European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 09, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday june 9, 1980 false alarms show soviets . Is Alert Gen. Jones says lit ii Rukavi Saslaff writer mild Lului Kos a . False alarms of soviet nuclear attacks should be taken by the soviets is a warning of . Ability to respond to that danger within minutes. Gen. David c. Jones chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said in an interview Here sunday. Jones in Heidelberg to address the bos ton University commencement Assembly at the Patrick Henry Village officers club and receive an honorary doctor of Laws degree said that whether the soviets have false nuclear alarms or not is beyond our the soviets Don t talk about those things. But people should t jump to conclusions about Pur false alarms. It does t mean we Are trigger Happy. Because of the Short time involved in any attack on the . We had belter be ready and inc so Viets had better know that we arc ready and that we can respond in a very few Jones said his remarks do not mean that inc . Is closer to War or to launching weapons lie said lie Hough inc people in the command centers reacted admirably to the computer to or. Edward Teller s Alle gation in an interview last week that the . Would lose a nuclear War with the soviets at the present Lime Jones said i subscribe to much of what or. Teller says. I be been a great admirer of him since meeting him about 25 years ago. We ought to listen to what he has to say. In regard to winning a nuclear War it s hard to draw conclusions on thai. It s hard to Sec anyone winning one. That does t mean that one Side May not have some Jones said the use of the word winners is an oversimplification in a nuclear War because there arc some who jump to the conclusion that because there arc no win ners nuclear systems do not play a role. I think they do play a role in the psychology of threat and intimidation and i think that s what or. Teller is saying that nuclear weapons can help shape this world Jones said. Jones Udd cd i think a nuclear War is very unlikely because if the soviets attack the United states they know that we will have sonic forces survive that can inflict damage on the soviet Union. I think it s More Likely that they would try to intimidate us and intimidate our allies and increase their influence As a re sult of threats of use of strategic nuclear Jones repeated his denial that he privately agreed to resign his chairmanship of the joint chiefs if Ronald Reagan is elected president in order to Avert a protracted struggle Over his re nomination to that Post. Jones said he thought inc Story probably was started by people who have not for Given him for supporting president car Ter s positions on the Panama canal trea ties the a-1 bomber and Salt ii. Jones said the iranian Rescue Mission could t have been better planned. He said Only the malfunction of three of the eight helicopters prevented the Rescue. Jones said reports of inc Mission s fail ure were so erroneous thai army col. Charles acc Kwijo was held responsible for areas of authority that were managed by air Force col. James ii. Kyle. Jones said the joint chiefs agree with an increased presence in inc near East Libya expels britons London a Libya has expelled three British diplomats and is believed to have told 17 other britons to leave. Region especially since the soviet invasion of Afghanistan. This also Means. Jones said members of inc european Alliance sharing More of the Burden of defending Western Europe. But in also Means an increase of the number of americans under arms Jones said. On the combat readiness of the ., Jones said we re not nearly As bad As some say but not As Good As we want to his speech to . Graduates Jones said that under the Best of circumstances the 1980s would be a period of widespread turmoil throughout the world. Jones cited rising expectations in a world of diminishing resources As one Rea son for turmoil. Jones told the Assembly that he and the joint chiefs of staff Are deeply concerned that both the decline in the Quality of life and the constant assaults on in unique institutional supports for military people arc being increasingly reflected in inadequate recruitment and retention Firstin the Reserve forces and now in the Active University Board of trustees president Arthur Metcalf presented Jones with inc honorary degree. . Conferred More than 384 degrees two doctorates three certificates of advanced graduate study and 379 masters presented with an honorary doctor of Laws degree was George d. Hart a bos ton University Board of trustees member and president of a san Francisco firm. Mrs. Rosemary Many looks a Little sceptical about inc fit of he Cap As she gees ready o acc tic her Bachelor or science degree from Boston University. Will it stay on appear Nelly sharing her concern in Hei Delberg Are her husband Les and sons Zachary 4, and Eric. 8. The Hanys Lite in Frankfurt. S & s. Cus Schueller false warning of russian attack missile computer again malfunctions continued from Page i turned on since Sac responds automatically to any warning signal the statement said. But no planes of any kind were moved and none was sent into the air. The Readi Ness posture of other strategic and tactical forces was not we were concerned but not alarmed by he erroneous report said Pentagon spokesman John Becker. Three minutes is a Short said the computer that malfunctioned june 3 was deliberately left on the line with special equipment applied to it in an Effort to determine the cause of the he said when the second malfunction occurred Friday officials believe they Learned the cause. Meanwhile in London British legislators sunday demanded an emergency debate in the House of commons Over the computer error claiming it put Mankind on the Brink of nuclear if the House speaker George Thomas refuses an emergency debate monday the lawmakers threatened to barrage ministers with questions until they gel a debate. Turn a Lyell chairman of the opposition labor party s influential foreign affairs group declared even our economic and Industrial difficulties must Pale into trivial insignificance compared with this spine chilling news. The appalling fact that for the second time in four Days computer error has caused the american War engines to be revved up should be the no. I item on the Agenda of every government and every to saudis reject proposal for Oil Price Compromise Algiers Algeria a Iraq said sunday it will propose a Compromise Oil Price of $32 a barrel to end the disarray gripping the organization of Petroleum exporting countries open. But saudi Ara Bia immediately rejected the offer. Iraqi Oil minister Utych a def Karim told reporters a s32 Price would be a reasonable Bridge for the divided 13-Mcmbcrgroup. When asked if he would Uccell the iraqi5 Reposas however saudi Oil minister sheikh Ahmed Saki Yamani told the associated press no i Don t think the saudis whose Oil is inc cheapest in open at s28 a barrel Are the group s Lead ing Dove on prices us Well us its leading producer. I Don t think there will be an Accord Yamani told reporters. It would Bea pleasant Surprise to the iraqi minister also said that a Dis agreement on prices inevitably would Ren Der agreement on production programming More difficult. Faical party in the world tomorrow morn Laberite Robert Craycr stressed it s Clear that so far we be been Lucky. But our Luck May run out and another computer error might not be halted in Lime. If that happens it s curtains for the soviet press sceptical about the Pentagon explanations of computer errors said Militarist circles arc playing with fire and subjecting the world to the peril of nuclear War. Such electronic faults of the Pentagon have no justification the Tass news Agency said. They May result in too heavy a loll for inc Peoples of the in reporting the incident inc news Agency set off in quote Marks such words As error and electronic faults to Indi Cate it was sceptical that was really the cause. After the incident last november the soviet press suggested it May have been a Pentagon Effort at nuclear brinkmanship Ami Saber rattling. 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