Seal of the Department of Defense U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
Press Advisories
On the Web:
http://www.defense.gov/Advisories/Advisory.aspx?AdvisoryID=1948
Media contact: +1 (703) 697-5131/697-5132
Public contact:
http://www.defense.gov/landing/comment.aspx
or +1 (703) 571-3343

No. 259-97 November 03, 1997
STRATCOM COMMANDER MOSCOW BRIEFING

The Commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, Gen. Eugene E. Habiger, will talk about his recent visit to Moscow at 1:30 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1997 in the DoD Briefing Room, 2E781, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.

This briefing will be in lieu of the regularly scheduled press briefing.

Russia's Ministry of Defense hosted Habiger as part of the continuing military-to-military contact program Oct. 22-28, 1997. The visit provided an opportunity for Habiger and his party to meet with senior leaders of the Ministry of Defense and the Strategic Rocket Forces as well as tour Russian facilities to foster a greater understanding between U.S. and Russian Stategic Forces.