European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q the Middle Ages make a comeback stripes Magazine d Boston nips Detroit in Aba playoffs sports Page 17 o today s Dollar buys 1.81 Marks rates Page 23 Kuth Chilleo unofficial publication fed to u.�. Aft co to acc vol. 46. No. 41 thursday May 28. 1987 0 8693 . Studying several plans to protect Oil tankers in Gulf Washington a the Reagan administration weighing options to protect Oil tankers against iranian attack May increase . Naval Fortes in the arabian sea or ask Britain France and other allies to provide air cover Tor the persian Gulf a third of Ion under consideration . Officials said tuesday is to ask an unidentified Gulf country Tor Landing rights for american fighter planes. We re not planning another a Day said an offi Cial in discussing on an Anonymous basis ways to protect the 11 kuwaiti tankers that will Fly the . Flag beginning probably in Early june. But we must decide How to do  the Navy meanwhile took the unexpected Ste of escorting a kuwaiti merchant ship carrying . Arms to Bahrain the Pentagon disclosed tuesday night. The ship carrying american made tanks sold to Bahrain completed its journey monday night without incident the Pentagon said. President Reagan in an interview published wednesday said tie sees no danger of America getting into War with Iran. We Are not out to attack but if fired upon hellfire Back Reagan was quoted As saying in the London daily the Independent. He was interviewed in the continued on Page Zanato bocks conventional arms cuts Alliance ministers urge soviets to begin talks Brussels a nato defense ministers citing the likelihood of a superpower Deal to reduce nuclear arms called on the soviet Union wednesday to cooperate in cutting non nuclear forces. The ministers said growing soviet Mil itary Power meant nato members must a Marc to bolster conventional de lenses but the West could achieve even More Security if both sides agreed on troop reductions. Nato s top military official Ger Man Gen. Wolfgang Allenburg had said on tuesday that he saw Little Prospect of a nato Warsaw pact agreement anytime soon on reducing conventional forces. In Berlin Western authorities said Warsaw pact Summit that opens thurs Day May produce a new initiative in the conventional arms Field. In their two Days of talks at nato Headquarters the 15 defense ministers reported no Progress in resolving an internal nato dispute that has slowed efforts to organize a new set of East West conventional arms negotiations even so they called on the East bloc sea talks on Page 24 Weinberger meets . Students in Brussels Caspar Weinberger a a14 Pho Bymark Walsh stiff writer Brussels Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger told students at Brus Sels american school wednesday that a nuclear disarmament treaty with the so Viets must include ways to verify arms reduction. He also said nato must maintain its deterrence strength. Weinberger spoke to about 160 seventh through i Jib Grade students Fol lowing a meeting of nato defense ministers. We discussed ways of keeping the Al Liance Strong Weinberger Iod the Stu dents in an opening statement. There s really Only one reason to do this and that is because we Are a defensive Alliance and really Don t have any plans 10 attack anybody. We Don t have any aggressive plans. We Don t want to Start a  nato exists to prevent War and to be so Strong the 16 nations never feel there could be a successful attack against them he told the children of americana As signed to nato Headquarters and . Government agencies in Brussels. Weinberger spent 15 minutes an ses students on Page 24 North indicated we re working for the president officer says Washington a the retired air Force col Onel who managed a private air resupply network for the nicaraguan rebels testified wednesday that White House aide Oliver l. North indicated that we were working for the president of the United  col. Robert c. Dutton a Vietnam War combat Pilot told Congress Iran Centra hearings thai his mis Sion in running the Supply operation Lor the Contr guerrillas was similar to his work under president car Ter in carrying out an abortive at empt la Rescue Amer ican hostages held in Iran. As the House and Senate investigative committee convened their fourth week of hearings on the Iran Contra affair Dullon said he worked directly under North then a member of the National Security coun cil staff and re fad air Force Mai. Gen. Richard second. He said Accord had been Deputy chief of the Covert operation to Rescue hostages in Iran. Asked about his understanding of president Rea Gan s role in the Contra resupply operation Dutin replied thai North a Marine lieutenant colonel was in charge of policy for the Mission but he indicated we were working for the president of the United  Dullon said hat when he returned from Central America to september 986, satisfied with the out come of his Mission North had told him this has been a Success. You la never get a medal for this but someday the president Wilt shake your hand and thank  another Point Dulton said he resumed from Central America and gave North an album of photo graphs of nicaraguan drop zones where arms had been delivered by air to the contras. North was pleased and said he wanted to show the photo album to his top Boss whom Dupion assumed was Reagan. Dutton said North and Secord had emphasized that we were working with donated funds for the Contra operation. For two years from october 1984 to octo Ber 1986, direct and indirect . Military Aid to the contras was forbidden by Congress. According to Dutton. North had Access to supers Cret communications of the National Security Agency one of the most closely guarded intelligence agencies inthe . Government and was deeply involved in monitoring Day to Day operations of the Airlift Effort in Nicaragua. For example Dutton said North studied Asa intercepts of Telephone or radio conversations in Central America and then summoned former Cia operative Felix Rodriguez the Liaison Between american aircrews and salvadoran air Force officials to his Washington office in june 1986. He rebuked Rodriguez for see North on Page 24 birthday Parade Queen Elizabeth ii and the Duke of Edinburgh Jam Berlin based British troops during toe Queen s birthday Pande. Set Story on Page 24.