European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes sunday october 9, 1977 Carter trip is it policy or change the subject Washington a president Carter s eight nation trip next month raises several questions no least among them is he trying to make policy or change the subject this is a bad season for Carter in Washington and one Way to look Good at Home is with a successful mis Sion abroad. At Home he faces. Senate attacks on his Energy policy. A mounting conservative drive against his Panama canal treaty. Jews upset about his moves in the Middle East. Blacks complaining that he s not doing enough about jobs. Criticism of his program to Reform welfare. Opposition to some of his options on taxes even before he s decided which to try. And there Are echoes of the Lance affair there Are other questions about the trip Why go at All Why visit such countries As Brazil Nigeria Iran and Poland they re hardly the Center stage of world affairs. Why Honor Brazil and Iran with a state visit their records Are less than exemplary on human rights one of the president s biggest concerns. Why go now Carter already has been abroad once. Before he was inaugurated he said he expected to do Little or no travelling overseas this year. Why not wait until next year the president s National Security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski responded to these questions a few Days ago. During a rare appearance at a White House news briefing he provided a glimpse into the administration s global thinking. And he flunked a history quiz. First he denied Carter is trying to change the subject. We Are trying really to respond to some very Funda mental changes that Are taking place in the world. Brzezinski said. He Garten is really trying to show that our foreign policy. Is very much concerned with renovating the International system with increasing the scope of International participation with giving the emerging Powers a positive and constructive role to play. That in a general sense explains Why we want to talk to the brazilians the Irani ans nigerians and others. The trip is part of a systematic Effort to give Ameri can foreign policy a wider focus to engage it More with the emerging Powers in the world and to try to identify the United states More directly with change in As he did two weeks ago when he announced the trip which also will include Venezuela India France and Belgium Brzezinski said the administration is not making human rights a condition for dealing with other governments. If Carter in t making human rights the Centrepiece of relations with Brazil and Iran Why is he Maytag it the key to . Relations with South Africa i think in a Way that is not Only a difficult question to raise but a very Good one Brzezinski said. In South Africa he said the moral Issue of human rights has been transformed into an immediate Politi Cal in some other places. That Issue has not surfaced Brzezinski said. One has to make one judgment not Only on the basis of what one would like to see in the world but also in terms of what is actually happening and where Are the most pressing issues that Are As for timing Brzezinski gave this account it was somewhere Back in March that the president said to me that after one year has passed from the Dat of the election he would like to. Take a More generally symbolize the kind of foreign policy he wishes this country to adopt m relationships to the emerging global problems Brzezinski talked it Over with Secretary of state Cyrus r. Vance. A conventional trip to traditional allies would t trip to the soviet Union was out because it is presi Dent Lenoid i. Brezhnev to come Here. To go tothe Middle East would be redundant Vance had been there and negotiations were in Progress. Latin Ameri Ca alone would t be enough. Besides mrs. Carter and . Ambassador Andrew Young had been there. An most latin american leaders were coming Here. You could go through the same exercise using the same reasoning in regards to Africa and in regards to Asia Brzezinski said. So by process of elimination. It was t until late August or Early september that Brzezinski began to Snake contacts with the nations he helped was when the Lance affair began to unravel. Art Buchwald Washington the state depart ment is seriously thinking of sending a team of american technicians to Egypt to repair its soviet mig21 fighter planes. It appears that Egypt s air Force is in a shambles and since the country is feuding with the soviet Union the egyptians have turned to the United states for help in get Ting the migs off the ground. The incident shows you what a crazy mixed up world we re living in. Many countries that have been armed by the Sor Viets and the . Have switched Alle Giance after getting military Aid. Former american allies Are now in the soviet Camp and countries once dependent on the soviet Union for weapons Are now staunch friends of the United states. The Only problem is that their military machinery does t work. European edition coi Billy e. Spangler. Usa. Editor in chief it cot. J. C. Taylor Usan. Deputy editor in chief Mert Proctor. Managing editor Elmer d. Frank. Production manager Henry s. Epstein. Circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for . Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes is published in conjunction with the armed forces information program of the department of defense. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official View of the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. 