LETTER TO LGEN VERNON A. WALTERS FROM BRUCE PALMER, JR.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R001900030026-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2003
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: May 14, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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DEFENSE MANPOWER COMMISSION
1111 18TH STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, DC 20036
May 14, 1975
LGEN Vernon A. Walters, USA
Deputy Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
On behalf of the Commissioners and members of the staff of
the Defense Manpower Commission, I want to express our deep appre-
ciation for the excellent CIA briefing and conference on the Soviet
military manpower system, costs and teeth-to-tail ratios. The
briefing and discussion on the Soviet forces were well organized,
well presented, responsive to our needs and interests, and very
helpful to us. Please convey our compliments and appreciation to
all concerned.
We are indebted to you for arranging the briefing and
for your personal participation in it. The Commissioners were
particularly impressed by your remarks at the beginning and by
your wide ranging insights concerning the armed forces of other
countries. In short, it was a good day which should enhance our
understanding and our overall study effort of United States defense
manpower.
Warm regards,
Bruce ,*11Ter, Jr.
Gener 1, USA (Ret.)
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