European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page Al the stars and stripes thursday july 16,1987 France denies apologizing to Iran for alleged beating world Tommy Nicosia Cyprus a Iran said wednesday thai France s senior Diplomat in Tehran Iran apologized for the alleged beating of an iranian Diplomat by French police but France denied it made any apology. Official iranian Media said police struck Diplomat Mohsen Aminzadeh saturday at the Geneva air inn injuring him. France has not commented on the re ports but Swiss sources confirmed that Aminzadeh was admitted to a Hospital with minor injuries the iranian report of the apology came a Day after the islamic revolutionary court demanded Leaf French Consul Jean Paul Tom appear to give explanations about charges of spying. The French foreign ministry said the accusations were without found  there was no word on Torri s whereabouts wednes Day and no indication whether he responded to the summons. The state radio and official news Agency reports tuesday indicated he had not been arrested. Relations Between France and Iran have been severely strained since june 30, when police ringed the iranian embassy in Paris Hunting for Wahid Gordji a translator French authorities want to question in connection with bombings in the capital last year. The iranians have refused to hand Over Gordji who does not have diplomatic immunity. Tehran radio monitored in London said wednes Day thai French charge d affaires Pierre Lafrance extended an apology to Iran s foreign ministry for the alleged beating of Aminzadeh in the French Section of Geneva s Cintrin Airport which straddles the Swiss French Border. A French foreign ministry spokesman denied the report or. Lafrance was received july 14 by or. Abou talc i european director at the iranian foreign ministry the spokesman said. On this occasion he took the Steps he was asked to Lake concerning thai iranian gunboat attack against the French cargo vessel Ville d anvers on july 13. The incident concerning or. Aminzadeh came up Dur ing the course of he meeting. Or. Lafrance stated the facts. He did not present any apologies in the name of he French  Lafrance was summoned by iranian officials tues Day after Torri was ordered to appear for questioning on espionage  the iranian broadcast quoted Lafrance As saying that the French foreign ministry was not satisfied with accounts from French police and Swiss customs agents about the incident at Geneva s Airport. The French foreign ministry said tuesday that the iranian charge about Torri was made to counter the French demand thai Gordji be turned Over to police. On monday Tehran radio said the alleged beating of its Diplomat in Geneva was a Savage act France condemned monday s attack on the French freighter in the persian Gulf As a serious affair and demanded an explanation. France is a major supplier of arms to Iraq which has been Al War with Iran since september 1980. Iraq says planes blasted Oil Field Nicosia Cyprus a Iraq said its Warp Ancs bombed and destroyed an iranian offshore Oil Field a run today in the persian Gulf just North of the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The official iraqi news Agency said the planes flew 370 Miles to bomb the Boslam Oil Field and to Reile Raic to the iranian enemy that no matter How Long the War continues we Are determined to deprive them of every source of  the Agency monitored in Nicosia said the raid curved at 9,30a.m. The Agency said All attacking iraqi aircraft returned safely to base alter bombing and destroying their target the Rosum Oil  in was the third Day in which Iraq has carried out Long distance air attacks on iranian Oil installations and offshore Oil Fields in the Gulf. The spate of raids precedes the a flagging of kuwaiti Oil tankers under the american Flag to entitle them to Protection by american warships. Iraq has repeatedly declared it will keep up its at tacks on vital iranian Oil and economic targets in an Effort to throttle Iran s Economy and Force it to accept a negotiated end to the nearly 7-year-Otdvar. The War is costing each of the two countries More than s7 billion annually. Iran generally retaliates after Iraq s strikes by raid ing foreign vessels in the Gulf thai Trade with Iraq or its Oil Rich Arab supporters in the Region. U.s., Japan of pack on anti sub project Tokyo Dpi Navy Secretary James Webb ended talks wednesday with senior japanese officials Wilh an agreement to begin talks in Hawaii on a joint project to boost Western capabilities in tracking soviet submarines. A statement released by the . Forces in Japan said Webb announced thai the United so alas and Japan would begin immediately the process of negotiating improvements in the anti submarine warfare capabilities of both  Webb arrived tuesday on the first leg of an asian Lour two weeks after defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger made his visit. During Weinberger s visit the United slates and Japan agreed to Lake part in joint research to improve Western submarine warfare capabilities which . Officials claim was jeopardized by a japanese firm s illegal Sale of sensitive equipment to the soviet Union that enabled soviet submarine to run quieter. The . Military statement said Webb met Wilh Yuko Kurihara director general of Japan s defense Agency and