European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Small wooden boats called duh Ohio Are popular for transport across Bays of Malta. 2�,  Valletta port City capital of the tiny Island nation of Malta is one huge Rocky fortress. Paradox n a Cyprus s n Isra new Loftt time ancient Temple remains Date to 2800 . Ity Gregory  press International Oak countries arc unusual some picturesque or curious. Malta is wholly improbable. Its very size or Lack of it makes it an unlikely Independent nation. Its 122-Squarc-Milc three Rock islands in mid Mediterranean have a population of Only 320.000 people yet Malta recently tried to blackmail the whole of the North Atlantic treaty organization and still dreams of be inn a Pivot in world affair prime minister t of million s blackmail attempt Bucko red. All nato forces mostly lir Ilish. Including the screaming jets which blight the Island s South will be pulling out in 1978 with them will go the airbase rentals and servicemen s spending which has kept Malta solvent up to now. Nobody seems much worried by the Prospect. Mintoft has just won another five year term As prime minister. He expects to go on seeking Aid and Comfort from Libya or the soviet Union or anyone else. Today s maltese in fact seem curiously unconcerned about their precarious future. Poge 10 the stars and stripes sunday May 1, 1977