CONVERSATION WITH THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, 29 NOVEMBER 1979 (U)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003200080003-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 30, 1979
• Content Type: MFR

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SECRET
30 November 1979
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Conversation with the Secretary of Defense,
29 November 1979 (U)
I thanked him for his willingness to take
along with him. (S)
of the overall political, economic and mi ary
1. We discussed his China trip. He would appreciate a memorandum
from us on the situation in each of the following countries/areas:
Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, and India.
We need not cover the military situation in great detail. He
will rely on DIA for that. Instead, he would like a succinct treatment
t balance situations.
2. We talked about the magery center. I made the proposal
that we send a joint team out to ook at whether it should be at
He thought that was a splendid idea. He thin s
e primary on should be where we can get it established the
fastest. (S)
3. He expressed his concern over the OMB cuts.in NFIP personnel
from our budget submission. He said he would work with McIntyre to
support that. Within the DoD portion of the incremental manpower
request, NSA has top priority in his view.
He also is concerned with the mode cuts and how they would
affect NSA special site personnel and Defense Attaches. (S) I'MORI/CDF
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5. We talked about the proposed budget transfers from NFIP to IRA.
We got absolutely nowhere. (S) r~
25x1 6. Notify that I did not get to thel tissue. (U)
7. We didn't get to any of the other items. (U)
STANSFIELD TURNER
Director
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