European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Mario Cuomo won t seek democratic nomination Page 5 q late Valentine messages see Center pages o Darling wins $1.050,000 contract from mets Page 21 authorized unofficial full cation fou the . Ahmed forc Covol. 45. No. 307 saturday february 21, 1987 td-., 0 8693 a Reagan stands by appointee with nazi link Washington Reagan stands behind fits appointment or John o. Koeh Lewnfi White House communications director his press Secretary suit Friday Taiho Ujah the administration had t known that As a 10-year-old in his native German. Kochler belonged to a nazi youth group. The spokesman Martin Fil Zwark. Said Kochler was an excellent Candi Date to succeed Patrick Buchanan whose resignation becomes effective March i on the h ins of his qual ill cations experience and recon mend Guions by he director at the . Information Agency Charlesl Wick and others. The White House announced the appointment of he former associated press executive on thursday. Joseph d. O Corm cil director of pub Lic affairs at the . Information Agency where Kochler served As a consultant said he did not know whether Wick knew about the youth group membership. Deputy presidential spokesman Albert a Brashear said Kochler met Friday Wilh White House personnel director Robert tulle but he said he could give no details of the meeting Filz Walrer said Kochler volunteered to Eccl with Tuttle to Sec hat All pans of his record arc clearly  after the meeting Kochler flew Home to Stamford Conn. Kochler acknowledging a report by dissident freed dissident hebrew teacher Josef begun was freed Friday from the soviet Union s clip Stop pro suit and tins i cd Iii d i family. Be gun wife Inna and son Doris rave led la the prison 600 Milts from Moscow in Grei l him on his release. Abc a Csc thursday night said he had Mongi u for is months when he was 10 years old to Jun Volk which he de scribed a the Hoy scouts run by the Ami i Ariy Filz Walcer said he talked to Kochler by Telephone after the Story was Broad Cusi and Kochler indicated he had mentioned the youth group in some material he had filled out although it was nol in Ilie resume that i  we were nol aware of it the spokes Man added. Kochler expressed anger at the news report about his membership in the group and said it was nol newsworthy it would be newsworthy if i was 30 years old and was a member of the is or the nazi party he said. If his is news Worth 1 what i did at age id then it was also newsworthy that 1 was married to a jewish woman. Does anybody do anything at age 10 thai really voluntary he said. You Don i even think for yourself then. My Hunch is somebody said it in  he said. It s just another thing to do in Ronald  Kochler. Who retired As an executive with the a in 1985, said his participation in the nazi group for six months As a youngster was irrelevant to his qualifications for the White House Job. All i can say is if i was Good enough sea Reagan on Page 28 hit and run in Beirut a nolo a Shtilm amal militiaman ducts for cover utter tiring his weapon it a druse position in Beirut Lebanon. A syrian bucked Casc fire Force sent to quell five Days of Street a tiles in the City was pinned Down by hostile fire and unable to halt the fighting. Story on Cage 28. President was t aware of cover up spokesman says Washington a president Reagan s chief spokesman confronted Wilh new disclosures in the unfolding Iran Comra affair maintained Friday Hal Reagan certainly was t aware of any attempt to conceal his role in the arms sales initiative. Marlin Fitzwater questioned about reports that former National Security adviser Robert c. Mcfarland had conceded taking part in a plan to hide Reagan s Early involvement in the arms Sale Deci Sion refused comment to reporters on any attempts by officials past or present to minimize Reagan s Rule. Both the new York times and he los Angeles times reported Friday that Mcfarlane told an investigatory panel thursday that he and others last novem Ber wrote a chronology of the arms Sale affair thai was deliberately falsified so the president could deny he had Given prior approval to an August 1985 israeli arms shipment to Iran. There was a kind of  one source told the the new York times. The general atmosphere was save the president operationally the plan was 10 keep this thing aloft by keeping the presi Dent at some  asked whether there had Heen a cover up filius itch replied no not As far As the president s concerned. He certainly w Ain t aware of any. Slow w Hai these gentlemen did. In see a Deb up or Page 28 Busey to command a South Siai e. Belgium Gen Bernard w. Rogers supreme Allied commander Europe Friday announced adm. James i. Hey has been nominated As commander of Allied forces Southern Europe and commander of . Naval forces Europe. Husky 54, is currently serving As vice chief of naval operations in Washington . The Admiral previously served As Tiu Deputy chief for resource Wanaev men he naval material come from june iv8q to july Imd. And As commander of naval air systems come from july in until he was appointed vice chief of naval operations in september 1985, Alfi ctr forces soil Ilien Europe is 3 i Turnr subordinate command of Allied t find Luiu pc. With responsibility for the defense of Italy. Cir acc Turkey and he Mediterranean sea a South was originally  in june 151. And it is currently headquartered in Naples. Italy