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     SEQUENCE NR: CSB90584863 USER- ID: 19320-91JUL22/17.06.01/AO9
     DOC REF: ..CHINA LETTER (CNLTB), 90, NR ?15, 3-5
                INF CTY: LES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH); UNITED STATES (US)
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     INF DATE: 003
                 COSATI: Y7~~IORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (05); GUIDED MISSILE
     TECHNOLOGY (16)
     CLASSIF: UNCLASSIFIED
     RELEASE: NONE (XX)
     TEXT: EXTRACT.
     FEW OF CHINA'S SCIENTISTS ARE BETTER KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY THAN QIAN
     XUESEN, A FORMER U.S. AIR FORCE OFFTCER WHO IS GIVEN THE MOST CRE r~T, -r
          FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MISSILE DELIVT-Qv.
          PROGRAMS. SO, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT HIS COUNTRY'S PLANS AND PROGRESS
          IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IT IS WORTH LISTENING TO WHAT HE HAS 7(-)
          SAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAD TO SAY RECENTLY CONCERNS --T-~E
          SHIFT OF EMPHASIS FROM DEFENSE RELATED RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT -(--)
          TECHNOLOGY FOR THE CIVILIAN COMMERCIAL SECTOR. HE SAYS THERE ARE
          TOW KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING METHODS USED FOR
          DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEFENSE RELATED TECHNOLOGY, UNIFIED LEADERSHIP
          T
     AND SPECIFIC PROJECT ORGANIZATION. HE DES'-'-SSES WHAT HE DESCRIBES
     AS 'THE THREE STEP STRATEGY FOR CHINAS -'-'CON(JM.C DEVELOPMENT AND THE
     NEED FOR A NEW SYSTEM TO CARRY OUT THIS STRATEGY AND COPE WITH THE
     RAPID AND DRAMATIC SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGES THAT ARE TAKING
     SHAPE IN CHINA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. THE FIRST STEP IS TO
     DOUBLE THE 1980 GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT (GNP) TO PROVIDE FOOD AND
     CLOTHING TO THE PEOPLE. THIS HAS ESSENTIALLY BEEN REALIZED. THE
     NEXT STEP IS TO. MAKE PEOPLE LIVE COMFORTABLY BY THE END OF THIS
     CENTURY. THE THIRD STEP IS TO HAVE OUR GNP REACH THE LEVEL OF THE
     AVERAGE DEVELOPED COUNTRY BY THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT CENTURY.
     PFN INFORMATION:,PART 001
     PERSON: QIAN, XUESEN
     PERS CTY: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (CH)
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