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
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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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