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Comments on Henry Kissinger's role in the SALT II agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Author's observation that Kissinger has regained favor with the Republican Party, even with his old adversary, Ronald Reagan, because of his SALT testimony; Author's claim that Kissinger has achieved this through deceit and by rewriting history; Kissinger's claim that the current state of grave danger to national security and to the global equilibrium is almost entirely due to Democrats in Congress and the Carter and Johnson administrations; Kissinger's claim that the Republican administration's plans for strategic weapons systems have been cancelled or delayed by the Carter administration.

The article discusses events related to U.S. politics. U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has vowed to examine U.S. deployment of nuclear weapons following a summit meeting in Moscow, Soviet Union. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has rejected suggestions to reclassify arrest records following a lawsuit by college student Dale Menard over his record. Testimony to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee reveals widespread wiretapping by U.S. President Richard Nixon.

Observes that U.S. President Gerald R. Ford and Defense Secretary James Schlesinger are in the process of educating the public of the importance of nuclear weapons. Administration's claim that it is not a new policy; Author's view that they are reaffirming America's option to use tactical nuclear weapons in a minor crisis and even to make a selective strike at the Soviet Union; Government's reassertion of the dogma that it must be known that the U.S. is willing to use its nuclear weapons; Henry Kissinger's 1957 book "Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy" which expands mankind's dilemma.