foreign minister Tadashi Kur Anari and other senior political and military officials since his arrival. The talks the statement said covered an array of defense related issues Wilh a specific agreement on the immediate need to move Forward in the area of Navy to Navy cooperation in Ami submarine  initial negotiations will Convene in Hawaii in the near future it said. Chinese official arrested for Sid tracking fire trucks Beijing a police have arrested a fire official accused of diverting fire engines la his Home while a huge fire in northeastern China destroyed several villages the official Xinhua news Agency said wednesday. Qin Baoshan has been accused of dereliction of duty the report said. He was Deputy fire chief of the Moho county Public Security Bureau s fire Section when the fire spread to his Home town of Xilin i on May 7. Qin was ordered to Lead inc fire brigade to guard the local Limber Yard warehouse barn and Oil depot. After spraying half a tank of water on the blazing warehouse he withdrew the Bri Gade and sent three fire trucks to protect his House Xinhua said. He ordered the destruction of neighbouring Homes that were nol on fire to build a firebreak for his House the report said. 1 of 2 youths drowns in swim from Yugoslavia Belgrade Yugoslavia a an Albani an youth managed to swim across inc heavily guarded Border with Yugoslavia in the Southern Adriatic but another youth drowned during the eight hour swim the be Cernie nov Soti daily re ported wednesday. Investigative judge Zoran Pip Erovic said in a statement to reporters it was not Clear whether the two youths intended to swim across the Bor Der when they started Oul near the albanian coastal town of Vel ipod about 3 Miles East of the land Border Wilh Yugoslavia. Vece Mje no Vosti said Djoni tonin 25, Man aged to reach a Beach near the yugoslavian port of Ulcina which lies 10 Miles on the other Side of the Border. Pee dirt Gegaj 32, from the albanian Border City of a Koder drowned about 200 Yards from the Shore it said. Invitation to Waldheim confirmed by egyptian Vienna Austria a egyptian foreign minister Esmal Abdel Meguid confirmed wednesday Hal his country has invited austrian president Kurt Waldheim to visit but he said the Date has yet to be determined. Waldheim who denies alleged links to nazi atrocities in world War ii. Has visited Only the Vatican and Jordan since being elected president a year ago. Abdul Meguid told a news conference Al the end of a three Day visit to Austria that he handed Wajdy Ceirra invitation from egyptian presi Dent Hosni Mubarak during talks with the aus Trian tuesday. Waldham s spokesman Grold Christian first said March 23 that the austrian Leader would visit Egypt. The controversy surrounding Waldheim and the . Decision to place him on a watch list of undesirable aliens have meant that no Western nation has Yel invited the former . Sec Reury general for an official stale visit. Of plane flies american aids victim from China Beijing a a . Military plane evacuated an Amman aids victim from southwestern China wednesday a . Embassy official in Beijing said. He Reid the patient would be flown to the Philippines and then on to the United Stales. Brent Anderson 38, left inc City of Kunming Yun Nan province in a . Air forts plane thai flew in from dark a in the Philippines to pick him up . Embassy spokesman Andy Kofi said. Anderson was to be Down to Clark a. From there he was to be transported to Travis fab in California and then Lowright Pili Enon fab near Daylon. Ohio where his family will meet him according to an air Force spokeswoman in Ohio. Anderson who works for a computer related Busi Ness in new York was travelling in China a a tourist when he entered the Yunnan no. I people to spill on june 18 with a High fever and respiratory illness. Tests revealed Anderson was suffering from aids a chinese official said. Commercial flights refused to carry him because of restrictions on carrying patients Wilh contagious Dis eases Lack of medical facilities and the reluctance of countries where the plane might land. Koss said the trip Home for Anderson will cos $40,000. The family will be asked to Deposit the Money into an account for the stale department which arranged for the military flight. In the Philippines Clark a spokesman maj. Thomas Boyd said Anderson would stay there for lev Era Dayi until his condition stabilizes enough for the flight to the United states. A Yunnan province Public health department offi Cial who identified herself Only As mrs. Wen said wednesday morning Hal Anderson s condition had improved and his temperature was Normal. China has had fewer than a dozen aids cases and just three confirmed aids deaths a chinese Hemo Philias who was treated Wilh imported blood products a Man from fijian province who returned Home Tyler several years abroad and an Argentine tourist the government imposed new regulations this Spring requiring All foreigners arriving in China who will reside Here Tor More than a year to undergo aids less to prove they have nol been exposed to the Dis ease. The requirement does not apply to the majority of foreigners who Are tourists visiting the country for a Short Lime. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome ii an affliction in which inc body s immune system be comes unable to resist disease. There is no cure