European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d1985 called worst year for air crash 5 d soviet subs Janes 9 d Mancini retires from the 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 128 August 1985 is and Sunda d 8693 a West German counterspy defects a file photo West German counterspy Hans Joachim Berlin a communist East Germany announced Friday the defection of a to ranking West Ger Man spy As officials in Bonn warned of serious damage from the growing espionage in a Surprise the East German news Agency adn said Hans Joachim Tiedge was seeking Polit ical Asylum in East Tiedge was the top official in charge of West German counter espionage against East three other suspected spies for East including a longtime aide to a West German Cabinet also have disappeared this adn reported that East German officials Are consid ering Tiedgens request for political Hans an undersecretary for West Germany Interior said investigators Are checking whether Tiedge controlled East German spies in West he added that Tiedgens defection May endanger West German agents in East the Mas circulation Bild quoting sources in reported that two important West German informants in East Germany have just fled to West the newspaper said the two were about to be exposed by the express newspaper in which has Good ties to government reported Friday that the West German government has started pulling agents Back from East express said West Germany wants to protect the agents in Case Tiedge gives the East germans their politicians in Bonn warned of the scandals possible in Neusel told a hastily called press conference that Tiedge had spent 19 years in sensitive most of the time dealing with East Germany and coun Ter espionage Neusel said Tiedgens political Asylum request had provoked grave second thoughts about West Germany he added that West German officials assume Tiedge will disclose secret information to soviet bloc secret Gerhard a Leader of the opposition social Democrat said the scandal is worse than the 1974 spy scandal that drove the Chancellor Willy Brandt from Jahn said that if Tiedge releases the names of West German agents to the it could have disastrous consequences for the Security of West Karl the Deputy chairman of the Christian called for All necessary measures to be implemented immediately to control the damage caused by the spy Herbert the Interior minister of nor Rhein West Falia told reporters in Bonn that Tiedgens defection had caused immeasurable was one of the top officials of the cons Titu see spy on Page 28 Reagan lauds future of Star gop los Angeles a president in his first major appearance since cancer made a pitch for the space based missile defense system popularly known As Star before retreating again to his Mountain top ranch to finish his three week Reagan gave an upbeat speech thursday night to about supporters of the Cali fornia Republican he said the space weapons system would permit us to shift our focus to saving rather than avenging we seek an antinuclear using technology to make us he our Success will be measured by the number of people we can not some self declared experts and some of those  he have charged that his proposal is unfeasible and a waste of but he Drew applause by if that Why Are the soviets so upset about it As a matter of Why Are they investing so Many rubles of their own in the same technologies Reagan also said his administration has held firm against communism in Central one of the reasons the Ameri can people have turned to us is that we do not waver from our commitment to do my president Reagan and his wave before the Start of a gop what is necessary to keep our country Safe and to secure the blessings of Liberty for our children and our childrens he such a test of the administration has been How it would Deal with communist expansion in Central he when we first got to the question on everyone lips will Al Salvador fall to the communists today the question will democracy win in Nicaragua and tomorrow the question will How soon Reagan an estimated 200 demonstrators paraded with placards attacking the administrations policies in Central America and South Africa and at a smaller group of counter demonstrators carried religious placards and chanted such slogans As sup port your local police and Down with your local it was the presidents Only major Public appearance of his California and the first time he has addressed such a Large group outside the White House since physicians removed a Twofoot Section of his Colon on july Reagan touted the republicans As a Cando party with an Agenda for an oppor Tunit filled the party with a positive strategy for Freedom and Navy begins to reshuffle top leaders Washington a one of the most extensive reshuffling of the navys leadership in recent memory began Friday with the nominations of three admirals to receive their fourth stars and new the reshuffling will ultimately affect More than a dozen Navy Flag including six of the navys eight authorized fourstar the immediate changes will Send new commanders to the Pacific the Pacific the Atlantic Fleet and to the Post of vice chief of naval the Pentagon announced that president Reagan intends to nominate Ronald currently the vice chief of naval to become commander of All forces in the the Pentagon also announced that Rea Gan would recommend the Elevation of vice Carlisle Trost to the Post of commander of the Atlantic Fleet vice James Lyons As the new com Mander of the Pacific and vice James Busey in to replace Hays As vice chief of naval president Reagan has nominated the lat Ter three to each receive their fourth the promotions and new assignments must be approved by the Hays Al ready is a fourstar president Reagan last month selected William Crowe to become the next chairman of the joint chiefs of replacing the retiring John Crowe will become the first Navy officer to hold the chairmanship since Crowe has been commander of american forces in the the Job that now will go to now a Deputy chief of naval oper will succeed Sylvester Foley As Pacific Fleet commander after Foley retires later this