European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. October 7. 1985 the stars and stripes in with the new British Irmy sri. Gary Gavin of the 1st by Worcestershire and Sherwood for Ester s Reft compares the military s new ride the Royal ordnance Enfield individual weapon left with the self loading Rifle. The new recoilless weapon can fire 650 rounds per minute and is accurate up to a Range of 1,800 feet. Of 1 Page Reagan urged to use Summit to criticize arms pact violations Washington a fight conservative Republican senators Friday re leased a letter to president Reagan urging that he use the Summit in no vember to criticize the soviets for violating existing arms control treaties. Until the soviets admin and reverse Viola Lions of past treaties the existing arms control treaties and negotiating process Only undermines the Security of America and the free world inc senators said in the letter. In the past 18 months at the prodding of some of the senators in the group Reagan has sent three reports to Congress alleging soviet violations of arms control pacts. Some conservatives have argued that since the soviets have violated past treaties the United Stales should be wary of negotiating new arms control pacts unless they strict provisions for verifying compliance. The letter dated sept. 9, reviewed All the alleged violations and said Reagan should raise them nov. 19-20 when he meets in Geneva with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The letter was signed by Jesse Helms of North Carolina Steve Symms of Idaho. Chic Hecht and Paul of Nevada. Malcolm Wallop of Wyoming Jake Garn of Utah Strom Thurmond of South Carolina and Jeremiah Denton of Alabama. It noted that past presidents have said that if the soviets violated arms control pacts the entire spectrum of relations would be reviewed. We urge you to do this the letter said it is time for you to act recent statement by Gorbachev amount to extremely dangerous nuclei blackmail threats the letter said. Greek spy suspect accuses soviet defector of lying Athens Greece up a naval lieutenant charged with up ing for the soviet Union saturday accused a soviet defector of lying. The investigation has not produced a shred of evidence against the naval Lieuten ant whose professional and personal life is transparent it. Vassilis ser Pissios said in a statement Given by his lawyer bios Artamis. To the pro government news paper . Scr Pissios claimed Sergei Bokshan a first Secretary at the soviet embassy who defected in May to the United slates was a double agent. a reported to have been the Deputy station chief of the Cru the so Iet Union s military intelligence . His defection led to the arrest last month of ser Pissios and two civilians a computer expert Anil an electronics Salesman on charges of spying for the soviet Union. Press reports claim Bokshan worked for the Cia while serving at the soviet embassy. Officials declined to comment on the re ports. Last week the government said the United states was allowing Greece to question Buk Han about soviet activities in the country. Boeing Jal Iraq reports new of Facic on Harg Island agree to split crash liability Tokyo a Japan air lines and Boeing co. Announced saturday that they will begin joint compensation negotiation with the survivors and families of the 520 victims of the aug. 12 Jal jumbo Jet crash. A statement released by Jal said the two companies decided to help bereaved families by negotiating jointly rather than waiting Tor liability to be ascertained. Under the circumstances it has been decided that it is Best that Jal and Boeing cooperate and proceed in a unified manner with the compensation negotiations said Takayuki Hashizume senior vice president of Jal. He said usually companies related to the cause of the Accident As in this Case pay compensation according to their liability however the present circumstances arc such that neither the cause of the Accident nor the degree of liability is clarified right away he said in the statement. Boeing the Seattle wash., aircraft maker agreed saying in a statement re leased by Jal saturday that there was no need to await the conclusion of the official Accident investigation and its determination of the cause of this Accident before proc cd Beirut up Iraq said its War planes raided Iran s Harg Island Oil Termi Nal for the second time in 13 hours keeping it ablaze and attacked a Large naval tar gel near the iranian coast. An iraqi military spokesman said the lat est destructive air strike on Harg Island took place at 11 40 . Saturday. He said All aircraft returned safely to their base. There was no immediate Independent confirmation of the report. It was the 21st reported raid on the Ter Minal since mid August. This raid and the one last night were aimed at keeping Harg Island in flames the spokesman said in Baghdad Iraq. Oil Industry sources say the series of iraqi at tacks have severely damaged Iran s largest terminal. The official iraqi news Agency also quoted the spokesman As saying planes bombed Harg Island at 11 . Friday. Other warplanes made a direct hit against a Large naval target near the iranian coast the Agency said of Friday s attack. Iraqi officials generally use the term Large naval target to describe Oil tankers carrying iranian crude Oil through the per Sian Gulf. But there was no immediate re ports of any distress Calls from ships in the has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait of Llorme the Southern in trance to the Gulf if inc iraqi attacks prevent Iran from exporting the Oil that finances the 5-year-old War with neighbor ing Iraq. Iraq started its Campaign to destroy Harg which handled 90 percent of Iran s Oil exports in August because its missile attacks on Oil tankers trading with Iran failed to Stop shippers. Despite extensive damage to Harg is land iranian officials have said they expect Oil revenues to be Down Only slightly for the next few months. Iran reportedly has or dered the expansion of other terminals out of Range of the iraqi air Force. Arabs Tell Oil users to focus on open Kuwait a the organization of Arab Petroleum exporting countries advised the industrialized nations saturday that they should focus on the organization of Petroleum exporting countries for their crude Oil needs. If the Industrial countries Are genuinely interested in a stable Oil Market they have at present an excellent Opportunity to achieve it said the message from Yapec the Arab Sisler Organiza Tion of open. As a first step the industrialized coun tries must end their policy of giving priority to non open producers Yapec said in its monthly editorial. The Kuwait based organization is com posed of saudi Arabia Kuwait Qatar the United Arab emirates Bahrain Iraq. Syria Tunisia Libya and Algeria. Egypt s was suspended after the egyptian israeli 1979 peace treaty. Seven of the Yapec states arc also members of open. The industrialized countries should get Over their initial fear of on open Oil with the realization that the open countries themselves depend heavily on the Industrial countries for such essential goods and services As food Medicine machinery and technology the editorial said. It said the 13-nation Oil Cartel has traditionally sought to promote stability of the Oil Market apart from the Short lived Arab Oil embargo against the United Stales that ended in March 1974, the open countries have supplied As much Oil Al the prevailing Price As Consumers have demanded it said. Open plays a vital role in stabilizing the Market by increasing production in times of shortage and decreasing it in limes of sur plus and without open the Market would experience even More instability than it does now the editorial said. Perhaps when the Industrial countries finally accept and encourage viable interdependence with the open countries and other developing countries they will be More willing to assume their proper role in stabilizing the Oil Market it said
