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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday september 13, 1b80 generals stage bloodless coup in Turkey _.,_. When the situation permits born continued from Page i Lary chiefs which quickly pledged to main Tain nato commitments will put democracy that could t control itself Back on firm foundations once peace and order of the stale arc restored Evron said. After necessary alteration made in the Constitution and on Laws concerning elections and political parties the administration which has now fully taken Over will be handed Over to the civil bodies he said. With tanks in key intersections troops on patrol and helicopters fluttering Over head the streets of Ankara Istanbul and the general denounced prime minister other cities of the nation1 67 province Suleyman Demirel 10-month Rule laying were reported Calm under martial Law. t-1-" to Mas the curfew was temporarily lifted in Ankara in mid afternoon and thousand of the capital s 1.5 million people poured into the streets mingling with the heavily armed soldiers under the Bright Sunshine. Evron a korean War artillery officer called the coup an interim arrangement and said Turkey would Honor All its inter National obligations toward nato and other existing  it had left Turkey a slate without a of of what is happening now was told 10 years ago to one would believe it Uii eve that one Day Brothers would kill brother in Thi country Evren Ald in bit nation wide  Laid much of the nation s civilian leadership Demirel opposition Leader and former prime minister Bulent Eccott were in custody to protect their lives. Member of cuban . Mission shot Castro foes say they killed attache new York up Omega 7, a fanatic anti Castro group that has taken cred it for a score of terrorist bombings is claim ing responsibility for the shooting death of an attache to Cuba s diplomatic corps to the United nations. The sniper attack thursday night which Omega 7 claimed was part of a months Long plan to assassinate cuban diplomats Drew immediate condemnation from Secretary of stale Sidmund music who called it a reprehensible  the United Stales also offered an informal apology to Cuba and police and Fri agents began an intense Hunt for a killer of whom they acknowledged they had no description. It was believed to be the first killing of a member of the . Diplomatic corps. Police said the victim Fxliz Garcia Rodriguez in his 40s. Was shot once in the head As he drove a station Wagon with diplomatic plates toward Manhattan on Queens Boule Vard a Busy 10-Lanc thoroughfare. The Back plate had been Bent apparently Mark ing the victim for the killer. Harassed polish workers charge Accord violations Warsaw up authorities stepped up criticism of dissidents Friday and new scattered strikes were reported around the country with at least one factory dissident sources said going on strike because of management harassment. The organizers of the new free Trade unions charged that by this harassment authorities were violating their agreement with the workers. At the same time a government official said new communist party Boss Stanislaw Kania would soon meet with soviet presi Dent Leonid i. Brezhnev with whom he has already spoken by phone. Dissident sources said strikes continued in a number of towns and cities. They said workers at a Ball bearing Plant in kill ice South of Warsaw walked out because management put up a notice on the Plant bulletin Board saying those workers who joined the new free Trade unions would lose various allowances such As Loans partly financed vacations and extra financial Aid. France won t be unmoved if neighbors Are attacked Paris up Premier Raymond bar re said France will stand by its decision to decide alone when to enter a conflict but it cannot remain indifferent if its immediate neighbors arc attacked. Speaking at the High Institute of National defense Barm said France was building up a nuclear deterrent Large enough to help Stop violence before it Snow balled into a full scale War. The Premier said France s Basic strategic concept was avoiding War by stopping the process of violence in its initial phase. Australia reports Gold Rush Perth. Australia a a Gold Rush has been touched off by two aborigines who dug up nuggets ranging from the size of marbles to cigarette packs about 510 mile Northeast of Here. So far 300 ounces of Gold nuggets have been recovered from the site and a Perth mining entrepreneur. Peter Engelbrecht announced he had bought rights to the area from the aborigines for an undisclosed sum. A free Trade Union organizer in Gdansk the seaport Center of the summer labor revolt said in Many places even in Gdansk people who want to join the new Trade unions come across various difficulties. Some officials at their jobs Tell them not to join the  asked if this was t a violation of the 21 Point agreement signed by workers and government which guaranteed the right to form the unions he replied in practice it looks like that. It is a violation of the  he said that the formal charter of the Independent Trade unions would be approved monday and said it looked As if Gdansk would become National head Quad cars. The government official said the labor upheavals which forced a Power reshuffle would affect polish foreign policy some what. Private pension plans shifting from stocks Washington a private pen Sion plans have been increasing investment sin government Bonds and savings certificates while decreasing investments in corporate stocks according to a government commissioned study. The Wharton school of finance said in a report that total assets invested in Stock fell from 67 Derc a is 56 per ctn Between 1973and 1973. During the same period the re port found assets invested in . Govern ment Bonds Rose for 3 percent to i per cent and time deposits Rose from 2 percent to 5 percent. Central Europe forc Cul Tor is Hirdie moist a Douds Ikea trim Occa Sion a Oroho Fla. Northern str Niv my he botox Mhz guv