FRG STATEMENT ON ANDROPOV INF PROPOSAL

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2008
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: December 23, 1982
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SUBJ: FRG STATEMENT ON ANDROPOV INF PROPOSAL
1. THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT BY FRG DEPUTY PRESS SPOKESMAN
SUDHOFF ON THE' INF PORTION OF ANDROPOV'S DECEMBER 21
SPEECH WAS MADE IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE SAME DAY, BEFORE
RECEIPT AND DELIVERY ON MOFNING OF DECEMBER 22 OF TF.E
U.S. STATEMENT CONTAINED REFTEL.
2. BEGIN TEXT: (UNOFFICIAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION)
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ANALYZE THE CONTENT OF THIS
SPEECH VERY CAREFULLY AND VERY SERIOUSLY. WE SHALL
EXAMINE ITS CONTENT WITH A VIEW TO FINDING OUT WHAT IT
CAN PRODUCE FOR US IN TERMS OF MORE SECURITY AND BALANCE
IN THIS FIELD. THE rEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL ASK ITS
PARTNERS TO EXAMINE THIS SPEECH AS SERIOUSLY AS WE DO, AS
THEY ALWAYS HAVE, AND AS THE AMERICANS ALWAYS HAVE IN
GENEVA.
WHAT WE THUS FAR KNOW OF THE TEXT OF MR. ANDROPOV'$ SPEECH
STEMS FROM NEWS AGENCY REPORTS. I WOULD NEVER`HEL!:SS LIKE
TO VCICE SOME IDEAS WHICH I FEEL DESERVE TO BE STRESSED.
IT LOOKS AS-IF THE SUBSTANCE OF WHAT MR. ANDROPOV SAID
State Dept. review completed
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CORRESPONDS WITH THE PROPOSALS WHICH THE SOVIET UNION
ALREADY SUBMITTED ',N GENEVA AND WHICH ALREADY WERE THE
SUBJECT OF PRESS REPORTS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
WE CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN A BILATERAL ZERO SOLUTION.
IF, AS INDICATED IN MR. ANOROPOV'S SPEECH, THE SOVIET
UNION WISHES TO KEEP A PART OF ITS INTERMEDIATE-RANGE
ARSENAL TARGETED UPON EUROPE, THE VERY ESSENTIAL
ELEMENT OF BALANCE IN THIS FIELD SEEMS TO BE LACKING,
AND IT SEEMS THAT THE SOVIET UNION WISHES TO PRESERVE
ITS MONOPOLY IN THE FIELD OF INTERMEDIATE-RANGE MISSILES.
IT SOUNDS VERY NICE WHEN MR. ANDROPOV SAYS, ACCORDING TO
THE ADN REPORT. THAT THE SOVIET UNION MERELY WISHES TO
HAVE IN EUROPE EXACTLY AS MANY MISSILE BASES AS GREAT
BRITAIN AND FRANCE HAVE, BUT THIS WOULD LOCK IN A SOVIET
SUPERIORITY IN THE FIELD OF INTERMEDIATE-RANGE MISSILES
WHICH IS OF SUCH DECISIVE IMPORTANCE FOR THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, A SUPERIORITY WHICH NEITHER THE PAST
NOR THE PRESENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FINDS POLITICALLY
ACCEPTABLE IN VIEW OF OUR SECURITY INTERESTS. AND WHEN
MR. ANDROPOV THEN SAYS THAT, IN SHORT, IT IS NOW THE TURN
OF THE U.S., I HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT CAUSE AND EFFECT
ARE BEING SKILLFULLY CONFUSED HERE. IT WAS NOT THE U.S.
WHICH FIRST STATIONED INTERMEDIATE-RANGE MISSILES IN
EUROPE. AND I SUGGEST YOU RE-READ WHAT THE FOREIGN
MINISTER SAID IN THE BUNDESTAG LAST FRIDAY: WE WANT NO
INTERMEDIATE-RANGE MISSILES EITHER IN THE EAST OR IN THE
WEST.
AND WHAT THE GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS ARE SEEKING TO ACCOMPLISH
IS A DISMANTLING ON THE ONE SIDE AND MAKING IT SUPERFLUOUS
TO STATION INF ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE HAVE TO LOOK WITH
SCEPTICISM AT SOVIET PROPOSALS THAT SEEK TO CEMENT THE
STATUS QUO.
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