European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes april 1985 Pitburg visit overshadowing real purpose of Reagan trip by Mary Hladky staff writer president reagans plans started out simply enough he would visit three euro Pean countries beginning with his Arri Val in Bonn wednesday and attend an economic Summit along with leaders of six other major industrialized the has become a Politi Cal and emotional time bomb during the last two weeks because of reagans plans to visit a German cemetery in Pitburg sunday where 47 members of the nazi Waffen is Are outrage by jewish veterans and members of Congress has riveted Media at Tention on the West German officials now expect about Media representatives to join the National leaders and their delegations in Bonn this Reagan so far has stuck by his decision to visit the cemetery with German Chan cellar Helmut Kohl As a Symbol of the two nations postwar reconciliation and but in an Effort to Blunt some of the he has added a trip to the former nazi Bergen Belsen concentration Camp in Northern Germany where at least political prisoners and russian prisoners of War died during world War among those who died there was Anne whose diary told about hiding from the nazis in Amster the Camp was liberated by the Brit ish on april these two emotionally charged trips will be sandwiched in Between visits with German the economic state visits to Spain and Portugal As Well As an address to the european parliament in the controversy has grown so big that some officials wonder How much attention Reagan will be Able to pay to the original major purposes of the trip discussions on economic conditions in the major industrialized his Star wars defense Ini the status of superpower arms reduction talks in Geneva and other although these issues now Pale in Light of the the economic Summit still will give leaders from the United Italy and the United kingdom a Chance to meet face to face about pressing problems and matters of Mutual during the economic Reagan is expected to ask West european and Japa Nese leaders to do More to stimulate their own in Reagan will talk about his efforts to reduce the budget the Western governments All Are concerned about japanese restrictions on imports and about growing Trade imbalances with that Reagan wants to Start new Trade liberalization negotiations in 1986 that would include talks about banking and computer that idea has met with resistance from some members of who say the Reagan administration has not yet adequately prepared for such As Well As from european which have agreed to prepare for talks but do not yet want to set a they want to talk now about the Strong Exchange rate in and the effects of High in Terest rates on other France has Long argued that Trade talks will do no Good unless monetary problems Are straightened in Europe 1985 the United states has agreed to consider organizing a conference on monetary but it is not yet interested in major changes to the monetary system an aim of France and the european Community but keeping world economic recovery on course May be the biggest and thorniest Issue at the the Reagan in a recent change in now says that the fed eral budget deficit influences the Trade the Strong and the inflow of foreign capital to the United but the United states wants european countries to do More to strengthen economies by loosening that would include reducing Federal subsidies of in instituting More flexible labor and reducing taxation on people and factoring into the discussion will be High unemployment rates in Europe and the need for european countries to take action to Spur development of new Indus tries and economic european trips have familiar flavor for Reagan by Clint Swift Washington Bureau chief Washington when president Reagan arrives in Bonn on hell be no stranger to Europe or to economic Reagan has made two previous trips to Europe As president in june 1982 and june 1984 for the eighth and 10th annual economic summits of the big seven Industrial they were among a dozen foreign trips since his on the first Reagan and the leaders of Canad and Japan met out Side Paris at the Palace of Versailles to talk about economics and the strains testing the Atlan tic in he met with the Pope at the in he Rode horses with the Queen and gave a powerful speech to in while people demonstrated outside he sought to reassure parliament that americas nuclear deter rent would never mean abandonment of Europe and to persuade protesters that peace required missiles As Well As in for he dangled a foot Over the line dividing East and while Young residents rioted in another part of the but he still was nearly swept off the worlds front pages when israeli troops thrust into Lebanon and British soldiers slogged across the Falkland islands for the assault on the second trip was criticism of Bud get deficits and High interest rates was blunted by the relatively Strong performance of the Summit leaders which were enjoying an average of More than 4 percent in Reagan proposed talks on no first use of nuclear weapons and a treaty barring the use of Force in in the participants agreed to study the causes of the increasing indebtedness of developing nations and issued a Deer la ration of democratic including the Rule of Law and free in Reagan joined Western leaders at nor Mandy marking the 40th anniversary of the Day at Pointe do where the 5th rangers scaled the he recalled the heroes who helped end a he walked through the cemetery at Omaha Beach and took part in an International Cere Mony at Utah where the american 4th inf div came by White House Reagan has made 10 other foreign trips As he has visited Mexico in january 1981 to talk to president Jose Lopez Portillo about reagans vision of a North american economic Community of the United Mexico and Canada in july 1981 for the seventh annual eco nomic Mexico in october 1981 for the so called North South survival Summit at Jamaica and Barbados in april a working vacation during which he met with five leaders of Eastern Caribbean nations and charged that Grenada had joined the soviet Cuba and Nicaragua in spreading the virus of communism throughout the in october 1982 to meet presi Dent elect Miguel de la Madrid Costa Rica and Honduras in december in he discussed economic matters with president Joao in the Agenda was cocaine traffic and president Belisa Rio Betancurt openness to cuban Leader Fidel Cas in Costa he spoke with president Luis Al Berto Monge about economic and Security in the president was Roberto Suazo Cor Dova and the problem was Mexico in August a meeting with de la Madrid on Central America and economic Japan and Korea in november in it reagans trip to Europe us May 1 president and Reagan arrive in May 2 Reagan meets with state Lead May 34 participates in the Bonn eco nomic May 5 visits concentration Camp at May 5 visits German military cemetery at May 6 leaves Bonn addresses Ger Man youth at Hambach travels to Madrid and meets King Juan Carlos and presi Dent Felipe Gonzalez May 7 meets with May 8 arrives in addresses the european flies to meets portuguese president Antonio Dos Santos Ramalho May 9 meets with prime minister Mario Soares and addresses the National May 10 departs Lisbon for washing