European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and strikes Friday. April 17,1987 Washington a participants in a pretrial hearing for Marine sgt. Clayton i Lonetree were re called thursday afternoon As the hearing continued Inan attempt to determine whether he should be court Martiale on espionage . Col. John Shotwell a Marine spokesman Laid earlier in the Day thai Lonetree s pretrial Heaning be Hind closed Don at the nearby Quantico vs., Marine Bine had ended shortly before , shot Welt announced in Early afternoon that the military hearing officer had recalled the participants to the closed hearing room and they re apparently not through were initially informed thai the proceeding had ended shot Wal said. We have since been in formed thatis not the Case. We Are awaiting additional information on the exact status of the proceeding the Marine corps has been issuing periodic updates on Lonetree i Heaning from its headquarter in Washington. The Quail co base has been closed to report Era. After prosecutors test their Case it will be up to the hearing officer to make a recommend aim to the com manding general at Quant co a 16 whether Lonetree a Vinci s last supper to reopen to the Public Milan Italy a authorities said wednesday that Leonardo a Vinci s masterpiece last supper will reopen to the publican Friday but with restricted Access. The work was closed to the Public for two months while officials studied ways of protecting the painting from italian culture ministry said the refectory in Milan s Santa Maria Delie Grazie Churchman be closed indefinitely if any permanent damage to the painting it ministry said no group larger than 15 will be allowed into the Hall and that fences will keep visitors away from the Wall on which Leonardo completed the last supper in 1497.the ministry also binned parking of tour buses and other vehicles in the Square opposite he Church in downtown Milan. Navy Jet crashes in Pacific 3 Crew members injured Tokyo a a . Navy aircraft crashed in the Western Pacific Ocean but All three Crew members ejected and were . Forces Media Liaison office in Japan said thursday two Crew members aboard the ea-6b prowler that crashed wednesday were in satisfactory condition and the third Wasin fair condition. The report said the aircraft crashed at sea 375miles Southwest of Tokyo wednesday White con ducting operations from the aircraft Carrier Ranger. Writer Bandy Dies at 72 White Plains . A Franklin Bandy mystery writer who won an Edgar Allan foe award in 1979, has died at the age of 72. Should be court Martiale and if so on which hearing officer maj. Robert j. Purie has up to three Days to make his recommendation. La Petersen commander at Quantico will then make the final the conclusion of Lonetree a hearing pre trial proceedings Are scheduled to get under Way for Cpl. Arnold Bracy another former Moscow embassy guard charged with wednesday following a Daylong session Lone tree s attorney said he was in great spirits and that the witnesses called thai Day by prosecutors had not presented any direct incriminating evidence against him. The los Angeles times meanwhile reported thurs Day that Lonetree had admitted previously to military investigators that he had turned Over secret document sin Vienna where he was then assigned to a soviet operative he had met in Moscow. Lonetree according to a 23-Page military investigative report obtained by the times broke Down and cried after making the admission. Lonetree according to his defense lawyers and disown statements trained himself to be a secret agent. Relying on spy novels for information but got in Over his head. His lawyer described fee of Lonc rec l cloak and Dagger escapade Ai "fanciful.1"after 1 got involved 1 we unable to get Lonetree old investigators according to he , however never mentioned allowing soviet agents into the Moscow embassy the newspaper said. The Marine corps has accused Lonetree and Bracy of a coating soviets through the embassy i mos sensitive offices and High Security communication a has also been accused of becoming involved sexually with a soviet woman embassy employee viol cola Seina while working in Moscow. Lonetree according to the times account refused request by the soviet operative a Man named Sasha who posed As Seina s Uncle to Plant an electronic eavesdropping device in the american ambassador s office in Moscow. But he did give detail on the layout of the office and the material the desk was made of the newspaper said. He also gave information later on the layout of the Vienna embassy the report said. Lonetree according to the report said he never re leased any classified material while in Moscow. Interim Cabinet formed in Italy Rome Cap Premier designate Ami lore Fanfani reported to Italy s president thursday night that he has succeeded in forming a government one that i expected to oversee Early elections in june. Fanfani a 79-year-old Christian Democrat who i president of the Senate was to present his list of cab inet ministers to president Francesco Corsiga makeup of Italy s 4gth postwar government was not known. However politicians said it was apparently minority government composed of his Christian Democrat , a former five time Premier is to present his Cabinet to parliament next week for a Confidence vote. Since he could not form a majority government the Cabinet would face almost certain defeat. Corsiga would then dissolve parliament Call Earl elections and ask Fanfani a Cabinet to stay on in a caretaker role during the elections Fanfani left the jul rival Palace without making a statement after the meeting with Louiga the presi Dent office issued a communique saying Fanfani accepted the mandate to form the new government a political deadlock followed the March 3 Resig nation of socialist Premier Buttino Craft Praxi re signed in a dispute Over Power sharing with the Chris Tian democrats the dominant partner in his coalition. Nato from Page 1 High priority to ridding Western Europe of the threat created by soviet ss-20 medium Range nuclear mis Siles. The Start of ss-20 deployments in 1977 led to a historic nato decision two years later to install a Coomer Force of .