UMPTEEN CLARIFICATIONS OF THE ISSUE-AND THE NATIONAL PRESS IS STILL CONFUSED!

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000301210015-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: April 1, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARMED FORCES JOURNAL
Apri 1 , 1985
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Consolidated Mess
Umpteen Clarifications of
and the National Press Is
BY NOW, ALMOST EVERYONE
KNOWS or should know, that the Defense
lntellicence Agency and the Central In-
telligence Agency have different opinions
(despite assertions of concurrence) about
the degree to which Soviet military spend-
ing has increased since 1976.
Conflictinc statements from Secretary of
Defense Weinberger. Deputy CIA Director
Robert Gates. and various CIA and DIA
officials in February spawned a battery of
conferences and briefings . as all parties
tried to -convince the press and the public ?
that there is azreement. at least in principle.
on the rate Of increase of the Russian de-
fense buildup. The absence of a clarifica-
tion from KGB Public Affairs left the issue
contentious.
If the followina two examples from the
22 February Baltimore Sun and Wall Street
the Issue?
Still Confused!
Journal are any indication, the daily press
is as confused as its sources:
Spending rate
for arms held
cut by Soviet
Soviet Union Has Stepped lip Spending
On Military Following Lull, U.S. Finds
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