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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday september 13,1085 Britain expels 25 suspected soviet spies London a acting on information supplied by a top Kab defector Brit bin thursday ordered 25 purported soviet spies to leave the country in the biggest such expulsion in 14 years. The foreign office said that in ordering out the sin accredited diplomats and 19 business officials journalists and embassy workers it was going on the word of Oleg a. Gordievsky the chief operative in Britain of the Kab the soviet spy Agency and secret police. It said Gordievsky 46. Posted in London since 1982 and officially listed As a soviet embassy Counselor had defected saying he wishes to become a citizen of a democratic country and live in a free  he was Given political Asylum it said without revealing when he defected. A foreign office statement said Gordievsky was in a position to know full details of soviet intelligence activities and personnel in this  the foreign office dispensed with the usual diplomatic language and bluntly accused the 25 of spying. It gave them three weeks to leave Britain. It said it summoned the soviet charge d affaires lev. A. Par Chine and told him that a significant number of soviet representatives in London have been engaging in intelligence activities which Are of course totally incompatible with their status and declared  it did not spell out their alleged actions but said the nature and scale of the activities Are completely  Par Chine s response was not known and the soviet embassy said no one was Avail Able to comment. It was the biggest single expulsion by Britain since 1971, when Britain threw out 105 soviet diplomats and officials for alleged spying. Last april five soviets were ordered to leave because of purported espionage activities. In 1983, France expelled 47 soviets who were believed engaged in espionage. The deportees Range from three embassy men holding the senior rank of first Secre tary to representatives of soviet Trade organizations and journalists of the state con trolled press news agencies and radio. The foreign office statement called the expulsions an act of National Security which would not impair British efforts to run a realistic dialogue with the Kremlin and contribute to Mutual Confidence Between East and  but a foreign office spokesman who insisted on not being identified warned that Britain would take an extremely serious View of any retaliatory expulsion of British personnel in Moscow. The foreign office said the diplomats expelled included first secretaries Yuri v. Ejov Vyacheslav Kalinin and Boris Korcha Gin second Secretary Valeri g. Tokar third Secretary Anatoly me Retivov and Dimitriy Vasilyev an attache in the technical maintenance department. Among those deported who did not hold diplomatic status were three embassy employees seven people attached to the soviet Trade Mission the Deputy manager of the Raznov purchasing Agency and an employee of Moscow s Narodny Bank. Others were two employees of global organizations the International Cocoa organization and the International wheat Council and five news Media employees Soldier from Page 1 to stay in the . I would not have urged him to do this if i did not believe in  ins Western regional commissioner Harold Ezell said Gaertner s chances of playing in the United states Are Good be cause of his 21 years of marriage to an american citizen. Since he s married to a . Citizen his wife is permitted to file a petition to obtain a lawful permanent resident status Ezel said. The Fri Ezell said cancelled the fugitive arrest warrant on Gaertner in 1976, and the Case will now be turned Over the ins in Denver. The a Gertners live in Boulder Colo. During his years of hiding Gaertner said he never considered returning to Germany but Only thought of his own version of the american dream working hard and Mak ing a Good living. I found myself almost forgetting at times who i really  Gaertner s account of his 40 years As a fugitive Hitler s last Soldier in Ameri Ca was published on the Day of his surren Der. The Book was written by Arthur Kram mar a Texas am University history pro Fessor. Gaertner had read a previous Book by Krammer nazi  of War in America and telephoned the author a year and a half ago from a pay phone. Krammer agreed to write Gaertner s Story with the understanding that he would sur Render once the took was published. On wednesday Gaertner kept his Promise. Gaertner was a sergeant in Hitler s afrika Korps when he was captured by the Al lies in North Africa. Sent to the United states and incarcerated with other pos at Camp Deming n.m., Gaertner said he escaped rather than be repatriated because his German Home had been taken Over by the russians. Gaertner said he was 24 when he jumped aboard a train that passed near the Camp every other Day. He went to California where he became a migrant labourer devel oped his English and wound up As a ski instructor and Tennis pro using the  Dennis whiles. As a Tennis pro he organic pro celeb Rity tournaments for Charity rubbing elbows with such stars As Elizabeth Taylor and Robert stack. He said he obtained Fri files on the Agency s search for him and Learned that j. Edgar Hoover once ordered every Field of fice to Check local Telephone directories for the  Georg Gaertner. Gaertner said the last fugitive pow other than himself was captured in 1964. Pay from Page 1 which military assignments. It compared pay in 12 Large cities across the country including Atlanta washing ton Seattle Detroit and Pittsburgh. The study said that while civilians made More per hour at the Journeyman level there were lower skill jobs in which military pay was higher than in the private sector. The civilian per hour pay advantage went up As the need for skill in the Job increased however. The average monthly pay for a apprentice computer