REAGAN MILITARY ADVISERS STUDYING INNOVATIONS WITH 8-YEAR PLANNING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505420039-5
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: December 2, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Oil ri3NEW YORK TIMES
2 DECEMBF t 1980
fence Department into coordination with!
Reagan Military A dv is St dying'- . the Department of Energy, which pro-'
ise i~? vides the military with nuclear weapons
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The team is headed by Wimam p vane
WASIeINGTON, Dec. 1 -'President- which:: versity of Southern California and ad-{
elect Ronald. Reagan's t was obtained by 'The-New York
ransitioi team a wiser to Mr. Reagan on national security.
t Times, Showed an emerging pattern of
k przontfes .Tl:ey included the following.
the Defense Department has begunwor Mock Horror Prom Democrats
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ge projec a eagan transition- teams ap-i
the President-elect's military objectives,
tions for military spending from; five .proach to the Pentagon budget, accord-f
must achieve "a substantial reduction in
years toeightyears. [2y to Pentagon insiders, has been marls
? the ttme'required to develop and procure
Members of the team said that the firs different from that of President Car-!
weapon systems and facilities '
ten's representatives four
:such projections would "avDear"e&Iv'th years ago. The,
new administration, when Mr.-.Re IL
4The question of the "absolute con-
,- o e rec or..o . en ra ne
sends to Capitol Hill his proposals for suP- tro
Bence over e n
plementingthe?current military budget
e efense epa men mus a _
and for amending the 1982 budget.,
at a guise c Ule ~ new drn~
The Republican officials. said the new dress
been: "What do you need to fulfill your
mission?" Mr. Carter's people, guided by
his 1976 campaign promises, came in
seeking ways to cut the budget. i
on..:.. a repo .a so q ues oned [
administration wanted an eight-yearn~, tra ? '. Somme- Democratic officials, after four
1111T ~el le n
--' ;military spending, expressed mock hor-
Agency, s pr ary a to reps ng net
poitumty to lay out the first;Araft of his _ror,. contending that milita Ianners
assesstnenfs deal rg fimiI ary s ra e-
military' strategy and provide consols ~: had pullled out and dusted offf every:con-
~' ssues. e ~ trans Can ~ eam fius
dated 'guidance to. the military services ceivabl ro
and other agencies within the defense es- P grain for the Reagan teaartoi
opene d- up tf ie possi laity of a renew
tablishmenC =fir examine.
s e ~ LMLW een a Defense part-
Members of the transition team main-`
meet an eZ:r-~ch a's t a o
Time forDevelooing eaons, ? , tai,-~ed that asking for recomrerdations
w en esidnarter ruITt at the
In addition, they said, increasing num- was not the same as giving blank checks,
CTS afdbe preeminent wit in .e in-
for they have also requested cost esti-!
bers of complicated military programs, to igence mates and a sense of priority. {
corsmunity.
such as. developing and producing new Members emphasized that the team
i''ial attention" is being given-to
weapons, take longer. than: five- years. 1 could not make binding decisions and
removing or transferring not only politi-
Thus, they said. itwould be logical to plan cal that despite speculation, no conclusions 1
appointees within the department but
for eight. years, which would, incidental- ? also senior career on the overall amount of military spend-.
people who hold proms-
ly, coincide, with two- full Presidential ing or on specific programs would be
nent.positions in the CarterAdministra-
terms , ?~? r : made until after a new Secretary of De_
bon's defense establishment:-The report
Tf.e? %.e- :~ t_ . a~ fancn h~rlfnu-~nffirs
sa
:that
regulations ethics
i,u uC[uuuC6 11SUrt -On apenwing Until they
were being reviewed "to see how they
had completed a review of service needs
might be changed to prevent conflict of
and the final budget to be presented by
interest without unduly` penalizing the
the CarterAdministration. That will be in
potential candidate" for office in the de-
early Januaryr r f? }
partment:
An initial report from: the defense
The report said further: that the team
j;ansition team to the transition head=
was preparing a study for the new Secre-
darters of the P: esident-elect; a copy of
t tary of Defense on. "potential interna-
tional crises that may emerge in the next
six months that could require immediate
attention." United States policies in each
of the world's regions and on arms con-
trol were also said to be under review.
The transition. report; showed that the
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