European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A Side stripes q funeral services held for Stark victims Page 28 q senators want action on Dod reorganization Page 2 d flyers oilers to Battle in Stanley cup final Page 26 the St trs Alfs filpes  unofficial publication for l�m6o Force vol. 46, no. 44 sunday. May 31, 1987 0 6693 a Navy ordered to escort tankers Washington up president Reagan saying he was acting on behalf of " he entire Western world has Given the Navy the nod to sort escorting kuwaiti Oil tankers through the strategic persian Gulf. But the naval escorts which could provoke Iran will not Start until full preparations Are made and the next Convoy of kuwaiti ships is ready to proceed administration officials say sometime in june Reagan made a ringing declaration Friday of . Intent to use Force if necessary to keep the trouble Gulf free for International shipping. The decision to escort kuwaiti Oil tankers that Start lying the american lag making them eligible for Navy Protection was made several weeks ago spokes Man Martin Fitzwater said. However Fitzmaier said Friday the president today approved military plans for providing those escorts in the Wake of the May 17 iraqi attack on the . Frigate Stark thirty seven . Sailors were killed in the attack. The president cast the new american visibility As uneconomic and National Security necessity and vowed that the United states if necessary will defend our selves against any accidental attack or any intentional  our goal is to seek peace rather than provocation Reagan said. We re in the Gulf to protect our National interests and together with our allies the interests of the entire Western  Mark this Point Well the use of the vital sealants of the Gulf will not be dictated by the iranians. These lanes will not be allowed to come under control of the soviet Union he said. Earlier fit Waler announced the capability exist Snow for the Navy to begin escorting the re flagged kuwaiti tankers through the Waters Between Iran an the arabian Peninsula. Once a group of tankers is ready to sail Reagan will give the go ahead for the Navy Protection Fuz Waler said. The escorting of re flagged ships will begin when the president decides he said. National Security adviser Frank Carlucci said the United states has the Means to defend against about 20 iranian silkworm missiles which though they arc not yet operational have a 50-mile Range and can easily Span the 30-mile choke Point at the Gulf Strait of Hormuz Carlucci said continuous air cover for the escorts Ujj not necessary because the United states can rely on saudi operated airborne warning and control system planes and Low flying p-3 Orion submarine Hunter with sophisticated electronic gear to provide surveil Lance. Muscovites stunned by teen Pilot who lands in red Square Moscow a a West German teen Ager who hedge hopped. A sight plane through the vaunted soviet air defens system from Finland right to the Krem Lin entered soviet airspace through Esto Nia Tass said. Matthias rust 19, even buzzed Lenin s Tomb before Landing brazenly in red Square. He was a Good flier and i thought his stunt was for a movie said Mikhail Zhukov 33, a free Lance artist who swathe plane land thursday night. Tass the official news Agency said Friday the flight of the plane above soviet territory was not Cut Short and i landed in  its three paragraph dispatch said competent bodies were investigating but did not say if rust was arrested or would face criminal charges police took rust away after he touched Down in the vast Cobblestone Square and signed a few autographs. The plane was towed away later. A soviet witness said rust had a woman companion who also was take into custody but Gregory Brown a 28 year old tourist from Iowa disagreed. He Cane so close to me that i could clearly see into the plane and there was just one person there Brown said. Twas no More than 10 feet above Jim ground tops. People were ducking allover the place thinking maybe the Pilot was in  Zhukov quoted rust As saying i vef Lown in As a fighter for  when the Young Pilot climbed out of the plane Zhukov said he told onlookers that Jet interceptors had approached him at the soviet Frontier but peeled offend allowed him to continue. Tass said Kust came in from the Baltic near the estonian coastal City of Kohl a Jaryc about 90 Miles Southeast of her sink Finland. West German officials said Friday they were not Able to learn what happened to rust who lives in Hamburg. He apparently flew the single engine plane about 550 Miles from Helsinki avoiding an air search in Finland an soviet defences. The plane had been re ported missing in  All amounts to an incredible feat of airman ship a Western military attache said. He said rust would have had to Fly at less than 100 feel All the Way to avoid select  airspace is vigilantly guarded see muscovites on Page 28 the plane Lawn by West German teen Ager Matthias rust sits in red Square. Spouses finally con Hove their Byi Washington t Washington about 20,000 army worldwide Wilt soon receive a Long delayed question Naire asking their opinions on almost every aspect of military life. This is the spouses Chance to Tell the array leaders How they feel about army pro we can do better for them said Terruj to a management analyst with the Al of Community an family support Conler it is the Firlo i Flat will be an annual Survey of spouses cjl3id thursday. The army has surveyed s1ceinembers, but respondents often had to guess what their spouses might answer to a particular question she said. But the last few years hav1 recognize a / Lead influx j on our fourth he Survey questions tide data a Ortw in Ell " lilt plan  the questionnaire covers subjects sic lion housing transportation family programs an3 services medical care spouse employment and Chil Dren and child care. The importance of the Survey can t be stressed enough she said. We Nel a Good response  information we get will be used at the highest Levels to influence decisions that affect the lives of military families in Many  the Survey was to go out last november but was delayed Iwine it was held Back first because the army s reassignment freeze last year pushed the Peak moving season for families from the summer into october and november which would have caused Many of the surveys to be sent to outdated addresses. Chc Dulce for january but was held up again Wim Ariy decided to mail them directly to spouses . But spouses Home addresses arc not include a ble listed master file at thu army military Persoff Hafl Eler which meant several additional months of can Jitter Cross checking