CONTINUED RUSSIAN CHALLENGE INCENTIVE FOR U.S. ECONOMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200190029-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2014
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: December 23, 1960
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ncentive or
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pSorne-comrhentg madereden,tly,,,by Gen.
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horire the :need
'for .6, more realistic attitude toward Corn
:inunist Russia on the part Or; Americans
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'generally. 4 ,
'? In the first place, GCabe,111-riarle
jt..skarL4gat....there., is -no rey,o17ion sni7Olt'
derilig_ under", the surface
May aillmost,any. time explode the
?;overthrow a the Communist .dictatorship.
1the,re';.:ip`abbe Changes in the. eontrolling.
'elique,;?;ofgthe, -dictatorship lit . there
everyrason to believe thatthe-objectivei
rentgitr7the same:
Ever since the Communists eal'ine "to,
power -in Russia 43 years ago, -there have
:been 'predictions of the imminent collapse
of the Russian: government. It seems to
is that in -View ckt.;the ldck ? of ?evidence
:.that any -guch lit'd'airclOWn is in the making,
w?n ,as
Wncl the' most dangerous
thing in the world. is .to try to, convince
-yourself that something Will .happen just
;beeause you want it ,to happen.:
k-;4.
`Gen."-Cabe16,riarticu1arly discounted the
'Idea that a `-clernaTicl for more :consumer
oo'ds force ? the Soviet government
to-ch dike. its military and ecOnornic plan-
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, ? , i?
ning. ,The BUSsians .may, want the con-
sumer goods but it ;has ?betonie quite
obvious' that: they 'ar willing to wait '
for theni while the .'dietatorshijii builds;
-
up national power.. In other, words, the
Russians - are sold On a dreain 1,of national
destiny ''aricVidt is amazing how a peOple.
? -who think the haVes special rniiSion will
dio Without ,luxuries or even ordinary "
-.necessities. ? ? ,
. - The: point whiChgqi.4,?CahbrOught
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out and Will* we must refriern er is that
we, must. 'face, .a diates;Qdregt.of military
anclef_...aLTAtaggttaiori hrthe' Russians
- foia?king 7tiiiie'td."- come. This-means
' that we Milk Maintain our own military
power, and We inust also adjiiit our econ-
omy on a competitive basis. .
Corimetition "has- a sharpening effect,'
when it. is, recognized. is such. By this
` time, it seems that all -Americaris should
understand that the. Russian challenge
must be faced and that "we car not 'eiMeet
? it ,to disappear in the foreseeable- future.
That does not imply that this couritii
shoUld be. transforined into -an i'artned
It- doe, howeiler, Impose: on us 1
h?uty of being continually on the alert'
to' prbtect our oWn 'interests' in the World
and to advance tnvAierever,the! opp
? tunitY presents, ?
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