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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday december 5. 1985 Reagan describes Summit to High schooners Fallston. My. Up president Reagan said wednesday he told soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev the differences Between their countries would disappear if suddenly there was a threat to this world from some other species from another  reporting on the recent Geneva Summit to students at Fallston High school Reagan said he Theori de about a space invasion to emphasize the Point that we really Are All human beings Here on this Earth  the remark was a departure from his speech to a group of students that emphasized one positive outcome of the Summit discussions an agreement to expand the size and scope of cultural educational Sci i. Fie and other per son to person exchanges Between the superpowers. Citing Gorbachev s professed desire for improved . Soviet relations Reagan invited the soviets to draw Back the barriers that separate our Peoples through such exchanges. Our objective is massive Exchange programs betwee private citizens in both countries he said. Let s allow the people of the soviet Union and the people of the United Stales to get to know each other without govern ments getting in the  Gorbachev As very intelligent Reagan said he sensed a great desire for peace on the part of the soviet leaders he met in Geneva As Well As a deep distrust of .  one Point in their talks. Reagan said he asked Gorbachev to just think How easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly Iacre was a threat to this world from another  we d forget All the Little local differences that we hav Between our two countries he said and we would find out once and for All that we really arc All human beings Here on this Earth together."1 Don t suppose we can wait for some alien race to come Down Ana threaten us Reagan said. But i think that Between us we can bring about that  Reagan also recalled How he tried to persuade Gorba Chev that his Star wars missile defense program the multimillion Dollar strategic defense initiative was a reason to Hope not to fear that the Advance of technology which originally gave us ballistic missiles May soon be Able to make them  "1 told him that with ski history had taken a positive turn Reagan said. Standing firm against soviet demands he abandon the program the president told his audience "1 could no More negotiate ski than 1 could barter with your future. As i told or. Gorbachev. A defense shield is an insurance policy for your Tutu e. And i think he under stood our sincerity on this  Reagan acknowledged details of the bilateral exchanges have yet to be negotiated and it remains to be seen How much the soviets will be willing to open up their closed  however he said an increased flow of people and information Between the superpowers is an essential part of building a lasting foundation for  True mix must be based on openness and people talking to each other rather than about each  adviser from Page 1 plans to go into private business Reagan said. Reagan denied that friction Between Mcfarlane and Regan led to Mcfarland s decision to quit. You have All been misinformed about that he told reporters. That s nonsense Mcfarlane said when asked if there were problems Between him self and Regan. The National Security adviser reports directly to me and does not go through the chief of staff the president said. Poindexter said Regan assured him he would have direct Access to the president. I Don t anticipate any problems poin demur said. Don and i Are Good  Reagan said he was not dismayed by the occasional departure of an aide. Everyone in a while people have to move on. They have their own responsibility and that is the Case Here the president added. Reagan said he was disturbed by wide spread reports of dissension and Dis agreement within his official family. He said he had made it Clear from the Start that he wanted to hear competing views and that is what is happening. Mcfarlane was asked what he intends to do. I be got no plans he said adding with a smile if you be got some leads let  the Republican leaders of both the House and the Senate commended Mcfarlane wednesday. I think he s an outstanding Public serv ant said Senate majority Leader Robert Dole. He s very Well respected in the con Gress by republicans and  Robert Mich Leader of the House republicans said he had had a Good working relationship from a legislative Point of View rumours that Mcfarlane would be Leav ing have circulated for months. He was reliably reported to have been weighing a lucrative Job offer in new York and there have been suggestions he was considering ambassadorial posts in Japan Israel and the soviet Union. But the rumours took on added credence this week when no one denied a speculative report in Newsweek Magazine that Mcfear Lanc was seriously thinking about becoming the . Envoy to Japan a Post now filled by former Senate democratic majority Lead i Mike Mansfield who is 82. Mcfarlane a retired Marine corps Field officer in Reagan s third National Security adviser having moved up from the Deputy s Slot two years ago when Reagan s longtime California Friend and adviser William p. Weinberger from Page 1 could harm the deterrent capability of the nato Alliance. If the Netherlands does t have to do it Why should Belgium if Belgium does t have to do it Why should Germany and