European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Far exceeded needs january the stars and stripes Page 11 arms of Rufft to Ethiopia May be test by Russia by Drew a Tolleton new York Noti the soviet Airlift of arms to Ethiopia appears to have been part of a Large exercise designed to test the soviet air forces ability to move supplies and troops to Northeast Africa and the Middle according to and Atlan tic Alliance the Transfer of weapons and technicians by air and sea to Ethiopia also Demon the sources the High priority Moscow accords the establishment of a permanent base in that strategically important but ail the air Supply operations that began 26 far exceeded Ethl opts immediate estimates Are that 225 transport or about 12 percent of the transport were flown to Addis Aden and Maputo in there Are reports that some of the air Craft were this supports the Basic Assumption unit the operation was a test of transport capabilities for which the Supply of the ethiopian forces provided an during the same period of late novem Ber and Early the russians sent Many merchant ships from bases in the sea to there Are also re that some soviet rail lines were dosed to regular traffic so that War sup plies could be transported to ports As part of the at the height of the the rus sians launched Cosmos a military reconnaissance which May have played a role in the command and control of the Overall documentation of the soviet operation by american surveillance ships of the Navy in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean and by radar Sites along the routes taken by the soviet aircraft is now fairly but Why the russians mounted so Exten Sive an operation remains a one theory held by american analysts is that after being ousted from Egypt in 1972 and from Somalia in the soviet High command believed it necessary to Demon to allies and potential enemies in the that it could sustain a Friendly gov dads do the babysitting Stockholm up More than 10 percent of fathers of babies bom in 1177 made use of their Legal right to stay Home and take care of their govern ment report the report said fathers stayed at Home an average 40 of the 210 Days Paren Tal leave allowed by a 1974 in this Case there is general that the russians count on building a new Center of political and military Power in Ethiopia because the government having broken with has no other place to firmly established in ethiopian air the russians would be in a position to influence events in the states bordering on the red sea and the Gulf of Ethiopia has no coast bordering the Indian and to that extent is a less desirable Power base than but russian presence there creates the possibility of political or military interference in the former French territory of Djibouti on the Western Side of the Babel Mande Strait leading from the Gulf of Aden into the red sources in nato also pointed out that a pro soviet dependent on the soviet Union for technical Aid and economic would be seen in Moscow As a balance to growing influence in saudi Arabia and present estimates Are that there Are 500 soviet advisers and technicians and perhaps of them military in russian influence in Ethiopia also Fig ures significantly in Moscow rivalry with peking Over the leadership of third world countries in with More limited has sought support on the grounds that it and not the socialist imperialists in Moscow is the legitimate political and ideological Mentor of developing but in As in and the russians have delivered More than propaganda and the air Supply operation entailed cer Tain political risks for the the flights were recorded in Paki the Sudan and of these Only Libya can be counted a soviet Early last Yugoslavia protested the violation of its air space by russian trans ports flying to the Middle protests from these states is not expected to Stop future to Western military the operation was Nec Essary to display the soviet ability to project military Power Over great distances to achieve political most consider it an expansion of the operation in Angola in which evoked no serious diplomatic or military reaction in the the expectation of one senior officer is that the soviet High command now believes it has a License and the ability to intervene by air at increasingly great Dis letters to the editor mystery of Cashiers checks i found the instance and circumstances involving bubonic plague very humor your statement concerning the letter As a farce with plague is Correct but the circumstances have happened to me twice in 1977 and three limes previously when we were stationed in Friedberg and banking with american express in bad i have had to wait for Cashiers checks to be sent Back for collection five when dealing Between Banks in the states with an inordinately Large amount of a few Calls can Settle the problem of the Check Bui the american express policy destroys the credibility of Bankers in in the All of the Cashiers checks with which Ive had Contact were Good As they Are a piece of paper to be this collection time and policy can be very disastrous in business dealings and Ive noticed this for Many military families in the last seven i would like a reply from a spokesman from american express on this in the last seven i heard a lot of pal and canned replies to my question of this i want a Blunt and accurate not a answer talks a lot but Doest say anything that seems to be commonly made to these queries and com plaints in letters to the my experiences with political replies Are thai they Are highly indicative of mismanagement and covering up income if the shoe fit swear it thank you for your time and and thank american for your equal living costs your series of articles on the plight of the Tower ranking enlisted men was Excel i Hope thai those people who can change the system Are aware thai quarters Hola and cola should be determined by the living costs in the area and be equal for according to family regardless of 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