Warnke Papers

Dean Robert L. Gallucci (right) talks with John Newhouse, of the Center for Defense Information, about the Warnke Papers.

Lauinger Library and the School of Foreign Service announced on June 11 the donation by the Warnke family of the late Ambassador Paul Warnke's papers to Georgetown. Former chief U.S. arms control negotiator Paul C.Warnke, who passed away in October 2001 at the age of 81, served as the Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) and chief negotiator for the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT) during the Carter Administration.

The papers contain considerable evidence of the development of Warnke's thought related to SALT, ACDA, and other topics. His recollections of the Vietnam era were often sought, and he was generous in reviewing and commenting on historical and theoretical discussions by advanced students, professional writers, and fellow participants organizing their memoirs. Ample evidence of his contributions as both source and editor are contained in the papers.

"We are so fortunate to have Paul Warnke's papers at Georgetown University," says Dean Robert Gallucci of Georgetown's Edmund A.Walsh School of Foreign Service. "His negotiation of the SALT II Treaty and his intellectual contributions in the field of arms control made a very dangerous period of the Cold War safer for all of us." The papers will be housed in the Library's Special Collections.