Attitudes to Security Policy in the Federal Republic (March 1980)

Judgement on questions of security policy. Topics: most important problems in the Federal Republic; most powerful country in the world currently and in future; preferred security policy for the Federal Republic; tasks of NATO; attitude to an increase in defense expenditures even at reduction of social services; trust in the defense preparedness of the USA; judgement on the military strength of NATO and the Warsaw Pact; knowledge as well as judgement on the invasion of the Soviet troops in Afghanistan and preferred reaction of the Federal Government; probability of a military conflict due to the development in Afghanistan. Also encoded was: date of interview and weekday of interview.