European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes july 1977 Haig says More hard training a heft he fourstar officer weve gotten r Good Start on my in Happy to say when the new administration came into Washington they used that developed Here within Allied command and Nave Broad ened it and raised it to a Thiehl think raises our expectancy and justifies greater optimism Fiat we Are going to move More quickly and dramatically to re the benefits of these improvement critical weve talked about improving the stoc Cage weve talked about enhancing our our chemical de lenses which have been permitted to slip to disarray Over a number Ttye Tat while the other Side has continued to give great emphasis in both defensive and offensive Haig said one of the primary areas for improvement in the Alliance is command control and because of the role they play in the whole Range of improvement integration of Alliance which began with the autumn forge series two years is making Progress because of the willingness of nations in the nato chief but he i am never satisfied with the Pace of probably because in keenly aware of he magnitude of the teak and the nature of the threat with which we Are is a growing recognition on the part of ail our nations that were faced with a serious Challenge and that we no longer have the luxury to Sll with exclusive National areas of he to lung cited merger of seven nations air forces in an integrated Structure to con tribute to the defense of the Central to agreements Progress in nato standardization includes More than 600 agreements on ground and sea doctrine and Haig the agreements include the areas of refuelling and these things have proceeded quite he its the big High economic issues we have been less than successful i would say in Hindsight during the Brief period Htit Ive been Here that i have nut been satisfied with the Pace of standardization i wan very pleased that president Carter included this Issue High on the Agenda of those remedial pro Grams that were seeking to get greater Progress emphasis on interoperability the Sackur said he did not have the option of wailing the 10 years it takes to bring some sophisticated weapons systems from the drawing Board to the Battlefield he said he had to move at once toward a More effective fighting Force through what tic called its a Shorter term and it enables us with fundamentally different sys tems to still work together efficiently and As you know we have National Struc Tures on i place then we have our integrated Allied command Europe Struc Ture and we Are intensely working on co locating Headquarters where we bring National commands and integrated commands where we bring air and ground disciplines were making real Progress one of the initiatives for improving readiness this year is introduction of Tacti Cal evaluations by Alliance teams checking on National formations on Short this is similar to the tactical evaluations that have kept the nato air units in a High state of Haig he said there have been no new agree orients such As the one signed with Bonn earlier this year on sharing responsibility and authority in the event of keep in mind that Bonn was the major breakthrough because its the territory Here in the Central Region on which our de lenses he but in optimistic these agreements will bring More agree ments in the near Alexander Haig plans in strengthen nato Alliance emphasis is on reinforcement Haig said he sees the flanks of the Alli Ance As most vulnerable and one of is Short of i place firepower and highly dependent on rapid reinforcement in time of he on the Southern flank there is the added James 1browit Faurer to replace Brown in Eucola intelligence Post Germany air Force Lincoln Faurer will replace James As director of intelligence for it was announced Faurer comes to Neucom from Washington where he is vice director for production at the defense intelligence Brown has been reassigned to the Penta gon As assistant chief of staff for air Force a native of is a command Pilot who has served As Deputy chief of staff for intelligence in the strategic air his military career began to 1951 and includes flying 100 combat missions in Korea and serving As Deputy chief of staff for intelligence with the 3rd air div in at Neucom be was responsible for coordinating and controlling the combined intelligence work of the Navy and air Force in problem of political Haig adding he had no indication the situation was in looking Over his tenure As natos top military Man since december Haig said he hoped he has contributed to a greater of concern on the part of dutch arrest 4moluccansas siege suspects Netherlands up stale police have arrested our South moluccas at nearby Smilde in connection with the recent twin 19day terrorist sieges in the a spokesman said two of the arrests were made tuesday and two More be he re fused to the arrests came More than three weeks after dutch marines killed six moluccan gunmen in the june ii Rescue attack which also left two of the cans hostages 55 same 55 hostages were left aboard a train and inside a school at the time of the rumours about possible new moluccan terrorist action led to cancellation monday of a Holiday Camp for 200 children at of cans stopped their car near the Camp and asked How they could get a police spokesman since it would be difficult to guard the Forest we decided to keep the kids he Hall stations guarded also on monday railway stations in the same area of Northern Holland were put under special police guard and the tracks were patrolled from the cars were checked Tor arms and a number of Public buildings and the areas Power stations received special there were reports july 4 would be an important Day for the tips we received indicated measures were called a top police official said after the marines had broken the rescuing the hostages in the Mili Tant Young moluccas had warned the Battle goes on for a free moluccan Republic inside since then rampaging South moluccan youths have smashed shop windows and have traded gunfire with police from behind makeshift barricades on two Occa of pro critics within the nations necessary improvement a it applied to the us of one can overstate the and comple Nily of this Tow great economic that we Are the fad that those burdens themselves a utmost Gravity to the system he said changes in soviet nuclear capabilities Nave been As dramatic and As changes in their conventional and Eup trial strategic Haig the indicate a need for a very intense Effort modernize Alliance nuclear that modernization is being worked on by the nuclear planning be Haig declined to answer directly or he would Welcome Neutron warheads into the nato rather than glow you a specific answer on the system youve outlined and therefore be 1 Lell you that there is an urgent requirement to modernize our theater he re feat kill by radiation Neutron warheads kill by radiation while conventional nuclear destroy targets with heat and Radia a Washington publication reported the Pentagon was taking Steps to produce Neutron shells for its nuclear Artil Lery forces in one of the new weapons the Alliance faces is the soviets sea Mobil based missile expected to be introduced later this there la speculation it will bring deployment of the cruise Sile to nato Haig said the cruise missile increasingly presents an attractive option in effective Ness and when president Carter rejected the by he noted that cruise missiles could be attached to studies under Way weve looked at it the cruise missile from the standpoint of a multiplicity of platforms air delivery such As the presi Dent decided surface at bub merged at sea and land based Haig now them Are a of studies under Way right now involving pos sible future adoption of a the 52yearold general also indicated he a a firm supporter of physical training for soldiers applied with Good judg ment and said he could meet usar eurs 17minute Standard for a 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