European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Side stripes -,.-, q Santa s Busy answering mail Page 2 d a Kennedy seeks House seat Page 5 d military Medicine series continues pages 7, 8, 9 St Aji gripes vol. 44, no. 232 Friday december 6. 1985 armed forces in  of is Unity d 8693 a new Security adviser is named Washington a president Reagan accepted the resignation of Ruburt c. Mcfarland As National Security adviser with deep regret and reluctance wednes Day and immediately replaced him with his Deputy vice adm. John m.  a Low keyed nuclear physicist who doggedly shuns the limelight. Reagan and Mcfarland both denied the National Security adviser was leaving be cause of his Well publicized friction with White House chief of staff Donald t. Regan. Related Story. Page 13. That s nonsense Mcfarland said standing grim faced next to Reagan and  his eyes red rimmed and glistening with tears. Mcfarland who is expected to land a High paying Job in private Industry said he had no immediate plans and quipped if you be got any leads let me  Reagan said Mcfarland. After 1 1 years of government service feels responsibility that i Iliin All of us feel toward his  the president told reporters you have All been misinformed about Regan and Mcfarland feuding. Poindexter a 27-year Navy Veteran who was first in his class at the . Naval acad Emy said lie had assurances from the presi Dent and Regan that he would have direct Access .0 the Oval office with no interference from the chief of staff. I Don t anticipate any problems poin Dexter said. Don and i arc Good friends. I be known him since he was Secretary of the  the president said  s Selec Tion underscored the continue of our foreign  speaking of Mcfarland. Reagan said "1 know of no president who has been better  at the slate department. Secretary of stale George Shult said. The id i Nis Iraklion the american people people All around the world who care about Freedom peace and a just order of relations among nations All owe a great debt of gratitude to Bud  Shull said he welcomed enthusiastically the appointment of poin Duxler As Mcfarlane s replacement. Virtually unknown outside the realm of National Security experts poin Duxler was the architect of the administration s successful plan to intercept and Force the Landing of the egyptian jetliner carrying four palestinians accused of hijacking the Achille Laura cruise ship. A senior administration official speak ing privately described Poinc Star As quiet and hard working slow to anger keeps positions to  the official predicted  would be in flail Mial Hui soul in pc up a much lower profile than Mcfarland. An occasional guest on network inic Mew pro Grams. Philosophically. Poin Duxler is Cut from the same cloth As Mcfarland a hard line  the official said. Poin Duxler has Long avoided interviews and has privately expressed an aversion to the press which he has criticised for whal he considers to be consistent inaccuracies. On the eve of the , invasion of Grenada he instructed presidential spokesman Larry Scakes to Tell a reporter it was preposterous that the United states was about to land forces on the tiny Island. Mcfarlane and Regan both cd mannes. Clashed in personality and Over control of foreign policy and defense i sucs. Regan a Strong willed impatient former see adviser on Page 28 Les told . Would like help on ski Bonn Al  Secretary Caspar Weinberger said thursday the  still would Welcome european participation in Sra Pekars research. But he received no promises from  Kohl that the German government would take part. A after meeting with Kohl the  to London for meetings with British government office is speaking to a German american nato policy seminar in Bonn Weinberger said there arc several billion dollars Worth of contracts available in research on the strategic defense initiative or ski. The plan Tor a space based missile defense system is popularly known As Star  Kohl s government has been debating for months whether and How it should participate in ski and Kohl has promised a Cabinet decision by Christmas. But the Chancellor in a one hour meeting with Burger after the defense Secretary s speech did Kcal say what his government was Likely to  spokesman told the associated press. Of course the subject was Bro Ugwuh and Kohl said a decision is about to be mad