European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 o the stars and stripes sunday june 7,1987 Iran missile deployment May prompt strike Washington a two senators who just resumed from the persian Gulf said today hat the United states might Fly new Limsky or a preemptive sinker against Irant Walii in Issitt i they Are deployed against is _ Strait or Hormuz. Related Story,5. You d have to do it if you re going Mohave Freedom of passage of those Straits sen. John Warner r-va., Saidon abcs today show.". We see no Allied assistance that will help us if it necessary to to in and Lake out those missiles. Well go it alone if it sen John Glenn a Ianird Warner on Parlour of the Gulf said one of Manyo Pitons i 6?rjnsidcred. A int not want go in on a pre cup isl Rick just right at this Point Glenn said. But if they Start deploying them we can t Lake any Chance on that Strait being closed. It s too the Washington Post reported in Fri Day s editions that the Reagan administration was debating whether to make Astrike against the missiles known As silk t. Quoting sources in did not Norrie i i Tunke is on of several options options Range from diplomatic Channda to deploy actual strike by guns As soon As there is i the missiles arc ready to fire at nipping the newspaper said. The Post said . Intelligence Agen cies estimate the chinese made missiles could become operational by july House Deputy press Secretary Dan Howard said of the report i absolutely refuse to discuss what our military operations might be and i direct you tothe president i remarks last week in which he said that he wanted the Irani ans logo to bed at night wondering1 what the United states might do. Sen. Claiborne Pell. committee diced a Bill thu it the re fluid Bart Zwaili Oil tankers us proposal is poorly conceived and dangerous Pell said. It is being Ken without balancing the Possi maj Dittwe very real risks of greater Ami in the persian Gulf i during their visit Toad Glenn met with represent. The Gulf cooperation Council of Allied Arab nations. They said the acc Natoni Are fearful of an iranian Victory believing thai would mean ran would move against the Small nations on the Western Side of the Gulf. We have a tremendous Lack of credibility in the Arab world Glenn said citing the bungled us. Mission to Rescue american hppknrt980, therb West forces from Beirut. Erica marines were killed in1983, and the secret Sale of . Arms to Don t like the idea of the kuwaiti re flagging he said but i think the Gul Stales Are looking at this As almost kind of a litmus test of american will to protect Western interests in the Region. One criticism of the re flagging move has entered on the support of american allies such As Western european nations which receive a far higher amount of their Oil from the Region than docs the states great Britain have Token naval find they re not going to increase Fol Warner predicted. The Senate adopted a non binding Resolution thursday calling on the administration to seek cooperation from . Al lies it protecting Gulf navigation. Iran from Page 1 bother you Inouye asked Hakim. The witness quietly responded when i look Buck or. Chairman i share your opinion Al the time it did t occur to select House Senate committees ending the fifth week of hearings heard Hakim s explanations of the some times tortuous financial deals Strung together in Switzer land to handle , arms sates to Iron and sustain the secret Supply network Forth nicaraguan rebels. Much of Friday s hearing concerned the los. Efforts led by North then a National Security Council official to reach out to Iran and profits generated by the Enterprise for the participants especially Hakim and Secord. Secord who appeared before the committees five week Sago. Testified that he forsworn any personal gain from the Enterprise because he hoped to return to government service possibly As Cia director of Covert open Lions. However Hakim related several sizeable trans actions made by and for Secord with some of that Money going in 1985 and 1986 to the Purchase of porsche sports car and a Piper Seneca air plane Inouye and Sens. Orrin Hatch a Utah and Pau Trible r-va., said Secord should be recalled to explain his motives and finances now clouded by late testimony that contradicts his insistence hat he was solely motivated by patriotism. Senate committee Vic chairman Warren Rudman . Said Wilh relish absolutely it s a real also said he had no idea where 110 million promised to the Enterprise came from and was worried when the Money never appeared in his Swiss accounts. The Money was from the asian nation of Brunei and de posited in the wrong Bank account. At one meeting the second Channel iranians offered North a Rug Worth Hakim guessed $2,000 lo$5,000. North refused the Rug As a government offi Cial he could not accept in but he did Lake some Pistachio nuts the iranians brought along. A sophisticated encryption device culled a klr43, that Hakim used to write coded messages when he was left alone to negotiate Wilh the second Channe iranians now languishes a useless machine in the offices of Hakim s Swiss that news the committees voted to order Hakim to turn Over the device within 24 Kjl-41 a device that Inouye said the Kab would love to have is a High tech coding machine exclusively used by the super secret National Security Agency. However kl-43s were used by nearly All key participants in he . Arms sales to Iran and the private resupply network for the , to who became an american citizen in 1974 and join Wilh Secord in business in 1983, said thai after the first Channel into the iranian govern ment brokered by arms dealer Manucher Ghorbani far went sour. Hakim through other intermediaries found the second the second Channel an iranian government official was also interested in pursuing goals of freeing the american hostage in Lebanon and improving .