European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday october 26,1986 Machel funeral Washington a Mau Reen Reagan daughter of presi Dent Reagan Wilt head the . Delegation to he funeral tuesday of mozambican president Samora Machel who died in plane crash the stale department said was a Friend of Machel s and visited him recency As part of a trip she look to Southern Africa a . Official department spokesman Charles Redman Aid the . Delegation also will include Peler Devot the . Ambassador to Mozambique Jonathan Miller Deputy assistant to the president for administration and Charles Freeman principal Deputy assist ant Secretary of state Lor african died in a plane crash last weekend while in route from Zimbabwe to Mozambique. Government survives Brussels pm u t l1.un uodr71 Ruml Vuew fun Stati a Tib Udy us. Phi Ingram no Gauamu m i How ii a Nial a m a a it no Mthm moly 0v mini.t4flpruh i Umid Sanuy t�4c u j40 sit a is whom. In s41 04 h 4t Mam i. A41 it Al i i1 administration disavows critical report on s. Africa Washington a Commerce department officials said Friday that a government report describing the South african government As a repressive re Gime does not reflect official Reagan administration policy. The report which South Africa has branded insulting and hostile,1 was an internal Commerce department assess ment of conditions in that nation did department officials our position on South Africa has been made Clear through the president said b. Jay Cooper a spokesman for Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige. Bruce smart Commerce undersecretary for International Trade said the re port was an internal document written by a very Junior smart expressed Surprise that so much had been made of the fact that one person somewhere writes one paragraph in a 40-Page document that someone somewhere might take offence Cooper said Baldrige and other lop department officials had been unaware of the contents of the report written by the Agency s Field office in South Africa. However he said it apparently had been cleared through the appropriate people in the . Embassy there 1 the South african government has demanded an explanation from the . Government. It s an internal document that in t normally in the Public realm. It May be one person or two person or three per sons opinion. It s not an official document of this department let alone of this administration Cooper added. The report claimed South Africa was closer to becoming just another african stale a chronic debtor import starved rid Den with ethnic i verities a repressive re Gime unable to manage its own Domestic constituency in any positive the report was an internal assessment of conditions in South Africa done by staffers in the department s Field office there and sent to Washington to help the Agency for planning purposes did Desir cd Tucker a department spokeswoman. She said the department regrets that the document May contain misleading in formation or inaccuracies that might be offensive to the South african government. The department agreed to release the re port Only after portions of it began to circulate in South Africa Tucker said. South african officials in Johannesburg told reporters there they were Paru Clarty offended by the phrase repressive regime being applied to their government. Trie Reagan administration has continued to maintain Friendly relations with the Pretoria government although the administration is being forced into imposing economic Sanction against it because Congress overrode a presidential veto opposing those sanctions. Tucker said that the report was writ ten in july and must be updated because of the sanctions Law. The 10-Page report said that govern ment control of the Economy and a monstrous bureaucracy Are obstacle to free Trade. Congress overriding a Reagan veto barred new . Investment and Bank Loam in South Africa. It also barred the importation of South african steel Coal uranium agricultural products food arms and ammunition. Reagan declares Florida s Hawkins Best general in War against drugs Tampa Fla. A campaigning for Paula Hawkins re election. President Reagan called Florida s freshman re publican senator the Best general in the country s War on drugs. Before Paula Hawkins went to Washington you could hardly find a senator with a serious interest in drugs. Paula Hawkins changed that Reagan told a crowd of about 9,000 at a rally Friday at the University of South Florida. Hawkins he said has been the Best general the United states has had in the Battle against it was Reagan s third Campaign appearance for Hawkins who is locked in a tight Battle with Democrat Bob Graham a two term governor barred by Law from seeking a third term. With the president and Hawkins in the University s Sun dome were Republican gubernatorial nominee Bob Martinez of Tampa and running male Bobby Brantley of Longwood. We need a Republican Senate we need Paula Hawkins the president to c a cheering applauding crowd that interrupted his speech with chants of four More he used the rally to assail Graham As a tax raising Liberal while praising Haw Kins position on defense and leadership against drug and child abuse. I can t help but think that if you liked Jimmy Carter As president you la love Bob Graham As senator Reagan told an audience that included Grade school Chil Dren and retirees. The president praised Martinez for his leadership As Tampa mayor and said under Martinez As governor Florida will be More than Ever before the Ameri can dream Martinez is running against Democrat Steve Pajcic of Jacksonville. Reagan said Martinez s opponent wants to write the next chapter in the history books of Florida. He wants to Call that chapter us and spend in Tallahassee " the slate capital. In Florida As he had earlier in the Darin Oklahoma Reagan defended his Star wars space defense program. Reagan said he has told the soviet Union that if such a system Wen devel oped we will sign a treaty with you that we Are both going to eliminate All our ballistic missiles and we will share the defensive system with president s Campaign stopped ear Lier Friday at the University of Oklahoma on behalf of Republican sen Don Nickles who ii being challenged by democratic rep. Jim Jones. Reagan who win make a five minute nationally televised speech nov. 2 on be half of All Republican candidate set Pimp i Campaign schedule Tai week dying to Georgia and Alabama tuesday to Campaign for self. Made mat tinny an Jeremiah Denton and leaving Wedoe Day on a final swing that win include tops in Indiana Colorado South Dako la Nevada Idaho Washington Tod of Fomia. Hasenfus Only delivery Man not part of conspiracy Griffin Bell says Managua Nicaragua a de sense lawyer Griffin be argued that Eugene hawn Fui on trial for i part in nicaraguan rebel arms drop is innocent of conspiracy because be was just kick ing the guns and shoes out of the air plane and did not plan the operation. The leftist Sand Nisu government has charged Hasenfus with terrorism Violat ing Public Security and criminal association. A three Man people s tribunal i bearing the cast. Hasenfus 45, of Marinette wis., was captured oct. 6, a Day after the cargo plane on which he Wai � Crew member was shot Down in Southern Nicaragua. Two other americans and third Cre inapt still unidentified died in the crash. Bell who was . Attorney Genera during the Carter is working on Hasenfus defense with nicaraguan lawyer Enrique Sotelo Borgen. Bell said Friday that the charge of criminal association is equivalent to a conspiracy charge in the United states. He conceded on his arrival thursday night that it we an absolute fact that Hasenfus was on Board a plane carrying weapons destined for the to backed insurgents. Asked about the Potti Billy of Hasen tue pleading guilty to a charge of Crimi Nal aug Dixon in Exchange for his re Leate from prison Refl said i do not tee How in Good conscience i can Teo him to plead guilty 10 criminal Anocia Tiomi. He did a Senolia Vul a men do Tivony kicking the guru and the whoa att Tho rent bad not Aub wed bin � melt witha Wefus Soto Borgen denied fast tuition any court thursday and a wed Dottie court political offence tej Bwl he a 99.8 percent conviction rate band Aart Hority to hear the Case. Ain att Tumiens Friday the lib at rejected Soto Bonen i arg Wibirt Srague and Rod rite Reyes in a Stai Edwal at a the tribunal we compete to Jada he Bant done anything Bell told reporters. He never met with anybody about any of these things. He was Junt i ii found guilty. 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