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CRUISE MISSILE STATIONING IN HUNSRUECK
From A Perspective in Spring 1986
     
  1. (C) 1986 by pure hard Sczech.    Between the two Hunsrueck localities Bell and Hasselbach toward end 1986 perequisites for the stationing of the 96 Cruise Missiles designated for the Federal Republic to be created. The population becomes of official page any information over sense and purpose of the largest construction measure in the Hunsrueck since that 2. World war refuses. After Information SPD of the Member of the Bundestag Guenter Leonhart is informed even the safety committee of the German Federal daily in no way. Since In the middle of 1983 is the secrecy politics however more than ridiculously. On page 609 in the USA a freely accessible Report the house of representatives (No. H.r. 1816) the place Wueschheim is mentioned as operational base for Cruise Missiles. The US bureaucracy was with the otherwise usual delete all place names an error occur. On 8 February 1984 becomes in that Hunsruecker newspaper open letter of 171 Beller citizens to the mayor and the local chiefs of the greater publishes.                              
         Since in a part of the Beller and Hasselbacher gemarkung first measures undertaken are, those the preparation and stationing of Cruise missiles on that Area that B-Battary (pseudonym: PYDNA) and of the Troop exercise area serve, the population is deeply concerned. The new assigned post becomes approx., 70 hectars country cover, our forest threatened anyway in its stock continue to become decrease/go back. That Road construction and - thus causes - the density of traffic will tremendously
    increase and that Hunsrueck on years transform outside into a large-scale building site. The life in our villages and the relations that Humans will change among themselves. It does not have to do anything with anti-Americaism, even if we here enormous problems see to us to come. In the Ernsfall we will be target area number unity. From these various concerns we require you as our selected Representative up, to represent our all interests courageously It is your obligation this topic so fast how to treat possible and in detail in the local council and to become immediately active, around damage of us everything to turn away.
       Those Local councils became active. The federal's building law vacates the municipalities concerned only a hearing right On 20 March 1984 such a hearing took place in Hasselbach and two days later in Bell. For the responsible Minister Dr. Carl Wagner normally a routine thing. But became this time NATO construction measures of both local councils unanimously rejected! In the Hunsrueck one had aufgehaert military systems without opposition add or as job placement to cheer. To § 37 of the federal's building law now those went Power of decision on Secretary of Defense
Manfred Woerner over. Woerner pointed already on 13 April the objection of the municipalities back - nevertheless the message on it needed four months over from that crisis-vibrated To arrive Ministry of Defense into the far Hunsrueck. Nevertheless: the commencement of construction was delayed. On as much Aufmuepfigkeit one had not counted. Complex became additional, beforehand not planned safety precautions
necessarily. Because becomes in the middle in the otherwise so good Hunsrueck forwards, beside and even on the planned rocket area demonstrates. The local police was strengthened substantial - with Ostermaer became up to 500 readiness policemen
additionally begun. The originally planned completion date for PYDNA no more is not
to be held. The Americans pushed, after they had annoyed detected the situation, on a temporary solution. The carriages to the feed and firing that Cruise Missiles are now in German Federal Armed Forces the depot with Kappel are stored temporarily. There are the necessary structural and organizational Measures in the meantime executed. The actual rockets are for the time being in the US Luftwaffenstuetzpunkt cock are stationed
where the possibility for the storage of atomic Sprengkaepfe exists. The company BUDAU from Idar Oberstein builds the 6 shelter units for approx. 40 million DM with Bell/Hasselbach. (camouflage word GAMA) Completion date is that 31.12.1986. For each day around this date is covered is 40,000, - DM punishment to pay. At the
beginning of of 1987 begins the official stationing if everything after the plans of the Ruestungsbuerokraten runs.                     
                           
            Secret plans of application found It is hardly to be believed: an exact In the Swabian village Schechingen in a Muellkontainer were found to
description for the application of the PERSHING II rockets. By this scandal became admits, as with atomic rockets in times of peace in the Federal Republic one practices. There the application that Pershing II Rocket in many basic views with the Cruise Missile to be compared knows, can from that 230 pages thick manual the following conclusions be pulled:                 
            1.      About 24 that 96 Hasselbach stationed
Cruise Missiles will be combat-ready 24 hours daily. (Quick Reaction Alert - QRA) That means concretely: They are outside of that B-Battery on fastened firing place places (with heavy current link) in the Hunsrueck. Is the Atomsprengkaepfe installed. The target input is made. The rockets are in alert stand-by, i.e. there is a constant contact to
the superordinate Operations center over in case of emergency immediately shoot to be able.            
            2.      The remaining 72 Cruise Missiles are in three different garrison readiness - levels partitions. (garrison Alert Status - GARS I, II or
III) Here find constant maneuvers instead of.

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