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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday october 11,1sb6 bodies of 2 americans flown Home Managua Nicaragua up the bodies of two american mercenaries William j. Cooper and Wal lace Elaine Sawyer or. Eliot Down while flying weapon to con Ira rebels were shipped fonday to Miami As a key senator said inc while House knew Man about the incident than it was telling. . Embassy officials were Given their first Chanceton meet with Eugene Hasenfus. The Only surviving member of the weapons Supply learn since he was captured by Nicaragua forces a Day Ufler his plane was downed sunday the nicaraguan embassy i Washington said. No details of the meeting were immediately known in Washington sen. David Durenberger ,.chairman of the Senate intelligence committee said the White House has knowledge of the origins of the weapons Laden plane but has not revealed what it knows. The c-123 cargo plane loaded with gum and other combat gear was shot Down Over Southern Nicaragua. Three Crew member two americans and one per son of latin origin were killed authorities said. Hasenfus parachuted to safety. Durenberger s comments came one Day after Hasen fus told a Managua news conference he was part of tin elaborate Cia directed network of flights from Salva Doran and honduran military bases. In new York nicaraguan foreign minister Miguel d Escoto Brock Mann said Wasenius would be put on trial Hasenfus 45, said thursday he participated in 10flights Over Nicaragua. His statement was accompanied by flight plans logs identification card another confiscated documents thai Managua says implicates the salvadoran military in support of the con tras. Who Are fighting to overthrow us Nicaragua government. We Don t know who is running the operation Durnberger told reporters after Bong briefed by the Cia and state department. That s the problem. The president someone on the Csc National Security Council surety has Tome knowledge. I know the White House knows and ii not idling the world Sai Durenberger. Both the Cia and state department have denied any connection with the plane and Durenberger said he was convinced the Cia was not involved. Congress which recently approved si00 million in new lid to the Central has prohibited the Cia from assisting ther Ebelt until the Aid Bill becomes Tow the san Francisco examiner reported Friday that he White House not the Cia was running the assist Ance operation. In a copyright Story the examiner said an Intelli gence source said direction of the operation was com ing from the White House especially from the nation Al Security  the unnamed source said Max Gomez one of two cuban americans Hasenfus identified As Cia teens to 0 Salvador had been assigned to the  Force base of Monango by Donald p. Gregg nation Security adviser to vice president George  a spokeswoman in Bush s office Gayk Fuller we quoted As saying Gregg it not involve Eden any Type situation like that Gomel a former Cia officer Portelly served in Vietnam with Gregg. Bush was head of the Cia from 1976 and 1977. Hasenfus said the two cuban Meric Ajith worked for the Cia directed around 23 americans Watov Sukmi out of the Salvador air Forte hate i Lorango. He identified the two alleged Cia Aghili u Gomez and Ramon Medina who did most of Ite coordination of these flight we oversaw to housing projects transportation products Abo Refl Sag and some flight Plant j a spokesman for the salvadoran armed Force if wiring to allegations of its involvement in the my Phi operation said the americans  to the sandinista have nothing to do with the army v a Cape Ricardo Wheelock in Carugan military tales licence chief has described Hasen Fia at t Mert shot out of the sky and said he was receiving the treatment afforded a prisoner of War. Summit from Page 1 first encounter was to be saturday morn ing at Kofidi House where three private conferences will be held Over the week end. The president also has put human rights and regional issues on his Agenda with particular attention to the soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Reagan a described As confident and Well prepared for his second sum Mit with the soviet Leader. The two world leaders were expected to announce the Dale of a full scale Summit meeting in the United states by the time they Complete heir six hours of talks sunday. New York Genc treatment afforded a prisoner of War. J. House White House end arms  Washington Fuji House Lead ers and the White House settled an arms control dispute Friday that president Rea Gan demanded be solved before his week end Summit and Reagan agreed to see negotiations on a nuclear test can. Resolution of the feud on items tied tothe Federal spending Bill eased a logjam of items Landing in the Way pm adjourn ment of the 99th Congre the arms issues Are tied to the hug spending Bill to get the government