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Presented at Conference of the Washington, D. C. Chapter of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1 May 1971.

This document is a review of two books: A Peace Policy for Europe, by Willy Brandt; and East-West Relations - a German View, by Ernst Majonica. The two disparate views of what West German Ostpolitik should be are compared and analyzed.

The purpose of the study is to outline the East Europe communist record from 1964 to 1968 and to make some tentative predictions about the future of Soviet relations with East Europe, which appear to follow from it. It is asserted that the Soviet leadership's view of its interests in East Europe encompasses the Soviet concepts of internationalism, security, and legitimacy.

Contents: Soviet defense expenditures, 1950-1965 Difficulties and complications The official defense budget The 'real' defense budget The cost of military manpower Trends in Soviet defense spending The economic impact of the Soviet defense effort Defense as a component of GNP Industrial growth trends Industrial labor resources Defense and industrial technology Alternative demands for resources: agriculture and consumption Trends in the growth of Soviet GNP Conclusions The framework of choice Policy in the Krushchev era., Annex to Soviet Interests in Arms Control and Disarmament, AD-613 516.