would\nhave affected 1100 civilian employees).\n6. Closure of one or more of the four Topographic Center\nField Offices, located at Providence, R.I.; Kansas City,\nMo.; San Antonio, Texas; and Louisville, Ky.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The announcement represents the results\nof the completion of the study effort and the\ndecision that none of the four field offices will\nbe closed but one will be realigned and trans-\nferred to the management control of DMA's\nAerospace Center, St. Louis, Mo.\n(It should be noted that the above action is in the process\nof being forwarded to DEPSEC Clements for a decision.)\n7.\nTransfer of host responsibility for Armed Forces Reserve\nCenter, Los Alamitos, California, from Navy to Army\nNational Guard.\n7\nThis is an ongoing action for which a final\ndecision is expected to be announced shortly.\nMaximum effect on personnel would be the\nreduction of about 120 civilian employees\nalthough it is not believed that the impact\nwill be that large.\n8. Realignment of Army's Electronic and Communications Research\nand Development Activities, Fort Monmouth, N. J., Washington,\nD. C. and elsewhere.\nThe Army has not yet forwarded this proposal for\nOSD review and approval. However, the Army\nadvised on November 9, 1976 that it intends\nno\nto announce the final decision on the proposed\nrealignment in November 1976. The proposal\nstems from the Army's 1973 AMARC study and\nprimarily affects Fort Monmouth, N.J. where\nabout 750 civilian positions would be affected\nby relocation to the Washington, D.C. area.\n9. Study the closure of Webb Air Force Base, Texas; Craig Air\nForce Base, Alabama; Kincheloe Air Force Base, Michigan;\nLoring Air Force Base*, Maine and the relocation of\nactivities and reduction of Richards-Gebaur Air Force\nBase, Missouri.\nThese candidate actions were announced on March 11,\n1976. The necessary studies are ongoing. However,\nthe Air Force advises that it is attempting to\nno\naccelerate the schedule so that decisions can be\nmade early in January 1977. The Air Force expects\nto file the final Environmental Impact Statements\nfor these actions in early January 1977 so that\ndecisions can be made and announced before January 20.\n*No longer possible to decide Loring before January 20.\n10. Relocation of Naval Resale Systems Office from Brooklyn,\nN.Y. to Great Lakes, Illinois.\nThe candidate action was announced on March 17,\n1976. The intent of the action is to relocate\nthe activity from GSA space to space on a\nmilitary installation with attendant significant\nannual savings. However, before the necessary\nstudy was completed the GSA at the request of\nmembers of the New York City Congressional\nDelegation reduced the current space cost by\nover 40%. Despite this reduction for FY 77,\nGSA has been advised that the activity will\nrelocate unless the DoD receives assurances\nthat the space cost will not be increased over\nthe next four to five years. We believe the\nGSA will shortly reply that they can provide\nno such assurances which, in all probability,\nthen will result in the originally proposed\nrelocation being implemented. A total of 752\ncivilian positions are affected.\nnone\nNew Actions\n1. Realignment of the Army's Intelligence Organization.\n2. Inactivation of Air Force Long Range Radar sites at\nSaratoga Springs, New York and Antigo, Wisconsin Air\nForce Stations.\n3. Conversion to contract operations of four Air Force\nRadar Sites at Klamath, California; Makah, Washington;\nPoint Arena, California and one at an overseas location.\n4. Realignment of the Army's Facilities Engineering and\nthe Air Force's Civil Engineering functions at DoD\nbases in the San Antonio area, Texas, under Air Force\nmanagement and control.\n5. Reduction of Marine Corps activities in the Washington,\nD. C. area by 204 military and 111 civilian spaces.\n6. Disestablishment of the Naval Electronics Systems\nEngineering Center, Washington, D. C.\n7. Disestablishment of Fleet Operational Control Center,\nPacific, Hawaii.\n8. Disestablishment of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 21,\nPearl Harbor, Hawaii.\n9. Consolidation of Overhead Activities of Naval Air Facility,\nChina Lake, with Naval Weapons Center, China Lake,\nCalifornia.\n10. Establishment of Naval Facilities Engineering Command\nOffice for contracts at Elk Hills, California.