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  <titleInfo>
    <title>William J. Crowe papers, 1932-2003 (bulk 1971-2003)</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Crowe, William J.</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1925-2007</namePart>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, reports, research material, subject files, naval records, orders for duty, political campaign files, scheduling notebooks, press releases, biographical material, clippings, printed matter, memorabilia, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Crowe's naval career, his service as chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his tenure as ambassador to Great Britain.  Documents Crowe's service as commander in chief of the Allied Forces Southern Europe and his involvement in political affairs including the presidential campaign of Bill Clinton.  Subjects include defense spending, Operation Desert Shield (1990-1991), gays in the military, military strategy, national defense and security, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Persian Gulf War (1991), politics and the military, the U.S. Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986, USS Vincennes (Cruiser) incident during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988), international relations, Asia and the Pacific Area, Indian Ocean Region, Micronesia and the Palau land survey, Middle East oil and the Persian Gulf Region, Soviet Union and Soviet military power, and Crowe's conversations with Philippine president Fidel V. Ramos and Soviet marshal Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeyev.</abstract>
  <abstract>Correspondents include Sergei Fedorovich Akhromeyev, J.M. Boorda, Jimmy Carter, Sylvester R. Foley, Daniel K. Inouye, George Pratt Schultz, Mary Vance Trent, John William Vessey, John Adams Wickham, and Caspar W. Weinberger</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Classified, in part.</note>
  <note>Audiotape transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.</note>
  <note>Naval officer and diplomat.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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      <namePart>Akhromeyev, Sergei Fedorovich</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1923-1991</namePart>
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      <namePart>Akhromeyev, Sergei Fedorovich</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1923-1991</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Boorda, J. M. (Jeremy Michael)</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1939-1996</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Carter, Jimmy</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1924-</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Clinton, Bill</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1946-</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Foley, Sylvester R</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Inouye, Daniel K</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1924-2012</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Ramos, Fidel V</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1928-</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Shultz, George Pratt</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1920-</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Trent, Mary Vance</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1914-1998</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Vessey, John William</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1922-</namePart>
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      <namePart>Weinberger, Caspar W</namePart>
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      <namePart>Wickham, John Adams</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1928-</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Joint Chiefs of Staff.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
      <namePart>Navy.</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>United States.</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Allied Forces Southern Europe.</namePart>
    </name>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>North Atlantic Treaty Organization.</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="corporate">
      <namePart>Vincennes (Cruiser : CG-49)</namePart>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Diplomatic and consular service, American</topic>
    <geographic>Great Britain</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Gay military personnel</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>International relations</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988</topic>
    <topic>Naval operations, American</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Military readiness</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>National security</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <topic>Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Persian Gulf War, 1991</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Petroleum industry and trade</topic>
    <geographic>Middle East</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Presidents</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Election</topic>
    <temporal>1992</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Strategy</topic>
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    <geographic>Asia</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <geographic>Iraq</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>1979-1991</temporal>
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    <geographic>Micronesia</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Pacific Area</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Palau</geographic>
    <topic>Surveys</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Persian Gulf Region</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Soviet Union</geographic>
    <topic>Armed Forces</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Soviet Union</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Armed Forces</topic>
    <topic>Appropriations and expenditures</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Defenses</topic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Foreign relations</topic>
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    <temporal>20th century</temporal>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>Politics and government</topic>
    <temporal>20th century</temporal>
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    <occupation>Diplomats</occupation>
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  <subject authority="itoamc">
    <occupation>Naval officers</occupation>
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