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

Judgement on questions of security policy. 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.