European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday june 10,1967 of denies report 36 Gays discharged in Netherlands Oesterberg a Netherlands is u5,air Force officials tuesday denied a newspaper re port that 36 Homo senior in the Netherlands were discharged last summer saying thai Only four per sons were dismissed for homosexuality Camp new Amsterdam officials conducted an investigation into allegations of homosexual activity at Camp new Amsterdam last sum Mer said capt. Sylvia Freeman spokeswoman for the . Air Force contingent on the dutch base. As n result of the investigation four per sons were administratively discharged. Freeman declined id give further details saying twas air Force policy not to discuss the specifics of any investigation roof the methods used a report in the saturday edition of the Amster dam newspaper Tek Graaf the nation s largest circulation Dally said 36 military member were Dis charged after Beta identified by american undercover fonts at . An ass coated press Story Foed on the newspaper account a . Freeman said the investigation toot place Las summer and is closed. She said she did t know where the Telegram fool its information. Train to Berlin delayed by tires chained to track berlins a the Frankfurt to Berti duty train was delayed for 20 minutes monday morning while official removed three burning tires that had been chained to the tracks. The incident occurred at 3 20 .  in Berlin said capt Scon Johnson an army spokesman in Berlin. Leaflet slating fire and flames for the american presi Dent were mattered around the area. No one has claimed responsibility for the incident. Johnson said tuesday. _ president Reagan is scheduled to visit Berlin Friday for about three hours alter attending the european economic Summit in Venice. Italy. The duty train carries members of the Allied forces Between Frankfurt and Berlin. Vandals at Mainz port damage 47 army vehicles Meckenheim Germany is. A recent spree of vandalism at the Mainz River port did about si3.000 damage to 47 army vehicles an army Materiel Corn spokesman Laid tuesday. The destruction occurred Between May 27 que us cult Lybi bit a  new , High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles destined for the Mainz army depot the spokes Man said. Authorities also found Sand and Ravel in the fuel tanks or around the fuel tank open Ings on four  and . Officials Are investigating the incident Al 5 crashes in Virginia during training killing Pilot Rice a. A an air Force Al s crashed and exploded monday during a training Mission killing the Pilot and spreading wreckage Over  area officials and witnesses said. Personnel from Langley fab where the flight originated put up a eng around the crash site in of would not allow reporters or photographers w Welward a plane by Over real Low said Pearl Mitchell who lives about a mile from the  there was a Boom and the ground  the single seat Jet fighter the most sophisticated in tie us. Arsenal apparently explode Don Impact according to people who saw the crash  was maj. Dennis r. Kuehler 36, according to airman Dana Flores at  was Hying a Low level training Mission at the time she said. The cause of the crash asunder investigation. Flores said the plane was assigned to the 1sttac Fig her Wing. It was not carrying live am munition she said Kuehler a native of new braunfels Texas is survived by a wife and two daughters who liven Newport news flares said. Navy Gulf escorts begin next month Congress told Washington a u.5. Navy ships will begin escorting kuwaiti tankers in the persian Gulf Early next month and must do the Job alone if american allies won t help defense Secretary Caspar Weinberg or told Congress on  told the House armed services com Mittee that the coast guard is Likely later this Mont to finish the paperwork needed to place 11 kuwaiti tankers under the american Flag. When that admits native last is Complete he said the Navy will begin escorting the ships pressed by legislators about when the  role would actually begin Weinberger declined to be specific beyond saying it would be very shortly after the end of  believe that the re tagging will be completed by the end of the month he Laid disputing statement by other administration officials that the us escort role would suit in late  fears about . Policy in the persian Gulf have risen in the Wake of last month s iraqi mis Sile attack on the frigate Stark that killed 37 sailors and Reagan s pledge u protect the kuwaiti tankers. Kuwait is an ally of Iraq in the nearly 7-year-Oldiran-Iraq War and Iran has threatened to continue to target the kuwaiti  key concern in Congress has been the role of . Allies in Western Europe and Japan which receive Shikher percentage of their Oil from the Gulf than does the United slates. Legislators have complained thai american allies should Cany More of the Burden of protecting the  tuesday the House foreign affairs committee delayed a vote on a Resolution urging America s allies to do More in support of the . Role in the Gulf. The postponement was made so he administration could have More time to look at the Resolution and prepare a formal response. In his testimony Weinberger noted that the unite states rets less than 6 percent of its Oil from the Gult while Japan receives 60 percent of its Energy from the area and Western Europe 30 percent. But this ignores use fact that the world Oil Market one Market and. Should the persian Gulf Oil sullies be disrupted Oil prices will use for everyone the Secretary  addition he said the fundamental Issue is leadership the leadership of the free world to