European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D servicewomen have i Many options Page 2 j d Juk s Washington Home had restrictive clause Page 5 n Dod surveys i military life Page 9 the  vol. 45, no. 109 tuesday augusts. 1986 a. Omeo foce a doily cods Dov 0 8693 a Thatcher softens on sanctions prime minister Margaret Thatcher tol7mllinilrwshe could accept a limited set against South Africa including a voluntary european Boycott on investment and imports and an immediate voluntary ban on the promotion of tourism. Thatcher repeated her View that punitive Sanction would not work but offered the package As a Mark of disapproval against the South african govern i British source said. The offer fell far Short of the  by six other Commonwealth uni too a Boga three Day con Ference in London on Thatcher  policy has infuriated some a Job the 49-nation Commonwealth said Britain would not stand in the Way if the european Community wished to impose specific measure Mlinck against South Africa. Her nation sat the minimum my snot immediately known. Bahamas Cash icing for the press following the morning s to ten. European economic Community proposals would include a voluntary ban on new investment in South Africa a ban on the importation of Gold Iron steel. Coal and Krugerrand and a ban on the promotion of tourism. A source said Thatcher also offered to introduce Down to Earth Art tournament along he Antic cily n.j., draws spectators with much of he interest entering on this fat despairing figure created by Brad sol Toff left and Brian Freeman. The still unfinished sculpture group fashioned by the two is called "  _ Hillary ban within the entire com i on the promotion of tourism and of Kru errands. Britain itself has already banned the Sale of the South african Krugerrand Gold coins. Earlier australian prime minister Bob Hawk said the min Summit will not accept a weak or delayed decision on anti apartheid measures. Awk said he Thatcher and the leaders of Canada a. Zambia and the Bahamas held their second Sra wbb a ill a economic measures against Pretoria. At the Start sunday of Kim Mii Gniew meet ing the seven leaders agreed pacts inadequate Progress at ending apartheid but until monday the controversial question of imposing sanctions or not. Ush Doshi Egypt s hoes or wore id Caird Egypt up m vice presi Dent Gcorge Bush citing of very difficult budgetary times in nubian ton disappointed egyptian of bus monday by saying it is  Egypt will receive a much  in  Aid. Bush his midd Kast Mission caring an end without sol Wicall achievement was the bearer Wjk pc news during talks with egyptian Sid to Hosni Mubarak that focused of Egypt Revere economic ills. I want to a pos Ilic to make  these Din kult problems at this Poi a Bush said. I id say that would ducks them in do thu with the pc Sidon Puhich i promised a 1 will do and vill do  the f i hour talks at Kuban a Alace like  with other top  Mac Sci the search for peace Lac the Middle East another crucial orca Whipe Bush was unable to report dramatic Fogress. Egypt has asked that $500 million of i economic Aid be converted to Cash fact a loss of foreign Exchange earning Only ii is million was approved for the current fiscal year Down from $130 Mil lion last year. Jing illegal Fri probing claim Helms exposed Cia operation by the los Angeles times Washington the Fri is investigating a charge that sen. Jesse Helms r-n.c., or one of his aides deliberately exposed a secret . Intelligence opera Tion directed against the rightist military government of Chile administration officials said sunday. The Senate intelligence committee asked the Fri to launch the investigation after the state department and Cia presented evidence that linked Helms to the chileans discovery of the operation Las month the officials said. The intelligence operation which officials refused to describe was apparently aimed at gathering secret information about the regime of Gen. Augusto Pino Chet the chileans were furious when they Learned of it one official said. Helms denied the charges and accuse administration officials of launching the investigation for political purposes. The state department and the Cia Are constantly trying to discredit me and they re not going to be Able to do it he said in an interview with the new York times which first disclosed the investigation. Thereal need is for the state department and the Cia to clean up their acts.1 if they want to play the game of intimidation of harassment and of leaks Well meet them right in the Middle of the Field the newspaper quoted Helms As saying. Christopher Manion a Helms aide on the staff of the Senate foreign relation committee said he was unaware of the probe until it was reported in the  said he did not believe Helms could be reached for further comment. Helms a fervent defender of the Mili tary regime was in Chile last month on a we Klong visit. He has frequently criticized the state department for putting what he considers excessive pressure on Pinochet to move toward democratic elections. One source said the chileans told the administration that they had Learned of the intelligence operations shortly after Helms visit leading officials to Trace the leak Back to the conservative senator. Several administration officials All of whom spoke on condition of anonymity said senior officials in both the state department and the Cia were angered by the exposure of the Covert operation. This was a very very bad thing Todo said a senior official involved in the Issue. He said the evidence that Helms or member of his staff had exposed the operation was solid. It is not third or fourth hand Evi Dence said an official directly involved in the Issue. It s better than  somebody clearly misused Intelli gence information Here said another knowledgeable official. He added that some evidence suggests that a Helms aide rather than the senator himself May have been the source of the leak. Helms As chairman of the Senate for eign relations committee s subcommittee on Western hemisphere affairs infrequently Given Access to sensitive information on latin America officials said. The senator has tangled almost con see Helms on Page 28