European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 23 the stars and stripes wednesday August 6,1986 Aid for Egypt not Likely Bush says. Egypt _ Dent George Bush citing very difficult budgetary limes in Washingion disappointed egyptian officials monday by saying it is unlikely that Egypt will receive a much sought increase in . Economic Aid. Bush his Middle East Mission rearing an end was the bearer or bad news Dur ing talks with egyptian president Hosn Mubarak that focused on Egypt s severe economic ills. The egyptian Economy is facing difficult limes As a result of the tailing Price of Oil exports and a $30 billion foreign debt that prompted urgent Picas forbore . Assistance. I was t in a position to make any commitments on these difficult problems at this Point Bush said. I did say that i would discuss them in detail with the president which i promised him t will do and i will do  Bush s talks at Kabbah Palace like his meetings with other top officials also covered the search for peace in the mid dle East a crucial area in which Bush was not Able to report dramatic Progress. Bush said his talks Wilh Mubarak Cov ered the Overall situation in the Middle East in great detail including the egyptian israeli dispute Over the tabs resort each in the Sinai desert. Bush said the United states and Egypt share the View that last month s meeting Between Morocco King Hassan and israeli prime minister Shimon Peres was  Egypt has asked thai $500 million or its economic Aid be converted to Cash to offset a loss of foreign Exchange earnings. Only Sims million was approved for the current fiscal year Down from j1so Mil lion last year. Also requested was a reduction in inter est rates on military debts accumulated be fore 1985. When ill Aid to Egypt and Israel was converted to grand rather than Loans. Those Rales now average 12 percent to 14 percent with a 4 percent penalty for late payment. More than $500 million in loan payments is due this year. Helms from Page 1 As a Federal appeals coun judge. There was no answer monday night at Manion shome and Telephone Calls to the Home of another Helms aide Clint Fuller were not returned. The Post also quoted sources As saving he alleged Security leak involved , ability to Monitor internal communications of the chilean armed forces. Helms commented shortly after the panel announced it had asked attorney general Edwin Mee Seto open an investigation into the original allegations which appeared in the sunday editions or the Newport Tim i it was Elliott Abrams Helms told reporters. He crept up Here in the dead of night and made these charges. I am saying Elliott Abrams committed a deliberate falsehood knowing it to be  they re trying to silence me said Helms who has Long contended stale department professionals oper ate against the Best interests of Reagan administration foreign policy objectives. They want to silence me they want to intimidate me they want to harass me and it s not going to work Helms said is it a smear Campaign of course it is. If they can beat you into the ground they smear you Inlo the  Why would the state department want to do that Helms was asked. I oppose them Loo  he replied. I Don t Godown there and curtsey to them. This is a slate department cheap shot. They know and certainly j know thai i have violated no rules or classification this is an attempt to harass me and it Ain t Gonna  at the slate department Deputy spokesman Charles Redman said the department had not requested a investigation. Asked specifically whether a request for an investigation followed an appearance by Abrams before the committee. Redman declined comment. However two other officials who asked not to be identified said the committee Learned of the alleged violation not fro Abrams but from the Cia. Efforts to reach Abrams by Telephone for comment were not immediately successful but Redman denied Helms allegation. Elliott committed no falsehood he mid. At the Justice department spokesman Patrick kor ten said we do not comment on pending investigations or confirm their  in Santiago chilean foreign minister Jaime Del Valle said the reports Helms shared secret information Wilh his government were totally  he called Helms a patriotic Man who would not give away secret american information to a foreign state. Also it is not a chilean style to try to get that kind of inform iian Del Valle added. I Trust any investigation will reach the obvious sanctions from Page 1 no Exchange controls or Powers a order publications to Stop for example printing South african tourism advertisements. She also promised 10 accept a ban on Iron steel and Coal imports if it is agreed next month by the european Community. In a statement issued at Midnight by sir Lyndon pin Dlug. The conference chairman the six common wealth nations expressed concern and regret that Britain had refused to join their Accord. Mugabe told a news conference Britain has letdown the people of South Africa Britain has it Africa  he said Zimbabwe would have to examine our own Way of dealing with those who support  Zimbabwe and Zambia the two african nations at the meeting had supported Tough sanctions despite being major trading partners with South Africa an heavily dependent on in Economy. Cutting air links could cripple their National airlines. The conference which also included Australia can Ada India and the Bahamas was scheduled to last three Days but broke up at the end of the second Day monday. In contrast to the angry threats of withdrawal or of sanctions against Britain by african