European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news Brief the stars and stripes Friday october 24,1986 afghan Pilot defects to Pakistan with Jet Islamabad Pakistan a an Afghani Sun air Force Pilot flew his Mig-21 Jet tighter to a pakistani air base thursday and asked Tor Asylum officials said. Afghan guerrillas said the defection was planned weeks in Advance. A Brief government statement confirmed that the soviet Louill fighter of the afghan air Force landed Ai the khat air base about 40 mile from he Border with Afghanistan. Government officials said the Pilot requested Asylum and his application was being considered. They said the flier look off from the Kabul area for combat patrol Over Eastern Afghanistan then changed course for Pakistan. The Jet asunder guard at khat and the Pilot was being questioned the officials said. Afghanistan s embassy in Islamabad declined comment. First word of the defection came from a spokesman for Yunis Khalis one of the moslem guerrilla groups fighting Afghanistan s communist government and the estimated 115,000 so Viet troops that support it. Dodds from Page 1 budget  although the 1987-88 school Calendar won t be announced until Early Spring. Pope said the school year will begin earlier than this year but not As Early As in previous years when classes began aug. 24. In addition to the delayed school year because of budget cuts teacher work Days before the Start of classes were slashed to one. Pope said they will be expanded be i year. That was a problem this year. A lot of teachers came in on their own Lime and that s not  Pope said she spends 73 percent of her Lime dealing with Dodds issues since the resignation of former Dodds director Beth Stephens. She Hopes to trim that to 10 percent once a permanent replacement has been named. She predicted her future role concerning Dodds will be similar to that of a school Board Mem Ber who monitors but does not direct school policy. I am nol the director of Dodds and have no desire to be the director of Dodds the said. Pope who has participated in interviews for then Exi Dodds director said Stephens replacement will be a professional educator. Pope a former aide to sen. Barry Goldwater r ariz., said she sees no incongruity with the director s position designated As a political  lot of educators out there Are republicans she said. Spandau from Page 1 governing  reportedly is suffering from muscular dystrophy. In july he spent six Days in a British military pita after complaining of stomach pains he prison played a key role during cold War confrontations in Berlin. During the Berlin Cansis of 1961 when the Wall was built the Telephone line at Spandau we the Only direct link Between the three Western allies and soviet forces in the City. A phom Donna elrtman., of . Ambassador Arthur Harriman left and us. Embassy aide Tatiana Boris Clear coffe cops after ludic thursday at the ambassador s residence in Moscow. Some had been replaced by americans under pres sure from Security minded members of Congress. But now the soviets Are compelling the . Government to replace them All or do without. It s going to create some hardships at the Start said a state department official who demanded anonymity. Foreign service officers Are going to have Lodo their work under difficult  the official said the soviet action had been foresee for some time. There s a lot of mythology about these locals i Moscow they Are up in the chancery where the secret arc said another official who served several years inthe soviet Union. That s absolute nonsense. They be never been  official said the soviet workers were assigned to unclassified clerical and manual  be already begun a program of replacing the locals with americans he said. We planned to do this in an orderly and phased Way. This would impose a real hardship on any embassy. Without the drive Sand the mechanics working in the motor Pool it s Sim ply ver difficult to keep your facilities running. I not sure How it will play  the 260 workers were not counted against the .embassy and consulate ceilings. Now americans hired to perform the tasks will count against the . Ceiling officials said. The soviets also announced they would impose tighter visa requirements and other constraints on american labourers and other non diplomats engaged i such jobs As building a new . Embassy in Moscow a similar group of soviet workers is employed i Washington. Simitar changes were undertaken at . Embassies in Eastern Europe to counter what was described As a hostile intelligence  United Stales might Nave a hard Lime devising an appropriate Parry for the latest soviet riposte i superpower diplomatic fencing because the soviets do nol employ any locals in their .  in Congress that Al of the soviet employees be replaced followed the discovery that electronic device had been placed on embassy electric typewriters to enable soviet intelligence to read what Wai typed. Expulsion from Page 1 order As an unjustified act but went on to say we Hope this set of issues can now be put behind us the expulsion of the 55 soviets will bring the size of the soviet embassy Here and the consulate in san Francisco Down to equal Levels with the american diplomatic complement m the soviet Union. Redman said the two governments had evidently accepted the concept of parity and should move on to arms control and other issues taken up by president Reagan and Mikhail s. Gorbachev the soviet Leader at the Iceland Summit two weeks ago. The . Official stressed that Reagan stands by disarms reduction proposals. Translating those proposals into specific negotiating instructions is a Complex process Redman said. A decision on How Best notable such sweeping proposals is a tactical negotiating  Reagan administration accused the soviet of using diplomatic facilities for espionage purposes while also saying the United Stales intended to set equal ceilings of 225 posts at the embassies and 26 at the consulates. Gorbachev on wednesday decried the . Expulsions As a provocation while saying he still saw Hope for an arms agreement growing out of the Reykjavik Summit earlier this month. Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes ignored Gorbachev s criticism and his Promise of retaliation and instead issued a statement focused on the soviet Leader s upbeat Summit comments. We believe an historic breakthrough occurred in Reykjavik and there is no turning Back Speakes said. For the tint time there is serious discussion of arms reductions rather than arms control Speakes added we Are pleased that general Secre tary Gorbachev also stated the soviet desire to move Forward from where the two sides left off at Reykda  260 soviet workers the Kremlin ordered with drawn were maids mechanics Drivers Kitchen Helper and administrative clerks. Amelco Unke a to get Quick of to be Gold coins Washington is american express Proba Bly won t win Quick approval from the defense department on a plan to offer new american Eagle Gold coins in military Bonks overseas according to a Penta gon official an american express spokesman wednesday said the banking service would seek permission to sell the Calm which went on tale in the United slates on monday. Offering the coins however is not something we re lately to Rush into on official at the Pentagon s dire Tonte for financial service policy said. Appropriated funds an used to support the Bank ing program and we have to make sure we re using the taxpayers Money wisely he said. Our mandates to provide Basic banking services to a Broad spec Trum of people. Look at our clientele it s a mostly enlisted Community. How Many people Are going to have that kind of Money to spend on buying Gold the coins arc available Wilh face values of $50, $25, and $3 and contain Between one tenth and one Trey ounce of Gold. Actual prices Are based on the Vahi of cold on the open Market currently about $425 in  the United states the first 800,000 Tuu were bought up in two Days forcing workers at the .mint to go on round toe Stock in Ifni in an Effort 10 keep up Wilh demand. Sato were Alto Ipen Dea until monday to replenish the ithe Pentagon official however predicted leu de Mand for the coins among  and Lvuv ians serving overseas the s100 to $500 values depending on the Market rate could have a different Impact on a he , in London dealer announced thurs Day the american Eagle will go on Sato in Britain i november the associated Presa reported. Older from authorized i Tribuani beg to be acc  Mittu Tucek