European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                8 the stars and stripes sunday september 22,1985 a Span of cloth Ever the Seine cars pus under wrapped Arch of Paris oldest Bridge be Pont neuf. And Rock climbers in be background continue to install supports for the 430,000 Square fert of Silky Sandstone coloured doth turning be Bridge into a giant package. The project was conceived and supervised by a american artist Chifalo. World today Kab accuses soviet citizen of giving secrets to . Envoy Moscow a the Kab acting two Days after he end of a British soviet espionage crisis accused a soviet citizen Friday of passing secrets to a us. Diplomat in a Large scale Cia plot. . Embassy spokesman Jaroslav Vemer declined comment saying the embassy does not comment on intelligence mailers or  the Kab in a statement distributed by the official Tass news Agency identified the alleged spy As . Tolkachev. Tass Saia he worked at a research Institute. He apparently was arrested in june when the statement said he was caught passing information to a us. Diplomat who was identified by the Kab As Paul m. Stombaugh. Stombaugh who worked in the embassy s political Section was ordered to leave the soviet Union on june 14. There was no explanation for the three month delay in the Kab announcement but it followed the expulsions Over the past week of 31 soviets from Britain and 31 britons from the soviet Union in a major espionage Case sparked by the defection of a Kab spy in London. Western diplomats speaking on the condition they not be identified said the timing of the statement apparently was designed to dilute the harsh British accusations and bolster soviet assertions that it is the victim of Western espionage plots. The statement by the Kab the committee for state Security also was read Over National television during the evening news. At the time Stombaugh was expelled the soviets said Only that he had been caught in an espionage action involving a soviet citizen. In Washington an administration official who also spoke on condition of anonymity questioned Why the Sovi ets had waited so Long to announce Tolkachev s arrest. The Kab statement said police searched Tolkachev s apartment and found miniature cameras of a special design by Means of which he photographed secret documents along with codes and ciphers Quick acting two Way radio apparatus and other equipment for espionage  potent poisons which had been Given to the spy by the americans were also seized from him it said. The contents of the instructions of the us. Central intelligence Agency discovered at Tolkachev s place Indi Cate that the use of him As a spy was linked with the Cia s plans to conduct Large scale subversive activities against the soviet Union it said. The investigation is continuing the statement added. U was at least the third time in just Over two years that soviet citizens in Moscow have been accused of spying for the United states. In August 1983, Tass said a citizen identified Only As a. Ivanov was Given a Long term in prison on spying charges. It said Ivanov had been passing secrets to Ameri can diplomats. The communist party daily pravda reported in june 1984 that a Man identified As Albert Petrashevich was sentenced to prison on espionage charges. It said he was hired by the Cia to gel information about military bases the number of planes at airports about military detachments exercises and other related mailers. Kuwait rejects captors demands United nations up the Deputy print Ter of Kuwait Friday rejected demands that his j. Prime min ister o govern ment negotiate with the kidnappers of six american hos tages still held in Lebanon. Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah congratulated the Rev. Benja min Weir on his release after 16 months detention by shiite kidnappers in Lebanon. On behalf of Kuwait i would like also to express be Hope that the remaining six hostages will be released in the near future Al Sabah told reporters at . Headquarters where he is attending the general Assembly session. Noting demands disclosed by Weir hat Kuwait must release shiite prisoners before the americans still held hostage in Lebanon arc freed Al Sabah said their re lease has never been a condition in any negotiation and will never be considered by us As  Weir 61, told a news conference thursday that his captors have Only one demand namely the release of 17 prisoners being held in Kuwait in Exchange for six americans missing and believed held by shiite extremists. He said hit cantors threatened to execute their hostages and Kidnap o her americans if the 17 lebanese and iraqis convicted of a string of bombings against is. French and kuwaiti targets in Kuwait Are not freed soon. Kuwait s position has always been that Ticae six hos tages detained in Lebanon arc innocent people who should not be caught in the midst of political difference a Sabah said. Their detention has no relationship whatsoever to the cases of those who have been convicted in Kuwait for deeds they have committed which affected theand safety of Kuwait he said. Japan sets foreign Aid goal for next 7 years of $40 billion Tokyo a Japan the second largest donor of foreign Aid in the world has set a target of providing More than $40 billion to needy countries in the next seven Yean. The plan Calls for Aid in 1992 to reach an amount double the 1985 figure which is expected to be $4 billion said Yoshio Tanabe assistant director at the Aid policy division of the economic cooperation Bureau. Hiroshi Ota Deputy director general of the economic cooperation Bureau in Tokyo stressed that needs differ among developing countries. Japan is sending increasing amounts of food and Agri cultural Aid to Africa but in such highly developed coun tries As South Korea and Malaysia we try to develop tie infrastructure and transportation Ola said. Last year Japan overtook France and became the Sec Ond largest donor Nalion with s4.3 billion in overseas Aid. Ota said. The United slates gave $8.7 billion France $3.8 billion and Germany s2.8 billion. Indonesia to Export elephants to reduce numbers paper says Jakarta a a newspaper has reported that the government has decided to reduce Indonesia s wild elephant population by allowing the animals to be exported the newspaper Kompas quoted Rubini Atma Wijaya director general of forests and natural preserves As saying the government is hoping to get rid of some animals be cause it cannot provide suitable habitats for them. The report did not say when the new policy Bagao. It said that so far there had been no offers for any of Indonesia s 2,000 wild elephants. Indonesians Are allowed to catch elephants for private use. The director said Indonesia would try to compete with african countries which sell elephants for $20,000 $25,000 each. Westminster Abbey s exterior being re faced Surveyor says London a the times of London has quoted 1 Surveyor As saying almost the entire outside of West Minster Abbey is being defaced with new Stone because of air pollution damage. Peter faster was quoted As saying the task of Repi Acif the eroded Stone with harder wearing material will cod $ 1 3 million by the time it is completed in the Early 1 Woi Foster told the times of London that the Money we raised mostly from business donations through the West Minster Abbey Trust headed by Prince Philip husband of Queen Elizabeth ii. New White Stone shows up sharply against the Black ened old Stone still in place on the outside Walls of the Abbey which was built Between 1245 and 1740. England s sovereigns since William the conqueror h 1066 have been crowned in the Abbey and Many of them Are buried there. The Abbey attracts about 3 million Visi tors a year. Priestess reportedly feeds Poison to 69, then kills self Manila a a Mountain tribe priestess fed m Lowers poisoned food lulling 69 of them and then dubbed herself to death because she failed to make Money grow m a Iree a top philippine military commander said. 1 Here were no first hand accounts of the incident Brig. Gen. Jaime Echeverria regional military com Mander for Southeastern Mindanao Island said his report of the incident was based on interviews his men bad with local people. Echo Vorria said the mass murder or mass suicide of to. Area of sprawling bolivian president banishes labor leaders into internal exile la Paz Bolivia a president Victor Paz Estette Soro has decreed a state of siege and banished Bolivia top labor leaders into internal exile after they walked at Eastal cram cml strike against his anti inflation Proi  tanks and hundreds of troops look up position Lathis andean capital in other cities and on highways before Dawn the civilian government ordered tens of thou a of strikers to return to work or lose their jobs. S Cati cred violence erupted in la Paz and Many  Riol police raided the legislative Palace the Central Bank five Union Halls a radio station the san Andrei University and the stale mining company offices in la i and made several Hundred arrests