INF: FRG GOVERNMENT STATEMENT

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: January 13, 1983
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. AT :A JANUARY 12 FEDERAL PRESS CONFERENCE, IN NHICH
FCO-EIGit MINISTER GENSCI-ER AND DEFENSE' MINISTER t OERNER
P ANTICIPATED KTICIPATED As _ SELL, GGVERNME(T SPOKESMAN STGLTZE READ-
A ST;;TCi~1ENT. OF, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON THE DISARt1A SENT
PRUBLE1-?1 THAT WAS DECIDED UPON IN THAT DAY'S CABINET
MEETI;IG. INFUR441L EMBASSY TRANSLATION FOLLOWS:
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2. BEGIN. TEXT: THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOTES WITH CONCERN
THAT THE SPD AND ITS TOP CANDIDATE DR... VOGEL KEEP DISTANC-
ING THE1,1?SELVES.',FRO'M THE SECURITY.' POLICY OF THEFORMER. 4ND
PRES lI'T FEDERAL: GOVERt `?EN'T.. AND OF =.THE Y-.ESTERW', ALLIANCE,
ESPECIALLY =CONCERNING THE INF PROBLEM. THIS CONFIRMS.THE
Is PRESSION 'THAT THE SPD. IS.. ABOUT TO RESIGN :ITSELF-.TO A
CU -.PLETE WESTERN RE{,JUNCIATIOfd OF COf~PENSATORY~ WESTERN _
AR,Y/:VbiT EVEN ?I!,):THE EVENT. OF . A PARTIAL REDUCTION OF _THE
SOVIET 'INTERMEpIATE-RANGE MISSILES 'DIRECTED _:AGAINST? .
?+ESTE?t4 EUROPE, THIS WOULD' GRANT THE SOVIET UNION A.
)'CNCPOLY IN THE INF FIELD AND, MOREOVER, A. CONTRACTUAL!
F:IGhT TO KEEP.: THREATENING WESTERN..~EUROPE WITH THE
G STf~U1CTIVE FORCE OF APPROXIMATELY 3,000 HIROSHIMA BOMBS.-
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I;ti C(',TRA57 TO THE SPD, THE FEDERAL GOVERNNi'ENT i:':ISHES fvt)T.
ONLY TO AVOID THROUGH THE GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS THE DEPLOY-
NEI'':T ;F_ Af= RICAN I1.~TERREDIATE?RANGE MISSILES BUT ALSO TO
F;EV;OVE THE ?ALREADdY DEPLOYED SOVIET INF. THE FEDERAL
COVE EMT ABIDES By THE VIEW IT HELD SINCE 1979 THAT A,
RECIIPi~OCAL RENUNCIATION OF .IitF BEST CO'PLIES KITH THE. OER-
1' AN A; D aUiWPEAN SECURITY 'IP.TEr EST5. THE. ATTITUDE ?F HE
SPD IMPAIRS THE, 'rJESTERN+ NEGOTIATING POSITION IN ,-GENEVA.
THt. SOVIET :AF MANENT EFFORT, ESPECIALLY IN THE:.FIELD OF
NUCLEAR INTERMEDIATE-RAr, GE - E ;PONS, ENDMNNGERS THE .SECURITY
OF 144ESTERINI EUROPE AND OF THE FEDER,AAL REPUBLIC OF GERIMANY.,
f 1ATU.'S DUAL `TRACK DECISION OF DECEMBER 1979 CONSTITUTES,
THE APPROPRIATE REACTION OF THE R ESTERN ALLIANCE TO THIS
SOVIET THREAT. THE GOAL..GF THE.IESTERN ALLIANCE IN THE-
If-JF t':EGOTIATIONS IN GEHEVA REi4AINS''THE. RECIPROCAL AND
CO1-1 - PLETE RENUNCIATION OF LAND-BASED INTERMEDIATE-RANGE
NEAPC' S.
THE FEDERAL..GOVERNtMENT AND SITS. ALLIANCE PARTcNERS WANT
MISSILES.
NEITHER SOVIET rJGR A EF? ?GA1;. INTERMEDIATE -RANGE
THIS IS ='1HY. THE FEDERALL GOVERN;MEN T ABIDES. BY.=THE' ZERO
OPTIC; AS COMMON WESTERN MEGOTIATI'4G POSITION,. THE
REi.UNCIATION OF THE U.S.. AND OF THE SQVIET:.UNIQN' OF AN
ENT Ir- E ARMS' CATEGORY f'JOULD BE A BREAK-THROUGH TOI1MRD .
REAL' DISARMAMENT.- THIS IS NHY :THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
?ILL DO ALL IN ITS POu?:ER To ACHIEVE THIS GOAL'.