\n11. Disestablishment of the Naval Commissary Store Region,\nPhiladelphia.\n12. Disestablishment of the Marine Barracks at Naval Station,\nNorfolk, Virginia; Naval Air Station, Moffett Field,\nCalifornia; Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N.J.; Naval\nStation, Puget Sound, Washington; and Naval Shipyard,\nPortsmouth, Virginia.\n13. Conversion to contract operations of selected support\nactivities at Fort Gordon, Georgia.\n14. Study the closure of the Defense Depot, Dayton, Ohio.\n15. Study to consolidate the Topographic Center, Brookmont,\nMaryland and the Hydrographic Center, Suitland, Maryland\nat one location.\nR-\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nKINchelue\nRx\nGERALD ? FORD\nL\nBAse\nThincholor\nin study ala\nnounced\nam March \"\nFORD & 06 LIBRARY\nenummyte/ impact\nplatiment Jane '77\n= chance we will beashed\nto make decisions m Jan- -\nan Form wants to close -\nTT mants to anane,\ny held our metal after Jan 21,\nEarty close probly would not\n)\nDon / Steve Herbits\nOfdine\n(\nKincheloe AFB (MICH) d\nCheck status\nFORD is LIBRARY GRAVID\n[Dee 1976?\nThe Fort Monmouth realignment was Item #8\non the list that we reviewed with the President about\ntwo weeks ago. At that time it was determined that\nthis would be a new start and, therefore, the Presi-\ndent decided it should not be done. Instead it\nwas determined that this realignment should wait\nfor the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel.\nAs I understand the facts from OMB staff,\nif this realignment were to proceed, some 350 people\nwould be shifted from Fort Monmouth to Vint Hill\nFarms, Virginia, as base that has been determined\nto be closed.\nI recommenda we stay with our previous position\nthat no further action be taken on Fort Monmouth\nat this time.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 2, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nJACK MARSH\nFROM:\nRUSS ROURKE\nRun\nJack, FYI, I have verbal reports to give you\nL\non Kincheloe, Will Tankersley and the future\nof the Reserves, Eckerd/Zarb and Buzzard's Point.\nAnytime at your convenience.\nDecember 2, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nJACK MARSH\nFROM:\nRUSS ROURKE\nJack, FYI, I have verbal reports to give you\non Kinchelee, Will Tankersley and the future\nof the Reserves, Eckerd/Sarb and Bussard's Point.\nAnytime at your convenience.\nRAR:cb\nFORD is LIBRAR, GERALD\nDecember 15, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nDON OGILVIE\nFROM:\nJACK MARSH\nI would appreciate receiving your recommendations\nand suggestions in reference to the attached.\nAlso, could you give me a call around 3:00 today?\nMany thanks.\ndl\npaper from Steve Herbits -- DOD --- Base realignment\nFORDO is LIBRARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nD-\nSend to\nDon Oglivie\nASAP.for his\nrecommedation\nHAVE him call\nwe at 3:00\ntoday. M\nREQUEST/RECEIPT FOR TRANSMISSION\nDATE AND TIME\nNMCC STATION\nDATE AND TIME\nTRANSMITTED\nSERIAL NR.\n275\nRECEIVED\nSITE:\n'76\nFC 14 AM 10 19\n1976 DEC 14 AM 10: 09\nD\nRECEIVED BY ve\nTO BE FILLED IN BY REQUESTER SITUATION ROOM\nFROM: The Sascial asst\nOFFICE/DESK: OSD\nPHONE NR: 78388\nSUBJECT: Perligmment\nCLASSIFICATION For official Use Only\nPAGES 34\nTRANSMIT TO: Jack marsh\nAGENCY\nINDIVIDUAL'S NAME\nOFFICE\nPHONE NR:\nROOM NR.\n10 He\nJack march\nWH\n456-6585\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\n3\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE\nDecember 14, 1976\nMemo For\nJack Marsh\nThe attached fact sheet relates to our\ntelecon this morning.\n#\nStephen E. Herbits\nAttachment\nH\nFORD is LIBRARY 07V839\nFOR DEFICIAL HSF ONLY\nFact Sheet\nARMY ELECTRONICS R&D REALIGNMENT\nThis action was not initiated as part of the Base Realignment package;\nrather, It is the result of a reorganization of the Army's\nmatericl acquisition management which was begun approxi-\nmately three years ago.\nThis is the final \"piece\" in the above reorganization; a\nreorganization which affected commands with a total of\n106, 000 people. All other actions have now been completed.\nThus, at present, the Electronics R&D effort is the only\nelement which is out of alignment, organizationally, with all\nthe remainder of the Army's R&D and Logistics activities.