European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes april germans deny accepting plane identification system world today Bonn a the German government denied Fri Day that it has promised unconditionally to accept a built air identification system for nato fighter Bonn will accept the american system Only if it can get adequate compensation for German firms who invested millions in developing their own government spokesman Peter Boenisch told a news such compensation could include increased orders from German companies by nato or partial production of the aircraft identification system in Bonn officials said Boenisch that Germany has Given up Hope of persuading the United states and other nato partners to accept a German built Boenisch was responding to charges that defense min ister Manfred a Christian sold out German interests during a recent trip to Washington by agreeing to accept the american system of identifying known As the Mark there was no Promise to take the american Mark 15 Boenisch Woerner has been summoned to testify on the matter before the bundestag defense committee this the committees Alfred said Mem Bers want to see if the americans pressured Bonn into taking the Mark Biehle is a member of the Christian social the bavarian Branch of the nato members agree that the alliances current identification system is outdated and the system uses coded radio signals that allow military pilots to distinguish Between enemy and Friendly the giant West German electronics has spent two years developing an air identification system for possible use in nato but the system has already been installed in Many military Boenisch said Woerner had been trying for two years to sell the German system to the but without Suc it is now universally accepted that there is no Chance of introducing the German system on a european wide he adding that it had also become Clear that the americans would not accept the Siemens the opposition social democratic party blasted the government Friday for giving up on getting the Alliance to accept the Siemens by deciding for the american and against the euro Pean air plane identification system fundamentally devel oped by German minister Woerner has irresponsibly Given away German Hansjochen chairman of the spa faction in the said in an arms negotiators hold full session Switzerland a the fifth week of the Geneva arms talks ended Friday with a meeting of the six key and soviet negotiators and their aides that was the shortest bargaining session to it was the first full meeting Between the three principal negotiators from each Side since the talks divided into specialized groups on March the meeting Between two teams of about 20 people headed by Max Kampelman for the United states and Victor Karpov for the lasted an hour and 35 minutes at the soviet a spokesman both sides remained silent on what was discussed at the meeting and did not reveal who had requested the plenary under guidelines agreed at the Start of the a plenary can be held whenever one Side requests it and both sides said the who has Laid Down ground rules that he not be identified by the spokesman told the associated press that the ple nary had been agreed to several Days before it was announced on but he refused to say whether it had been requested before soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev made Public arms control which the government rejected Gorbachev on sunday said the soviet Union would Stop deploying medium Range missiles in Europe until at least and called for a moratorium on strategic weapons deployments and space weapons re since the talks broke into the meeting sched ule has been space and defense weapons on with Kampelman facing Yuli strategic weapons on with John Tower opposite Karpov and medium Range forces on with Maynard Glitman facing Alexei the next negotiating session was scheduled for on space and at the arms control Japan takes import drive to streets Tokyo up the government brought its new found love of imports to japans most famous shopping area exhorting passersby to invest their yen in australian american Popcorn makers and British baby officials chose Tokyo Ginza to launch their import promotion drive aimed at persuading japanese Consumers to buy More foreign products and thus help reduce japans much criticized Trade surpluses with its trading the drive began As Japan came under severe criticism from Western Industrial nations at a today meeting of the organization for economic cooperation and development which ended Friday in in a joint the 24member organization called on Japan to make efforts to open its markets to foreign the import sponsored by the ministry of International Trade and Industry which has Spear artist Portocarrero Dies at 73 Mexico City a cuban artist Rene Porto car whose works were exhibited throughout the has died at the age of the cuban news Agency Prensa Latina in a dispatch monitored in Mexico Prensa Latina said Portocarrero died in a Havana Hospital from kidney and lung Portocarrero began his artistic career with his first showing of sketches at the age of he was awarded the order of Felix Varela in considered one Cubas top cultural his works have been shown in new As Well As in museums in France and the soviet headed four decades of japanese Export drives onto world markets was aimed at overcoming traditional japanese consumer resistance to imported earlier last prime minister Yasuhiro in an unusual televised asked each japanese to buy an additional 100 a year Worth of foreign on Nakasone office released a list of suggested purchases totalling including such items As Teflon frying Fondue cheese and id like to buy australian wine and other countries prod but japanese products Are Superior and said Satoshi a 24yearold trading company employee after listening to australian ambassador sir Neil Currie Praise the products of Australia a Hal dozen smiling Young women distributed Small Plas tic cup of australian wine to the Small audience clustered on Windy Corner in Tokyo main shopping on a Small assisted by pop Singer Naomi displayed a selection of australian together with consumer products endorsed by japanese housewives who have lived in the United states and a Japan external Trade organization official said 450 women were among the products selected and displayed were american garbage Popcorn makers and Lawn and British baby its really a newfound love of a Western official at the ceremony commented the ministry also planned to plaster about pos ters in the Tokyo and Osaka the posters carry Nakasone picture and the lets make an a lout Effort to use More imported products from around the Japan has been under and threat of protectionist to take actions to help reduce a billion Trade Gap with its major trading the United Spring spectators a photo Amsterdam favorite Spectator has begun in Earnest with the arrival of warm cafe goers on the 16th Century one of the cites dozens of lounge in the Spring watching waterborne Mondale plans Norway visit this newspaper reports Oslo a former vice president Walter Mondale will pay a private visit to Norway later this an Oslo newspaper has Mondale will come to Norway toward the end of this month on his own initiative and in order to promote his Law norwegian Oil is apparently a theme of interest to the paper said without attrib press spokesman Haakon Lavik of the norwegian state Oil company stat Oil confirmed that Mondale has expressed a wish to visit stat oils administrative Headquarters in Rocka droll Falls to pacify japanese study finds Tokyo up babies like to Rock Abye to not according to a recent researchers at Minoo near said 70 to 80 percent of screaming new Eskold babies exposed to the Brahms Lullaby stopped the researchers when the babies were exposed to jazz or 80 to 90 percent kept a report by the Kyodo news Agency the researchers conducted tests on 186 infants Over a oneyear period at the Hospital in japans second largest about 300 Miles Southwest of China teaching air Force pilots English in modernization drive peking a China is teaching its air Force pilots English As part of a modernization the official in Glis language newspaper China daily it quoted air Force commander Zhang Ting a As telling the first group of pilots to Complete the English course you should be Able to contribute More to modernizing the air Force by helping bring advanced foreign experience and the paper said the with an average age of were experienced pilots before they began studying English in March