-eontrolled penning ii and cruise missiles in five West european countries. The nato decision triggered widespread Public protests in we have the Prospect of an agreement that brings this whole pattern of soviet deployments which we objected to Back under control Shultz said. From our standpoint that s Good. That s what we be been trying Togel to throughout the Reagan administration. Shultz said the soviet offer is broadly along the lines of what nato can accept the soviets previously had refused to include their Shorter Range nuclear missiles Wilh ranges of Between 300 and 600 Miles in superpower negotiations on in bigger rockets Wilh ranges of 600 to 3,000 Miles. The United Stales backed by its nato allies has demanded that the soviets accept a ceiling on their Shorter Range missiles at current Levels and give Washington the right to match the soviet total. The United states has no nuclear missiles of ibis category in Europe. Shultz said the key question before nato now i whether the Reagan administration should change its stance and go along with a total elimination of the Shorter Range missiles. The Only Cost to America he said would be foregoing the right to create an ars Nalof these missiles. We have before us a Prospect for a goo agreement we have the Basic elements in place and we now have to make a decision about our position whether it should change on the so called Shorter Range missiles Shultz officials questioned by reporters refused to say whether they could accept the soviet cannot afford to reject this offer out of hand danish foreign minister Uffe Elleman Jensen said we must very carefully Analyse what is in it Hans Dietsch Genscher Germany s foreign min ister whose country would be most directly affected by the removal of Shorter Range soviet missiles As pan Ofa broader Accord said a nato decision would require an intensive process of along Wilh Gorbachev s previously had sought to keep their monopoly on this category of weapon by insisting on a Mutual freeze. Webb from Page 1 of the affair by the Pentagon s inspector general. Summary of those findings was released wednesday. The inspector general said any suggestion that leh Man had pressured the Board to promote particular officers was total 1 Wilbut Lehman had consistently maintained that he was dealing Only with numbers in the Case and did not know the names of any officers selected by the Board. Bui the inspector general faulted Lehman for failing to clearly communicate guidance to the Board before it began its work and concluded the Secretary of the Navy although acting on the advice of counsel exceeded his authority when he dissolved he the Board also cleared demurs of any improper conduct saying he did not arbitrarily Fence the num Bers for the submarine View of the promotion process is that it is eminently fair and that there is an enormous on going Effort by people of unquestioned integrity to preserve that fairness Webb added however that he n ordering changes in promotion have directed thai All guidance to future selection boards be in writing so Hal in is clearly communicated and understood by each Board member. Also proce dures for formulating the officer promotion plan willbe improved to include annual input from warfare Community Heads so the needs of the service Are clearly defined prior to each selection Board he said. Lehman who was replaced Fay Webb As the Navy Secretary april 10, had accused Demon of taking advantage of his lame Duck status by stacking the pro motion Board s recommendations 10 favor submarine , in turn caused an uproar within the Navy leading top officers to. Disclose the internal fight and to complain privately that it was Lehman who was improperly tampering with the work of an impartial Mili tary bad created the id member promotion Board on Jan. 13 to select 284 individuals to Advance from the rank of commander to Captain in the coming Navy source who asked not to be named said the Board originally was expected to select 21 submariner for promotion although an increase to 25 was subsequently authorized. The panel however selected 31submarines for promotion or 10 More Titan i Georigi inspector general faulted Lehman Tor failing from the Start to make Clear i guidance for balancing promotions among the Navy communities. The Secretary did not provide his evaluation of the relative requirements of the warfare communities in writing and his attempt to do so orally was nol clearly understood by the Board president the report slates. Accordingly it is difficult to see How the Board s report can be measured against that
