Odom, William E. creator mixed material monographic eng 14,765 36 7 3 18 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. Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. 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 Educators Solzhenit͡syn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008 mm 88077198 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009006 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms009006.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009006 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009006.3 Open to research. Classified, in part. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. DLC 881114 20260227111723.0 mm 88077198