https://declassified.library.utoronto.ca/files/original/ed27b1bdb243cd172717be86287da66e.pdf 8cf86b85a489ca278f76790157a6564a PDF Text Text Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act ocument divulgue en vertu de ta loi sur faeces a I'information A.- i>: + FM BONN F E 3 2 0 / 6 8 CONFD TO EXTER 2 0 9 PRIORITY / I INFO WSHDC LDN PARIS BRU HAGUE ROME PRMNY TT NATO DE LDM TT CANFORCEHED DE OTT BAG OSLO COPEN LSBON ATM GERMANY AND DEVELOr SAW MOSCC AR EAST PUEBLO INCIDE KOREA AS WELL AS RECENT OFF 'EG0TIATI0N3 3ETWEEN >JSA AND NORTH E LAUNCHED IN SOUTH VIET i VIET CONG AND PAVN HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY BY GERMAN GOVT AND PUBLIC.IN KEEPING WITH POLICY OF GRAND COALITION TO AVOID 30TH OPEN SUPPORT OF AND PUBLIC DISAGREEMENT WITH USA POLICY IN FAR EAST (MEMBERS OF GOVT HAVE HAD LITTLE IF ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT USA INVOLVEMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA IN H MONTHS IN OFFICE)THERE HAS 3EEN NO/NO COMMENT FOR PUBLICATION 3Y A GOVT OR OFFICIAL SOURCE A30'jT MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS.WE KNOW,HO FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH MEM3ERS OF 30TH FO AND USA EMB,THAT GERMAN AUTHORITIES ARE KEEPING THEMSELVES FULLY INFORMED A30UT COURSE OF EVENTS IN 30TH KOREA AND VIETNAM. 2.ALL GERMAN INFO MEDIA HAVE 3EEN GIVING EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF AND COMMENT ON SITUATION IN FAR EAST.EXTENT OF THIS ATTENTION CAN 3E EXPLAINED IN PART OF COURSE,3V AND 3Y DIRECT GERMAN INVOLV LIRE OF THAT SITUATION IT AS A RESUI *£ 3Y VIET CONG OF FIVE GERMAN NATLS INCLUDING THREE PROFESSORS ON MEDICAL FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY OF HUE,THERE ARE.HOWEVER.TWO OTHER PRINCIPAL REASONS FOR EXTENT OF GERMAN INTERESTS IN EVENTS ON OTHER . . .2 000189 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la loi sur i'acces a I'information PAGE TWO ?29 CONFD SIDE OF WORLD. 3 . F I R S T , A S IN MOE HERN IS A MENT OF GERMAN PUBLICC ESPECIALLY OF YO ARE SUPPORTERS iNS,AND THOSE WHO .)>WHICH I S TO ROLE AN FO- ACTIVELY OR PASSIVELY T ACTION ST AND PARTIC : PROVIDED NEW PRETEXTS FOR EXPE VE OF DEMONSTR- ATIONS HAS SWEPT GERMA (ESS DEMONSTRATIONS ARE REGARDED BY ANTI ESTl*. .Y IT AND REAC1 PREVENT QUOTE ANARCHISM UNQUOTE RAT ON NEED TO - ON THEIR OS! PURPOSEoWE ARE REPORTING FURT' N SCE SEPARATE! A*SECOND,AND P POINT OF VIEW PARTICULARL ANY.FOR THIS MEANS GERMAN,SECURITY EF IN WHICH ALL EVE WD INCIDENTS MUST BE ITS I bLT POSH IS TEMPERED 3Y C EAST.3UT Tl SEQUENCES OF POSSIE. DETERIORATION OF THAT POSITION W| AND A3IL EDUCTION TOGE1 It >F USAS WILLIN TAIN AND OTHER AL1 IE IN NATOS M I L I TRATEGY, . * . *5 000190 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de