NOTE RE: MEETING W/PRESIDENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84B00049R001002540011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 11, 1981
• Content Type: MISC

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5. The key to U.S. military recovery is an increase in spending that
can be sustained at least through two Presidential terms and preferably
longer:
--The Soviet military buildup resulted not from a short, sharp
increase in spending but from sustained growth over two decades.
--The Soviets and our Allies would see a sustained effort as
evidence of our will to compete and to make the necessary
sacrifices.
--A long-term program would provide incentives for investment
in and improvement of defense-related industries and could
yield economies of scale.
--The new defense budget should be presented to the U.S. public
(and overseas) as being at a realistic rate of increase that
can and must be sustained for a number of years.
6. Additional materials for the meeting may come in over the weekend;
if so, I will have them delivered to you at the airport Monday night.
cc: DDCI
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INDEX
Tabs
A DoD Charts
B Foreign Reactions to a Reduction in the Defense
Budget
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