Uriah woj. Hum Uil Tan 47-53.son Quoin u 1m pm mrm sunday at tit am to Outlook tar sum cow not Ltd ooh Tutor 4am 4em is 79ii a u toss n u As ii it appeared Rodriguez was shot from close Range possibly from a passing car. Three .45-caliber Shell casings were found on the Street nearby. The slaying came less than six months after Omega 7 s unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Cuba s . Ambassador Raul  did t Start today. It started a few months ago a Man claiming to represent Omega 7 told United press International within minutes of the killing. We intend to eliminate All these traitors from the face of the Earth and we Are going to continue to execute All these people who arc responsible for Cuba s current political situation the caller  a message to another news Agency an Omega 7 caller said the next will be Raul Roa. Roa had been the target of a terrorist bomb that was deactivated safely in front of his Manhattan residence March 25. Chief of detectives James Sullivan said the latest killing was the first by Omega 7 in new York Omega 7 claimed responsibility for the nov. 26, 1979, ambush slaying of Eulalio Jose Negrin a cuban Leader in Union City n j., who negotiated with Ca Tro for the release of 3,000 political prison ers. Three Omega 7 members were convicted in March 1979 of the bombing death in Washington of Orlando letelier former chilean ambassador to the us.  rec read Friday my 4padh. P u fran Mun. M. My London Oai kno p o 77 Myrld. P mrm 0 my Hanoi Penn wet. A is a pvt d Coo Xum. A m a Norm p a Par Rev Cloudy it Cloudy a Moth doudv.-0m 14, i we but so the group also had claimed responsibility ment we note that Turkey has been beset for 19 bombings since feb. 1,1975. By increasing terrorist " Muskie denounced Omega 7, saying this is a nation of Laws. We condemn terrorism in All its forms and Are committed to its  . Ambassador Donald Mchenry expressed regret to the cuban delegation for this cowardly act resulting in a tragic loss of , who lived in the cuban mis Sion in Manhattan was unmarried and had been in the United states for 2 a years. He served As a chauffeur and performed other administrative duties said Raul Pinero a fellow attache who was at the scene of the slaying. Takeover in Turkey called strictly internal matter the e situation permit Etna said the Leaden of the parties Wal be  the Independent newspaper in Naffla said de Ireland Ece Vit were taken lotto Island of Zunda in the sea of Marmara near the Dardanelles. Evren decried the political Polari Atisa of Turkey that had infected in ins Tita Lions universities and even the police crib i citing both the extreme left and right. He chided the left those who Elf the International instead of the a Liomel Anthem and accused the right of. Ting on the ground protesting toe Toft to Republic founded by Mustafa Kemal ats Turk in 1923, u reference to moslem it tvs Dament lists calling for an is Hunio mate like Iran. Casualty figures he said terrorist attacks bad claimed of 241 lives and 14,740 people had beat maimed and wounded. In contrast. Pm said the turkish War of Independence b 1919-23 Cost 5,713 lives. The military Council banned Trade Anlo activity and Evren appealed to workers a help. Turkey is in debt $16 billion month to . And West German Banks. The military has repeatedly signalled its impatience with the civilian leadership. It called for a coalition of Demirel s Justice party and Ece Vit s Republican Peopert party to Stop the violence. Ece Vit said he was ready to form a grand coalition but Demirel  auction in Washington the administration Fri Day expressed mild concern at the military coup and said us. Financial assistance amounting to $400 million annually Woom continue. State department officials said the coup was expected but that the United states had Only an hour and 15 minutes warning of the takeover. The United states must be concerned about the seizure of Power from any democratically elected government slate department spokesman John Trattner said. We note that in taking Power the turkish military have stated they do so to restore a functioning democratic Golem increasing terrorism acid economic difficulties. We have admired the turkish people for their persistent efforts to Deal with the problems through the  of government the United state along with its allies has provided significant lev Els of economic and military assistance. This assistance will continue. We look for Ward to the Early restoration of democracy in Turkey and to the establishment of eco nomic and political  current . Assistance to Turkey is $200 million in military sales credits find $200 million in economic development assistance. By Henry Gottlieb Brussels Belgium a North Atlantic treaty organization officials Fri Day called Turkey s military coup strictly an internal matter but repeated their be Lief that a Strong stable and violence free Turkey u mandatory for the Western Alli Ance. A nato spokesman issued an official no comment about the bloodless Coop that toppled Turkey s civilian government and imposed martial Law in nato s poor est and easternmost country. In private however members of a to s 15 National delegations said events in Turkey were being watched closely and the Alliance s greatest fear was 8 violent reaction to the military takeover. One official said nato planners were hoping the coup would run the same course As military takeovers in Turkey in 1960 and 1971 Swift restoration of order and eventual return of civilian control. Other officials pointed out however that there is now a nov equation in Turkey the growth of moslem fundamentalism which opposes turkish membership in nato. Meanwhile shape he announced a Nevers in turkish Thrace involving 3x100 Allied soldiers from six nato countries would continue As planned. The Maneu vers code named Anvy express to. Are designed to test Alliance response to a possible attack on Western tur key from Warsaw pact forces in Bulgaria  
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