European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 28 the stars and stripes monday. February 16,1937 panel reviews Summit s confusion Washington a president Reagan was poorly prepared for the Summit meeting Las octo Ber and the two Day meeting ended with an astonishing degree of confusion about potential nuclear arms control agreements the House armed service com nil ice said sunday. The upon by the democratic controlled panel was sharply critical of Reagan and his administration citing confusion and Dis Putes among . Officials about the wide ranging arms Corrol proposals discussed and almost accepted by Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Four months after the meeting there instill an astonishing degree of confusion surrounding what actually happened an what the two Leaden discussed and nearly agreed to. The report said. With the value of Hindsight in is Possi ble to suggest that the Reagan administration was ill prepared for the negotiations i participated in and consequently would have been ill served had its product Brenac copied the panel said. The report was based on a series of hearings held by the committee s defense policy panel which listened to a variety of witnesses including several . Participants in inc Iceland Summit last oct. 11-12. White House officials declined com ment on the report saying they had not yet seen in. Rep. Law a pin d-wis., chairman of the panel said. The Complete record from the decision to accept the soviet invitation to the Effort to put a favourable spin on inc outcome shows the Whitehouse in confusion and sweeping . Proposals for deep reductions in nuclear arsenals were never studied in Advance by the Pentagon for their Impact on the military balance Aspin said. This table now study late approach is symptomatic of the whole the Summit was proposed by the so Viets and accepted by Reagan in late sep tember. The panel s report noted that the announcement of a Summit to take place in less than two weeks astonished most observers. Reagan s longstanding and considerable opposition to unprepared summits was Well the report noted that the Summit came in the Wake of the soviet release of american journalist Nicholas Dan loft arrested for allegedly possessing Classi fied material and the . Release of Gennady Zakharov a , employee arrested for is yet to be a convincing exp a nation of the administration s claim that there was no Trade of Oani Tolt for a Sovi cd spy nor any linkage Between the sum Mit and the entire Danil olt affair inc report the time the Summit was announced and the time he meeting began administration officials failed to Consul with . Allies or to study the military implications of . Proposals the report Reagan and Gorbachev met the . Side expected the Agenda to delimited to thing a future Summit Date and trying la ail Down the Una stages of a treaty limiting atomic tipped mis Siles in Europe the report , Gorbachev proposed sweep ing reductions in superpower stockpiles and Reagan responded with proposals that were even More wide ranging the report noted. In the immediate aftermath of the two Days of meeting . Officials described the Summit As a failure and said sweep ing plans for deep cuts in atomic arsenals were derailed by Gorbachev s efforts to scuttle Reagan s Star wars anti mis Sile research plan. Reagan said he re fused to scale Back his plan known for Mally As the strategic defense initiative but the administration quickly changed the Way the Summit was portrayed the report said and tried Lopre sent it As a near Success rather than failure. In the Rush to put a positive spin on events in Reykjavik the administration succeeded Only in contradicting itself and spreading the impression of confusion and disarray the committee Between the two sides Over what was agreed upon were spurred by an inability of the United Stales to present a coherent picture of the Summit events the report said. Administration officials directly contradicted one another Over such important issues As what they had agreed to eliminate in 10 Yean ballistic missiles All nuclear weapons and whether they anticipate the breakdown Over the strategic defense initiative or the ultimate decision by Cor Baches to link All elements of the proposals discussed it review found that in the imme Diate aftermath of the meeting the More obvious conclusion is that the process moved too fast Progress went to far overshot its Mark and yielded the United states nothing but the appear Ance of confusion and frustration. Boy to go to Pittsburgh await liver transplant Miami a a dying 7-year-old boy whose plight moved thousands of strangers to pledge $400.000 will be flown to Pittsburgh on tuesday Roget in line for a liver transplant that might save his life his Mother said at a news conference Ai Miami children s Hospital and at children s Hospital of Pittsburgh scheduled Ronnie dcsillers1 Transfer to Pittsburgh so he could undergo a physical exam to determine i the operation can be performed. Ronnie s Mother Maria said he has Only about six months to live without the transplant and a computer match up of available livers to waiting children usually likes six to 18 months. I m furling a War against a clock she see it All the time. Every Day that passes by is a Day i Don t have to work a liver becomes available it goes to the most compatible candidate on the wailing list spokeswoman at children s Hospital of Pitts Burgh said. About 90 children Are on the waiting