CIA IS OUT IN THE COLD IN ROLE AS CARTER PUBLIC AFFAIRS ARM

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2004
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• Publication Date: November 13, 1978
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for Presdident agreement a provision limiting I the United States inSALT a~ee-t
the Soviet-Union. Carter. This CIA reporting ig deployment of new nuclear heap- den ': `' -?-' -- -': :'
ens not already tested when the But our photographs cannot in- ??
pores events in the United States Opponents-Of -:wade Soviet:research laboratories.
and invariably supports._Carter accord is signed. foreign petioles. ..:,;.~: thL; S A.LT II base their arguments on or.the-minds.of Soviet decision-
Thus,.- kers so its news will be late.
accardin; tothe CIA,: evidence the Soviets are hell-bent. ma
there are glad.tidings-t--CIA, on expanding their missile?arse-. Former Secretary of Defense Mel- 1
nal, Secretary :of.Defense Harold. ??z'in:Laird: has written of Soviet.;
we are gaining- an advantage in Brown had previously reported ches.titlg in SALT.3 a fact that b
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L;no States-Soviet"competition. Soviet development of huge, new. ;c:nie?vident to the i;nitedStates
Soviet viet debt: taworld bankers.is
so high that interest erest payments are'I land-based missiles, a Soviet ad oniy.aiter it had been achieved, s
1 vance that is 'again at odds with was the discovery-of their over
slowing econo -4
-if not the substance- sized. missiles-. The President
agenei bra 'accord-t the spirit
ins to the savory;
But the CIA skimps on-cetails:= "?o- t,`.e i912 SALT'agreement seems to have forgotten that this
is:a:wgrld that.has-alread! seen fl
We are not told.what Soviet:capi_a But -according to the CIA, the Soviet nuclear, biackmaiLresis.ed..
our then nuclear s:,r !
tal investment is bein..g.madewith .! Soviets have delayed tests: This by us With
the immense 'amounts.:of' bor--l creates'the-=impression that the ' periority in the Cuban crisis. of
rowed funds nor the-extent ta:! ','-president's mbraLsuasfon must 1962 and acceded to by us in the';!
which industrial modernization as_?f now be working on--the hard-line October 1973 Mideast' crisis after
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being achieved. Kremlin.;,: oursuperiorityhad waned:`;.:"
And theagencedoesferen yids But again.:the CIk.x strained: ,;.Th.e CIA also has some public.'
a measure a of reference to
measure Soviet-progress;. Itdoes .'- Itself` from.aelling Americans.. comments ?on-Soviet non-nuclear
on , _.what_theSoviets:are-doing:In the or. conventional . forces. - recent.
not tell us th ann stern experts' x' act fe v months:~ioscow has test-. CIA report informs us that Societ
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foresee U.S -annual ec ?-
ed. a. new submarine-launched manoawe~ =wiii ee inadequate in,
growth iaflino to less tha all mT .:strategic nuclear ballistic missile:':I ,;.the 1980s.to operate their. larger
percent ity will s c ur because.`?. ta ' Forthe first th ._-compleirtent_of.mpdern combat
productivity?wilotmr ' o .;. o
Americans do not have dollars for slie is fitted with multiple re-entry.:
:.:vehscle~?In fact; -each missile ha3__ `-.But, perhaps unknown to the
investment and expansions' -* + cariabiIity to- deploy seven:: ? -CIA, the United States and the
Having 'told-:us tl3at:Soviet the= 1
economy Is stagnant becsuseitis' us':?But?=just: as: important, West have the same problem We mired in debt service payments?.- other; observed-:Soviet=strategic:- are grappling with the issue now
auclearmissiletestsshowagr-A- sand.it:may be worse than in the I
the-Cla ,oes on to sagthat this 1
~, ? -ftnprovementrn accuracy__..: with Soviet .=
stagnating .Indust: ial-apcara _ in 204 Bards at 6000.miles'.ncom-= '_'N 'he, Soviet.-problem, according- i
tun will seriously diminish domes-- bloation with 7tiegatonnage: and .~ to the CLA, is a scarcity.. of quali-. i
tic oil reserves in ttie?comiag;dec_.r throw.weight'.advantages, these -lied technical manpower .Haw-
ode" :? aka`;. ?..: ;~t._
The CIA seems to .cant it both two d'v'elaplitents "gi've the Soviet =- ever; while the Kremlin can sim- l
Union the capability for a nuclear" -ply conscript the. needed- technical ~I
economy ways. The Sonic i will is stall- '-first,- strike-against'. the: United:' trainees, the. United States; under
ed, but if itny'-' it ent be on - 'States in the mid i980s.' i'.;the voluntary _sys tem .ma ' very :=
se rs don't anticipate ntap CIA While.the.CIA was avoiding.tell 'el'be- nabie to-recruit-the? men
rilwomemirrsuf eientnumbers:-
observers decline ny+ in thethe.CI an-public thisbSip, l
plus in s dlinin Soviet ail sur? `news ,::Mr:Carter's arms.control' `anThe-CIA's new role as the Presi=
plus in the I980s > rye as ncy produced -a study claiming- wdent's public. relations arm. is;{
The CIA.-desire--to serve the an indefinite U:S_'Iead is strate risky:' It won t belong before the' _
President also is extending into gicnucleardestructivecapability =: CIA is?una'bfe to distinguishlie-Li
the defense field- A : recent CIA.,slanted&.analysis ;.tween fact.a'ild prejudice: From
repast informed the American in treport; informed observers what we can see now is the time-to
people that the Soviets have not of SALT outside- the?government understand the difference-.
tested their= new land based haverefuted-its. conclusions fact -C?""'' 'g'g'`'M906~'r"""sx ''
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