European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 is the stars and stripes saturday january 24,1987 British reports of spy satellite fuel hot debate London up a furious Politi Cal Dis Tilc erupted thursday Over Dis closures that Britain was planning smelly to launch its firs spy satellite to Monitor the soviet Union new statesman Magazine reported the ministry of defense without parliaments knowledge had commissioned Britain s 500 million Pound about $750million satellite to be positioned Over the soviet Union and bunched aboard . Space shuttle. Under parliamentary rules a House of commons budgetary committee should receive Advance word on All major de tense expenditures costing More than 250 million pounds Aboul s375 million but in was not notified about the satellite. Investigative journalist Dunca Campbell Dikeov Rcd the project s exis tence and made a film on it Lor the government supported British broadcasting corp. The network s director general ban edit because of National Security considerations. But the journalist revealed misinformation in thursday s edition of new article said the satellite code named Zircon would feature a Gigantic umbrella like dish enabling it to be an electronic listening Post in space Able to eavesdrop on soviet. European and mid dle Eastern communications and beam them Back to a British communications monitoring satellite originally planned to be temperatures i 1a a3 10 913 is a 40 � 3s m m34 14 31 3t of 1315 35 16 2fi57 � n 97 launched in 19s8 but put Hack because of last year s shuttle disaster was to be positioned Over the Central soviet Union the Magazine said. It quoted former ministry of defens officials As saying the new satellite was commissioned because Britain need Dan Independent communications spying Post and wanted to keep up with the United states to maintain a special relationship on ministry of defense thursday would Only confirm there is a classified communications project in its preliminary stages and no decision has Bee taken whether the project will continue beyond its present it refused today How much the project would Cost if Advance of the publication. Foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe gave confidential briefings on the project to key opposition labor party members including its Leader Neil Kinlock who bit Terly criticized the government for in competence in allowing the leak. "1 can appreciate How National Security can be affected by the publication of this material and the showing of such film to the general Public Ken Nock minister Margaret Thatcher condemned the publication and said unfortunately for All of us there seem to be people More inheres cd in trying to ferret out and reveal information at use to our enemies than preserving the de sense interests of this country and thus Ibe Freedom which we All caught on camera a Phon Darren sullen is filmed by bin Security camera a he holds an unidentified woman hostage while Rob Bing a Bank in London. Thit picture wan later shown on National to Dur ing a crime prevention program. Sul Len we in i by watching the television when he picture Flash on the screen. Moments later bit Llenas arrested when the off duty policeman seated nearby recognized him. A Dowde Security advisory no a to arrest of hijacking a Spect from stuff and my reports the defense into Ligens gency has issued a worldwide advisor that . Personnel should be Alert o a of increased risk a eur pm spokesman said thursday. The advisory sent out saturday is lied to the arrest in Germany or a lebanese Man suspected of participating in the1985 hijacking of Twa flight 847 from Rome to Athens a Pentagon official told the associated press. The hijackers killed . Navy diver Robert Stethem m Beirut Airport and held 39 american passengers hostage for17 Days. The United states is pressing Germany to extradite the Man for trial the Assumption Here is that there could be a terrorist response against the United states particularly if this Man transported from Germany to Wash if ton the source told the a. The Ore just advises everybody to Vei Hance and terrorists in Lebanon responded to Germany s arrest of the suspect i hammed Alt Hamadi by seize German businessmen in Beirut was arrested at he fran Fuen liquid explosives were _ his Luggage. He was latched to through " Geff Lun wednesday said Getmay proxy would not extra Dite the first business Man was Helo stage in Lebanon. Ger Man thursday still Hadnot it mfg Rcd the so kid kidnapping. N thursdays prosecutor said the Emra Ojon could Lake is the a reported. The German newspaper Bizow Poneman Anonymous caller telephoned its Frankfurt office wednesday and a that if Hamadi was not released a . Friday All americans in German it the a Are laying bombs in Frankfurt Tanau and Nuernberg Bild quoted the caller As saying. Officials refused to comment on the report. The defense intelligence Agency has issued a Dod wide advisory that All personnel should be Alert to a possible period of increased risk to . Personnel and that increased personal Security an vigilance is in order the Neucom spokesman . European come constantly evaluates the potential Security threat tits installations and people and adapts individual Security program to Sale guard . Interests with specific areas the Neucom spokesman said. While declining to discuss specific Security measures being taken the spake Nunn said the command encourages common sense precautions by All Neucom Personne Fand their Lam Liei missile raunch pod Covell fixed Heidelberg us modifications to lube Colfs on Usa eur s multiple launch Ket system were completed in 19grand Cost 1264,200, a Usa eur said thurs Day. Thirty percent of the modification costs f s67.37 per launch pod of six tube was paid by the army and the was paid by the contractor Ltd missiles and electronic group sol. Elayne Mcnema said. Changes in the covers were made to decrease the possibility of fragments deflecting the rockets fired from the mar spots. The old covers haphazardly Dis Persed in the air when rockets we relaunched. The modification allow the cover to split in the Middle and open out of the Way like a trapdoor. 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