list Tor a transplant she said Israel made official ally by Reagan administration Tel Aviv Israel a prime minister Yitzhak Shamir said sunday the Reagan administration has elevated Israel to the status of official officials said this could mean expanded military cooperation Between the two said on Israel radio that the new relation ship would put Israel on a Par with non nato allies like Japan Australia South Korea and Egypt he then left fora 110-Day visit in the United officials confirmed that Secretary of state George Shutlz and Secretary of defense Caspa Weinberger sent the israeli government a letter last week stating that Congress had been informed that Israel was granted the status of official ally. An israeli official said Israel would have preference in signing defense contracts with Ameri Ca s european allies. The daily a Aarau said that could mean $200 million to 1300 million a year in research and development contracts but the official called that estimate exaggerated. German ship halts voyage to Iran Bonn api a German Shin has broken off i strip to Iran following allegations that it is carrying an illegal Toad of ammunition a transport ministry spokesman said sunday. The ship the Gretl stopped its voyage at the request of its German owners the Jucar gun Stehmer shipping company transport ministry spokesman Berndl Bial Rcck said. The transport ministry also had sent a telex to the ship on Friday evening ordering it to turn around and enter the first european economic Community said inc ship is in inc Mediterranean but the German government still does not know its exact whereabouts or the exact nature of its cargo. The German transport Union said Friday that the ship left the portuguese port of Sel Ubal on feb. 6 and was on its Way to the iranian port of Bandar Abbas with a Load of ammunition. German Law bans Capone of arms and ammunition no countries Ai War. The ban extends to German ships even if they arc sailing for third Union statement on Friday said the 4,300-Lon Gretl was chartered by the danish company j. . Shiites ease refugee Camp siege Beirut Lebanon up the shiite moslem amal militia announced it was partially lifting its siege of a palestinian refugee Camp in Southern Lebanon sunday but . Officials still sought vital food for a beleaguered Beirut Camp. Amal militiamen also allowed 25 women and Chil Dren to leave the besieged South Beirut Bouri Al Baraj Nch refugee Camp sunday after another night of sporadic clashes with the trapped guerrillas of inc devastated Shantytown witnesses said. Ambulances and trucks evacuated 13 wounded and 125 others out of Ras Hidiyeh saturday and Relief official backed by iranian mediators hoped a Convoy loaded with flour would be Able to push in sometime sunday. A palestinian guerrilla spokesman welcomed the Par tial lifting of the siege from Ras Hidiyeh and linked the move to the iranian influence in Southern Lebanon. The iranians in the Tyre area Are alone As a Region Al political Power unlike in the Beirut area where others such As the syrians have a similar powerful presence the palestinian spokesman said. He did not elaborate. Gemayel from Page 1 Frey Howe. Its con tents were not disclosed. Hezbollah the party of god has denied it is holding Waite. It was the first time any of Lebanon s militia Leader named a specific party in connection with the disappearance of Waite who dropped out of sight on his Way to a secret meeting with the islamic jihad Kidnap pers of to americans. Jumblatt had guaranteed to protect the anglican envoy and gave him bodyguards. But Waite dismissed them before heading off Jan. 20. Militia sources have said Waite was seized when Adeal to Swap at least one of the americans for one of 17 iraqis and lebanese jailed in Kuwait for a series of bombings there in december 1983 moslem Leader Mohammed Medhi Secre tary general of the National Council on islamic affairs said we Are Here to secure the release of Terry Waite. Some two thousand lebanese hostages and the25 or so Western Mehdi currying letters from relatives to american hos tages Terry Anderson Frank Reed and Joseph Cicippio said he did not believe he would follow Waite in becom ing a mediator turned prisoner because he is moslem. We arc calling on America and the american peo ple to Stop All their military Aid to the arabs and Israel in the interests of peace said Mehdi blaming .intervention As the Root cause of the hostage taking. Speaking in an interview at his West Beirut hotel the american moslem official said be had defied a state department ban on . Passport holders travel ing to and in Lebanon because he believed it was in of the ban face a $2,000 Fine and live years in prison. Woman from Page 1 the other woman because he spend so much Lime with in pal Casteel said. He sets More of that air plane than he docs of fat Casteri s name for the Jet and arose Are now painted on the Side of the air plane. Air Force units throughout Safe have been adding the schemes to their planes in the world War 11 tradition of giving nicknames to air planes. I m real proud to have my wife s idea transferred 10 reality on this aircraft Casteel said. This makes me feel Tike i m part of his work Pat Casteel said since i can t come out to the flight line to see him he now has something at work to remind him of me. Ill Lake a Back scat to this kind of woman she said. At least 1 Don t have to worry about him going out. 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