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THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, REGRETS THE STILL. NEGATIVE ATTI-
Tt. DE F THE SOVIET, UNION ?TO~~lARD. THIS, FAR-REACHING OFFER..
OF 1 HE atiE3TERN .ALLIANCE'* THE , FEDERAL' GOVERNMENT PROCEEDS
FROt; THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE,SOVIET PROPOSALS CONCERT'JING .A
PARTIAL REDUCTION DO NOT CONSTITUTE THE FINAL WORD OF. THE
SOVIET LEADERSHIP-: 040 THAT THE: GOAL OF DISMANTLING ALL:
SOVIET I aTERMEDIATEE-RA1 GE. MISSILES AND, THUS, OF
RENOUNCING OF COMPENSATORY L;ESTERN ARMAMENT CAN BE
ACHIEVED IN THE REMAINING NEGOTIATING TIME UNTIL THE .F.ALL
OF THIS YEAR..
I~~ CC=;,PLYING SITH ITS DUAL-TRACE(: DECISION, :THEThESTERN
ALLIANCE IN'THE FALL OFD THIS YEAR t,ILL EXAMINE -THE--
EX TENT DF ITS NEED,-.FOR COMPENSATORY ARMAMIE-frIT 11N' THE
LIGHT UF' THE CONCRETE INEGCTIATIUV RESULTR ACHIEVED IN.
GENEVA EY THAT_TIME. THE PRIORITY 60AL.OF A :RECIPROCAL
RENUNCIATION OF AMERICAN AND SOVIET LAND-BASED .INTER-_
n;EDIA;TE-RAi.GE iEAPONN S CAN O LY BE ACHIEVED IF THE t:EST
ShOr:5 A CLEAR AND DETERMINED ATTITUDE. THIS IS WHY THE
FELEkAL GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS IT INDISPENSABLE THAT IN
THIS c,TSE, TOO,..THE NEGOTIATIONS IN. GENEVA; ARE. CONTINUED
WITH THE'GOAL OF.ACHIEVING A ZERO SOLUTION." END TEXT:
3. REPLYING T.O DUESTIONS .FOREIGN t INISTER GENSCHER
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STi-,ESSEO IT COULD SIMPLY. NOT BE ACCEPTED THAT.THE x+EST
SHOULD GRANT MOSCOW A MONOPOLY IN THE FIELD OF ;I{NTER-
+;El% .ATE'r:ANGE MISSILES IN RETURN FOR A PARTIAL REDUCTION
OF THE SOVIET IUF ARSENAL. HE REFERRED TO THE..SIGNIFTCANCE
CF TF.E .FINAL SENTEt)CES OF THE CABINET STATEMENT AND
STk SSED .THAT THE: FALL OF, 1983 t';0ULD. REMAIN FOR ALL
CUU'J T RIES CONCERNED THE 'TI;- E FOR CO PENSATORY ARMAMENT.
BOTH GENSCHER :AND t 0ERNER POINTED OUT THAT THE CABINET
STATEM, NT ..REFLECTED THE. AGREED VIEN CF THE FEDERAL'
Gt V ERt4?1ENT AND .COALITION, NAND THAT THERE 'W'AS NO DISAGREE-
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PENT BETI: EEN THE COALITION PA TNERS IN THIS RESPECT.
IN THIS CONTEXT DEFENSE MINISTER rOERNER STRONGLY
REFUTED ALL PU3LIC SPECULATIONS WHICH IN THE.FINAL
ANALYSIS WOULD ONLY BENEFIT-THE SGVIET UNION. THE
NEGOTIATIONS MERE BEING CONDUCTED IN GENEVA, ANL THE
EST 6UGHT TO STICK TOGETHER SAND REFRAIN :FROM UNDER-
WINING ITS POSITIONS.; THE MORE : THIS :HAPPENED, .THE
LESSER WOULD SE THE CHANCES OF A :SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION
OF THE GENEVA NEGOTIATIONS.
4. REPLYING TC. COR RESPONDENTS' QUESTIONS FOREIGN
MINISTER GENSCHER STRESSED ,THAT THE ZEP0 SOLUTION DID
NUT CONSTITUTE 'AN. "AMERICAN .INVENTION" BUT A DEMAND OF
THE FORMER FEDERAL GOVERNf EUT THAT LATER BECAME A DECISION
OF Ti t:ESTERN ALLIANCE. REPLYING TO A QUESTION COw-
CERF I tG AMMMIT MEETING BETvEEN ''PRESIDENT REAGAN AND
SOVIET PARTY CHIEF ANDROPOV, GENSCHER SAID 'THAT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED. . SUCH .A' MEETING TO_BE
HES INGFUL AND . USEFUL;, I T " I OULD BE ."'ORE USEFUL -THE
BETTER I T WAS PREPANED.
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