European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Sakharov letter tells of torture Page 2 n Dod bars con Vair from classified projects Page 5 d soviets tried to buy . Banks report says Page 28 the a frs and Fries authorized unofficial publication Fob Thi . Ahmed porch vol. 44, no. 304 monday february 17, 1986 in Roii i Sintov d 8693 a sinking Buck May Widen cola by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington if the Dollar slides just a few More pfennig against the West German Mark All serv ice members stationed in Germany will receive Cost of living allowances for the first time since May 1983, according to defense department  the Dollar sink to an Exchange rate of 2.30 Marks personnel at full support locations will receive the allowance said Dennis Pike chief of the economics and statistics Branch of the Dod per diem travel an transportation allowance committee. Pike said full support locations Are those areas that have major commissary and Exchange facilities. He said personnel in partial support areas those with smaller More limited facilities began receiving a cola when the Dollar hit 2.43 Marks. Service members at no support areas in Germany Goethe cola when the Dollar Sank below 2.68 Marks. Pike said the Dollar s Long slide has already triggered the mechanism that pays cola for virtually All person Nel in the United kingdom and  the Pacific the cola situation is More stable than in Europe. Pike said that personnel in Japan have Bee receiving at least some cola for a Long time. Korea s Price averages Are so Low that there is no need for Acola there he said. Should the Dollar hit 2.30 Marks personnel at full support locations in Germany could expect the following cola payments an e-3 with two years service and no family members would get $10.98 per month. An e-5 with two family members and six years service would get $16.22 per month. An e-8 with 16 years service and four family members would receive $25.85 per month. An of with two years service and no family Mem Bers would get $13.85 per month. An 0-3 with two family members and 10 years service would receive$27.20 per month. And an o-6 with 22 years service and five family members would get $35.32 per  cola is based on a complicated formula that