European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes april Media military cooperation urged by Chuck Vinch Munich Bureau chief Germany the Media might howl about being barred from commanders might complain about the Media being too negative about the like it or the two must learn to live with each says a former army chief of the military Doest necessarily have to be friends with the Media but it does have to cooperate with the said Winant a retired major general who served Tours of duty As the army chief of information in Saigon and Washington during the Vietnam we still have a lot of commanders around the world who hate the news but the military has an obligation to get its Story to the to do it needs the sidle one of the main reasons for maintaining Freedom of the press is so the press can Tell the Public about the now director of Public relations for the mar tin Marietta aerospace is familiar with the problems that exist Between the Media and the As a result of the debate Over the decision to bar the press from Grenada until after the John Vessey chairman of the joint chiefs of asked sidle to head a commission that met in february the composed of military retired Media people and representatives of journalism addressed the question of How the military could safely and successfully conduct military operations while keeping the american Public sidle talked about the findings of the commission and recommended ways to Foster better cooperation Between the Media and the military at the recent annual Conven Tion in Garmisch of the association of the sidle said the seeds of the Mutual distrust Between the military and the Media were planted during the Vietnam i think most of us who were in Vietnam think the press did a Lousy he it Shoul Dve been More too Many people covering the War had a Point of View they were trying to for whatever i thought the coverage was Lousy looking at it it want As Lousy As i thought it was at the time but its human nature to remember a negative you tend to forget the Good stories or the Neutral sidle said the relationship has had its ups and Downs since but reached a new Low with the Grenada he said that there Are a number of ways for the military and the Media to Bridge the Gulf Between them even though some of them might be distaste Ful to military commanders and their staffs have to accept the fact that the Media Are their conduit to the if they dont like that they might hate the Media but they have to work with newsmen will sense if they think the military is cooperating with  usually do a much better sidle said the hardest Rule for the military to accept is to admit mistakes there Are very Good reasons to admit your mistakes he it increases your we had a lot of problems in the Pentagon during be we had some secretaries of defense that we rent top inclined to admit and the Penta Gons credibility during much of the War was if a reporter digs around in your command and finds out you goofed hell make a much bigger Story out of it than if you just Tell him right out about sidle also advised commanders to Deal with the Media in a positive invite them out to see whats going sometimes commanders get too caught up in announcing what there planning to do rather than what there doing he said All the responsibility for mending the breach should not rest just with the the Media have an obligation to use newsmen who Are As professional and cooperative As they expect command ers to he sidle said the decision to bar the press from Grenada was actually for the first time in it illustrated just How far apart the military and the Media had sidles commission to look for ways to mend the relationship was a direct outgrowth of i think both sides will agree that it must be an adversarial since the Job of the press is to be a but that can be carried too just like the military can carry it too far in blocking the press he the simple fact is that the military must use the press to Tell its world today reportedly funding project i ii Japan prizes won to make Fields disappear by scientists from Japan prizes won London a the government is funding a secret study in Britain to make nato airfields invisible to attacking aircraft by Means of special decoys and the sunday times the project coincides with the development of a new Range of nato aircraft equipped with stealth technology that makes them undetectable by enemy radar the weekly newspaper if All goes according to invisible nato aircraft could be Landing at invisible airfields All Over Europe with in a wrote the papers defense James a British hol Bond has won a contract to install a Complete camouflage system at an unidentified Royal air Force base in the paper All ground attack aircraft Are equipped with infrared Thermal images and radar designed to pick up variations in ground heat and enabling inboard computers to identify a modern camouflage techniques distort the information received by a planes scan ners and Are intended to mislead a the sunday times said the Raf base has been equipped with water sprinklers that douse All hangars and other heat sources with water if the Airfield is about to be Heaters inside inflatable Decoy hangars Are switched on to distract an enemy planes Thermal in the paper old aircraft that would have been sold off for scrap Are parked in front of the Dummy hangars to add to the deep and Trees Are planted to break up the outline of buildings and perimeter it to complement the every piece of Concrete in the including the has reportedly been coated with a chemical solution that reflects an image similar to that of the new camouflage system will Cost an estimated million for each air the paper it reduces an attackers chances of Success from 80 percent to 30 it Forbes opens asian balloon four Bangkok up american publisher Malcolm Forbes launched an 85foot elephant shaped hot air bal Loon with the help of the thai Royal family saturday to kick off a four nation asian adventure Gusty surface winds caused problems inflating the giant after several the 65yearold Forbes managed to coax it about 20 feel off the the which Forbes Calls the first flying elephant since Walt Disney appeared at times to be preparing to lie Down for a Nap rather than soar Over the Parade ground near the Royal Palace but the balloon Crew persevered until everything but the elephants Back legs were and Forbes even Man aged to lure two thai princesses aboard for Brief tethered King hum Biol Queen sir kit and their 6 year old Princess greeted Forbes but watched the festivities from the Royal Forbes said he brought his balloon and motor Cycle show to Thailand As a people people diplomacy Effort and Goodwill gesture on behalf of the widely known for his balloon exploits around the was scheduled to take the balloon around Thailand for 10 Days before making similar visits to Singapore and the elephant is a Symbol of whose ancient Kings Usea to go to War on the backs of the the nation still has herds of wild elephants in its originally i was going to Call this the great thai Forbes said of the when i met the Queen earlier this year in new York and showed her a picture of she pointed out it Doest really look like a thai elephant its ears Are too Small and its Tail is too we decided to Call it the great sky thousands of thais gathered at the Parade ground and waited patiently in the hot Sun while the Crew tried to get the balloon ready for the demonstration when the Gold and purple balloon finally Rose High enough for Forbes to wave to the a brass band broke into music and the crowd the thai Royal family applauded attired in a red shirt and and yellow persuaded Princess Maha Chari Sirin Horn and Princess Chula Horn to join him in the Wicker both of the princesses looked apprehensive when Forbes fired up the noisy propane Burner which provides the hot air that allows the balloon to but they appeared relieved when the flight went Only a few feet above the two real thai elephants brought to the Parade ground for the occasion appeared to enjoy the Atte Jioji from the Large crowd but ignored the interloper floating above f Tokyo a two professors from the United states and Israel have been named As the first recipients of the Japan prize for technological John visiting professor emeritus at Stanford University in and Ephraim professor at Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of each received from the science and technology foundation of Pierce was cited for his work in information and com he invented the Pierce gun used in Micro wave and satellite and the Pierce a transmission Mode in digital a biochemist who was president of Israel from 1973 to researched enzymes that Are used in food additives and squirrels released in Madrid after period of adaptation Madrid up eight squirrels scampered to free Dom in a Madrid Park after spending several months at a Halfway House to adapt to the stress of City they were the first of hundreds that will be released this year to live in the cites they Are very sensitive to City said mayor Enrique Tierno who asked Madrid Citi Zens to be kind to the new the squirrels were confined in a Cage to accustom them to City noise and otherwise the stress would be too said City councilman Jesus one of the squirrels died of a heart attack during the adaptation it was the stress that got Espelosin belgian poster offers for assassination of Pope Belgium up a poster was pasted on a Church in an Antwerp offering for the assassination of Pope John Paul ii during his visit to Belgium in police they said they had no clue As to who was responsible for it was the first such incident in but similar posters have appeared in offering a Reward for the killing of the Pope during his visit to the dutch police last week arrested four youngsters on charges of inciting attacks on the life of the the Pope is scheduled to visit Belgium May after a trip to Holland May 11 14 and to Luxembourg May