European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 com rib is the stars and stripes tuesday october 13,1987 William Buckley treaty with soviets suggests . Death wish o do you consider yourself a Quali fied Cip Crl on nuclear strategy a Well in a word yes. Q big question. For several years a Basic Contention of the administration has been that inc soviet Union has Vio lated the abm treaty by reason of ils radar station in Siberia in inc unpronounceable site of Krasnoyarsk. Now a Little while ago a Small congressional delegation rave led there and most of its members said thai from All they were Able to judge for instance they saw a lot of of Rotten Concrete disrepair that kind of thing Krasnoyarsk is not a big Deal and probably does t violate the treaty. Comment a you have la begin by asking your self the primary question it s this the abm treaty was designed to eliminate defensive anti nuclear capabilities except within authorized Sites two. At the be ginning then one. The treaty said that authorized nuclear missile oriented radar Sites were limited to those that hugged the frontiers of the two treaty countries. Q what docs that mean a thai it s of to detect an enemy missile when i is about to Cross the fron tier of of Kamchatka that would Sim ply say to Moscow a nuclear strike by the Usa is on in Way do whatever you can. But the Kino of Early warning thai is Given by a radar located in Central user or Central Usa would necessarily suggest another function. Q namely a anti ballistic defense. A what s wrong with hat a nothing. Except thai the abm Ira by to which we both subscribe sets limits on anti ballistic nuclear defense and there is no Way to understand any function for Krasnoyarsk within the constraints of inc treaty. Q the russians say that Krasnoyarsk is simply a conveniently located radar station whose Only function is to track satellite movements. Nothing wrong about that is there Why should t we accept this explanation a Robert Gates Deputy director of the Cia Calls this explanation preps  he said that if that were truly the function of Krasnoyarsk in is facing in the wrong direction for tracking satellites in faces in an Easterly direction not West most satellites Are launched to Ward the cast 10 get a velocity boost Carl Rowan from inc Earth s rotation. And Krasnoyarsk for Mere satellite watching is situated in the wrong place. If in were designed for satellite tracking it would be More strategically situated. As it sits it is Loo far North to see the Nasa shut lie Loo far West to see the launch of the military satellites Oul of Vandenberg fab in California. And in looks up at the heavens at inc wrong Angle 20 degrees above the horizon Pood for picking up Distant warheads but very poor for racking satellites orbiting overhead on of of which in has the wrong frequency for space tracking too Low. Q what then is the function of the Krasnoyarsk radar a ils function is Battle manage  in the event of a . Nuclear strike in would receive Early information on the trajectory of the incoming mis Siles relay that information to relevant anti ballistic stations which would proceed to Knock Many probably most conceivably All of the . S enfeebled mis Siles out of the air. A Why do you say enfeebled a because we Are talking Aboul a nuclear Exchange along inc lines envisioned by the soviet Union. The United states will not strike first. But if the soviets struck our land based missiles would be exterminated. Our retaliatory Arsenal would be reduced to sea and air missiles. The soviet objective would be to protect against them. Krasnoyarsk plus eight other soviet radar tracking centers some of them already built some under construction will in five years give them confident Protection against a feeble . Second strike retaliation. Q does t the pending inf treaty Bear on All these calculations a no. In no Way. The soviet is lbs 19s, 24s and 25s Are unmolested by the proposed inf treaty. These would be the weapons used in the event of a first strike or ils intimidator a equivalent. Bui indispensable to any soviet ultimatum would be the knowledge that it could de fend itself against retaliation that is Why while we Yak Aboul ski and Star wars and the space shield the soviet Union proceeds As though the abm treaty did not exist. Q Why does t the administration blow the whistle on All this a Good question. President Reagan every now and then talks about How the communists Are cheating the Cia says directly they Are cheating. But we just go an o another treaty never mind that the last one goes unobserved. A death wish stuff a death wish stuff. Univ anal Prasi synd cars there s Nof enough Money to buy White House it seems that anyone who earns or inherits $1 billion or so thinks he is qualified to be president. The lates entrant in the game of buying political Power is Donald j. Trump the new York real estate magnate who is said to be Worth some s3 billion. Trump ponied up 94,801 of his dollars to buy full Page ads in the Washington Post Boston Globe and new York times expressing some rather simplistic views Aboul foreign policy. Thai roused some speculation that he is taking seriously a move by some republicans to draft Donald  i be noticed that All Rich Guys with an Eye on the Senate or while House usually Rush to the soviet Union China or some place thai will lend them a sudden Aura of foreign policy expertise. Trump went to Moscow in july. The Rich builder s expertise so far consists of bashing Japan and saudi Arabia for Noi paying enough for the Protection they receive from the United slates. Trump might want to Lake a Little lesson in recent american history. He will learn thai while we May have the Best Congress Money can buy no one has had a Check Book big enough to buy his Way into the presidency. Nelson Rockefeller was a solid governor of new York and a Public servant of great substance. He wanted to be president. But All his millions could not buy him passage around the right Wing of the re Publ i can party. W. Averell Haniman really had expertise about for eign policy and much More. This former governor of new York ambassador to the soviet Union and Over All great Public servant had Railroad millions with which to buy the classiest convention demonstrations Bui inc democrats never gave him the nomination. For All his Money Pele Dupont in is no More Ihan an also ran in h is quest for the 1988 gop nomination. There was a time when claims arose thai John f. Kennedy s father Bough him a Senate seat then bought enough votes in West Virginia to give Kennedy a Victory Over Hubert h. Humphrey and eventually the presidency. Kennedy joked those claim away by Reading the following Telegram supposedly from his father to a Gridiron club dinner in Washington dear Jack Don t buy a single vote More than is necessary i la be damned if i m going to pay for a  Kennedy won the presidency not because of his Money but because he ran at a Limp when americana were gelling heir first Lasle of television Charisma when they wanted some Youthful dash and Glamour in the White House. Trump ought to understand Early on that there Are Complex reasons Why Japan has not reared to the Point of defending itself Why Well Germany is not a nuclear Power in us own right and Why hundreds of thousands of . Troops Are posted in Japan West Germany and other Allied nations thai sometimes Art ridiculed As mooch is off of Uncle Sam. Trump also will learn that newspaper ads. At whatever Cost can never become magic carpets to transport him to the while House. Him am Wick spa