Attitudes to Security Policy in the Federal Republic (June 1986)

Judgement on questions of security policy. Judgement on international
terrorism and the American actions against Libya. Topics: Interest in
news about international events; assessment of the peace efforts of the
USA and the USSR; identification of states involved in terrorist
attacks in the view of the respondent; perceived threat from terrorism
and expectation of success in fighting it; comparison of terrorist
attacks in the Middle East with attacks in the Federal Republic;
adequate protection against international terrorism by the Federal
Government; expected outcome of the Tokio summit meeting regarding the
fight against terrorism; most important measures of the government to
reduce terrorism; preferred sanctions against Libya due to support for
terrorists; attitude to economic sanctions against Libya by the Federal
Republic following the example of the USA; arguments against as well as
for economic sanctions against Libya; assumed support of German
terrorists by Libya; pro-American or anti-American attitude; reasonable
use of US military might by president Reagan; attitude to American air
attacks on Libya; attitude to a distancing of the Federal Republic from
the USA due to the bombardment of Libya; expected effects of the
American military action; trust in the ability of the USA to deal with
international terrorism; attitude to further military actions of the
USA against Libya; restriction of American actions to terrorist,
military or industrial targets; arguments against further military
actions against Libya; conditions under which one would approve
military actions against Libya; assessment of the position of the
Federal Government regarding American policies on Libya; American
measures against Libya deserving support and assessment of the
reactions of the western allies, the Arab world, the Soviet Union;
expected influence of these measures on the position of Gaddafi in
Libya; expected extension of an American military action into a larger
war; knowledge of a Libyan attack on another country; sympathy scale
for CDU/CSU, SPD, FDP and the Greens.