European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday july 25, t986 the stars and stripes Page 9 Motoc tons Driver Manfred boar Cetl is Cai Ghl in uni jump As he sails Over 22 it s a Gamble but he took a flyer and succeeded pm Bali machine in Frankfurt. The of Eastern for his High flying daredevil slum the introduction by a German firm of a plan fall machine with the theme of racing. The machine faithfully repro ducts the sounds of races soviet group reportedly urges shake up London up soviet communist party and government figures have launched a scathing attack on the Way the soviet Union is run and have called Tor a multiparty system with Freedom of speech and press the guardian said tuesday. The London newspaper said the group issued a 17. Page underground Samii Dai manifesto urging Politi Cal and economic Reform and democratic freedoms that go far beyond the major changes already introduced by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The guardian said the group calling itself the movement Tor socialist renewal comprises party and government officials of senior rank stretching up to the Central the group look the dangerous step of leaking the manifesto to Western correspondents apparently be cause the soviet Media failed to publish or discuss it the report said. The guardian said the document had been circulating underground for some time but Moscow Diplo Matic sources familiar with it said it was impossible to verify its diplomats said much of the discussion on economics appeared in line with what even officials like Gorbachev have said and doubted that any senior member of the communist Hierarchy would advocate a multiparty system. The guardian s own report raised the possibility the leak was a deliberate provocation by groups seeking to discredit Gorbachev s Reform strategy by linking it o a political program that threatened the communist party and its monopoly of Power. The newspaper published what in said was an edited version of the manifesto dated Leningrad nov. 21, 1985. It said that after 70 years of communist Rule the soviet Union is now on the path to becoming one of the underdeveloped nations trailing 10 o 15 years behind the West and his lag is the soviet Union is now one of the major debtor nations in the world whose deals to the capitalist financial institutions about $30 billion in the Middle of 183 place in third after Brazil and Mexico it said. Unless there is a Radical shake up to boost efficiency at All Levels of life it predicted that by the year 2005 the soviet Union will be forced to spend 75 percent of its foreign earnings just to repay its external debts. Because of to weak and backward Economy it said soviet authority Over in Eastern bloc allies is lower than it has Ever been in All its East Germany Hungary and Poland remain Loyal to Moscow Only because of the presence of soviet troops on their territories it said. It condemned the undeclared and hopeless War in Afghanistan which brings glory neither to the soviet Union nor to its armed huge soviet investments in Indonesia Egypt Alge Ria and Iraq have reaped neither political nor eco nomic dividends it said. At Home the manic so called for Freedom of speech and press citing the watergate scandal in the United states the Lockheed scandal in Japan and the sinking of the rainbo Warrior in new zealand As examples of How a campaigning Media can expose official wrongdoing. But its by Reform was the creation of different political organizations All with the ultimate aim of building a socialist society within a soviet framework thai would give the people Freedom of Choice of rival programs As in the Western democracies. On Day to Day life it said soviet citizens were forced into an Ever lasting search for the most Basic goods in the shops leaving them neither the time nor he physical strength to satisfy their spiritual and cultural needs and the guardian said in flew its copy of the document from Moscow Friday without problems but that Secu Rity officials at Airport confiscated a copy being carried by Abc to correspondent Steve Hurst on sunday night. From the evidence of the detailed information it contained the newspaper said he document appeared writ ten by a group of powerful figures with Umagat Access 10 Western sources and to privileged soviet it said much of the conclusions int iced from an inter Nal party and government debate initiated by Gorbachev himself last year but they were ignored in the final party and economic program published in october . Ships leave to join Unitas 27 exercises Washington up us warships left Home ports tuesday to join ships of South american and Caribbean nations in naval exercises in the Atlantic Pacific and Caribbean. The annual operation dubbed Unitas 27 will be earned out in phases ending in december with some of the ships circumnavigating the South american continent. South american nations taking part include Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay and Venezuela. Caribbean Island nations participating in coast guard operations in clude Antigua and Barbuda St. Christo Pher kevins St. Vincent and the grenadines Grenada Dominica bar Bados and St. Lucia. Argentina was invited to participate a spokesman said but has not As scr accepted the various . Air Force air National guard and army aircraft from bases in puerto Rico and Panama will Fly in sup port of the operation. A . Coast guard Cutter also will Lake part. Over the past 27 Yean Unitas has had a significant Impact on the tactical and Strate Gic planning of Trie participating navies said rear adm. David Chandler who will be in charge of the operation. About 2,000 . Personnel will take part along with 12,000 South american personnel. Although surveillance against drug runners is not part of the Urcise a spokesman said the coast guard will respond to any real world drug interdiction operation As necessary
