European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Most germans Friday sep1ember2s, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 soy Maneu vers weren 7 so bad b Joe m Ai other Salt writer Wals Rodo Germany Herr Dolor Hen Dolor come Quick. There is a helicopter Landing in my Back  Ernst Bussman cily manager or Wal Srode counts that Telephone Call among the More unusual he received during the certain strike Maneu vers that rolled through his municipality the distraught woman was calling from an outlying town and the helicopter was hovering behind her House in Monitor Man Euver activities. For the past two weeks Wal Srode and the 22 Villa Gas within its municipal Border have hosted some of the More than 78,000 troops from five nations. Overhead Allied air forces have Down Low level sorties Day and Nihl. The Maneu vers which ended wednesday were he Din conjunction with the largest return of . Troops o Europe since world War ii. The american ground forces numbered ,15,000 men and women. When 1 heard they were going to have this Maneu ver i said dear wife pack up the child and gel out of Here " Bussman said. She did. Wilh Hindsight they could have stayed at Home Bussman said. 11 was not As bad As we had  conversations with hotel owners cily officials and local banners elicited Praise for the Way inc soldiers of the . I corps from fort Hood Texas conducted themselves. Without exception the americans were praised for showing consideration when it came Tomane vering in the surrounding Fields. However the complain Flen surfaced that the a Nevers were poorly timed in that they coincided wit the major tourist season in the Region. There arc 25,000 inhabitants living around Walsh Doc 60 percent of them in the City itself which celebrated 1,000 years of existence last year. Bussman an army Reserve lieutenant colonel said the single incident which angered him the most during the Maneu vers was when a dutch tracked howitzer weighing 33 tons drove across two aging Bridges posted with a 12-ton weight limit. That action in the first Days of the held exercise prompted Bussman to petition exercise authorities to put his City off limits to heavy military traffic. Military authorities acceded and closed the cily to heavy vehicles Wal Srode lies within the county listed by the lower Saxony state government As the area in which the most Maneu vers Lake place. There were 7$ military Maneu vers in the Wal Srode area last year Bussman said. That fact coupled with the size of the certain strike Maneu vers has led to the introduction of resolutions a Farmer near i Kloh Germany goes peacefully about his work As an army helicopter lands nearby. In the City parliament calling for curbs on Manev reactivity. 11 also helps explain the Graffiti Campaign against the Maneu vers which were among the largest Ever in Northern Germany. But the Graffiti commandos do no reflect the attitude of the Community judging by inter views conducted during the past few Days. The arrival of 400,000 tourists for the fall Bloom of the Luneburg Heath is an important economic factoring the Region. Gunnar Gruenwald of the Walsh Doc tourist bureaus id there have been a few angry tourists one who threatened Legal action As a result of inc Maneu vers. But Ella Etc Clcil and Heinz a Vitchers owners of Small vacation hotels near Wal Srode said their guests stayed on through the Maneu vers. Rich cd said one family slaying with her had prob lems with their baby waking up when the Low flying jets came by. Heinrich bunka owns a farm in Klein Zilsdorf that has been in his family for generations. Sitting inside the spacious Brick farmhouse that is typical for the Region Bunica told of his experience with inc troops. His animals were unaffected by a night helicopter Landing by the americans he said. Elsewhere occasional miscarriages occurred among he Callic within the area Bussman said. But bunka was upset about a tank Battle that mined crops in nearby Fields. Bunka said he thought the in Tensity of the Bailie largely Drew from inc presence feast bloc military observers. Walking around Klein Zilsdorf bunka explained How the deep run carved into the Side of Din Road would affect drainage in the surrounding Fields. It would be Nice bunka said if inc exercises could be held in training areas. Bui on the whole said Bussman there have been other Maneu vers with 20,000 troops and 1,000 tracked vehicles and Ulicy have caused More  German French Maneu vers reflect new doctrine by James m. Mar Cham Paris not a major revision of French strategic doctrine is on Dis play this week As 20,000 French troops conduct joint Maneu vers under the command of a West German general deep inside German territory. Nicknamed bold Sparrow the a never Are the biggest Ever conducted by contemporary France oils id Ili territory and amount to a highly visible commitment to the Forward defense of Germany should ii be attacked by the Warsaw act. With the imminent Prospect of an arms Accord that will remove american nuclear missiles from Europe French and German military experts say the exercises Are also symptomatic of a wish to strengthen what is called the european pillar of the Atlantic Alliance. For France bold Sparrow signals a Sharp erosion of gaullist doctrine that once regarded French territory As a Sanctuary to be defended by a Sov Ereign decision to fire French nuclear weapons if assaulted. The new doctrine holds that France s defense is indivisible from West Germany the French refuse and will continue to refuse to have French forces come under an american command in ,1 said Francois Heusbourg the new director of the International Institute for strategic studies in London. This gaullist heritage will remain. At the same time when push comes to shove the French will always be where you need  after Charles de Gaulle pulled France Oul of nato s integrated Mili tary command in 1966, Alliance plan ners were unable to count automatically on French forces and air bases to repel a Warsaw pad thrust into Europe. But in recent Yean without renouncing de Gaulle s move the French have quietly and informally realigned themselves with nato planning. One instrument for this realignment was a decision in 1983 by president Francois Mitterrand and Chancellor Helmut Kohl to activate the dormant provisions of a 20-year-old Friendship treaty calling for military cooperation Between France and Germany. Mitterrand said in a speech feb. 26,1986, that he was prepared to con sult with inc German Chancellor on the use of French nuclear weapons on German soil within the limits imposed by the extreme rapidity of such  French officials emphasize however that Paris has not surrendered autonomy Over the ultimate decision to employ nuclear weapons a senior French official noted that deterrence should have an element of the unpredictable to be credible. For the germans this poses a prob Lem he continued. One cannot be unpredictable and at the same time give assurances of  French and German politicians an military planners have concentrated their efforts lately on joint undertakings in conventional defense. Officer Exchange programs and sem Inars have intensified and Bonn and Paris have agreed in principle to godhead with the production of a new anti Lank helicopter. In june Kohl gave a push to the relationship by proposing the creation of a 3,000-Man, French German brigade that would serve As a Laboratory for wider cooperation in conventional de sense. The French eagerly accepted in proposal and both capitals have agreed that the brigade will remain outside nato s integrated command. At nato Headquarters in Brussels Belgium officials emphasize that a cer Tain flexibility is Worth drawing France closer to the Alliance. Before leaving his Post As the nato military commander m june Gen. Bernard w. Rogers gave permission for the 55,000 West Ger Man troops designated for bold spar Row to be temporarily removed from the integrated command to Man Euver Wilh the French. Francois Fillon the gaullist head of the National Assembly s defense com Mittee said that the shift to regarding inc defense of Germany As being inc defense of France has the support of "80 percent of France s political establishment with Only the communist party and certain die hard gaullist opposing the concept