CABLE TO DIRECTOR(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R002500090014-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: April 20, 1976
• Content Type: CABLE

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WAS WELCOMED
25X1 SIGNHi CANT BENEFIT TO STATION/BASES IN COMING MONTHS-
2 1 IN SUMMARY, HE WAS VERY EFFECTIVE IN CONVINCING
OUR LIAISON COUNTERPARTS THAT THE AGENCY HAS REGAINED THE
CONFIDENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND MOST OF THE CONGRESS,
USING SOME VERY REALISTIC EXAMPLES TO MAKE HIS POINT, HIS
25X1 COMMENTS REGARDING THE SUPPORT OF THE CURRENT DEFENSE
8UU3ET WERE ALSO REASSURING TO
25X1 INTO CONTACT WITH
HE WAS
PARTICULARLY EFFECTIVE IN MAKING THE POINT THAT IN HIS
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OPINION THE UNITED STATES WILL STAND BY N THE
FUTURE AS IT HAS IN THE PAST, HOWEVER, HE WAS ALSO CLEVER
IN MAKING THE POINT THAT FOR A COUNTRY TO REMAIN 1'UNDER THE
U,S. UMBRELLA", IT MUST DECLAIRE ITSELF AS A "PARTCIPANT"
25X1 AND NOT A "SPECTATOR", HE USED AS AN EXAMPLE IN HIS
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25X1 DISCUSSIONS, BUT
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GOT THE MESSAGE', HE ALSO
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MADE THE POINT THAT FOREIGN COUNTRIES ALIGNED WITH THE
U.S, SHOULD "NOT FEEU THE FIRES OF AMERICAN ISOLATIONISTS"
I.E., SHOULD BE CAREFUL NOT TO BE NEGATIVE ABOUT THE REQUIRE-
MENT AND DESIRE FOR AMERICAN SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE. HE
25X1 ALSO FOCUSED ON CONVINCING CONTACTS THAT THE U.S.
WAS THROUGH A CRISIS PERIOD, AND WAS MOVING PROGRESSIVELY
FORWARD IN ALL AREAS; MILITARY, ECONOMIC, ETC.
25X1 S. FEEDBACK FROM THEI OFFICIALS WITH WHOM
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HE MET SHOWED THAT HIS EFFORTS MET WITH CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS.
IN PRAISING THE VALUE OF HIS VISIT, AND WERE PARTICULARLY
COMPLIMENTARY RE THE ENCOURAGING, INFORMATIVE ASPECT OF
THEIR CONTACT WITH HIM. ONE SENIOR OFFICIAL REMARKED THAT
R"IT WAS AS IF A PROFESSOR HAD ASSEMBLED HIS STUDENTS FOR A
LECTURE", WHICH STATION BELIEVES PUTS THE PERFORMANCE IN
WERE UNANIMOUS
25X1 PRUPER PERSPECTIVE. WITHOUT EXCEPTION, THE
APPRECIATED HIS CANDOR AND THE INFORMATIVE NATURE OF THE
25X1
SESSIONS, THE SESSION
WAS APRTCIULARLY.
25X1 INTERESTING.. IT WAS APPARENT THATI IHAD INTENDED TO
S E C R E T.
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25X1 RAISE ISSUE, BUT AFTER CAUTIOUSLY PROBING TO
25X1 "GET A FEEL FOH THE WATER", AS IS TYPICAL OF
HE L)ECIDED TO BACK AWAY
25X1 AMUSED BY THE FACT -THAT
25X1 4. THE ELUQUENT,
25X1 FPE6H BREATH OF AIR
WELL-INFORMED
WAS LIKE A
SIMPLY
STATEL, HE WORKED HARD FOR US WHILE HE WAS HERE, WAS VERY
EFFECTIVE IN WHAT HE DID, AND WE WILL ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF
HIS? EFFORT FOR MANY MONTHS TO COME. E2 IMPDET,
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1, General Vernon A. Walters
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ISSUE. STATION WAS QUITE
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