European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes August 1w7 says until statesmen can halt the arms race Western military must improve Alliance Cap Abili Byj Colonna i staff writer Germany nato has greatly improved its defense efforts in the past Yew but still has Halg supreme alted until at political Levels we can achieve satisfactorily acceptable Caps in the expansion of we Nave no other alternative but to continue to Bear the Burden of spending Oft our own part and increased Haig the generals comments came wednes Day at a press conference at the joint head quarters of the Northern army group Northam and 2nd Allied tac air Force have expressed but have a very Long Way to to before youll find me indulging in on the other i want to suggest that the Burden la astronomical in visit visit Here served a dual he visited with troops of the various Allied countries represented Here on the 15th anniversary of the command and with ish sir Korthas he Alia attended an Ameri can la raising the result of in creased american involvement in Northern four countries have been represented in Wilh the flags of Belgium and the Netherlands flying in front of this the tag raised in welcoming ceremonies for american forces coming into Northern the services were attended by Halg and other High ranking k High Warsaw pact after the ceremony Haig told newsmen the Warsaw pact had increased defense spending Over the past decade at three to five percent a that has brought them to the level of their Gross National to the defense sector of something Between ii and 13 per cent roughly double what even the highest nato contributors aver a he said the ministers of defense at the nato defense planning committee meet ing in Brussels last Spring stated an objective of three per cent increased spending for the Alliance countries and that toe figure was generally accepted by the members As a target that is a sign of increased concern in the capitals of the is nato countries Over increased soviet Cap Abili he in the past two years Haig has emphasized he need for nato to improve its Nivison replaces Cone Ine compost rear William in 8 19w graduate of he naval has become director of comm for replacing rear before reporting to duty Nivison was director of naval office of the chief of naval in his new Elvia an Wilt be the principal staff officer to the Neucom commander in Alexander Halg and his on All matters concerning communication and Electron As he will be responsible for coordinating and controlling the combined communication electronics efforts of the and air Force in a Neucom spokesman Cone retired tuesday after two years in the Pott Here and Wilh More than 34 years of military during the retirement Gen Robert Deputy commander chief of presented the distinguished service medal to strength in the North to deter Warsaw pact his efforts have come in the form of and inform Emcil which he Calls the three All three areas have shown great improvement in past but we still need a Long Way to he we have improved our Overall state of and the brigade moving to Garls Ledl next year will serve As a fore runner or advanced Echelon of a Corpse informing in the area of what Halg Calls rational or the integration and Standardi nation of doctrine and strategy which will be employed into the Forward detente of said nato has reached we Pete Alldaf ment of our covering Force in Deus fwd manner and the method in which defense will be recent have said it is expected that an and Diosal american brigade and possibly an air Force Wing and a dutch brigade May move to Northern Germany lit the Halg said any reports of this nature Are purely he did that be was very anxious to have an improvement in our for Ward i place capability in the Northern army i anticipate in the months ahead there will be careful consideration of the proposal to move a second dutch brigade into Northern Germany and Sev Era others involving improving our Posi Tion Here that t Hope will have a favourable Halg said that any decisions to change Force Structure in the Alliance will require approval at the political level and from the we have approval for brigade to move to garb Edl and we have confirmed and made great Progress towards a corps reinforcement Force which would come from the but As of today there Are no approved plans for any other anything you May have read u in addition to the 1 scheduled for the air Force has created the tooth tac control group at Hera Sches Oldendorf with squadrons at bad Monder and and Del 9 of the 601st tac control Wing at Sembach Abbas been located at since Haig took command of uie Allied forces in december he has stressed the need to improve natos nuclear by cities offset the continued growth of Warsaw pact nuclear Haig said there has been no decision to produce or deploy the Neutron president Carter has stated he will make a officer a Bubion to tvs spat to particular of fundamentally a political decision and it requires the consensus of the nations involved at political there consensus among the Mili tary a the Alllan that Modenuia Uon of our theater r nuclear Caja Binies the x i off Halg also was asked to assess of growing concern Over the Warsaw pacts increased chemical warfare in Warsaw pact we have observed is the1 same wet respect to chemical capabilities As we have with All their other that is a very steady and programmed improvement of Overall capability both in terms of Quantity and Quality proposes september Parley Vance asks syrians to of working group Damascus Secretary of state Cyrus Vance appealed wednesday to Syria to approve a meeting next month of Middle East foreign ministers As to begin shaping a Between Israel Ana the the idea of a working which he credited to could prepare for a new Geneva peace Vance he told it is too Early to say whether All me patties would think this Asa Good we could Welcome it if they egyptian president Anwar Sadat on tuesday said establishment of a working either in Washington or new York in could be fruitful in bringing permanent peace to the Middle in prime minister Menahem begin said wednesday that Israel foreign minister Moshe Dayan Wilt meet next month in new York or Washington with three or four foreign ministers of Arab indicating his support for a plan worked out Between Vance and begin said this will be a negotiation for a peace agreement Between us and our i believe this is a Good Vance told reporters in Beirut before flying because i believe that the better prepared we Are in going la a Geneva conference the More fruitful and effective a conference con therefore i think it would make very Good sense if the parties were willing to do 1 would stress that this is up to the Par tics to decide if they wish to do this or Vance began Bis talks with syrian officials at a dinner Given by foreign minister Abdel Halim he planned to meet on thursday with president Hafez who so far has Given no Public Indi cation whether he will approve the minis ters Syria is Vances third Stop on his i Day Mideast in be offered presi Dent Ellas Sarkis f 100 million in easy cred its Over three years to rebuild the lebanese Vance told a news the United Stales is prepared to extend some fat million in economic Aid to help the country recover from last years civil he gave no clue As to whether Lebanon favors the stationing of a observer or emergency Force along its Southern Border with Israel the objective would be to reduce tensions Between moslem and Christian the United states and Israel favor a but Vance we will be guided by the desires of the lebanese gov the working group idea is the one solid result so far of Vances trip to the officials said there were still some obstacles to an Ara israeli settlement but there were they refused Lodi bulge any House of abortion did Washington up the House voted tuesday night to continue for another year a ban on the use of Federal Money to perform abortions for women on welfare except to save the life of the by a vote of 238 to 182 it offered that Posi ton to the Senate As a in an Effort to break a stalemate Between the House and Senate on the abortion it is now up to the Senate whether or not to accept the Senate has already once the language proposed by the House part of a billion appropriations Bill to run the departments of labor and education and welfare during fiscal which begins none of the funds contained in ibis act shall be used to perform abortions except where the we of the Mother would been angered if the fetus were earned to it is identical to the soc ailed Hyde adopted a year ago for the current fiscal but which is still being tested in the him in the area of chemical War we have been conscious and concerned for a number of months about soviet and Warsaw pad capabilities and Western we see in doctrinal terms considerable emphasis by the Warsaw pact and the soviet Union in respect to these types of systems with respect to the we expressed our concern Over 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