European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 07, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday november 7, 1985 soviet agent May be facing Bleak future Washington a after satisfying the state department that he was not coerced by soviet authorities former Kab agent Vitaly Yurchenko prepared to return to his Homeland where a variety of experts believe a dim future May await him. There was no official statement on his travel plans but there were reports Yurchenko was preparing to return wednesday aboard a soviet aircraft that is bringing soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin Back from pre Summit talks in Moscow. Just three Days after bolting from his Cia handlers Yurchenko went to the state department late tuesday and was asked by officials whether his decision to return to the soviet Union was made of his own free will. State department Deputy spokesman Charles Redma said Yurchenko repeated several times that he wished to return to the soviet Union and he denied he was being pressured by soviet authorities. Striking a pose like a Boxer with clenched fists above his head As he left the state department meeting yur Chenko said yes Home when asked by reporters if he was return.,b 10 the soviet Union. He declined further comment then stepped into a wait ing car accompanied by four soviet embassy officials and sped off into the night. Redman said a government doctor who attended inc state department meeting with Yurchenko determined there was m observable evidence that the Kab officer was under the influence of drugs or that he was not competent to make his own decision about his future. Meanwhile there was Little support among soviet watchers for Yurchenko s claim he was kidnapped last August in Rome drugged and forced to live in isolation by Cia operatives who tortured him and tried to bribe him. The prevailing View among the soviet experts is he is a defector who after three months in Cia custody had a change of heart and decided to go Back Home. For this reason the consensus is that he will not be treated kindly on his return. A former intelligence official dismissing Yurchenko s claim that he was a Cia Kidnap victim said he believes soviet authorities May retaliate for his defection by firing a Bullet into the base of his maybe the order of. Prison but not the order of Lenin speculated sen. Patrick j. Leahy d-vt., vice chairman of the Senate intelligence committee. Trihy said Yurchenko left his Cia companions sat urday night after having dinner in the Georgetown Section of Washington just Down the Street from the new soviet embassy the White House spokesman Larry Speakes said wednesday he was not aware of any Effort to reprimand the Cia officials for Yurchenko s departure. Speakes said president Reagan was interested in the facts of the Case but i would t describe him As Community sources have said Yurchenko the no. 5 official in the soviet intelligence Agency revealed some secrets to the Cia during his stay. Yurchenko at a news conference at the soviet embassy on Mon Day denied he revealed anything , . Intelligence sources speculated that Yurchenko defected in the first place to be near a girl Friend in Canada and decided to return because the affair turned sources who asked not to be identified said yur Chenko had a relationship with the wife of a soviet Diplo mat stationed in wednesday quoted sources As saying the Cia flew Yurchenko to Canada within the last three weeks to meet with the woman. The network said its sources said Yurchenko had thought the woman would defect with him but she refused and he was flown Back to washing ton. Challenger lands safely in California Edwards afb7 space shuttle challenger and its International Crew landed safely on a desert run Way wednesday to end a we Klong research Mission viewed As an important step toward a $2 billion european investment in an american space five americans two West germans and one dutchman in the record touched Down on a dry Lalus is at 12 45 . After a Vail Rurney of nearly 3 Mil . Commander Henry Mansfield was to have tested a new nose wheel steering system by twice guiding the Craft about 20 feel off the runway Cen Turline and Back again. There was no imme Diate word on results of the Man Euver. Clear the Way for shuttles to land once left a Hajj Juci Shorter and narrower Concrete runway i Nedy space Center launch site in Florid Welcome Home Chall a mis Hoed As the shuttle rolled to the e astronauts were returning with a Rich Harvest of information gathered from scientific experiments that studied the effects of weightlessness on materials process ing Crystal growth biological samples a d human physiology. West Germany paid the National aeronautics and space administration $64 Mil lion to carry the experiments into orbit in the pressurized space lab module Anchor in challenger s cargo Bay. The i the first time a foreign a shuttle payload during flight. The German control Center Issue Mary report wednesday that called Mission a great most of the experiments involved Basic research and results won t be known until after weeks or months of analysis. Most of the experiments were of West German Ori Gin but several were provided by the 12 nation european space Agency. From Page 1 said As legislators gave Jaruzelski a stand ing ovation. Messner we in economics pro Fessor at Katowice University in pm Poland until l977, a member of the com Karpany s ruling politburo sing Imor expected to remain head of Monist party and commander in chief of the armed forces. The combination of duties would continue to make Jaruzelski the to powerful political figure in Poland. Arment request lion Hajj would give up the Premier. It does t change anything the official said. All it Means is he won t be drinking Tea with visiting prime Jaruzelski was defense minister when hews 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 therein of Poland s communist Par of Mem ing influence of Lech Walesa s Solidarity which grew out of economic tests in july 1980 and a month later was Illy recognized As an Independent on dec in he government imposed martial of civil liberties of the 9vi million members of Solidar arresting Walesa. Reagan from Page 1 then. The statement appeared to say that i the soviets maintained a nuclear Arsenal Star wars would not be 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 to a group of president also was questioned about the gloomy assessment by Secretary of state George p. Shultz after More than 14 hours of talks in Moscow with soviet chief Mikhai Gorbachev to Lay the groundwork for the superpower Summit in Geneva on nov. 19-20.shultz told reporters the talks had not produced any agreements or narrowed the differences Ligniti Candy Between the two ides. Shultz did t seem very optimistic based on his meeting with the soviet Leader yesterday a reporter told the has a Way of making you that Way Reagan spokesmen already had backed away from Reagan s earlier com ment on Star wars. Aff of they said that once Star wars tempi enology is judged feasible the United Stales will consult with other nuclear Powers to a can an agreement to begin cutting nuclear stockpiles. Nuclear weapons would be dismantled in stages As components of Star wars Are installed officials said. That was in Sharp contrast to Reagan statement made at three separate Points in last week s interview thai firmly linked Sta wars deployment with nuclear disarmament. 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I be said. If Reagan signs the Bill after thursday air Force end of month will include the raise Navy forces Europe Hea to Pruneri in London said 98perccnttstiailort in the United kingdom and Northern Europe will receive the raise sin either their nov. 15 or end of month paychecks. Some May not see the raise until mid december when the information is i to the computer system he said did not who have mid month payments will see their net november pay increased by 10 percent the army spokesman said. The 10 percent increase approximates the pay raise soldiers Are due from oct. Through nov. Is he said. Final adjust ment of the actual amount due will be made in the november end of month pay. Jve chosen specific chive Only end of month payment the raise covering the period oct. I to nov. In their end of month pay checks for uhe spokesman said. Tin these request casual payment if they also want to . 15. 2vrew members eject Safe As Jet Crast Wei Buecken a. 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