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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400160024-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: January 14, 1969
• Content Type: OPEN

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ticipant In Arms control studies in Cam- through arms control and disarmament. It
bridge, Washington and abroad since the is a mistake, we were assured, to look only
early 1960'x, lie Is known no a strong propo- At his remarks on military preparedness be-
nent of rntiflcntion of the nuclear non-pro- cause they mean little In the context of his
k;' 11[crnt.ion treaty and of talks with Moscow to. obsession with Arms control, The paradox In
curb the missile race. No contribution he can his thesis Is evident hn the following quotes
make In his new post will be more important "from The Necessity for Choice (Anchor Books,
than the role he plays as efforts Are. made 1002) :
to bring these measures to fruition." "We must be willing to face the paradox
\Vhat Is the background of Henry A. Kis- that we must be dedicated both to military
singer? . strength and to arms control, to security as
A B.A. from Harvard In 1950, with the aid well as to negotiation, to assisting the new
of a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for nations towards freedom And self respect
Political Theory. From 1051 to the present, without accepting their interpretation of all
/he has been Director of the Harvard Interns- issues." (p. 0)
/tlonal Seminar which has been revealed As "The flexibility so often demanded of our
1 having been. CIA financed In 1067. A Pls. D. 'diplomacy is Impossible without A spectrum
from.'Harvard In' 1954,. under McGeorge of military capabilities." (p. 58)
Bundy. From 1054 through 1950 he was Study "Limited war is based on a kind of tacit
`Director for the Council on Foreign Relations bargain not to exceed certain restraints , . .
dealt with military strategy and said the U.S.
should spend $3 billion on arms, and reor-
ganize services under a single command, and
prepare for limited warfare. "Limited war should not be considered
In 1958 And 1959 Kissinger was Research a cheaper method of imposing uncondition-
"Secretary for a CFR discussion group on al surrender but an opportunity for another
Political and Strategic Problems of Deter- attempt to prevent a final showdown. We
rence. The group also included Frank Alt- t enter it prepared to negotiate and to
mtns
schul, Robert Amory, William C. Foster, Ros-
well Gilpatric, Hans Morganthau, Dean Rusk
and James Perkins.
By 1961 Kissinger was Special consultant to
President Kennedy on the Berlin Crisis. He
'was also consultant to the Operations Re-
search Office, the Operations Coordinating
Board, the Weapons Systems Evaluation
Group, the Psychological Strategy Board, the
National Security Council and the Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency. That same
year, 1961, he published The Necessity for
hoice, under the auspices of Harvard's Cen-
ter for International Affairs which is also a
probable recipient of CIA funds. Kissinger
thanked both the Center and the Council on
Foreign Relations for assistance, and also
thanked the Carnegie Corporation and John
Gardner,
In 1962 Kissinger was a full Professor at
Harvard, on the faculty Of the Center for
rence fails, there is a chance of keeping a follows:
conflict limited." (p. 62) 1. Soviet Foreign policy must not be iden-
"Any limited war must have some sanctu- titled with the organized world communist
my areas." (p. 63) movement under Soviet domination. U.B.
Dr. Zblgnlew K. Brczc:?rinr;k1. who advised
Vice President Humphrey on foreign affairs
In the election campaign. But Hedrick Smith
pointed out that while Dr. Allen is known
As a conservative or relatively hard-line
Analyst of Soviet Affairs, "lie Is not, an he has,
explained to friends, 'a visceral anti-Commu-
nist who believes In a monolithic Commu-
nist conspiracy or that the Sino-Soviet dis-
puto is a hoax.',," Congressional committees
investigating International Communism
have declared there is a conspiracy and the
? record points that out very clearly,
With the replacement of Walt Rostow by
Henry Kissinger, will our policies in regard
to the Soviet Union continue con:;istcntly
to overlap or complement the Communist
design? Will the 20-year old U.S. policy of
mutual accommodation continue?
In March 1967 Senator Strom Thurmond
delivered a major speech given no publicity
' at all to the Cornell University Forum. In
policy has shown no evidence of Soviet con-
trol of international communist conspiracy
by Soviets. The Empire is now fragmenting.
We should support independent Communist
regimes.
settle for something less than our tradi- 2. Soviet Policy: There is no force in the
Mortal notion of complete victory. To be world that can halt the advance of Soviet
sure, the most likely outcome of a conflict society. Our cause is invincible. We must
fought In this manner is a stalemate," (p. keep a firm hand on the helm and go our
64) own course, yielding neither to provocation
"If we make the issue depend on 'purely', nor to intimidation. U.S. Policy: Do not pro-
military considerations, any conflict is like- voice the Soviets since this will increase the
ly to expand by stages into a conflagra danger of general war. Bring about changes
tion. . Graduated retaliation would not in Soviet Union by containment and Evolu- -
strive for a military advantage as such." tionary processes, take no action which
(p. (3B) might escalate into general nuclear war.
