AGENCY-ACADEMIC SEMINARS, APRIL 21-23

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• Publication Date: April 29, 1969
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29 April 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT Agency-Academic Seminars, April 21-23
1. Our round of discussions on developments in
Communist China with groups of China, specialists in the
Midwest, the Northwest and San Francisco Bay area went
well and without adverse incident. In every case--Chicago,
Seattle, and San Francisco--the physical arrangements and
advance planning
Agency team consisted of:
Research Staff;
Director for China Affairs
Research Staff;
were excellent. The
Chief, Special
Special Assistant to the
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1 OCI China Division; and
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2. Our session at Chicago on Monday, 21 April, included
ten academics drawn from six universities (see attached list).
The Chicago group, much to my horror, included four economists.
Consequently, I added of OER to our team for
the Chicago seminar. He returned to Headquarters the follow-
ing morning, the 22nd.
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4. We devoted about half the evening's discussion to the
economic picture. The rest of the time we discussed Chinese
Communist foreign policy and some of the consequences of the
Cultural Revolution. Several had to break off early for
return flights. If I organize another such session in
Chicago, I will plan to start the meeting much earlier,
perhaps making it a luncheon and afternoon session, rather
than an evening meeting.
5. Tuesday morning the 22nd, we flew on to Seattle where
we were installed in some splendor at the Washington Athletic
Club. The meeting that evening was attended by ten academics
drawn from the University of Washington, and Seattle Uni-
versity. George Taylor, a key figure in Far East Studies
at the University of Washington, had to cancel at the last
minute because he had to host a visit to the campus by Li
Chi, a very well known anthropologist and member of the
academia sinica from Taiwan, touring the U.S. under State
Department auspices. Most of the members of our team were
meeting most of the Seattle participants for the first time.
The session went very well'and the discussion throughout the
evening was quite spirited. Four young academics in
particular--Townsend, Gasster, Buxbaum, and Mann--were
very good on both domestic and foreign policy questions.
We spent most of the evening on the nature of power and
power relationships in Chinese politics and on Sino-Soviet
relations as reflected in the border dispute.
6 At San Francisco, Wednesday evening, 23 April, we met
with 13 academics from seven Bay area universities. The
Bay area group is always outstanding. We missed the
presence of Bob Scalapino from Berkeley, but the discussion
throughout the evening was very high-nrafessional
Our group
was fairly tired by Wednesday evening, and I suspect our
performance sagged a little as a result. The next time
I organize a series such as this, I will provide a day's
break between the second and third session.
7. At least five of the academic particpants are writing
on various aspects of the Cultural Revolution so that subject
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8. On Thursday and Friday,
and I had a series of follow-up sessions at Berkeley, Stanford,
and the Hoover Institution with individuals working in the
China field.
9. I believe it was a successful excursion from all
points of view.
Chief, pecia Research Staff and
Coordinator for Academic Relations
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To: Mr. Smith
DATE: 29 April 69
SUBJECT: Agency Academic-Seminars,
21-23 April
seminars on Communist China
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