NOTICE: In the event of a lapse in funding of the Federal government after 14 March 2025, CIA will be unable to process any public request submissions until the government re-opens.

CABLE TO DIRECTOR(Sanitized)

Document Type: 
Collection: 
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP80R01731R002500090004-6
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
5
Document Creation Date: 
December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
August 21, 2003
Sequence Number: 
4
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
April 10, 1976
Content Type: 
CABLE
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP80R01731R002500090004-6.pdf210.07 KB
Body: 
FORM 3020h 7-71 MFG. lone Approved For Release 2003/09/02 : CIA-RDP80R01731 R002500090004-6 CABLE SEC DISSEM BY PER STAFF 25X1 A ION TOTAL COPIES I "I- l RUN BY T 829593 EIA610 PAGE 01 TOR;100457E.APR 76 S E C R E T 100242E APR 76 STAFF 25X1 C I T E TO: DIRECTOR, 25X1 1. GENERAL WALTERS MET WITH 25X1 25X1 25X1 REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN I(`//~I 15BUING OFFICE 15 PROHIBITED 1 iJ DEPUTY CHIEF I N 885657 AND WAS OBVIOUSLY EXPERIENCING SOME DISCOMFORT, ALTHOUGH HE LOOKED OTHERWISE FIT, ALSO PRESENT WERE FOH STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, AND AND COS, LONGSTANDING TO VISIT THE NATION WHICH, ALONG WITH OF THE CENTER INQUIRED IF THIS VISIT WAS ONE OF INSPECTION ON GENERAL WALTERS' PART. GENERAL WALTERS RESPONDED THAT IT WAS NOT AND THAT RATHER HE WAS FULFILLING A DESIRE OF REPRESENTED ONE OF THE TWO COMING MAJOR POWERS. HE ADDED THAT NATJRALLY HE HAD BEEN BRIEFED ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO SERVICES AND WAS WELL SATISFIED WITH WHAT HE HAD LEARNED. 25X1 INDICATED THAT HE ALSO WAS PLEASED WITH HIS HAD ONLY 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATION. Approved For Release 2003/09/0 : ECI~-RpPE80~01731 R002500090004-6 Approved For Release 2003/09/02 : CIA-RDP80R01731 R002500090004-6 1CTION t9~ T 829593 EIA6 O REPRODUCTIONABY OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE 16 PROHIBITED STAFF FN 885657 S E C R E T TOR11004572 APR 76 25X1 3. A DISCUSSION ENSUED IN WHICHI ISOUGHT GENERAL WALTERS' VIEWS ON CHINA AND EXPRESSED HIS OWN TO THE EFFECT THAT CHINA, JAPAN AND THE USSR ARE INVOLVED IN AN EQUATION WHICH HAS SEEN MANY CHANGES OVER THE LAST CENTURY AND A HALF BUT ONE IN WHICH TWO OF THESE NATIONS SOUGHT TO ALLY THEMSELVES AGAINST THE THIRD IN VARYING COMBINATIONS. GENERAL WALTERS QUOTED SUN TZU ON THE THEORY OF WINNING WITHOUT FIGHTING AND BOTH AGREED THAT OVERT AGGRESSION FOR TERRITORIAL EXPANSION ON THE PART OF CHINA WAS NOT LIKELY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. HOWEVER, SUBVERSIVE EFFURT IN BEHALF OF IN[IGENOUS DISSIDENT GROUPS IS MOR LIKELY, GENERAL WALTERS ALSi EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT WHEN CHINA BECAME EXPANSIONIST IT WOULD MORE LIKELY EXPAND TO THE NORTH AND WEST RATHER THAN TO THE SOUTH, BUT THAT THIS WAS PROBABLY A GOOD MANY YEARS DISTANT. HAVE BECOME A TOOL STATED HIS PERCEPTION THAT THE OF THE RUSSIANS AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH 25X1 A SOUTHERN BELT OF INFLUENCE EXTENDING THROUGH 25X1 II I I SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THIS WAS A PROBLEM DESERVING GREATER INTELLIGENCE ATTENTION. 25X1 5. 