European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 11.1987 the stars and stripes page3 Summit from Page 1 boost consumer spending and enhance  no country was mentioned the statement clearly referred to Japan and Ger Many. However the statement also chastised coun tries with unmanageable deficits an obvious reference to the United states. Specific mention of International measures to control the turbulent currency markets was limited to a Short passage noting that stability will be achieved Only Over time. Additionally the . Position on reducing farm subsidies was weakened in the final Resolution which suggests that nations allow for food Security environmental Protection and Overall employment before easing Price supports. But the Resolution did term the subsidies a serious problem of urge scope that should be dealt with urgently. The major initiative developed in Venice was commitment of the seven nations to meet three times yearly to Exchange seven major eco nomic indicators. The move is designed to ensure continued growth by establishing a watch for eco nomic slowdowns in Summit nations. But the Mea sure contains no provision for enforcement. Baker s comments followed the Reading of the joint statement which ended the Venice meet As Holt and chairman of the Summit italian prime minister Amintore Fanfani read the statement in a gathering at the Cini foundation s Hall of tapestries on san Gorgio  also outlined the Summit participants positions on aids and drug abuse areas pushed by Britain and Canada that were not included in the official communique. The communique made no reference to South Africa a subject pushed by Fanfani. The italian prime minister expressed the concerns of some Leaden with apartheid in comments following the official readings. He noted that the african nation s serious social problems can Only be solved by dismantling apartheid and replacing it with a new non racist  Fanfani also brought attention to the presence of foreign troops in Cambodia saying the sum Mit leaders would push for that nation s development under political autonomy. He described the unrest in the Middle East saying the seven hoped for some form of real Progress in the Iran Iraq War Lebanon and the occupied territories. The document also gave support to the Centra role of the International monetary fund and welcomed the japanese government s Call for an increase in the resources put at the disposal of developing countries inviting other countries to provide More resources for the third world. Finance officials of the seven nations worked late tuesday night to draft the Summit s final economic declaration. Missing from the final Summit session was British prune minister Margaret Thatcher who left Early tuesday afternoon because of thurs Day s parliamentary elections. British foreign Sec Cuy sir Geoffrey Howe sat in for Thatcher. President Reagan and French president fran Cois Mitterrand arrived about four minutes late for the ceremony which had already been delayed 15 minutes. Reagan took his seat removed his hearing Aid and put on translator earphones before taking a Pill with a sip of water. Iran threatens to turn Gulf into a graveyard Nicosia Cyprus a Iran intensified its verbal attacks against the United states wednesday by threat ening to turn the persian Gulf into a graveyard if America intervenes in the Region. In the event of an aggressive intervention in the persian Gulf by american forces the Region will be turned into a graveyard for aggressors and their allies said state run Tehran radio monitored in Nicosia. On tuesday the radio issued a thinly veiled threat to attack . Nuclear reactors if american forces were to strike iranian missile batteries in the persian Gulf. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger told Congress wednesday that the Navy did t expect Iran to attack american ships in the Gulf. In the past Iran has assiduously avoided even the Mere hint of a threat toward . Ships either combat ant or commercial he told the House foreign affairs committee. We do not expect that situation to change Iran s violent rhetoric notwithstanding. We believe they will not launch any attacks on american ships he said. In tuesday s broadcast Tehran radio said the United states warning that it would attack chinese made hy2 silkworm anti ship missiles deployed on the strategic Strait of Hormuz Gateway to the Gulf is Prema Ture. Washington considers Iran s deployment of the mis Siles a serious threat to Freedom of navigation in the strategic waterway. Contrary to what they claim they Are unable to accept the ask of attacking iranian missile bases in the persian Gulf or Otic r forms of confrontation Tehran radio said. ". Centers and nuclear reactors can be More vulnerable than the missile bases of the islamic Republic of Iran the radio said. The radio apparently was referring to nuclear re actors in the United states most of which Are used to generate electricity although a few government run facilities also provide fuel for nuclear bombs. Outside the United states american owned re actors Are found Only on Board nuclear powered sub marines and surface warships of the . Navy. Kama Kharrazi spokesman of Iran s War information Headquarters was quoted by the radio As saying recent reports that the United states might attack the silkworm missiles were psychological  this staged show will no doubt persuade the Small states of the persian Gulf to Purchase american weapons Kharrazi said. The silkworm missiles have a Range of up to so Miles and can carry 990-Pound warheads big enough to sink a Tanker or freighter. The radio commentary said Congress has refused to endorse a further american presence in the persian Gulf following last month s iraqi Aerial bombing of the . Frigate Stark unless other Western nations participated it said these fears and uncertainties among America s Western allies prove