AND COMMITMENTS ABROAD

UNITED STATES FORCES IN EUROPE

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON UNITED STATES SECURITY AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS ABROAD

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

35-205

PART 10

MAY 25 AND 26, JUNE 16 AND 24, AND JULY 15, 1970

Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1970

NOTE.-Sections of this hearing have been deleted at the request of the Department of State and the Department of Defense. Deleted material is indicated by the notation "[Deleted]."

CONTENTS

Statements by-

Burchinal, General David A., Deputy Commander In Chief of U.S.
European Command; accompanied by General James H. Polk,
Commander In Chief, U.S. Army, Europe_-_.

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2016, 2106

Goodpaster, General Andrew J., Commander In Chief, U.S. European
Command, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe_.

Hillenbrand, Hon. Martin J., Assistant Secretary of State for Euro-
pean Affairs____

Insertions for the record-

Soviet payment of cost of maintaining their forces in bloc countries__

Canadian reduction in NATO commitment to Allied Command Europe-

Cost of NADGE facilities and infrastructure funding in France----

Estimates of fiscal year 1971 budget costs of U.S. general purpose

forces for NATO___

U.S. Defense Expenditures in NATO Countries_-

Exchange of correspondence among Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird,

Senator J. W. Fulbright, Senator Stuart Symington, and Deputy

Secretary of Defense David Packard, concerning DOD instructions

to witnesses__

Number of general officers in EUCOM_

U.S.-flag and general officers in NATO Headquarters---

Number of tactical aircraft in Europe at the time of Crested Cap

redeployment and after redeployment--

2128:

2196

2025

2027

2029

2054

2054

2054

2058

2059

2062

Balance-of-payments savings resulting from Crested Cap_-_.

Warsaw Pact ground combat forces personnel strengths for opera-

tions against NATO____

2073

Reinforcement capabilities of Warsaw pact forces against NATO----

"NATO Ponders Troop Cuts," article by Richard H. Boyce, Scripps-

Howard staff writer, May 25, 1970_.

2073

2076

Strength of Soviet forces in Eastern Europe between 1950 and the

present

2086

U.S. expenditures for local nationals in Western Europe_.

U.S. costs for maintaining the Berlin brigade_

2090

2100

NATO infrastructure facilities occupied by French forces_.

Value of NADGE facilities in France___

2109

2110

Estimate of annual NADGE operation and maintenance costs___

2110

NATO countries defense expenditures-calendar years 1957 versus

1969

2112

United Kingdom troop withdrawal from Germany.

2142

Measures taken by European NATO members to strengthen their

alliance forces___

2143

Costs or savings from redeploying one mechanized division force from

Europe to the United States..

Defense expenditures of NATO countries expressed as a percentage

of gross national product

2171

Allied assistance in Korea___.

2173

2173

European countries supporting the Republic of Vietnam__.

Obligation of the United States under article 5 of the North Atlantic

Treaty in event of an armed attack on one member state by another

member state; statement submitted by Department of State‒‒‒‒‒‒

2225

Insertions for the record-Continued

The North Atlantic Treaty, statement submitted by Department of Page State

2226

Berlin and the NATO commitment, statement submitted by the Department of State__.

Blocked defense appropriations, Federal Republic of Germany, state-
ment submitted by Department of State-----
NADGE, statement submitted by the Department of State----

U.S. position on official settlements balance for first half of calendar
year 1970.

U.S. troops in Europe-1960–62-

U.S. occupation costs paid by Federal Republic of Germany, 1945-69 Letter to Senator J. W. Fulbright from Secretary of State William P. Rogers, dated Apr. 27, 1970, concerning Senate Resolution 292___ Appendix

2227

2998

2233

2235 2244

2245

2255

Omnibus statement of the U.S. European Command for hearings before the Subcommittee on U.S. Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, May 25, 1970 2277 Summary index___.

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UNITED STATES SECURITY AGREEMENTS AND

COMMITMENTS ABROAD

UNITED STATES FORCES IN EUROPE

MONDAY, MAY 25, 1970

UNITED STATES SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE ON U.S. SECURITY AGREEMENTS

AND COMMITMENTS ABROAD OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room S-116, the Capitol Building, Senator Stuart Symington (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators Symington, Fulbright, Aiken, Cooper, and Javits. Also present: Mr. Holt, Mr. Pincus, and Mr. Paul of the committee staff.

Lt. Col. Glen W. Stout, Headquarters, USAREUR; Col. Charles P. Graham, Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe; Lt. Col. John M. Browder, Office of the Under Secretary of the Army; Mr. Jerome H. Silber, Office of the General Counsel, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Charles N. Brower, Assistant Legal Adviser for European Affairs, Department of State; Col. Robert S. Rivers, Headquarters USEUCOM: Peter Knaur, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs: Col. Ray A. Dunn, Jr., Headquarters, U.S. Air Force; Jackson L. Smith, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; Lt. Col. Melvin G. Goodweather, OSAF; Col. Angelo Grills, Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe: Joseph J. Wolf, Bureau of Politico-Military Affairs, Department of State: Maj. P. L. Hogaboom, U.S. Marine Corps, Headquarters EUCOM; Col. Charles M. Tyson, G. S., Headquarters Eucom; Capt. Bernard Levi, U.S. Navy; and H. G. Torbert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations.

Senator SYMINGTON. The hearing will come to order.

We are pleased to have before us today Gen. David A. Burchinal, Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces in Europe, and Gen. James H. Polk, Commander in Chief of the United States Army in Europe, on the subject of American forces, facilities and programs in Western Europe.

Gentlemen, it is the custom before this subcommittee to be sworn. Will you rise and raise your right hand.

Do you swear the testimony you give before this committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you God? General BURCHINAL. I do.

General POLK. I do.