European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Many soviet workers at embassy to be replaced by americans August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 Washington a the state department plans to Cut Back the number of soviet citizens employed by the embassy in Moscow and replace them with for Security a congressional source said the state department told Congress that More than half the soviet employees will be replaced by the source James said the embassy in Moscow and the consulate in Leningrad employed 211 soviet citizens in support and maintenance jobs As of last the at an estimated Cost of Between million and apparently was planned before last weeks complaint by officials that the soviets used a potentially dangerous chemical pow Der to track the movements of americans since the a Fourman team of doctors and scientists from the National institutes of health and the environmental Protection was heading to Moscow to search for traces of the spy dust at the embassy and apartments of diplomatic state department spokesman Daniel Lawler in some 100 american Diplo Mats and their dependents were briefed on the chemical by undersecretary of state Ronald he downplayed the said a department employee who attended the ses he said the chemical was measurable Only in billionths of a but Harlan a former agriculture specialist in the told reporters of we should have been told about it at the Spiers was quoted As saying he first heard about the chemical three Days before last weeks but Charles a state depart ment told reporters at a Sepa rate briefing that there was no reason to inform diplomats and their since use of the chemical was sporadic and minus Cule until courier wrote president Reagan last week that problems such As the spy dust Are bound to persist As Long As we Grant Sovi ets close daily Access to the embassy and Nigeria new president promises improvements Ivory coast a the nigerian army chief of who assumed the presidency in a coup against an other military pledged to improve the review the cases of prisoners awaiting trial and Reform these Cret Ibrahim named president tuesday night after the West Afri can nations sixth coup since gaining Independence from Britain in made the pledges in a 14minute address on nigerian the address was monitored in the new regime accused the 20month old military government of Mohammed Bihari of abusing Power and fail ing to revive the country faltering econ which has been hobbled by the drop in world Oil the London times quoted diplomatic sources As saying army officers undertook tuesdays coup to preempt a takeover by Junior officers restive Over Boharis failure to solve the economic a moslem from Northern Nigeria and a respected career Soldier in his declared in his radio address regret it turned out that Bihari was too rigid and uncompromising in his attitude to issues of National efforts to make him understand that a diverse country like Nigeria requires recognition and appreciation of differences in both cultural and individual perception Only served to aggravate his Baban Ginda joined the army after Leav ing High school and is reported to be popu Lar with the nations he helped Engineer the coup that overthrew the civilian govern ment of president Shehu Hagari and put Bihari in Baban Ginda became army chief of staff after the 1983 coup and served on the 14 member supreme military Council under he accused Bihari of continuing the mistakes of the civilian including mismanagement of the Lack of Public insensitivity of the political leadership and a deterioration in living Baban Ginda promised to overhaul the country feared secret release jailed journalists and review the cases of other detainees awaiting soviet tracking chemical the United states has accused the soviet Union of applying a potentially cancer causing chemical powder to objects for tracking americans in application a chemical powder identified As Mutagen and possible carcinogen19 applied to steering wheels and other the chemical adheres to own when the object is Contact anyone coming in Contact with the chemical leaves minute traces on other or people hacking tracking the invisible chemical believed to consist of a fluorescent compound that shows up under a special Light allows the soviet authorities to determine where a person has been and with whom the person has made up graphic British embassy in Moscow probing cars for spy dust Moscow a British embassy officials Are inspecting the cars of staff Mem Bers after charges that the Kab used a secret powder to track american Diplo an embassy official said the British who asked not to be said All embassy personnel were asked to bring their cars in Over the week end for he said he did not know How Many cars were the official said embassy officials took dust and dirt samples from steering gear shift door handles and other areas and sent them to London for the official last week the state department and the embassy said the Kab has been using a potentially cancer causing chemical known As to track american the soviets called the accusation the British official said the embassy did not have any evidence to indicate that the chemical was used against embassy person this is part of an attempt to investigate this whole thing and try to get the facts on he mock Rescue planned Tor Caribbean Lucia a More than 500 British and Caribbean troops will stage a mock Rescue of this Island 1115 in operation exotic the commander of the joint exercise under the exercise the United Britain and seven Caribbean including will answer a Call for assistance from the government of which is threatened by externally supported brigadier Rudyard Lewis of commander of the regional Security said monday that the exercise in a wooded area of this volcanic Island is part of a series that will accustom armies and police forces of the Region to working the six other Caribbean nations involved supported the invasion of Grenada in 1983 which Over threw a Radical leftist military they formed a Caribbean peacekeeping Force that joined in the assault and subsequent Britain opposed the inva Vincent and the grenadines said tuesday it would not take part in the but acting prime minister Eddie Griffith said the government has requested observer prime minister James who was on a Trade Mission to has criticized what he called militarization of the Region since he took office july Lewis said smaller exercises had been held on other islands but were not for one reason or the he recalled monday that there had been talk follow ing the Grenada invasion of forming a standing carib bean but leaders of the Region had decided against we Are not having a standing but we Are continuing along the lines of our which provides for the forces in the countries to work Ogeth Lewis this is Why it is necessary that we train test our ability to move around and get to know the islands so if a situation we know what is required of he did not give a breakdown of troops supplied by each and Antigua and bar Buda have Small armies the police forces of Kitt Nevis and Lucia will Send Mem Bers of their special services the special services Are counterinsurgency units trained by army specialists in a program begun in the regional Security system was formed by East Ern Caribbean nations in 1982 to improve cooperation in Antidrug efforts and search