\nBecause of the above, the Electronics R&D Command\n(ERADCOM) reorganization has the highest single priority\nof any realignment pending within the Army. Should only\none further action be possible, this is the one that is endorsed.\nOne result of the planned action will be to realign the electronics\neffort now being pursued at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The\nelements of ERADCOM located at Fort Monmouth have finished\nan average of 6th from the bottom of the Army's 21 laboratories\nin terms of quality of performance since a formal ranking system\nwas begun two years ago. The independent Army Materiel\nAcquisition Review Committee (AMARC) singled out these\norganizations as being in serious need of organizational change\nand recommended realignment along the lines currently proposed.\nApproximately $500M per year is expended through this Fort\nMonmouth organization in a technological area having major\nimpact on the fighting capability of the soldier.\nThe purpose of the planned realignment is to consolidate the\ncurrently fragmented electronics effort of the Army, set up\nnew top management, and reduce geographical dispersion.\nThe impact on local communities 18 as follows:\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nLocation\nNet Job Change\nAdelphi, Md.\n-35\nArlington Hall, Va.\n-32\nFort Belvoir, Va.\n-50\nVint Hill Farms, Va.\n:\n+345\nWoodbridge, Va,\n-15\nWhite Sands, N. M.\n-28\nThe above positions are all civilian. The maximum military\nloss at any location is 12. The change at Fort Monmouth\nrepresents a 7% loss. (Other unrelated functions will remain\nin place.)\nThe new organization will be built around a headquarters at\nAdelphi, Maryland where the remaining large segment of\nArmy electronics R&D activity is currently conducted.\n(The Washington area electronics laboratories ranked an\naverage of 5th from the top in the previously mentioned\nranking system.)\nThe operating efficiency of the new organization permits a\nnet reduction of 433 civilian jobs. Funds to pay these\nemployees have been deleted from the FY 78 budget and a\nportion of the spaces reduced as early as the FY 77 budget\n(234 spaces). Hence, if this action is not completed, a\nlike number of employees must be terminated somewhere else.\nThis realignment produces a future operating savings of $6M\nper year. The one-time implementation costs are such that\nthe investment is paid back in almost two years\nexclusive\nof the benefits of improved management.\nThe proposed action has been reviewed by the GAO which\nconcluded that the Army's cost and manpower data are\naccurate and stated no objection.\nFOND\nAn extensive EIS has been prepared and fully processed,\nincluding holding three public hearings.\n2\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nCongressional hearings have been hold relating to this\naction over the past two years. Opposition has been\nexpressed by several of the representatives from New\nJersey; however, no action has been taken by the Congress\nto impede the proposed realignment.\nCourt actions have been brought against the Army to\npreclude implementation, principally in the area of\nEnvironmental Impact. None, however, have resulted\nin any impediment to the proposed action.\nThe principal opposition to the move has been expressed by\ndelegations from the Fort Monmouth area which point out\nthat an alternative exists which is to consolidate at Fort\nMonmouth. They state that this would generate comparable\nsavings. This thesis is basically correct, from the savings\nstandpoint, when the ERADCOM move is considered in isola-\ntion. However, when viewed in the context of other realign-\nments taking place at Fort Monmouth, the overall cost of\ntheir proposed alternative is unattractive ($23M investment\nrather than $15M to achieve similar future operating savings\nof about $6M-$7M per year). This is a consequence of the\nfact that the related realignments utilize building space\nproposed for use in the Fort Monmouth delegation's\nalternative.\nunded realignment was publicly\nthe 280.00 the \"preferred alternative\";\nemplements that announced preference.\nThe proposed announcement is supported by ASD(I&L),\nASD(C), ASD(M&RA), DDR&E, ASD(PA) and ASD(LA).\nRecommendation: Approve the ERADCOM realignment.