European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday december 14, 1985 probe continues Over alleged israeli spy customs agents. The raids were part of an investigation into the possible illegal Export to Israel of plans to Manu facture advanced tank cannons. Tai. Aviv Israel a . Investigators questioned israeli diplomats for a second Day Friday to determine if they Aclid in concert Riih i a. Navy intelligence  accused of spying for Israel an american official said. The official declined to say where the questioning was taking  or no Lone the investigators planned to stay. It depends mainly on How Long ii tucks to talk to the people they have to talk to the , official told the associated press speaking on condition he not be identified. Secrecy a is also maintained by israeli officials who declined All comment on the affair. All i can Tell you is that i can Tell you  said a i reign ministry spokesman. Some israeli officials have expressed concern that the Case of Jonathan j. Pullard. Arrested nov. 21 outside the israeli  in Washington could Strain Israel s relations with ils most important ally unless Israel cooperates completely in the inquiry. Pol Kird. A is accused of Selling documents to Israel for $50/kk. The new York times Friday quoted a senior Pentagon official As saving the United states had reduced its routine intelligence sharing with Israel following the spy scandal. The times quoted Richard Armitage assistant Secre tary of defense for International Security affairs As saying that a resumption of close intelligence relations would have to wait until the . Investigators finish questioning israeli officials in the Case. But the newspaper said Armitage stopped Short of link ing renewing . Intelligence sharing with israeli cooperation in the Pollard affair. Israel is also concerned that a congressional measure to reduce interest rates on its debt to the United states which would save Israel about 5500 million a year will have to be dropped because of political consequences of the spy Case. The . Team headed by state department Legal adviser Abraham Sofaer was expected to question Intelli gence official Rafael by Tan said by israeli Media to have headed the unit to which Pollard allegedly passed information. The investigators also were to question two israeli scientific attaches Han Ravid and Yosyf Yagur who were recalled a few Days after Pollard s arrest. Israel has formally apology cd for the affair and has agreed to a . Request to return any secret documents supplied by Pollard. A second .-israeli controversy appeared of be brew ing following a raid on factories in three . States by c Lan no one was or rested during inc raids in Connecticut new Jersey and Pennsylvania said Frederick Scullin jr., . Attorney for the Northern District of new York. The defense ministry in Tel Aviv without alluding directly to the thursday raids released a statement Friday that said in part Purchase by the Vlf Csc ministry delegation in new York arc carried Oul in a Legal and official manner with the knowledge and approval of the  authorities. All the deals and dispatches Are reported on a regular and permanent basis to inc us. Government in Accord Ance Wilh inc Laws and regulations. Neither inc israeli government nor the defense ministry received any report about any existing investigation or suspicion regarding any Purchase carried out by the defense ministry Dick Galion in the United states the statement concluded. Author disliked pro War version of the boat by h  Slaff writer i  ing Germany if you want o put  Char Iun Thor Juchheim to a Good mood ill him How much you enjoyed his Book. Das  but if you Tell him How much you enjoyed the film made from the boat the volatile Buchheim goes into a rage. Bush Hirn considers the film a tawdry piece of pro car propaganda that had nothing to do with my Book and its anti War  me is More kindly in his appraisal of the television version. It was originally made for television and the longer version at least allowed for some development of charac Ter but it was All very disappointing Buchheim said. He was so disappointed by the film that he made a four hour television documentary to drive Home his Pool that the Hijji command in the person of adm. Karl Doe nit knowingly sent Young men to certain death in the submarines. Of the 40,000 men on the German submarines. 