DCI/NIO CONFERENCE -- NIO/EUR, 19 FEBRUARY 1985

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87R00529R000100010044-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2011
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DCI/NI0 Conference -- NI0/EUR, 19 February 1985
This is an important week for two West European governments that have
supported US security policies:
-- In Belgium the Martens government is expected to announce on
Friday its INF deployment decision. That decision is expected
to be positive, which would allow the initial GLCM deployments
to take place in March on schedule. But there is also the risk
that the Flemish wing of the ruling Christian Democrats will
revolt against the decision and bring down the government, an
event which would for all practical purposes kill any chances of
deployment in Belgium. To minimize this risk, Martens has
maneuvered very carefully in the past two months and may temper
a March deployment decision by simultaneously announcing that
the follow-on deployment, now scheduled for the middle of 1986,
will hinge on the state of arms control negotiations.
-- In West Germany, the FDP meets in Saarbruecken this coming
weekend to elect Economics Minister Bangemman Party Chairman in
place of Gensher. The smoothness of thetransition and the
ability of the party to reburnish its national image will affect
its chances in two provincial elections being held on 10 March
and thus its prospects to survive as a viable coalition partner
for the CDU
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