European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q Sakharov tells relatives hunger strike is Over Page 2 d Penn state no. 1 in College football Page 21 d soviet Soldier leaves embassy Page 28 the St is Andis ripest to i so authorized unofficial publication Foh vol. 44, no. 202 wednesday november 6, 1985 Meo Fouei Dolly of Amor 0 8693 a soviet defector recant claims Cia kidnapped drugged him Washington a Vitaly yur Chen co a High level soviet Kab officer who was described by the state depart ment As a defector to the United states turned up at the soviet embassy monday and claimed that he had been drugged kid napped and offered is million to cooperate with the Cia. The state department said Yurchenko s charges were completely  one sen Ator called his Story baloney and said Cia officials weren t sure he was acting voluntarily when he made his allegations during a news conference at the embassy. The state department said Yurchenko would not be permitted to leave the United states until he provides assurances that a decision to return to the soviet Union is genuinely of his own  Yurchenko repeatedly described his alleged ordeal As state sponsored terrorism and told of being drugged before meeting with Cia director William Casey. He said that until the put three weeks he was kept in isolation by a six Man team. However Yurchenko seemed to go out of by Way during the news conference to Sepa rate the political leadership of the United states from hit allegations of mistreatment to is. Hands. I m not sure whether your president knew about my situation he said at one Point. Cia director William Colby later said that comment might have been a soviet Effort to avoid trouble before Reagan s meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev later this month. The interesting aspect of that was that or. Yurchenko himself attempted to excuse the president by saying the president would t necessarily have known anything about it. That s a key Symbol that they Don t want to mess up the Summit Colby said. Yurchenko denied that he knowingly gave . Officials any soviet secrets. He said he did not know who actually abducted him but he discussed in detail what he said were Cia efforts to sign him to a lifetime contract to work with . Intelligence agencies. I was kept in isolation and forced to take some drugs and denied the Opportunity to get in touch with official soviet representatives Yurchenko charged. A soviet official who introduced yur Chenko said the embassy was lodging a Strong protest at the state department. Yurchenko said that on saturday due to a momentary lapse in his supervision he was Able to break out to Freedom and go to the embassy in the Northwest Section of Washington. But sen. David Durenberger r-minn., chairman of the Senate Intelli gence committee said Yurchenko simply went out to dinner saturday night and Dis appeared. Sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., the panel s vice chairman told reporters that Yurchenko either was trying to get Back in the Good graces of the soviet Union or he was a double agent All  was be a soviet Plant sent in to cause an intelligence uproar i think that s highly unlikely but not to be dismissed said sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-n.y., former vice chairman of the panel. Yurchenko. 50, had been thought to be one of the highest ranking soviet officials to defect in recent years. He was described As the no. 5 Man in the Kab the soviet intelligence service at the time he defected in Rome in Early August. Or. Yurchenko was specifically responsible for the direction of Kab intelligence operations in the . And Canada the state department said on oct. 11. State department spokesman Charles Redman said monday night that Yurchenko defected of his own volition to the american embassy in Rome  at no time was or. Yurchenko held or coerced by improper illegal or unethical Means. It is or. Yurchenko s right to re turn to the soviet Union once the United states government is in fact assured that this action is genuinely of his own Choos ing Redman said. Yurchenko said at the moment my Only wish is to return As soon As possible to my country my family my Kin and my  Durenberger told reporters on Capitol Hill that the Cia is As surprised at this As anyone else. Nobody can have a Clear Opin Ion right now As to Why he s doing what he s  Cia spokeswoman Patti Volz said the Agency would have no comment but Durenberger called Yuri Bioko s claim about being drugged a lot of  at no time have any of the things he see defector on Page 28 Appu Vitaly Yuri Bunko. At embassy news conference be. Unlike. Be r o Cut in sea time May affect . Naval strategy by Richard c. Gross the driving Force behind the null Back is a Shoelace of will be limited to 25 hours him no the comm Rinthy Cros Washington up Navy cutbacks in sea operations scheduled to begin next year could have a Long term Impact on naval strategy Navy officials said Mon j Day. I the Navy concerned about morale in the face of Pilot i shortages plans to Cut Back operations that could reduce the us. Presence in the Indian Ocean and elsewhere they Aid. Current naval strategy is to maintain Power j House american ships particularly aircraft carriers in regions where there is a perceived threat by the soviet Union to is. Interests. Although the primary focus of the cutback is to boost \ flagging morale among sailors and their families caused it by too much time away at sea the officials said a secon j Dary motive is to save Money. 5 there will be quite a bit of Money saved but there has been no projected Dollar figure one official said. The g pullback shortage o i.i00 Carrier based tactical aviators with the rank of lieutenant and lieutenant commander said the officials who spoke on condition they not be identified. The Navy now retains Between 50 and 53 percent of its aviators and is aiming at a 60 to 70 percent retention goal the officials said. In a message to the Fleet last week the chief of naval operations adm. James Watkins ordered the cutback to begin Jan. I with the major goal of keeping each ship at its Home port at least so percent of the  further steaming hours will be limited to 50.5 Day will be the average for the entire Fleet and will not be reflected immediately in the schedules of each ship. In addition the flight time for tactical aircraft squadrons will t during same period. Sailors will begin to see changes now Watkins wrote. They will also see a schedule downstream that makes better sense from fiscal material and human standpoints. We Are committed to reduce uptempo operating Tempo and increase time at Home while maintain ing readiness and meeting Navy s Mission responsibilities around the  but Navy officials said the order will have an Impact on the Navy s presence worldwide. It will minimize some of our presence one official said. We won t be going just  As one example the officials said an aircraft Carrier group May not operate continuously in the Indian Ocean where one has been posted within striking distance of the Mouth of the persian Gulf since the soviet invasion of Afghanistan in december 1979. Juan takes parting shot at Central appalachians by the associated press riven swollen by rain from the Rem Nants of Hurricane Juan surged out of their Banks in the Central appalachians on monday forcing thousands from their Homes closing More than a Hundred High ways and isolating Rural towns. At least three storm related deaths were reported and one person was missing. Two people were killed when their pickup truck was swept off a Road near Elkins w.va., officials said. In Virginia a woman was found dead in Mason Creek in Salem and a 10-year-old boy was listed As missing. Tornadoes also caused scattered dam age on the outer Banks Chain of islands off North Carolina and wind gusted to 59 Mph at the Island town of Hatteras. Rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 7 . Included 7.69 inches at Cape hat Leras n.c., 6.34 inches at Roanoke va., and 4.33 inches at Elkins according to the National weather service. Up to 4 inches of Snow was reported on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Tennessee and North Carolina the weather service said. The National Gourd was called in to Weston w.va., where the West Fork River swollen by 3 inches of rain in 24 hours was expected to Crest at 27 feet 10 feet above flood stage and to Tucker Pendleton and Randolph counties. Crests up to 10 feet above flood stage were predicted for the cheat Grcen Brick Little Kanawha Tygart Saulcy West Fork and Ohio Rivers in West Virginia. West Virginia emergency officials did not know How Many people had been forced from their Homes but John Price a spokesman for gov. Arch Mcord. Said evacuations number in the  he also said 133 highways were closed. Between 500 and 1.500 residents in see Juan on Page 28