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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, November 23, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday november 23,1986 Gorbachev rejects idea of separate inf Accord Moscow a soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev refused to commit himself to a separate agreement on reducing medium Range missiles in Europe dutch prime minister Ruud Lubbers said sat urday. Lubbers met for three hours Friday evening with Gorbachev and held talks thursday and Friday with Premier Nikolai i. Ryshkov. We have brought Forward our View that far reach ing agreements on inf should remain possible without linkage which lacks military or defense relevance Lubbers said at a news conference. Inf takes in inter mediate Range nuclear forces or medium Range nuclear missiles. He said soviet officials remained opposed to sever ing such a link and that the position was at variance with stands taken by the Kremlin before Gorbachev s meeting in Iceland with president Reagan last Munth. Tass quoted Gorbachev As telling Lubbers hat the package of our major proposals is a Complex of conces Sions and  the striving to tear out of this package now one soviet deserters go to Canada Kingston Ontario a five soviet army deserters have clandestinely fled Afghani Ian with the Canadian government s help and Are in this country external affairs ministry officials said saturday. Ministry officials in Ottawa told the Canadian press the soldiers arrived thursday at a Canadian forces base which the officials refused to identify. The Kingston whig Standard reported saturday that the five men deserted three years ago and had been held since then by afghan resistance fighters. Two of the five were taken from a rebel encamp ment in Afghanistan to a Safe House in neighbouring Pakistan picked up by intermediaries and later linked up Wilh a team of canadians the newspaper said. The other three deserters were released by a secondhand of rebels to other agents working on behalf of Canada. The two groups were then United and flown from Pakistan to Canada on thursday the newspaper said. The external affairs sources who spoke to Canad an press on the condition of anonymity said the sol Diers Are now resting and being debriefed. The Toronto Globe and mail reported saturday that the British intelligence Agency mob played a major role in the operation. It did not elaborate. An estimated 115,000 soviet troops have been help ing afghan forces Battle afghan rebel guerrillas for almost seven  Kingston newspaper said a templs to Rescue the men began in july .1984, when Serge Jussyp a Toronto lawyer entered Afghanistan on behalf of the holy Trinity russian orthodox Church in Toronto and the thing now another can upset the balance and violate the principle of Mutual  the official news Agency quoted Gorbachev As saying. The Netherlands has agreed to take 4b . Cruise missiles under a decision by the North Atlantic treat organization to deploy 572 medium Range cruise and peril Ling ii missiles the decision made in 1979, was in response to a soviet buildup of ss-20 missiles. At the oct. 11-12 Summit. Gorbachev and Reagan reached preliminary agreement on eliminating medium Range soviet and . Missiles from Europe bul differences Over the Star wars research program prevented a final agreement. The soviets sought to restrict . Testing in the program of space based anti nuclear defences before agreeing to any arms reduction proposals. Tass quoted Gorbachev As telling Lubbers that the Star wars program or strategic defense initiative is fraught with a fundamentally new unpredictable round of the arms race and is intended to achieve military strategic superiority. We have to counter it and we have already thought out this  Lum the newspaper said. Rebuilding Home fires a woman returns to her Home in such town Al Salva Dor rebel activity he kept Many families out of be area daring the last seven Yean. The firewood she bears on her head is used for cooking. Motive for tax file theft reported Toronto a a tax office employee Loo Home the nation s tax records because he wanted to use the files on 16 million canadians to launch a Busi Ness tracking Down dormant Bank accounts the to Ronto Star said Friday. The newspaper identified the Man As a 26-year-oldassessment officer in Toronto. A Royal Canadian mounted police official said Fri Day he could not confirm the report. The officer said police Are still investigating the Cue that has alarmed. Parliament because of the ease with which taxpayer confidentiality was breached. Revenue Canada the country s tax collecting Agency has said an employee was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. The Agency did not name the employee. Revenue minister Elmer Mackay informed parliament on monday that the personal records of virtually every Canadian taxpayer were taken from a to Ronto District office on oct. 30. Within hours of his announcement the files were resumed to police by a lawyer reportedly acting on behalf of a suspect. Police have said charges of theft or Possession of stolen goods might be filed. The Toronto Star said the assessment officer told the newspaper wednesday that he never duplicated the files and did not use them to the detriment of  the tax information is stored on 2,000 microfiche cards transparent 4-by-6-Inch plastic sheets recording names addresses birth dates social insurance num Bers spouses names and income detail. The newspaper said it was contacted by the assess ment officer on july 8. He was seeking information about microfiche Bank records saying he wanted to go into the business of tracking Down dormant accounts the newspaper did. Accounts inactive for nine years Are turned Over tothe state Bank of Canada. The Star said 960,000 accounts totalling $40 million have been closed in this manner since 1945, world Loci East German fails in try to escape to West in truck Berlin a an East German Man sought of escape to the West by hiding in a West German fuck travelling through East Germany but he was discovered and arrested by communist guards at a Border crossing West Berlin police said  track Driver from Celle West Germany stud he knew nothing about the East German Man or Hij at tempted escape the West Berlin police spokesman said the would be Escapee was discovered Friday nigh when the truck stopped at the Drewitz Border crowing leading into West Berlin the Western enclave 100mites inside communist East Germany. . Envoy to Vienna talks meets with polish officials Warsaw Poland a a . Envoy to the Central european talks on reducing conventional forces has met with Palish officials the official new Agency Pap said saturday. Robert Blackwill . Ambassador to the Mutual and balanced Force reduction talks in Vienna aug Tria met Friday with Jan Kynast a Deputy foreign minister and Slawomir Dabrowa director of the for eign ministry department for studies and program Ming Pap said. Details were not available the Vienna talks Between nato and Warsaw pact representatives have been under Way for 13 years. $28 million designated for anti aids Campaign London a the government said Friday it has earmarked about $28 million for an anti aids publicity Blitz that will include explicit commercials aimed at High risk groups. Announcing the Campaign in parliament social services Secretary Norman Fowler said a special authority would be set up next year within Britain National health service to Deal exclusively with the killer  Cabinet official however rejected suggestion that visitors should be screened for aids at airports and he said no decision has been made on a recommendation by the government s chief medical officer risk about the dangers of aids or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Male homosexuals and intravenous drug abusers Are the groups at highest risk Al though there is evidence the disease also can be spread heterosexually. India police seize radios of rebel support group Madras India a police said saturday that they had seized All the communications equipment of tamil militant groups based Here snapping the link used to direct guerrilla Battles in sri Lanka. Yes we have taken All their radio equipment Ulok. Mohandas police chief of tamil Nadu mate he refused to  raided about a dozen rebel bases in the South Ern Indian state and seized the equipment in a Daylong operation Friday. _ this is a severe blow to us. We Are totally Oil of from our comrades in sri  said a took Bunin for the liberation tigers of tamil Edam. The tue snare the strongest of the groups fighting for an Independent tamil slate in in Lanka the Island nation on Southeast India. Japan reports collision of 2 soviet Navy ships Tokyo a a japanese defense i dial Friday said two soviet Navy vessels othe soya Strait Between hokkaido and the soviet u land of Sakhalin in july but no major damage a reported. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the Accident occurred when a four vend soviet Fleet was turning around while sailing toward the Kraft at Dawn on july 17. During the Man Euver a soviet Kara Dan Crul Lerand a Kashin Dau destroyer second and third in line collided with each other the official  two Veseli each sustained dents on the Bow but were Able to Bead for the soviet naval Pott of Vladivostok under their own Power another defense Agency source said  
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