through sept 30, and work continued to resolve differences in the rest of the Bill although the government stood to run broke at Midnight a Short term spending Bill to prevent an actual shutdown of fed eral offices cleared the House and awaited Senate  has been harshly critical of the House for not backing Down on the arms issues and demanded that an agreement be reached before his Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik Iceland was to begin , the president warned the . Position during the negotiations willbe badly weakened. Although House democrats dropped their demand that Reagan adhere to the a ratified Salt ii treaty and Stop Al most All nuclear testing they reserved the option to raise the issues next year i they Are displeased with Progress. And sen Sam Nunn d-ga., Leader of the Senate negotiators in the Battle that dragged through the week and prompted Reagan to threaten a government shutting veto said the administration made a Majo Concession in agreeing to negotiate an end to nuclear testing and submit two Una Fried test treaties to the Senate for App Tova however Reagan said he would Only ask that the treaties be ratified a wite. Effect if the soviets agree to verification measures. " s the dispute began in Augu Thouse Democrat forced through provisions that Reagan Vehe deposed a under the agreement reached Fridi Reagan a merely urged to stay within Salt h limits. He agreed to Send to life Senate a 1974 treaty limiting under ground tests to Lio Kilotons or flu and1976 treaty on Aon military Nockai t with the tame limit. Once those Are approved he win pose new negotiations to Lead to a test ban. Go from Page 1 defector welcomed by Gromyko specific charges were not immediately known. There has been no attempt i classify this As an attempted defection a Usa eur official  bad been last seen by members of his unit about 2 . On sept. 30,while returning from a festival. Weeks a tank crewman was assigned to troop of the regiment s 3rd so based in am Berg Germany about 25 Miles from the czech Border. Weeks did not have Access to Classi fied information the officials said. No further details on the incident were available the cavalry regiment headquartered in Nuernberg patrols the East West Bor Der from Paytt Germany to a Point Northeast of Schweinfurt Germany along the East German and czechoslovakian Borders about 5,000 soldiers Are assigned tothe regiment Moscow a american scientist Arnold lock thin who sought Asylum in the soviet Union with his family this week said they came to Moscow because he and his wife had believed in socialism All of our adult  Lockshin who said he had once Keenan organizer for the . Communist. Party said he his wife Lauren an three children Jennifer Jeffrey and Michael were received in the Kremlin Friday by president Andrei a. Grimy  assured them that Lockshin would fid work As a cancer research Erin the soviet Union the 47-year-old scientist told a news conference. Gromyko told the Locki Hins that they Are now among friends the official news Agency Tass reported. At the news conference Lockshin repeated earlier allegations in soviet Media interviews that he and his family were harassed because of their opposition to Reagan administration defens policies. Both my wife and i have been for socialism All of our adult lives the dark haired bespectacled  sat betide her Huband but Sel Dom  Connie s three children took the podium with their parents at first but later sat in the front Row of the Confer ence  Tan quoted Lockshin far life As saying he was not a communist he said without further detail that he once was an organizer for the . Communist party locks bin of id be had twice Token timeout from his scientific career to devote himself to political activities. He did no elaborate. De the soviets about leaving  because of rising harassment against i family. He and i wife went to the soviet . Consulate in new York where they were told they were inthe wrong place and should approach the soviet consulate in Washington he said. The next Day Lockshin said when he returned to i workplace at a Houston Hospital be found All his Laboratory to  he was summarily Dasraj fed and Given two Days to dear out he possessions be Aid. Valter that he and hit wife coi going to other countries but a decided on the soviet Union he Lccy thin said he and i rider solent to the soviet consulate i wart in ton later in August where  were rather Dii believing first last sunday he said the family a word their request for political a ayin a was framed. ,. 4 they packed at Mncutt a they Couch went to Washington and Tom the t Moscow where they arrived on a Friday he said. A Lockshin s Newt conference Wai he i the same Day As Tass i Esto j added to stay in the soviet i returning on a tourist visit from u United states. She emigrated Tine until the end of 1987  
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