Attitudes to Security Policy in the Federal Republic (November 1987,I)

Judgement on the American-Soviet disarmament talks. Attitude to NATO.

Topics: Judgement on German-American, German-Soviet and American-Soviet relations; opinions about the USA and the USSR and reasons for a positive or negative attitude; Gorbachev as reason for the change of one´s own attitude regarding the Soviet Union; assumed congruence of foreign policy goals of the USSR and the USA; agreement of the German interests with American policies regarding the Soviet Union; desired conduct of German foreign policy; assumed Soviet or American influence on German policies; countries presenting a military threat for the Federal Republic; perceived threat from the Soviet Union; perceived protection from a Soviet threat by NATO; assumed reasons for Soviet military forces in Eastern Europe; perceived threat of one´s own security from the stationing of the SS24 nuclear missiles; perceived loss in indepencence of the country through NATO membership; necessity of stationing of US troops in Europe to prevent an attack on the Federal Republic; attitude to a strong national defense; personal defense preparedness; attitude to an independent defense of the country; acceptance of the USA as leadership power in the NATO alliance; necessity of the NATO; attitude to remaining in NATO, even with a withdrawal of Soviet troops from Eastern Europe; extent of trust in the defense system and in the USA; necessity of nuclear weapons for deterrence; NATO with or without nuclear weapons; assessment of the defense preparedness of the Federal Republic with a nuclear attack; attitude to stationing of missile defense facilities; attitude to stationing of missile defense facilities to protect against a nuclear attack in the Federal Republic; interest in American-Soviet disarmament talks; attitude to elimination of all medium-range missiles; reason for approval of such an elimination; country first making the recommendation for a zero solution; Americans or Sowjets as advocates of a treaty on nuclear arms controls; trust in the USSR as well as in the USA in observance of a disarmament treaty; assumed reasons for a treaty to reduce medium-range missiles; further steps to peace; attitude to Gorbachev and Reagan and reason for one´s own opinion; changes in one´s own opinion regarding Reagan; judgement on the presentation of Gorbachev and Reagan in the German press; knowledge about changes in the position of the USSR; most important goals of Gorbachev for the USSR; assumed permanence of changes by Gorbachev; Gorbachev as leadership personality for the Soviet Union; interest in politics; possession of a telephone; self-assessment on a left-right continuum; most important source of information in the media about arms control; party preference; behavior at the polls in the Federal Parliament election 1987.