The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

sitive and problematic for both sides, which may have
also inadvertently discouraged continuing research
on the topics.
MILITARY-MILITARY LOGISTICS CONTACTS
After the closeout of the four FMS cases in December
1992—a bitter lesson for both operational and
logistical proponents of military cooperation with the
United States—bilateral logistics contacts languished
until the mid-1990s. When they did resume, they were
constrained to seemingly safe areas, such as military
medicine.
Three bilateral events occurred between 1995 and
1998. Major General Wen Guangchuan, Assistant Director,
GLD, received briefings on U.S. logistics doctrine
and systems, and Chinese military officers were
allowed to observe military logistics operations during
a 1995 visit to the United States at the invitation
of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
and Technology. 24 In March 1996, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Stephen Joseph
visited China and signed a “Memorandum of Medical
Exchange and Cooperation.” 25 GLD Deputy Director
Lieutenant General Zhou Youliang conducted a reciprocal
visit in September 1996, when possible cooperation
between the PLA 301 Hospital and Walter Reed
Army Medical Center was discussed. 26
During March-April 1998, GLD Director General
Wang Ke visited the United States at the invitation of
the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology. During this trip, Wang Ke visited Aberdeen
Proving Ground, Maryland; Warner-Robins Air
Logistics Center, Georgia; the Defense Logistics Agency’s
Defense Supply Center , Richmond, Virginia; the
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