European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday March 29,1987 ins visit to soviet Union Moscow a British prime minister Margaret Thatcher arrived sat urday for a five Day visit the first offi Cial visit by a British head of government to the soviet Union in More than a dec Ade. Thatcher was in Moscow in 1984 and 1985 Tor the funerals of Yuri Andropov and Kon Lanlin Chc Mynko who pre ceded Mikhail Gorbachev As general Secretary of the soviet communist party. Thatcher said she plans to emphasize human rights disarmament issues and a settlement of the War in Afghanistan Dur ing her talks with Gorbachev. Thatcher arrived saturday evening aboard a special Royal air Force pc to Jet and was greeted by Premier Nikolai Ryzhkova and other officials. Gorbachev was to Host a Kremlin reception saturday night. The official talks Are to begin monday. Thatcher schedule called for her to visit the medieval monasteries and cathedrals of Zagorsky 45 Miles North of Moscow on sunday she also was re ported to have invited soviet jewish activist Josef begun recently freed from a prison Camp to meet with tier. The prime minister s office said presi Dent Reagan sent a message of godspeed and Good Luck before she left London the official soviet news Agency Tass Friday attacked Thatcher for alleged human rights abuses in Britain indicating that the human rights Issue could Lead to a clash during her talks. Tass said England was affected by diseases. Like racism the cruel Perse cution of dissenting Trade Union activists and the error against members of the anti War  Thatcher told the House of commons last week that in her Moscow talks she would insist on Britain remaining an in dependent nuclear Power. She said she also would Lake a Strong line for human rights and would argue for the withdraw Al of soviet troops from Afghanistan. Aides said that Thatcher also plans to stress a program of arms control Priori ties that she worked out with Reagan at Camp David on nov. Is. Topping the Camp David list ii negotiation to eliminate intermediate Range missiles in Europe with restraints on Shorter Range systems Thatcher lint met Gorbachev in Lon Don in december 1984, when he was considered no. 2 in the Kremlin Hierarchy. She said at that Lime "1 Lite or. Gorbachev. We can do business Ogeth  but the following september Britain threw out 25 alleged soviet Spiet and Gorbachev responded in kind followed by half dozen More expulsions by each Side. Former prime minister Harold Wil son of the labor party was the last Brit ish Leader to visit Moscow in 1975, moslem chief Berri Renews offer to Swap captives Beirut. Lebanon a shiite moslem militia chief Nabih Berri renewed an offer sat urday to Exchange an israeli flier for 400 Arab prisoners in Israel so that moslem kidnappers could release three americans and an Indian held hostage in Lebanon. Berri s mainstream shiite amal militia Cap tured the israeli airman after palestinian guerrillas downed his War Tanc ocl 16 during an israeli raid on guerrilla targets in South Lebanon. The four captives Are Robert Polhill s3 Alann Steen 47 and Jesse Turner 39, and i Thil Schwar Singh 60, a native of India and Legal resident alien of the United states. They were kidnapped Jan. 24 from the Campus of Beirut University College. The islamic jihad Tor the liberation of pales Tine which holds the three americans and the Indian had originally offered to Swap them for 400 Arab prisoners held in Israel. The group however dropped the offer after Israel refused to meet the demand. Philippine army on Alert against attacks by rebels Manila Philippines a the armed forces went on full combat Alert nationwide sat urday to guard against any planned attacks by communist rebels to commemorate their Force s i St anniversary. Armed forces spokesman col. Honesto Isleta said the Alert took effect at 8 . And would last As Long As necessary according to the official philippine news Agency. Since it was founded March 29, 1969, in the Central Luzon Region North of Manila the communist new people s army has grown from a ragtag band of several dozen lighters to a 24,00p-Strong guerrilla Force that confronts sol Diers in nearly All of the country s 73 provinces. Vatican gets Bank fraud warrants Rome Dpi arrest warrants for complicity in fraudulent bankruptcy issued against american Arch Bishop Paul Marckus and two of his Vatican Bank aides have been delivered to the Vatican judiciary sources said saturday the sources said the arrest warrants were among full documentation of the Case against Marcinkus 65, and Vatican Bank directors Luigi Mennini and Pllegrino de Strombel delivered to the Vatican wednesday or thursday. They said the documentation was delivered to vat ican authorities by the italian embassy to the holy see on instructions of the foreign ministry chief Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro told re porters saturday he could not confirm that the documents had arrived at the Vatican and he declined comment on the report for now Marcinkus a lithuanian american bom in Cicero iii., is considered the most powerful american in the Vatican curia the Central Church administration. The arrest warrants were issued by Milan Magis trates Antonio Pazzi and Ronalo Brichetti who Are investigating the 1982 collapse of Italy s Ambrosiano Bank with debts of $ 1.287 billion the Milan investigators accused Marcinkus presi Dent of the Vatican s Bank known formally As the Institute for religious works for and his two aides of complicity in fraudulent bankruptcy in connection with the Ambrosiano Bank collapse. The accusation was based on letters of patronage Marcinkus issued to the Ambrosiano Bank s late presi Dent Roberto Calvi which Calvi