The Nation - News from May 28, 1986

Pentagon research chief Donald Hicks plans to resign because of Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger’s intention to bypass him and appoint a Bechtel Inc. executive to a new post, Pentagon sources said. Weinberger wants the key new position of undersecretary of defense for acquisition to go to Richard Godwin, the president of Bechtel Inc., Weinberger’s former employer, the sources, who asked not to be identified, said.