the Power and capability of moslem  the May 17 attack on the Stark killed 37 Ameri  s comments came As he spent a second Day on Capitol Hill explaining the Reagan administration s decision to protect kuwaiti tankers a move that has raised fears that the United states May be drawn into the 6to-year-old Iran Iraq War. Charging that Kuwait aids Iraq the iranians have singled out kuwaiti vessels and ships trading with the emirate for attack. . And soviet efforts to help Kuwait protect it tankers have heightened tensions in the Gulf. In Beijing wednesday an official said China was studying a kuwaiti request for additional help. Next month . Navy ships will Start escorting kuwaiti tankers re registered in the United states. The americans plan to re Flag ii of Kuwait s 21 state owned tankers so they can be protected by the . Navy which has at least six operational ships in the Gulf. The soviets have leased three tankers to Kuwait and have at least two warships in the strategic waterway. Administration sources said tuesday that the Navy s Mideast task Force in the Gulf will temporarily Well in size to As Many As u dozen warships by Early july and then drop to a standing Force of eight or nine to provide escorts for the kuwaiti tankers. The Navy has selected three ships currently deployed in the Pacific for duty in the Gulf in addition to three other combat vessels that left the East coast for the Region last weekend said the sources. The aircraft Carrier Constellation meanwhile will move into a patrol position outside the Gulf during the first week of july. Rome from Page 1 rent april in Bangkok Thailand the Man on saturday red a Ford escort from a Rome Agency police said. Armed with the composite sketch police said wednesday they had checked about so hotels and garages to see if the Man had been in Rome Long before the attacks. Police said the it an had made reservations in May for the hotel room and the rental of the car which rigged with about 4to pounds of int exploded beside the . Embassy compound tuesday at about 7 45 . The blast damaged several cars and blew out win Dows in the nearby hotel Excelsior. About 40 minutes earlier a rocket was launched into the compound of the British embassy about a half mile away. The rocket landed harmlessly in an ornamental Pool near a statue by the late British sculptor Henry Moore. The attacks came a Day after the Beirut office of the italian news Agency Ansa reported receiving by Tele phone an Anonymous threat against Italy. It said a Man claiming to speak for a group called palestinian islamic jihad threatened italian interests in connection with its hosting of the Venice Summit Ansa quoting the Middle East reporter of West Beirut reported tuesday that the anti imperialist. International brigade is believed linked to about so terrorist acts. The Agency said that last september the group sent a poster to its Beirut office threatening 12 world leaders it called state  these included some of the people attending the Venice Summit Reagan British prime min ister Margaret Thatcher West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and japanese Premier Yasuhiro Nakasone. Ansa said the group had also issued other threats demanding the release of Middle Eastern prisoners in italian jails. Who Given Central role in fight against aids virus  staff writer Venice Italy calling aids one of the world s biggest potential health prob lems Summit leaders wednesday threw their support behind the world health organization As the Best forum for draw ing together International efforts to com Bat the deadly virus. In a separate chairman s statement on aids issued along with their closing economic statement the leaders stated that International cooperation in battling aids win not be improved by Duplica Tion of efforts. They said priority must be Given to strengthening existing organizations by giving them full political sup port and the necessary resources. The world health organization who is the Best forum for drawing together International efforts on a world wide level to combat aids and All coun tries should be encouraged fully to Coop Erate with the who and support its special program of aids related activities the report stated. The statement said National efforts need to be intensified and made More effective by International cooperation and concerted campaigns to prevent the fatal acquired immune deficiency syn drome from spreading further. However the statement cautioned that any measures taken should be in accordance with the principles of human rights. In the absence of a vaccine or cure the Best Hope for the combat and Preven Tion of aids rests on a strategy based on educating the Public about the serious Ness of the aids epidemic the ways the aids virus is transmitted and the prac tical Steps each person can take to avoid acquiring or spreading it the statement  final report also said appropriate opportunities should be used by coun tries for the Exchange of information about the disease. It supported joint re search efforts especially an ongoing pro Gram by . And French researchers for a cure of the disease clinical testing on components of the virus and the development of a successful  attacks the body s immune sys tem rendering it incapable of resisting other diseases and  a separate statement on drug abuse the leaders stated they intend to continue their fight against illegal production and distribution of drugs and to create conditions for More effective International co operation. The leaders said they also would work for the eradication of illegal cultivation of natural drugs and for its replacement with other types of production which will further the Aims of social and economic  the leaders also said they were looking Forward to a successful International Congress on drug abuse and illicit trafficking which will be convened by the United nations next week in Vienna