European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 9. 1987 the stars and sth1pes Page 9 Weinberger reaffirms defense commitment Washington up defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger is reassuring nato allies thai a trealy with the Soffel Union eliminating medium Range missiles would not Xixi u a. Commit ment to defend Western Europe. With or without an agreement with Moscow Weinberger said thursday the Atlantic Alliance must build up its conventional Force in Europe to counter the Superior numbers of Warsaw pact troops Ante and other equipment facing nato defense. Some of the allies chiefly Germany have walked at the possible elimination of . Nuclear missiles from Europe be cause they Are a cheaper alternative than conventional weapons in deterring a so Viet attack. The balance of forces in Europe has Alvavi been a  Weinberger said in re Marti prepared for delivery to the eur group seminar in Washington. The 6et n that the conventional Force Uesi Nat in Europe is a real problem with or without an intermediate nuclear forces agreement he added. Weinberger called the pact now being negotiated id Geneva Switzerland potentially a very Good  Weinberger sought to Neasure the at Lici ten would remain under the us umbel it  Raiffe note in forces if medium Range pending a Tad cruise a Boitet Are withdrawn from Europe a a treaty with the soviets in Exchange Moscow would pull out its own medium Range missiles the removal of these . Missiles he said would not decouple America from the defense of Europe. The . Tink to european Security would continue to be guaranteed by our extensive Convent to tactical weapons tactical combat weapons i combat forces in Europe with nuclear capability what $1.1 billion will buy in percent of total forces aircraft Warsaw pact nato 2.7 million ,63% it won 133 tanks 62,000 24,000 Arf Flery 42,000 18,000 96,600 armoured personnel carts 54,000 41,000 and Ank guided we Pons launchers 28,000 22,000 625  helicopters 1,000 1,200 Atic tuft ii. ". Bombers 460 fighter bombers 2,600 3,400 fighter aircraft 2,800 1.100 Usan us and usic ". Army and usic fully reinforced i my tank gun shells Cut Otga Tribune pm pfc sources Chicago Tribune news report and department of defense nil forces our Reni Xirui nuclear weapons and inc commit sent of our strategic nuclear forces under our strategy of flexible  that strategy Calls for nato to re Spond with various options to a soviet attack from meeting it with conventional forces to Alt Oul nuclear War. About 325,000 . Troops Are assigned Lonato in Europe. Weinberger urged the allies to act on their increased concern for the conventional Timbas jew by taking new Steps to redress it with 3 percent annual growths in their defense budgets. The Reagan administration is seeking the same growth goal but Congress is cutting deeply into the proposed budget the Pentagon chief reserved a spot in his speech to plug inc Star wan anti missile system now in the research stage using the development of defences against Short Range Misti is combined with deployment of a space based Strate Gic defense could add immeasurably to deterrence in  if we conclude an inf agreement we must remember Hal Europe and he United Stales will still remain vulnerable of nuclear missiles he said. Nato countries not spending enough on defense Perle says Washington Kupij outgoing assistant de sense Secretary Richard Perle said thursday thai with the possible exception of Britain there is not one european country that could not do better in financing conventional armed forces. In particular he pointed to Germany which devotes Only about 3.4 percent of its Gross National product to defense spending while enjoying it booming Economy. Hist is about half the percentage that he United Stales spends on defense Perle told a seminar on nato sponsored by the Center for International and strategic studies a private group. But Lothar Kueht the no. 2 Man in the German defense ministry rebutted perk s charges saying the percentage of the Economy devoted to defense is not the Only measure of military effectiveness. Ruehl said there has been a steady Rise in european defense spending while the Reagan administration has been playing catch up in the 1980s for the declining military budgets in the 1970s. He said the average european Soldier costs Only about half Ai much As the average american Volunteer because they Are drafted and paid less. Europeans also can double their forces within 72 hours Ruehl said because of targe Reserve forces which the United Stales Dees not save. Perle warned that if the nato Alliance remains unwilling id invest in larger conventional forces to balance those of the communist Warsaw pact it is Idle to believe we will accomplish that goal in a new round of arms  he dismissed As dangerous nonsense the soviet proposal to eliminate All nuclear weapons worldwide by the year 2000 be cause of the difficulty of verifying compliance with such an Accord. Perte who has been known As the Pence of darkness for his Hartline positions on arms control nevertheless defended the Pale . Proposal to eliminate All no dear weapons in Europe As contributing 10 nato s Security. Dutch defense minister wiltern Vun Eek Len said he supported the proposed elimination of medium Range missiles with ranges of 1,000 to 3,300 Miles. But Vaneekelen said the elimination of european Shorter Range missiles posed some very real problems since nato does not have sufficient conventional farces to deter soviet aggression in Europe. Pollard faked remorse for lighter sentence Tel Aviv Israel Apt convicted spy Jona than Jay Pollard said he feigned regret Over spying of America for Israel to win a lighter sentence for his wife a newspaper reported Friday. His attorneys advised him to show remorse if his wife Anne were to stand any Chance at All of receiving probation Pollard wrote in a letter in March and published by she Jerusalem Post news paper. Accordingly i agreed to Cay things which burned my soul with shame hoping Hal by such contrived regret the court s apparent need for a moral Victory Over my convictions would be satisfied wrote Pola a a 32-year-old american jew. The letter was addressed to or. Julian Ungar Sargon of Brookline mass., who began writing to Pollard in prison several months ago. The newspaper which has published previous Pollard letters did not say How it obtained the one to Ungar Sargon. Pollard who worked As a civilian . Navy analyst was arrested in Washington by the Fri in november 1985, after the israeli embassy in Washington refused to Grant him Asylum. He was sentenced last March to life in prison for Selling hundreds of american secret documents to Israel. His wife was sentenced to free Yean for helping him. Mcfarlane says contras were patriotic but inept Baltimore a former National Security adviser Robert c. Mcfarlane says in interviews published Friday that .-backed nicaraguan rebels were Well meaning patriotic but inept coca cola bottlers and  in two interviews published by the Baltimore Sun Mcfarlane described the contras As incapable of succeeding in combat against the sandinista forces. Their solid figures apparently enjoy subs Anuial support but they Are incompetent. They just cannot Hack it on the Battlefield he said. They re Well meaning patriotic but inept coca cola bottlers and  Mcfarlane s mention of coca cola apparently referred to Adolfo Calero one of the three major guerrilla leaders and a former manager of the coca cola bottling Plant in Nicaragua the newspaper said. Mcfarlane who attempted suicide feb