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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, July 12, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 12,1986 the stars and stripes j pages . Suspends All Aid to Zimbabwe Washington Dpi . Eco nomic Aid to Zimbabwe has been sus Pended following Sharp criticism of the United states by a High zimbabwean official at the . Embassy s july fourth reception the new York times reported thursday. Former president Carter and the senior is. Diplomat in the country at the time walked out of the gathering to protest re Marks by David Kari Amzira the zimbabwean minister of youth sport and culture. State department spokesman Bernard alb wednesday called Kari Amzira s remarks uncalled for  department officials said the United states issued a formal protest when Zimbabwe failed to Issue an apology by monday. This is seen by the United states As an insult both to the United states and to former president Jimmy Carter Kalb said. The United Stales has asked for an explanation has asked for an apology. This Type of behaviour by zimbabwean leaders has led to a further review of . Aid efforts and Overall cooperation in that  Kari Amzira s remarks caused postponement of agreements on two Aid projects that were to have been signed wednesday in the zimbabwean capital of Harare officials said and the administration dec Deti not to turn Over the remaining is 3.5 million in economic Aid for this fiscal year pending an Overall review of relations. The administration also had asked Congress for about $21 million for Zimbabwe for fiscal 1987. An amount that May be sharply Cut Back officials said. During the reception at which Carter was an honoured guest Kari Amzira at tacked the United states in a 25-Minutc speech for rejecting severe economic sanctions against South Africa while imposing them on Nicaragua Poland and Libya. After five minutes of Kari Amzira s re Marks Carter his wife Rosalynn Edward g. Lanpher the charge d affaires Carter s daughter Amy and diplomats from other Western countries left the embassy. Carter s administration played an Active role in the transition to majority Rule in Zimbabwe in 1980, and the former president has Long been sympathetic to the nation.  relations have been Safe and sound in England Mje Sael Kos standing and David Day after completing � trans Atlantic Nelson 34, a Nelson both of Austin Texas arrive in voyage in their Cutter the j j. Lizard from Newport 1. Falmouth Harbor in England wednes in 37 Days. Kosa 32, a biologist and an attack by a whale surgeon sailed survived both a Hurricane. E. German pair guilty in spy scheme London a an East German husband and wife each were found guilty of plotting espionage and Given 10 year prison terms thursday at the end of a trial that failed to determine their True identities or the information they sought. The couple identified As Reinhard and Sonja Schulze pleaded innocent and refused to testify during the nine Day trial at London s old Bailey Crimi Nal court. Prosecutor Allan Green told the jury it was not known who the accused really Are what information they wanted or whether they communicated any secrets. An escape kit of false identity documents and Cash secret codes and other equipment found at their Home near London s Heathrow Airport led to the irresistible conclusion that they were spies for East Germany Green said. He did not say what led Scotland Yard s special Branch to the House last August. The Schulzek May have been betrayed by Oleg a. Gordievsky identified As the Kab spymaster in Europe who defected in London in july 1985, said Martin Macauley senior lecturer at the London University school of Sla Vonic studies. They were accused of committing acts preparatory to the commission of an offence under Britain s official secrets act and of having false identity documents maps and equipment for sending or receiving secret information and recording it. Judge sir Michael Davies said in passing sentence that whether the Cou ple communicated secrets to East Ger Many and caused actual damage to Britain still was not known. What is certain is you Are two intelligent talented and determined peo ple the judge said to them. If you had not been detected it is virtually cer Tain you would have done what you were sent Here to do and what you made elaborate preparations to  the prosecutor said Schulze 35, a Kitchen designer and his 32-year-old wife a technical translator came to Britain to act As spies or secret agents for East Germany. He said police spent a month in their House ripping out floorboards doors furniture and fittings and digging up the Garden. They found Money and false identity documents in the Bottom of a travelling bag and spy equipment inside an air freshener in the Garden shed he said. According to Green the equipment included coding apparatus and a radio capable of receiving Morse code trans missions from East Germany but not a transmitter. When Schulze was arrested he asked that the East German embassy be in formed and a lawyer be summoned but would not answer questions the judge said. Friedbert Krebs third Secretary at the embassy said after the trial ended that the Schulzek had been married 15 years and he visited them in prison every week to support them a Little  severely strained since 1983, when the United states Cut Zimbabwe s Aid from $75 million to $40 million in response o Zimbabwe s refusal in the . Security Council to condemn the soviet Union for shooting Down a South korean Airliner. . Ambassador to Zimbabwe David Miller resigned his Post in april because of the deteriorating relations. His re placement has not been named. Carter later told a news conference this was a social affair celebrating the Independence of my nation and the speech made by this minister was entirely inappropriate and an insult to my country and to me  since Zimbabwe s Independence . Aid to the country has amounted to $350 million. French suit Over aids dismissed new York not a Federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Pasteur Institute in Paris against the . Government in which it sought recognition As the discoverer of the virus that causes aids. Credit for the discovery and a share of the royalties on the blood tests used to detect the disease arc at stake in the Lega dispute. Judge James f. Merow of the . Claims court in new York in a decision issued tuesday decided a research agreement Between the National cancer Institute and the Pasteur Institute a key Factor in the dispute was a government procurement contract Over which the claims court had no jurisdiction. A spokesman for the health an human services department said the department was pleased by the dismissal and would comment further after its Legal staff studied the ruling. James b. Swire an attorney for the Pasteur Institute said in a statement the Institute would Appeal and he was confident the dismissal would be overturned. Swire said the court ruling had no effect on a separate unresolved Patent dispute Between the French and american teams. Last april the . Patent office granted tentative recognition to the claim of the Pasteur Institute because the French re searchers filed earlier than a team led Byrd. Robert c. Gallo head of the Laboratory of tumor and cell biology at the National cancer Institute. The ruling shifted the Burden of proof to Gallo s team. The subject of tuesday s ruling was a lawsuit filed in december in which the Pasteur Institute contended or. Luc Montag Nier its chief cancer virologist discovered the virus Lymphadenopathy associate virus or Lav in 1983, one year before Gallo reported his team s Independent Iso lation Ofa virus it identified As Htlv-3. Gallo s team filed a Patent to produce commercial tests to detect the aids virus in blood. Gallo requested a Sample of the Lav virus from Montagnie in 1983. Or. Mikulas Popovic a member of the Gall team at the National cancer Institute signed a contract with the Pasteur Institute in 1983 agreeing that isolates of the French aids virus would be used Only for research purposes and not for commercial gain. Or. Peter j. Fischinger the Deputy director of the National cancer Institute said neither Gallo nor Popovic had been delegated the authority to enter into any collaborative arrangement which would incur financial obligations on be half of the United  swire the Pasteur attorney said it was a sad Day for International scientific re search when the National cancer Institute openly disavows the written agreements of its principal   
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