DEFENSE REVISION WORRIES RAYBURN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700450089-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 89
• Publication Date: January 22, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2005/01/27: CIA-RDP75-0014980
JAN 2 2 1960
f ,F ESE RE' SION
WORRIES RAYBURN
Spe esker Calls U. S. Officials
Too 'Complacent' About
Soviet Arms Threat
P. '[wining,
by C102- fsthan'
chairmbn of the joint Chiefs of
staff. testified at a clot stil> s-
"writ, jim+iM.rr too= that he
had made before the House De-
fense Appropriations aubeom-
Seetvis the tt~ee, ~waa re-
lea A OWUNSW ftw
The Defeasa -seofetary told
WoAkft die bad",
enri
its of pro is s d*1 1~act-~
We toot, w"dltld alter the PeOta-
goa's mflttary ptaaatist be l
In his formal shte "
that the Sow wads a -1
able pon~et" that had made tre. i
tttendous Progress "but too hm-,
ression in sotonet 'y-at
the Soviet Union has
or eves outdistanced tb* United
States in military Do'e' Is elm-
Ply not support Y fife facts-"
_ .....t th. closed
Sy JACK RAYMOND
spec*i to TM tti Tat Tttw?
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21--The.
Administration's downward as-
seesment of the Soviet military
threat brought a charge of
romplacet,ey And an expre"iOn
of conceir over official motives
from members of Congress to-
(la'.
The Speaker of the House,
Sam Rayburn, said:
"1 tnink people in the execu-
t '. a !ranch are just too corn-
Mr . Rayburn, a Texas Demo,
_. r r?iA at. first that he had
:.I comment on the COrl 0ng"n ~Ules, irector W, u.
t Secretary fo the itentlon toItbe new t~
of De t-nee TI-onras .nteUy es Agency,
S. Gates Jr. that revised Intel- House dahettce aim Astrostaattt estimates. had Said it was
h Aence estimates justified less Cottttaittee, was described by its on ..~ we
...o o aotrwhat he Is
Soviet intwik msentative Over Aovletu
concern
ower.cern about ottalrtrtaa. arooks, Rep Dea-ootat of I,o1ds1 aspabl! of doing-'s
~n as "dltwour+SlmJ~? "tCrltiw of the new "loriaula?''the estimates had changed be-
Of it the peaker -then lLsd a, ea pointed out that the estimate cause Of "poIitica." that is to
WS mind and said id with h Russians sarcasm', At dented d ' p pon a correlation of put the Republica,' Admtniatrn
T se" that the ss ust Committee, where closed 'pos. was based estimates con- tics in It good light in the face
more continued fi All Intelligence de-
Attacks, on
ve feria shot a missile Just
Y tare? hearings trlbutad by several mllitaty and of Democratic
than TToOO he miles into the Fa tary the mY Wi an roes of Qovera[aant tonne policies.
r ;t,c They hit within 1.2 collet! $ruekt and Gen- Lyn *iher sin estimates, In defense of the new intelli-1
their target. We've got many Dame. the Chief of S ~
taff export intn fed. was intended genre, estimates, a Pentagon
aj Cities inthe United Startts that tad pfor l the s ~eq day. to are bigger than that." .~,,,y complained of present "cold facts AS they source said that the United
4 states had Nike tom" And th decisions OR the ablea~t+ountao materialnsabout'
Symington Is Disturbed support for the devei0
the anti-misfile en to tit a
facts. From time the Soviet military situation
Senator Stuart Symington, of~~ to combat So basin of theme 8 thtsl
to miatditte? to time, this ex added, $n+ come last year. ble studying to es-
said he was 'ilia
uri
riel it was Dori
lted
t
i
,
turbo
e
ma
V
et
i &g
an 1n
turbd" by the new into[ nee Senator Richard RtsMlt' telligence es wei+a We
formula made known by Secre-I Dettto0sd of O.orlla aa4 ohm' to estlmrte "prq mica- to indegree. tentions to
tary dates. mesa of the comma said lions," but theM:Mele always exampit, this expert
The new technique focuses In ier that the two Atmy onl' reported back as a 01 As . ; ~ a tit just se the Rur. thing. t,rtenUou on what the Soviet ia, coals had reiterate tittle known ' , was ~etta had a factory to manu-
hPi;ered to be planning rather views tlrt the N uA military trailltd a missile or a submatllte Mus was than what it is believed to be nog getting eno~t~ mbaey or ar 'Tid,he is to prepare olite'j forces facture
1 high enough riotity qn the is of the WW's it did not mean that the mattu-
ra ,able of doing with its miff" p to aoca~' factoring would proceed It toy
tort' forces, particularly its rate it to ultimata perfecthOn. abWtly. now lovelL
missile arsenal. Senator Russai appssred to aMafia h denied By studying the building of
senator Symington, who U a sympathise with ttbe ante. once yw y W~~ for workers, the roof
at ZWWAOWW, hff"M0 `jhat the technlgttl of prypartng _
l candidate for the
ld
i
pns
a
a
ppoc.tent
Pemocrt+UC presidential Mmin- has maintained that the sollef- + military bases, aub-
llaisd4 wail strp;qm. sttbenarlne 4~a. and
a t ion, last year prodded the ad?~ title support for 00
minlstntlultt into publishing not yet strong M-auRtt to wed` ;, ? f L rt fib of tshtttlai'roo~a of
glticlal estimate that the R rant anything tom ftt~' ind~oa
meat on
llal-le
l
,
op
.inns would have a three-to-otte search and d ve
, .. > h A t dons was Ava
ad, antage in missiles. He satdi axi>~ leveUl. "i ,
t,,day he was worried over why
defense officials should alter
I
t
l ce
n
e
i
their customary
tr?r?hntquey and come up with all optimistic view of this country's
continued numerical inferiority
In ICBM s.
Teh Deferse Secretary, mean-
insisted before the House
hile
,
w
A rmed Service Coetmittee that
..it can be dangerous to our fits-
tion.il security and our pbs
!.: the world to Allow a false
,mpre9sion to grin ground that
the United states is ,cocnnd to `
the. Soviet Onion."
The kQ tatrattba9 &W ta-1
telligence estimates 7"dw ? "o'~'n1
jeq of considerable dlac+ts~
privately at the $1itsi,and at
the P *0040F.2 .-- ._ -vu.-.t_'
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