European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday april 21, 1986 poll finds wide French backing for raid new York a nearly two thirds of the French respondents to a Newsweek Magazine poll said they approve of the . Air strike on Libya even though their government refused to let . Warplanes Fly Over the country. By contrast the four nation poll found that 66 percent of those questioned in Britain and 75 percent of the Ger mans responding said they disapproved of the raid carried out Early last tuesday. Newsweek said the poll s margin of error was 4 percent age Points for the . Respondents and 5 percentage Points in the other countries. The Survey was conducted by the Gallup organization and its overseas affiliates. Of the 757 . Adults surveyed thursday and Friday 71 percent approved of the . Retaliatory strike for alleged libyan involvement in the bombing of a West Berlin nightclub frequented by american servicemen. But a majority or plurality of those queried in All four countries 71 percent in Britain 58 percent in Germany 41 percent in France and 39 percent in the United states said they believe the . Action will cause terrorist activity to increase in the Long run. A combined 90 percent of the British respondents said they Are a Little or a lot More concerned about the threat of increased terrorism in their own country. The figures were 53 percent in France 76 percent in Germany and 80 percent in the United states. In Britain where prime minister Margaret Thatcher approved the use of american full bombers stationed there to take part in the air strike 56 percent of the 508 respondents said the government has been too supportive of . Policy while 36 percent said the amount of sup port has been about right. Forty seven percent of the 502 germans believed their government has Given about the right amount of support 22 percent said it is too supportive and 16 percent said it is not supportive enough. In France the respective figures were 44 percent 5 percent and 43 percent. Asked if the United states is too Quick to employ its military forces to solve foreign policy problems the 503 frenchmen were divided with 47 percent saying yes and 47 percent no. In the United states 62 percent said Reagan used his forces wisely compared with 21 percent in Germany and 18 percent in Britain. Twenty six percent of the . Respondents said he was too Quick to use the military option. The figures were 76 percent in Germany and 77 percent in Britain. Asked which . Actions they would support As the principal Means of dealing with Libya economic sanctions were cited by 34 percent of the americans 57 percent of the britons 44 percent of the germans and 41 percent of the French. Instigating a military coup against libyan Leader col. Moa mar khad Afy was the second Choice gaining 42 percent support in the United states 26 percent in Brit Ain 22 percent in Germany and 39 percent in France. In Germany 23 percent favored doing nothing an option mentioned by 9 percent of the French 5 percent of the germans and 3 percent of the americans. But further military action was not a popular Choice it was favored by Only 10 percent of the americans 9 percent of the French and 6 percent of the britons. The idea got no support among the germans. The air strike against Libya apparently led to a slight increase in Reagan s popularity in the United states 67 percent said they approve of the Way he is handling his Job As president up from 62 percent in a March 26 poll. But it also has made americans More cautious about taking trips abroad Only 19 percent said they would travel overseas this summer if they had the Opportunity Down sharply from March 26. Sixty three percent of the americans said they believe the Reagan administration is doing All it can to bring about peace in the Middle East 28 percent said no Al though 56 percent said the air strike will make it More difficult to bring about peace Between Israel and its Arab neighbors. . Envoys of discuss Salt ii status with Allied leaders in w. Europe Asia Washington a president Reagan is sending two envoys to consult with asian and West european leaders on the unsigned Salt ii treaty apparently without disclosing whether he plans to keep the . Nuclear Arsenal within the pact s limits officials said saturday. Senior adviser Edward l. Rowny was scheduled to Fly to Tokyo sunday. He will go from there to South Korea and China. Paul Nitze meanwhile leaves tuesday for meetings with British officials in London. He also will make stops in Germany Italy France Belgium and the Netherlands. Nitze will meet Friday with nato officials in Brussels Belgium. The envoys assignment is to discuss the status of the 1979 .-soviet treaty to limit various types of nuclear weapons and the prospects for stepping up lagging negotiations with the soviets on new accords. Although the strategic arms limitation talks treaty was never officially ratified the United states has complied with its tenets. With a new Trident nuclear submarine due to go to sea next month the president must decide whether to allow its 24 missiles to take the United states past the ceiling specified in the Salt ii treaty or to de stroy or dry Dock older missile launchers to compensate for the Trident going on line. The officials who insisted on anonymity said top advisers who met with Reagan on wednesday remained divided on what should be done. Only Nitze and Secretary of state George Shultz favored retiring older Poseidon submarine missiles or land based minuteman missiles to stay within the treaty s Bounds. The two envoys could get further instructions from the president after they Are Over seas although Reagan May decide to Issue a statement of . Intentions beforehand. The Trident in t due to go to sea until May 20, so Reagan does t have to make an immediate decision. Sources said that if the president does not make a decision while Rowny and Nitze Are overseas the trips will mainly involve soliciting the advice of the Allied leaders. Meanwhile More than half the members of the House of representatives asked Rea Rowny Nitze Gan on