HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON MILITARY                                            
 AND VETERANS AFFAIRS                                                          
                         April 24, 1997                                        
                            4:45 p.m.                                          
                                                                               
                                                                               
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                             
                                                                               
OVERVIEW:  ALASKA'S VULNERABILITY TO BALLISTIC MISSILE ATTACK                  
                                                                               
TAPE(S)                                                                        
                                                                               
97-4, SIDE(S) A & B                                                            
                                                                               
CALL TO ORDER                                                                  
                                                                               
Representative Masek, Chairman, convened the House Special                     
Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs meeting at 4:45 p.m.                
                                                                               
PRESENT                                                                        
                                                                               
Committee members present at the call to order were Representatives            
Masek, Ryan, Kott and Joule.  Representative(s) Mulder, Nicholia               
and Foster arrived as the meeting was in progress.  Other                      
legislators present were Senator Kelly.                                        
                                                                               
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                         
                                                                               
BRIAN KENNEDY, Clairmont Institute, discussed the institute's                  
project on missile defense and answered questions.                             
                                                                               
DAVID TANKS, Foreign Policy Analysis, Clairmont Institute,                     
discussed the missile threat at a tactile and strategical level,               
and how it affects Alaska.  He answered questions on his testimony.            
                                                                               
DAVID FINE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discussed the               
events prior to the end of the Cold War, Russia's and China's                  
intent of world order and strategic threat.  He answered questions             
on his testimony.                                                              
                                                                               
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                               
                                                                               
The committee took no action.                                                  
                                                                               
ADJOURNMENT                                                                    
                                                                               
The meeting was adjourned at 6:12 p.m.                                         
                                                                               
NOTE:                                                                          
                                                                               
The meeting was recorded and handwritten log notes were taken.  A              
copy of the tape(s) and log notes may be obtained by contacting the            
House Records Office at 130 Seward Street, Suite 211, Juneau,                  
Alaska 99801-1182, (907) 465-2214, and after adjournment of the                
second session of the Twentieth Alaska State Legislature, in the               
Legislative Reference Library.