ta loi sur faeces a I'information PAGE THREE 2 0 9 CONFD ON THREAT FROM CHINA RATHER THAN AND 0 TS TO IMPRO RELATIONS WITH LATTER AT POSSIBLE INTEREST 3(EG NPT) HAVE PROMPTED GROWING DOUBT ERMINATION OF ITS MAJOR ALLY TO COME PROMPTLY A J 3ERM.ANY3 DEFENCE AGAINST USSR AND WSAW PACT.HOWEVER JUSTIFIED THIS UNEASE,MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN KOREA AND VE DOUBTS A30UT ABILITY . FOR FIRST Ti -ELL A i TO DEFEND AND MAINTAIN GERMAN SECURITY. EN OFFICI- ALLY STATED BUT EXTEN1 i RflAN PRESS SUGGESTS THAT THEY ARE MININGS OF JOURNALISTS. 6.WHILE MOST PRESS REPORT DANGER IT HAS POSED OF A iCIDENT HAVE CONCENTRATED ON JTERN.ATL CONFLICT AND SPECULATION ABOUT COMMUNISTS DESIRE T3 OPES ASIA,MANY EDITORIALS IN PAPERS OF ALL POLITICAL PERSUASIONS HAVE DE DISTURBING C0NCLU3I0 )AN26 SAID 3U0TE IT OBVIOUS ALREADY HOW V,_ EEGARDLE33 ITS NUCLEAR POWER AND HQil DEEPLY IT EMBROILMENT THERE WOULD BE AT THE EX UN3J3TE.MUNCHNER ID DRA WANGLED IN ASIA.FURTHER OF ITS EUROPEAN ENGAGEMENT <R(C3U)0N JAN29 CONSIDERED THAT 2U3TE SMALL NORTH KOREA HAS HUMILIATED THE WORLDS STRONGEST MILITARY POWER WITH IMPUNITY UN3U3TE AND 31 AMERICAN OVERENGA- 1 RESULTING FUN3UND>3N JANoO THAT QUOTE THE IN WESTERN EUROPE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND IN THE FAR EAST I S BECOMING 0 3 V I 0 U 3 ...4 000191 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la loi sur faeces a I'information PAGE FOUR 2 0 9 CONFD UNQUOTE.HANDELS3LATTCIND EC0N)0N WEAKNESS OF THE USA DAY SAID QUOTE AN OMINOj 'ECOME APPA 7.EFFECT OF INITIAL SUCC iNQUOTE. 3T OFFE.V ;N VIETNAM SERVED ONLY TO INTENSIFY FRANKFURTER WHOEVER IS WOTE rO PRO ATTAC AND TO WARD OFF HEAVY >RISTLE WITH ARMS,MUST NOT/NOT BE AMAZED A HIS 1 )A. AMERICAN DESIRES AN 3 WIDELY DIVERGE WSHDC SHOULD HAVE A L EEALITIES UNQUOT: STUTTGARTER ZEITUNG WAS MORE BLUNT E QUOTE NOW THAT THE FORCES IN 3ERMANY)ARE PA' AIRLIFT CAPACITY ESEEAr REDUCED INSTEAD OF INCREAS, EOT/ NOT THIS CREATE DOUBT RE' rEPLOYMENT IN A CRITICAL SITUATI0N7D0ES IT NOT/NOT M- {AT THE AIRCRAFT USED FOR REDEPLOYMENT MAY BI FOR FLYING TROOPS TO VIETNAM OR KOREA7UNQUOTE AND QUOTE NOTHING CAN MAKE UTHAT FACT THAT IN THE LONG RUN THE USA CAN NOT/NOT OR WILL CONTINUE IN ITS ROLE 01 OF EUROPE ON TH WHEN WILL WE EUROPEANS R: OT SENT SCOPE. PROVIDE FOR OfjR OWN PROTE ION UNQUOTE. 8 . T H I S GENERAL THEME HAS CO FEB5 GENERAL A ESENT AID QL FREEDOM IS DEFENDED AS MUCH AS IT I EDITORIA THAT 3RLIN IMPRE :HE GERMAN 000192 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la loi sur faeces a I'information PAGE FIVE 209 CONFD PEOPLE EVEN LESS THAN BEFORE*ILLOGICAL AS THIS APPROACH MAY APPEAR, GERMANS FEEL THAT THEY DC )0T WANT TO UNQUOTE AND WESTFAELISE EFENDED THIS WAY WHAT THE WAR IN VIETNAM HAS YIELDED SO FAR ARE CASUALTIES,UNREST IN THE USA AND UNCERTAINTY ED THAT QU^ THE PUEBLO CA' DEMONSTRATED THE USA IS A30UT TO REACH THE LIMIT S TO ITS POWEft.THIS I S PERK MORE ALARMING AND SURF ICAN I T S FRIENDS WHO HAV N THAN I T I 1ME.WHAT IS EVEN MORE ALARMING FOR A )ING OURSELVES-IS THAT THE USA I S ABOUT TO REACH THE L I M I T S OF ITS CREDIBILITY UNQUOTE. 