CABLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000700090035-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: August 18, 1972
• Content Type: CABLE

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ON 18 AUGUST TO SOLICIT
CONCURRENCE IN CABLE
BEING SENT VIA MILITARY CHANNELS TO CINCPAC AND GENERAL WEYAND.
CABLE FLAGS INDIFFERENT QUALITY OF PERSONNEL IN
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OF ADEQUATE NUMBERS AS BEING "LEAST SATISFACTORY ELEMENT'' IN
PRESENT VIETNAMIZATION SITUATION. WEYAND IS DIRECTED TO RAISE
THIS MV.~ATTER WITH GENERAL VIEN AND OTHER SENIOR GVN OFFICIALS AT
EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY, BRINGING FORCEFU LL)~ TO THEIR ATTENTION
THE INTELLIGENCE PROBLEMS PRESENTLY POSED BY THESE DEFICIEN- .
LIES IN THE
PROGRAM' PLUS THE-FACT THAT THESE PROBLEMS
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WILL INCREASE. OVER TIME IF CORRECTIVE ACTION IS NOT PROMPTLY
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BETTER NOT TO MAKE SUCH AN APPROACH AT ALL AT THIS MOMENT,
GENERAL WEYAND WILL PROBABLY (AND UNDERSTANDABLY) FEEL HE
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