US SENDS RECONNAISSANCE JETS TO MONITOR POLISH SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200710054-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: December 10, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE BOSTON GLOBE
10 December 1980
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B)1 Barry Jame
-United Press International
PBRUSSEFS .. The united States is'
sending fourAWACS reconnaissance
planes to West` Germany In
a move
Washington officials:. yesterday indi:-
cated:was directly related to the Soviet..
, ' e' Soviet` Union.-jwith up ao
400:000. men. ssurrounding:`Poland-
;could?: Invade before; `th West. even:
3uie* that Moscow-was ready to move;
thechairmarrof'NATO's litary com
>-mlttee warhed-:yesterday
..=The converted.,: Boeing ?707s: .with'
rader-capable of.probtn hundreds of
miles. were beingsent from Tinker-Air
Force Base in Oklahoma to Ramstein
Air Base in West Germany.
' The-decision''t&deploy the-planes
was agreed on atua,mteeting of NATO
defense, 'ministers, in Brussels attend-
ed, by Secretary Defense, Harold l
Brown and eolleaguea;from-13 allied ++I
,,, auwu~rr w aareerng that im-
o"~,~overa}t~gnsh_a
' r e.abilityof the Soviets to inter
;vest' In Poland-l9 such that they can-
>? iGtf;.~vitloesxerY Yale warning indeed
=r
days:end certainly not:l
eeks, ''Canada's ;Adm. Robert-
.
}I_ Falls.
"They.arn a. state of readinessr
now In which'- they. can move -praeti-
.Caliy so fastthat-we,
that we would hear about-t
it-aknoat after the event." he said ata;
meeting of !orth.:Atlantic Treaty. O
ration deferlse,a~taisters. ::: .
Secretaryof~State_Edmund Muskie
mWef1ytng.toBnMett:laterfor_a meet
ing of the NATO'Council. ..
The defense ntnisters, who ag eed
? to`increase vigilance but act carehully.
,to ;avoid any Inflammatory moves.
were told the Soviet Union has 30 divi-
sions.-with up to 400.000 men de-
ployed around Poland y 4
"We recognize veryclearly that it
is a-problem primarily for the-Poles,.
but- there are many ?scenarios ...
where it could spill out over into th
-concerns of the NATO countries,.
Falls said. "For thatreason, I don't.
think we should just-go on with busi-
ness as usual.-.
..ePentagon did no.linkt dis:
Ththe-
patch of the reconnaissance jets-.
-which have the capability of monitor
ing. troop movements in and around"
Poland - to the Polish crisis, but oth-
er; Administration officials indicated
they were directly related.-
-.'A Pentagon statement said the four.
planes, similar to the four sent to
Saudi Arabia several weeks ago after.,
the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war,
would start ariving at Ramstein to-
The defense ministers heard a de-',
tailed assessment.-of Soviet capabili
ties from Falls as well as frorn. NATO's
ground, sea and air commanders that
one conference source said was "more
than usually gloomy
:Oitlcials--said the ministers werel
told the Soviet Union has. developed
the capability to fight simultaneously'
in Europe. Central Asia and along the
.frontier with. China,.
v ? :-? Falls; stressing he was referring
-only. to Soviet capabilities and not in-
tentions said it was `terribly torpor-
taut" tact NATO "does not exacerbate
''the situation -and adversely-impact on
.the'intentionss of. the Soviet Union.-.'.''
Falls said NATO. nations would be i
"keeping our-eyes and ears open and
maintaining a. degree of alertness
mentally-and-physically- that- would'
ensure we are not surprised; by anyr
thIng~that might l a .~ ;^'?~
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