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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, August 29, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 if the stars and stripes  la . Agrees to report troop arrivals in Europe Friday August 29,1986 Stockholm Sweden up be United states has agreed to give notice of Trapf rivals in Europe in return for reports from the so folks on their troop concentrations delegates at  Security Confer ence said  move was considered a breakthrough at the 2g-old talks. The american Kyrve never reported troop arrival before. It is such Mien part of their operation said a Western Delegato the 35-nation conference aimed a finding waved preventing accidental War in Europe. The Cor Sion and the agreement by the soviet Union kiting that the Warsaw pact would notify Lions of troop concentrations represented a rough in the final phase of the conference hem and Neutral delegates said. National state of siege declared in Bolivia la Paz Bolivia a the government declared nationwide state of siege thursday and arrested scores of labor and Church leaders in response to March to la Paz by at least 7,000 miners opposed to the closing of mines and the firing of workers the ministry of information said. The state of siege includes a Midnight to 6 , a prohibition on political and labor Union activity restrictions on intercity travel and arrest with out judicial order the ministry of Interior said. The government said the state of siege was declared in response to widespread social unrest that is being used by extremist political groups for the purpose of interrupting the democratic process. New envoy to Egypt submits credentials Cairo Egypt up Frank Wisner the new  to Egypt thursday submitted his credentials to foreign minister Esmat Abdel Meguid and expressed his government s intentions to pursue its role in achieving peace in the Middle East following a meeting with Abdel Meguid Wisner de Nied the current  joint military exercises were meant to Start a War with  villagers in Cameroon kept from going Home Yaounde Cameroon up the army blocked villagers from returning to their Homes thursday for fear of diseases spread by unburied victims of a Poison Gas Cloud that bubbled up from a volcanic Lake and killed More than 1,500 people. In Washington the . Office of foreign disaster assistance said thursday up to 20,000 people have been affected in the disaster in the West african coun try. The disaster assistance office said 1,534 were killed 300 other people were hospitalized and 2,000 were homeless. In All a total of 20,000 were affected including those who lost their food Supply. 18f-11 is arrive in Vej London a eighteen american Al 11 fighter bombers flew into Britain on wednesday for what the . Air Force said were routine nato exercises. The Al its landed at Boscombe Down Airai Western England for operation Coronet a a Rise designed to rehearse the deploy Eju Natish based . Aircraft a spokesman Saio the spokesman it col. Bounta Raf Milden Hall declined to say if the Jarl were connected with possible military   . Gove ment recently expressed renewed concern Ovey lit says is the North african coun try s sup for terrorism and warned there might Bemore Job action against it. . Aircraft Carrier Forrestal has been ordered to remain jul a attn the Mediterranean sea at the Endl no exercise with Egypt this week. Writer based jets and 18 British based Al 1 is took t in the april 15 . Bombing raid on Libya which. A silent Reagan said was in ictalia41 involvement in the bombing of a w that killed two american servicemen. Before the raid the air Force said  ,., Lic paling in a four Day nato exercise been planned a year in Advance. The aircraft that landed in England on wednesday will Fly Over Britain and Europe before resuming to their bases in new Mexico and Idaho on sept. 24, said rus. He said the flight Crews were accompanied by about 500 technical and support staff. Lad support from Page 1 Scapegoat they Are trying to present it As a terrorist state. Libya is a victim of aggression from the Side of the .a., and we support Libya in its desire to protect its National sovereignty Gerasimov said. He said it would be premature to say the soviet Union would provide military help to Libya in the event of an attack or if such an attack would Force the cancellation of september s scheduled meeting be tween Secretary of stale George Shultz and soviet for eign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. Following the . Attack against Libya in april the Kremlin cancelled a Shultz Shevardnadze meeting that probably delayed preparations for a second  Summit a political commentary in pravda said toe United states was concocting evidence against Libya and was planning another major air strike on Libya similar to the one last april. Benghazi from Page 1  know i can t really talk about what operations we will be doing ahead of time. Part of the problem is usually Don t know until we Are about ready to go Flag said. A ship officer said the Crew was not informed until tuesday night that the Haifa port Call was cancelled. The sailors did not seem to have an idea what the latest Libya business was All about but one said " libyan Leader Moa mar Qadhafi i about As popular Here on the ship As he is Back in the states.". And egyptian spokesmen were at pains to stress that the five