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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday september 15, 1978 it. Gen. Holland v. Heiser displays carpet which was in his office during the time he commanded the 1st army souvenir of service div. With the general is sgt. . Roberte. Anderson who is curator of the Divi Sion s museum at Katterbach Germany. The carpet was among Many mementos which Heiser presented to the museum. Is Savard Heiser during visit to 1 St army div says deterrence Best Battle to win1  writer Ansbach Germany is Force readiness contributes to deterrence and deterrence is the Best Battle to win . Rolland v. Heiser said Here. Heiser chief of staff Neucom said that while modern equipment adequate sup plies and people programs All Cost Money the total Cost of these deterrents is negligible when compared to the Cost of the first Day of War. Heiser who served As commander of the1st army div from March 1974 until August 1975, was paying a Farewell visit tothe division before he retires from the army. At the old Ironsides museum Here represented Memorabilia collected during his tenure As division commander to sgt. . Robert e. Anderson museum curator. I believe in the autumn forge series said Heiser who will retire after serving in the army for 32va years. The More prac Tice we have the better. But readiness Ismore than training and tanks. It has an awful lot to do with people. It also include readiness for the immediate Battle As Well As the  capability to sustain the  he said that people readiness is vital to Force readiness and that it is highly dependent on challenging training educational opportunities an environment conducive to work and concerned leadership. These elements give the american sol Dier the ability to operate independently in Battle with minimum guidance. This is one area where we have a qualitative Edge Over a potential adversary he said. Readiness in t just the army Forward deployed. It is also the reserves the capability of reinforcing from conus. It Sall elements of the air Force the tactical air command and the strategic air com Mand and their ability to reinforce. It s the Navy and the Marine corps. And i m just kind of convinced that should deterrence fail we Are going to need everything we have and we have to know How to work together. That s one of the Gratifying aspects of this last tour of duty. It has been enjoyable seeing the Progress that has been made infringing the team together said Heiser whose retirement ceremony will be at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart on sept. 26. He said it is a special strength of the United states to be Able to bring together the different armed services into a team devoid of narrow interests. When the Fla goes up you can t Stop to take a vote on whose aircraft you Are going to use he said. Soviet role in Quebec is reported London up the soviet Kab secret police Are masterminding and coordinating with extreme Quebec separatists a subversive threat of the utmost Gravity designed to break Canada away from nato the authoritative Institute for the study of conflict said thursday. But it said there Are Strong indication that the majority of French canadians do not want to secede from  subversive threat of the utmost Grav Ity masterminded and coordinated by the Kab undoubtedly exists in Canada the Institute said in a Survey entitled Canada s constitutional crisis separatism and  political situation in Quebec in particular provides an Ideal environment for the growth of  but it said there Are Strong indications that the majority do not want to secede from  privately finance the Institute is a privately financed inde pendent organization specializing in the study of sources of East West conflict its director is historian Brian Crozier. The report was by Rowland mans who for three years was British army instructor at the Canadian staff College. In Quebec the Survey said there Are dissident elements to be fostered and sup ported and these can also be penetrated by dedicated  waiting in the wings particularly i Quebec it said Are dedicated militants determined to prevent any reconciliation Between the  the soviet Union the Survey said i acutely aware of the strategic value of Ca Nada to the nato Alliance and to the United states. In the secret War Between the soviets and the u.s., Canada is a major  therefore it goes without saying the Institute said that Russia and her Surro Gates will Strain every subversive sinew to extract the maximum advantage from Ca Nada s current constitutional turmoil. Their eyes Are fixed on a dazzling horizon a neutralized left Wing  probe of defector s death continues London a the body of Bulgaria defector Georgi Markov will not be re leased to relatives until authorities com plete their investigation of his mysterious death a Coroner decided thursday. Markov 49, died monday of septicaemia a form of blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxins four Days after being poked with an umbrella in the Back of the thigh near the British broadcasting corp. Build ing where he worked. The broadcaster and playwright who defected in Italy in 1969, told a Friend on his Hospital deathbed that he had been Poi soned and believed that the foreign accented Man who poked him with the umbrella was an Assassin. Coroner Gavin Thurston told cmdr. Jim Nevill who is leading Scotland Yard s investigation of the death i am not going to release the body without very careful deliberation with yourself and the pathology  Nevill head of the Yard s Antiterrorist squad agreed that an adjournment of the inquest until oct. 12 would be suitable to the police. The hearing lasted Only three minutes. An autopsy tuesday confirmed that Markov had died of septicaemia but so fart has not been determined what caused the blood poisoning. Samples from Markov s body Are being examined by police Foren sic scientists and specialists in chemical and germ warfare. Markov s English widow Annabel 36, said wednesday she is convinced her Hus band was murdered because of his Broad casts beamed of his Homeland. He did a weekly nonpolitical cultural program for the bbl s Eastern european Annabel Markov. Convinced husband slain service. But he also did free Lance pro Grams for such stations As the american financed radio free Europe based in Munich. Friends of the defector who reportedly had an intimate knowledge of the Bulgari an leadership said the programs for radio free Europe had a political slant and re ported on scandals involving bulgarian officialdom. His wife said he was regarded As a tremendous enemy inside Bulgaria. She said i have no doubt he was Mur dered we Are still treating this As a suspicious death Nevill said. He added that police Are still trying to Trace a taxi Driver thought to have picked up the mysterious stranger with the umbrella after the at tack. A lot of people have been interviewed who May have seen something and we Are still sifting through this information. But understand no one has said they saw exactly what happened Nevill declined any comment on what killed Markov. The matter is still in the hands of the pathologist Coroner and scientists he said. During wednesday evening s Rush hour about 200 police stopped taxis and questioned bus passengers in London s Ald Wych area where the alleged umbrella at tack occurred at about 6 30 . Last thursday. Police showed a picture of Markov to passersby who might have seethe incident  
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