European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes july 1985 Rifle smuggling probe called inadequate7 Washington not the Navy investigation of a vice Admiral who brought automatic rifles Home from Grenada was completely according to a re port released tuesday by the Pentagon in Spector generals the report concluded that a higher rank ing Admiral and the naval investigative service were lax in not pursuing a full investigation of vice Joseph Metcalf Iii and subordinates after customs service officers found 24 soviet automatic rifles in the admirals plane on his arrival at in november a Navy spokesman said Navy Secretary John Lehman had angrily defended his service in a letter to Deputy defense Secretary William Taft calling the inspector generals report bombast and sex who commanded the october 1983 invasion of was Given a non punitive letter of warning for the episode after a three Day Navy investigation in no vember the Case received widespread attention earlier this year after reports that lower ranking servicemen had been imprisoned for charges involving smuggling of guns from the Navy said in contrast to the enlisted most of whom were convicted of stealing or Selling the Metcalf requisitioned weapons As gifts for High ranking officials and surrendered them to the inspector Joseph Sher was asked last february to study the handling of the the report released tuesday said the naval investigative service dropped its investigation too quickly after Metcalf told it he was solely responsible for the and after two higher ranking Wesley commander of the United states Atlantic Fleet and Ronald vice chief of naval opera showed no interest in pursuing the matter the report said Mcdonald had exercised poor judgment in allowing Metcalf to curtail the investigation by accepting the blame in the report at least one Lowe ranking Woodrow shared the blame in the gun smuggling the report noted in the de sense department ordered the Navy and air Force to change their practice of re Quiring a senior officers approval before their investigative services began the army has never had such a require Pentagon investigators said it was not Clear whether Metcalf wanted the rifles As souvenirs for his staff or As gifts for other the report said the Admiral was not entirely candid in earlier i Vestiga his service in a letter to Deputy defense requisitioned weapons As gifts for High poor judgment in allowing Metcalf to Dod of seek refund guarantees Tor overpriced parts Washington a defense Sec establish a Standard Industry wide refund the Boeing offer was made on we believe this is a constructive Stet Washington a defense rotary Caspar Weinberger said tuesday he has ordered Pentagon officials to seek written refund guarantees from the nations defense contractors for spare parts that Are determined to be the new initiative was prompted by voluntary offers to establish such a policy from general electric and Boeing Weinberger the offers of both firms have been a Weinberger the companies have pledged to provide the Pentagon full credit or refunds for any spare part they deliver that is subsequently determined to be unreasonably Weinberger said he is directing assistant defense Secretary James Wade to establish a Standard Industry wide refund in the he he is urging other contractors to develop similar refund policies on their where instances of overpricing do the defense department will act aggressively toward ensuring that it will pay fair value for each and no Weinberger at least one other defense contractor has developed a similar although not cited in Weinberger the Grumman has been following the same policy with the Navy since Early this according to letters from the two released along with Weinberger the Boeing offer was made on april 15 and a similar pledge made by Gen eral electric on july the two offers differ Only in the time limits set for refunds or Lionel senior vice president of wrote that the company is prepared to refund the Price of any spare part or item of support if the part or item is returned to Boeing by the procuring Agency within six months after delivery of the Hood vice chairman of Ges Board of said general electric will provide credit for any spare parts or support equipment items considered to be unreasonably within a 90day period after believe this is a constructive step in demonstrating to the Public that none of us want or seek prices that Lead to the kind of examples which have been the focus of so much Hood Boeing is the nations fifth largest de sense contractor and be is the they received Pentagon contracts Worth More than billion in the 1984 fiscal according to Joseph a Washington spokesman for his firm has not set any time deadline for the Navy to receive full credit on spare As suming the part Hast been Grumman is the nations 11th largest de sense having received contracts totalling billion in fiscal Reagan agrees to Supply nuclear reactors to China Washington not president in his first official engagement since his cancer agreed tuesday to a pact with China that opens the Way for the Sale of american nuclear reactors and Larry the White House spokes said the Long delayed agreement pro Vides a Legal framework for the Supply of equipment for chivas nuclear Power pro the pact is subject to congressional although White House officials said it is improbable that Congress would seek to Block Reagan agreed to the pact during a meeting with the president of i who is visiting the Accord was signed later in the Day by Energy Secretary John Harrington and chivas Deputy prime i who oversees his country Energy officials said the pact provided for no technology with military application and prohibited the use of american equipment to help other nations acquire nuclear Wear they said chinese assurances were unwritten and were based on Public and private it is designed for the peaceful and Only the peaceful of nuclear Materi Speakes it says no nuclear materials or equipment subject to the agreement will be used for any nuclear explosive or for research or development of any nuclear explosive device or for any other military Long one of the leading chinese eco nomic was made president in 1983 when this largely ceremonial office was restored after an Lightyear also signed tuesday were agreements involving educational and cultural exchanges and but the dominant event was the signing of the nuclear which had been stalled since april when Reagan Ini titled the pact while visiting the actual signing was delayed when intelligence officials found that chinese nuclear specialists had been seen at a nuclear Plant in where work on a nuclear device was believed under the pakistanis have denied that they Are developing a nuclear because the chinese Are believed to have left the pakistani site and because China has stated publicly its intent not to help other nations develop nuclear weapons officials resumed efforts to sign the about 30 nationalist chinese demonstrators from Taiwan protested on the Ellipse As the communist chinese president was welcomed by several Hundred other protesting what they called chivas attempt to take Over carried placards and chanted across from the White temperatures july 23 South Africa Detainee total now 665 South Africa a police said wednesday they have detained 665 anti apartheid activists under emergency averaging More than 200 detentions a Day since the decree took effect a member of a detainees support group said the detentions were largely aimed at undermining grassroots residents organizations that have challenged government backed councils in Black Jaap Venter of police Headquarters in Pretoria said the official number of detentions Rose from 441 at 8 to 665 at midday most of the additional 224 detentions occurred president Botha imposed the Emer gency in 36 Rio torn cities and mainly around Johannesburg and in the Eastern Cape to try to end 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