"We would have to weight the tactical 3. World Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- '
advantage of nuclear weapons against the has uniting the whole of mankind under the,,
political cost. Once, nuclear weapons were hegemony of the international proletariat ;?
used in limited war, It is possible that the organized as a state, is Soviet Policy. U.S...
pressure of other countries to acquire nu Policy says, no direct reference should ho
clear weapons of their own would grow ir-. made to Soviet control of the International
resistible. Or else world opinion would im- Ct)onnunlst Conspiracy. World domination
pel a renunciation of a strategy which might -. tliemo should not be used against USSR.
brink of a catastropo. Whatever the likely -They are mellowing Into a peaceful state.
International Affairs. In 1965 he published ' result, the concern that use of nuclear wea- 4. Soviet policy: Socialist Society leading
Problems of National Strategy under the pons may have incalculable political effects to a world communist society. U.S. policy,
Center's auspices. In 1907 he was cited In the could outwolght all military considerations," bring about changes in Soviet Union by evo-
New York Times as foreign policy advisor Support
to Governor Rockefeller with regard to a (p? 88 ) h instead of revolution. SuW so-
"ThisIs the measure of the task ahead. At ciallat llst causes. This will keep the violent form
reported soft policy on Vietnam (Oct. 4 tho same time that we build up our ca- of communism from emerging. We inc now
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ssue) .
n July 14, 1908, when Governor pability for limited war and our conventional r moving through a period of great transition..
Rockefeller Announced a 4-stage pull-out for forces, we will be embarked on arms con Regarding Cuba: Soviet policy has been
Vietnam, lie cited Kissinger As his adviser, - trot negotiations of crucial importance. Our to establish Missile Bases,there in order to.
lleadership
Communist
ecure
tradiotory. When this Service asked one of
Washington's top experts on foreign policy
to categorize Klssinger's Ideas the reply came
back that this was difficult to do beeauno his
basic thesis is preacntecl In the form of a
paradox. Ile says we must be militarily strong
so that we can negotiate universal disarma-
ment, Ile Is fascinated with the thought that
diplomacy will solve all our problems. Mill-
singer differs from McGeorge Bundy and Wait standing young diplomatist (Daniel David- orders from the Central Committee (of which
Rostow in that he places more emphasis on ' son, currently an aide to Ambassador Avoroll the Soviet Government is merely the
military preparedness, but his goals are es- Harriman).. . . "front"), has been the- most extreme, ad-
sentially the same, i.e., the surrender of na- - Now York Times reporter' Hedrick Smith vocato of all the stops of disarmament; and
tionai sovereignty and nuclear superiority mentioned Allen and Kissinger on December U.S. policy has fallen along In step. The
hold ou the aggressor until brilliant diplo- Richard V. Allen of the Hoover Institution
macy reconstructs world order, on War, Revolution and Peace As "scales' Scuator Thurmond Also noted in 1067 that
One may read Kissinger's historical stud we were then in the midst u stopped up
y y staff assistant" to "the highly respected Dr. activity e activity In the policy of of "mutual accom- '
of Metternich and Castlereagh entitled "A Henry Kissinger." Evans and Novak declare. modation," of which the prime factor was
World Restored" to note his confidence in and that "For his part, it is inconceivable that . universal disarmament, both psychological
fascination with diplomacy. Kissinger will make much use of Allen. His and military: That remains true today, The
Our Washington contact said that Kin-' personal aide will be not Allen but an out- - Senator said the Soviet government, under,
a
s
that we have to increase our military ex- reveal weakness of U.S, U.S. policy contends
penditures oven while snaking earnest of- the establishment on Cuban soil of Soviet
forts to negotiate on arms control." (p. 97) nuclear striking forces would be hncom-
"Unilateral disarmament-tacit or patiblo with Soviet policy.
Avowed-and the quest for independent ro- Still regarding Cuba, Soviet policy has
taliatory forces Are two sides of the same been that the USSR will support the Castro
coin." (p. 110) ' Regime and assure. its continued existence
Liberal columnists Rowland Evans and - as a Socialist state. U.S.. policy is that we
Robert Novak commented on the appoint- should peacefully' coexist with Cuba since
tary strength is only one tool In the diplo- - mont by Nixon of Kissinger very favorably, we cannot allow any military action to
mat's pouch. The job of the military is to However, they deplored the choice of Dr, escalate.
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