European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes february 1981 removed from embassy Fob in army attache entrapped7 by Kab from press dispatches Moscow a army attache was hurriedly removed from his Post at the american embassy in Moscow because he was caught in a classic sexual entrap ment by the which was attempting to turn him into a soviet informed sources said James was photo graphed in a compromising position with a woman last month on a trip to the Ukrain Ian City of Rovno near the polish said sources familiar with the the embassy repeatedly refused to comment on the hurried departure of hoi who had been in Moscow since april 1979 and was considered one of the Ablest officers at the it was classic sexual said one the bedroom the the door being kicked the flashbulbs pressured after being photographed on who is was put under pressure by the soviet secret police to work As an information operative for but reported his predicament to his superiors at the various sources he left Moscow 17 and was report edly under consideration for a Post on the staff of vice president George Bush As a specialist in soviet Holbrooks excellent command of the russian language and his i depth knowl Edge of soviet affairs made him a prime target for the sources they were after him since the moment he got said one acquaintance of the its something that nobody thinks can happen to until it the embassy refused to say whether it would protest the although past cases of alleged soviet entrapment have been strongly in journalist Robin Knight said that he was drugged and his wife harassed during a visit to the City of a protest was drinking Vodka a month an american and an australian Diplomat travelling together in the Ukraine became ill after drinking Vodka with a soviet official in what was de scribed As a Case of possible the sources detailed description of How Holbrook was entrapped conflicted with an explanation by Bush office that he was reassigned to Washington to work for the vice the source also said that he did not believe reports that Holbrook and another assistant army Thomas were drugged during their ukrainian trip last other military attaches in Moscow said that the True de tails of the incident were becoming known despite a cover Story Given out by embassy the source gave this account of the majors entrapment on Holbrook and were in in route to they became separated a violation of embassy regulations that travelling diplomats remain in pairs at All times and hol Brook was photographed in a compromising position with a soviet he was then threatened with blackmail unless he became a soviet intelligence the source Holbrook told his Story to embassy officials on and was sent Back to the United states the next one military source said that hoi Brooks knowledge of the russian Lan Guage was so great that he could pass for a and that the Kab decided either to Embarrass him into leaving the country or to turn him into a soviet espionage Holbrook himself refused to comment on the another published in the daily Telegraph of said Holbrook May have accepted an invitation from a casual russian acquaintance to a party in the Telegraph report said that knowledgeable sources suggest that the soviet secret police had plotted a scenario worthy of a cheap spy Holbrook studied russian language and linguistics at Georgetown University in the official duty of defense attaches is to advise ambassadors on military in attaches of Many countries spend time collecting information on their Host nations armed forces and occasionally Are subjected to harassment and charges of Eagleburger goes to Bonn saudis May to explain Salvador policy soon Bonn up president reagans special envoy to Lawrence Eagle met German government officials monday at the Start of a european tour to explain americas policy in Al Salvador to the foreign ministry foreign ministry spokesmen confirmed Only that the meeting had taken place be tween who was formerly ambassador to Yugoslavia and is now working in the state and his Bonn a spokesman said Eagleburger then went to the but it was not Clear if he would meet with Chancellor Helmut state department officials announced last week they would Send Eagleburger at the head of an american team to tour euro Pean capitals and produce evidence that Ethiopia and the soviet Union were backing guerrillas fighting the governing mount Etna rumbles for 4th straight Day Sicily up mount Europe highest and most Active vol Shook and rumbled for the fourth straight but experts said its eruption was the Volcano started belching smoke and pouring out lava last saturday from a crate that opened up in mount Etnas last serious eruptions in August and september 1979 killed nine Junta in Al the Junta has the backing of Reagan and Secretary of state Alexander Washington is expected to increase military Aid to Al Salvador but in Western particularly in schmidts social democratic politicians have called on the United