resist the forces of anarchy an a tyranny if the United states does t assume leadership in the area the soviet Union will he  and . William Crowe jr., chairman of the join chiefs of staff said the chinese made silkworm missiles recently purchased by Iran Are one of their major fears. But despite being pressed by legislators both leaders refused to say publicly if the Pentagon is preparing preemptive strike against the land Bawd misses which could hit ships going through the Strait of Hor Muz at the Mouth of the Gulf. Rep. Dan Daniel a a. Said he had heard report the one of the silkworms has already been fired but Weinberger said i do not have any information thai it has been deployed or  even though it was an iraqi fighter plane that at tacked the Stark the chief worry is Iran Bolh Wein Berger and Crowe made Clear. They said they accept the iraqi explanation that the attack on the Stark was a  said the Sale of . Arms to Iran was a temporary one time aberration Hurt will not be repeated. He said the attempt to get better relations was Well motivated but it is not possible Wita the kind of lunatics we have in Iran now even though Iran is the chief threat to . Vessels they said Iraq has been behind More than 70 percent of the 300 attacks on tankers in the past three years. Hall says she sneaked out papers to protect the initiative1 of North Washington a Fawn Hall testified tuesday that she expanded the scope of paper shredding in Oliver North s office last nov. 21 because she wanted to dispose of documents that in my mind were private records of her Boss s activities in the Iran Contra  her second Day in the witness chair the govern ment Secretary also said North watched without visible emotion last nov. 21 As president Reagan announced Bis dismissal at a televised news  did t get angry did t bang the table did t say bad words. He just took it said Hall answering questions under a limited Grant of immunity. Asked by sen. Warren Rudman r-n.h., Why she shredded documents and removed papers from North s office in a surreptitious manner As the Iran Contra affair was exposed she replied that she was trying to protect the  were you protecting it from Rudman asked. We were trying to get Back the hostages and we were dealing with moderates in Iran and. Just Felt there Wou ube a lot of damage done if a Tot of Irp secret Sensi Tive Nastalie Daniti age Rar Iblis so inesm and everyone else could read it she said Well it was t the Kab that was coming miss Hafl it was the Fri replied  submitted his resignation to administration officials As his activities became known but he was fired in Stead. Even so. He never showed any anger As he watched Reagan make his firing Public she  questioning Tram members of the House and Senate investigating committees Hall amplified on he dramatic testimony of monday recounting How she slipped some documents outside North s sealed  also said that Thomas Green North s lawyer at the time made no attempt to dissuade her. Initially she said she Felt a Little bit of uneasiness Ashe altered four documents but the moment passed be cause she believed North would t have asked her to do anything improper. Hall said that after North began shredding documents she decided to begin running her Boss s phone logs and copies of computerized Interoffice memos through the shredder. She did so in part because she needed the space in the Qulice files she said but also because they were revealing As far As conversations Between colonel North and other people which i Felt in my mind were private asked by rep. Louis Stokes Ohio. Whether the shred Ding was motivated by a desire to cover up activities. Hall replied i Don t use the word cover up. I use the word protect i can appreciate that very much but Bow Doe that tall within the realm of a Secretary to protect toe Iron Cononi initiative Stokes  was t the one initiating the protecting sir. I that my answer she  told How North had asked her on nov. 21 of last year to alter the originals of four documents identified bythe administration As problems because they revealed too much about the government s role in aiding the  the time attorney general Edwin Meese Iii was begin. Cling an inquiry into the affair that would Lead to North office and his ring. It was a policy of mine not to ask questions and iut to follow instructions Hall testified. I believed in colonel North and what he was doing. I had no right to  through her testimony had praised North for his Cour Tesy to her and his commitment to i Job. He probably was every Secretary s dream of a Boss she said. Hall a 27-year-old part time Model with  kept the Iran Centra committees spellbound during 2% hours of testimony on monday. Seated with he attorney Plato Cacheris her voice appeared to shake nervously As her testimony reached its most sensitive  said she remembered Only one occasion when North spoke of meeting with Reagan at the White House. But she said he met regularly with former Cia director William a Casey and called the direciobid.1members of the House and Senate investigating panels said the testimony dearly showed a conspiracy at the White House to obstruct Justice involving at least North and Hall and possibly Green a Washington attorney it s Clear she engaged in an obstruction of evidence and 1 Don t think it was unwitting said sen. William Cohen a Maine a member of the Senate investigating panel Hall worked for North at the National Security councillor nearly four Yean while he was coordinating an iranian arms for hostages Deal and helping funnel weapons to the contras during a congressional ban on lethal Aid