1 ALSO INQUIRED ABOUT AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR 25X11; 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/09/92 Q A4RlP8DR01731 R002500090004-6 FORM 30201) 7-71 MFG. 10/75 Approved For Release 2003/09/02 : CIA-RDP80R01731 R002500090004-6 ACTION # T 82,9593 TOR:100457E APR 76 FIRST IS THAT IN 885657 MISCHIEF OR THE CRE ATIO N OF STABILITY IN THE 2 5X1 GENERAL WALTERS POI NTED OUT THAT HAS TWO PROBLEMS; 2 5X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 SECOND PROBLEM IS B..EdOME INDUSTRIALIZED IN THIS PERIOD. THE ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE INSTANT DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT BUILDING AN APPROPRIATE INFRASTRUCTURE OF MANPOWER AS WELL AS OF MATERIEL. GENERAL WALTERS POINTED OUT THE FALLACY-OF ATTEMPTING TO IMPORT MAJOR FACTORS SUCH AS STEEL MILLS WHOLESALE WITHOUT FIRST TRAINING BOTH THE TECHNICIANS AND THE MANAGERS WHO ARE NECESSARY TO PLACE THE MILLS INTO ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY. HE ADD:D THAT SOME COUNTHIES HAVE ALSO TRIED TO ADAPT AMERICAN MAN.\GEMENT PROCEDURES WHOLESALE AND FOUND THAT THEY DID NOT FIT THE OBJECTIVE AND CUL1IURAL CIRCUMSTANCES EXISTING IN THE COUNTRY OF IMPORTATION. HE ALSO STRESSED THAT TECHNICIANS AND MANAGERS, FOR THE MOST PARTP SHOULD BE TRAINED ON-THE-GROUND WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO WORK AND NOT SENT TO INDIANA SO AS TO PREPARE FOR RUNNING A FACTORY IN AFGHANISTAN. I I ADMITTED THAT 2&M 25X1 25X1 NEEDED HELP IN ORDER Tu REACH THAT POINT OF DEVELOPMENT AT WHICH Approved For Release 2003/09/02 ~ C&J -.D'qR91731 R002500090004-6 ENCJUNTERED JUST SUCH DIFFICULTIES, BUT PROFESSED THAT REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED STAFF Approved For Release 2003/09/02 : CIA-RDP80R01731 R002500090004-6 T ,CTIgN UNIT I RVR T 829593 EIA61 0 PAGE 04 TOR-91004572 APR 76 REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBIT STAFF 1-N-885657 25X1 OULD SAY "NO" TO BIG POWER PRESSURE, GENERAL WALTERS URGED THAT SUCH HELP BE SOUGHT IN THE FORM OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT 25X1 WHICH IN IIFOR INSTANCE, AMOUNTED TO APPROXIMATELY THREE 25X1 BILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLYO 7. THERE WAS A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF ROLE IN THAT COUNTRY, GENERAL WALTERS NOTED THAT AMERICAN PUBLIC HE THAN A LITTLE DISTASTEFUL-TO BE AFFRONTED ADDED THAT IT WAS HIS PERSONAL OPINION THAT F COTINUED TO. 3E ADVENTURISTIC SOMETHING WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE ABOUT IT AND AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION WOULD SUPPORT NECESSARY ACTION. OPINION HAD HARDENED SINCEO SINCE AMERICANS FIND IT MORE TOTAL COPIES RUN BY PER S E C R E T 3, GENERAL WALTERS ALSO NOTED HIS CONCEPTION OF 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 AS BEING SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE UNITED STATES AND NATO, IN RELATION TO THE OTHER NATIONSPI IS CLEARLY THE AND MUST ASSUME THE ROLE OF BALANCE WHEEL IN THE ENTIRE ARRANGEMENT. HE SAID THE UNITED STATES WELCOMES THIS KIND OF REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT, WHICH HELPS TO PRODUCE REGIONAL SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE BENEFIT OF ALL INVOLVED AS WELL AS TO THE BENEFI-T OF THE UNITED STATES. 9, EXPRESSED HIS APPARENTLY SINCERE HOPE Approved For Release 2003/09/92 E Ct4-RDLP80R01731 R002500090004-6 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 FORM 3020b 7-71 MFG. 10/75 Approved For Release 2003/09/02 : CIA-RDP80R01731 R002500090004-6 CABLE SEC DISSEM BY PER PERSON/UNIT NOTIFIED T 84 9593 EIA610 REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN ISSUING OFFICE IE PROHIBITED STAFF TOR:100457E APR 76 THAT GENERAL WALTERS WOULD FIND ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO 25X1 VISIT ]AND SAID THAT HE WAS WELCOME AT ANY TIME, I N 885657 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/09/0 : EGI~-F P 0 201731 R002500090004-6