European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes n Vietnam vets families Salute War dead Page 2 d the Stark Crew so proudly they served Page 9 d Mcenroe walks out forfeits team cup match sports Page 25 the stairs and filpes vol. 46, no. 39 tuesday May 26, 1987 authorized unofficial Rutoli Catich for Ahmed Poi eel tit ii d 8693 a . Wants persian Gulf bases support essential says Weh Washington not Defonse i Par a Weinberger said on sunday thai the Arab Lions of the persian Gulf should provide bases and other support for aircraft thai would patrol the water Way protecting Oil tankers and their naval escorts. He said Basing rights to enable american air land and take off from airstrips close to Theau Al patrol would be a very desirable of the United Stales to . The told the Gulf nations thai military Maneu vers Are african help in these nations defences but they have consistently refused. To ratan the recent accept Imp a Hes of responsibility for protecting kuwaiti. _ in the Gulf no agreement with any Gulf nation allows the United. States to base its forces in the Region or requires the Arab Stales to assist directly in american military missions in the Gulf. A principal victim of attacks on shipping in the Region is Kuwait which has obtained soviet Protection some of its Oil tankers and has reached tentative agreement on a similar Deal with the United states. The Emir of Kuwait said on sunday that the persian Gulf War Between Iran and Iraq has emended even to the great or spoke on sunday on television As the huh Tea naked on plans for expanding american pro1cctmpmibu4k�d_rc the american frigate Stark was attacketc7nrtti1huuek ago. President Reagan s senior National Security advisers see bases on Page 28 a place where Honor lies i Flowers in hand a visitor Loar rows of gravestones. American flags i National cemetery in Arlin were placed in front of every Marker Ini makes Ber Way through the Honor of memorial Day on monday. Shape denies it advised Reagan to pull out of . From press dispatches and stall reports London a British newspaper said sunday that a secret nato report has advised president Reagan to with draw key elements of . Armed forces from Britain within weeks if the socialist labor party wins the june 11 general election. A shape spokesman denied thai such a report had been prepared. Labor party policy Calls for scrapping Britain s nuclear weapons and for negotiating for the removal of american nuclear forces from Britain but labor Leader Neil Kinlock has insisted that a labor government would sup port nato build up Britain s conventional defences and keep . Non nuclear forces that Are based in the country. The latest opinion polls indicate that the governing conservative party has a substantial Lead Over labor in the elec Tion Campaign. Nard Rogers nato s supreme Allied commander Europe. Col. Gordon Bratz shape Public affairs officer told the stars and stripes sunday in response to the article that Rogers said i categorically deny that such a report was prepared by me or pre pared for me by my he said re ponces who called shape saturday night for comment on the 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 thai he regarded the report with a great degree of disbelief explaining that such actions would jeopardize the interests of an Allied defense. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher warned sunday that Victory by the anti nuclear labor parly in the june 11 elec Tion could Force the United states to con Sider withdrawing american troops stationed 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 their redeploy ment either on Mainland Europe or in the United the sunday Telegraph quoted the re port As concluding that a labor Victory would be the single most damaging blow to nato since the Alliance s for greeks agree to renegotiate . Base pact Athens Greece a the ruling socialists won a vote of Confidence monday after Premier Andreas Papandreou said he is willing 10 negotiate a Civ agreement on . Military bases Ihal would be subject to approval in a referendum. As expected. Parliament supported llu1 government 157-139 in a Roll Call Voic. Conservative and communist legislators in the Joo Mcm bar House Voied against Papandreou. There were two abstentions and two deputies absent. The Premier called for the vote of Confidence last week after rejecting opposition demands for an investigation of charges that socialist party officials embezzled More than $20 million from Inre slate owned corporations. Those allegations were largely ignored by parliament which instead focused its three Day debate on foreign and economic policy issues. Papandreou old parliament the United Stales will be expected to make an official Public request for Laiks on maintaining in military bases in Greece whenry Jrex in agreement expires in december i9bs till1 United sail i mis talks on a new base see greeks an Page 2s Al Unser or wins indy 5007 Page 21