used in arranging deals with Shady affiliates in latin America. Calvi s body was found hanging under London s Black friars Bridge shortly after the Ambrosiano Bank scandal came to Light in june 1982. A London Coro Ner s court returned an open verdict meaning it was unable to establish whether Calvi committed suicide or was murdered. Japan from Page 1 in Geneva Switzerland the Gatt sets rules regulating world Commerce and provides a forum for settling Trade disputes the move was widely praised on Capitol Hill by democrats and republicans alike. Disk drives for computers air conditioning machines refrigerators personal computers and radio tape players were on a preliminary list of dozens of japanese products targeted by the White House. Reagan accused the japanese of failing to live up to an a month old agreement to Stop dumping semiconductors in markets outside Lite United states at prices far below their True value. The practice called third Market dumping allows the semiconductors to be imported to the United Stales while retaining their Low Price. . Semiconductor manufacturers have contended that they have lost at least it60 million to $170 Mil lion in sales because of continued japanese third mar Ket dumping. The president also said that inc japanese have not lived up to another part of the agreement opening their markets More fully to . Semiconductor sales. I am taking these actions in response to Japan s inability to enforce our september 1986 agreement on semiconductor Trade Reagan said. Officials said there would be a two week waiting period before the actual tariffs take effect at that Point the list of targeted products will be narrowed so that the penalty duties cover no More than about 1300 million in products officials said. Semiconductors Are the tiny electrical chips that run computers and most other Modem Day electronic de vices the move comes at a time of mounting Trade Fric Tion with Japan. Last year the United slates imported $58.6 billion More in merchandise from Japan than it exported to that country the biggest single contributor to America s record 1169.8 billion Trade deficit. Aegean from Page 1 its. Turkey dispatched the ship after accusing Greece of exploring in the area the two countries dispute. Friday night turkish Premier Turgut Ozal said the ship would stay out of areas under dispute but he warned that should the greeks intervene against our ship we will intervene in exactly the same Way. This May be cause of a War which we do not at All  trains and buses in route to Athens sat urday from northeastern Greece were packed with people worried about the possibility of a clash on the greek turkish Bor Der. In Athens residents emptied super Market shelves of such items As Coffee sugar and canned milk in panic buying out of fear there could be a War. Military sources said greek armed forces remained on Alert saturday. On Friday the sources said Papandreou or dered naval patrols to cruise off the greek islands of samothrace lemnos and lesbos Vitilini. They said three ships carrying sol Diers equipment and supplies were Dis patched to samothrace and extra combat planes moved into Forward positions on the Island of Skyros. The confrontation began when Turkey authorized its National Petroleum com Pany on thursday to explore for Oil beyond turkish territorial Waters. Turkey says the Eastern greek islands be Long to the turkish Continental shelf and Mineral rights should be snared. But Greece claims nearly All the Aegean Continental shelf on grounds that each of its 2.000 Aegean islands is entitled to its own shelf. Papandreou told his Cabinet Friday the turkish ship planned to explore in areas that Are 95 percent clearly part of inc greek Continental  the Simsik won t be allowed to go ahead with seismic research in the Aegean Papandreou said we have an obligation to protect our country s Bor Ders and our Sovereign  Papandreou threatened earlier Friday to close All four  military bases in Greece if War broke out. He said the United states and the Western Alliance Wen responsible  Aegean crisis through their support   officials in Ankara Turkey s capital said Friday the state Oil company has turkish government permits to explore West of Turkey s Saras Bay East of Lem nos and West and South of lesbos. Brigadier Guven Ermenc a spokesman for the turkish general staff said Friday the relevant units of the turkish armed forces were on  and worships would provide Thi Simsik a wild Protection in Case of any obstruction of the research ship s  of said he hoped Papandreou uses Good sense and avoids on adventure Wilh Turkey. The turkish Premier Mode his com ments in London in route Home from sur Gery in Houston. The remarks were carried by Turkey Ssuie radio and television. In Athens on Friday government spokesman Yiannis Roubanis said Greece decided to suspend operations at the . Nea Makri base on the Eastern coast of the Attica Peninsula 20 Miles from Athens alter a meeting Between . Ambassador Robert v. Keeley and foreign undersecretary Yiannis Kapsis. But Papandreou saturday dropped the request. Greece apparently feared thai a communications link Between inca Makri Anda Sim Ilar . Facility near Izmir on Turkey s Aegean coast could result in Security leaks. Greece and Turkey Are both members of the North Atlantic treaty organization. In Brussels nato Secretary general lord Carrington on Friday urged Greece and Turkey to avoid the use of Force and offered to act As mediator. Greece and Turkey came to the Brink of War in 1975 and 1976 Over the ques Tion of Aegean Mineral rights. They also differ on Aegean territorial Waters air space rights the militarization of Lem nos and the division of inc Mediterranean Island of Cyprus