European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tie Stripe to or not to see Page 9 n . Sinks drug ship Page 5 o chaplain s role in Battle Page 8 q College football results sports Fries authorized unofficial Quilic vol. 45, no. 213 monday november 17, 1 res d 6693 a joint Chie snot told about Iran paper says Washington up the joint chiefs of staff were Noi informed of president Reagan s secret shipments of arms to Iran the Washington Post reported sunday. The chairman of the join chiefs adm. William j. Crowe jr., was so astonished when he heard about inc Deal through news reports that he asked his staff officers whether one of them knew about the shipment and neglected to in form him officials told the Post. The inquiry revealed that neither Crowe nor his deputies had been told of the shipments by Reagan defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger or National Secu Rity adviser John Poindeter the Post said. The Post said Reagan who pledge full consultation with military loaders when taking office also failed to inform the joint chiefs before endorsing the elimination of All nuclear weapons Dur ing the Reykjavik Iceland Summit with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev neither Crowe nor his fellow chiefs the Heads of the army Navy air Force and Marine corps have publicly Dis cussed either the iranian arms Deal or Reagan s offers at Reykjavik. But the Post said he House and Senate armed services committees intend to Call them to testify on Hose issues in Jan uary. Sen. Patrick Leahy d-vt., vice chair Man of the Senate intelligence commit tee said saturday we have to know All inc facts and we do not yet have All the see Iran an Page 2b Hasenfus gets 30-year prison sentence Managua Nicaragua Apt american Merce nary Eugene Hasenfus saturday wet sentenced to inc maximum Penally of 30 years in Anson by the i rec a Erncr people s tribunal thai conv gift a him of terrorism and crimes against the stale. A. Hasenfus was captured last month who stick plane on which he was inc cargo handler was shown own in Southern Nicaragua. He said the plane was Kin weapons to .-Oackcd Contra rebels fighting in Kaljaj Gua s leftist government. We condemn the defendant. Eugene Hasenfus. To the maximum penalty if 30 years in prison for Violat ing the maintenance of order and Public Security and for terrorism said the tribunal president Reynaldo Monterrey the tribunal also sentenced Hasenfus to inc maximum of three years in prison for criminal association with the sentences to be served concur carries a maximum penalty of up to two years in prison but the sentence was combined with that for violating the maintenance of order and Public arc plainly proven Monterrey said. President Daniel Ortega asked last month by a . Television interviewer if Hasenfus might be Home for Christmas said anything was possible but he did not commit himself to a was no immediate statement from Ortega on the verdict but in a speech delivered before the Sci tence was announced he said the american Puum should understand that the consequence of the Jpn Cosof Reagan will be the death of american Polh in Jjustice minister Rodrigo Reyes the for prosecutor in the Case said after the he saw no reason Why Hasenfus should Berf the proceedings were a Bocast on government radio. A Monterrey said hire mus. 45, of Marinelly wis., knew he was Sunafr Luftig arms to counterrevolutionary both theod Section and defense said before the verdict Wurf announced that they expected Hasenfus to be Eon Pond and Given the maximum sentence. Rely after the verdict was read . Embassy see Hasenfus on Page 28 Apphia Eugene Hasenfus listens us a tribunal in Nicaragua sentences him to 30 years la prison. At right is his wife Thatcher supports efforts to remove missiles London Lupi prime minister Margaret Thatcher sunday resumed from a Day of talks with president Rea Gan during which she agreed that the United states should give priority to an East West Deal that would remove medium Range missiles from Western Europe. To Batter flew into Heathrow Airport sunday morning lbs a Royal air Force jul but made Noco hmm on Arri Val and was whisked weekend Retreat. In the United slates thai had some Hope that Stuj would agree to a Seju Neal on the euro missiles kaon nuclear Force weapons despite any such to the Fri Kaiung Reagan s space based Ujj defense initiative. Allowing three noun of meeting sat the presidential Retreat Ai during which arms control was the the two leaders issued a join statement agreeing to give priority to seeking a Deal on the intermediate nuclear weapons. Thatcher also supported Reagan s proposal for a 50 percent Cut Over five years m . And soviet strategic offensive weapons. Doth leaders said they would seek a ban on chemical weapons
