August 31, 2000
Chinese officers learn U.S. warfare
By Bill Gertz
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Several high-ranking U.S. military officials are lecturing
visiting Chinese military officers on sensitive military topics,
including lessons of recent wars and future war-fighting
concepts.
Speakers at the two-week Harvard University program include two
U.S. generals and two admirals — including the four-star chief of
the U.S. Pacific Command — who are teaching a group of 25 senior
Chinese military officers at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of
Government.
It is the second ongoing exchange involving Pentagon support
for Chinese military officers who are given access to sensitive
U.S. war-fighting data. Many of the officers are intelligence
officers or deal with covert technology, according to U.S.
officials.
Several Pentagon officials and members of Congress said the
official Defense Department role in sharing the data circumvents
U.S. law restricting such exchanges.
On Tuesday, the colonels heard from Marine Corps Maj. Gen.
Henry Osman, director of operational plans and interoperability
for the Joint Staff. Gen. Osman spoke on the "lessons learned
from recent conflicts," a topic known to be of interest to
China's military, said Pentagon spokesman Cmdr. Terry
Southerland.
A second key speaker yesterday was Army Col. Jason K.
Kamiya, chief of staff for the 101st Airborne Division at Fort
Campbell, Ky. Col. Kamiya spoke on the future of the U.S. Army,
although defense officials said the Chinese were expected to ask
him about his current mission, Pentagon officials said.
China's military is working on improving its airborne
assault capabilities, a key war-fighting skill that would be
needed by Beijing's forces in a conflict with Taiwan.
Other speakers include Rear Adm. Jay M. Cohen, chief of
naval research, and Air Force Lt. Gen. William J. Begert,
assistant vice chief of staff. They will speak on the future of
their respective services.
Last week, three Chinese generals and other officers from
the Academy of Military Sciences were briefed on U.S. joint
war-fighting training and simulation at the U.S. Joint Forces
Command in southern Virginia.
That visit prompted criticism from Sen. Robert C. Smith, New
Hampshire Republican, and Rep. Tom DeLay, Texas Republican, who
challenged the legality of the visits. The two lawmakers
co-sponsored legislation passed into law last year that prohibits
the Pentagon from enhancing Chinese military capabilities through
visits and exchanges.
Critics said the Harvard program will give the Chinese
military important insights on U.S. government decision making,
information that could be used against the United States during a
conflict over Taiwan.
"There is no doubt the Chinese military is gaining
militarily useful information through these exchanges," Mr. Smith
said yesterday.
Mr. DeLay said yesterday that the Chinese exchange programs
show the administration is "recklessly disregarding American
national interests."
"To offer the Chinese military briefings on sensitive
defense information makes absolutely no sense," Mr. DeLay told
The Washington Times.
A senior House aide said lawmakers are expected to seek
further restrictions on the Pentagon exchange programs.
Pentagon officials said the Defense Department largely has
ignored the legislation based on a legal ruling that said its
language is vague. The lawyers assert "there are no legal limits
on what can be said to the PLA" — the People's Liberation Army —
during the exchanges, an official said.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican, said exposing
the Chinese military to U.S. war-fighting capabilities "poses a
direct threat" because U.S. forces might have to fight Chinese
forces over Taiwan.
"This is reminiscent of the military advice and support that
the British and United States gave to Japan's military in the
years prior to World War II," Mr. Rohrabacher said. "How can
anyone possibly claim it's in the U.S. interest?"
At the Pentagon, Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, a spokesman, said
the aim of the exchanges are to "engage" the Chinese military.
"We think there is value in engagement with their military," he
said.
Asked about concerns that the Chinese will glean militarily
useful information, Adm. Quigley said: "We're very scrupulous so
as to not provide information that would be useful in that
regard."
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