-Caveat Lector- It seems it is time to start really building up China into a major threat to the U.S., taking the position previously held by Russia, who was also "made in the USA". It help's perpetuate the Military-Black Budget multi-billion dollar vacuum. Gavin. << From: Jeff and Gail Head <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Continued Treason with Red China > >What follows is a Washington Times story from today. It is unbelievable >too me how blatant this administration is about this continuing >treasonous activity with one of our most deadly potential adversaries. > >How can our military men go along with this? We are being completely >sold out and there are but few raising the warning voice. Please share >this with everyone you can, while out attention has been diverted, this >continues unabated. > >Please join us in our Restoration 2000 Campaign, which effort, if >successful, will allow us to regain our heritage : > >http://www.nebonet.com/headhome/rest2000/rest2000.htm > >Here's that story : > >------------------------- > >MILITARY EXCHANGE WITH CHINA BOOST CAPABILITY FOR INVASION AND >LONG RANGE OPERATIONS > >Washington Times >02-19-99 Bill Gertz > >Military exchange with Beijing raises security concerns > >By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES > >The Pentagon is expanding military ties to the People's Liberation Army >this year in a program some officials say will expose sensitive U.S. >military know-how and boost China's capability for invasion and >long-range operations. > >The yearlong exchange program includes more than 80 activities by the >U.S. and Chinese militaries outlined in an internal Pentagon document >called "Game Plan for 1999 U.S.-Sino Defense Exchanges." > >The program will begin with a visit to China next month by Army Gen. >Henry H. Shelton, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. > >Defense Secretary William S. Cohen then will travel to China in April, >and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Charles Krulak will visit in May. In >October, Pentagon weapons acquisition and technology chief Jacques >Gansler will go to China. > >Key parts of the plan call for 12 high-level visits by Pentagon and >People's Liberation Army (PLA) officials, 40 "functional exchanges" of >working-level military officials, 16 confidence-building measures, and >13 international "security" meetings with PLA officials. > >The stepped-up exchanges follow a recent congressional investigation >that highlighted a 20-year covert program by China to steal U.S. weapons >secrets. A special House panel examined how increased U.S. satellite >trade with Beijing led to improvements in Chinese strategic nuclear >missiles. > >Chinese military leaders scheduled to visit the United States include >Gen. Yu Yongbo, described by U.S. officials as a hard-line communist >"commissar" and member of the powerful Central Military Commission, who >will arrive in May. > >The PLA Navy commander is set to visit a Navy nuclear missile submarine >base in Washington state and the Pentagon in June. According to the >Pentagon plan, senior PLA generals will be allowed to view training >maneuvers in California by the Army's 3rd Infantry Division and will see >an airdrop by paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division. > >The PLA also is scheduled to send several delegations of army, navy and >air force officials involved in military logistics, apparently to learn >how the U.S. military supplies its forces during distant operations. > >Chinese weapons acquisitions officials also are set to visit the >Pentagon. Other exchanges will help Chinese air force officials >learn "flight safety" from the U.S. Air Force, information that could >improve Chinese air power, and PLA participation in an eight-week >seminar on "military medicine" that could enhance the PLA's battlefield >operations. > >Pentagon and congressional officials who are skeptical of the exchanges >said privately that most of the activities are considered "sensitive" >because they will provide valuable military information that could >assist the Chinese in operations against Taiwan or for countering U.S. >military forces in a conflict. > >For example, airborne assault with paratroopers would be the most likely >method for invading Taiwan because the Chinese lack amphibious-warfare >ships and weapons, the officials said. There also is concern Gen. >Krulak's visit will send a signal to PLA generals that the United States >will assist development of China's limited amphibious warfare >capabilities. > >"This is an increase in transfer of military know-how to China," said >one Pentagon official. "It could be the highest level of military >exchange in a decade." > >A congressional aide who specializes in China affairs said the >cooperation on logistics and weapons acquisition is particularly >troubling. > >"We're helping them to modernize their logistics -- how they arm and >supply their troops," the aide said. > >Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said the exchange program has been >under way quietly for years and is being carried out "in the spirit of >developing transparency" between the two militaries. > >Another senior defense official said the exchanges will seek to limit >China's access to militarily useful information, although there is a >risk the PLA might benefit from exchanges related to logistics and >supply. > >As part of this year's exchanges, the Air Force will send the head of >its education and training command and a group of officials from the Air >War College. There also will be flights to China by U.S. C-130 and C-17 >transports. > >China will send logistics officers from the PLA air force, and other >Chinese air force officials will attend safety seminars. > >Naval exchanges will include a visit to China by the aircraft carrier >USS Constellation in July and ship visits by Navy destroyers and >guided-missile ships. > >A Chinese warship will visit Pearl Harbor, and PLA chemical-weapons >officers will come to the United States, along with a group that will >visit a monitoring center at Sandia National Laboratory, a U.S. nuclear >weapons facility. A copy of the game plan was made available to The >Washington Times after questions about it were raised by Rep. Dana >Rohrabacher, California Republican. Mr. Rohrabacher asked Mr. Cohen to >make the plan public in a letter Feb. 12. > >"There is no country in the world that we are more likely to be at war >with 10 years from now than Communist China, and here we are modernizing >their military. It's insanity," Mr. Rohrabacher said. > >"I think it's immoral to call the world's worst human rights abuser our >strategic partner," Mr. Rohrabacher said in an interview, referring to >past statements by Clinton administration officials. "But it's crazy to >modernize a potential enemy's ability to fight a war, and that's what >we're doing." > >Military exchanges with China were halted in 1989 after China's leaders >ordered PLA troops to attack unarmed protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen >Square. U.S. sanctions were imposed barring transfers of military >hardware, but since 1994, rules limiting military contacts gradually >were relaxed under the Clinton administration's engagement policy. > >The 1999 game plan appears to be the most ambitious set of contacts with >the Chinese military since the mid-1980s, when the United States >increased ties to China as a strategic counterbalance to the Soviet >Union. > >A special House committee last year uncovered a covert Chinese weapons >technology acquisition effort that included the successful theft of data >on the W-88 nuclear warhead, the most advanced U.S. nuclear weapon used >on submarine-launched missiles. Its findings remain secret; some details >are expected to be released next month. > >Rep. Christopher Cox, California Republican, who headed the Select >Committee on China, said his investigation showed that U.S. national >security was harmed by China's ongoing program of espionage and >weapons-technology theft. > >PLA Gen. Zhang Wannian, vice chairman of China's Central Military >Committee, wrote in an article published in China last month that >military exchanges abroad have "established and preserved our army's >excellent image in the world." The PLA's image was tarnished by the >Tiananmen massacre by PLA troops and tanks. > >Gen. Zhang said in a lengthy Dec. 19 article that all PLA troops must be >armed with Marxism-Leninism and Mao Tse-tung thought because unspecified >"hostile forces are pressing 'westernization' and 'disintegration' on >us." > >The PLA will develop weapons domestically as well as "learning and >importing advanced foreign technology" that will be applied in both >civilian and military programs, Gen. Zhang said. > >Chinese efforts to improve military logistics to date have shown "marked >success," and "the comprehensive supply capability is being strengthened >all the time," Gen. 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