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SIXTEEN MZDrORD (ORECOW) MAn. TRIBUNE Thundi-, August 8, 19S7 Europe, Divided by Barbed Wire, Said To Be Made Up of Two Armed Camps Editors not: Thig If tbe fourth In a ertei br Charles Corddry, I'nlted Prtil military affair! writer. It iizet up th oppoiin. forces on euh side of the Iron Curtain. 7 CHARLES CORDDRY United Pr.n Corrcipondent Paris W Militarily, Europe is two armed camps. It is divided by elecrified barbed wire which the Commu ists have strung along the "Iron Curtain." On the Western or free side of the no-man's land, there appears to be little if any war fever or nervousness to disturb the conti nent's seemingly prosperous and happy exterior. That condition may be a reflection of the tem pered confidence of the men charged with defending this vital part of the world. There are weaknesses on the west side of the front, notably shortages of anti-aircraft missiles and supersonic jet fighters and a ground force with 18 instead of the desired 30 divisions. But for those .who tote up numbers, this disparity appears not as great as commonly sup posed. Otm Four-Million Men Russia's total military man power is estimated at 4,600,000. Satellite forces of questionable value raiae that figure to 6 mil lion. The West's total, including the United States and Canada, prob ably is 5,500,000 to 5,600,000. Russia's army, unless it has made some of the cuts it said it would, is estimated at 3,200.000. More than 900,000 Russian army troops plus air force and navy men, estimates unavailable, are in the Russian Far East and Soviet interior. That indicates the Soviets have 2,300,000 army men, plus air force and navy elements, in western Russia, the satellites and southern Russia. Satellite forces add about 1, 400,000 to the total. But Western intelligence rates them a slender reed for Russia in the light of widespread unrest. ' ' The West's total manpower in Europe is about 3,100,000, in cluding 250,000 U. S. Army, 80, 000 U.S. Air Force and 25,000 U.S. 6th Fleet. These figures do not include the 400,000 French troops now in Algeria. 175 Red Divisions The Russian army has 175 divisions. About 50 of them are in the Far East and the interior. The satellites have 65. The So viet bloc could expand to 400 di visions in 30 days, according to military men here. The Red air force numbers 20, 000 planes. Substantially all of U,em are jets, except the prob ibly 2,000 copies of America's World War II B29 bomber. The satelli es have 2,500 aircraft, half jots. The Red navy's chief threat is submarines, variously estimated at 45(; to 500 About half of them are long-range, ocean-going types, a considerable number are in the Black Sea. From northern Norway to Turkey, the North Atlantic Treaty powers today are said to have 100 active and reserve divi- sions. 6,000 aircraft and 1,500 naval vessels. American forces include only those assigned to NATO. The immediate Soviet threat, U. S. Army intelligence says, comprises 425,000 men in East Germany. They are organized into a 22-division tank and mech anized spearhead supported by MIG17 fighters and light jet bombers. 30 Division MinirfrUm This force could be more quickly reinforced from western Russia than could their opposite numbers primarily American and British forces from their home bases. The minimum force NATO military planners want on the central front is 30 divisions. They say such a force will be available when all 12 German divisions are formed and three French divisions are returned from Africa. Today there are 18 divisions, not all at full strength. ATO's expectation of reach ing 30 divisions is based on hoped-for reconsideration of Bri tain's plans for a 26.000-man cut in its 77,000-man Army of the Rhine. It also hinges on no other cuts in NATO ground forces. Bri tain definitely intends tout its Rhine army by at least 13,000 men. The shield force today com prises the five-division U. S. 7th Army, most powerful ever fielded by the United States in peacetime; the four - division British contingent, two French divisions, and an estimated four divisions of the Benelux coun tries and Canada. The three new German divisions bring the total to 18. The NATO land forces are supported by U. S. Army Cor poral and Honest John missiles and 280 mm. cannon. All can de liver atomic explosives. Tomorrow U. S. Army in Europe. ilia Revises Buying Procedures Pendleton (in The Uma tilla county court revised its purchasing procedures and an nounced that all departmental purchases will be made by one central purchasing agent. Tom Keating has been an nounced -as new purchasing agent for the court. In the past each department has purchased its own supplies and handed in the bills to the county court, but according to Attorney General Robert Y. 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