European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 21, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 Summit sidelights Power overload causes blackout at soviet Mission in Geneva Geneva Switzerland a ten minutes before president Reagan and his wife Nancy arrived for dinner with the Gorbachev tuesday night an overloaded circuit breaker plunged the soviet Mission into darkness. It was the five huge Hollywood style lights put up by Swiss television outside the Mission that apparently Over loaded the circuit. Technicians scrambled in the Maze of equipment and got the lights on quickly so the reagans never knew they might have ended up dining by candlelight. Dinner was served at a Long table with six Stem glasses at each place. There were candelabra with red and White candles paintings by soviet artists on the Walls and a persian Rug under the table. Vladimir Morozov a soviet press aide said he did t know what would be on the menu. He said he expected White and red georgian wines to be served but no Vodka. Nancy Reagan wore a two piece brocade dress with a v neck Ana Raisa Gorbachev wore a Black dress. It was the third time each of the first ladies changed clothes tuesday a red carpet is not always just a red carpet at Summit Geneva Switzerland soviet and american officials have been fighting a Subtle Duel Over publicity technology and hearts and minds since Well before the Reagan Gorbachev Summit began. Wednesday it was one up Manship Over carpets. When president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev arrived at Geneva the red carpet was a red carpet. When Reagan hosted tuesday s Summit Cessions the red carpet outside the Fleur d eau building where the meetings were held was a red carpet period. When the sessions moved wednesday to the soviet mis Sion compound however stretching from the Forecourt up at least 20 Steps and across a Long open Terrace was a red carpet edged on both sides with 12-Inch strips of elaborate uzbek style decoration of stylized Floral scrolls. And in Swiss newspapers accuses soviets of persecuting christians Geneva Switzerland a an advertisement accusing the soviets of persecuting christians has appeared in several Swiss newspapers during the  Summit. Or. Gorbachev we accuse declares the advertisement. Signed by a group calling itself Aid to martyrs the advertisement pictures Gorbachev in his Fedora hat along with photos of four soviets who the and says were imprisoned for their belief in  your country there Are More than 3,000 prisons work Camps death Camps and psychiatric asylums the advertisement also  emigrants have used press briefings in Geneva this week to stage protests against alleged soviet human rights violations. The soviet delegation had scheduled a news conference Over the weekend to counter the charges but cancelled it without explanation. Paratroopers part of Security for Reagan visit to Brussels Brussels Belgium a the government said wednesday 750 paratroopers would be deployed in Addi Tion to other Security forces for thursday s visit of Reagan to nato Headquarters Here. Reagan is to Brief leaders of the nato nations on his Geneva talks with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Dur ing a special meeting at nato Headquarters. Among the leaders Reagan will address Are British prime minister Margaret Thatcher West German Chan cellar Helmut  prime minister Ettmo Praxi. Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney and French foreign minister Roland Dumas. American programs jazz shown to soviet television viewers Moscow a soviet television viewers arc enjoy ing a fringe Benefit from the superpower Summit in Geneva american jazz a Hollywood film and some other pro 8 american films and music Are relatively rare on soviet television which presents mainly soviet classical and Van Ety Misc arts news and current affairs programs Domestic feature films and , on saturday the prime Slot after the main telex. Sion evening news went to love among the rums a us. In for television starring Katharine Hepburn and on sunday night television showed an american program about a cd Lethion among High school choirs. A sunday daytime program included film footage of american jazz Bandi. President Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Chal in front of a fireplace in Cencia Switzerland. Plight of soviet jews disputed by Betty  staff writer Geneva Switzerland next to their opposition of Star wars the soviet leaders most obvious Dis agreement with the american Summit Agenda May Well have been Over the plight of soviet jews. President Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev were scheduled to discuss human rights wednesday at the soviet compound. Statements by Gorbachev and his staff in addition to a printed news release indicated that they perceived no problem. The problem or so culled problem of jews in the soviet Union docs not  Gorbachev told the Rev. Jesse Jackson on tuesday. Perhaps this problem Only a visas with those who would like to mar the relations with us who would like to Casl doubts and aspersions on our country and our  when