Records of the White House Office of Records Management (George H.W. Bush Administration)

This series contains letters, memoranda, treaties, legislation, and reports concerning weapons systems and munitions. A small portion of the correspondence is public mail regarding defense programs including the strategic defense initiative (SDI). The majority of correspondence, however, documents interactions between the Administration and members of Congress regarding funding for defense systems or treaty ratification. Topics discussed include ballistic missile proliferation, the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, and the nuclear nonproliferation. Reports to Congress comprise much of the material in this category and document among other things Soviet compliance to the START treaty and the extent of the U.S. and Soviet chemical and biological weapons stockpiles.