GENERAL HAS PLAYED CRITIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700480022-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 20, 2004
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: June 27, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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11, MAXWELL D. TAYLD sufficient -war leter .. ~athn rI >o* the perfor>irialve to a e y
",,p,c,ear we
is headed by tTie" President andin-
likely to
rovoke
ERA
p
a uclear war eluding primarily the Vice Presi-
L HAS or n else "compromise and re- dent
Secretaries
f St
,
o
ate and D
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P treat " etise, chairman of the joint
d
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f
nd
e
eates similar Views, and the k
). It is worth noting that nrec; icy F en .Agaac { hinf)
PtAYEDc R1C'
J[1'iie view, ana has stated a ianeo to provide the joint chiefs
Leve4d, Sharp Complaints need for additional- limited war with the meaningful policy which
On Military Set-Up In Book nireparation., He has not gone it nevertheless expected them to
early as far as Taylor urged, implement. He held this meant
however i t 1 that tl
n
J,Sun Miii cry orrespon
Washington, June 26 -- Gen.
President's military representa
.five may well provide that dis-
tinguished soldier with more sig-
nificant influence than he had,
,even as Chief of staff , of, the
(Army from 1955 to 1'J59.
His new job bps no executive
atlthority or administrative, re.
sponsibility, But it does place
him closer to the nation's Com-
ma'hder in Chief of the arn-ied
cervices than are the top com-
manders of the Army, Navy or
i".. Force
ar the joint chiefs
chairman.
? that unique position-there
has; been nothing remotely like it
sxnc6 the days after 1941 when
i lad Adm. William D Leaiiy
'Iei'v s "White House chief of
gto Presidents Franklin.. D.
elf and Harry S. Truman
- (feral Taylor; back on active
duty, will be able, with Presi
dcntial approval, not only 1o re.i
spond to inquiries on military
matters but, presumably, to initi-j
ate advice.
'Critieisms In Book
I F Or drat reason there is natural
interest in views, which Taylor
:held in January, 960, just after
phis retirement from the Army
(when he was less inhibited than
h
h
e
ad beehiln
n we o active
duty.
ling as President Kennedy's in-
his book, '"The TJncertain
Trumpet," he made some fierce
criticisms of the nation's military
fors a other two), nor has President.
?these spec Kennedy thus far shown publicly
formal adviser since the Cuban
fiasco) he has given no public
I Besides sharp general com-
ints al-aut "cobwebs. fogging
he thought processes of our sen-(given
hy
s
e
_
se Vi wait Strom one 'of the armed
planning, and warning against
i
w
serv
ces)
ith t ds (
woeputiefrom
"a serious crisis about 1961 " Tay- +t,
i
ac ua Army expen- ere was no clear relating
ditures for modex izatio
of major forei
n
li
g
n
po
..-
cy commit
2. Taylor's char
menu to the means of e
e w
th
i
g
as
arry
ng
~
at
grave harm had been done by them out., the rEducti9x__oLthe armed Sere. 5. Taylor was particularly nriti_ I
-
~Presiden( has-made modest An.
the services together and and led t to
- " eyo
creases in certain areas, the net unproductive compromises and
ex
-
lincrease of Army forces has been pensive "trade-offs." He urged,
`extremely small. No "lost divi- rather, a . budget based upon)
lion" has been restored. ? functions" of national defense,
3 'Taylor 'charged that t be Joint with subsequent assignment of,
Chiefs of_ Staff gttuciwure, as not functttfn., to the services:
dim' a bout firm "decisions srn Tli~ t' -i field,, it would' appear,
meet im
t
_
. the new Defe
__
_
por
ant
lit
nse
re
compromise or have been delayed l be in the realms of intelligence as
lt
h
a
oget
er.
Favors Single Chief
During 1960, it may bernotel;
Th
omas S Gates J th D
.,,r.,ene-
fenseSecretary, initiated a more
ti
posi
ve participation in joint
chiefs delibe
ti
ra
ons hi
practice has been markedly ex-
either.of them, however, has
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level linking here roust be recog_
nized. as of outstanding impor-,
tance,.
all~C~a ar' Services, butthe~
creation of the tee
nce
C_ _ +`-thvo
Agency,
li
p
"iutt and
ilitary organizations in their ur
its and appraisals of informs it on
sential l both to military and for-
eign policy plag.
It may prove that this prospec-
tive rehnk~~iii~gg will be one of the
most t aria If es I of .General
Taylor's rgcen stti ies of saltltaiy
lessons fro"~~ps ,51
itself a tragic example a
o l:
wha'
happens When intelligr?i>ee ana op-
orations m? ? n p sely o_
ordipat
aylor, report on his inter-
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o ay's appointment may be its
first visible and most ypll.iable