European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes another Billy Brawl Martin injured Page 25 q Mcfarlane foresees  Accord Page 2 d oct. 1 liquor fax Purs buying Page 4 n mercenaries and mitts meet in Las vegas Page 7 d High school students get their kicks pages 14,15 the stars  Pes vol. 44, no. 159 tuesday september 24, 1985 0 8693 a . Heads joint Effort to Force Dollar Down new York not finding the High value of the Dollar unwarranted the lop economic officials of the United states and four other major Industrial countries said sunday that they Are prepared to work in concert to drive the Dollar Down. The countries Britain West Ger Many France and Japan along with the United states did not say specifically that they would sell their vast holdings of dollars to try to Force the decline and thus make other currencies Rise but the threat to do so was Clear. The commitments the countries made sunday could be of economic and political significance. Not once since 1973, when the world s currencies were left to float in the foreign Exchange markets to seek their own value have countries contracted to try to alter their currencies values. If they succeed they will have improved the economics of the countries involved and Many others As Well the actual objective of the decision. Previously the Reagan administration opposed intervention in currency trading even though it did so now and then. The meeting of the five nations finance ministers and Central Bank Heads in new York City was organized by Treasury Secretary James a. Baker. It was clearly lied to a major speech thai president Reagan is planning monday on Trade. The president is expected to propose a new Trade policy to try o derail a move see Dollar on Page 28 base kind photographer France admits sinking Greenpeace ship Paris a French secret service agents Sank the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior in new zealand on orders from their superiors Premier Laurent Fabius said sunday confirming news reports on the bombing that killed one crewman. He did not say specifically who issued the order. The Rainbow Warrior was sunk july 10 while docked in Auckland new zealand by two mines attached to its Hull. A Greenpeace photographer was killed in the blast. The ship had been scheduled to sail for French Polyne Sia to protest France s testing of nuclear weapons there. In new zealand prime minister David Lange welcomed Fabius admission and said the two French agents jailed there in connection with the bombing should Stan trial. Fabius in a statement to reporters this office said secret service officials had lied to Bernard Tricot who carried out the government s initial investigation of the bombing and absolved the government of responsibility. French newspapers had attacked the report saying the general directorate for external Security France s main espionage Agency carried out the bombing. It was agents of the dose who Sank the Rainbow Warrior Fabius said. They acted on  Greenpeace Campaign coordinator Steve Sawyer pressed the French government to accept moral and financial responsibility for the bombing following Fabius admission. We Hope this will open the eyes of world Public opinion to the fundamental immorality that lies at the base of the International nuclear arms race Sawyer said in a statement from his Headquarters in England. Defense minister Charles a Cru who was in Overall charge of the dose resigned Friday As the scandal grew and the Agency s director adm. Pierre Lacoste was fired. Herne was replaced by Paul Quiles former minister of Urban development housing and transportation. Fabius said a new dose director would be named at a photo new zealand prime minister David Lang. Feels jailed agents should be tried in court the next Cabinet meeting scheduled for wednesday. He said the government favored the creation of a special parliamentary committee to investigate the incident. Two French agents capt. Dominique Prieur and maj. Alain Rafart arc in jail in new zealand facing charges of murder arson and conspiracy. Three other French spies who fled Back to France arc named in International arrest warrants filed by new zealand. There have been no re ports that France has taken action against them. Press reports said a third team of agents actually car ried out the bombing but Fabius while acknowledging French responsibility made no direct reference to such team. The new defense minister has just informed me of the first conclusions from the new investigation conducted on the Rainbow Warrior affair the Premier said. I wanted to let you know them  he said he had informed president Francois Mitterrand of the conclusions and that immediate measures were Nec Essary. The simple executors of the Mission must obviously be exonerated because it would be unacceptable to expose military men who Only obeyed orders and who have occasionally in the past accomplished very dangerous missions for our country he said. The truth of this affair is cruel he said. But it is necessary As i pledged that it the truth would be clearly and totally  Herne who last week admitted he gave the order to Send agents to new zealand steadfastly maintained that they were Only on a surveillance Mission and that there were Only five As identified in the Tricot report. Last tuesday the newspaper la Monde said there As a third team of agents in new zealand who actually plan led the mines. On thursday l express said the two were a Captain and a master sergeant from the Corsica demolition train see Greenpeace on Page 28 ran soaked farm Aid concert raises millions Champaign Iii. A flanked by huge banners Reading keep America growing Willie Nelson and dozens of other music stars on sunday Sang fiddled and strummed through a rain soaked farm a id concert raising millions to help the nation s struggling Farmers. Thank you very much for coming to the concert for America shouted Nelson the driving Force behind the 14-hour concert featuring some 50 stars of country music Rock and blues. As a crowd of More than 78,000 filed into the University of Illinois football stadium. Nelson and Neil Young teamed up to sing arc there any More real cow boys Nelson then brought cheering fans to their feet with whiskey  Nelson said a nationwide television and radio audience was calling pledges in at a rate of $500,000 an hour. Singer Brenda Lee who Csc cd the program for Cable television said about $3 million was pledged by late afternoon. That was in addition to 54 million promoters said was raised be fore the concert began. Nelson has said the concert s purpose was to raise Money to help needy Farmers and to increase Public awareness of farm ers problems. We want everyone to Call in from surf City or wherever Lead Singer Mike love of the Beach boys told the audience. Music styles ranged from the Rock of the blasters to the country of George Jones and from the blues of . King to the classics of Roy Orbison. Carole King played a White piano on the front Edge of the stage with the barmaid curtain As a backdrop. As darkness approached John Fogerty formerly of credence Clear water Revi Val had the audience clapping and danc ing and told them next time you sit Down see barmaid on Page 28