European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 38 the stars and stripes sunday november 30, 1936 India accepts offer from Union Carbide Bhopal India a the Indian Jovern men saturday accepted Union Carbide corp offer to set aside $3 billion in assets until a court hands Down a Tina judgment on Bhopal Gas disaster government s suit against Union Carbide seeks s3.11 billion in damages for the 2,347death and 40,000 serious injuries caused by the dec. 3. 1984, Gas leak from a Carbide pesticide Plant in Bhopal. Seoul riot police crush rallies by opposition Seoul South Korea a riot police oiled an anti government protest in Seoul sat urday by sealing off a downtown Park and firing ear Gas but the massive show of Force sparked clashes throughout the capital. Police announced that by evening they had detained 1,937 people in 24 separate demonstrations in Small scale demonstrations continued into late hours after the government of president Hun Don Hwan mobilized an estimated 70,000 police to crush an opposition sponsored rally with it plan for a Public rally foiled by the massive police turnout. South Korea s main opposition party saturday threatened a militant Campaign to overthrow the min woo head of the main opposition new Korea democratic party angrily told re porters the government roust heed Calls for constitutional Reform. Nasa says rocket finally ready for liftoff Cape canaveral Fla. Up Engi neers Are confident that a powerful aus Cen Taur rocket after eight delays is finally ready for Blastoff thursday on a flight that would Mark Nasa s fourth successful launch this rocket carrying a military communications satellite originally was scheduled for launch May 22, but the liftoff was repeatedly put on hold because of Nasa s conservative philos Ophy since the challenger disaster and two other rocket now is set for dec. 4 at 9 04 . Freon cutback pro to preserve Ozone posed layer Washington up 1tw world resource Institute called saturday for a global agreement to reduce production of freon Type gases by one third and Taxon the gases in the United states to help preserve Earth s vital Ozone layer. In a report issued on the eve of in International meeting on the Issue a Geneva the non profit policy research Center said the puzzling appearance of a Hole in the atmospheric Ozone layer Over Antarctica proves the necessity for taking action now eve though Many questions remain. Ozone is vital to life on Earth because it is the Only Gas in the atmosphere that fillers out dangerous Ultra Violet radiation from the Sun. The environmental Protection Agency estimate that for every i percent Ozone decrease in the Atmo sphere there could be 20,000 More skin cancer cases annually in the United states. The danger to the Ozone layer comes largely from gases called chlorofluorocarbons or rfcs. What Csc enter the atmosphere they eventually maket Bete Way into the stratosphere 6 to is Miles High whew most of the Ozone a. Ultraviolet sunlight there Breaks Down tha a for and releases chlorine atoms which Tan comatas reaction that destroys Ozone molecules Alan Miller an Institute Cornu Tuntland co bulb Orff the report said the proposed is a Pound to on chs would provide the six companies that make the pm in the United slates a dear economic signal that they must search for substitutes for the Gate. The report said such a tax would not noticeably raise the Cost of most Csc uses. The United states was planning to enter the program meeting set to Start monday in Geneva with a proposal to freeze emissions an therefore production at or near current level at the first step of a Long term environmental program. Iran from Page 1 weeks that they had tapes of Mcfarlane s conversations and have threatened to publish the transcripts or distribute the tapes. The newspaper which has close lies with Premie Andreas Papandreou s socialist government said the tapes reveal the United slates supplied Iran with Mili tary equipment Worth As much As 11.3 billion. It claimed Washington had agreed to Supply Ira with equipment Worth $5 billion. From the Money paid by the persians j2 million was Given to the pro iranian terrorist group islamic jihad in Beirut for the release of hostages the newspaper wrote. President Reagan has acknowledged sending weapons to Iran As part of an 18-month Effort to improve relations with so called moderate elements in that country s revolutionary leadership. He has said Only Small amounts of weapons were involved but he gave no details. Reagan denied that the weapons were sent As part of Adeal to gain release for americans held in Lebanon by underground shiite moslem groups Loyal to Iran. Three americans have been released by lebanese kidnappers since september 1985, and six remain missing in Leb anon. Islamic jihad has said it holds two of the Mima americans associated press reporter Terry Anderson and educator Thomas Sutherland and killed t third Diplomat William Buckley. The Athens newspaper said Mcparlane met with the iranian parliament speaker Hashemi Kat Sanjana and Ayatollah Hussein All Montazeri who has men designated As Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini s successor. It said Mcfarlane began bin visits in september 1983 and ended them this month. The first shipment of mib taryequipmenttoiranwasmaderamaylw5, his last visit the newspaper claimed Mcfarlane was accompanied by � cargo of High technology spares for iranian it said Mcfarlane stayed for five Days in a Villa Ina suburb of the Penman capital