MEMORANDUM FOR COL GROGAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R000200030020-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2013
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: October 24, 1961
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FoR_?terPertru-Torr
1. This memorandum is for information on.
2. You are seeing Hanson Baldwin at 4 P.M. today. Recent columns of
his which have appeared in the NEW YORK TIMES include the following:
October 19, 1961: Army's new M-14 rifle, after 15 years of development,
is only a "marginal improvement" over M-1 Garand;
delay is fault of Army Ordnance, which has become
"too technically ingrown."
October 15, 1961: Recent Pentagon directives for troop buildup of U.S.
ground and tactical units emphasize non-nuclear weapons.
October 11, 1961: 17th U.S. Air Force at Ramstein, Germany, is NATO's
principal nuclear force, is well trained and equipped.
October 8, 1961: U.S. troop build-up in Europe since Berlin crisis is
larger than rest of NATO nations combined.
4 October 1961
October 6, 1961: U.S. 7th Army at Stuttgart is "largest field army
ever maintained by the U.S. in peacetime."
October 5, 1961: NATO forces, outnumbered by Soviet-Satellite forces
in non-nuclear weapons and training, are stronger
in nuclear forces; deployed units are, however,
"strongest where the threat is weakest and weakest
where threat is most dangerous."
October 4, 1961: U.S. diplomatic and military leaders in Europe regard
nuclear weapons, rather than conventional, as the
"key" to Berlin crisis.
October 2, 1961: U.S. Air Force commanders in Europe are anxious at
renewed Pentagon emphasis on conventional weapons
and training.
cc: DWI w/o attachments
STANLEY J. GROGAN a
Assistant to the Direct&
24 OCT 1961
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/11/08:
CIA-RDP74-00297R000200030020-8