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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. Noverr ar2,1986 Reagan alters stance on Summit offer los Angeles a president Reagan in the West on a determined political Mission a sowing fresh confusion about his Iceland Summit proposals by saying he offered to eliminate All offensive nuclear weapons. However in his radio address sat urday he repealed while mouse statements thai the american proposals called Only for the elimination of Ballis tic missiles. Reagan s statement Friday was at Odds with the administration s repeated Contention that the president proposed eliminating Only Long Range ballistic mis lists not other weapons such As bombers and nuclear tipped cruise missiles. At a reception Friday night according to the publisher of two Spokane wash.,newspapers, Reagan also said he believed the soviets were holding out onus at Reykjavik Iceland and that Gorbachev went As far As he did because the soviet Union is a Basket Case economic  Hasenfus listens to testimony Managua Nicaragua a Eugene Hasenfus listened quietly saturday As a Young nicaraguan Soldier told a Spe Cial political court How he shot Down the american cargo handler s arms Laden rebel Supply plane. In his second court appearance in two Days Hasenfus 4followed the testimony of pal. Jose Fernando Canales ale Man 19, As it was interpreted to him. Hasenfus nicaraguan lawyer Enriqu Esoldo Borgen was prevented from Pur suing a line of questioning that appeared aimed at establishing that Canales ale Man and his fellow soldiers were armed with soviet bloc arms and possibly assisted by foreign advisers. Hasenfus charged with terrorism and other crimes against the state is accused of ferrying arms to the  Contra rebels trying to overthrow the leftist nicaraguan government. Hasenfus was the Only survivor of the c-123 cargo plane shot Down in Southern Nicaragua on oct. 5. Three other Crew men including two americans died in the crash. Sandinista officials have made it Clear they believe Ilic . Government also is on trial before the court of world Opin Ion Hasenfus lawyer appeared to be try ing to counter that by attempting to establish a soviet bloc presence in Nicaragua. Sotelo Borgen asked the Young sol Dier what Type of weapon he used to shoot Down the plane How the air Craft s course had been plotted and the nationality of his unit s technical support  College football Mcmin of. To Vuht 1 3 Otwal 31.uwlld Canton m. Wake fast 20 a Kofi tech m. Duki 6 North Drain 32. Muy Send 30 Hoot Camua a. 23. Sou i Oram 22 a Guy Recti 17. Kab qty is Wolf Al �mvy4l, vkju1m37 saturday Reagan was scheduled to Campaign for Republican rep. Eds Chau who is trying to unseat three term sen. Alan Cranston a Calif. A Survey by pollster Mervin Field said Zschau is closing in on Cranston. It showed Cranston favored by 46 percent and Zschau by 45 percent. Reagan campaigning in his Home state planned appearances for Zschau saturday in Anaheim and again on Mon Day As part of his drive to keep the sen ate under Republican control. It is the second time since labor Day that Reagan has campaigned for Zschau. He helped raise ,5 million Tor the con Gressman sept 7 at a los Angeles dinner at which he denounced Cranston As on of the last vestiges of the failed past and one of America s most strident Liberal leftists stumping Friday in Spokane the president raised new questions about his Summit proposals. Saying there is widespread uncertainly about what he offered rag fun said Wedon t believe that the world should go on with a policy of Mutual assured destruction in which our Only defense against nuclear missiles it to Nave so Many on each Side that both sides Are a fund to Start the fight referring to hit Star wars anti mis Sile proposal Reagan said we believe that if there is a defensive shield thai can make those weapons obsolete we should put that in place but not put it la place while we have our great Arsenal of acute a offensive  he said in Iceland and since then my proposal to the soviet Union was that when we come to the Point that we have developed and know we have this defensive shield then they and the United states come together we agree to eliminate All offensive nuclear weapons and we in return give them the tame shield we have so that we can live together with no suspicion that each other might be  a controversy has Arisen since the Summit about Whit Reagan tool soviet Leader Mikhail got Bacev. The soviet Leader he said Reagan proposal was broader than the Elimina Gortot All ballistic missiles which leave the Earth s atmosphere at one Point in their flight toward the target and actually encompassed All nuclear  administration has said Reagan merely discussed the elimination of Al nuclear weapons As an ultimate goal but actually proposed Only a plan for abolish ing ballistic missiles. Asked about Reagan s latest statement presidential spokesman Larry Speakes said it represented no change in the policy no change in the proposal. The president campaigned for Republican sen. Slade Gorton in Washington and Steve Sverns in Idaho on Friday. The two lawmakers Are locked i Tough re election Battles that Are critical to the top drive to keep Contra of the Senate. Republicans hold a $3-47 Edge in the chamber. Summit from Page 1 criticism Tass said. The Kremlin claims that Reagan agreed to elimination of All nude weapons within 10 years and not just Long Range missiles. Moscow has said it could never agree to eliminating just its Long Range missiles the main Force of it nuclear deterrent while leaving Ameri can sea launched missiles and bombers intact. Tass said High ranking White House officials who Are trying to distort the results of the meeting in Reykjavik wind up in an unenviable