17 AUGUST MEETING WITH SECRETARY WEINBERGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R002404750044-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: August 17, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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S E C R E T
NIC #5933-83
17 August 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR : Director of Central Intelligence
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH Chairman, National Intelligence Council
FROM David D. Gries
National Intelligence Officer for East Asia
SUBJECT 17 August meeting with Secretary Weinberger
1. Present at the 17 August meeting were T.H. White, Harold
Brown, Gaston Sigur, Rich Armitage and myself.
2. White stressed the generational change that confronted
the PLA. Long-march veterans were retiring and a new, untested
group was replacing them. He also emphasized the fragility of
the succession to Deng: the chances of a smooth transition were
only slightly better than even. Flattery did not work well with
the Chinese, White said. But it was crucial to show respect and
stress China's role on a global scale. This is the kind of
recognition they wanted most. White thought that the visit would
succeed if some advances could be shown in resuming a strategic
dialogue and easing technology transfer policies.
3. Brown supported most of these points but stressed the
need to place US-Chinese bilateral relation on a more solid
foundation. He believed much had been lost in 1981 and to some
extent in 1982. The Chinese should be urged to revive a
strategic dialogue and the visit itself symbolized this. They
should also be engaged in discusson on anti-tank, anti-air and
surveillance radar hardware. Brown thought a renewed dialogue on
global-shared interests was one pay-off the US should look for.
Another was a muted Chinese tone in public statement about areas
where we disagree, such as El Salvador and the Near East.
Attachment:
Tentative agenda
CL BY SIGNER
DECL OADR
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