saturday to continue observing Salt ii. The request came in a letter signed by 221 of the 435 representatives 22 re publicans and 199 democrats. We urge you to continue your five year policy of not undercutting existing Salt offensive arms limitations As Long As the soviet Union similarly refrains said the april 19 letter drafted by reps. Dante fas cell d-fla., and Les Aspin a wis. Fascell is chairman of the House foreign affairs committee and Aspin is chairman of the House armed services committee. Only the soviets stand to gain if we breach the Salt limits. They have hot missile production lines that could spew out additional weapons. To encourage them to do this by scrapping Salt in t shooting ourselves in the foot it s shooting our selves in the head the two committee chairmen said in a joint statement. Fifty two senators already have asked Reagan to continue abiding by the weapons ceiling. To stay within Salt is limit of 1,200 Multi warhead missiles the administration would have to dismantle two Poseidon sub marines which carry 16 missiles each. Rowny and Nitze made similar swings through Asia and Western Europe earlier in the year before Reagan responded to a proposal by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to limit intermediate Range nuclear missiles. News plea of no contest Bellflower Calif. A Jalisco mexican products inc. And its president have pleaded no contest to Misdemeanour charges stemming from an epidemic in which tainted mexican style cheese was blamed for at least 39 deaths. The company pleaded no contest to 10 violations of the state health and safety and agriculture codes in los Cerritos municipal court while its president Gary Mcpherson made the same plea to 12 violations. The charges Stem from last year s outbreak of Lister Osis a bacterial Dis ease. The epidemic reported by health officials june 13, caused a permanent closure of Jalisco s Only Plant and a nationwide recall of its cheeses. Uruguay oks Rajneesha Montevideo Uruguay a Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Raj Nemesh expelled from the United states and Greece and barred from Britain has been granted a one year residency permit to stay in this South american nation an official said. A spokesman for the National civil registry said Rajneesha was granted the permit last week allow ing him to live and conduct business in Uruguay for a year. The permit can be renewed. A local newspaper said Rajneesha was with about 10 followers. Britain frees woman who had bomb in Luggage London a an Irish woman who was seized by police As she tried to Board an israeli jetliner with a bomb hidden in her Luggage was released saturday with no charges levelled against her a Scotland Yard spokesman said. Police had said earlier that they believe Anne Marie Murphy 32, was an unwitting Pawn of a palestinian arrested after Mur Phy was stopped As she tried to Board an Al Al jetliner thursday at London s Heathrow Airport. Police wearing bulletproof vests ringed a High Security jail in London where Detec Tives were questioning Nezar Hindawi 35, suspected of trying to blow up the jetliner. Hindawi was being questioned at the Paddington Green police station a holding Center for terrorist suspects. Police patrolled outside and nearby roads were closed. Cars approaching the station were subjected to three Security checks. Scotland Yard said the bomb hidden in the false Bottom of Murphy s carry on bag was timed to explode in flight As the Jet headed for Tel Aviv Israel with 370 Pas sengers and a Crew of 18. Relatives of Murphy said she was preg Nant by Hindawi and he had bought her a wedding dress promising to marry her in Israel. She had been employed As a chambermaid in a London hotel. Hindawi was arrested Friday at another hotel after the hotel owner recognized him from a newspaper photograph. He offered no resistance. British press reports had said Hindawi was a jordanian but a Scotland Yard spokesman said police were listing him As palestinian. Many palestinians live in Jor Dan and Hindawi was quoted by acquaint ances As saying he was born in the Jordani an Village of no Weimar near the syrian Border. A Scotland Yard source said no charges were expected to be lodged saturday against Hindawi. Under Britain s Preven Tion of terrorism act suspects can be held for up to nine Days without charges. Heathrow authorities said saturday they have stepped up Security checks searching one in three passengers instead of the usual one in 10. They said the increased checks will be permanent meaning nearly 17,000 of the 50,000 passengers leaving from Heathrow daily will frisked. Heathrow which handled 31 million Pas sengers last year has the world s greatest number of International flights. Hindawi formerly worked in London As a writer on a London based Arab language newspaper Al Arab. The newspaper s Dep Uty editor Mohammed Kabarda said he fired Hindawi for a display of  the London times quoted unidentified staff members at the West London hotel where Hindawi was arrested As saying he checked in Friday using a syrian passport in the name of Isam Sharah. Scotland Yard said Hindawi possessed several other pass ports. The foiled attempt to blow up the Al Al Jet was first thought aimed at avenging the . Bombing raid on Libya last tuesday but the guardian newspaper said police be Lieve the operation was planned a week be fore the raid occurred. Commander George Church Illeman head of Scotland Yard s anti terrorist Branch said police were trying to establish a link Between the suspect and Arab terrorist groups because assembling the bomb would require training. Police said the bomb contained slightly under 10 pounds of explosives connected to a microchip timing device. The plane flight ly016, originated in new York and was to proceed from London to Tel Aviv after refuelling and picking up additional passengers. Britain s Independent television news network reported Friday that the explosives were a sophisticated military Type supplied to Libya and Syria by the soviet Union. The network gave no source for the report and Scotland Yard declined comment