\n3\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 15, 1976\nMr. Marsh:\nRuss called re the paper Steve Herbits\nsent to you yesterday -- Fort Monmouth.\nEvidentally, Herbits had already checked\nwith Ogilvie for his inputs. Ogilvie\nhas no problem with it.\nRuss said he is being bugged by Herbits\nwho is being bugged by Rumsfeld for a\ndecision.\nThanks.\nDonna\nR- IT - wants to\nSee this!\nJin\nTHE WHITE, HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\n6 9\nNril\nONI\n)\nJRAN qrir\nof =\n3211 803\nFact Sheet\nARMY ELECTRONICS R&D REALIGNMENT\nThis action was not initiated as part of the Basc Realignment package;\nrather, It is the result of a reorganization of the Army's\nmatericl acquisition management which was begun approxi-\nmately three years ago.\nThis is the final \"piece\" in the above reorganization; a\nreorganization which affected commands with a total of\n106, 000 people. All other actions have now been completed.\nThus, at present, the Electronics R&D effort is the only\nelement which is out of alignment, organizationally, with all\nthe remainder of the Army's R&D and Logistics activities.\nBecause of the above, the Electronics R&D Command\n(ERADCOM) reorganization has the highost single priority\nof any realignment pending within the Army. Should only\none further action be possible, this is the one that is endorsed.\nOne result of the planned action will be to realign the electronics\neffort now being pursued at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. The\nelements of ERADCOM located at Fort Monmouth have finished\nan average of 6th from the bottom of the Army's 21 laboratories\nin terms of quality of performance since a formal ranking system\nwas begun two years ago. The independent Army Materiel\nAcquisition Review Committee (AMARC) singled out these\norganizations as being in serious need of organizational change\nand recommended realignment along the lines currently proposed.\nApproximately $500M per year is expended through this Fort\nMonmouth organization in a technological area having major\nimpact on the fighting capability of the soldier.\nThe purpose of the planned realignment is to consolidate the\ncurrently fragmented electronics effort of the Army, set up\nnew top management, and reduce geographical dispersion.\nThe impact on local communities is as follows:\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nLocation\nNet Job Change\nAdelphi, Md.\n-35\nArlington Hall, Va,\n-32\nFort Belvoir, Va.\n-50\nVint Hill Farms, Va.\n+345\nWoodbridge, Va,\n-15\nWhite Sands, N. M.\n-28\nThe above positions are all civilian. The maximum military\nloss at any location is 12. The change at Fort Monmouth\nrepresents a 7% loss. (Other unrelated functions will remain\nin place.)\nThe new organization will be built around a headquarters at\nAdelphi, Maryland where the remaining large segment of\nArmy electronics R&D activity is currently conducted.\n(The Washington area electronics laboratories ranked an\naverage of 5th from the top in the previously mentioned\nranking system.)\nThe operating efficiency of the new organization permits a\nnet reduction of 433 civilian jobs. Funds to pay these\nemployees have been deleted from the FY 78 budget and a\nportion of the spaces reduced as early as the FY 77 budget\n(234 spaces). Hence, if this action is not completed, a\nlike number of employees must be terminated somewhere else.\nThis realignment produces a future operating savings of $6M\nper year. The one-time implementation costs are such that\nthe investment io paid back in almost two years\nexclusive\nof the benefits of improved management.\nThe proposed action has been reviewed by the GAO which\nconcluded that the Army's cost and manpower data are\naccurate and stated no objection.\nAn extensive EIS has been prepared and fully processed,\nincluding holding three public hearings.\n2\nFOR OFFICIAL 11SF ONLY\nFOR DEFICIAL USE ONLY\nCongressional hearings have been hold relating to this\naction over tho past two years. Opposition has been\nexpressed by several of the representatives from New\nJersey; however, no action has been taken by the Congress\nto impede the proposed realignment.\nCourt actions have been brought against the Army to\npreclude implementation, principally in the area of\nEnvironmental Impact. None, however, have resulted\nin any impediment to the proposed action.