so Forth. It the decision could unravel the Basic deterrent capability by concentrating on and by taking a course that s popular enough at Home for Holland but not very thoughtful for the rest of the Alliance he said. Weinberger did not speculate on what country might assume the tasks dropped by the dutch. We Don t know he said. We re still trying to get the dutch to re verse that  Weinberger said a proposal expected thursday in the Mutual balanced Force reduction negotiations to Cut nato and Warsaw pact conventional troop strength in Central Europe has some Appeal for the United states but there arc problems. The a reported wednesday morning that nato presented new proposals to the Warsaw pact on reducing non nuclear forces in Central Europe in an Effort to breathe fresh life into the stalled 12-year old talks on the Issue. Sources told the news service the suggestions were forwarded informally tues Day two Days before the week s regular plenary session of the Mutual and balanced Force reduction talks to give the East a Advance Chance to consider a response. The talks arc scheduled to break for Christmas thursday until Early in the new year. Diplomatic sources in London Bonn and nato Headquarters told the a the offer includes a Call to Shelve for now Dis agreement on each others troop strengths in favor of Small initial Mutual re actions. Also being proposed was an interim verification procedure for troop withdrawals they said the worries Are the verifications he said. The soviets being the kind of society they Are can turn a Farmer into a Soldier or a Soldier into a Farmer overnight. That makes it very difficult to. Get accurate verification that they have riot Only made the reductions but that they arc really permanent  asked about the United states controversial Star wars program to research the feasibility of a space based defense against nuclear missiles Weinberger said the soviets have been working on such system for 15 to 16  it would be very destabilizing if they got it first. It could be stabilizing if we both Nave it said Weinberger. Clark left to become Interior Secretary. Mcfarlane also served As Reagan s Spe Cial envoy to the Middle East. During his first months in the key Post of National Security adviser and director of the National Security Council staff Mcfarlane was credited with successfully mediating the often heated policy disputes betwee Secretary of state George p. Shultz and defer us Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger. In the process his own Public profile Rose from that of a quiet even plodding profession Al analyst to one of a key adviser with the president s ear at any time of Day or night that position was tempered with the arrival Fregan who effectively pushed Mcfarlane a step away from the Oval office. That was apparent during last month s .-soviet Summit meeting in Geneva Switzerland where photographs showed Regan and Shultz not Mcfarlane sit Ting next to the president. General dynamics barred from defense contracts by Norman Lack Washington a general dynamics corp. Tucs a lost its right to obtain new government Coom to one Day Lator after the weapons Annc turn and our Matt current or former  including Forur including he nation ministration sources said acc while James Boggs admin St Al aeronautics and s. Were indicted on fraud meanwhile govern Boggs plans to take a l he defends himself again the contract suspend the defense department is to Ccone Ucol. Action imposed on the Rifman s third largest defense contractor this year. The first was lifted in August. The latest suspension applies not Only to Penl mom Tracu. But also to any other govern Man Tahr the suspension  by the Navy in its role As  for the Pentagon on All contractual matters involving general dynamics which received de sense contracts Worth $6 billion in fiscal 1984. Alvin Spivak a company spokesman said the Navy s action was inappropriate since the Issue in the Case should not have resulted in indict Many or its  men involved a la tory and account Iri tors been proper pm. We doubt position would have s against the Compa Ivak said the indict sophisticated regu  had those referred to a civil at the government sailed he said. War deserter named e. German defense chief Berlin a Gen. Heinz Kessler. Who deserted to the soviet red army Dur ing the 1941 nazi invasion of the soviet Union was appointed defense minister of East Germany on tuesday. The official East German news Agency adn announced that Kessler 65, was mined to succeed Gen. Heinz Hoffmann who died of heart failure monday at age 75. Hoffmann served As defense minister for 25 years. Kessler was promoted to four Star Gener Al by communist party Leader Erich Hon Ecker on tuesday. He also served As chief of the political department for the 170,000 member East German armed forces. Born in 1920 in Luban then part of Ger Many but now in Poland Kessler worked As a machinist before being drafted into nazi Germany s army. He was assigned to the Eastern front during Hitler s invasion of the soviet Union in 1941. Kessler deserted to the red army and fought with it for the remainder of the War. He joined the communist party in the soviet occupied zone of Defeated Germany in 1945. That zone became East Germany in 1949. In 1957, Kessler was named Deputy de sense minister. He served from 1976 to1979 As Deputy commander of Warsaw pact troops. 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