European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday january 11, 1s86 Carl Rowan diplomacy is the Only Way to end reign of terror we americans could cull i9hj the  of the spies. Far we uncovered a disturbing number of traitors. We could Call it the year of corporate mergers and takeovers because we had a worrisome number of those Rul i Call 19k5 inc year of the terror i because inc lust u months brought on enough bombing hijackings Kidnap pings and diner attacks to in Iko terrorism Nal Only a deadly phenomenon but prob ably lie Story of the decide. In the air aboard Twa flight 847. At Ica on he cruise ship Achille Lauro a dinner a a cafe in san Salvador at i base in West Germany while checking in Al ii heavily guarded airline counter in Rome innocent americans found death at the hands of monstrously crazy terror is is. In 1985. A Grin Cycle of terrorism and retaliation More terrorism and Mare re Venge supplanted diplomacy us the Pri Mary instrument of conflicting elements in the Middle East. The United states and Greece Italy and other countries of Western Europe have been seriously Hurt in the process. We must assume that terrorism will lie n deadly Factor this year too and could become an even Groslier Force if we do not abandon some of the silly notions and platitudes that were discredited by the events of 1985. For example a policy of no negotiations and Stern reprisals will deter the terrorist and convince them Hal i hey cannot  the United Stales has served up a lot of Tough talk while revealing its impotence in the face of terrorists who have not been deterred but in fact have become so bold in to turn an american passport into a death warrant. Israel has the right policy an Eye for an Eye. You Don t Sec anybody hijacking Unel Al israeli airline  the harshest attacks by the israeli military have not slopped terrorists from making Israel and israeli their Pri Mary target including killing 21 people at Tel Aviv s Lod Airport in 1972 and the gruesome murders at Al Al Check in counters in Rome and Vienna Austria last month. Every israeli retaliation has provoked another often suicidal terrorist atrocity. The soviet Union executes terrorists without rial so you Don t see any terrorists Messing with the russians on Richard Halloran distributed by King features Syndicate sept 30, gunmen in Beirut seized three soviet diplomats and the soviet embassy doctor killing one Diplomat. The soviets arc political supporters of most of inc groups that have resorted to terrorism in the Middle East so Moscow s impotence in the lace of terrorists has not been fully revealed. The United states and Israel will not face the fact that the More the Palestine liberation organization and Yasir Arafat have been ignored discredited ridiculed the More the forces of terrorism have grown. And the clearer it has become that diplomacy and other peace Ful pursuits offer no real answer to the my Wick legitimate grievances of the Palestine peo ple the More Young palestinians have offered themselves up for suicidal missions of terrorism. Jimmy Carter Sci Tachim begin and the late Anwer Sudal developed the Only meaningful anti terrorist program. They embraced a process through which Israel and Egypt could develop civil relations with the Hope that other Arab countries would recognize Israel diplomatically and join in a process of delivering to palestini ans the same kind of Justice that israelis fought for with violent determination. But the Carlsr begin Sadat initiative is brain dead. The tics Between Israel and Egypt have become frazzled with egyptian leaders threatened by pit Lettician terrorists almost As much As the israelis Are. Another very dangerous War seems More and More Likely in the Middle East provoked in pan by crazed terrorists. The Challenge of the new year to american leaders is to gel something going diplomatically to prevent Egypt and Israel from reverting to belligerency and to give arabs and palestinians reason to believe that Justice is achievable but that no one can gain anything by resorting to the Savage terrorism that became so commonplace in 1985. Al 1? Newi America Send Scalt a Wace paper causing rumbles in defense circles in the Pentagon it is known As inc Wade White paper and its criticisms and recommendations have been rumbling through the corridors like an an Dunn earthquake in essence James p. Wade jr., the ass Island Secretary of defense in charge of policy for the Purchase of guns grease and gadgets wrote a memorandum urging Hal the authority of the army Navy arid air Force to procure arms and supplies be greatly reduced and ultimately eliminated. Wade s proposal which attacks the Isicc military depart ments in their wallets contains the seeds of a ravaging civil War. One third of the Pentagon s annual budget goes into procurement and vast civilian and military bureaucracies have grown up to spend that Money. To change and eventually to replace those bureaucracies Wade has proposed centralizing the procurement system. Most authority would rest in the defense department and the system would be staffed with a new Crew of military Ana civilian professionals in a defense acquisition corps. Wade contends that he could eliminate a third of the 225,000 people in the defense department who buy things and services for the armed farces. Moreover he says centralizing the procurement of equipment and weapons for which the Pentagon pays Sion billion a year could save Money improve the Quality of workmanship in the military Industry and restore the Confidence of the american Public in military spending. The reaction Wade s proposals got from Secretary of defense Caspar w. Weinberger and Deputy Secretary William Howard Taft in has been guarded according 10 defense department officials they re looking at it one official said. The bureaucracies concerned with procure ment Are multiple. The army for instance has a civil Ian assistant Secretary for research development and acquisition with a Large stuff and a Deputy chief of staff who is a lieutenant general far research development and acquisition also with a Large staff. The Navy and the air Force have much the same thing the Marine corps which is part of the Navy department has a smaller staff to develop its weapons. In addition in arc Are vast civilian and military procurement Bursae Ratics in the army Materiel come half a dozen Navy procurement agencies the air Force systems come the defense logistics Agency and Sev eral smaller organizations. La his memorandum. Wade tiled Lhasa bureaucracies As evidence of an organization that is ponderous in flexible and so layered As to make it virtually impossible to maintain  he said initiatives intended to improve the process arc often implemented in a fragmented and inconsistent manner and the scramble for funds exacerbated a Lack of cooperation among the three military depart ments within the Pentagon. Wii i a verbal Jab at the military department he asserted  rivalries and Competition among the military departments for limited resources have Hin dered joint planning joint doctrine joint training join acquisition and optimal use of new  moreover the Pentagon currently lacks a cadre of seasoned Well rounded technically oriented acquisition proclus Stonas he wrote. We do not need More people but we do need Superior better qualified  in his memorandum Wade seemed tempted 10 recommend a centralized Agency that would put the army Navy and Arr Force out of procurement. Bat Htit would almost certainly generate so much resistance that the Effort would fail so he urged that procurement at major hems be centralized with one depart men acting As executive agent for All three. Wade began writing the memorandum shortly after he took office in july and finished it nov. 5. It went to the Pentagon s top management and to the commission led by David Packard a former Deputy Secretary of defense that Das been examining the entire procurement process. Id lilt new York Tymn Cwi Sif vice 1"