International Relations (March 1972)

Judgement on current problems of international policy and attitude to
the great powers.

Topics: Assessment of the current situation and prognosis of the
future world political situation; judgement on the USSR, the USA, the
People´s Republic of China in general; assessment of the constellation
of interests between the countries mentioned; trust in the ability of
the great powers to cope with problems; rank order of the 12 ´best´
countries; current and future strongest power; reason for loss of
power; assessment of the strongest military, economic and nuclear
power; possibility and type of threat to the FRG from the People´s
Republic of China, the USSR, USA and Japan; trust in the alliance
faithfulness of the USA and FRG; judgement on the Nixon trip to the
People´s Republic of China and the planned trip to the USSR; sources of
information about the visit of state; evaluation of USA commitment in
Europe and in the rest of the world; questions on Arab-Israel,
Indian-Pakistan conflict, the situation in Vietnam and National China.

Demography: age (classified); sex; marital status; religious
denomination; religiousness; school education; occupation; household
income; city size; state.

Interviewer rating: length of interview; date of interview;
willingness of respondent to cooperate; presence of other persons;
number of contact attempts; identification of interviewer.