MERI ASKS FOR GERMAN MILITARY ASSISTANCE

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 114

Estonia needs "German weapons, in addition to German arguments, for its protection," president Lennart Meri told the visiting inspector general of Germany’s armed forces, General Klaus Naumann. The German supreme commander also conferred with Estonian defense minister Andrus Oovel and the army commander, Lt. General Alexander Einseln, on possible forms of German military assistance, beginning with training of officers and airspace control. Naumann said that NATO would definitely welcome the formation of a common defense system of the Baltic states. (18)

Soviet Genocide in East Prussia Commemorated.