European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday september 20,1985 Greece accuses 3 of spying for soviets Athens a Greece made a formal protest to the soviet Union following the arrest of two greek electronics experts and a greek Navy officer for allegedly Selling de sense secrets and computer equipment to soviet diplomats Here a government spokesman said thursday. The spokesman Costas Lapiotis told greek reporters that soviet charge d affaires Vladimir Pushkin was summoned to the foreign ministry wednesday night. His attention was drawn to preliminary material collected on this Case Lapiotis said. The spokesman did not say whether the government planned to expel any of the 30 diplomats attached to the soviet embassy Here but indicated that greek soviet re lations were unlikely to be affected by the arrests. The government will decide what other Steps to take after judicial authorities have clarified the affair he added. The arrests made last sunday came after the Ameri can Cia supplied greek authorities with a list of soviet contacts in the greek capital from a senior Athens based soviet Diplomat who defected last May. The Diplomat Sergei Okhane 50, posted to Athens in 1982, reportedly served As Deputy chief of soviet intelligence Gru Here. Last july . Officials Dis closed he was in the United states. Western diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity said thursday the arrests were a Welcome sign that Premier Andreas Papandreou s socialist government had decided to crack Down on High technology leakages Here. Okhane s revelations about soviet espionage activity in Greece Are said to have delayed signing of a billion Dollar contract for 40 .-made f-16 Jet fighters for the greek air Force. But Greece last week announced it is now prepared to sign a special bilateral agreement with the United states on preventing High technology leakages. A team of Ameri can officials will arrive sept. 23 for talks on such an Accord. The two electronics experts Michael Megal Ikonomou 37, who worked for two american electronics companies and Nikolaos Pip Tsoulis also 37, director of a greek electronics firm were arraigned before a District attorney wednesday night on espionage charges. The naval officer identified As it. Vassilios ser Pissios 35, was being held at a naval prison near Athens the defense ministry said. Minister of state for defense Antonis dross Yannis said wednesday that ser Pissios 35, was not in a position to pass classified information on nato to the soviets. He denied greek newspaper reports that other officers had been arrested on espionage charges. A Western analyst who declined to be identified said there was Little Chance the arrests would upset Greece s warming relationship with the soviet Union. The two countries last week signed a contract for a s550 million aluminium Plant to be constructed in Greece with soviet technical assistance and equipment. Quake from Page 1 vehicles were said to be in Short Supply and the government was asking for donations. The mexican embassy in Washington said cathedrals had collapsed in Jalisco Guerrero and Michoacan states All on the country s West coast with several buildings having collapsed in the capital. De la Madrid toured some of the worst hit areas. At one Hospital he told a reporter at this moment it s our priority to Rescue victims and help asked about casualties he said we Don t have any he also toured the area around the hotel Regis said to have been destroyed by a fire that erupted after Gas Mains ruptured. The army was called in soldiers were stationed around the City to prevent looting. Telephone and telex circuits were out to Mexico City and flights from the United states were cancelled one airline official said because we did t know what we would find when we got a reporter for Mexico City s Channel 13, the Only working television station said that some downtown zones give the impression of a City after a the quake at 9 18 . Not registered 7.8 on the Richter scale an open ended measurement of ground motion. In Washington state department spokesman Bernard Kalb said the . Embassy was not seriously damaged and that communications with the embassy had been established. He said no american diplomats were injured. Amateur radio operator Glenn Baxter of Belgrade lakes Maine said he had been in radio Contact with Carlos Sartorius of mex Ico City. Baxter said Sartorius a Motorola Engi Neer had found highways blocked by pieces of buildings had passed Many dead people in the streets and had seen doctors and nurses from one Hospital Tak ing All the people out to the Street because they thought it was a spokeswoman for the embassy Here Pilar Franzoni said two areas to the North of downtown Mexico City Colonia Roma and Colonia doctors sustained heavy damage. The Spanish International network said there were 10 aftershocks in the capital City and that the City government was asking for donations of gasoline for emergency vehicles. Most streets were said to be blocked or closed. In Houston the weather service said Sev eral Large buildings were reported to have swayed with window shades banging against the windows. Water was reported sloshing out of swimming pools in Texas and new Mexico. As for Mexico communications with much of the country were Only fragmentary hours