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25. Off-the-record interview.
26. Mayman interview.
CHAPTER TWENTY
1. Off-the-record interview.
2. Forbes, 12/7/81.
3. Toronto Star, 6/ll/84.
4. Newsweek, 7112/82.
5. Washington Post, 12/14/82.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. San Francisco Chronicle, 9/20/82.
9. Off-the-record interview.
10. Ibid.
11. San Francisco Chronicle, 5/31/79.
12. Wall Street Journal, 6115/79.
13. Reagan news conference, 10118/82.
14. Interview, W Kenneth Davis, August 1982.
15. Wall Street Journal, 7/31184.
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
l. Off-the-record interview, April 1987.
2. Wall Street Journal, 6/6/84.
3. Interview, Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr., July 1984.
4. San Francisco Chronicle, l/15/85.
5. Ibid.
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6. Ibid.
7. Interview, Raynal Mayman, March 1986.
8. Off-the-record interview.
9. SDB, Jr., interview.
10 . Wall Street Journal, 6/6/84.
.
11. Bechtel Briefs, May 1987.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Interview, John L. Lynch, April1985.
16. Off-the-record interview.
17. Off-the-record interview.
18. Off-the-record interview.
19. Mayman interview.
20. Interview, Donald Hassler, September 1984.
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INDEX
Abdullah, Prince of Saudi Arabia, 88
aircraft-building contracts awarded by,
Acheson, Dean, 75, 91
66-67
Adams, Sherman, 109
Aircraft Modification Plant of, 66-70
AFL-CIO, 165, 168-69
Alaska pipeline and, 61-62, 65
Africa, 124-25
Corps of Engineers of, 62-63, 65n,
Agnew, Robert W, 86-87
190
Agnew, Spiro, 160
Sources of Supply Command of,
aircraft industry, 66-70, 108
61-62
Air Force, U.S., 78n, 92
Asad AI Faqih, Sheik, 93n
Air Force Department, U.S., 98, 99, 108
Asia Foundation, 119
Air Policy Commission, McCone’s
Aspin, Les, 164
position in, 97-98, 99
Atlantic Richfield, 15 -16
Ajax, Operation, 116, 123
atomic bomb:
Alaska, pipeline construction in, 61-66,
development of, 65n, 97, 101
70, 153-54, 191-92, 209, 212-13
Indian detonation of, 202-3, 206
Alexander, George P., 67-69
Atomic Energy Act, (1954), 103
Algeria, 138, 153, 159, 164, 200—
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 198,
221
202
Allen and Co., 144
Bechtel awarded contracts by, 103,
Allied Chemical Corporation, 119, 13 7
105-6
Aly eska, Pipeline Service Company,
Doomsday study run by, 101-2
153n-54n
McCone’s appointment to, 100, 101,
American Expeditionary Force, 47
108-12
American Federation of Labor (AFL),
nuclear plant problems noted by,
39, 105-6, 167-68
199-201
American Jewish Congress, 193
Nuclear Reactor Test Station of, 103
American University of Beirut, 128n
Reactor Development Division of, 103
Anderson, Clinton P., 108
Steve senior’s friends at, 104
Anderson, Robert 0., 15
“Atoms for Peace” (Eisenhower), 103
Anti-Defamation League (ADL), 184,
186-87, 193-96
Arabian American Oil Company
Babbitt, Bruce, 230n-31n
(Aramco), 83, 90, 92, 192
Bahrain, 92, 115
Bechtel’s falling out with, 136
refinery facilities and storage tanks
intelligence activities of, 115, 118, 120
built in, 83-84
in Saudi pipeline operation, 84-85,
Bank of America, 76
87, 121
Barkley, A. J., 20-21
Arabian Bechtel Company, Ltd., 211-12
Bay Area Rapid Transit Sy stem (BART),
Army, U.S., 12
191-92, 215
Air Corps of, 66
Bay Bridge, 44
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Bechtel, Alice Elizabeth, see Eubanks,
military service of, 130-3I
Alice Elizabeth Bechtel
nuclear power as obsession of, 224,
Bechtel, Arthur, 22-23
229
Bechtel, Barbara, See Davies, Barbara
on ownership of Bechtel, I2-13
Bechtel
personal wealth of, I4n
Bechtel, Betty Hogan, 131, 134, 235
physical appearance of, 11, 139
Bechtel, Clara Alice West, I9-20,
presidency assumed by, I3 5
24-25, 28
sailing and hiking enjoyed by, I30
husband’s death and, 45-46
Saudi dealings of, 2IO-ll
Bechtel, Elizabeth, I8
Shultz and, I66-67, I69, I72-73,
Bechtel, Gary, 234, 236, 237
I79, I8I, 2I7, 2I9, 22I-22, 238
Bechtel, John Moyer, I8
succession of, 13I-34, I70
Bechtel, Kenneth, 2I, 24, 46, 214
in Texaco pipeline construction, I40—
description of, 4 7
14I
in shipbuilding, 59-60
Weinberger and, I78, I80-8I, 2I8
Steve senior’s relationship with, 50,
Bechtel, Stephen Davison, Sr., 14-I5,
54, 72
22, 26, I68, I88n
Bechtel, Laura Adaline Peart, 48, 72, 73,
academic background of, 4 7-48
138, 235
affiliation with GE established by,
children raised by, I30-3I
106-8
Christmas celebrated by, I26-27,
as ambitious, 47, 49
I28-29
Arab Boy cott and, I83-84, I92
constancy of, 94, I28
atomic power utilized by, I 0 I-2,
frugality of, I28-29
I04-7, Il l
Bechtel, Ltd., 238
on Bechtel’s economic problems, 231
Bechtel, Nancy Slusser, 73n
birth of, 20
Bechtel, Nonie, see Ramsey, Nonie
Black’s friendship with, 76-77
Bechtel
Boulder Dam construction and,
Bechtel, Riley, 234, 236, 237-38
48-49, 52-53
Bechtel, Shana, see Johnstone, Shana
Broadway Tunnel construction and,
Bechtel
50-51, 140
Bechtel, Stephen Davison, Jr., 48, 89,
Carlyle get-togethers held by, 138-39
106-7, I68, 206, 2I4, 228
charitable contributions of, I28
Alaska pipeline project and, 154n
children raised by, I29-31
anonymity as passion of, II, 139
Christmas celebrated by, I26-27, I29,
Arab Boycott and, I92
134
as assassination target, I2
clients pursued by, 77-78, 84, 95-96,
Bechtel’s economic problems and,
106-8, I27-28, 135-38
230n,231-34,238-39
conflict of interest charges against, 164
childhood of, I29-30
coterie of, 73-76
children raised by, 234-38
energy of, 135-36
Christmas celebrated by, I26-27, 134
family friction with, 49-50
company old guard scrutinized by,
father compared with, 49-50, 71, 76
I4I-42
father’s employment of, 48-49
education of, 130-3I
government posts held by, II2, I 54,
father compared with, 139-40, 14I
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