Programmer in Atlanta we $1,453, compared with $937 for an e 3 military Programmer the study found. A Journeyman Programmer made $1,995, compared with an e-5 s $1,273. At the master level it was $2,249 and $1,701. The civilian health Benefit was computed at $278 a month for All Levels compared with $301 a month for All three military pay grades. The value of the retirement package to the working apprentice Programmer was estimated to be $391 a month. That compared with $462 for the e-3. The value to the Journeyman was put at $399, compared with $626 for the e-5. For the master the civilian value was $450, compared with $831 for the e-7. The value of the military shopping Dis count was figured at $23 a month for All pay grades. Relatively few civilians enjoy such a Benefit and it was not available throughout a Job Field to the Benefit was not included for them. Total compensation for the apprentice was figured to be $2,049 a month com pared with $1,759 a month for the e-3. At the Journeyman level it was $2,708 a month compared with the e-5 s $2425. For masters monthly compensation was $3,016, compared with $2,875 for e-7s. The differences in Cash pay and total compensation were especially pronounced in two special cases examined air traffic controllers and police. Using National data Journeyman control lers were found to enjoy monthly compensation of $5,028, compared with $2,395 for their e-5 counterparts. Journeyman police officers made $3,154 a month compared representing the official news agencies Tan and no Vosti radio Moscow and the new. Papers socialist Industry and Komsomol Skaya pravda. In May the British broadcasting corp. Radio interviewed an unidentified soviet de Fector said to be a former major in Gru the soviet army intelligence unit. The Man told the bbl that 30 to 40 soviet military spies were working in Lon Don independently of the Kab disguised at employees of the soviet Trade Mission the state airline Aeroflot and the soviet Mer chant Navy. The Man was said to have defected from a Western european capital six years earlier. The foreign office said Gor Diendl joined the Kab in 1962, spent a year at t Kab training school in Moscow and for the next 10 years dealt with soviet Ille gals undercover agents both in the soviet Union and abroad. He later engaged in Kab activities concerning Scandinavia and still later Britain the foreign office said. His present whereabouts were not Given. He is believed to be married. Of identifies airman killed by train near Lahr Ramstein a Germany an air Man killed by a train near Lahr monday has been identified As . David l. Jor Dan a Safe spokesman said. Jordan 20, was apparently hit and killed by a train around 8 30 . Monday. His body was discovered Early tuesday morning and air Force officials identified the body later that Day. Jordan of the 36th Supply so at bit Burgas Germany was on temporary duty at the Canadian forces base at Lahr in sup port of the crested Cap 2 exercise. He was working with the 33rd tac fight 1 temperatures a alelveievlewa.1laa a a a a a i aae a a a a a a a a a a Kei  sep Timber 11 l h51 65 Albany 61 so albuquerque37 55 Anchorage 70 91 atlanta64 74 Atlantic City 67 75 baltimore53 75 Billings 61 90 Birmingham 46 57 boise57 66 Boston 51 62 Buffalo 46 71 burling Tonto 98 Charleston . 64 73 car Teflon . 56 67 chicago63 76 Clad Natl 59 67 cleveland70 so Dallas Al. 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A Survey showed military work weeks Range from 44 to 61 noun depending on service pay Grade and in the Case of the Navy sea or Shore duty the study said. Navy personnel from t 5 to e-7 on sea duty generally received More Cash pay per month than members of other service in the same jobs at the same pay Grade. But they also worked More Boon More than 33 percent More than their air Force counterparts and to earned less per hour the study found. The study found that work Boon in creased with rank. Another finding was that Basic military compensation As the defense department compute it probably overstates the value of tax free military allowances the study is titled a comparative study of total compensation for selected military and civilian  or Wing which is deployed for the exercise from Eglin fab Fla. Us. Air Force German and Canadia officials Are investigating the death. Jordan who was single is survived by his parents James h. And Carol Jordan of Al Bany Ore. Heidelberg Rod & gun hosts Indian powwow an Indian powwow it being held at the Heidelberg Rod and gun club Friday through sunday according to one of the sponsor. The event will be highlighted by a dance session saturday night. Free camping and overnight facilities Are available. For More information con tact Lindbergh Namingha at Darm Stadt military 2371-6566 or civilian 06151-713567, or Art Tate at Stutt Gart military 2729-7225 or civilian 0711-745-4356. Forecast Lor Friday a Tiv Douds Waltl reel be in Benelux and Northern Germany. Eta whar or or partly Douds with morning too. Of Crafty dense.  in Central and Southern areas with i i. A and isolated thunderstorm in the an Emun to evening. High Imoe Raturi from Tow to mid Tow pc yes from mid to upper 40s. Sunset Friday 74j tart saturday 639. Out took Tor saturday partly Mot it oud with of Norino too and alter noon Camtam rewinds win be Gusty i Western Germany and i temperatures we be  recorded thursday 4am 4pm Adana o 70 m Amsterdam f is 71 Frankfurt p 0 Athens i 61 r Condon. P o Valano. P s9 14 Madrid p u 9bemn, i so 61 Mukk. F 4� Ujj Bremer Hevin p so 64 Peru. I � 3 Brussels i 13 ii Rome i o provided by Del of 7th weather so. Tramp Trarbach. Other worldwide Tarp Arafura High Low Cairo d 93 71 Moo reel d Dublin d 61 50 Moscow Dharmu i s7 45 oho i Jer Samm. F 77 Al Toronto d Lisbon a my Vai supplied by me a Sodam Pirn Lear Dolenty Cloudy Mono slav Douds r a rat hog. Is r ii  
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