European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                O peacetime military spies face execution Page 5 cd a. Leads nation in High school dropouts Page 6 d Nasa ignored tests on seals report says Page 28 the stars nov stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forms vol. 44. No. 309 saturday february 22, 1986 a 01, on d 8693 a . Says Kab colonel defected Washington up the state department said Friday that a soviet Kab colonel his Young son and a female family Friend have defected from the soviet Union and Are in the United states. State department spokesman Charles Redman in response to a question read a Brief statement to reporters that confirmed reports that Viktor Gunda Rcv and the two others had defected. The statement also said the three Are in the United Stales and identified Gunda Rcv As a colonel in the soviet Kab intelligence Agency. Viktor p. Gunda Rcv his 5-year-old son Maxim and a Friend of the Gunda Rcv family Galina n. Gromova re Quested permission from the . Government to enter the United slates the statement said. They have been granted that permission and Are currently in the United states. I can confirm that Gunda Rcv was a colonel in the Kab posted in Athens at the time of his  it was reported in Athens Greece earlier this week that Gromova taught soviet diplomats children part time and also was employed As Maxim Gunda Rcv s nurse. A . Intelligence source told United press International thursday that Gunda Rcv accompanied by the two others defected in Athens last weekend. The source said Gundarew was so years old and worked As a soviet Trade official in the greek capital. It is unusual for the . Government to officially con firm such a defection. The last time that happened was in August when the state department in a similarly terse announcement said Vitaly Yurchenko had defected. It identified Yurchenko As a top level Kab official. Congress hearing complaints about health care proposals by Judy Sarasohn medical writer . Scricc members their families and retirees in Europe have been writing Congress with complaints that the department of defense is out to reduce their military health care benefits. In a copyright Story thursday Cox news service reported that staff members of the House and Senate armed services committees said they were seeing scores of letters complaining about plans to overhaul the Mili tary medical system. It s a definite Campaign. All the letters have the same Tenor and most come from the air Force a senior staff member of the House panel told Cox. A Senate staffer told the news service the Campaign appears to be the work of air Force or. Maj. Gen William h. Greendyke command surgeon of the euro Pean come. A Neucom spokesman denied Greendyke conducted us tile photo Greendyke us photo by Tracy Baker Mayer or solicited a letter writing Campaign. At no time did he ask any individual or group to write government officials in Washington the spokes Man told the stars and stripes Friday. If such letters were sent it is assumed that they were self generated by concerned recipients of military health care. If any misunderstanding arose the spokesman said it might have been due to a Greendyke interview in keep it Magazine a private consumer publication distributed free to . Military communities in Europe. Unfortunately the february Issue incorrectly suggested that the general was telling readers to write to their congressmen or other government officials the spokesman said. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs is in Europe meeting with military communities to explain proposals the Pentagon is exploring for family members and retirees and to Clear up what he said have been misquotes and misconceptions. During talks this week in Germany he alluded to the letters. But Mayer could not be reached for comment Friday on whether he believes Greendyke is behind the letter writing. A Pentagon official said in Washington Friday that Mayer has instructed his staff not to do anything to fan the flames of the arc Indyke Controvert sy.1 some air Force family members at Ramstein a where Mayer spoke tuesday said they have written their congressmen. After hearing Mayer talk one woman said i think they be gotten our  Greendyke has been critical of Pentagon studies and Mayer s statements criticizing medical readiness in Europe As Well As defense department plans to revamp medical care for military families and retirees and their families. He issued a talking paper last month critical of plans for the future of the military health care system that he said Mayer and defense Secretary Caspar win see Congress on Page 28 retired . Navy officer arraigned before British court on spying charge London a a Man identified in court As retired us. Navy cmdr. John Bol Well was arraigned Friday on a spying charge brought by British authorities. Bothwell 59, who was said to have retired from the Navy 22 years ago and to have worked for a . Intelli gence Agency for 10 years was accused of preparing to divulge information to an unidentified foreign Power. Press association Britain s Domestic news Agency re ported without attribution that Bothwell allegedly admitted to police in a lengthy statement that be had a relationship with the soviet Union Over the past 10 years and had acted As a middleman in Trade deals Between the soviet Union and South Africa. Detective supt. Hilton Cole of Scotland Yard s special Branch which deals with matters of National Security told the court Bothwell was arrested sunday while trying to leave Britain after receiving a coded Telephone Call. The . Embassy said Bothwell applied for Protection under the . Privacy act which prevents the embassy see spy on Page 28 in october Yurchenko dramatically showed up at the soviet embassy in Washington for a news conference in which he said he had been kidnapped and drugged by Cia operatives. The state department denied the charges but allowed him to return to Moscow with soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. A state department official asked about the Gunda Rcv Case thursday noted the . Embassy in Athens called police saturday night after employees spotted a soviet embassy car circling rapidly around the american facility. Redman declined comment on whether that incident was related to the defection. He also declined comment on the whereabouts of Gunda Rcv s wife. Soviet embassy spokesmen were nol available for immediate comment. Fed chief Paul Volcker. Light moment in thursday s testimony Volcker warns diving Dollar near Effie danger zone1 Washington a Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul Volcker cautioned thursday that we Are approaching the danger zone in the fall of the Dollar but top Reagan administration officials endorsed a further decline. Treasury Secretary James a. Baker and . Trade representative Clayton Meuller told congressional panels thursday that an additional fall in the Dollar which has dropped 30 percent against foreign currencies Over the past year would help ease the Trade deficit. Although both denied any fundamental disagreement with the fed chairman their testimony coming a Day after Volcker testified that the Dollar had fallen enough clearly signalled the administration s position on the Issue. Asked about the administration s stance by members of the Senate banking committee Volcker responded i m not smart enough to know what the level of the Dollar should  but he reiterated that a continued fall could rekindle inflation and drive foreign investments out of the country. Such a cumulative decline in the Dollar could pass the see Volcker on Page 28