European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday february 19, 1987 filipino denies american hiring vets to train soldiers Cam cast an de a Philippines and the Mil Crary chief of staff wednesday dismissed As baloney a report hat wired . Maj Gen. John k. Singlaub was recruiting Vietnam War veterans to train philippine so Jim in . Cion. Fidi a v. Ramos was responding in a sunday report in the Philadelphia inquirer Hil said Singlaub had recruited 37 mercenaries and some were already in the country. The report was carried wednesday in Manila news papers. The new api1 armed forces of he Philippines hits nothing to do with Singlaub Ramos Jold report ers. He had nothing to do with us before. He has nothing to do with us now. And he will never have anything to do with us in the  he called the report a lot of  Ramos said he met Singlaub in  last july for a Courtesy Call and they talked Only about their Corn mor experiences As combat veterans. Ramos is a West Point graduate who served in the korean War and in a non combatant Post in Vietnam there was no request from our part to do anything for us and neither did he request us to do anything for  Ramos said. Hamo said he did not know if other filipino Mili tary officials met Singlaub but if they had. They were not authorized to do so. He added Singlaub May have dealt with some people in the outer  Singlaub who has boasted of supplying arms to Nicaragua s Contra Rob ctr has been identified in various reports As having links with Ami communist groups opposed to president Corazon Aquino. . Embassy spokesman Al Croghan said Singlaub is in the country As a private citizen looking for trea sure reportedly buried by japanese occupation troops in world War ii and has no connection with the . Government. Sin Jatib i role in the Philippines has been the subject fishy speculation by the Manila press. " we Are not his sponsor Ramos said. We do not k Low Why he is Here,.,. But certainly we arc capable  in training our own people in regard to Conn  soviet leaves ship seeks Asylum norrkop1ng, Sweden a a soviet Sailor slipped away from his ship in a swedish port and asked for Asylum. Police said wednesday. The Sailor a second mate from Leningrad came 10 Norr Koping South of Stockholm feb. 10 aboard the soviet vessel Sibirsky. When members of the Crew thursday were allowed to disembark to do some shop Ping the Sailor slipped away and tried to Hitchhike to Stockholm. A Driver who picked him up understood hat he wanted to Gei in touch ill the police and drove him 10 the nearest police station arc Jar cd. Spokes Man for Norr Koping police said. The 28-year-old Sailor who was not identified by name cited political reasons for leaving his native country. He said he was Noi subjected to political persecution in the soviet Union but disliked the soviet system a Rhode said. The defector left his wife and a 3-year-old son be Hind he said. Officials from the soviet embassy in Stockholm visited Norr coping police Friday but the defector refused to meet with them. He left them a letter in which he declared he wanted to slay in Sweden Jarede said. I world today Toyota recalling vehicles for faulty wire harnesses Tokyo a Toyota motor corp., Japan s larg est automaker will recall More than 31,000 vehicles because of a defective wire harness in diesel engines. The defective wire harnesses could cause 3 Short Cir Cuit officials said. A transport ministry official said wednesday that the vehicles include the Corona Mark ii Corona Mark ii vans Chaser and Cresta All produced Between july i9s4 and july 1986. Of the vehicles to be recalled about 2,000 cars were exported to 36 nations mainly to Costa Rica Bel Gium the Netherlands Finland and Paraguay the offi Cial said. He said none had been exported to the United slates Canada Britain or Australia. The vehicles will be recalled by May 18 to Correct the defect she official said. Self styled negotiator urged to leave Beirut Beirut Lebanon