European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday. August 17, 1986 world today Warsaw pact Maneu vers scheduled next month Vienna Austria up the Warsaw pad will stage military Maneu vers in Czechoslovakia , the czechoslovak news Agency ctr said Fri Day. The news Agency citing a statement from the czechoslovak ministry of defense said 25,000 sol Diers from i it soviet Union. Czechoslovakia and Hun Gary Louic participate in joint defensive operation exercises Between sept. 8-12. The Merricc has been named Druzba 86," the Agency Aid. China has sent 44,000 abroad to study since 78 peking up about 44,000 chinese have gone abroad to study since 1978. Most of them with he intention of resuming Home to help build their nation the official China daily newspaper said Friday despite reports that some olt trials fear a mass exodus of Talent and skills spokesman Tor the state education commission i Chengping said it is peking s firm Deci Sion to continue sending Bright students abroad. I said 36,000 students went to study in 76 foreign countries on government subsidies Between 1978 and 1985. So far More than 16,000 who finished Inci studies have returned to China while the others Are still in school he said. ., Venezuela to join in anti narcotics drive Caracas Venezuela a . And venezuelan naval forces plan to conduct joint anti narcotics operations officials of both nations said Friday. The did not give a Date. In a statement issued Friday the . Embassy said a meeting with the venezuelans focused on How Best to continue cooperation in fighting Narco Leaf Licking. As in the past we anticipate the possibility of cooperative efforts at sea. Including joint British Navy frigate gets rousing Welcome to Malta Valletta Malta up the first British Navy ship to enter Malta s grand Harbor in seven years got a rousing Welcome Friday by thousands of people inthe former British Colony. Several thousand maltese lined the Harbor or boarded More than a Hundred Small boats to meet the frigate Brazen invited by the maltese government to Mark the 44lh anniversary of the arrival of a Viia wartime Convoy to the Mediterranean Island. The last Royal Navy vessel to visit Malta was the London which departed april 1, 1979, when Britai closed its military base on Malta. The six Day visit is a sign of improved relations Between Britain and its former Colony British High commissioner Stanley Duncan told a news conference aboard the frigate. Paraguay s Leader Marks his 32nd year in Power Asuncion Paraguay a Gen. Alfredo Stroessner marked his 32nd anniversary As president by viewing a military Parade Friday Ana attacking his critics including roman Catholic Church , the Western hemisphere1 longest reign ing head of slate also indicated he would run for an other five year term in the election set for 19bb, saying his future years As president would be Here we remain firm and i Hope that the military Barracks will remain the bulwarks of peace Stroess Ner said in a televised speech at the presidential pal Ace where he received congratulations from leaders of the armed forces and his Colorado party. Under the hooves photo a bullfight lakes an unplanned mid dangerous turn for Matador Antonio Jose Galon As he is knocked Down and nearly trampled in Malaga Spain. Galan managed Iff avoid the a Vul of the Bull s attack and was not hurl. The Bull was later killed with the traditional sword thrust to the heart. Says latest talks in Vietnam were positive and productive1 Bangkok Thailand a . Army experts resumed from talks in Vietnam saturday with new information on America s wartime missing but no offer to excavate a second b-s2 bomber crash site the group Leader said. The vietnamese provided us with new information concerning missing americans and provided a report of the status of their ongoing investigations la col. Joe Harvey commander of the Honolulu based .joint casualty Resolution Center said after arriving in Bangkok. He led a five Man team to Hanoi for one of a series of regularly scheduled technical sessions to discus the nearly 1,800 . Servicemen and civilians listed As missing in action from the War. He called the talks positive and Harvey refused to nay if the new information concerned the remains of americans or alleged sightings of americans since the Vietnam War ended in i975t he said a b-52 expert from the Boeing aircraft corp. Accompanied the team and was allowed to visit a museum containing b-52 wreckage. We just wanted to find out everything that we can about which planes the wreckage might have come from and then use that As a basis for continuing discussions with the vietnamese about those cases har vey said. Huge b-52 bombers were used extensively during the december 1972 raids on the Hanoi Haiphong area to pressure the vietnamese communists into signing peace agreement. Fifteen of the aircraft were shot Down. After Mia talks in Hanoi last month National Secu Rity Council asian affairs director Richard Chidress said Washington hoped to reach agreement for a Sec Ond crash site excavation. But Harvey said thai while the Issue was discussed no commitments no new agreements have Bee reached at this in the first joint excavation in a Village near Hanoi late last year the wreckage of a b-52 and human Bone fragments were unearthed. The Bones have not Bee identified. We re anxious to excavate crash Sites jointly with the vietnamese Harvey said. It s something we will continue to push for and they Are aware of our inter Harvey said he could not discuss the new information on missing americans before he reports bade to Washington. Official vietnamese Media reported that at the mid june technical meeting Vietnam provided preliminary information on 21 my As and indicated the re Mains of 10 probably could be found Harvey said that at the just concluded session the americans provided the vietnamese More information on Mia cases and reports of siting of Ameri cans. There have been hundreds of such reports in Indochina since the War but none have been con firmed. Beginning in late 1984, the vietnamese said they would investigate the reports instead of dismissing them outright. The next .-vietnamese session is scheduled for october. Jackson meets with officials in Nigeria Congo Brazzaville Congo up the Rev. Jesse Jackson began a fact finding tour of Southern Africa on Friday meet ing with High ranking officials in Nigeria and the Congo to Call on Washington to impose sanctions against South Africa. In , Nigeria Jackson met with foreign minister Bolaji Akinyemi. Nige Ria has provided a plane for Jackson and his 3l-Mcmlicr delegation to tour that nation the Congo Angola Botswana Mozambique Zambia Tanzania an Zimbabwe Over the next 12 Days. Jackson told reporters that Nigeria s leadership role in the struggle for pan africanist would go a Long Way in unit ing africans As one family. The former contender for the presiden tial nomination condemned president Rea Gan s policy of constructive engagement in White ruled South Africa charging that in Stead of stemming the tide of apartheid the policy has further stimulated the arrogance of the Pretoria regime. Jackson said an aggressive and Cohe rent . African policy is now required. In the Congo Jackson spoke with president Denis Sassou Ngu Esso and . Ambassador Alan Lukens. I am convinced More than Ever that Africa is the Pivotal place in the making of world history at this moment Jack son said on arrival. With All the focus on East and West Africa is the critical in both Nigeria and the Congo Jack son called upon Reagan to have a meet ing with All the Heads of the Southern african countries to discuss sanctions Jackson was to go to Ajibola on sat urday for meetings with government officials As Well As with leaders of the Afri can National Congress and the South West Africa Peoples organization
