European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday november 7. 1985 Reagan has this suspicion of a soviet ploy7 Washington a president Reagan said wednesday he docs not Rule out the possibility there was a deliberate ploy a Man Euver by the Kremlin in three recent incidents in which soviet citizens sought Refuge with the United Stales and then declared they wanted to return Home. There is this suspicion Reagan said. We just have to live with it because there s no Way we can prove or disprove  Reagan made his comment in an interview on the heels of the dramatic declaration by Vitaly Yurchenco a former top Kab official that he had been kidnapped by the Cia and that he had not defected to the West. Yurchenco said he wanted to go Home. Earlier. Miroslav Mcdavid a soviet Sailor jumped ship in new Orleans but later insisted he wanted to return to his Homeland. In the third Case Vasilyevich Sukhanov a Soldier spent four Days in the . Embassy in Afghanistan saying he wanted to return Home. He turned himself Over to the custody of the soviet ambassador in Kabul on the Promise thai he would not be punished. As for Yurchenko Reagan said that the information he had provided was not anything new or  Reagan said he was perplexed by the three cases. I think it s awfully easy for any american to be perplexed by anyone that could live in the United states and would prefer to live in Russia he said. Questioned repeatedly by journalists Reagan refused to say that he is inclined to believe the episodes were staged by the soviets in Advance of his Summit with Mikhail Gorba Chev. However he said i have to say that this coming As they do together these three particular incidents you can t Rule out the possibility that this might have been a deliberate ploy a Man Euver. Here you have three separate individuals in three different parts of the world who defected and then recanted and of their own free will said they wanted to return to the soviet Union the president said. And in every one of the three incidents we insisted on and did secure the last word the final meeting with each one of them to make sure that they understood completely that they were Welcome Here that we would provide safety and Sanctuary for them Here in the United states. He added in every incident that was repudiated and we had to say that of their own free will As we could see for whatever reason they wanted to go  asked specifically whether he considered Yurchenko a True defector and whether his actions were part of a disinformation Campaign to disrupt the Summit Reagan replied there s no Way that you can prove that in t so. On the other hand there s no Way you can prove that it is. So you just have 10 accept that we did our Best n View of their expressed desires and then they did what other defectors before them have not  he added you can t Rule out personal desire homesick Ness whatever it might be As possible motives for their re turn. Either they honestly did feel they wanted to defect and then changed their minds or the possibility is there that this could have been a deliberate  the president said that Yurchenko had not Given the United stoles information that was very useful. In actually the information that he provided was not anything new or sensational said Reagan. It was pretty much information already known to the  As recently As last week . Intelligence sources were crowing Over what they called the Gold mine of information from Yurchenko. This included implicating two former american intelligence officers in spying for the soviet Union one of them has been charged and has fled the country the other is under surveillance. Among the other pieces of information attributed to yur Chenko was the disclosure of spy dust being used to track us. Agents and sources in Moscow the ultimate Fate of Nicholas Shadrin a defector and double agent who disappeared in Vienna a decade ago and a Good Deal of material on the organization of the soviet intelligence service. Soviets won t have veto Over ski Reagan my Washington a president Reagan questioned wednesday on whether he had intended to suggest in an interview Lial the Kremlin could veto his Star wars missile shield said would you for give me if i say hell no " it was Reagan s first statement to clarify his remark that the United states would not deploy Star wars known formally As the strategic defensive initiative ski until we do away with our nuclear mis Siles our offensive  asked to explain what he had me last week s interview with four were porters. Reagan said Whang pave talked about repeatedly and Pray others and that is when we a Mcle eloped and we know we Juu Vinat kind of a defensive weapon Ryiant to sit Down with the rest of Thea unclear Powers in the world and say now join us All in getting rid of nuclear weapons and instituting a defense " Reagan replied. In that interview Reagan had raised the Prospect of letting the soviets derail Slat wars merely by refusing to abolish nuclear Arsenal " the terms for our Woja payment of so would be  of the Offen Sive weapons Asp Jan said then. The Stalmen Gurred to say that if the Sovi a nuclear Arsenal Star would not be constructed. Within hours of the release of the inter View monday the White House sought to clarify Reagan s remarks. Officials insisted that the United states would not disarm unilaterally and that Star wars would go ahead even if the soviets refused to Dis Mantle their nuclear missiles. Reagan