European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. November 1, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 soviets say . Developed spread ads Moscow Dpi the Sovil Union primed an accusation wednesday that the Central intelligence Agency developed and then spread inc deadly aids virus. The major weekly Magazine Witcra Turnay Gazita under the headline the panic in the West or what is behind the sensation surrounding  accused the United states of wide ranging experiments in biologicalwarfk., the journal Labelling the acquired immunity deficiency syndrome a mysterious disease said ominously that it was from the .a. That it has  most of the article repeated old allegations of Cia drug experiments in inc United states and Canada attributing the reports in pan to the Church of scientology. All this information together with the mystery of aids makes one think seriously the article said. The Well known newspaper the Patriot which is published in India for example directly expressed a version that aids resulted from Washington s inhuman Experiment of the same  it said. As facts supporting the charge the soviet Magazine pointed to . Military research into Boiu Gicht Warfa. Including the immunity system against infection that is destroyed by aids. The journal also said the Atlanta centers for disease control had participated in this program to create another kind of biological weapon under contract from the Pentagon. They made a special trip to Africa and particularly to Zaire and Nigeria then to latin America to collect mule rials about highly pathological viruses that cannot been countered in european and asian  it said the american labs then managed to isolate a completely new Type of virus aids it said. The journal said the deadly virus was then tried on sick people who suspected nothing and then on definite . Groups first of All on the Dregs of the society drug addicts homosexuals homeless  the disease which has killed thousands of people is believed spread mainly through homosexual Contact blood transfusions and intravenous drug use. The soviet newspaper attributed the judgment on the source of aids to inc Indian newspaper a method that is often used Vilc spreading More extreme charges against the United states. Although there is no known cure doctors in trance this week announced they had found dramatic improvement in patients Trca Rcd with a drug used previously for heart transplant patients. The soviet press has several limes dented aids is pre sent in the soviet Union although the soviets admit re search is under Vay. A soviet doctor on the Black sea also said some cases were being treated. Cross Channel prefect would create of Boom London a promoters of a combination Bridge Tunnel spanning the English Channel said wednesday their ,.rojcct would be Europe s biggest construction project Liui Century. Officials of , .-1 consortium of 15 British and French Banks and com Nies said their plan would create More jobs and inject More Money into the British Economy than any of the rival projects for a fixed link across the English Channel. Eur route is one of four known contenders for a contract to be awarded by the British and French governments. Thursday was the deadline for submitting bids. The Winner is to be announced by the end of january 1986, and construction could begin As Early As mid 1987. The major bidders project opening by 1993. Euro route proposes two Road Bridges from either coast leading to artificial islands linked at mid Channel by a 13-mile Tunnel. Freight trains would travel in a separate 24-mile Tunnel Laid in a Trench on the seabed. The main rival to eur route the Channel Tunnel group plans twin bored rail tunnels linked by a third service Tunnel. Cars trucks and buses would drive onto specially built Flatcar to be shuttled coast to coast beneath the Channel. Euro cuu estimates the Cost of its project at 5.2 billion pounds s7.3 billion at current prices More thin twice the Cost of the proposed Channel Tunnel. Inflation and interest charges on Loans will double the eventual Cost of either project according to projections. At a news conference wednesday eur route chair Man sir Nigel Al Roaches said the group is confident it can raise 7.2 billion pounds $10 billion to cover the Cost of the Motorway portion of its project through to ill opening. Backing has not yet been requested for the separate rail link he said. Broaches said the project would be based on proven technology and said it will be the biggest construction project in Europe this  eur route s chief executive Robin Biggam said the project would create 60,000 jobs in Britain and France during construction and an estimated 16,000 Perma nent jobs by the end of the Century. Artist s depiction of cars spiralling Down from connecting Bridge into 13-mile Tunnel beneath inc scribed. Liap Floto artist s depiction of one of the Bridge portions of Cross Channel project which would be finished around 1993. Nato ministers give Reagan full support Brussels a nato is fully be Hind president Reagan As he prepares for hit november Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev defense ministers of the nato countries said wednesday. They also declared nato s backing for the us. Position at the Geneva arms talks. Caspar w. Weinberger the us. Defense Secretary told reporters later he was absolutely delighted1 with what he called unqualified support for the american stance in arms control negotiations with the Sovi ets and the . Approach to the nov. 19 20 Summit. The ministers from 13 nato nations ending two Days of talks at North Atlantic treaty organization Headquarters also cited . Charges that the soviet Union is violating arms control accords in urging Moscow to abandon a double Standard of treaty compliance. .,., they stopped Short of joining the United states in explicitly accusing thesos Retsof treaty violations. But they implied that the usefulness of any future arms control agreements would be undermined if the so Viets breached the treaties while insisting the United states fully comply with them. In the final ministerial level nato meeting before the Reagan Gorbachev Summit the defense chiefs said we de Clare that the president goes to Geneva with the full support and Solidarity of the Alli  they also expressed Strong support for the . Position at the Geneva negotiations on nuclear and space weapons while calling the soviets recent arms reduction offer one sided and  nato Secretary general lord carring ton said the coming Summit became the Central theme of the Brussels discussions. Anders c. Sjaastad Norway s defense minister said that by expressing support for Reagan nato was seeking to Demon Strate to the russians that we can stick together on the key Issue of arms control. Weinberger showed the nato ministers photographs of soviet ss-25 nuclear mis Siles which he contended had been deployed in the soviet Union in violation of the Una Tif cd Salt ii accords. He also produced what . Officials called evidence that a new soviet radar system in Siberia violated the anti ballistic missile treaty limiting . And soviet missile defences. Many of the ministers said Weinberger convinced them the soviets were violating the treaties. But some said it was not proper for nato to make the accusations since Only the United states and the soviet Union Are signatories to the arms accords. In a carefully worded declaration the ministers said Weinberger had briefed them on evidence of soviet treaty violations. We take the most serious View of this and Call on the new soviet leadership to take the Steps necessary to assure full compliance with its commitments the Declara Tion said. We noted in this connection that a Dou ble Standard of compliance with arms control agreements would tic unacceptable and would undermine the Security of the Alli  the ministers did not reiterate explicit support for the . Strategic defense initiative or Star wars research program. They said at their last meeting in Luxem Bourg last March that the program for a space based anti missile system was in nato s Security interests and should continue. Weinberger said there was no Point in repeating this Row. He said the defense ministers full support for the program still  but Sjaastad l id there is no repetition of the Luxembourg declaration in this com Munique and thir. Means there is no renewed support for inc american sd1 pro  Norway Denmark and some other . Allies have rejected participation in the pro Gram