9 0 ijNDERLYING ALL THESE AND A 3 I L I T V RN ABOUT USAS W I L L I :S A GROWING TENDENCY TO BELIEVE THAT >P£AN MSELVES AND THAT TIME HAS COME FOR THEM TO PREPARE FOR THAT DAY ZEITUNG ON FEB6 REHEAF ^N UNEASE OCCASIONED 3Y PUEBLO INCIDENT,COMMUNI5T SUCCESSES IN VIETNA TO SUDDEN DESPATCH HAVE NOW LE A FORCES TO VIETNAM? .FAILURE OF ijSA TO SET UP Ql ES SYSTEM),REPORTS OF -' USA FO! I'GARTER Y AND THDRAWAL OF (ET AN AGREEMENTS UNQUOTE WITH USSR INCLUDING NPT WHICH HAVE RESULTED I N PREVENTION OF QUOTE THE E S T A B L I S I M N F I I F A WEST EUROPEAN CENTRE OF STRENGTH AND CONCLUDED THAT 3U0TE THE AMERICANS AND THE . . **5 000193 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de la Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE SIX 209 CONFD WORLD ARE BECOWIN RE OF THE L UND WELT(EVANGELICAL)ON FEB8 WAR! H E THF. DAY WILL ON WHICH NATO AND USA PRESr VE A VALUE WITH THE SOVIET UN 1 SYMBOL OVER FACTOR ON OuR CONTIN i AN FIRE IN ASIA VANIb ACTION? UNQUOT 10.WHILE IT IS I SHARED FAR EAST A> ED EFFECT ON GERMAN OPINION OF USA ABILITY TO MAINTA THOSE GERMA J6NIZL ESSENTIAL IMPO AftGE USA P E IN E'JROF ABOVE ALL EXTENT OF BOTH IN TERMS OF PROTECT LAL OF GERMAN NATO FORCES.AT SAME TI iCE OF ATTITUDE OF FRANCE TOWAE MISTAKE TO MINIMIZE HAVING ON CFUTURE ROLF. Y PUBL! ERN COMMUNI USA. 1 1 . I T MAY WELL 3E THAT THEE GERMANY TO INTENSIFY ITS PROMOTION OF ...7 000194 �Document disclosed under the Access to Information Act Document divulgue en vertu de \a Loi sur I'acces a I'information PAGE SEVEN 209 CO AND INTEGRATION WITH 03JECT NOT/NOT ONLY OF PROMOTING ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL UNITY THROUGH BROADENING AND CONSOLIDATING OF EEC 3UT ALSO OF PREPARING WAY FOR CREATION OF A VIABLE EUROPEAN DEFENCE COMMUNITY ABLE TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE GERMAN SE f,lF N WITH A MINIMUM OF SUPPORT FROM USA..WE DO NOT/NOT SUGGEST THAT THIS WILL MEAN A3AND0NMENT OR EVEN DIM THINK ONLY THAT CONTII PRIMARILY ON USA STRENGTI GERMANS ARE OF GERMAN SUPPORT FOR NATO.WE ICACY OF NATO,DEPENDING AS I T DOES BEGUN TO 3E QUESTIONED AND THAT LY TO DEVO'i E OF THEIR ATTENTION TO ENCOURAGE- MENT OF EUROPEAN SELF-RELIANCECWHICH HAS ALREADY SEEN ADVOCATED 3Y USA)AS INSURANCE FOR FUTURE, 000195 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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