European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday december 5, 1985 Salisbury says chinese Are optimistic pulitzer prize Winner in Frankfurt to present Book the Long March by de Skavis staff writer Frankfurt Pulit or prize winning journalist Harrison of. Salisbury whose Book on the 6.000-Milc March of Mao tsp Tung in 1935 was published last month said wednesday that chinese people arc bub bling with new found Energy and optimism. Salisbury stopped in Frankfurt on his Way from Moscow to new York to present his new Book the Long March which was published in German and  during the 50th anniversary of the event. During a news conference the 77-year-old journalist compared the soviet Union with China. The striking thing about Moscow is How the econ omy has reverted to the state it was three years ago he said. One still runs into the Slushy bureaucracy and negativism of the  Salisbury author of several books on the soviet Union and China said not that there in t creativity in Russia. I just returned from a writers conference there which included Arthur Miller and Allen gins Burg and we saw two marvelous plays which were so Good that they would have run for years on Broadway. But people s Altitude and o i look on life were Despon Dent Ana  China on the other hand was vibrant with life bubbling with ideas new Enterprise optimism and experimentation he said. Salisbury said an indication of the new attitude of he chinese is the fact that they have translated his new Book on the legendary March. My Book is full of stories of individuals their intrigues love life and even their Bowel movements to some extent those arc things that the chinese do not normally write about or publicize he said. Salisbury said he talked to most of the survivors of the March which started in october 1934 when journalist Harrison e. Salisbury. 74,000 Miles of research Chiang Kai Shek s extermination campaigns forced the chinese communist party to evacuate Hunan Tiangsi. In route to China s Northwest Frontier Mao achieved unquestioned control of the chinese communist party. The March began with 38,000 people and ended with 4,000 who were to become the nucleus of the new China he said. I travelled that route and today even it was the most arduous travel 1 have Ever experienced. And i be seen outer Mongolia and other desolate regions. It s no wonder that the men who survived that March it was really a series of  from the overwhelming Odds of Chiang Kai Shek National forces Felt they could accomplish any feat even the reconstruction of a new  Salisbury said not All who failed to finish the March peri1 cd. Some just decided o go Home. There were 30 women on the March All but two of whom were wives of the leaders and All of them survived. Salisbury said his interest in China was aroused when he was a correspondent in Moscow first for United press and then the new York times. I first approached Chou in Lai about doing the history of the March in 1972. He smiled enigmatically. I now know what that smile  China in 1972 was in the throes of the cultural revolution and Many of the survivors of the March perished during that time Salisbury said. In 1983, with the process of liberalization introduced by vice Premier Deng Xiaoping Salisbury received permission to write the Book. Tic became the first person to have the Freedom to interview the survivors and dig into archives. He travelled 74,000 Miles to Complete the Book and he was Able to interview the local historians who Gener ally gave him More important information than any official documents. The history of the Long March is basically an Oral history but the local archives often contained what i needed for corroboration he said Salisbury said he is confident that if the chinese eventually publish his Book it vill be Complete because Taiwan also has translated the Book and the Mainland could be embarrassed if important scenes and details were Ornis and. Private armed guards to patrol Pershing ii bases Mut Langen Germany up the . Army has employed 210 armed guards from a private Security firm to patrol three Pershing ii nuclear missile bases and has Given them permission to shoot in truders if necessary. Stern Magazine reported. The Magazine said t c $2.05 million a year contract was operative from sept. 15 and would relieve . Guards and German police from Manning the perimeters of the Neu Ulm Mut Langen and Heilbronn bases. An army spokesman in Schwa Ebisch Gnu and told the stars and stripes wednesday that the private guards Are not yet on duty. Maj. Michael Griffon of the 56th Field arty brigade refused to give any details of where the guards will be stationed. But he said that while current Security for the Pershing is Good the army decided to hire extra guards because you re always trying to be  an official statement by the army said current Security measures meet the Nec Essary requirements for the Protection of these important weapons  but the statement also said Security enhancements will significantly increase the Protection provided for the Pershing system. Stem Magazine said 210 guards were  for duty in the contract. It said they will be equipped with German Shep Herd dogs and personal radios and guns and will have permission to shoot intruders in extreme circumstances. The army statement to the stars and stripes said the use of Force by Security personnel would be authorized in extreme need and Only when lesser Means have failed or Are not reasonably  the Magazine also said the guards will work under strict regulations which forbid them to eat drink or smoke on the Job. Army offers new sponsorship options by Brenda Hoster staff writer Schwet Zingen Germany the army has taken Steps to improve the Relo cation process for soldiers family Mem Bers and civilians on overseas assignment orders through a revised sponsorship pro Gram. The program under new army Regula Tion 612-11 includes a new postcard Mailer form. 5434, that is initiated at the sol Dier s losing unit. Soldiers can now elect two degrees of sponsorship said Jim Owens a military personnel specialist at 1st per com. He or she can request immediate Contact with a sponsor prior to leaving the old unit. Or in the Case where the Soldier has been in the country before he May wish Contact with a sponsor upon arrival in the  Owens said a new army pamphlet 612-1 provides example Welcome letters for commanders and a checklist for Spon sors. We have Many sponsors who do a great Job he said. The new pamphlet also includes provisions for appropriate recognition of those sponsors. After All the sponsor is the key to a successful pro  an out sponsorship program is also mentioned in the pamphlet Owens said. This program would be used to assist soldiers leaving a command and would be set up As the commander deems Nec Essary he said. Sponsor request forms will be available through Normal publication channels. Owens also said two sponsorship video tapes Are being product by the army to Tram soldiers civilians and family Mem Bers on How to be a up i Sor. The tapes willbe distributed in january. Get out of the Barracks Pentagon aide urges by Brenda Hoster staff writer , Germany Europe s morale welfare and recreation manag ers should strive to get military personnel out of their Homes and involved in activities in their Host nation an acting assist ant Secretary of defense said. Jerry Calhoun told the managers a sound mar practice should be of go cd at making an overseas assignment Reward ing and stimulating for military and civil Ian personnel. Simply put we need to get our men and women out of the Barracks and also gel families together and get them All involved in not Only our activities but those of the Host nation As Well he said at the annual european recreation society convention. Calhoun praised the efforts and accomplishments of the mar program and said our military capability to be ready in the event of conflict relies in great measure on the services professionalism and programs that you manage and to that extent we must continue to move Forward As we have in the past years and As we currently  the conference with the theme balancing business with service was at tended by 163 military and civilian mar representatives from throughout Europe. The theme was quite timely in that we have been tasked with a More Businesslike approach in the Pant three to four years said Ron Paoletti a Conven Tion organizer. It s a fact of life. We Are More Busi Ness on cited in that we have to earn our own Way we arc no longer funded by news update envoy plans to return London a Terry Waite the archbishop of Canterbury s Spe Cial envoy says he expects to return to Beirut next week to continue his efforts to free americans held in Lebanon. I am going Back probably on monday wait said at the London Headquarters of the anglican consultative Council the organization of the world s 70 million anglicans. He would not discuss his Progress in the negotiations. Waite returned to London from the United states after meeting with . Officials and with relatives of the hostages who have been held by the islamic jihad for five to 10months. Sandra Good paroled Alderson . A Charles Manson Follower Sandra Good has been paroled from Federal prison after serving nearly 10 years or conspiring to Send death threats to corporate officials. Good 41. Was released from t Federal prison Here after agreeing avoid Contact with Manson offi Cit