was questioned on the subject wednesday As he left the East room after a speech Toa Jae Wiso was questioned about  assessment by Secretary of George p. Shultz after More than 14 hours of talks in Moscow with soviet chief Mikhail Gorbachev to Lay the groundwork for the superpower Summit in Geneva on nov. I9-2g\ Shultz told reporters the talks had not produced any agreements or narrowed the differences significantly Between the two sides. Shultz did t seem very optimistic based on his meeting with the soviet Leader yesterday a reporter told the president. Moscow has a Way of making you that Way Reagan replied. Administration spokesmen already had backed away from Reagan s earlier com ment on Star wars. Jaruzelski from Page 1 Laid As legislators gave Jaruzelski a stand ing ovation. Messner was an economics pro Fessor at Katowice University in Southwest pm Poland until 1977, and has been a member of the communist party s ruling politburo since 1983. Jaruzelski was expected to remain head of the communist party and commander in chief of the armed forces. The combination of duties would continue to make Jaruzelski the most powerful political figure in Poland. One . State department official who requested anonymity said the administration has been hearing rumours for months that Jaruzelski would give up the Post of Premier. It does t change anything the official said. All it Means u he won t be drinking Tea with visiting prime  Jaruzelski was defense minister when he was named prime minister feb. 9, 1981, be coming Poland s fourth Premier in a year. By the end of october he also had taken Over the reins of Poland s communist party. Jaruzelski s Rise to Power corresponded with the growing influence of Lech Walesa s Solidarity which grew out of economic protests in july 1980 and a month later was formally recognized As an Independent Trade Union. On dec. 13, 1981, the government imposed martial Law Banning a wide Range of civil liberties proscribing the activities of the 9vi million members of Solidarity an arresting Walesa. Shuttle from Page 1 space administration $64 million to carry the experiments into orbit in the pressurized space lab module anchored in Chal Lenger s cargo Bay. The control Center for the experiments was in West Germany marking the first time a foreign country controlled a shuttle payload during flight. Most of the experiments involved Basic research and results won t be known until after weeks or months of analysis. Hans Hilger Haunschild Deputy Secre tary of the West German ministry of re search and technology said the astronauts research in Ibe 23-foot-Long space lab built by the european space Agency is a logical step toward european participation in the permanent . Space station which presi Dent Reagan authorized last year. Nasa s Jesse Moore director of the shuttle program agreed saying we see a partnership building As we head toward the space station in the 90s." Nasa is negotiating with several european countries the european space Agency Japan and Canada to gain their participation in the space station. Ernst Messerschmid and Reinhard fur re the two West germans in the Crew dutchman Wubbo Ockels Bonnie Dunbar and Guion Bluford will Fly to the Kennedy space Center on thursday for the medical tests. Mansfield and challenger s two pilots Steven Nagel and James Buchli were to Fly later wednesday to the Johnson space Center in Houston. Pay. From Page 1 air Force mid month checks will include the full 3 percent raise retroactive to oct. I he said if Reagan signs the Bill after thursday air Force end of month checks will include the raise the spokesman said. A Navy spokesman at . Naval forces Europe Headquarters in London said 98 percent of sailors in the United kingdom and Northern Europe will receive the raises in either their nov. 15 or end of month paychecks. Some May not see the raise until mid december when the information is added to the computer system he said. The spokesman did not know when sail ors in the Mediterranean would receive the pay raise. Soldiers who have selected maximum mid month payments will see their net mid november pay increased by 10 percent the army spokesman said. The 10 percent increase approximates the pay raise soldiers Are due from oct 1 through nov. Is be said. Final adjust men of tie actual amount due will be made in the november end of month pay. Soldiers who have chosen a specific mid month amount and soldiers who receive Only end of month payments will find the raise covering the period oct. 1 to nov. 30, in their end of month pay checks for november the spokesman said. 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Flair a Molly Cloudy a partly Chou div i stood Var rain. 2 Crew members eject safely As Jet crashes we Bruecken a Germany an Rf-4c phantom ii reconnaissance air Craft assigned to the 26th tac reconnaissance Wing crashed about 3 . Wednes Day in a wooded area North of Pir Masens Germany but both members of the Crew ejected safely officials said. The crewmen Pilot Capi. John grif Fin 30, of Austin Texas and weapons sys tems operator Capi. Richard r. Welton. 32, of Tampa Fla. Were transported to the Wei Bruecken a clinic by helicopter t spokesman for the . Air Force. In Europe said. They were reported in Good condition. The aircraft was on a training Mission at. The time of the Accident the spokesman said. The Accident site was cordoned off and t Board of officers was convened to investigate the crash