European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o soldiers Bridge Gap or German residents. Page 3 d Schmidt criticizes United states in Farewell speech Page 8 d today s Dollar still buys 2.05 Marks rates Page 27 the stirs a assays Tro again vol.45, no. 147 Friday september 12, on by the Washin Lanpo Washington  m0wampited by mad. Quale equipment in  poorly prepared to defend thcmscu�i5inbt chemical warfare assault by the general accounting of fic he Pentagon five years into a program to upgrade its defences against chemical warfare is still lagging in efforts to Issue proper guidelines and equipment to troops for combating a chemical warfare attack the report said. The Gao said the Pentagon s failure to upgrade the ability of troops to defend themselves against chemical weapons could jeopardize personnel m the face of mounting threats from chemical weapons As an attractive Ana. Alternative to nuclear  according to in Gao report the defense intelligence Agency believes 16 nations possess chemical weapons. The chemical warfare readiness of . Troops is in see chemicals on Page 28 Gorbachev wants Daniloff Case settled Washington up soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev responding to an Appeal by president Reagan favors a prompt settlement of the Nicholas Dani soft affair so that plans for a second Rea Gan Gorbachev Summit can go Forward. A suite department official said thursday intense discussions arc underway Between the two superpowers. Ii was understood that Gorbachev told Reagan thai he wants the Issue resolved can reporter jailed in Moscow on spy Ujj barges both sides arc aware of what is at i slake in the relationship so that we can  a diplomatic source said. Deputy press Secretary Jarry Speakes said thursday Reagan has not Cyl replied to Gorbachev s response Speakes also said he administration has not changed1 its policy of not negotiating a Trade of Danil olt for Gennady Zakharov a soviet . Employee or i rested and jailed on spy charges in York aug. 23. Promptly  Gorbachev was re Zakharov Sovie. Employer a plying to the president s idler urging the i reste jailed on spy charges in Newl Ovici Leader to free Daniloff an Macri Ivor. Of Peres meets Mubarak for 1 St Summit in 5 years Alexandria Egypt up israeli prime minister Shimon Peres seeking to end the cold peace Between Bis nation and Egypt met thursday with president Hosni Mubarak for the first Summit be tween the nations leaders in five years. Mubarak and Peres run without aides at a presidential Palace in the Mediterranean resort City of Alexandria. We expect to reach a Memling of minds on How to Advance the process of peace in the Middle East Peres told reporters shortly after his arrival. The Summit was made possible when an egyptian israeli agreement was signed 12 hours earlier on terms for resolving the disputed Border Region of Taba Sinai. The dispute has festered to in the since 1982 when Israel gave the Sinai Peninsula Back to Egypt under their treaty but at Taba. A although the two countries signed i r peace treaty in 1979, Egypt pulled i its ambassador out of Tel Aviv Israel in 1982 to protest the massacres of palestinians by the Christian phalanges allies of Israel during he Lebanon War. In that War Israel drove the Plo out of Beirut Lebanon. I Hope that today we put an end la four years of cold peace Between our two countries with the return of the egyptian ambassador