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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page8 the stars and stripes Friday May 23,1986 prime min Siery give Lubbers another term world today the Hague Netherlands a dutch voters gave prime minister Ruud Lubbers cd Nice right coalition guv Ern Merila new four year term pulling a stump of approval on his Hartline economic policies unit decision to de ploy nato cruise missiles. Laic tabulations from wednesday s voting gave Lub bars coalition of centrist Christian democrats and right Wing liberals 81 scats in the Iso sent legislature two More than in the 982-86 parliament. Luv opposition labor party gained five scats for a total of s2, Lubbers Christian democrats climbed from 45 to a projected 54 scats. Two parties at opposite eni Remes of the political spec Trum the dwell communist party and the ultralight. Centrum party lout i hair parliamentary scats. Before the vote the communists had three seats and had been port of every postwar dutch parliament. The Cen Trum party lost the single scat it won in the 1932 elections. Although heavy losses were suffered by the liberals Junior partners in the coalition Mast of those rates went la he Christian democrats. The result is a personal Triumph Tor Lubbers and reflects his personal popularity As government Leader Walro Mateman a Christian Democrat parliamentarian said. Max Van Den Berg labor party chairman said in a statement released by the party thursday that he will resign As soon As a new coalition government has been put together. In the statement Van Den Berg was quoted As saying he Hud decided to quit his Post As Early As last january but kept the decision secret in order to avoid giving he impression that i doubted he party s real chances of re turning to  election results which will not became official for. Several weeks were seen As a vote of Confidence for Lub Bers policy of slashing social Security outlays to Cut the deficit and revive the stagnant dutch Economy. The results also indicated voter approval of lubbers1 decision to deploy  nuclear cruise missiles in i9b8, which gained parliamentary acceptance in february. Labor s Strong anti cruise missile position apparently had Little Impact on rallying the nation s 10 million voters against the coalition. The coalition Victory Means the siting of the 48 missiles will go ahead As planned on a dutch air Force base near the Southern dutch town of Woen  against Kohl dropped because of Lack of evidence Koblenz Germany a prosecutors said wednesday they had dropped an investigation against Chancellor Helmut Kohl that stemmed from allegations he lied to a state committee probing the laundering of political donations the Kobe Coz state prosecutor s office said Lack of Evi Dence had led it to scrap an inquiry opened in february after a leading member of the opposition Green party charged Kohl had made false statements to a Rheinland Folz state committee. In Bonn chief Federal government spokesman Fried Helm Osl fold reporters he Chancellor Imp taken note of the decision which he had expected All  a second political donations investigation against Kohl by the prosecutor s office in Bonn is continuing according to Cologne general prosecutor Jereslaw Schmidi who oversees the Bonn office the Bonn and Koblenz investigations embarrassed Kohl government because they coincided with he Start of the Campaign for the january 1987 National elections. A statement by the Koblenz prosecutor s office that was released to news organizations said no evidence against Kohl was uncovered by its inquiry which ended tuesday. The probe focused on political contributions made while Kohl was governor of Rheinland Pfalz state from 1969 to 1976. Koblenz is a major City in Rheinland Pfalz and has one of the state s main prosecutor s offices. The Koblenz prosecutors also criticized the Rheinland Pfalz committee for not being precise in its questioning of Kohl and other officials. Prosecutors in Bonn and Koblenz began heir investigations after greens parliamentary Delegate Otto Schily one of the country s most renowned lawyers filed complaints against Kohl. The Bonn investigation is based on Schily s complaint that Kohl lied in november 1984 while testifying before a Federal parliamentary committee investigating the flick corporate bribery scandal. Schily accused Kohl of lying when he told the commit tee he did not receive two donations totalling 55,000 Marks 127,500 from the flick holding company. The Koblenz investigation hinged on a Schily complaint that Kohl gave false statements during a july 1984 hearing to a rein and Pfalz state committee probing charges of illegal laundering of political donations to avoid taxes the iwo investigations were the first Ever against an incumbent German Chancellor. Kohl had denied any wrongdoing in both cases and said Schily s complaints were part of a Campaign of political slander. . Tightens diplomatic Security abroad London a the foreign office says that instead of succumbing to terrorism ii has ordered a Security Clamp Down at British embassies and diplomatic missions abroad. We prefer to enhance Security and continue to be rep resented where the government and parliament think Britain should be represented said sir Antony Acland the head of the diplomatic service who takes Over As British ambassador in Washington in september. He told the House of commons foreign affairs select committee wednesday that some British missions will be relocated to safer Sites and others will have their anti terrorist defences strengthened. Improvements include perimeter sighting strengthened perimeter defences closed circuit television extra guards Armor plated vehicles and the movement of missions or staff accommodation where premises cannot be adequately defend Edor improved the foreign office said in a statement. Acland told the committee there had been 41 terrorist incidents involving British missions or diplomatic staff Over seas in the last 10 years including four killings and 25 bomb Ings he said 13 of the  
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