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The answer t o the problem might be that instead of the United states and Russia going for Salt talks we might work out an Exchange program where our technicians could be trained to repair soviet equipment and their technicians could come to this country and learn How to fix american hardware. Also a hot line could be set up Between the two countries so that when an Ameri can Mechanic gets stuck he could Call his soviet counterpart and ask him what to do. It would work like this suppose the american technician is thrown by a mig21 engine problem. He would dial a toll free number in Moscow and ask for the Mig engine expert. I m having trouble with the Oil filter on the left pod the american would say. The threads Don t seem to screw into the is simple Comrade. You have Oil filter upside Down. Try it the other Yeh it does work the other Way. Thanks a while i have you on the phone com Rade the rocket release on the f5 planes you sold to Angola keeps getting what kind of grease Are you using the gs15 that came with the plane. Of for heaven s Sake. That grease has been replaced with a b112. It s in the we Don t have the new manual com Rade. Could you Send us one Yeh if you Tell me How to replace the Mig s High pressure gauge in the heat seeking missile component that As you americans say is a Bitch. You have to take out entire front panel and readjust the Rheostat which is next to the altimeter Light just below automatic Pilot computer but Don t break the Seal on the computer because it will Send the Mig straight into the that s Good to know. Are you people Okay on spare parts for the Grumman fighters we sold to Ethiopia yes Comrade but we re Short of spare fuselages for the c130s you left in ill see that you get them if you Send us new radar parts for the antitank guns Israel captured in the yom kippur War. No problem Comrade. It s a pleasure doing business with Don t mention it. What Are enemies for c los Angeles times letters to the editor customs regulations on parcels As a user of the army Post office i have been Given different interpretations of cer Tain . Customs regulations. Could some one please answer the following 1. When is a signature and a social Secu Rity number required on the face of a parcel 2. Must a parcel containing used cloth ing be listed As to each specific article inthe parcel on the customs declaration 3. Is Bona fide gift under $10" a suitable description on the customs declaration for such a gift incorrect firsts a recent article concerning the weekend warriors of the Colorado and new Mexico air National guard being the first a-7d air guard unit to deploy to Europe this year was not Correct. The 121st Tow from Rickenbacker fab in Ohio consisting of units from the Ohio and Pennsylvania air guard were deployed to in Olstadt Germany from may13 to 28. There was also another recent and in Correct article referring to harm air base being the first Safe unit to go through the camouflage routine for the entire base. With the exception of the base s housing area Pitburg went through the whole Rou Tine of camouflaged ramps and handstands in 1964-65. All base buildings including a fake Tower and runway were also camouflaged. Netting was installed All Over the base and All vehicles age equipment and air Craft were this also eventually led to the camouflaging of All Usan aircraft susceptible to present Day Tab Vee shelters used throughout Safe were developed under this program. This was known As the Tab Vee project this also accounts for Why the vehicles and ground support equipment in tactical units Are Alwa painted various shades of Brown or Green. I just wanted to set the record straighten All these firsts since the 36th usually does it first. Charles Eickenhorst Pitburg Germany 4. Are civilian personnel required to put their social Security number on parcels they mail Vincent n. Vecere Heilbronn Germany editor s note a spokesman for the . Army postal group customs re plies the use of your social Security number in your return address is recommended be cause it assists in providing directory service. However it is not a mandatory requirement. Dod regulation 5030-49.r customs inspection requires a Complete and legible return address to include the sender s Sig nature on parcels. When a person mails a parcel for an other individual the Mailer must place his name and signature below the return address of the actual sender. The requirement applies to both civil Ian and military personnel. The purpose of this requirement is to facilitate identification of persons who misuse the military postal system and especially to discourage transmission of contraband such As narcotics through postal channels. Customs declaration forms must be completed in detail with the contents descriptively listed and the value stated bythe Mailer. For parcels which contain More than one article or articles of different kinds the exact Quantity and value of each Arti Cle must be stated. Customs officials examine your declaration to determine whether or not duty is to be charged. Bona fide gift under $10 is not a Suita ble description of the items for the customs declaration but it is an appropriate remark for the value of the article. As stated above the contents of the parcel must be descriptively listed on the customs declaration. However it is not necessary to list the actual Purchase Price of Bona fide gift mailings which do not exceed $10. In Thi Scase the remark Bona fide gift under $10 is appropriate in lieu of the actual Pur Chase