reporters covering the Summit daily asked about human rights and individuals held in soviet prisons soviet spokesmen refused to answer saying that journalistic ethics should prevent the reporters from asking unrelated questions. The allegation of discrimination of jews in the . Is nothing but a distortion of the  the soviet press group stated in a news release. By level of education jews arc the first among All the other nationalities of the . The soviet Union is ahead of All the countries of the West including Israel by the num Ber of jews with higher education in proportion to the jewish population of the soviet Union As a whole. The yiddish language is used to develop culture it said. Believers have an ample Opportunity to perform their religious  various jewish groups in Geneva hoping to pressure the soviet Union to allow jews to emigrate disagree with the soviet statements As do . Documents and officials. Since july 1984, at least 16 jewish cultural activists including nine hebrew teachers have been arrested in a Campaign against the revival of jewish culture in the ." according to a Summit briefing Book put out by the while House. The briefing Book added in addition to the arrests and beatings Many jews have been fired from their jobs have had their apartments searched their phones disconnected and their mail seized. The soviet jews who arc being singled out for Perse cution have in common a desire to be free to leave the soviet Union for the country of their Choice to preserve their ethnic heritage and to teach and learn their historic  in contrast the soviet news release at the Summit said. As far As departure of jews from the . To Israel is concerned it is done on the basis of reunification of families in accordance with the Helsinki agreements. After the War. Approximately 27.000 people have left the ., mainly due to these  however the White House briefing said jewish Emi Gration is at the lowest level since the 1960s. In 1984, Only k96 jews emigrated compared to a Peak of 51.320 in 1979. Through september. 796 have been allowed to leave this year. The soviets often claim that All jews who wish to leave have done so the . Statement said. We reject this claim As we have hard information on Over 5.000 families who have applied repeatedly to emigrate. Esti mates of the number of jews that would like to leave the soviet Union Range up to 440.000 about 20 per Curtt of All soviet  before the news blackout was instituted tuesday a White House official said Reagan did not put human rights on his Agenda to Embarrass the soviets but be cause the Issue is important to the american people. Japanese nuke victims urge test ban b de Reavis staff writer Geneva Switzerland Sonji Yamaguchi stood up at a news conference wednesday took off his shirt and revealed a mass of scars from just above his right hip to the Side of his face. No More nuclear War he shouted. No More Ilia Kusha nuclear bomb victims anywhere in the world. I have come to Bear witness of what the bomb  Yamaguchi was 14 years old and less than a mile from ground Zero when the bomb fell on his native Nagasaki on aug. 9, 1945. He underwent 13 operations and now has skin cancer. His face is distorted on the right Side. His body is Tor lured by a surplus of White blood cells and he cannot live a Normal life. His pain is too great and he is too often nauseated and must vomit he said. Yamaguchi is the spokesman for the hib Kusha organized under the Nihon Hida Kyo japanese confederation of atomic and a bomb sufferers. He is in Geneva with Satoru Konishi a nuclear bomb victim from Hiroshima to make a plea to president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to Slop nuclear testing. Konishi a German literature professor at Tokyo metro Politan University said 400,000 people still Are suffering from the results of the two bombs dropped on the japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. Citing the report by the . Secretary general on nuclear weapons Konishi said there Are More than 40.000 nuclear warheads stockpiled in the world today. In letters delivered to the soviet and american delegations tuesday the Nihon Hida Kyo asked the superpowers to seek the Complete elimination of nuclear weapons every where and to hold an International conference for the conclusion of an International treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons and to set Concrete Steps and a time Frame to achieve this  the organization also wrote to the two leaders in june and still has not received answers Konishi said. In the june letter the group asked the lenders to visit Hiroshima in August and talk to a nuclear bomb victim to invite a victim to their country to talk about the bombing to adopt a declaration that the existence of nuclear weapons is a crime against humanity to sign an International treaty Banning the use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances to sign an International treaty to ban nuclear weapons and work to reduce existing nuclear weapons and to create and expand existing International nuclear free ones in As Many parts of the world As possible