Memorandum, State Department Summary of Telegrams

NLT (Naval Aide) 12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12065, Sec. 3-402 State Dept. NLT, Date 6-7-85 Guidelines, March 6, 1982 August 21, 1950 By DEB TOPSECR SUMMARY OF TELEGRAMS GERMANY In a conversation with High Commissioner McCloy, German Chancellor Adenauer has made a strong appeal for a greater display of strength in Germany by the allies and for an increase in the number of allied divisions in West Germany. Adenauer also stated that more troops and planes should be visible to the population, and that West Germany should be allowed to build up a police force sufficiently strong to counter the "people's police" organization now in being in the Soviet zone. Adenauer told McCloy that he feels "entirely helpless and incompetent" to cope with the current situation under present circumstances, and emphasized that any successful propaganda effort is dependent upon a show of allied power. The leader of the opposition to Chancellor Adenauer made clear to McCloy that he shares Adenauer's view that the West German confidence in US military force has been greatly shaken, and that West German morale and will to resist is generally at a low ebb. McCloy comments that while Adenauer is "as usual" viewing the USSR's inten- tions purely from a German point of view, and while he is engaging in his customary "pressure tactics, "there is no question that West Ger- - many has lost some inner vigor which can only be restored by new manifestations of allied power. INDIA Ambassador Henderson in New Delhi has been informed that the Indian Foreign Office has instructed its United Nations delegate, Benegal Rau, that since no plan for the restoration of peace in Korea could succeed without the active support of the great powers, Rau might drop his plan for the formation of a commission of the non-permanent Security Council members to examine the Korean situation in favor of a proposal whereby an "advisory committee" of nations - -including not only Security Council members but also other UN members and possibly some non-UN countries - would be formed to consider means of bringing about a cessation of Korean fighting and development of a TOPSECE