European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday november 12. 19be the stars and stripes paper publishes full Chirac interview Washington at i the Washington times said in was defending ii self by publishing the transcript monday of an interview Wilh French prime minister Jacques Chirac in which Israel was implicated in an attempt to bomb one of its own airliners. Chirac issued a denial last week in which he said inc newspaper misinterpreted his remarks. The newspaper Friday reported that Chirac said Syria was not involved in inc foiled attempt to bomb an Al Al Airliner at London s Heathrow Airport april 17. Chirac the times reported said German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and foreign minister Hans Dietrich guns Char had concluded the plot was organized jointly by Israel s Mossad intelligence service and renegade elements in syrian presi Dent Hafez Assad s entourage. The newspaper Friday said Chirac had agreed to the interview with Arnaud Deborchgrave editor in chief of the times on condition he not be quoted directly. However the newspaper said tic interview was Lap re corded with Chirac s knowledge. The publication of the transcript of inc 90-Minule interview conducted last tuesday in Paris comes on inc diff in Day As foreign ministers from the 12 com Mon Market members met in London to adopt a sanctions package against Syria. Britain broke diplomatic relations with Syria after Nezar Hindawi a Jorda Nian journalist was convicted and sentenced to 45 years in prison for attempt ing to use his pregnant Irish Girlfriend to smuggle a bomb onto the Al Al Jet at Heathrow Airport. In its transcript of the Chirac interview the times quoted inc prime minister As saying about the plane bomb incident i spoke to both Kohl and Hans die Trich Genscher about in. I Don t go As far As they do but their thesis is thai the Hindawi plot was a provocation de signed to Embarrass Syria and destabilize inc Assad regime. Who was behind it probably people connected with the israeli Mossad in conjunction Wilh certain syrian elements close to Assad who seek his overthrow. Things of this nature can be infinitely later Chirac was quoted As saying the experts who know the syrian ambassador who was alleged to have been part of he plot and who was expelled from Britain say it is utterly implausible nay impossible thai he had Contact with Hindawi. Thai had contacts with certain members of a syrian service is another matter Chirac s office in Paris had no com ment on monday s Story. But in issued a statement Friday denying inc thrust of the original article. The prime minister or Jacques Chirac says the interpretation Given his statements by or. Do Borch grave in an article in the washing ton times today is completely denied the statement said the German government also denied inc report and israeli officials said it was in monday s editions the times said in decided 10 publish the interview after intense discussions through the weekend Between or. Deborchgrave and senior editors of the one consideration in going ahead with publication of the transcript the newspaper said was that inc credibility of the times and the reputation of its editor had been called seriously into i am a personal admirer of or. Chirac but this newspaper is committed to covering the news us in occurs de bored grave was quoted As saying. The newspaper also said that during he weekend five separate approaches were made to or. Deborchgrave and the times by intermediaries known to or. De bored grave who represented themselves As agents of or. Chirac urging that the times not print he transcript of the Japan promises Philippines More financial Aid Tokyo a philippine president Corazon / Aquino won promises of increased financial Aid Short to after arriving in Japan monday. She also got word that All was secure Back Home where rumours persisted of a coup plot. Prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasonc told her Japan would help her Wilh a s252.5 million loan to build a Coal fired Power Plant in Batangas province japanese and philippine officials said. Nakasonc also said Japan is ready to consider Mak ing a commitment exceeding the loan package of $309.38 million Japan pledged to the Philippines last year philippine presidential spokesman Teodoro Benigno told reporters. Japan is second Only to the United Stales in Aid to the Philippines which is struggling to revitalize an Economy burdened Wilh a $26 billion foreign debt. Aquino is Here for a four Day state visit seeking financial Aid and investment. Before leaving Manila the philippine capital on her third overseas trip she warned any self appointed messiahs against trying to stage a coup in her absence. The president received a message monday afternoon from Gen. Fidel v. Ramos her armed forces chief thai inc peace and order situation is very secure and stable Benigno said. Benigno said Aquino and Nakasonc discussed the political situation in the Philippines but he could give no details. Rumours of a planned coup have been rampant in Manila. Referring to the rumours. Aquino said at a departure ceremony the credibility of inc Philippines As a country Wilh a future a country in which one could safely invest and in whose recovery and development one could profitably participate has been rather i. philippine troops were put on Alert for her visit to Japan As they were during her trips to Singapore and Indonesia in August and to the us cd Stales in sep tember. Ramos said in Manila monday he will pursue efforts to ease dissent in the ranks and sources said he banned unauthorized troop movements in the capital. Defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile described the situation in the Philippines As stable and Calm. Officers Loyal to Enrile have reportedly been plan Ning to move against the Aquino government ostensibly to remove ministers and other officials they View As leftist or incl. Philippine president Corazon Aquino and Japan s emperor Hirohito stand it attention during Tokyo ceremonies. J Enrile has criticized Aquino s peace overtures to communist rebels and also has suggested she Call new presidential elections to validate her mandate. Enrile helped Lead the military rebellion that Trig gered the people Power revolution thai ousted presi Dent Ferdinand e. Marcos and brought Aquino to Power in february. Aquino said on National television sunday thai she would Call people into the streets to Boutiler any coup attempt. Earlier monday Aquino met privately with 85-year old emperor Hirohito who kept apologising for what the japanese Cost the Philippines during world War 11," Benigno said. Aquino was expected to ask japanese officials to open their Market wider to philippine goods increase Grants and approve Loans of More than double the amount of last year. The meetings have taken on added urgency since talks in new York to reschedule is billion in debt to . Creditors broke Down last week. Firm gives 4jmillion for korean War memorial Washington a the american subsidiary of Hyundai motor co. Of Korea contributed $1 million on monday toward a memorial in Washington to Honor americans who fought in the korean War. President Reagan signed into Law last month the korean War memorial act which anticipates construction of a Monument within five years. It is to be financed largely through private do nations and will Honor the 5.7 million men and women who served Iri Korea during the 1950-53i Contu More than 54.000 were the Sain to Anber killed in Vietnam. The for spending $1 million in Public lure Jar planning and site preparation Wilhott named by s5 million in the Public Money has Vij appropriated Hoemm find retired Gen. Andrew j. Go Rier chairman of the Kate monuments commis Sion or Hyundai s Early gift could fire Speed up the construction Ess six months to two years if All goes smoothly planning could be completed within two years and construction finish a cars after that said an Agency of the to apartment. In a letter 10 Reagan , Park presi Dent of Hyundai motor America had quartered in Garden Grove calif., said permit me this Opportunity to mull Token of our gratitude for the Suprien Mac Ykes your countrymen made in the Deleron cur Freedom and one major Issue Yel unset Kef site selection. The commission Wam build the memorial inside Washingto famed Monument corridor perhaps near the Jefferson memorial. Bui while Congress allowed the Vietnam memorial near the Lincoln memorial to be built on that strip in has resisted further crowding of the grounds. Although the commission has not begun actively seeking individual Dona Lions in already had received prior to Hyundai s Gill More than $17,000 from 370 individuals. The commission s mailing address is inc american Battle monuments com Mission Washington d.c., 20314