\nThe principal opposition to the move has been expressed by\ndelegations from the Fort Monmouth area which point out\nthat an alternative exists which is to consolidate at Fort\nMonmouth, They state that this would generate comparable\nsavings. This thesis is basically correct, from the savings\nstandpoint, when the ERADCOM move is considered in isola-\ntion. However, when viewed in the context of other realign-\nments taking place at Fort Monmouth, the overall cost of\ntheir proposed alternative is unattractive ($23M investment\nrather than $15M to achieve similar future operating savings\nof about $6M-$7M per year). This is a consequence of the\nfact that the related realignments utilize building space\nproposed for use in the Fort Monmouth delegation's\nalternative.\nmilded realignment was publicly\nthe 200 2.8 the \"preferred alternative\";\nthat announced preference.\nThe proposed announcoment is supported by ASD(I&L),\nASD(C), ASD(M&RA), DDR&E, ASD(PA) and ASD(LA).\nRecommendation: Approve the ERADCOM realignment,\n3\nFOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY\nOFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE\nDecember 14, 1976\nMemo For\nJack Marsh\nThe attached fact sheet relates to our\ntelecon this morning.\n#\nStephen E. Herbits\nAttachment\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 17, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nJACK MARSH\nFROM:\nCHARLES LEPPERT, JR.\nCLg.\nSUBJECT:\nRep. Bob Bauman (R. - Md.)\nRep. Bob Bauman called regarding the Defense Department\nannouncement yesterday, December 16, 1976, that the final\ndecision on 40 to 50 base closures throughout the United\nStates may be left for the Carter Administration to\ndecide.\nBauman was informed that yesterday's DoD announcement\nincluded the Aberdeen Ordinance Depot which is in his Con-\ngressional District. Bauman contends that if the final\ndecision is left to the Carter Administration, the bases\nthat are not closed will give credit to the Democrat,\nprobably Sarbanes, whereas if Aberdeen is closed the onus\nfor failure to keep it open will be laid at the hands of\nBauman, despite his efforts to keep it open.\nThe point Bauman makes is a valid one in my judgment\nbecause of its political impact, and some consideration\nshould be given to the propriety of DoD making the deci-\nsions on base closures prior to January 20.\nR- what 7 did DOD\nSlay\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 20, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO: JACK MARSH\nFROM:\nRUSS ROURKE\nJack, Steve Herbits advises me that the\n\"announcement\" to which Bauman refers is a fig-\nment of his imagination. There have been a\nwide variety of press reports on what DOD is\ndoing or not doing re base closingsand realign-\nment. FYI, Bauman has been beating Pentagon types\non the head, demanding a meeting with Don Rums-\nfeld. Herbits further advises that a high-level\nDOD meeting was held this morning re the entire\nbase action situation. The bottom line is no\nfirm policy has been established with respect to\nthese bases and that each decision will be made on a\ncase by case basis.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 17, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nJACK MARSH\nFROM:\nCHARLES LEPPERT, JR. CL.\nSUBJECT:\nRep. Bob Bauman (R. - Md.)\nRep. Bob Bauman called regarding the Defense Department\nannouncement yesterday, December 16, 1976, that the final\ndecision on 40 to 50 base closures throughout the United\nStates may be left for the Carter Administration to\ndecide.\nBauman was informed that yesterday's DoD announcement\nincluded the Aberdeen Ordinance Depot which is in his Con-\ngressional District. Bauman contends that if the final\ndecision is left to the Carter Administration, the bases\nthat are not closed will give credit to the Democrat,\nprobably Sarbanes, whereas if Aberdeen is closed the onus\nfor failure to keep it open will be laid at the hands of\nBauman, despite his efforts to keep it open.\nThe point Bauman makes is a valid one in my judgment\nbecause of its political impact, and some consideration\nshould be given to the propriety of DoD making the deci-\nsions on base closures prior to January 20.\nR- what 7 did DOD\nSlay\nLIBRARY GERALD R. FORD"
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