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.
Thornton this is against the
Oregon statutes.
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Talent 4-H Club
There will be a meeting of the
Talent 4-H club Thursday, Aug.
8. at 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall.
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