European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes wednesday March 4, defect to Egypt in military plane Cairo. Egypt a six libyan military men aboard a c-130 air Force transport plane landed the Craf Al the Abu Simbell Airport in Southern Egypt monday and asked Tor political Asylum bulb briton reported Libya said the plane nude an Emer gency Landing and demanded its return. The libyan reportedly refused to talk with local official and the Aswan Gover nor Kadry Osman went to the Airport and the libyans told him they wanted Asylum Osman relayed the request to Cairo and president Hosni Mubarak tent Inte rior minister Zaki Badr to Abu Sim bet to talk with the libyans according to the authorities who spoke on the condition they not be identified. They said the libyans were military men. Bill did not identify them or give their ranks aviation official a said the Abu Simbric Airport we doted and its lights turned off after the c-130 landed � a precautionary measure against any possible military adventure by libyan Leader  Qaddafi who has been an angry critic of Egypt since it signed a peace pact with Israel in 1979. The Cairo authorities said Badr was accompanied to Abu Simba by the chief of staff of Shock troops the commander of anti terrorism forces and a representative of the intelligence service., Libya s official news Agency Man Ina dispatch from Tripoli monitored in Rome said Man has Learned that a libyan Arab c-130 aircraft made an emergency Landing in egyptian territory due to deterioration or weather conditions. Sources told Man that if this air Craft is not returned it would mean that inc egyptian authorities had seized it and no other excuse would be  it did not elaborate. Cairo television interrupted its nor Mal program to broadcast the two sen tence report of the purported defection carried minutes earlier by the state owned Middle East news Agency. Neither television nor the Agency gave any further information before closing for the night. On sunday Libya s general people s Congress formed by representatives of local commit pm replaced 10 ministers including foreign minister Kamel has san Mansour and created two new ministries one dealing with internal Security and the other with external Security. Man announced the changes and said the people s Congress is meeting inthe libyan town of Sabha. Each year at this Lime the Congress nukes Cabinet changes but the ministers have Little Power with Qadhafi and his close advisers running he coun the u, cd 30 Hercules Isahc main military transport Tor Many Western countries and for Many Middle Eastern countries including Egypt and Libya a report by the the International Institute for strategic studies said Libya which is a dose ally of the soviet Union had eight a 30s, libyan political exiles in Cairo including former prime minister Abdelhamid Bockosh told reporters that they knew nothing about the latest defections Backous was the last prime minister before Qadhafi t coup that overthrew King Idris on sell. 1,1969, Gates from Page 1 Kinal Security Council in the Ford administration. He served on the Tower commission which issued its report last week on the into Contra affair gales in a letter to the president said it is apparent that there is Strong sentiment in the Senate o await completion at minimum of the work of the Senate select committee on Iran before acting on my Nomi nation "1 believe a prolonged period of uncertainty would be harmful to the Central intelligence Agency the intelligence Community and potentially to our National Security he said. Sens. David Boren d-okla., and William Cohen r Maine chairman and vice chairman respectively of the Senate intelligence committee commended gates1 move. Both Cohen and Boren said they believed Gates should remain As acting director and when a replace ment is found should stay on As the agency1 no 2official. Reagan during a meeting with Gates monday afternoon said he asked gales to stay on As no. 2 under a new director. Praising Gates 20-year record of service 10 he Cia Reagan said i have been impressed with the class he has shown under tie enormous pressures of recent weeks. At any other time i am certain that he would easily have been confirmed without  Baker said selection of a new nominee would be an urgent item on the president s  Nunn told reporters he thinks there Are at least a half dozen people in and out of government who would Excel As Cia director. He named adm. Bobby r. Inman a Farmer Cia Deputy director who has said he docs not want the Job. And army Gen. William qum head of the National Security Agency. "1 think it ought to be someone who is not in anyway involved in these current episodes involving Iran and the contras Nunn said. Senate majority Leader Robert a Byrd d-w.va., issued a statement saying i think or. Gates did the right thing under the circumstances. We need a Cia director who will restore credibility to the Agency and its operations. Someone of the Quality or a  would restore that  Schlesinger a Republican has already served on tour As Cia director David Holliday a spokesman for Boren said that As recently at Friday Gates sent the intelligence commit tee documents designed to mitigate conc Ems about his. Role in a 1985 plan for a joint  invasion Libya. Gates was picked to head the Cia after Casey re signed in december because of brain cancer. Until february 1986, gales was head of he Cia s analytical division which performs