European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday. December 14,1886 Canada orders investigation of alleged link to arms sales Toronto a the government protested what it called the United states failure to provide in formal Ion on the possible involvement of Canadian businessmen in . Arms sales to inn and ordered its own investigation. Deputy prime minister Don Mazankowski Friday told parliament that external affairs minister Joe Clark has spoken Wilh . Secretary of state George Shutlz in an Effort to learn More about a possible Ca Nadian link. He said the Canadian government Aiso has contacted the Cia the Senate intelligence committee and the . And israeli embassies in Ottawa. Canadian Law bans arms sales to Iran but officials in Ottawa Friday said there was no immediate Evi Dence any Canadian Laws were broken. However Mazankowski said the Royal Canadian mounted police began investigating the allegation saturday. He did not identify the targets of the probe and police refused to disclose any details. Clark s spokesman. Bill Chambers said a protest note was delivered to the state department in Washington expressing deep concern for the Lack of information we have received on any Canadian connection and asked that the situation be the Canadian connection was first disclosed wednesday during congressional testimony by Cia director William Casey. Speaking to reporters later Casey said new York businessman Roy Frimark told him oct. 1 that Ca Nadian investors were threatening a lawsuit because they Only received Sio million of $20 million anticipated from financing an iranian arms transaction. On Friday the Wall Street journal said Toronto businessmen Donald Franr and Ernest Miller provided up to j10 million in credit to saudi arms trader Adnan Khash Oggi for sales to Iran. Sen. David Durenberger. Chairman of the . Sen ate intelligence committee said in Washington later Friday that a couple of canadians were involved in the deals but he did not say How or identify them. The Canadian press quoted him As saying it s not a Canadian involvement. It s individuals. I Don t even think of them As canadians. I mean they were a couple of Guys with some Bucks who wanted to multiply them Mazankowski dismissed Many published reports As unconfirmed speculation. He said details of Casey s and Furmark s testimony have not been shared with Canada. My understand ing is that it would be contrary to . Law he told parliament s House of commons. Mazankowski said there was no indication the Rea Gan administration had deliberately withheld information from Canada. The Deputy Premier and Allan Gottlieb Canada s ambassador to the United states said the government knew nothing about a Canadian involvement in the arms Deal until last week. App Toloa sign to checkpoint Charlie reads caution net cuing at left contains mechanism for new Barrier. East germans build new barriers of Berlin s checkpoint Charlie Berlin a communist East German authorities in East Berlin were adding new barriers at the Berlin Wall s checkpoint Charlie crossing to West Ber Lin on Friday in an apparent attempt to reduce the chances of escape to the West. An a reporter at the scene noticed a new Iron Chain on the Eastern Side of the checkpoint and saw East German guards putting into place a new electrically powered Gate that would further restrict the flow of vehicles and pedestrians. Checkpoint Charlie is mainly used by foreigners an diplomats and is manned by . Soldiers on the Western Side of this divided East West City. Berlin has been under Allied occupation administration since 1945, with it Eastern sector controlled by the soviets and East Ger mans. . Military guards on the Western Side of Check Point Charlie declined comment on the East German activity at the crossing. Allied spokesmen could no immediately be reached for comment. There Are already Iron Gates and other barriers on the Eastern Side of the Wall. But the newly installed barriers Are apparently de signed to prevent further dramatic escapes similar to the one on aug. 29, when an East German crashed his truck through the barriers. Hans Joachim Pofahl drove his truck through a Hail of builds fired by East German sentries and Over the harriers to reach West Berlin with his Girlfriend and daughter huddling on the floor of the vehicle. They were not injured. Escapes from East Germany to the West have sharply increased this year the new Chain stretches Between the Wall and the electrical Power unit for the Gate installed two Days ago. The new Gate is two Yards of hand the demarcation line in communist territory. The new set of chains and Gate Are apparently aimed at restricting the flow of vehicles and limiting the approach of pedestrians to one Point. The Vairien also appeared w separate incoming from outgoing traffic. World Toci missing soviet station in Antarctica discovered Moscow a a soviet Antarctic re search station that disappeared in Early october has been found intact the official news Agency Tass reported a Yuzhnaya a station sitting atop an ice Floe vanished when a giant pack of Ioe broke away from a Glacier Ana earned the unmanned station with said German specialists aboard a Ger Man icebreaker spotted the station and radioed that it appeared to be said observations made by helicopters and a Landing on the 120-mile-Iong ice Floe confirmed the station was undamaged. It said a soviet vessel will be sent to investigate and determine no much equipment should be evacuated. Leftists Battle police during protest in Rome Rome up communist extremists forced a Street Bailie with police Friday during a student demonstration at Rome University that was staged As a gesture of Solidarity with French students. Police said some 300 infiltrators from the pro communist non student autonomy extremist organization joined 3,000 student marchers and threw stones and empty bottles at police. The police responded by firing tear Gas canisters at the rioters who scattered along streets flanking the University and tried to set up makeshift barn Cades. Another group of extremists entered Ute courtyard of the University and hurled stones a police. Police reported no injuries or arrests. Wii bombing Pilot Raf Leader Dies at 74 London o be amputated. Although he was right handed. Walker remained in the service and commanded Raf bases throughout the remainder of the War dutch Cabinet oks Sale of subs to saudi Arabia the Hague Netherlands a the cab inet Friday approved a dutch shipyard s bid to sell six i Csc powered submarines to saudi Ara Bia. Premier Ruud Lubbers Center right governing coalition agreed to Issue a preliminary Export License required for the Rotterdam dry Dock co. To enter its ii.3 billion bid to build the submarines which would be saudi Arabia s Fini. The company in which the government is a. Majority shareholder faces Tough Competition from German British and French bidders for the saudi contract according to dutch news reports. Students in Spain protest plan to hike College fees Madrid Spain up High school Stu dents Friday called a nationwide one Day strike wednesday to protest the socialist to raise University fees and stiffen Entrance requirements. A spokesman for the leftist students Union said the san pc was aimed at pressing the govern ment to allow students who pass University exams to enter the University of their Choice. The students also Are demanding the abolition 01 fees at the country s 30 state universities i Myers is in cd chm�1 a belweeo35,300 and 50,000 pesetas $26i andj370. About 12 percent of Spain s 1.3 million High school student gun entry to slate year
