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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday november 3, 1985 . Kept Aid promises to Turkey official says world today Ankara Turkey a a . Slate department official said on saturday that the United states has kept its promises by tripling the amount of Aid since 1980 to Turkey which says in needs More military help. The turks have requested negotiations to revise a 5 year old defense and economic cooperation agreement be tween the two countries seeking increased military Aid More support for arms manufacturing and greater Access to . Markets for their exports. Turkey claims in needs at least is billion in military Aid up from the current j700 million in annual . Aid. Turkish officials also object to a ratio on . Military Aid to Greece and Turkey. Under the stipulation imposed by con Gress for every j10 received by Turkey Greece must get $7. . Undersecretary of state Michael Armacost in a news conference held saturday responded to turkish Dis satisfaction Over Aid Levels. He was scheduled to leave Turkey on sunday after a visit that began on thursday. Armacost said that the . Administration also regretted the ratio. Out the Congress has a voice and we can Only express our views As the administration he said. The turks have expressed displeasure Over an imbalance in Trade marked by a turkish deficit of $700 million in the total Trade volume of ji.5 billion last year. They say us. Trade barriers prevent Turkey from reducing the imbalance. Armacost said the two sides were working to improve economic lies and bring . Investment to Turkey but he did not elaborate. Turkey is a vital part of nato and the United states gives High priority to its relations with Turkey Armacost said. He expressed Hope that current consultations on the defense and economic cooperation agreement will Lead to better Mutual  under the 1980 agreement the United states maintains a dozen military installations on turkish soil. Two of the bases Are sensitive listening posts that track soviet Mili tary movements and nuclear less. Armacost told reporters thai he had discussed the future of the four . Bases in Greece Wilh officials in Athens before coming to Turkey. The Gryck government wishes to enter Calmer Waters with the United states he said without elaborating. Greece s socialist government has said that it intends to close the bases when the agreement on their operation comes up for renewal in "988. Armacost had talks with Premier Turgut Ozal and for eign minister Vahit Hal Foglu. Foreign ministry spokes Man yalim Ralp said the two sides discussed the Cyprus problem Turk greek disputes and International issues such As the Middle Easl and Iran Iraq War. A photo lebanese militia Man still in fatigue trousers Heads for the Beirut Beach carrying fishing gear instead of a weapon. Peace brokers seek sunni support Damascus Syria a lebanese prime minister Rashid Karami Ana two of his predecessors met saturday with syrian vice president Abdul Halim Haddam who is seeking their support for a syrian brokered armistice to end Lebanon s 10-year-old civil War. Karami education mini sir Salim Hoss and labor minister Rashid Solh Are sunni moslem Long economically powerful and influential in Lebanon. The sunnis were left out of the monthlong negotiations that produced the Accord among Lebanon s three main warring Christian and moslem militias. Maj. Gen. Mohammed Kholi syrian president Hafez Assad s National Security adviser carried a draft of the armistice and a letter to lebanese president Amin Gem Acyl saturday Palace sources reported. Kholi met with Gemayel for iwo hours at the president s summer Palace in Bifaya. 10 Miles Northeast of Beirut the sources said. After the meeting he told reporters that Gemayel a Christian who also was not directly involved in the militia peace talks made no remarks about the  asked when he thought the Accord will be finalized Kholi said i think everything will be Clear within the next few Days. The agreement will be the beginning of the end of the tragic lebanese  he left by helicopter to the Northern Mountain resort of Zig Horta to Confer with sex president Suleiman Franjieh a Christian and staunch syrian ally who has Demande Gemayel s ouster. Haddam met the sunni leaders whose support for the Accord could be crucial Al his office in Damascus when Karami arrived by helicopter at 11 . From his Home Lown of Tripoli in North Lebanon sources said. Solh and Hoss drove to Damascus earlier saturday. The meeting was also attended for a time by syrian prime minister Abdel Raouf Al Kasorn and lebanese parliament speaker Hussein Husseini a Shi Ilc moslem. Husseini later conferred with the syrian president on the Accord while he talks went on the official syrian news Agency Sana reported. East germans remove mines along Border paper reports Bonn a communist East Germany has removed 2 million land mines from its Side of the Frontier with West Germany according to a West German newspaper. The mass circulation daily Bild quoted West German Inte rior mini sir Friedrich Zimmermann As saying the Easl Ger mans had removed the mines Over the past two years. Bild quoted Zimmermann As saying that despite the removal of mines new Border fences and shoot to kill or Ders Given communist Border guards kept the Border As Well guarded As in the past. The orders to shoot escapees must be withdrawn Bild quoted Zimmermann As saying. East Germany also has been removing trip wire Shrap Nel spraying devices installed to hinder escapes to the West but its Side of the Border known As the death strip remains scaled by a Fence topped with barbed wire. Swiss brewery to teach chinese How to make non alcoholic Beer Rheinfelder Switzerland up a Swiss brewery has signed a contract to teach the chinese How to make non alcoholic Beer. The  company said in will Send instructors to Kwang Tum in the South of China where a brewery is being built by two other companies one Swiss and the of her West German. China will also be sending people to Switzerland for training. Annual production capacity Al the brewery will be 200,000 hectolitres 5.3 million Gallons of essentially non alcoholic Beer a  announcement said. 11,000 calves quarantined to Check for harmful chemicals Oldenburg Germany a police have announced that 11,000 calves have been taken into quaran Tine to Check whether the animals had been fed growth enhancing chemicals that could harm human beings. Officials in the lower Saxony state conducted random urine tests of calves belonging to More than 60 cattle breeders and found traces of the chemical try Nebolon at 14 farms police said. Police said the owners of the calves were ordered not to sell the animals for Slaughter until further testing could be conducted. According to the police the chemical had been added 10 Grain mixes fed to the calves. Police described try Nebolon As an anabolic chemical that enhances growth. It is banned by German Law be cause the substance is suspected of causing cancer in human beings. Kidnappers release Marchessa after receiving $1.2 million Ransom Siena Italy  
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