LETTER TO ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER FROM WILLIAM PROXMIRE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M01032R000700030004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 12, 1979
• Content Type: LETTER

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WELLIAM-PROXM I RE
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June 12, 1979
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Admiral Turner:
I am very pleased to learn that you are available to
testify in our annual hearings on the "Allocation of Resources
in the Soviet Union and China." Your appearance is scheduled
for Tuesday, June 26, 1979, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 5302 of the
Dirksen Senate Office Building.
As in the previous hearings on this subject, your
testimony will be received in executive session to permit
the free exchange of views. The hearings will eventually
be published in sanitized form.
I would like to follow the approach used in previous
hearings with the modifications discussed by our staffs.` This
year we want to concentrate on the prospects for the 1980s of
the Soviet and Chinese economies. While we do want to have
for the record the changes in performance and resource alloca-
tions for civilian and military purposes since last year's
testimony, please devote your oral presentation to your best
estimate.of what is likely to take place in the next decade.
Also, please include in your projections various alternative
policy changes, such as reduced military expenditures and
increased trade with the U.S., and their likely effects on
economic performance.
As in the past, I will have a number of questions
following your presentation concerning civilian and defense
issues including the flow of statistics from the Soviet Union
and China, Soviet population trends, the effects of the
revolution in Iran on the Soviet Union, Soviet military
manpower, R&D, readiness, deployment, and the modernization
program in China.
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Admiral Stansfield Turner
June 12, 1979
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It would be useful for the Subcommittee to have'your
prepared testimony in advance of the June 26 hearing. This
will facilitate better preparation on our part.
I am very grateful for your 3 erg-a assistance.
111 am'
WP/rke
Chairman'
Subcommittee on.Priorities and
Economy in Government
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