WELCOMING REMARKS FOR THE IAWG-72 CONTROL GROUP PLANNING CONFERENCE

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01554R003500140001-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2001
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WELCOMING REMARKS
FOR THE
IAWG-72 CONTROL GROUP PLANNING CONFERENCE
GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN:
WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES NAVAL WAR COLLEGE AND TO
NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND,
AS ONE OF THE JOINT SPONSORS FOR THE INTER-AMERICAN WAR
GAME-72, I AM PLEASED TO NOTE THE PROGRESS TO DATE AND TO SEE
THE CAPABLE HANDS WHICH WILL COMPLETE THE PLANNING THIS WEEK
AND DIRECT THE PLAY NEXT WEEK,
DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS OF PLANNING AND PREPARATION FOR
THIS GAME, THERE HAS BEEN A HIGH DEGREE OF INTEREST EXPRESSED
BY MANY AMERICAN NAVIES, NOT ONLY HAS THIS INTEREST BEEN
EXPRESSED IN WORDS, BUT IT HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BY SUBSTANTIAL AND
CONSTRUCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS,
IN ADDITION TO THOSE AMERICAN NAVIES WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTIVE
IN THIS COOPERATIVE EFFORT, SEVERAL OTHERS HAVE EXPRESSED A
DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY FUTURE INTER-AMERICAN WAR GAMES
WHICH MAY FOLLOW, REPRESENTATIVES OF SOME OF THESE NAVIES ARE
HERE AS OBSERVERS, INCIDENTALLY, ALL OBSERVERS ARE INVITED TO
PARTICIPATE AS MEMBERS OF THE CONTROL GROUP IN ALL PHASES OF
CONTROL GROUP ACTIVITY IN NEWPORT,
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SPEAKING FOR MY OWN NAVY AND MY OWN WAR COLLEGE I CAN
ASSURE YOU GENTLEMEN THAT THIS HEMISPHERIC GAME HAS GENERATED
MUCH INTEREST AND SUPPORT, IT IS WIDELY HOPED THAT NOT ONLY.
WILL OUR COOPERATIVE EFFORTS BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT THAT THIS WILL
BE THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF PROGRESSIVELY MORE COMPLEX GAMES IN
THE FUTURE,
THE UNITED STATES NAVAL WAR COLLEGE IS PROUD OF ITS HISTORY
OF WAR GAMING, EXTENDING BACK TO THE 1880'S, AND IS VERY GLAD TO
BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS FIRST INTER-AMERICAN WAR GAME WITH ITS
SISTER NAVIES AND WAR COLLEGES,
I AM SURE THE NEXT TEN DAYS WILL BE INTERESTING-AND PRODUC-
TIVE. I WISH YOU EVERY SUCCESS AND HOPE THAT YOUR STAY HERE
WILL BE BOTH PLEASANT AND PROFESSIONALLY CHALLENGING,
WELCOME ABOARD,
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