European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes june called extremely vulnerable1 to terrorists Washington a the head of the civil defense calling territory extremely vulnerable to terror said tuesday that he lacks Confidence in the nations ability to Stop deadly attacks by groups using chemical and germ we and should count on the current essentially uncoordinated Ter ror methodology in the United states continuing indefinitely into the said Louis the director of the Federal emergency management Agen the United states is extremely vulnerable to the conventional weapons and tactics of Giuffrida gave the assessment in a re port to a today terror ism conference that former atomic Energy commissioner William Doub said was unfortunately being held against the backdrop of the hostage crisis in the including the civil de sense chiefs was closed to All but a group of invited scholars and sex but copies of Giuffrida report were Given to terrorism could cause major disasters for the United if groups attacked highly interconnected systems like Power Supply nuclear Power plants and Telephone switching Giuffrida i am confident we can handle acts of conventional terrorism such As bombs or disruptions of communications or Power he i am not confident about our ability to Deal with chemical or biological for the same number of deaths in a Square mile caused by about 350 tons of fragmentation bombs or 35 tons of Mustard Gas could be caused by just ounces of Botu Linal toxin Type a or about on fourth of an ounce of anthrax the experts do agree that chemical or biological weapons Are Well within the technical capability of third world coun tries or private terrorist he Giuffrida asserted that the United states has been spared the kind of organized terrorism that has hit the rest of the world because of the existence of relatively easy targets in Europe and other parts of the that May he target countries like West Ger Many and England have become tougher and better at dealing with terrorism they can no longer be called it stands to reason that terrorists will look for new targets that Are not As Well prepared to Deal with the United automatically be comes a very attractive Giuffrida he called for an increase in Central evaluation of counterintelligence gathered by the Federal Bureau of investigation and local police to identify terrorist groups before they most of the discussion at the Confer sponsored by the nuclear control Institute and the state University of new Yorks terrorism studies focused on the possibility that Radical groups could steal or make an atomic bomb and use it to Force outrageous concessions from Weinberger says he still wants 100 my missiles Washington a defense Secretary Caspar complaining that the Pentagon stands unjustly accused of setting aside Money for pet said tuesday the Reagan administration will continue to seek a full contingent of 100 my it is unfortunate that so Many do not understand my motives and goals and choose instead to withdraw their support for a Strong National Weinberger said in testimony prepared for the Senate appropriations com Weinberger said the House approved oneyear freeze in Pentagon spending authority with no allowance for inflation was very reluctantly agreed to by the adm Nistra but he said it will result in reduced momentum to Ward reaching vital National Security a continuation of this trend will undermine the improvements we have already and will delay Indef with added the achievement of our Lon term Weinberger in a both Weinberger and John chairman of the joint chiefs of made Clear they do not accept As permanent the Caps on deployment of the my missile imposed earlier this the Senate would limit deployment to while the House would Stop it at next year we will try to get us Back on the path that will Lead to 100 As quickly As Congress will Wein Berger new ambassador says is ant american san Francisco a the new ambassador to the United nations accused the world marking its 40th anniversary of having an anti american the general Assembly has been involved with Lynching the United states by Vernon Walters said Mon Day in an interview with the san Francisco the has become a forum for countries to denounce the and make false reports and statements about this outrages americas sense of fair Walters was one of several ambassadors to at a conference at the Fairmont the status of the International body 40 years after the signing of its charter in san a retired army lieutenant was asked if the United nations has a role to play in negotiations for the Freedom of the american hostages taken by lebanese i think the United nations has a Defi Nite role to play in resolving questions that pertain to hostages and Walters for its easier to yield to the persuasion of the Secretary general of the than it is to the threats or the implements or anything else by nations whose citizens have been taken in his Canadian ambassador Stephen Lewis suggested that the United nations formulate agreements to Stem terrorist a 35year military career officer who served As an ambassador Large Dur ing president reagans first denied that the administration is against the United he said he will be outspoken like his pre Jeane because we both speak with the same voice the voice of this Well educated Chimp a photo a 4yearold plays with a Wirein the Chimp has teamed the graphic word spiral toy during language lessons with teacher symbols displayed on a Board behind her and reacts sue Savige Rumbaugh at a primate research Crater to Many spoken Amelco president will resign from his Job next month new York a american express president Sanford Weill will resign in August from the 2 Job at the financial services the company said the company also announced that it will restructure its fireman fund insurance subsidiary As part of a corporate will be succeeded by Louis Gerstner who is chairman of the company executive commit Weill earned More than million last and his contract lasts for another his resignation is effective who has been with american express for the past four indicated he would pursue his own financial ventures As Well As remain As a consultant for american speculation that Weill would step Down has been circulating for several after he sold off much of Bis american express Weill is known As a Deal he and three associates in 1960 founded the securities firm of Stoma which grew steadily through mergers into Shearson Loeb Rhoades four years Weill sold Shearson Loeb Rhoades to american express for nearly billion in i am very pleased to have participated in the accomplishments of american express Over the past four Weill said in the company announcement