after the quake. In Dallas a spokesman for american airlines said All flights to Mexico City puerto vallarta and Acapulco have been cancelled. No damage was reported in Southern Texas although Many people reported they Felt the quake. More than 700 people were killed and More than 300 Miles of Southeastern mexi co were left a shambles by a quake measured at 6.5 on the Richter scale in septem Ber 1973, when at least 24 cities towns and villages were damaged. The Richter scale is a measure of group motion As recorded on seismographs. Every increase of one number Means a tenfold increase in magnitude. Thus a Reading of 7.5 reflects an earthquake 10 limes stronger than one of 6.5. An earthquake of 3.5 on the Richter scale can cause slight damage in the local area 4 moderate damage 5 considerable damage 6 severe damage. A 7 Reading is a major earthquake capable of widespread heavy damage 8 is a great quake Capa ble of tremendous damage. The san Francisco earthquake of 1904, which occurred before the Richter scale was devised has been estimated at 8.3 on the Richter scale. The earthquake off Mexico was the strongest in the world since another 7.8 magnitude earthquake near the coast of Central Chile on March 3, 1985, that killed at least 177 people injured More than 2,500 others and caused extensive damage the Survey said. Medical from Page 1 time with a staff. Much of the panel s questioning concerned the military medical response to the oct. 23, 1983, bombing that flattened the Marine Barracks in Beirut killing 241 servicemen and injuring 100. One investigating commission said that if the number of lulled and wounded had been reversed the medical system might not have been Able to handle them. A memorandum from a former consultant to the army s 7th medical come in Heidelberg said the air Force s disposition of the casualties mostly to air Force facilities failed to take advantage of better staffed and equipped and sometime better placed army hospitals. Mayer said nothing the services did contributed to the injury of any patient but he Aid what they did probably increased the risk to some patients. We re tired of these interservice rivalries said rep. John Kasich a Ohio. If the Public found out they d be More upset than about spare parts he said re Ferring to reports about overpriced Ham men and toilet components. Mayer confirmed a report that during the invasion of Grenada just after the Bei rut bombing army helicopters that could have carried wounded were not permitted to land on Navy ships because the pilots had not been trained in such landings. Kasich said that was evidence of the kind of problems that management should Cor rect. Mayer agreed but noted that the restriction had protected the casualties As Well As the helicopter pilots and Crews. He said the invasion had been planned in six Days and the problem had not been foreseen. Mayer also said that the american Mili tary medical Force is not ready in Case of War. He said that for 10 Yean defense medical priorities have been wrong. Pressed by a demand to provide comprehensive health care to some 10 million peacetime beneficiaries we have not been Able to assure top priority to wartime Readi Ness he said. The result he said is that the defense department does t have the number or kind of medical specs lists it needs and neither their training nor work helps pre pare them for what they would do in War. But he said the department is taking Steps to get ready including storing mobilization hospitals near their intended deployment Sites. Converting two tankers into floating general hospitals with 1,000 Beds and 12 operating rooms each. Increasing Host nation support in land facilities medical care and Hospital trains. Studying Bow to carry More patients in a c-141 transport plane re examining military Airlift come flying routes and timetables and exploring the possibility of adding More air Craft dedicated to evacuating patient. Considering a dedicated medical communications system for medical staffers who now sometimes can t communicate with their counterparts in other services be cause of different equipment and proce dures. Studying the possibility of a single integrated medical logistics system in Europe. There has been a great Deal of Dis Cussion in Europe but still too Little action on joint planning and joint use of medical resources in War or in response to terrorist attack he said. Nobody injured in Munich blast Munich a several pounds of explosives stored in an underground Bunker in the state police Headquarters building spontaneously detonated thursday but caused no injuries police of the explosive self ignited and went off triggering smaller blasts spokes Man Dieter Koloch told the associated press in the bavarian capital. An attack by terrorists has been ruled the 9 . Blast in the storage Bunke released Large amounts of smoke and forced the evacuation of parts of the Complex. Temperatures Weir from Page 1 demand namely the release of 17 prison ers being held in Weir of Berkeley calif., said he told Reagan of his former captors demands and that they have threatened to execute their hostages and Kidnap other americans if their demands Are not met Weir called on the is. Government to take immediate action to free the six americans. 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