-Iran relations Hakim said. During a critical october meeting in Frankfurt West Germany which turned out to be the last such session with the second Channel Secord apparently Wilh North s Blessing said we will fight russians in Iran in cose of invasion with or without the govern ment of Iran s assistance Hakim also said Secord suggested the United states will cooperate to depose the Leader the president of Iraq which undoubtedly struck a chord Wilh Ihei Ranian government official because a key goal of Iran s 6-year War with Iraq has been the overthrow of president Saddam Hussein. However under questioning by chief Senate Counse Arthur Liman. Hakim downplayed those promises saying the Way 1 recall this or. Liman it was bargaining method that general Secord used to gel the attention of the asked if the we in we will cooperate " was the Enterprise or the United said my understanding is the my impression or. Liman was from the very beginning that the president of the United states was supporting this Mission it was cleared Wilh him. And in my mind i did t go further than the president s authorities and i did t judge the policy of the arms from Page 1 ring the groundwork for a Mhz Milb drum Range and Shorter Range missiles weers of seven economic Powers gather Here for their annual president taped the speech Al the country where he is slaying. It was fed by satellite Washington and then broadcast via us1a facilities. A he also outlined a Sci a Tocoi Ilmic goals for the but nil of agricultural subsidies by All year 2000. Reagan called for a to reduce instability in Exchange r to promote economic Oul West Germany Reagan said its econ omy is slowing resulting in retarded business growth across Western Europe it is essential thai Germany follow up on its commitment to revive its sluggish Economy Reagan said. Japan Loo could help right the imbalance in the world Economy by righting the i Tobaja Economy. The pent up consumer s control a Cluj been the. Of peace demonstrations. Now i wanted to let them know that my with them thai i Loo yearned for a Day when Mankind could live free of the terror of nuclear annihilation. But the task was t As easy As simply signing treaty Reagan said adding that he had to make sure it was verifiable and would Cut arms while not letting either Side be outmatched and vulnerable. Well our persistence and steadfastness could now pay off in an agreement very much in our interest Andon our terms be said. While touting the proposed .-soviet agreement Reagan noted that it would have a Cost. Tji we?, weapons we must improve our conventional defense capabilities difficult and expensive As thai might be Reagan said adding the United slates will not waiver in our commit ment to the defense of Europe. We will sustain the credibility of nato i doctrine of flexible response which has served us Well and remains the Center of s the soviet Union As isolated from the Rel be fms of economic matters an noted that in retu3cnmmkipate in the Marshall plan for the rebuilding a War said the Choice is theirs participate in the Advance of history or fall farther an farther behind into economic jackets from Page 1 Happy int however the jackets Are i45 air Crews wait for their fall debut. Pilots Are already talking about them Ryan s real excited about getting them. It in 1" us stand out from the Resl of the air especially fighter Dillu Wren Utec Blue suits Ryan Ajmer rather jacket is looked on As a for of identity by fighter pilots a badge that says they Are members of an elite group the pilots into the same big unit and have them look like everybody else in the air Force is really not fair to the pilots Ryan said they re the ones out there every Day risking their lives. They re the one that go into the Valley of ales of the heroic fighter Ace the leather. Ill Elway goggles a at heritage is a Strong one wore one of those jackets when he was a Pilot during world War ii."1 never really saw my father in that jacket Ryan said pointing to the garment thai army air corps Pil Lmichael o. Ryan wore when he flew b-7s Over Europe. That s a world War ii jacket and i Wax bom ini960." he pulled a Black and White photo from 8 pocket of the leather jacket. It showed a Boyish looking Man Wilh a while Scarf tucked into the same leather when i saw pictures of him to me that looks like the courageous Nona aviator ready to to into this perception of what an air Force combat ready Pilot should look and feel like that prompted Ilo give the of to Purchase the jackets that s100 each. Binds him and the pilots of Bis Day to ?bmbkimlay3 gone by. In puts us in touch with 5inbimmf��ilou that went before
