Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Secretary Charles E. Wilson and Joint Chiefs of Staff press conference (guided missile controversy), Pentagon Building, Washington, DC

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. Secretary Charles E. Wilson and Joint Chiefs of Staff press conference (guided missile controversy), Pentagon Building, Washington, DC

1956

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Wilson and group sit down at table. Wilson makes the opening remarks and says in part that stories playing great emphasis on differences of the Services reflect opinion of the individual and not of the Defense Dept. and that he has called a press conference to clarify the situation. He adds that there always will be differences and it is not good for the Country to have these stories in the newspapers. Any reassignment, says Wilson, must be accepted as best for the Country as a whole. Quarles says that the papers that were handed to the press were marked in part, confidential, but he didn't see any of these papers handed to the newsmen. Taylor in answer to a question as to what he will do, says that his staff is assembling all the data and he will make an effort to find out all he can on the origin of the documents.

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National Archives at College Park

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Wilson, Charles Erwin, 1890-1961

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Quarles, Donald A. (Donald Aubrey), 1894-1959

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Donald Aubrey Quarles (1894-1959) was born in Van Buren, Arkansas. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1916, and completed graduate studies at Columbia University from 1920 to 1924. He married Rosina Cotton in 1939. He went on to serve in the following capacities: Engineer, Bell Telephone Labs, 1919; Vice President, Bell Telephone Labs, 1948; Vice President, Western Electric, 1952; President, Sandia Corporation, 1952; President, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1952 to 1953; As...

Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987

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Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century.[1] He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. He is the father of biographer and historian John Maxwell Taylor and of military historian ...