LETTER TO REGINALD HIBBERT FROM DAVID GRIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87T00307R000100040010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 25, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: September 18, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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Sir Reginald Hibbert, GCMG
Director, The Ditchley Foundation
Ditchley House
Ditchley Park
Enstone, Oxford OX74ER
United Kingdom
Dear Sir Reginald,
The Sino-Soviet conference just concluded was to my mind very useful.
The device of panels, coupled with the plenary discussions, allowed inquiry
into a very broad topic. I hope the general optimism of the conference is not
misplaced; we do not want to look around in 1990 and discover an unmanageable
environment in East Asia. Although unlikely, such an environment would
severely tax current strategic calculations.
STAT
The Americans--though I don't speak for them--were cheered to discover
that British, French and German experts looked at East Asia in much the same
fashion as we do.
STAT
Your staff deserve special praise for their smooth handling of
correspondence, transportation and accommodations. And the surroundings at
Ditchley House defy description, though I have been trying to do so to my
colleagues and family.
Yours sincerely,
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