On September 29, General Secretary, President To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission visited and worked with Directorate II, Ministry of National Defence.
Speaking intimately with key officials of Directorate II, General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized that defense intelligence is an important force, absolutely loyal and especially trustworthy to the Party, State and Army.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary and President To Lam acknowledged, highly appreciated and commended the great achievements and glorious traditions of defense intelligence, and at the same time set high requirements for defense intelligence in the new situation.
Regarding the direction and tasks in the coming time, General Secretary and President To Lam noted that defense intelligence must constantly take care to strengthen its class and revolutionary character, always affirming itself as an absolutely loyal and especially trustworthy force of the Party, State, Army and people; continue to perform well its role as a strategic intelligence agency of the Party, State and a specialized military intelligence agency of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense.
Defense intelligence must serve more effectively and efficiently the leaders of the Party, State, Army and ministries, branches and localities in assessing and assessing the situation, determining policies and strategies and handling situations; strive to further improve the quality of operations, maintain the special trust of the leaders of the Party, State and Army in the defense intelligence sector.
General Secretary and President To Lam requested that defense intelligence needs to regularly review the organization and apparatus, perfect the organizational structure in the direction of "streamlining, efficiency, and proper functions"; ensure increasing compatibility between quantity and quality, between force components, between functions and tasks and scale, organizational quality and task performance capability, between the current task performance force and the next, next force.
Build a solid and flexible intelligence posture, maximizing the combined strength of methods and forces.
The defense intelligence sector must always focus on building a contingent of revolutionary intelligence officers, taking that as the foundation in building a revolutionary intelligence force; building a contingent of officers with strong political will, sharp professional vision and thinking, qualifications and specialized knowledge commensurate with their responsibilities and tasks; with appropriate quantity and increasingly high quality;
Building a team of cadres and party members in the spirit of "7 dares" (Dare to think; dare to speak; dare to do; dare to take responsibility; dare to innovate and be creative; dare to face difficulties and challenges and dare to act for the common good), always "resolute, persistent, steadfast", promoting political mettle, being sensitive in discovering new factors, advising on planning guidelines and policies, meeting the requirements of both immediate and long-term tasks.
On this occasion, General Secretary and President To Lam visited scientific and technological intelligence products; visited and recorded in the traditional golden book at the Museum; and planted souvenir trees in the Directorate Command Headquarters.
