RADIOACTIVE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL 

 THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE 

 ARCTIC RESULTING FROM PAST SOVIET AC- 

 TIVITIES 



SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1992 



U.S. Senate, 

 Select Committee on Intelligence, 



Fairbanks, AK. 



The select committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 o'clock a.m., 

 in the Fine Arts Theater, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fair- 

 banks, AK, the Honorable Frank Murkowski, vice chairman of the 

 committee, presiding. 



Present: Senator Murkowski. 



Also Present: John Moseman, minority staff director, and David 

 Garman, select committee staff". 



Proceedings 



Senator Murkowski. Grood morning, ladies and gentlemen. Those 

 of you who are in the back, you might want to come down and be 

 seated. 



Let me take this opportunity to welcome you to this field hearing 

 of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Let me introduce 

 on my left John Moseman, Chief of Staff for the Minority, and 

 David Garman on my right of the Senate InteUigende Committee 

 Staff. Mary Johnson on the far right is acting as our Committee 

 Reporter. We'll introduce Buff Bohlen in just a few minutes. 



Let me give you some idea of what to expect. First of all, we have 

 at last count some 25 ladies and gentlemen from government, the 

 scientific community, and the indigenous community to testify 

 today. As we get into the panel groups I will probably limit the wit- 

 nesses to about six minutes each, but realistically allow them about 

 10. 



I might add for the benefit of the groups that are testifying, I'm 

 told this stage is self-leveling, so if you see startled faces occasion- 

 ally fi-om those up here I'm told it's not an earthquake but a so- 

 phisticated technology. I did want you to be aware of that. 



I would also like to indicate that the Chairman of this Commit- 

 tee, Senator Boren, extends his regrets. He's fi-om Oklahoma and 

 as you know, there are few direct flights to Fairbanks, Alaska fi*om 

 Oklahoma, but nevertheless he asked to be remembered. I want to 

 thank him for his efforts on behalf of this hearing today, recogniz- 

 ing the importance and significance of it. 



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