European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 27, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday october 27, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 East bloc commandos target West training for terrorism reported Bonn not commando units from the soviet Union and other Warsaw pact countries regularly penetrate Western Europe to familiarize themselves Wilh he terrain and recon Oiler strategic military targets according to German military intelligence. Disguised As truck Drivers sailors and tourists the units move freely around Western Europe staking ou1 and taking photographs of Bridges military Headquarters ammunition and fuel depots and Telephone Cen ters that would became targets in a period of tension preceding War it is astonishing that hey still do this when More detente and Trust Are being demanded said Pete Kurt Wurzbach slate Secretary in the defense ministry in an interview on the so called special purpose forces. This is being done in a Lime that is not one according to German intelligence tie Warsaw pact commando units which Are subordinate to inc soviet command would in a prewar situation be infiltrated into Western Europe to disrupt lines of command spread alarm and despondency and assassinate or kid Nap political leaders. Wurzbach whose position puts him immediately under defense minister Manfred Woerner. Said the special Warsaw pact troops arc being trained in a Way for something that Isa kind of intelligence information suggests that Many of the commandos would Wear German and other nato uniforms to Aid their behind the lines sabotage activities. The soviet Union is believed to have 7,000 to 8,000of the commandos who Are trained to operate in groups of four to 12 men. East Germany Poland and Czechoslovakia Are together thought to have comparable numbers of behind the links troops. The Leader of each commando unit is Given special language instruction and according to the intelligence information is infiltrated at least once into the West to familiarize himself Wilh his designated targets. The troops arc reportedly hand picked from highly reliable families often with communist party connections. The East German commandos sharing inc same language with West germans would have a special advantage in a confused prewar situation since they would be Able to blend into the population with Little Hance of being detected. Wurzbach said the extensive commercial contacts Between Eastern and Western Europe make it relatively easy for the commandos to reconnoitre their target sin peacetime. All you have to know is that annually 350,000 trucks from the Warsaw pact come to the West he said. During Warsaw pact Maneu vers he said there is a discernible Rise in truck and canal traffic from Eastern Europe to the West suggesting that the commando sometimes coordinate their operations with those of conventional forces. And soviet fishing boats Are Al equipped with Large antennas he said. Wurzbach said nato had no comparable behind the lines units being trained for use during tensions that might precede hostilities. The Ecsi German defense ministry has periodically sought to focus Public attention on the offensive nature of the Warsaw pact s planning for a conventional War in Europe. On the German left nato is often accused of planning an offensive War and the opposition social democrats have demanded a military establishment with a structural inability to last year at a Lime of Warsaw pact Maneu vers the defense ministry issued the partial text of an intercepted radio communication that showed a soviet tank division using the actual names of German cities and towns Braunschweig Hannover Hildesheim and Peine in a simulated sweep into the West. In the Wake of the Iceland Summit the possibility of dramatic reductions in soviet and american medium Range missiles in Europe has Lent new urgency to the Issue of conventional forces and doctrine. Nato Mili tary analyses suggest Hal the Warsaw pad has numerical superiority on the Central from. Carrier Roosevelt joins Navy a photo the nation s newest aircraft Carrier the Theodora Roosevelt my a Otmis Ikue saturday to Newport news Vas crowd of 20,000 watched. Powered by two nuclear reactors tie$2.1 billion Carrier is almost 1,100 feel Long and and will carry 6,000 crewmen and 100 aircraft. It has a displacement of 96,000 ions when Tolly loaded. The Roosevelt is the fourth of the non Ltd class of carriers the largest and mos powerful warships Ever built. Government must be beyond suspicion in rile tells filipinos Manila Philippines up de sense minister Juan Ponce Enrioc push ing an anti communist Campaign that has put him at Odds with president Cora Ion Aquino sunday demanded her government be beyond before a crowd of 20,000 chanting in rile Enrile rambo rambo the outspoken defense minister also warned of communist rebel bombings in the capital and vowed to continue his Campaign despite his critics in Aquino s 8-month-old government. The rally outside the downtown Post of fice was the second Enrile addressed Over the weekend and included thousands of Loyal supporters of ousted ruler Ferdinand Marcos who chanted Marcos Entile and Down Wilh Cory Down with the demonstrators set ablaze two Large red communist flags emblazoned with a Yel Low Hammer and sickle at the toot of a Flag pole. As they burned Enrile accompanied by his wife Crislina and a daughter vigorously flashed the thumbs Down sign. What is needed to eradicate communism Enrile asked first we must have a stable honest and clean government a government beyond suspicion a govern ment that is not affected by choosing the weekend to launch what a senior Enrile aide said would be a sustained Campaign to expose corruption in Aquino s government Enrile spoke for nearly 30minutes, shouting and giving the thumbs Down sign when he spoke of communism. They Are ambushing our soldiers kill ing civilians extorting from the people terrorizing the people. In the past those people were in the mountains. Now. They Are in the Urban centers he said. Enrile spoke a Day after a grenade exploded on the eighth floor of an 11-Story office building in the Makalu financial District that had housed the Cory Aquino for president movement Headquarters. The blast shattered a window bul caused no injuries the stale run news Agency said. A homemade bomb triggered by a Tim ing device exploded Friday night outside Mcdonald s restaurant at a Makalu shopping Center injuring three people. They bombed a place in Makati Enri Esaid then was also a explosion near a Juan Ponce Enrile water pipe in suburban Quezon City. In the coming Days you might rehearing loud explosions in the City of Manila but i want to Tell you if you will join us. You can rest assured that our Philippines will not become a communist Enrile spoke amid tight Security. The speech was carried live by the armed forces radio and was expected to be re broadcast sunday night. Enrile s persistent warnings about the communist three and Hii questioning of the legitimacy of Aquino s government have produced a serious rift within the Cabinet and prompted several Cabine ministers to suggest the Harvard trained Enrile resign. Enrile who led the popularly backed military revolt that ousted Marcos from 20 years in Power and installed Aquino Metighe 5 a year old president at a private Home tuesday night in the presence of mediator attempting to defuse the situation. Aquino announced a reconciliation with Enrile bul conceded differences be tween them remained unsolved. A Day after the meeting Enrile said in a published interview it was too Early to make a judgment on whether their differences would be resolved
