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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes saturday november 29.1986 a photo bumper to bumper parking spice is hard la find in hew Tyndorf Switzerland. People from outlying areas travelled to dts Bundorf which is just outside Zurich to see a military Parade. Soviet Leader says . Scorns arms control new Delhi Radii a soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Friday said the untied states it showing its contempt for Arm control by breaching the Salt ii treaty with the deployment of another b-52 bomber Able to carry nuclear missiles. Gorbachev made his comments at a news Confer ence before resuming to Moscow. He and his wife Raisa were seen off at the Airport by prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and his wife Soma. The soviet Leader who arrived in India tuesday said he had heard news reports that the United states planned to put into operation the 131st b-52 bomber capable of carrying cruise missiles exceeding the limit of the 1979 Salt ii agreement. Gorbachev said he had not been officially informed of the deployment by the american government if this is True at this time they Are demonstrating contempt for this important treaty also for the abm treaty he said. We regard this As a major mistake which will make it More difficult to search for the approaches for Dinar  the Salt ii treaty was signed in 1979 by then president Carter but was never ratified by the . Senate. Its limits however have been followed by the United Stales and the soviet Union. The Reagan administration said it was making the move because of what it called continued soviet violations of disarmament treaties. While soviet spokesmen have already condemned the . Breach of Salt ii it Wai the fint reaction from Gorbachev himself. Most of the other questions at the Newt conference dealt with Bijj Haniffan Gorbachev would not give a timetable for the withdrawal of soviet troops from Afghanistan but Laid we cannot accept or tolerate a Situa Tion in which our troops. Will remain in  Britain forced to give documents about ml5 to australian judge Sydney Australia a the British govern ment on Friday handed Over to an australian judge secret documents he had demanded about the British counter espionage Agency mis. Theo Simos representing the British government in its attempt 10 prevent publication of a Book by Peter Wright handed the documents to Justice Philip Powell in the supreme court of new South Wales. Wright is a former British mis agent who retired in Australia. Powell on thursday ordered the documents to be produced and criticized Britain for attempting to sup press them. The documents Are believed to contain mi5 assess ments of previous books on the intelligence Agency and allegations that some former mis operatives were Trai Ctm Man sir Robert Amsi Ramg inn n  sin Ricks Wright s Book spy Catcher contains allegations that sir Roger Hollis a former director of mis was a soviet mole. Judge Powell ordered the hearing into closed session Only 10 minutes after it opened Friday when attorney Malcolm Trumbull resumed Cross examination of sir Robert Armstrong the British government s key wit Ness in the hearing. Trumbull is representing Wright and Heinemann publishers. Armstrong is Secretary to the British cab inet Britain s top civil servant and prime minister Margartt Thatcher s chief adviser on Security matters the British government is seeking to prevent publication of the Book because it claims Wright is the first former mis agent to have written a Book on the British Security service Armstrong has claimed the Wright Book would be More damaging to mis because he was an insider. Another Book with similar allegations about Hollis their Trade is treachery was published in 1981. The Book by English journalist Chapman Pincher was approved by the British government in a statement released in Sydney earlier this week Wright claimed he had been flown to London in 1980 where sir Victor Rothschild a former head of mi6 Britain s International spy network had invited him to talk to Pincher. The British government does not acknowledge the existence of Mig. Wright said he bad been paid for giving Pincher information about Hollis and other mis agents. Armstrong admitted in court the British government had seen proofs of Pincher s Book eight weeks before its publication but bad not tried to Slop publication despite Armstrong s advice. Armstrong said Thatcher had seen a Security assess ment of the Pincher Book. Two Days after its release she told parliament the Book had cleared Houi of being a soviet agent. Wright is expected to give evidence next week at the hearing which resumes monday. Japan s accous hits record $55 billion Tokyo a Law posted thai Kilt in count surplus of si.21 Biti Ioa in october boost ing the total far the Fatt seven month of fiscal 1986 to a unprecedented 55.6 billion the finance ministry reported  seven months current account surplus a Broad measure of Trade in goods services and trans Fer payments exceeded the total current account surplus for the entire fiscal year 1985 of$5s,02 Bil lion. The japanese fiscal  i the october surplus was the second largest monthly current account surplus following a re Cord j9.ll billion posted in  s Overall Trade surplus in october reached its second highest monthly level at $8.72 billion compared with september s record figure of 19,80 billion. Britain China agree on civil workers pension peking a the fifth round of sino British talks on Hong Kong ended Friday alter the two tides agreed on government pensions and discussed Hong Kong i International status after it returns to chinese Rule in 1997. The joint Liaison group said in a statement the delegation had reached full agreement on the Issue of pensions for government employees after1997. Be Zai Shuo director of the Hong Kong and Macao affairs office of the foreign ministry and Bead of China s delegation told reporters after the three Day meeting that Hong Kong citizens Are entitled to enjoy existing retirement pensions after 1997 regardless of whether they stay in Hong  Poland criticizes czechs for Oder River Oil spill Prague Czechoslovakia a rude Provo the communist party daily Friday re ported that up to 160 metric tons of fuel Oil had flowed into the Oder River last week and said Poland had criticized czech official for failure to give Early warning of the disaster. Czechoslovakian newspapers initially reported 30 ions of fuel Oil with High Fulfur Content had been discharged from a Lime and Cemen factory at Tranice into the Lucina which flows into the Ostravich River a tributary of the Oder the Oder or Odra in czech and polish enters Poland near the mining town of Ostrava in Northern Moravia and flows through Poland and East Germany into the Baltic. Ireland wants shutdown of British nuclear Plant Dublin Ireland a Ireland s Deputy prime minister has called for an International Campaign to persuade Britain to shut Down the Sellafield Nudera reprocessing Plant after the accidental discharge of Low level radioactive waste into the Irish  Spring who also is Ireland Energy min ister announced the Campaign thursday night hours after 50,000 Gallons of iow4evef waste containing mainly radioactive cerium was re leased into the Tea from the Plant on England Northwest Cumbria coast. British nuclear fuels which operates Sella Field Friday said an operational error led to the Watte being discharged from a storage Lank before being tested for radiation Levels. A Boardo inquiry has been set up to investigate. 54 drown in China River when tour boat capsizes peking up a boat loaded Wilk tourists capsized on a River in Southern Gui Bou province killing 54 people chinese television reported  in Dott occurred nov. 16 and was caused when Chen Zhenjiang owner of the private tour boat overloaded Bis Craft the news broadcast Aid. The report did not say whether there were any  authorities ire investigating the Accident and several team Wen engaged in the Nevue operation the report said  
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