and bad daily communication with the american also demanded that the United states continue its arms shipments even after the secret negotiation Between the two countries were revealed this month or it would disclose the contents of the tapes Dimock Raikos logos claimed. The paper said Iran told the United states to cease shipping arms through Israel because of Arab reaction and instead use american bases in Western Europe. Panel from Page 1 possibly related to the investigation be destroyed or removed from government custody. All hearings will be dosed to the Public Currie Taid that a new disclosure has added importance to the Fri s current Effort to determine whether key documents relating to the army Deal were shredded. According to knowledgeable while House wines Reagan s arms shipments to Iran were authorized in documents prepared outside the Normal National Security Council channels used for the most Achcet . Operations sources said that the three Security Council offi cers assigned to prepare All presidential findings documents authorizing secret . Effort to influence event abroad were never told about Reagan t Jan uary 1966 approval of the inn shipments. Coupled with earlier revelations of limited record keeping by 14. Col Oliver North a Security Council official fat the Center of the iranian operation the Dis closure raise questions about White House Assurance that duplicates of All key documents Are kept in systematic Central filet. Abc news reported Friday that the hearings will open monday with the Cia As the first target the network Laid a specific inquiry will study the legality of Cia flight of weapons to Iran before Reagan approved too a said Casey told the committee previously that the Cia hat Only incomplete records of the it tech Coly flew to Iran in november 198s and that the Agency did not know the cargo included the Senate panel investigation which the commit., acknowledged has formally begun is on of several probes by Senate and House committee. The House intelligence committee also a Fol subpoena several peo ple said Capitol Hill sources speaking on condition of Likely targets of the investigations Are North the Marine officer who Meese said oversaw the Ira arms deals from his National Security Council Post vice adm. John Poindexter former National Security adviser and North s Boss and Robert Mcfarlane Poindexter s predecessor As Reagan s National Security adviser. Poi Dexler has been in his old White House office since hit resignation tuesday and unlike North has not been barred from the White House the Bosto Globe reported saturday. North who ran the program supplying Money to the nicaraguan rebels was fired tuesday by Reagan and Poindexter resigned a Meese announced the link be tween the programs. Leahy said Friday he believes that North did no tact on nit own in the alleged Iraa Contra scheme although Leahy did t say Bow he knew that or who gave North his orders. Two other House committees increased pressure on the White House far More information about the Case. The House foreign affairs committee wrote Rea Gan to ask that the panel be provided with relevant papers. The House judiciary criminal Justice subcommittee released a report supporting the panel s Call for appointment of an Independent special prosecutor to investigate possible violations of . Laws. In other developments source in Iran familiar with the internal work Ings of the government say that As Many at 20 plane loads of american weapons were delivered to Iran in May when Mcfarlane Bunlot in Santa Barbara Catic White House spokesman Dan Howard declined to comment but he said it sounds like Bow at. To Howard told the Boston Globe that Poindexter unlike North was not barred from the White House and bad been there removing Only Hia personal by Cong North was relieved of nil duties Howard Lold the newspaper. The situation is somewhat differ ent than the Admiral Poindexter s wife who answered the phone at bit House told the newspaper her husband would not talk to the press. White House chief of staff Donald Regan said that the White House is reviewing candidates to replace Poindexter. He declined to directly comment on a re port in the los Angeles times that David m. Abt fake former . Ambassador to nato and John f. Lefco Man jr., Secretary of the Navy Are the leading Candi date."1 have no comment on that. We Are still Atherine i our list we have a list of Fine candidates and we a vibe selecting one soon Regan told reporter in a Tatj Barbara. The Post in saturday edition citing an wok identified source reported that then Secretary of Staw Alexander m. Haig or. In 1981 granted approval Lor f Israel to ship .-made military spare parti and i Airt Fer plane tires to Iran. A spokesman for Haig told up Post that the former Secretary denied the Alic Tationa a . Officials reacted coolly to an offer by i Rafi Anjani Iran parliament speaker that Siraaj Hill helping 6� ult cottage in by anon if the United slates tends More weapon. We Are handing by the president t remark of lift week that no More . Arms would be told to Iraq said a Sutt department official. Republican sen. Larry prettier called sat the resignation of Regan laying he edit Chiaet 1 arrogance of Power and should gave known Transfer of iranian armale profit to p Guan rebels. Regan cant slip out of Thia one the South 1senator Taid in an interview. If he did t pm Raould the senator one of Reagan s it Rontu Vaince the army tale rid Ifon " defending the president and urged Reagan to
