European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday. March 14.1967 . To remove chemical weapons Stafft Trilck the United slates Wilt begin removing ill aging chemical warfare stocks from Germany later this year following Ger Many s veto of a Pentagon plan to de stroy the weapons on German soil eliminating the weapons was part fan agreement worked out with the nato nations in May the pact sought to satisfy a Long standing German re quest Tor removal of inc munitions while Clearing inc Way to produce safer binary weapons in the United stain. Congress had called for prior Nat approval of binary munitions and plans for their wartime deployment before approving final funding for production now scheduled to begin dec ill. Col. Werner Widder a spokesman for the German defense ministry said removal plans have progressed As tar a timetable tied to the production of new weapons that would close american chemical depots in the Federal Republic by 1992. Based on current schedules .chemical stores would be removed Tram All of Europe by 1994, said maj. Denni Pinkham a european come spokesman. He joined Widder in declining to i vein size or location of he stocks. The agreement also stipulates that no new chemical weapons will be stored in Europe during peacetime. During War the weapons would be deployed Only with the consent of the nations in which they would be used we see this As the main Point of inc agreement that no new chemical weapons will be stored on nato soil wid or said. And in Germany we will not give consent unless the weapons Are stationed in at least one other country. Obviously if you Are the Only country Mohave them that is where the other Side is going to conic to destroy while some ministry sources have said removal will begin dec to Widder stressed no weapons would leave the country until binary production begins. The Means and actual schedule for re moving chemical weapons now in Ger Many Likely will be worked out through regular and close consultations be tween the two governments he said. Some German Politta groups Pri Marily the leftist Green party claim transporting the aging weapons will pos hazards but Widder described the munitions As being in Good enough condition that one could tale them out and fire them away there have been rumours of leaks of stockpiles in the United states he said but i emphasize that these weapons i Germany arc of a different variety. These for example Are not in is no need for fear or uncertainty on the matter he said Germany Wilt work closely with state and local governments in re moving the munitions. About 0,000 ions of nerve Gas is said to be stored in the heavily guarded area one of the . Army depot at Fisch Bach Germany a Village of 1,600 in Rheinland Pfalz. Mayor Dieter Schehl last week said he was not aware of plans to remove Chemi Cal weapons from the depot i Don t know anything and i Don twant to know anything he said. The weapons Are a sore subject for Many Fischbach residents who claim news reports have Hurt tourism. Talk of the munitions is also viewed As a threat to German jobs at the depot when about 120 area residents work As guards electricians and firefighters a an employee at the town bakery Petit you won t make Many friends asking about Poison Gas in in the United Stales stocks of unitary chemical weapons Are stored Al eight locations. The army has opposed a plan to establish one or More National disposal Sites saying it prefers to destroy in weapons Al their present locations. In the past America has resorted to burying old chemical weapons or scuttling them aboard world War la Vintage Liberty ships off the . East coast. Chemicals destroyed in the last decade have been burned in furnaces capable of blasts. Germany has used a similar Furnace for More than a decade destroying its chemical weapons from the world War Sand Widder said. The Slacks that have been found to Date Are going to keep that oven Busy for the next 10 years suit Watt of de by Vii contributed to Ihu port divers recover 55th body from Caps Zed ferry Zeebrugge Belgium a divers at the wreck age of the capsized Herald of free Enterprise ferry have recovered the body of another Crew member raising tos3 the number of confirmed dead an official said Fri Day. Paul Ellis spokesman for the ferry owner. Towns end to Toresen said the Chance discovery of the body was made thursday afternoon by divers employed by the dutch Salvage company Smit Tak. Ellis said the victim an officer of the ship real Cap sized last Friday near the Entrance to Zeebrugge Harbor had been positively identified but he could release soother information. 11 was the second recover of a body in As Many wednesday divers searched the Bridge of the ship and found the Corpse of a Crew member who they apparently knew had been in hat area. The latest recovery meant is bodies had been pulled from the wreck of which 49 had been identified. Seventy nine bodies Are believed still trapped in the sunken Hull. There were 409 survive. Ellis also said Smit Tak officials had set March 30 Ashe target Date for pulling the 7,951-ton Herald of free Enterprise Over onto its keel. 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