European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2 the stars and stripes july 1985 a hostage tells of maltreatment on plane Wiesbaden a former hos Tage Robert Brown described monday the harrowing hours aboard the hijacked Twa flight 847 As shiite moslem beat and kicked the adding that he and three other americans were temporarily thrown into a prison of spoke to re porters at the Wiesbaden air Force Hospital after he and the other 38 Ameri cans freed by their shiite captors in Beirut arrived Here earlier Blear eyed from Lack of sleep but otherwise appearing spoke to re porters on the Lawn of the medical com often holding the hand of his Donna Jill picture on Page asked whether the hostages were Mal treated during their 17 Days of Captivity in the hands of shiite Brown said on the plane there was certainly but after we got off the plane we were not treated they came along and hit them Pas sengers on the Back and hit them on the Back of the neck and hit them on the Back of the he Brown is a representative of a medical instruments manufacturer in in some cases they kicked the Passen Gers in the i was kicked in the face Brown adding that he sustained a broken blood vessel in the Eye As a result of the he said of his time in Captivity we tried to think we played a lot of cards and told our life some of these Guys know More about me than my wife knows about me Brown was one of the four americans held separately from the rest of the group after the hostages were removed from the Boeing 727 at the Beirut Brown said his group was held in steel photo by Gus Schuettler fifty flags decorated the Wiesbaden air Force Hospital As the former hostages arrived at cells in what appeared to be a there were other prisoners being held but they were not they told us they were Brown Brown said the four never left West contradicting reports by amal militia officials in former hostage Arthur of told reporters the hostages were kept in Small groups in slum like apart ments with rats and in still very angry at the people who hijacked Toga Allyn the 39yearold elected spokesman of the said he want sure about the identity of the i really dont know if they were i asked them and they denied having been Hezbollah but i didst get a straight i believe one of them replied he was from the party of the oppressed photo by Emmett Lewis photo by Gus Schuettler families and dignitaries meet the returning a hostages at Rhei main a in Frankfurt left and others show their Joy right at the air Force Hospital in Bush for elimination of Scourge of terrorism Paris a vice president George Bush said monday that his Brief Early morning trip to Frankfurt to Greet the re turning Twa hostages was marked by a mixture of emotion anger and sad Ness and reinforced the need to eliminate the Scourge of in a Toast at a luncheon attended by French prime minister Laurent Fabius and foreign minister Roland Bush called for a Mutual commitment to Freedom and democracy and a world without if we look slightly it has nothing to do with this Fine summer Day but with the fact that we had to be in Frankfurt at 4 this the trip was Worth he it was a moment of Relief and satisfaction because we refused to make a Deal and we Bush he added that the Frankfurt Welcome also was a moment of mixed emotions anger at the brutal execution of an american Navy Man sadness Over the four frenchmen and seven Ameri cans who remain kidnapped in let us vow to continue to strengthen our work together to eliminate the Scourge of terrorism in the Bush who hosted the luncheon at the foreign said the continued Captivity of the 11 americans and French demonstrates the constant necessity to work against fanaticism and for in his welcoming Fabius under lined the ties Between the United states and marked most recently by last years celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Normandy president Rea Gans visit to the european parliament in Strasbourg in May and next years Cele bration of the Centennial of the statue of a gift from what brings us together today is the same attachment he discussing european the prime minister said your talks with various leaders in european capitals have demonstrated the necessity for the construction of a United Europe to which France is so at the world needs a Strong Europe and i does the United