30,000 perished drowned like Young cals in z sack Bucheim said. I reaped a lot of hate mail for the boat with its criticism of Doenitz Buchheim said. I still get hate mail. The vets were angry at my Book because they wanted i hair part in the War to be depicted As the clean version of the National socialistic madness and  Buchheim s follow up of the submarine Story continues in a recently published Book the submarine Crews die a Bool Fahrr. I believe this new Book is a Monument to the Crews and i hair dedication in the face of  Sis photo by de Reavil Wolhar gun Lucr Buchheim. I still get hate mail. Lie said historians Haven t shown us How truth is falsified by the kind of recording that allows the horrors to fade behind the facade of objectivity and  the fatalism of inc Crews underwater was Only sur passed by the cowardice of their leaders in the War ministry he said. We experienced the total degeneration of German military  Buchheim said he originally role the boat to get the subject off his mind but he ended up becoming More obsessed with the world War ii submarine Crews. Me was not always concerned with the War and sub marines. Born in Weimar in i 08, Buchheim was a child Prodigy in Art. He had his first exhibit when he was 14 years old. His House in Fol dating on St Arnburg Lake South of Munich where he publishes Art books is full of the wonders that he and his wife Diethild have collected Over the years. Paintings artefacts Carousel horses paperweights dried roots ritual masks dried fruit and other curiosities fill the place and two other houses they have to accommodate the overflow. Buchheim also has authored several books on German expressionism and is credited by critics with rediscover ing the movement in particular the works of Ernst Lud wig Kirchner Karl Schmidt Rottluff and Erich Heckel. His pc Ronnal collection of German expressionists has travelled on exhibition to Many great Art centers. His collection of the russian Painter Vasily Kandinsky is he said the Best thai  Buchheim recently arranged that his collection Asti Malad to be Worth some $40 million be housed in the Art museum in Duisburg. Trombone is key to International understanding by Joseph Owen soul Garl Bureau Leon Berg Germany some peo ple use keys to unlock doors. Army it. Col. Charles Hoskinson uses a trombone. The instrument has led Llo Kinson. Chief of the intelligence directorate s Africa Branch at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart to new friendships and a better understanding of the German language and culture. Hoskinson 46, is one of about so Mem Bers of Musik Verein lira the lira music associational 88-year-old Amateur neighbourhood band in Ellingen. Part of the suburban City of icon Borg. Hoskin son and the other players Sci ice he is lira s first american member although Cili Enship becomes a moot Point when the music starts to play. There s no difference Between germans and americans said Hoskinson. Who re sides in icon Borg. A Hobby is a  winning a seat in the band is no Small feat because players tend to stay for years once they have been accepted. One Trum pet player. Paul Roeckle has been with lira since 1945. However inc real hard part begins after Sis photo to xxx own it col Charles Hoski  Hobby is a Hobby admission to inc band. Participants tool and fiddle their Way through a rigorous annual schedule of weekly rehearsals and about 45 performances including a formal annual fall concert. Practices Lake place in the Ellinger Hof a building lira reeled 10 years ago with a lot of Volunteer labor from band members said lira s manager Franz Wallenta. Lira owns the building jointly with  a choral group. Hoskinson said band performances Gen Erate very liitle income so band members hold semiannual used paper drives to cover overhead costs. They filled three Railroad cars with old paper during in last collection he said. Hoskinson applied for membership in lira after hearing several German Community bands perform in Street festivals last sum Mer. He joined the band in August. I always wanted a military career bul everybody thought 1 would be a musician said Hoskinson who has managed to keep a foot in each Field since he started playing inc trombone in High school 31 years ago. He performed with the Monterrey sym phony while attending a language school in California and has played with several Dixieland bands. While at his last duty station Mcdill fab in Florida he played with a five piece German style combo in Tampa. He also manages to mix music with business occasionally having Al in with the Botswana army band during a recent working Visil to thai african country. He also plans to dress up As a trombone play ing Santa Claus for the intelligence Community s annual Christmas party. Hoskinson said his experience with lira is improving his command of German since none of the band members speak English often enough to carry on a Long conversation. And the meticulous supervision of conductor Joseph Poller who played Solo trumpet for the Budapest symphony for 12 years is expanding hoi Kinson s awareness of German musical terms. " a conductor will usually say either you re Sharp or you re  Hoskinson said. Bul Poller will Tell you whal to do Wilh your  playing with lira also exposes Hoskin son to a variety of musical forms a Hank to Polster s Eclectic tastes