Day exercise that began sunday was not intended to provoke  of the sea wind exercise is scheduled any where near the libyan flight information Region and we Haven t gone Over there Ilg  Maneu vers should not be provocative at All he said. They have been scheduled for two  asked about a possible libyan military response a replied you never know what Libya is going to do. We Are on guard All the time for anything. Col. Hussein Mamish an egyptian army spokes Man said the exercise is military training that has no political  the exercise included 7,500 . Naval servicemen and an equal number of egyptian forces. Also taking part were 15 egyptian ships and gunboats and the Forrestal and six . Vessels. Whitworth from Page 1 paid by John Walker jr., his longtime Friend former Fel Low radio instructor and confessed Leader of the spy ring. Vukasin had the option of sentencing Whitworth tothe maximum term of life in prison or following a prosecution recommendation of imposing a lengthy period of years that would delay his parole  pleaded guilty last october in Baltimore Federal court and agreed to testify against Whitworth in Exchange for a reduced sentence for Walker s son Michael who also pleaded guilty. Walker s brother Arthur was convicted of spying and sentenced to life in prison. Walker testified he recruited Whitworth As a spy in1974 after probing for the larceny in his heart he said he used Whitworth As his main source of secret documents from the time Walker left the Navy in 1976 until Whitworth s retirement from the Navy in 1983. Secrets that Walker said Whitworth photographed witha soviet supplied miniature camera included code keys diagrams of new decoding equipment and broadcasting channels that military experts said would allow the read ing of All secret messages to the Pacific Fleet Walker said Whitworth also revealed plans to evade soviet i rectum finding equipment for spotting . Ships. Walker said he never told Whitworth of the soviets role but instead suggested the secrets were being bought by Israel the mafia or a private intelligence organization. Military from Page 1 affect approximately 200,000 Active duty personnel. The 1987 budget year begins oct. 1. The spending cuts Are far from a certainty. Congress still has Lime to make additional cuts in other parts of the Federal budget which would lower the projected deficit and thus avoid triggering the deficit reduction Law. And Congress has yet to replace a key Section of the Law that was struck Down earlier this summer by the supreme court if the spending reductions were actually ordered however the defense department would lose almost 15 percent of its 2.1-million-member Active duty Force and 25 percent of its  Force of reservists and National guard troops. The new York times reported wednesday that fiscal experts said the threat of extensive military Lay offs is one aspect of the Law that should help persuade Congress to meet budget targets. The times said that congressional staff  officials and outside analysts Long aware of the threat of extensive military layoffs say that an such reduction of the nation s military forces would be politically intolerable. Sources said Congress would either alter the Law to prevent the step or would find other budget savings to avoid the spending cuts last week the congressional budget office and the president s office of management and budget released a report estimating the fiscal 1987 deficit at roughly$163.4 billion or $19.4 billion Over the target set Forth in the Gramm Rudman act named for Sens. Phi Gramm a Texas and Warren Rudman . The Taw specifies that half of that is 9.4 billion excess or $9.7 billion must come from military pro Grams and half from civilian programs. To meet the target the budget offices estimate that defense spend ing would have to be reduced by 5.6 percent and non defense programs Cut by 7.6 percent of the $9.7 billion that would have to be Cut fro military programs about $200 million would come from the automatic elimination of Cost of living in creases for military retirees leaving $9.5 billion to be trimmed from other Pentagon programs. And unlike this year when the Law gave the presi Dent the authority to protect military salaries the fiscal 1987 reductions would have to be applied to All pro Grams equally. Everything is reduced proportionately unde Gramm Rudman including funds for bonuses and reimbursements for a permanent change of station an the like which Are like entitlements once someone joins the military Wyro said. There would not be enough funds left to provide those programs for All 2.1 million Active duty folks we now have in the military so the Only Way to accomplish the cuts is by laying people off. The spending cuts if they came to pass would also affect such administration priorities As the Star wan anti missile research Effort along with spending on new weapons training and military construction projects. Pentagon officials also have noted that unlike this year when Gramm Rudman specifically barred any closures of military bases such closures could become a possibility in fiscal 1987. Despite the uncertainty of congressional action the new deficit projection has raised the Specter of further difficulty for a military buildup that already is in serious trouble on Capitol Hill. ,. J116 by  
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