European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Pages the stars and stripes saturday aprilis 1987 denounces soviet tactics Washington a defense Sec Klary Caspar w. Weinberger question ing the new soviet policy or openness accused inc soviet Union on thursday of arrogant behaviour in mounting espionage campaigns against the West Weinberger in a speech to he Navy league of the United Stales that was his Furrel extensive response to the reported sex and spy affair at the . Embassy in Moscow said such espionage attacks went beyond the Bounds or internationally acceptable behaviour. While the soviets often try to offal disclosures of their spying activities with timely supposed revelations of espionage on the part of the United slates they have gone far beyond the rules by which nations conduct their affairs Weinberger said. 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For or. Gorbachev s plan to be successful for the new spirit of glasnost to work they must know what he West is up to in order to the result he concluded is continuing arrogant intrusive soviet Espoo it extends from the roof of their embassy in Washington to Silicon Valley in California. To some of the most Sensi Tive rooms in our embassy in Moscow. The american Public must interpret so Viet Public statements and the ongoing soviet Public relations Campaign. In Light of their massive espionage Campaign Weinberger did not directly discuss his View of the latest .-soviet arms talks. But an aide who asked not to be named said the defense Secretary Dacid report says Mcfarlane stopped hostage Deal Washington a la. Col. Oliver North negotiated an arms for hos tages Deal with iranian officials on a secret Mission to Tehran Iran last year while then National Security adviser Robert Mcfarlane slept a source said Friday. On May 28, 1986, North negotiated for the release of two hostages while other members of the . Delegation in Tehran were asleep and ordered a plane be town from Israel to Iran said the source who spoke on condition of anonymity. He then awoke Mcfarlane and told him of the arrangement. Mcfarlane can cycled the plan and ordered the plane full of spare military parts to return because All four . Hostages in Lebanon were not to be released in the Deal. The source familiar with the investigation into the Iran Contra affair de scribed North s actions As not very unusual for the aide to the National Security Council who was fired by presi Dent Reagan last november. He would get things moving subject to a decision being made to go or no go he said. In a separate development congressional committees investigating the Iran Contra affair Are expected to vote next week to Grant limited immunity from prosecution to former National Security adviser John Poindexter sources say the immunity vote is expected wednesday. Immunity would be granted under an agreement with special prosecutor Lawrence e. Walsh that would keep Poindexter s congressional testimony secret until june 15. Point extor a Navy rear Admiral re signed his White House Post nov. 25 alter attorney general Edwin Meese Iii said profits from secret arms sates to Iran had been diverted clandestinely Loaid Nicaragua s Contra rebels. He is regarded As the key witness on the question of Reagan s knowledge of the funds diversion. Reagan has denied knowing about Ibe diversion of Money. Poindexter will be asked whether he briefed the president possibly on May 15,19s6, about the con tents of a memorandum from North that discussed diverting $12 million in arms payments to the Contra. Associates say Poindexter 50, is deter mined to dear himself when he finally. Lalla under the agreement with Walsh Poindexter could be questioned As Early As May 2 by the congressional investigating panels. Public hearings on the Iran Contra affair begin May 5. Meanwhile Senate investigators plan to Appeal a Federal judge s refusal to compel retired air Force maj Gen. Richard a Secord to sign a release for records of his foreign Bank accounts believed to Nave contained Iran Contra Money. . District judge Aubrey Al Robin son or. Ruled the action would violate Secord s constitutional Protection against self incrimination. Lance mor Gan a spokesman for the special Senate committee investigating the Iran Contra affair said we intend to seek an expedited maps holding 3 soldiers in connection with death schwaeb1sch Gemuend Germany is military investigators have apprehended three . Soldiers in connection with the death of a 55th support in Soldier Early this week near Heilbronn. The body of pfc. Dennis m. Craig 20, was found monday morning in a Vineyard near artillery Cavern in Neckar Sun said 56th Field arty come spokesman maj. Michad Griffon. The three soldiers Are assigned to Heilbronn arca posts but Griffon declined to identify them because officials had not charged them As of late Friday afternoon. Investigators decided to hold the sol Diers thursday after questioning them about Craig s death. Autopsy results were unavailable Friday Griffon said. Craig was a Petroleum oils and lubricants handler with the battalion s co c at artillery Cavern. He is survived by his parents Robert Al and Katheryn j. Craig of Dowagiac Mich. Cla Ifield and cd to speak out against the soviets Al i Point not Only because of the latest spy reports but also in a bid to temper Public expectations of Progress on arms control. The Marine corps has arrested three guards who once worked either in Mot cow or Leningrad on suspicion of espionage. Two former Moscow guards have been charged with spying allegedly Al lowing soviet agents inside the embassy late at night. Those revelations in Lam have spot lighted soviet attempts to Bug a new still unoccupied . Embassy building in Moscow. Weinberger in an apparent reference to the latter Case said the massive soviet intrusion into our embassy in mos cow was quite comparable to Iran s actions in seizing our embassy in Tehran
