European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Fri Folia prison escape plan Page 5 o american league wins All Star game 32 Page 21 d lightweight voyager sets flight records Page 28 these less author Ito unofficial full cation pc t vol. 45, no. 90 thursday jut 1 7. 1986 ripes mid Pouch 0 8693 a . Troops to join bolivians in raids on key cocaine labs la Bolivia a about no us. Amy oin a squad of elite bolivian anti narcotics police i raids on the country i most important cocaine process ing laboratories american and bolivian officials announced tuesday six army helicopters with their pilots and backup personnel arrived monday in Santa Cruz 200 Miles Ewt of la on three air Force transport planes witnesses said. Joining the operation was a 0130 her Cules transport Plant which arrived in la the officials said. The Bello Poteri Are being prepared to Fly . Troop Sand the special anti drug Nap to a secret Jungle base Northeast of la Santa crack newspapers reported. Authorities say the joint squad plans to attack co Caine processing plants in the Beni an area the size of new Fenev Ana Chaure where last january a group of the .-Trsincd Leopard anti narcotics police escaped without injury after being surrounded by armed Dou i Lueis. The tropical Beni Region ii the country s principal Center of Clandestine cocaine processing. Most of Bolivia s pure cocaine derived Tram the coca Plant i shipped to Colombia where it is distributed to the United states and Europe. About so Leopard police Are expected to Lake Partin the operation which could last two months a . Embassy official said. Mark Jacobs the press attache at the . Embassy said the . Participation was at the invitation of the bolivian government an embassy source said . Personnel participating in the operation have been Given diplomatic immunity. He said the operation was authorized by vice presi Dent George Bush. The operation pones one month after president Reagan signed a directive declaring drug trafficking a threat to National Security. The helicopter pilots have been ordered to shoot Back if attacked a . Official said. They Are equipped with to Caliper machine guns he said. Richard Feldkamp a . Drug enforcement Agen robot s cameras peek inside sunken titanic Woods Hole Mats. A deep sea explorers got their lint thrilling View of the sumptuous Interior of the sunken titanic on tuesday using Lawnmower sized robot to photograph the luxury liner s grand staircase and a chandelier hanging from a ceiling. It was like Landing on the Moon the excited expedition Leader Robert Bayard said in a ship to in Cut conversation we went Down about four decks into the ship and went into one of the room off the staircase and went right up and looked at a Beautiful chandelier hanging on the ceiling said Ballad describing Bow he and two other scientists moved the robot by Remote control from their tiny submarine which remained outside the wreck. Bayard told colleagues at the Woods Hole oceanographic institution that lie team also mane Vered the Tab above the sunken Hulk we got Beautiful spectacular Down looking pictures of the ship and then went and spun on the Bow. It was just a Beautiful Beautiful set of images. Going Down the staircase sitting on the deck of continued on Page 28 this drawing depict the restaurant reception room aboard the luxury liner titanic which Ank in 1912, by spokesman in Washington said the army helicopters and pilots will provide transportation support to bolivian civil authorities in a narcotics eradication operations the Pentagon issued a Flat no comment when hied about the operation. Bolivia an impoverished country of 6.4 million produces a estimated half of the cocaine that reaches us. And european markets the Dea says. President Victor Estensoro said recently that cocaine brings in $600 million a year to Bolivia com pared to $500 million for All Legal Export if we do not address this problem decisively he said the Day could come when the economic Power drug dealer Wield could result in their governing the country including via democratic Means Bolivia the size of Texas and California combined has the lowest per capita Gross National product in South America and has bad More than 00 a mint mainly by he military since it became Independent from Spain in 1825. Litton Dart its padding Oills to Pentagon Phila agreed for Over est Case yet Litton Ettli Lution company Litton Obla Ini and titled in whal ton would he said the four times the Tnie under 45 contracts tract for radar and total of $20 million. 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