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Gen., 119, 158

Dad Bechtel employed by, 20-21, 26

Suharto, Tien, 158

Soviet Union, 78n, 117, 136, 139

Sukarno, Achmed, 78n, 119, 158

Bechtel and Hammer projects in,

Suleiman, Abdul, 84-85, 114, 121

160-63, 167, 169, 227

on Borman’s dismissal, 92

Dad Bechtel’s death in, 45, 169

IBI’s clashes with, 89-91

McCone’s pronouncements on, 97

Sullivan & Cromwell, 74

Middle East activities of, 113, 114-16,

Supreme Court, U.S., 166, 193n

122-23, 150, 194

“Survival in the Air Age,” 97-98, 99

Sparkman, John D., 68

Sutowo, Ibnu, 158

Sputnik, 78n

Swinert, Gorrill, 33

Stalin, Joseph, 45

Sy mbionese Liberation Army, 12

Standard Oil, 12, 28

Syria, 115

Standard Oil of California (Socal), 53,

72n, 73, 78n, 107, 119, 120, 144

Tahija, Julius, 158

Alaska pipeline and, 62

Tanaka, Kakuei, 198

BechtelMcCone employ ed by, 54, 58

Tapline, 87-88, 115

in nuclear power, 103-4, 110-11,

Tarapur nuclear plant, 199-203, 228

226

Tay lor, Reese, 53

in Saudi deals, 81-84, 92

Teller, Edward, 13-14, 102, 225

in shipping business, 96-97

Texas Oil Company (Texaco), 8 3, 119,

Standard Oil of New Jersey (Esso), 83

120, 137, 138, 140-41, 157

Libyan pipeline of, 145-46, 148

Thelen, Marrin, 46n, 180, 236, 237

Stanford Research Institute (SRI), 78, 97,

Thornburgh, Richard L., 163n

137, 156-57, r92n

Three Mile Island nuclear plant,

Stanford University, 78n, 128n

20ln-2n, 224, 225

Stans, Maurice, 155, 159

Time, 168, 208

State Department, U.S., 92, 155

Tower, John, 196

on Arab Boy cott, 187-89

Transbay Construction Company,

Bechtel’s Libyan operations and, 147,

44n-45n

150-51

Transmountain Pipeline Company of

complaints about IBI and, 87

Canada, 79

Indian fertilizer plants and, 136-3 7

Treasury Department, U.S., 169, 172,

Middle East intelligence and, 114-15,

178

120-22

LaborManagement Advisory

nuclear proliferation and, 205-6

Committee of, 154

Passport Division of, 87

Trippe, Juan, 15, 106, 119, 138

Shultz’s appointment to, 17, 206-7,

Truman, Harry S., 75, 98

221-24, 227-28

on atomic energy, 103

State Marine Lines, 97, 110

Canol hearings convened by, 64-65

steam shovels, 20-23

nuclear-weapons stockpile buildup

Stevenson, Adlai, 68, 75, 109n

and, 99

Stevenson, Adlai, III, 196

Turner, John, 220-21

Stimson, Henry L., 62-64, 66

E. B. and A. L. Stone, 21-22

Union Carbide, 197-98

Stone, I. F., 97

Union Electric Company, 104, 105

Strategic Air Command, 99, 145

Union Oil, 15-16, 53, 120

Strategic Defense Initiative, 238

United Nations, 75, 103, 122

Strauss, Lewis:

International Emergency Food

AEC under, 103, 108, 109

Committee of, 92n

Congressional criticism of, 108

United States Committee for Energy

Suez Canal, 85

Awareness (USCEA), 224

272

INDEX

United States Steel, 95, 107

17, 217-18, 219, 22ln, 223, 228

Uranium Enrichment Associates (UEA),

political background of, 175-78, 179,

198-99, 204-5

181-82

U.S. Lines, 97, 110

Reagan and, 177, 214, 216-18

Utah Construction, 23, 31, 34n, 110

Shultz and, 174-75, 177-79, 181,

Utah Power & Light, 104-5

212-13, 217-18

U-2 incident, 117

Weinberger, Herman, 175

Weinberger, Jane, 175

Venezuela, 95

Wells Fargo Bank, 78n

Veterans’ Bonus March, 40

WellTech, 220

Vickery, Howard L.:

Western Electric, 12

background of, 57

Westinghouse, 106, 107, 110, 202

Bechtel and McCone praised by, 70

W heelus Air Force Base, 145-46

wartime ship construction and, 56-58,

White, Steven V., 104

60, 70, 95

W hite House LaborManagement

Vietnam War, 78n, 152

Committee, 203

Villa, Pancho, 62

Williams Brothers, 220

Vinnell Corporation, 148

W illow Run Aircraft Modification Plant,

Volcker, Paul, 15

66-69, 70

W ilson, Forbes, 157

Walker, Charls Edward, 194-96,

Wilson, Harold, 158

215-17

George W impey & Company, Ltd., 90,

Walker, John G., 200-201

96

Wall Street Journal, 198-99, 225, 233

women, Bechtel’s discrimination against,

War Department, U.S., 70, 122

191-92, 213

Alaska pipeline and, 62, 64, 66

Wood, Tyler, 105

wartime shipbuilding and, 58

Woodbridge, N.J., 140

Warren Brothers, 32-33

Works Progress Administration (WPA),

Washington, D.C., Bechtel’s construction

51, 62-63

activities in, 12, 153-54, 191-92

World War II:

Washington Energy Conference, 206

aircraft building during, 66-70

Washington Post, 164

as lucrative enterprise for

Washington Star, 190-91

BechtelMcCone, 69-70

Waste, Harry, 140-41

pipeline construction during, 61-66,

Waste, W illiam E., 53, 72, 132-33,

70

140, 141

Saudi oil during, 83

Watson, Thomas J., Jr., 106-7

shipbuilding during, 56-62, 70, 95

Watson, Thomas J., Sr., 13, 14-15,

Wortendyke, Reynier J., Jr., 14ln

106-7

Wriston, Walter, 216, 232

Wattis, E. 0., 23, 24, 31-34

Wattis, Ray, 23

Xerox, 12

Wattis, W illiam H., 23, 24

Boulder Dam construction and, 31-34

Yakutsk naturalgas fields, 161-62

death of, 36

Yamani, Ahmed, 230

Weber, Arnold K., 178

Yates, Alden, 54, 234

Webster, William, 15

Yates, J. Perry, 53-54, 132-33, 234

Weeks, Sinclair, 110

Yemen, 95-96

Weinberger, Caspar W, 159

Yoon Sik Cho, 158n-59n

as Bechtel general counsel, 174,

178-82, 183, 189, 212-14,

Zarsky, Lyuba, 158n-59n

217-18

Zimmer nuclear plant, 230

Defense Department appointment of,

Zirpolo, Walter, 140-41

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