European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Conference it col John d. Sapp of . Leftg3 Gen Renauld and it col c. Von Morozowicz West Germany of g3 training Branch. Nato s Cental he staff to be expanded tucked away in the Corner of a .army Cavern in Heidelberg Germany is a command Post that the Western allies Hope will never be called into action. This is the Headquarters of nato s Cen trial army group a three nation command whose wartime Mission is the defense of everything Between the Ruhr and the Bor Ders of Switzerland and  peacetime Job of this .-French German staff is planning the continuous changing and revising of , we could draw up a plan hang up a sign and go fishing said French Brig Gen Pierre Renauld Deputy chief of staff of the Central army group Cental we Hope we won t have to use what we Are planning. But firemen must be ready and so must , an Allied ground command that would become operational Only Intima of War is built around the . 7th army. If the balloon goes up Gen c. , commander in chief of Cental command Post the West Hopes will never go into action plans for defense of a Large part of Central Europe by Bob Fleming staff writer As Well As Usa eur also would Call on troops of France s 1st army and two Ger Man army corps. Officers of All three nations serve on the Cental staff with at least one from each country in every Section. Renauld said Cental is planning a much larger staff aiming for about 100 officers. He said Cental he now has about half that num Ber seven French seven germans and the remainder  he announced earlier that three of its technical staff divisions ordnance quartermaster and transportation were being shifted to Orleans France to provide space at Campbell bar Racks for an expected increase in the strength of Cental he. Today s Cental staff is a far cry from the original one that was set up As a sort of International stepchild in the usar eur g3 plans division. Renauld said that when he reported in May 1958 the staff had less than 20 officers. The expansion actually started in february of this year when Cental moved out of g3 and went into business in a separate two Story Brick building. Renauld said he thinks a bigger staff would be a Good thing because it would enable Cental to handle any emergency. He pointed out that in an emergency August 18, 1959 Cental s Home this building houses Headquarters of control army group at Heidelberg. Thi stars and stripes there might not be time to carry out needed reinforcement. Having All the Money you need in your pocket is much better than having to run to the Bank he said. Up the nato Chain of command from Cental is Allied land forces Centra Europe commanded by German Gen Hans Speidel. Speidel s other Arm in the de sense of Central Europe is the Northern army group which picks up where Cen tag leaves off and extends North to the Baltic. Although Cental he does not com Mand any Allied troops in peacetime it does supervise training especially exercises involving higher level staffs. Renauld said this is to make sure that they Are ready for the Type of modern War we would have to fight. We strive to ensure that if a War comes we will have the Best tools at hand he said. Members of the Cental staff Are me without a country As far As nato Busi Ness is concerned Renauld pointed out. We Are nato officers he said. We do not receive direct orders from our governments on Cental matters. There Are no National positions Here. Problems Are solved on an International  he said that perhaps the most difficult thing for a newcomer to learn is that proposal by one s own country in t automatically Good. It must be judged impartially. Cental s trademark is a Green badge with a Silver lion on it. Renauld said members of the 4lh Allied tactical air Force Wear a similar Blue badge. Contag staffers also share a knowl Edge of either English or French often both and in some cases Lerman in Addi Tion. English and i Vicli Are the two languages used b nato staffs. Kimi uld a i trim a Artilur Man commanded a division in Algeria for two years before coming to Heidelberg. Lie set Ved a pre Unis nato tour with shape at Paris which he considers Home. Lie also worked with . Troops in the world War 11 liberation of Paris. He re called that he tasted a Coke for the first time on the Day of liberation. It had a very Good taste he said half Coke half  Page 11