position of someone trying to renounce their own  it said Shultz was guilty of a Clear distortion of fact in his comments on the oct. 11-12 Summit and was pan Dering to voters. In his san Francisco remarks the . Secretary tried cd arty Wiki an Eye to the midterm election to re assure the american Public by saying that at present both sides were allegedly moving toward an agreement Tass said. Tass quoted Shultz As saying a Genu Ine possibility exists for sweeping deals on arms control but then added the Hance had already passed. Yes such a possibility indeed appeared but it is no other than the Ameri can administration that is actively Hin Dering its realization by falsifying the substance of the talks in Reykjavik the news Agency  another commentary Tass chided Shultz for his remarks about the Case of . News and world report correspondent Nicholas Dan Toff Daniloff was arrested in Moscow in August on spying charges and later freed in a Swap involving a soviet dissident and a suspected soviet spy caught in new York. Tass said the soviet Union had proof that Danilof Fiu a spy and accused Washington of going to great lengths to avoid a trial in Moscow that would have exposed Bis links to the Cia. Washington has said the charges Are trumped up and Daniloff is an innocent victim of a Kab setup. Navy from Page 1 toned in England. Last june Pentagon sources disclosed that the administration had decided to keep at least two carriers in the Mediterranean for the indefinite  the decision was said to be based on the need to Back up Reagan s pledge to use military Force again if evidence sur faced showing Libya was continuing to mount terrorist attack,1. Kurtti Early i960, the Navy routinely kept two carriers in the  of developments in Iran and Afghanistan the Navy began regular a trots in the Indian Ocean. That by to a deployment schedule in which Orie car Rier would remain on station in to e Mediterranean White another would sail through the Mediterranean on its Way to the Suez canal and Indian Ocean. It is that policy which has been re instated the sources said Friday. The order to maintain two carriers in the Region had strained the Navy forcing lapses in the patrol schedule for the Indi an Ocean. For a time earlier this year it also sidetracked a Navy initiative to Holdship deployments to a maximum of six months. The Navy has since returned to the six month deployment Standard and the Forrestal s departure for Home will allow that ship to meet the goal the sources said. Waite from Pago 1 mumu49.rial4 tutltadl23,tu�2t a Fondo 31. Oui Lumi is. H Dently confirmed. In Damascus Syria information min ister Yossian Rajjoun asked about the re ports of an in Mienl hostage release said everything will be announced in due course. Seven americans and 13 other for Eigners remain missing in Lebanon kid napped by various underground groups. A shiite moslem group called islamic jihad which says ii is holding three of the americans claims it also killed one in october 1985. Waite a personal envoy of anglican archbishop of Canterbury Robert run Cie telephoned the associated press of fice in Beirut Lebanon on Friday to Dis close that he was in the City later Friday he flew to cyprus1 and told re Porter something May happen in a Day or two. But i dont know for  his whereabouts saturday were not known. The . And British embassies disclaimed knowledge of Waile s activities. Eve Keatley a spokeswoman for run Cie said Waite is cautiously optimistic about the possibility of further hostages being  Waite travelled to Beirut three times last year and reported he met with islamic jihad members to discuss freeing hostages. In Damascus foreign minister Ali Akbar Veta Yati of Iran met with presi Dent Hafez Assad of Syria Iran is believed to have ties to islamic  television said two French hostages diplomats Marcel Carton and Marcel Fontaine were taken to a meet ing with lebanese Justice minister Nabih Berri in Beirut and then Wen brought to ajar on thursday. It did not say when the american hostages were brought to ajar. Two Christian radio stations in Beirut Friday reported six americans Carton and Fontaine were to be released an the frenchmen had been turned Over to syrian officials in the Bekaan. In Paris he French foreign ministry said there was no basis for the radio report. Two unmarked planes a Lear Jet Anda Boeing 727, were parked at the runway of the International Airport at the planes presence prompted speculation one would shuttle wite to Leb anon or that they were standing by in Case the hostages were freed. Islamic jihad has said it is holding Terry a. Anderson 39. Chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press David p. Jack attn 55, director of the american University Hospital in Beirut and Thomas Sutherland 15, the univer sity s acting Dean of agriculture. All were abducted in 1985. It said in october 1985 that it killed . Diplomat William Buckley 37. Leb anese shiite and Western intelligence sources said Buckley might have died earlier. No body has been found. Islamic jihad which Means islamic holy War has demanded the release of 17 shiite moslem jailed in Kuwait for bomb ing the , and French embassies in 1983. Frank Herbert Reed 53, director Oft private school in Beirut was kidnapped sept 9, and a pro libyan group called Arab revolutionary cells Omar Mouk tar forces claimed responsibility. Joseph Jama Cicippio 56, the Ameri can University s acting comptroller was abducted sept. 12 and Ibe revolutionary Justice of ionization claimed Respo Milbut to. On oct 21. The group said it bad kid napped Edward Austin they 56, a writer Carlin 63, the French Etc duty pro Tocol officer and Fontaine 46, the vice Consul were kidnapped March 22,198 i  
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