European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday May 2b.19b7u.s. Studying plans to protect tankers from Page 1 while House on tuesday by reporters from Sis foreign newspapers. "1 Don t Sec the danger of a War. I Don t Sec Liow in could possibly Start the president was quoted As say ing. As a matter of fact we Are doing everything we can to try id bring about an end to inc Iran Iraq War that we  Reagan will meet later in the week with the National Security Council. He is focusing Liis attention on the talks he will join in Venice. Italy on june 8-10 with Chc leaders of six other industrialized countries. Among them Are Britain and France the two key allies in erecting a Western deterrent to iranian attacks on Gulf shipping. So far this year. 20 ships 16 of them connected with Kuwait were struck. The iranians have never attacked a . Flag ship. They boarded a freighter last year to Check for Contra band and then let in proceed. After Iraq attacked the american frigate Stark last week killing 37 sailors Reagan ordered . Naval forces in the area to fire at any aircraft that flew in a menacing pattern near them. The United Stales does not intend to build up its four ship naval Force in the Gulf but May add to the Fleet in the arabian sea. . Officials said. They stressed the kuwaiti tankers which will carry an american Captain As Well As a . Flag will pass through the Gulf relatively quickly in the course of along voyage. They will need Protection an official said. If they need air cover the question is for How  in other developments sen. James Sassy d-tcnn., who resumed from the persian Gulf on tuesday said he was More con Vinced than Ever that the proposal to escort kuwaiti tankers is a very risky  Sasser proposed that european allies help out and that Japan help fund. Inc escort 1o make it a multinational Effort. China has provided Iran with a second shipment of silkworm anti ship missiles a . Official who demanded anonymity disclosed tuesday. The mis Siles delivered about two weeks ago added to an arse Nal supplied by China earlier in the year and could enhance Iran s ability to attack ships moving through the Strait of Horn Iii. The missiles add a dangerous dimension to shipping in inc Gulf the official said. Secretary of slate George Shutlz asked the chinese on a trip to Beijing in March to halt weapons ship ments 10 Iran. He Reid erased inc Appeal to a visiting chinese military delegation in Washington last week. Administration officials said China s reply was to not acknowledge arming Iran with the Short Range rockets. Assistant Secretary of state Richard Murphy pub tidy assured Iran last week that protecting the Tanker was not intended As . Provocation. However he also cautioned Iran that an attack on . Naval Force in the Gulf could expand fighting in the area. While House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said tuesday in would be irresponsible to suggest the United slates might bomb Iran for attacking kuwaiti Oil tankers under american Flag in the persian Gulf we make no threats against anybody Fitzmaier said. Our forces Are there As a deterrent the spokesman said Basic decisions had been made on How . Forces would respond to an attack hot he refused to discuss them. After the iraqi missile attack on the Stark Reagan put . Ships in the Gulf on heightened Alert and. Authorized them to fire on aircraft that appear , in is unclear How the United states would respond to Shore launched missiles from Iran. Asked if the United slates would bomb Iran if i attacked the ships fit water said that s a very irresponsible kind of assertion in our judgment. It is irresponsible to suggest we Are going to bomb Iran. We do not have any kind of purposes of that kind. Our purpose there is deterrence and we Don t want to Sug Gest any offensive action students from Page 1 swering questions from the students including senior Keith Phillips who wanted to know what budget strains would be caused by converting from nuclear to conventional forces. Weinberger said conventional Forcet Cost More than nuclear forces but added we have to ask ourselves the Basic question of what will be left after an agreement going Down to Zero in any category of the nuclear weapons. Is there going to be enough left to deter the Sovi ets from launching a successful attack on nato or inc United states Weinberger said that whatever is agreed upon in arms reduction will be expensive but we Are going to have to ask ourselves How much is Freedom Worth Weinberger told Sev chm grader malls Dak that nuclear disarmament is pos sible and is one of president Reagan highest priorities. Arms negotiations Are being aimed a giving the to United slates the ability to verify compliance the Secretary said. We would have to be Able to go on russian soil and inspect russian Facto Ries and missile Sites and things like that he said. They have never Given that kind of permission before but it is possible. I believe it is something we should work  one of the Best ways of dealing with the threat Weinberger told the students is to make soviet missiles useless. Ski is another of the president s highest priorities and that s where he got the idea thai if we can t Trust people at least we can try to get systems to destroy missiles before they even get into the atmosphere of inc Earth he said of the strategic defense initiative also known As Star wars. President Reagan is convinced that ski is a lot Beierl because it will destroy the Means of destruction destroy weapons and not destroy  the iraqi missile attack on the . Navy frigate shark also was discussed by the defense ministers. Brussels senior Nicole Beaton who will attend West Point in the fail asked Weinberger Why the United states defends other nations shipping. Weinberger acknowledged the risk but he said we Don t want to see our friends and allies seriously weakened by a situation because we did t protect their shipping. The persian Gulf 11 Vita to the Oil going to other countries in nato to Japan or to our other friends on whom we have to rely for a lot of the ability to protect  if the Gulf Ever fell into soviet control 40 percent of uie Oil for Europe and 70 percent to 80 percent of Japan s Oil would be Cut off Weinberger said. Such a Cut would greatly reduce their ability to defend themselves and put them in a position to be intimidated he said. Talks from Page 1 to join in efforts to eliminate the serious imbalance of conventional forces and combat capability in favor of the Warsaw pact and their capability for Surprise at  . Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger told re porters after the meeting that Progress toward a . Soviet agreement to withdraw medium Range and pos Sibly Short Range nuclear missiles from Europe under lined and emphasized the need to boost nato non nuclear forces. There was t the slightest doubt from the people around the table that the commitment of All of us needed to be increased that we All needed to do More he Lold a news conference before flying Low Ashington. The ministers reaffirmed a longstanding nato goal of increasing National defense spending by at least 3 percent a year after inflation a target Only five of the Alliance members Are Likely to meet this year. Weinberger said the defense ministers also agreed on the strategic importance of preventing the Iran Iraq War from rest i log shipping in the persian Gulf through which much of the West s Oil flows. The defense Secretary said he did not request any specific actions to help the United states patrol the Gulf but stressed that . Efforts would be enhanced if More nations would lend assistance. All things that Are done Are improved by a cooperative response and by a number of different people participating Weinberger Lold a news conference. At another Point he said it would be helpful to have some air bases and additional air cover but added no demands were made no requests were  on tuesday the nato ministers expressed regret at the loss of 37 american sailors in last week s Iraq attack on the frigate Stark in the Gulf. None of the nato allies offered firm commitments to Weinberger on his suggestion of a broader Western response to the escalating Gulf War. North from Page 1 violating the secrecy of Field communications and talk ing to unauthorized people Dutton said. Dutton said North was concerned that Rodriguez who used the alias of Max Gomez was speaking on encoded channels about secret aspects of the resupply operation. Dutton also indicated close Cia interest in the con tra operation. He said North had Lold him of discussions with Jill referring to the late Cia director William 1. Casey about our project about what we were doing and toward the end when we were looking at the trans Fer of the operation Over to the  Dutton also quoted North As saying he had talked to attorney general Edwin Meese Iii in connection with Dutton s aim of getting the investigation turned off about the use of planes from Miami based Southern air transport in aiding the contras. Dulton said he had been informed that investigators could uncover some classified operations that were being done with other departments of the United sum  detailing the Aid he received from . Official despite the congressional ban Dulton said that . Army col. James Lecle head of the . Military Mission in Al Salvador supplied weather information and helped mediate disputes Between Dutton s aircrews and salvadoran officials Dutton said his Field staff communicated with the commander of Contra forces on the Southern front i Nicaragua through the Cia station chief whom he identified Only As Joe in a neighbouring country. Previous witnesses have described help supplied on the south.-. Front by the Cia station chief in Costa Rica who went by the alias Tomas Castillo. But Dutton said Secord had convinced him from toe outset that the resupply operation was entirely Legal so Long As deliveries of arms and other military equip ment originated outside the United states and no american troops were involved. He said he accepted Secord s assurances that this was being done at the Behest of the White House and understood that North was working at the Behest of the president military Parade in Berlin honors Queen Berlin a Britain s Queen Elizabeth ii on wednesday attended an annual British military Parade staged in Honor of her birthday and seen As a Symbol of Britain s commitment to the Allied defense of West Berlin. The Queen accompanied by her husband Prince Philip and Gen. Patrick Brooking the British City commander stood on a platform As 1,000 British troops 14 tanks 18 armoured personnel carriers and dozens of other military vehicles filed past on a Fiel next to the olympic stadium. At the end of the Parade the troops saluted the Queen with a 21-gun Salvo. The Queen then reviewed the troops Riding in a Carriage drawn by four White horses. About 40,000 West berliners also watched the Parade. The British Monarch arrived in West Berlin tues Day for a 36-hour visit in connection with the City s750th anniversary celebrations. If was her third visit to the Western sector of the divided City where she also attended British military parades in 1965 and 1978. At a banquet tuesday evening the Queen said the annual parades were a reminder of Britain s commit ment which remains As Strong As it Ever was to the Western allies Protection of West Berlin. After wednesday s Parade the Queen look a walk past the City s Kaiser Wilhelm memorial Church and to the elephant Gate at the Berlin zoo. The Queen was to meet with West German president Richard von Weizsaecker before returning to Londo later wednesday