05741cpcaa2200889 a 4500 mm 88077198 DLC 20260227111723.0 cr ||||||||||| 881114|||||||||||| eng mm 88077198 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Odom, William E. William E. Odom papers, 1918-1992 (bulk 1977-1988). 14,765 items. 36 containers plus 7 classified and 3 oversize. 18 linear feet. Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, logbooks, subject files, scrapbooks, printed material, photographs, and other papers pertaining primarily to Odom's service as military assistant to the assistant to the president for national security affairs, Zbigniew K. Brzezinski (1977-1981); as U.S. Army assistant chief of staff for intelligence (1981-1985); and as director of the National Security Agency (1985-1988). Includes his notes from meetings of the National Security Council (NSC) and the NSC Special Coordination Committee concerning arms control policy and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II; government operations during military and other crises; hijackings, terrorism, and the Iran Hostage Crisis; relations between the U.S. and the Middle East; the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; U.S. and Soviet foreign relations and related strategic defense policy; and other issues pertaining to national security. Also includes material pertaining to Odom's role in smuggling Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit͡syn's papers out of the Soviet Union, several letters from Solzhenit͡syn to Odom, and photocopies of Solzhenit͡syn's passports, medals, and personal documents. Other subjects include the administration of President Jimmy Carter; defense policy and the writings of Samuel P. Huntington on strategic relationships; education of military officers in the U.S.; training in intelligence-gathering methods and the role of intelligence in the armed forces and international affairs; military strategy; structure of the U.S. military; and Soviet military personnel and organization. Correspondents include Anne Legendre Armstrong, Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, George Frost Kennan, Eugene C. Meyer, Edward L. Rowny, John W. Warner, and John Adams Wickham. U.S. Army officer and educator. Full name: William Eldridge Odom; born 1932. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009006 Armstrong, Anne Legendre Correspondence. Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 1928- Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 1928- Correspondence. Carter, Jimmy, 1924- Huntington, Samuel P. Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005 Correspondence. Meyer, Eugene C. Correspondence. Rowny, Edward L., 1917- Correspondence. Solzhenit͡syn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008 Correspondence. Warner, John W., 1927- Correspondence. Wickham, John Adams, 1928- Correspondence. United States. Army. United States. Army Officers Education. United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence. United States. National Security Agency. United States. Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. National Security Council (U.S.) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II. Arms control. Hijacking of aircraft. Intelligence service United States. Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981. Military intelligence United States. Terrorism. War and emergency powers United States. Afghanistan Foreign relations Soviet Union. Afghanistan History Soviet occupation, 1979-1989. Middle East Foreign relations United States. Soviet Union Armed Forces Organization. Soviet Union Armed Forces Personnel management. Soviet Union Foreign relations 1975-1985. Soviet Union Foreign relations United States. United States Armed Forces. United States Armed Forces Intelligence specialists Education. United States Armed Forces Officers. United States Defenses. United States Foreign relations 1977-1981. United States Foreign relations Middle East. United States Foreign relations Soviet Union. United States Military policy. United States National security. United States Politics and government 1977-1981. United States Strategic aspects. Army officers. itoamc Educators. itoamc Solzhenit͡syn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008. Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit͡syn papers. 1918-1992. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009006 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009006.3 44205 44205