European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes july 1978 Drew Middleton weak of the seventh the seventh which Dent Carter visited in West is the largest military entity and the one closest to the forces of the potential Adver the for a third of a Century the now at a strength of and the 16th and 17th air forces have represented the most important political and military ele ment in the North Atlantic treaty organi guaranteeing american involve ment in the defense of Western Uke All military the seventh has its ranging from shortages in some weapons to the relative impoverish ment of its soldiers because of toe fall in the value of the but its George believes that in terms of tactical strength there been an Overall improvement in capability to a Point four to five times that of the army v with Headquarters in believes that it could Cope with the first phase of a soviet attack delivered by six to seven divisions in a Battle that could last five to seven according to its Sidney equipment is at the authorized level in numbers and after some delay the corps has received All its 230 gun ships m60 main Battle unproved and with new sights but not up to their West German Are moving to although the level of ammunition and missiles stored in West Germany is it is still below that required for a modern the Pentagon has made much of the in is ship of state changing course i president Carters address to the graduating class of the naval Academy if was not a Normal graduation nor f was it intended to it had been widely advertised As a for policy by a careful Reading of we were assured we would be Able to Carters True foreign policy it Wou Kemhus solve some concerns was the Carter Experiment with unilateral Dis an example which the Kremlin would be glad coming to an end had the president belatedly realized what toe russian plan has been and is today Ortity had Carter now realized that de As be perceived it and As the rus sians understood were two very different and widely divergent rationales had the Russia cuban african adventures finally struck the Scales from the Ide atom religious Carter eyes it is not surprising that the Annapolis speech was eagerly awaited to ascertain Carters foreign especially since some Carter speeches have Sagnaw his foreign policy plans in the when be highlighted Bis inaugural address with the Hope of banishing nuclear weapons from the face of the the Kremlin probably suspected that they were now dealing with a Leader of the free world who was and thus Ripe for the when in rapid can celeb the by stopped the minute Man icbms production deferred my missile delayed the Neutron bomb development Cut naval ship production in the Kremlin Esti mate of and free world leadership seemed to be crease in the suiting from toe generation of of improved the Shower Fred and the theater in i the is its what is expected Viet attack in North German j dust rial area every j conceded this Able to do the Force North i Striction of result in ser the Only men imbalance a full Gade Between the this i morale is an More hence of a Mored personnel Frontier with in the rear i for the Spring been the Dollar Baa in to West the seventh Junction with Baa taken on Young 1 a Tang such and reduce ment grades Are dents a Carter speech at notre Dame univer sity a year ago seemed to confirm this Esti especially when the president suggested that we were at last freed from the columns and comments inordinate fear of but his speech at Wake Forest universe six months disturbed the doves in his administration and upset the Kremlin was Carter changing the course of the Shin of state the Annapolis address would answer this now we should know whether unilateral disarmament would cease whether the recent meeting of nato leaders in expressing their deep concern about faltering had made a decisive Impact whether the president was now seriously considering the advice of his military Lead did the Annapolis speech answer these critical questions yes and there remained some which has been a trademark of the Carter admin there was an expressed belief in the possibility of a satisfactory Salt ii agree ment and in a comprehensive nuclear test ban both Likely to be advantageous but the president at Annapolis held firm to his commitment to the nato partners to Stop disarmament and increase defense budgets by at least three percent per an since Russia clearly had not responded to our reduced arms the most hopeful sign that the ship of Gate has indeed changed course under carte was the response of the Kremlin within an hour to the Annapolis speech a cry of nato leaders seemed to apparently Annapolis gave the badly needed the ultimate answer will be revealed in future defense these will be Indi Cate whether president  realizes that military Olmanst Intima the the Tol spite its i has Quantity of i a million