states to open negotiations with the guerrilla opposition and to condemn alleged human rights violations by the sources in Bonn said it appeared that the policy toward Al Salvador is being used As a test Case by Washington to try out the effect of its new get Tough policy on Moscow and its West european Moscow has responded with a series of emphatic Public statements rejecting Amer ican charges of intervention in Al West have been reluctant to accept the american and Bonn sources said this appears to be the reason behind Eagle burgers the american envoy also will visit London and the Hague this temperatures l h 23 44 5 11 39 62 25 32 33 45 24 56 27 53 35 61 21 47 34 65 40 63 44 72 Anchorage Atlanta Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Denver Detroit Worth Houston Las vegas los Angeles l 67 37 48 35 56 26 55 19 28 53 46 58 72 50 54 50 75 49 82 54 53 63 49 27 Beach Minneapolis new Orleans new York Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Salt Lake City san Francisco Seattle Louis Washington prisoners saudi Arabia a saudi Arabia will soon release 21 americans held in saudi prisons As a Goodwill gesture to the administration of president an in formed saudi source said the Promise to release the captives was made to John chairman of the Senate armed services by saudi Deputy prime minister Crown Prince fahd bin Abdul during a meeting sunday night in the sources the release of the 21 who were arrested for either drug charges or the illegal Sale or Possession of has been rumoured for the last two embassy sources the declined official comment on the reported imminent Tower left for monday he met with Prince Sheik Othman Al the assistant minister of defense and and Badr bin Abdul Deputy commander of the National sunday in they discussed areas of Mutual Tower said the discussions were and very but he declined to comment a source close to the discussions said the Sale of bomb Racks and other accessories for the 60 flip Jet fighters on order to the kingdom were Tower voted for the Sale of the f15s when the Issue came before the Senate in 1978 As part of an arms package to saudi Egypt and news update fire survivors quizzed Dublin a ninety detectives Are questioning survivors of the Dublin nightclub fire that killed 44 checking reports that the Blaze could have been started by disgruntled youths setting fire to John an of duty fireman who was working at the stardust Caba ret As a told police at least two youths were seen setting fire to stacked foam backed a police spokesman said the spokesman said there were re ports the he said had not been could have had a grudge against the but he did not lab other sources said the club refused to admit persons it considered Troub Lemak but the manager refused to say if anyone was turned away Friday when about 800 people jammed the stardust for a dance the night away Valentine the sunday Tribune said five girls reported they saw youths lighting the padded chairs with matches just before the fire began to spread near the stage of the club Early balloon trip finished new Delhi up two Ameri can adventurers said monday that their Rounth world bid in the Jules a giant helium filled was definitely off for this year the 46yearold Maxie Ander son of said the balloon is we cannot use it we have neither the helium nor the the westerlies have moved and it is definitely off for this Anderson and his 47yearold Donald Ida of made arrangements monday to retrieve the battered trampled under the feet of thousands of curious from the Muddy Field 120 Miles North West of new Delhi where their adventure an Indian air Force helicopter arranged by prime minister Indira Gan this Pilot failed in an at tempt to lift out the Jules Vernes White and Blue Gondola by Cable sunday Anderson said that they would bring it Back by leakage of helium that started shortly after the balloon lifted off thursday from prevented the bal Loon from rising High enough to Clear the More than 1 arsonist Las a while fully booked hotels turned away would be arson investigators said they believe More than one person was involved in setting the fires that claimed eight lives at the Las vegas at least one of the four fires May have been set by someone who wanted to jump on the bandwagon after the first Blaze arson investigator Mike Patterson said a 23yearold Hilton Philip Bruce allegedly told police he accidentally set the largest of the four fires that erupted in the East Wing of the nations largest hotel he was booked for investigation of murder and the million Blaze injured 198 it followed by just three months an electrical fire at the Mem grand hotel in Las vegas that killed 84 chief arson investigator for the Clark county fire said Cline could not have been involved in at least one of the fires at the Hilton be cause he was giving officials a statement at the time it other fires could have been the work of a pyromaniac or a but we have nothing to indicate Bob another member of the arson