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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n electrical Gadget May replace novocain Page 6 q spending tha night in Castle hotel daily Magazine n pro football results sports Section the St and tripes vol. 44, no. 152 tuesday september 17, 1985 0 8693 a Britain expels 6 More soviets London a Britain on monday ordered six More soviets two of them diplomats expelled in an escalating confrontation sparked by the defection of the Kab s top operative in this country. The foreign office said the latest expulsions were in retaliation for a totally unjustified response to the British govern ment s expulsion of soviet personnel who had been actively engaged in intelligence activities designed to undermine the nation Al Security of inc United  it was the third move in a round of tit for Tat expulsions which began thursday when Britain ousted 25 diplomats journalists and Trade officials. They were named As spies by Oleg a. Nordic ski the Kab spy chief in Britain who has defected and been granted Asylum in Britain. The soviets retaliated saturday by expel Ling an equal number of britons. A foreign office statement said the so Viet charge d affaires lev a. Parshin was told that the s x soviets must leave the country by octane also that the Overall ceiling of the number of soviet officials in Britain would be reduced from 211 to 205. The 25 soviets expelled last week have to leave the country by oct. 3. The latest deportees include a first Secre tary at the soviet embassy an assistant air attache two embassy clerks the director of Anglo soviet shipping and a correspondent for no Vosti. A news Agency. Parshin was called to the foreign office by Derek Thomas political director who told him of the latest expulsions. Parshin was told that the government could Only Sec the soviet action As an unwarranted victimization of innocent people which the British government were not pre pared to  the foreign office said there was incontrovertible evidence provided by or. Nordic ski thai All these persons ordered out last thursday had been concerned in the unacceptable activities of the soviet intelligence services in the United  parshin was told the foreign office said that the British government had worked hard to improve  political and commercial relations and would continue to do of. But the unjustified soviet action on saturday afternoon could not but set Back that  the diplomats ordered out arc first Secretary a Evgeni Ilyitch Safronov 37 and the assistant air attache. Col. Victor Aleksan Drovich Mishin 42. The clerks arc Victor Vasilyevich Paranov and Alc Sandt Ivano Vich r Prokhin both 40. The shipping representative is Ivan Ivanovich Vakulov 47. The correspondent is Sergei  Volovets 47. Sweden s palme wins but party loses seats Stockholm a prime minister Olof palme secured a fourth term in office sunday despite a loss in his party s Power that makes it More reliant on Sweden s Small communist party. We be won the Victory for the welfare state palme said after a general election trimmed his social democrats representation in parliament and left him in charge of a minority government. Conservative party Leader Ulf Adelsohn who had promised to Cut Sweden s High taxes and deregulate its ailing Economy said swedes face a cold Shower under palme but they be chosen it  every major swedish party lost scats in the election except the Small Liberal party which in one of the country s most spectacular political performances More than Dou bled its representation from 21 to 51 seats. With results counted from All 362 major balloting districts covering All of Sweden palme s social democrats and the supporting communists held a projected 178 seats to 171 for the three opposing non socialist parties. Palme s party was projected to lose seven eats leaving it with 159 against the non socialists who previously held 163. As a result palme is More dependent on the 19seatsofthc communists who were Down one. The conservatives were expected to hold 76, a drop of 10, and the Center party was expected to have 44, Down 12. The 58-year-old swedish prime minister Laid the result was not a major shift in swedish politics. It s a situation that we have lived with earlier he said. During 41 of 47 years in government we have been a minority government. In vital questions there will really be no Olof palme. Victory for the welfare state difference he said. Communist Leader Lars Werner a former bricklayer had promised during the Campaign that his party would seek no  tons if it gained influence in the vote. This is an enormous Success for the work ers movement he said after sunday night s count. We will have to sit Down with the social democrats and discuss How to handle the new majority in a sensible  he said the leadership of his party which has Only 16,000 members compared with 1.2 million for palme s social democrats would discuss very carefully the election before outlining its plans under the new alignment. Palme had depicted the election Campaign As a Battle to protect Sweden s array of social welfare programs from cuts he said the non socialists would make if they won Power. One of Europe s leading socialists palme first became prime minister in 1969. He served two terms one of them for four years before being Defeated in 1976. He was re elected in 1979 after a period of non socialist disarray that brought Sweden four different governments made up of varying combinations of the three opposition parties. All 349 scats of the swedish parliament the Riksdag were up for election. All scats in the governing councils in Sweden s 24 counties and 284 municipalities were also at stake. The gains of the Small Liberal party appeared to be the accomplishment of its new Leader 42-year-old Bengt Westerberg who was praised by Many swedes during the Campaign and who turned in a widely hailed performance in a televised debate last Friday. We Sterberg said he had counted on making a Good show but not in my wildest fanta sies could 1 imagine such a  soviets improperly7 detained gis . Says Washington a two . Servicemen who were detained by soviet soldiers in East Germany earlier this month were not trespassing in a restricted area and thus were held improperly the defense department said monday. It also said in a written statement that the soviets May have rigged some photo graphs by moving the american vehicle to a Lite near a military restricted  elaborating on defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger s disclosure of the sept. 7 incident during a television interview Sun Day the Pentagon said the . Military Liaison Mission has protested the incident and expects a soviet apology. The military Liaison Mission is a 14 Man squad allowed to travel freely within East Germany under the terms of a 1947 agreement with the soviet Union. The agreement provides the soviets the same authority in West Germany. The Liaison missions Are used by both sides to keep tabs on military Maneu vers and bases. While Liaison soldiers have the right to travel freely they Are expected to observe signs delineating restricted areas. On sunday after Weinberger s disclosures an administration source who re Quested anonymity said Weinberger May have Over dramatized the incident and that it in t Clear that the two americans were in an open Access area. The Pentagon disputed both suggestions monday. While neither of the . Soldiers was injured. Pentagon spokesman Robert b. Sims said the incident was viewed As a serious violation of the ground rules protecting Liaison members. The Pentagon also insisted in its statement that the men were not conduct ing observations in a restricted zone Al though some pictures were taken that might suggest otherwise. On sept. 7, at approximately 12 40 . German local time a . Military Liaison Mission tour was detained for almost nine hours upon leaving the area of Suhl Fin Sterberg a soviet communications site the statement said. The site is not located in any restricted  according to the statement the confrontation began when the Small . 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