European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday. May 25,1987 . Pullout reported if labor wins from press dispatch is and stuff reports London a British newspaper Sard sunday thai a lop secret nato re port has advised president Reagan to withdraw key elements of . Armed forces from Britain within weeks if the socialist labor party wins the june 11 general election. Labor party policy Calls for scrapping Britain s nuclear weapons and for negotiating for the removal of american nuclear forces from Britain. Bui labor Leader Neil Kinlock has insisted that a labor government would St port nato build up Britain s conventional defences and keep . Non nuclear forces that arc based in the coun try. The latest opinion polls indicate that the governing conservative parly has a substantial Lead Over labor in the elec Tion Campaign. In a front Page Story. The sunday Tele graph said the report classified cosmic top secret was prepared by Gen. Ber Nard Rogers nato s supreme Allied commander Europe. Col. Gordon Bratz shape Public affairs officer Lold the stars and stripes sunday in response to the article Rogers said i categorically deny that such a report was prepared by me or prepared for me by my he said reporters who called shape saturday night for comment on he Arti Cle were told by shape spokesmen thai when informed of the Story Gen. Rog ers said that there is nothing to it at All Kinlock said in a television interview on sunday that he regarded he report with a great degree of disbelief explaining that such actions would jeopardize the intercut of an Allied defense. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher warned sunday thai Victory by the anti nuclear labor party in the june 11 elec Tion could Force the United slates to con Sider withdrawing american troops Sta lion cd in Europe. Thatcher said that labor s policies would be catastrophic for the Security of Britain and catastrophic to the newspaper said the report advises Reagan unilaterally to withdraw military personnel aircraft and nuclear weapons from Britain within weeks of a labor Victory and to seek heir redeploy ment either on Mainland Europe or in the United the sunday Telegraph quoted the re port As concluding thai a labor Victory would be " he single most damaging blow to nato since the Alliance s for sailors aboard the Stark on Friday assess damage done to the frigate in the missile a Laeli. Gulf from Page 1 unconstitutional and have Ever since it was enacted Weinberger said. The War Powers act restricts unconstitutionally we think the president s ability to respond quickly Tovery rapidly changing situations including limes when Congress May not even be in Weinberger said the purpose of protecting those tankers is so we Don t g t into a shooting the War Powers act was adopted As a result of the Vietnam War in 1973. The act says the president must notify Congress when american troops face a combat situation and then must withdraw those troops within 60 Days unless Congress gives specific authorization to keep them there. The 60-Day period can be extended by 30 Days. Lugar said it s in the very Best interest of this administration right now to set up a consultation procedure promptly. We want to know specifically what arc our Reagan s policy in the area is not precise Lugar said. I follow these things very closely and i must say i do not understand entirely the objectives Here. I think thai 1 Weinberger said commercial shipping in the Gulf must be protected and to meet that end there should be air cover. There should be enough ship to protect the commercial ships they Are escorting. Anyone who attacks or tries to prevent .forces from carrying out that Mission is in turn going to have something to think about and that s very Vita for everyone to but Khorasani said on add s this week with David Brink Scy thai if the United states wants to shield a Tanker which we want to attack then we have no Choice. Than continuing with our defensive strike against the former Navy Secretary John Lehman said on Abc there s another set of rules of engagement that will be needed if in fact we do interpose ourselves Between the iranians and kuwaiti tankers i would say before we enter into a situation that greatly increases the probability of an acl of War. That we be got to bring the allies in to get a Clear under standing of who is going to do what if such an act of War takes he also said he believes the War Powers act is unconstitutional but he added i find it very hard to read the language As it now stands Given what you just heard from the iranian ambassador. And hypothesize How we could not inform Congress if we carry out such a Canada assures allies on Norway Quebec a prime minister brisk Mulroney said a Canadian plan to abandon a commitment to Send 5,000 troops to defend Norway in wartime would be made in Complete consultation with our our proposals will i think find the widest possible favor in nato Mui Roncy Lold the Spring session of the 16-Membcr North Atlantic Assembly. But Thor Knudsen Leader of the norwegian delegation said his country strongly deplored Canada s intent and hoped it would reconsider. He called the Canadian plan the wrong decision at the wrong Knudsen Lold delegates it would not be easy to find a replacement defender if Canada should abandon its Rote in Norway. In was wrong he added to Scanu the signal to the East that nato is reducing ils defense of the Northern flank Al a time when the soviet military buildup particularly in the naval Field in the Northern area has reached a but Robert Hicks head of the Canadian delegation responded that we Are not abandoning said Canada would not give up its 19-year-old commitment to Fly in a 5,000-Slrong brigade 10 North pm Norway Umili we have found another ally to take it Over perhaps As a the problem arose because Norway sensitively close to the soviet Union refuses to have foreign troops stationed on its soil in peacetime Hicks said a 1,000-member Canadian battalion within nato s Mobile Force earmarked for Norway will be retained. Canada also will beef up its forces in Germany and probably will maintain ils commitment to provide one air Squadron to Norway he added. The main Ihme of the four Day Assembly of 1s6 parliamentarian-., ending monday is a discussion of soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev s glasnost policy of increased openness on selected topics. Bui Canada s defense plans took most of the attention. News briefs father of crash victim Dies in German Hospital Span Dahlem a Germany is the father of a Crew member killed last week in the crash of an f-4e phantom in Spain died saturday evening in Wittlich Germany about 12 Miles from the air base. Albert c. Naum 69, a retired air Force Colo Nel died in a Willrich Hospital of an apparent heart attack said a Span Dahlem spokeswoman. Tech. Sol. Judy Dillof san. His son maj. Michael c. Naum was assigned to the 23rd tac fighter so Al Span Dahlem and was killed when the aircraft crashed while on a routine training Mission near Zaragoza a Spain. He was the electronic warfare officer aboard the aircraft. First it. Wiliiam t. Rogers the Pilot also died in the crash. The elder Naum and his wife Mary Jane from Dayton Ohio had been in Europe since May 2. They were vacationing in Yugoslavia Al the time of the Accident and had returned la Spang Dahlum on Friday. He was taken to the Hospital Early saturday morning when he became it Iii Ciacio Ink. Just 24% believe Reagan told truth poll indicates new York a Only 24 percent of americans believe president Reagan is telling the truth when he denies knowing that Money from arms sales to Iran went to help the Nicara Guan rebels according 10 a new poll. The 24 percent figure was Down from 31 per cent two weeks earlier. Fifty nine percent believe he was not telling the truth according to the new York times lbs news poll published Sun Day. The Telephone poll of 1,343 adults taken Mon Day through thursday showed thai 43 percent said the congressional hearings into the matter were producing new information and 42 percent said they had Only been for fifty six percent said the congressional investigation was fair 12 percent said it was Loo Hardon the administration and 22 percent said it was too easy on the administration. French hostage Sale to libyans reported Paris up the head of syrian Security forces in Lebanon said one or More French hos tages had been sold to Libya the weekly news Magazine be Figaro reported saturday. In an interview published saturday syrian Gen Ghazi Kanaan head of the syrian Security Force currently stationed in Lebanon said that Lebanon has become Rife with underhanded actions directed by certain foreign govern he said the Western governments know who is holding the hostages. Claiming thai the libyans hold one or More of the hostages he added they act As a Way to put pressure on the French government Over the conflict Between chadian president his Sene Habre s troops Andice libyan
