European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday november 14, 1985 local . Embassy workers in Managua reportedly harassed Washington a the stale department said tuesday that sandinista authorities recently subjected 14 nicaraguan employees of the . Embassy in Managua to intensive and often abusive interrogation and also accused them of working Tor the Cia. Charles Redman a department spokesman accused the sandinista of engaging in unacceptable harassment and said a Strong protest has been lodged with that gov cram Cal. He said none of the employees had taken part in espionage activities adding that All Are employed As Drivers or arc engaged in other support functions normally reserved for foreign nationals at . Embassies. In a message delivered tuesday night to the . Ambassador in Managua the nicaraguan for cig ministry complained of the insolent and threatening tone of the state department s protest and said it appeared to be a new provocation by inc . without addressing the . Allegations of harassment the nicaraguans said the fact that a nicaraguan citizen works in a diplomatic Mission docs not Grant him any kind of immunity or the foreign ministry said the Managua government s dealings with nicaraguans who work at the embassy Are outside the sphere of diplomatic relations being strictly an internal matter Between the slate of Nicaragua and its Redman said slate Security authorities summoned the employees Between nov. 2 and nov. 7, subjecting them to Long periods of intense and often abusive interrogation ranging from six to 13 All have been subjected to psychological abuse by being forced to sit for extended periods of time in Small windowless rooms by being allowed to sit or speak Only at the whim of the interrogator and by being forced to walk Al All limes with their head Down and eyes on the ground accompanied by armed guards Redman said. He said the summonses have often come late Al night with Security agents appearing at the employees Homes and ordering them to appear at slate Security Headquarters Early the next morning. The employees were told they were prisoners but All were released with warnings they will be under surveil Lance. We regard these Midnight summonses and this psycho logic i a Cabal abuse of our foreign service National employees As unacceptable harassment Redman said. Redman said he did not know whether All nicaraguan employees at the embassy had been summoned to the Security Headquarters. He said William Walker Deputy assistant Secretary of state lodged a protest with the nicaraguan embassy. Meanwhile Redman said nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega appears to have established preconditions for Mak ing a Contador peace agreement difficult if not impossible. In a speech monday night in Managua Ortega rejected the latest Contador peace plan for Central America say ing its failure to prohibit . Military Maneu vers in the Region would pose a threat to Nicaragua. Tie said earlier drafts would have halted All foreign military Maneu vers in Central America while the new version merely limits their size and frequency. Onega said the absolute immediate and categorical proscription of International military Maneu vers is a Posi Tion of Tirreno unable Redman said it has for some time appeared that the sandinista were trying to frustrate completion of a work Able Contador treaty and this most recent demand continues their he also criticized the sandinista for refusing to move toward National reconciliation through negotiations with the .-backed rebel movement. The Contador process involves an Effort by Mexico Venezuela Colombia and Panama to mediate peace in Central America. Doe repeats claim coup crushed but Liberia situation still unclear Monrovia Liberia a the private radio Sla lion that gave the first indication of a coup attempt against head of state Samuel k. Doc reported wednesday that the coup had been crushed and a Man who identified himself As an aide said Doe was at the presidential Man Sion. Bui diplomatic sources were quoted As saying that some of the rebels still might be holding out against forces Loyal Bodoc. A Man who answered the Telephone at the executive mansion Early wednesday identified himself As capt. Bahn an aide to Doe and said Doe was resting in the mansion and did not wish to talk to reporters. He told the associated press he had not been outside yet and did not know what the situation was. Radio Elwa the private religious station that announced the coup attempt tuesday morning opened its morning newscast wednesday with a renewed report that the coup has been the Early morning coup of yesterday led by former armed forces commanding general. Brig. Gen. Thomas qui Wonkka was put Down by troops Loyal to head of slate or. Samuel Kanyon Doe it said in a broadcast monitored by the British broadcasting corp. In London. Tuesday night. Doe said in a statement on the station i m still the commander in chief of the armed forces of Liberia and the head of Doe said his troops had Defeated rebels who he said entered Liberia from neighbouring Ivory coast. Radio Elwa had been used Early tuesday to broadcast claims that qui Wonkka was in control and that Doc was in hiding. Doe seized Power in a bloody coup five years ago with qui Wonkka i help. Last month he was elected president in Liberia s aral Multi party election since the country was founded by freed american slaves in 1847, but opposition parties charged that the election had been rigged. Doe urged rebels to Lav Down their arms immediately and told citizens not to help them. Radio Elwa and the slate run radio Liberia changed hands Between loyalists and rebels during fighting be tween Loyal soldiers and the rebels tuesday. The bbl quoted diplomatic sources in the liberian capital of Monrovia As saying that the Only reports the coup had failed came from news Media controlled by Doe. The sources who were not identified were quoted As saying that Doe s repeated Calls to the rebels to Lay Down Samuel k. Doe their arms indicated some might still be opposing the government. Richard Gilbert a . Embassy spokesman in Monro via told associated press radio in Washington in a Tele phone interview tuesday that the Center of the capital was Calm and the government radio station had been taken Back from the rebels. But he said some soldiers who apparently were rebels still were out on the streets. Doe said orders had been Given to arrest the plotters and that his troops were searching for the remaining scattered in the tuesday night broadcast monitored from neigh Boring Ivory coast Doe exhorted members of the liberian armed forces to stand firm and to continue to remain Loyal to he 40 Sartre Yingli Derung Deutscher special stamp West Germany tuesday issued a special postage stamp marking the 40lh anniversary of West Ger Many s policy of integrating into West Germany Ger mans exiled from their homelands by he postwar division of Europe. Poland and Germany have said they will not deliver tellers bearing inc stamp. 4th Glasgow Hospital patient Dies of legionnaires disease Glasgow Scotland a a fourth patient has died in an outbreak of legionnaires disease at Glasgow Royal infirmary the Glasgow health Board said. The 63-year-old Man died after being critically ill for several Days the Board said. A further eight cases of the pneumonia like disease have been confirmed but Only three people remain hospitalized said a Board spokesman. All eight were said to be improving. The bacteria Breed in standing water droplets that can become airborne in air conditioning and ventilating units. The disease kills about 20 percent of its victims especially the elderly. Memorial in London honors 14th-Century Bible translator London a a memorial to John Wycliffe the 14th-Century religious reformer who is credited with first translating the Bible into English has been unveiled in St. Paul s Cathedral the gift of Robert Baylis an american travel agent. I be always been interested in Church history and 1 thought there ought to be a memorial to such a great Man in London which did t have one said Baylis a 61-year old Baptist from Berkeley Calif. The Oval plaque of Gray Welsh slate carved by Mark Bury an artist living in the University City of Cambridge was unveiled by lord Blanch former archbishop of York and president of Britain s 181-year-old Bible society. The inscription on the plaque using the old spelling of inc reformer s name reads John Wyclif died 1384. Theologian priest and preacher who inspired the first translation of the whole Bible into English was summoned Here in 1377 to answer for his Faith. Morning Star of the heavy Rains rout 300,000 from Homes in Southern India Madras India a More than 300,000 people have been forced to leave their Homes by heavy Rains in Southern India officials said and a new major storm Wai reported approaching Madras. Relief workers said food would be distributed to More than 500,000 people. The storm entered about 50 Miles Southeast of Madru in the Bay of Bengal was approaching the City and Wai preceded by continuous rain meteorologists said. . Anthony state chief Secretary said More than 300,000 people were evacuated. Some of them had no Homes to return to after their huts were washed away. Telephone and electricity lines were Cut and transportation was paralysed As All main roads in Madras capital of southernmost tamil Nadu slate were submerged