and asian nations before the conference the Commonwealth nations in their statement Reaf timed their belief in their unique association despite ending in open disagreement. We take the Opportunity to renew our own firm commitment to the future of the Commonwealth and to the Aims and objectives which have guided it Over the years they said. Thatcher said the Summit s final disagreement was recognition that each of us has different positions and different  cutting air links for example would have no effect on India or Canada which have no flights to South Africa and would involve Australia in slopping just one weekly South african airways flight. It would Cost state owned British airways a major foreign Carrier Inlo South Africa $1.5 million a week. About i if million pounds s171 million of Britain s i billion Pound annual Trade with South Africa consists of agricultural produce. First news of the deadlock broke at lunchtime when British officials announced the limited measures offered by Thatcher were rejected in a closed session. The bahamian Summit concluded with a package of eight Sanction including bans on air links new invest ment tourism promotion agricultural imports government purchases from South Africa and government contracts with South african companies and called for an end to agreements that prevent double taxation of companies or individuals in Oiler countries. South Africa a former British Colony quit the Commonwealth in 1961 because of constant criticism of its racial policies. Conclusion that or. Helms could never have provided us such information Del Valle Laid. A member of the ruling Junta charged the new York times showed the paper is infiltrated by communists by publishing the report adm. Jose Torbio Merino Navy commander in chief and a member of the ruling Junta reacted sharply to the times report published sunday. The new York times attacks. Chile often because itis heavily infiltrated by communist Merino said. Sens. David Durenberger a Minn. Intelligence committee chairman and Patrick j. Leahy d-vt., co chairman said in a joint statement that the panel has received information that there had been a potential violation they said the results of the Justice department investigation would be Given to the Senate ethics com Mittee if that appeared to be warranted. Helms complained thai the committee action was taken automatically without a preliminary investigation to learn of the accusations Are serious and substantive. He Abrams went to the chairman and mad charges be know Are not so and under the rules these charge were automatically relayed to the Justice department Helms said. He said that during his Yean in the Senate he hat never asked for Access to classified information. He repeatedly said he had not Given Luch information tothe chileans. And he said hit staff Membra know that they would not get a second Chance if they leaked classified data. They Are saying i used classified document and i did to Helms said. I Don t know anything about an Covert Mission and Elliott Abrams knows  Abc Cwi on monday quoted unidentified admin a senior state department official speaking on condition of anonymity told the associated press the leak was serious but be refused to comment on the nature of the information. Reagan from rape 1 Public awareness about narcotics Reagan replied amid laughter do 1 look like an idiot moments earlier Reagan credited his wife with helping focus National attention on the narcotics prob Lem and said that starting today Nancy s crusade to deprive the drug paddlers and supplier of their Cus Toreen becomes America s crusade. An administration official who briefed reporters es-1 timoted that there were 3 million to 5 million regular i users of cocaine 18 million to 20 million users off a Juana and about 10 million alcoholics. My Reagan outlined six Broad goals to Deal with the narcotics problem to create a drug free workplace for All americans to rid schools of drugs to improve efforts to inform people of the danger of drugs to step up Law enforcement Effort ensure treatment for peo ple who need it. And to seek International cooperation to limit toe influx of drugs. Open from Page 1 20.5 million barrels exceeds demand by 2 million to 3 million barrels so the iranian proposal would appear capable of eliminating the excess in one gulp. Iranian Oil minister Gholamreza Aghazade told a news conference the cutback envisaged by his plan would succeed in bringing a Price Shock into the  the plan s Success was assured during a 90-minute meeting when sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani the saudi arabian Oil minister threw his support behind it in a move that appeared to undercut Iraq the Only country to which the plan assigned no production quota. Libyan Oil minister Fawzi Sha Shuki said after the climactic session that the ministers bad reached agreement in principle. Open president Kilwani Lukman of Nigeria asked by reporters if All 13 open members including Iraq went along with the plan said of course Yamani who might have risked isolation within the Canel had he blocked the plan said afterwards i Amine one who worked very hard for  but sources said Yamani s support hinged on specs acceptance of a saudi pricing target of 116 tos20 a barrel. The Price of Oil has fallen from $28 a barrel Las december to 110. The iranian plan which is supposed to govern carte output through october when another meeting May be held sets individual production quotas designed to reduce the total open output to 16,7 million barrels Aday