European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 30, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 9 retired general urges new strategy contras cannot topple Sand a sos Gorman testifies before Senate panel Gen. Paul f. Gorman pit photo Washington api the former commander of . Military forces in Central America told Congress wednesday the Contra guerrillas cannot defeat the leftist sandinista government and he suggest that . Strategy in the Region should be overhauled. You re not going to Knock off the sandinista with a conventional armed Force and that s what the con iras arc retired army Gen. Paul of Gorman told the Senate armed services committee. The contras arc largely a Crow Border raiding Force not an unconventional warfare Force of the Type needed to beat the powerful military Force set up by the sandinista in recent years he said. Until Gorman retired a meeting Between Secretary of state George p. Shults and a leading South african Black nationalist produced Sharp disagreement on the need for violence and the degree of soviet penetration in the anti apart Heid struggle. Oliver Tambo president of the Afri can National Congress said wednesday night after the 50-minute state depart ment meeting that Shultz s concerns about possible soviet domination of the Anc Are unfounded. State department spokesman Charles Redman said Shutlz told Tambo a peace Ful settlement 10 South Africa s conflict can be achieved Only through negotiations and that the Pursuit of violence Wilt Only Lead to catastrophe for  Tambo countered that the Way to Stop our armed struggle is to Stop the apartheid  South african foreign minister . Botha said in a radio interview that he was satisfied with Shutlz s concern with Anc violence and tints with the soviet Union. Botha apparently referring to criticism by . Conservatives said he believed the meeting it a setback for the Anc the government controlled radio in South Africa carried extensive Ucer pts of the stale department remarks on the meeting focusing on Shultz s criticism of Anc tactics and communist links but did no mention Tambo a a crib is. He May not be quoted in South Africa under a provision of the internal Security act. Despite the disagreements Tambo seemed satisfied with the outcome of the first meeting a . Secretory of slate has Ever had with in Anc Leader in the group s 75-year history. There was Strong opposition to the meeting by some conservatives who look on the Anc As a terrorist Organiza Tion and believe the United Stales should Deal exclusively with More moderate South african groups. Sen. Bob Dole a Ksn said tuesday that tamp s meeting with Shutlz comes perilously close to sending the wrong kind of message on terrorism the same kind of message thai May have inadvertently been sent in our arms Deal Ings with  Shultz has said that the United slates if it is to play a constructive role in South Africa should be willing to meet with All parties including those whose tactics he opposes. South Africa has outlawed the Anc and claims much of its directorate u made up of communists or communist sympathizers. Tambo 69, who is reported to have Strong religious beliefs said he is not a communist. But much of the act military equipment is provided by the soviet Union. In addition Anc fighters receive raining at Camps in marxist Angola state department officials say. Hall Back in . Sim Nain Hill to l who Ert Dayi a Nam Frau a a Toru n Murat with i at torpor. Guy foot Uch. Nam Gnu Murtho Ritico a claimed die acc Matei Foj a Cap tured with the Tebit a Nap told Hall Ami Ide cd Tocio be