Abschreckung oder Dialog? – Erfolgreiche PR-Show bei NATO-Gipfel verdeckt tiefe Risse
RT Deutsch — International
by Rainer Rupp
13.07.2016
Intro:
Das hat es in der Geschichte der NATO-Gipfeltreffen noch nicht gegeben: Das in Englisch abgefasste Abschlusskommuniqué der NATO-Staatsoberhäupter und Regierungschefs gleicht diesmal einem Roman, mit 16.500 Wörtern auf über 30 Din-A4 Seiten. Die spontane Reaktion einer langjährigen ehemaligen Mitarbeiterin des NATO-Generalsekretariats in Brüssel auf dessen Inhalt lautete: “Ein deutlicheres Zeichen, dass man sich nicht einig war, kann es gar nicht geben”.
English: This had never happened before in the history of NATO summits. The final communique was the size of a novel, with 16,500 words … The instinctive reaction of a former long-term worker in the NATO Secretary General office in Brussels to the communiqué: “There can be no clearer sign of disunity.”
About the author, Rainer Rupp, whose (unusual!) experience gives him good insight into NATO matters.
(From Wikipedia)
Rupp grew up in West Germany. As a student in Mainz, he was recruited to spy for East Germany on NATO. Rupp provided 10,000 pages to his controllers, including the precise location plans for the deployment of cruise missiles and Pershing II missiles in Western Europe, as well as key NATO documents, which, of course were shared with the Soviet KGB. He was captured after the Berlin Wall fell, and served 7 years in prison.
Rupp claims that his activities may have averted a nuclear war in the fall of 1983, a claim that is not entirely unfounded according to American experts. In an interview for the British Channel 4 program, “1983: The Brink of Apocalypse” about exercise “Able Archer 83” (broadcast in the UK on 5 January 2008), he said that he sent an urgent message to his handlers that NATO was not preparing to launch a surprise nuclear attack against the USSR during the exercise. Rupp claimed his message was vital in preventing a Soviet pre-emptive strike against NATO forces.
Those who do not read German, but have interest, can use a Google (or other) translation. Rupp’s article on the NATO summit in Warsaw is worth reading:
https://deutsch.rt.com/