European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday. June 3. 1980 nato Short of troops Rogers says 1ci Noinin ii furn / Iii / problems of retention caused largely by the erosion of benefits for service Mem Bers. He mentioned among them  Caps shortages in operations and maintenance funds threat of dependent cutbacks abroad possible future alteration of the current retirement plan continued at tempts to withdraw appropriated funds from the commissary Cost of living allow Ance inequities and the loss of the cil Bill. Take the Soldier in the Barracks he said. He does t get cola his Dollar purchasing Power is Down so we try to get him out of the Barracks and at least pet him to the morale and welfare recreational facilities we be got. And what happens the Congress says we re going to Cut the appropriated fund support of our recreational facilities. So we end up raising the prices. Or we Lind that we have to close those kinds of facilities. You add up All of these things and clod knows there Are More and of end up finding out that we be been As the a. Messing or our troops. I get on a Soapbox on this because feel it so strongly. The fight is being fought by the chiefs. And the pcs i e is getting across. All of us who have the Opportunity to appear before Congress or to Deal with the office of the Secretary of defense or to Deal with the services have to continue to dwell on these particular Points in order to keep our  turning to the Alliance. Rogers strongly supported nato s flexible response Strat egy and its deterrent value because of inc uncertainly in poses for the enemy. Between deterrence and defending is an ability logo to War. And that s where Rogers chats with an Allied Soldier during a reconnaissance exercise. Army photo my concerns arc in the ability logo to War and to fight and to tight until we  he  said that nato Likely would be tested by the soviets sometime in the Early i sos. This Prospect has been brought on by the continued erosion in the superiorly i lie United states once had Over the War saw i aet. The relentless accumulation of Power by the soviet Union and the relative status of nato War fighting Materiel he  that test has already come he said. Maybe that test is Afghanistan. To test the Solidarity and political will of the Alliance. But that was t inc kind of lest i had in mind. We be got inc flanks in which we have territory which is contiguous both North and South with inc soviet Union. Berlin has been a source of  Rogers said the West must be ready to act very strongly if a test comes. You can t Delco them without being perceived As Strong and you have to react in those areas where vital interests arc be ing challenged or in might Lead to further and further intimidation we often tend to lose sight of the Over All objective of the soviet Union which is world domination by whatever Means she can achieve  the Afghanistan invasion has made nato realize that despite what the soviet Union has said about its peaceful intentions and  in will invade a country when it is in its in Crest to do it and it believes the risk Are acceptable Rogers said. He added that because of the invasion the threat to Western Europe is greater now. Outside confrontation the most probable scenario for a contingency Between nato and the War saw pact is not a sudden attack from the East bloc but a confrontation of superpowers outside of nato Rogers said. Then it might spill into Central Europe where it could become a global confrontation he  called it the most probable because of the instability Oul there in the third  in the face of this the . Finds itself in the position of playing catch up Ball but not in the area of Force balance he  arc playing catch up Ball from the standpoint of bringing Insp our Structure those kinds of combat vehicles and weapons systems that Are necessary for the modern Battlefield he said. He listed some of these As the m60a3, the xm1 tank the a is attack Ucli Copler the improved Tow the Viper antitank weapon the stinger anti aircraft missile the infantry fighting vehicle new aircraft and ships. The question is arc they coming in quickly enough and arc they coming in car bombs maim 2 West Bank mayors in apparent assassination attempts Ramallal israeli occupied West Bank up car bombs maimed two prominent West Bank mayors monday i apparent assassination attempts directed against the leading opponents of israeli Rule. The palestinians blamed militant  military officials expressed concern that inc violence will escalate. Israeli troops shot and wounded three youths in Ramallal because they refused to dismantle a Road Block and ignored warning shots fired into the air a military spokesman said. Soldiers arrested three other youths he said. The Booby trapped cars of Nablus mayor Bassam Shaka and Ramallal mayor Karim Khalaf exploded at the turn of their ignition keys. Shaka was in critical condition in a Nablus Hospital his legs amputated. Kha Las left foot was blown away and he was in satisfactory condition in a Ramallal Hospi Tal. Anole or bomb wired to inc car of Elbi Rich mayor Ibrahim Tawil exploded when an israeli military bomb disposal expert approached it. Seriously wounding him in the eyes and Arm. He had been ordered to the scene As part of a military Check of All West Bank municipal  attempt to assassinate Ihrck West Bank mayors known for agitation against israeli occupation and i hair support of the Palestine liberation organization marked the worst outbreak of violence against the palestinians in 13 years of israeli Rule. Prime minister my Nachum begin condemned the car bombings As the worst possible crimes and told parliament he or dered an intensive investigation into them. He warned against leveling blame until there will be proper  begin expressed sorrow for the wounded and called on jews and arabs living in the West Bank and a a to guard the Law. Order and quiet. I order the army not to put up w Ith any disturbance of Law and  a Leader of a Radical jewish group said militant jews May have been responsible for the bombings. But no one claimed responsibility for them and there was no indication from military spokesmen if suspects have been detained. The bombings occurred 30 Days after guerrillas killed six jews and wounded 16 others in Hebron. The killers have not Bee found. Khalaf and other West Bank leaders blamed Radical jewish settlers and the Mili Tant Kach movement of .-born rabbi Cir Kahanic for he bombings. It s 30 Days after the murder of six jews in Hebron so somebody had to pay for  said Yossi Dayan an immigrant from mex Ico City who is a Kach Leader. They can not play the game that they hit and they arc Safe. This was done with  suffice Cal numbers he said. We Don t have to match them one for one but what concerns me is inc balance which is so necessary. Thai s Why we need to keep the strategy of flexible response which per mits us to retain the initiative so that on our own volition we can escalate to a higher level of War fight ing  he added also thai the 3 percent annual increase in defense appropriations and expenditures by nato nations was not  said he considers the improvement of the theater nuclear capability of highest priority he wants the Alliance to follow through and deploy the Glam ground launch cruise missile and the Pershing ii As  against the soviet s ss20  called he rapid deployment Force that the United states is developing very important and said the allies should be looking at the size and readiness of their mobilize blk reserves. Improvement needed Rogers said he would like also to see theato intelligence electronics and chem ical warfare capabilities improved. He said intelligence gathering at the shape level is not adequate. It s the political leaders at nato who have to make the decision. If we face a contingency Here in was Lorn Europe he said. So the Sac eur and his subordinate commanders. Have to have an intelligence organisation and activity operating in peacetime As it would in wartime in order to provide credible information which we can carry to political authorities. That capability does t exist  Rogers said Hal fortunately Neucom and its com Poncil commands have very Good intelligence which he has Access to. We re going to work damned hard to improve it Al inc shape level he said. Rogers said inc West needs to be in a belter position to defend against chemical warfare. Referring to inc soviets he said god knows they train in a chemical environment. Their troops arc prepared to defend individually against it. They build into their combat vehicles a filtering sys tem so that they can fight under chemical conditions. We be made Progress in the Alliance. But where we have a Lack in my Opin Ion is in not having a modern and Ade quate retaliatory capability with which to deter the soviet Union from using Chemi  decision deferred producing the binary chemical round would go a Long Way towards giving that capability but the United states has deferred making the decision on it Rogers said. He added it is a round that has two chemicals in it separated by a diaphragm and the inertia of the firing or the drop Ping of it As a bomb Breaks that diaphragm and the chemicals mix. It Only becomes lethal after it is fired. If we started producing the binary irrespective of where we store those rounds that would be recognized. 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