COMMENT ON(Classified) ARTICLE IN WASHINGTON POST

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CIA-RDP78S01932A000100180056-8
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RIPPUB
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C
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2
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December 9, 2016
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January 27, 1999
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56
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Publication Date: 
November 25, 1974
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CABLE
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cn- App ` roved For Reiease,,2G0 Tt08~`'r`'C' CIA- , DP7,$S01 b~32i4000 6 b IwuE F AGM co) wen 'fr;(. ?IE eRR9 SCI'i U n ?T SOURCE REF: 1 _ _. I 7 TO: IMMEDIATE WHITE HOUSE//SITUATION ROOM FOR MR FAIIO . Y WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND ME'T'HODS INVOLVED T'ECI NO: 1O DATE: 25 NOVEMBER 19?4 SUBJECT., COMMENT ON MAXWELL'S ARTICLE IN WASHINGTON POST REF WASHINGTON POST NOV 24; r~u 25X1A2g 25X1A2g BRITISH JOURNALIST NCVVILI..E MAXWELL WROTE IN THE WASHINGTON POST THIS MQRNIMIG THAT CHINNESE. OFFICIALS "FOLD HIM THAT` PEKI G 'r+,+J BEEN WARNED IN APRIL, JUNE AND AUGUST OF THIS YEAR OF AN IMMINENT SOVIET ATTACK. ACCORDING TO MAXWELL, THE CHINESE "CLEARLY IMP JE.'" THAT THE WARNINGS CAME FROM THE US AND WERE BASED GATHERED BY SATELLITE RECONNAISSANCE. HAS WRITTEN FAVORAE: 25 6A OF CHINA IN THE PAST AND RECENTLY SPENT A MONTH THERE SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS HAVE PUT OUT A SIMILAR LINE TO OT,,1;=: i W- S'i ERN VISIL TORS, MOST RECENTLY DURING A CONVERSATION' BETWEEN V=:'- PREMIE! TEN G I',SIAO,_P": NG AND DAN:TSH PRIME MINISTER HAR o NG THIS LINE. APPEARS TO BE A CHINESE ATTEMPT TO AGGRAVATE 'U "A' OR.G: Utd;7 EX . 7 D'F ''i. Approve +or Release 200010813') . CHANNELS A proved ForReletfte 2000/08/31.: C1A-RDP78SM932A000100180056-8"Gg OF SC B U U B Fa B 1 B 2 H IIIiiiii LIiIiI? 3 ~._.1 RELATI ONS WITH MOSCOW. CHINESE PROPAGANDA FOR SOME TIME HAS DWELT ON THE INHERENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE US AND USSR AND THE INEVITABILITY OF WAR BETWEEN THEM. THE CHINESE HAVE ALSO STRESSED THAT THE MAIN SOVIET THREAT IS DIRECTED NOT AGAINST CHINA BUT AT WESTERN EUROPE. ,MAXWELL IS ONE OF THE FEW OBSERVERS WHO HAVE TAKEN THE CHINSESE AT FACE VALUE; THE DANES FOR INSTANCE, WERE PUZZLED BY TENG'S STATEMENT THAT ''RELIABLE AMERICAN SOURCES" TOLD PEKING THAT A SINO--`SOVIET EWAR WAS IMPENDING. E-2 IMPDET d ESPECIAL DISTRIBUTION: EAP DIV AND NIO DATE. O 11!G: UNIT; EXT. 25X1A9a REpRC"u TLO4. (3Y OOTHER `.'HAN TN:t' ;5SUI?4G 0 F F 1 C E CR C..fi,61( D ? PDT ~iY~,x. t, cL Sy: Approved For Release 2000/08/31 : CIA-RDP78S01932A000100180056-8 C- -'1 0 ng's E5 NOV 74 '41HSS 25X1A9a CIA OPS CTR 9B4B