research and produces intelligence reports. Gales sent a letter to Boren on monday defending himself against several charges that grew out of his confirmation hearings last month. Talks from Page 1 wednesday As planned. The United states is expected to introduce its Awn draft treaty for a medium Range missile Accord shortly to match the soviet proposal announced in a statement by soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev on sat urday. In his statement he proposed an immediate agreement that would eliminate 500 . And soviet medium Range mis Siles in Europe and limit each Side to 100 warheads outside Europe. In presenting the proposal the rus sians changed a position adopted at  Summit meeting in Iceland in october. At that time Moscow said an Accord on medium Range missiles would have to be part of an Overall arms package. American negotiators had no immedi ate comment on the soviet proposal. . Senators who Are in Geneva to Monitor the talks said they Felt the soviet plan and the subsequent announcement of a pending . Draft Accord would quicken the Pace of the two year old talks and could affect the Pace of talks on Long Range and space weapons As Well. The us will soon put on the table a draft treaty embodying the . Proposal and taking the bold step in specifying Alt the details of a treaty As we believe that treaty should be written said sen. Al Bert Gore jr., a Tenn. He said the russians had not included the question of 162 French and British medium Range missiles in the proposal. Gore and other senators who met extensively with . And soviet negotiators Bath before and after the soviet proposal was submitted on monday said Many questions remained to be answered before a treaty could be signed. Among the crucial elements to be Dis cussed Are negotiations on Shorter Range nuclear missiles and verification Mea sures the . Draft proposal is expected to contain strict verification provisions. Gore said. The soviet Union has offered to admit american inspectors to its Mili tary installations to verify the dismantling of missiles. 2 trains collide in . Baker 41 passengers injured Shrewsbury England a two passenger trains crashed head on near a Village in Western England Mon Day night and the ambulance service said 41 passengers were Hurt none of them seriously. Police said both trains were travelling slowly when they collided near West Bury abo.4 12 Miles West of the City of Shrewsbury. A police spokesman said the Accident involved a train travelling from a crypt wyth in Wales to Shrewsbury and another train travelling from Shrewsbury to Abrys Twylah. Neither of the trains was derailed. The chief ambulance officer for Shropshire Mike Fay said 41 passengers from both trains were treated for cuts bruises Shock and other minor injuries. The rail line is largely single track but there is a Loop at the Village of Westbury where the trams usually pass each other. Merrick roycroft the area manager for British rail the Board which runs the stale owned rail network said it was not immediately apparent How the two trains came to be travelling in opposite directions on the same length of track. He said an official inquiry would be held. On Beijing � president Lix Tannian Mega Byveld the Taiwan question ionese is relations has Dot Bjel solved Anck expressed Hope . Secretary slate Cora Shultz that the to tailed stave out do something the Issue. Schuliz a Rev today for a sin Day visit. From Page 1_ after the Tower commission released its report and released monday shows that Reagan s popularity has dropped to its lowest level in More than four years. The poll found that 42 percent of those surveyed approved of the Way Rea Gan was handling Bis Job and 46 percent disapproved. Ii was Reagan s lowest rat ing since january 1983, when 41 percent approved of his performance. As Baker moved into his office in the Southwest Comer of he White House his predecessor Donald Regan was assigned temporary space in the old executive office building next door. Regan who left abruptly last Friday after learning that the president had Given his Job to Baker will have a transition office for about a week Fitzwater said. The Tower report quoted Reagan As say ing he could not recall a key detail whether he authorized a shipment of Aims to iranian 1965. La also said he was not aware of the Way the arms for hostages policy was implemented orig full consequences. Commission member Edmund Muskie said sunday we were All appalled by the absence of the kind of alertness Ana Vig Ilance to his Job and to these policies that one expects of a president. We do not regard him As a mental Case but we do regard Hintsa president we Odin Dahi Job. In another development Willi Mcasey who resigned As Cla director Afler a cancerous tumor we remove from his brain was released from Georgetown University Hospital. Israeli who dealt with Pollard promoted Jerusalem a Israel has pro moved an air Force colonel who dealt with former . Navy analyst Jonathan Pollard who is facing sentencing this week on charges of spying far the jewish state a military source said. The israeli officer Avion Sells was recently Given a secret Job whose title and rank cannot be disclosed the source who spoke on condition of anonymity said. Israel had turned Down american re quests to question Sella As pan  its investigation last year of Pollard s activities. Israel had demanded As a condition thai Sella be guaranteed immunity from prosecution