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It said 60 people have been re ported taken to a Hospital in the belgian City of Bruges the network said Salvage workers Are reported Mohave said they saw survivors through the windows and portholes in the sides of the vessel and that there instill plenty of air it said the ship was within sight of spokesman for Zeebrugge port control said 200 people had been picked More people were spoiled in the water being picked up in he darkness by Small boats said Jim ohly at Lloyds shipping information service. A Dover coast guard spokesman said the ship Thesee ferry on Page 26 water wonderland old cold great Uksti part to Awater biota class it Michigan stale University la East Lansing. The dais leaches Intuit to be a fold of us Ift tar. Instructors i a Iff common for child to keep his eyes and month open . Reagan requests release of remainder of Contra Aid Washington up president Reagan pursuing a foreign policy priority in the Shadow of the Iran arms scandal took action thursday to release a final instalment of $40 million in Aid to the nicaraguan Contra rebels. Reagan met congressional conditions for freeing the remainder of j100 million in assistance that was approved last year setting the stage for another possible clash on Capitol Hill Over his controversial Central american policy. Although opponents have begun a move to bloc release of the Money. White House spokesman Mariin Fitzwater predicted Reagan seen by his aides As hav ing been strengthened by a wednesday night speech on the Iran affair will prevail we think the prospects for approval Are pretty Good Fitzwater said. Progress has been made by the contras and the Congress has made a commitment that we think they la Honor under terms of the Contra Aid appropriation last year the last instalment of Aid was conditioned on presidential certification that efforts to resolve the tur Moil in Nicaragua through negotiations and other peaceful Means had failed. Reagan in a memorandum that accompanied a re port to Congress on the situation in Central America Over the last two months asserted there is no reason Able Prospect of achieving a settlement without continued military pressure from the a protracted Light and Compromise by Reagan Congress approved $70 million in military Aid and $30million in other assistance for the centres Congress see Contra Aid on Page 20 . Military officers helped buy arms Confra Leader says Washington a three former , Mili tary officers helped the nicaraguan rebels buy More than lift million in military equipment during the period when direct . Arms Aid was suspended a rebel Leader a news conference thursday Contra Leader Adolfo Calero said about $9 million in equipment was Pur chased with the help of retired air Force Mai. Gen. Richard Soord a close associate of former National Security Council staff member 14. Col. Oliver l. said More than 15 million in weaponry was channelled to the contras by John k. Singlaub a for Mer army major general and head of the world anti communist league who also raised humanitarian Adfor the contras. The third officer was identified As col James Mccoy who was said by Calero to have funnel cd less than 13 million in equipment to the did 1 use these people Calero asked i never bought More than a Shotgun in my Caleroi Leader of the nicaraguan democratic Force the larg est of the rebel groups fighting Nicaragua s leftist government. Calero said the weapons were purchased from $32million in donations contributed anonymously be tween july 1984 and March 1985, a period a compas see arms on Page 28 Shultz will go to Moscow for arms talks Washington a the administration Friday raised new Hopes for a superpower Summit As presi Dent Reagan announced that Secretary of state Georg Shultz Wol go to Moscow next month for talks on a soviet arms offer. Related Story Page 8. Sulu now wrapping up a trip 10 the far East Wal visit Moscow april 13-16 and Confer with soviet for eign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. These talks will provide a Good Opportunity to re View the entirety of our relationship including Region Al conflicts human rights and bilateral issues and to consolidate the Progress we have made in arms talks Reagan said in a statement read by his National Security adviser Frank Carlucci. He said he hoped the talks would produce further recommendations on Steps to move Forward in All aspects of our relations including the Geneva Switz about prospects for a Summit Between Rea Gan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Carluc isaid that would be one of the topics of the Sulu Shevardnadze there s Progress in the arms talks and As i be just indicated developments look promising that would certainly be a the announcement of the Shultz Tnp followed a meeting of Reagan and disarms negotiating team. The negotiators Max m. Kampelman Maynard. Glitman and Ron Lehman flew Back to Washington from Brussels Belgium after briefing the 16nato ambassadors on the soviet proposal at a meet ing soviets have offered to sign a treaty to scrap medium Range nuclear missiles in Europe apart from any agreement on Long Range nuclear missiles and Rea Gan s Star wars missile defense plan. The superpower arms talks officially recessed Friday after what the . Side cat cd a productive seventh round. Negotiation on intermediate Range missiles described by both sides As promising were to continue. The talks Are split Imo groups on medium Range missiles Long Range missiles and defense and space systems. The medium Range missile talks Are to continue in definitely. The statement also said substantial Progress had been made in the area of Long Range or strategic nuclear Moscow foreign ministry spokesman Gennady Gerasimov thursday said his government s initial re action to a . Draft treaty on eliminating medium Range missiles from Europe was very
