European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 28 the stars and stripes Friday july 24,1987 escorted ships unchallenged by Iran aboard the Kidd in the per. Is an Gulf a a pair of re flagged kuwaiti ships and their american naval escorts slowed quietly through Calm hot seas in inc persian Gulf an thursday As they headed for port in Kuwait. There were no incidents and Navy officials continued to predict that Iran would not attack either inc tankers or the three Navy warships. So far it s gone precisely the Way i thought it would smoothly without any confrontation on the part of Iran said rear adm Harold born san. The commander of the Mideast task Force. The iranian air Force and Navy is not Strong. It would not be in their Best inter ests to  their forces in a direct confrontation and since i feel that in Gen eral they arc intelligent reasonable people. I did nol expect them to confront us  dec risen s assessment came As he spoke at a news conference with i members of the Pentagon s National Media Pool which was brought to the Gulf to witness the transit of the first two of 11 kuwaiti tankers that will be Given . Flags and captains and protected by Navy warships As inc vessels traverse inc War torn waterway. By thursday afternoon the Convoy was about Halfway up the 500-mile-Long Gulf and was scheduled to pass Only a few mites from the site of the May 17 attack on the frigate Stark. That missile attack by an iraqi plane killed 37 . Seamen. Iraq said it was a mistake a claim accepted by the United slates. After wednesday s tense Bui uneventful transit through the Strait of Hormuz where Navy officials feared attacks by iranian silkworm anti ship missiles. Thursday was Calm. The tankers were being escorted by the destroyer Kidd the Cruiser Fox and the frigate Crommelin. The Cruiser Reeves had joined the flotilla fur several hours wednesday night but it fell away thurs Day and went off to other routine patrol duties. Meanwhile in Bonn Iran s foreign minister said thursday his country will nol fire on ships in the persian Gulf unless its own vessels arc attacked or Iraq resumes attacks on shipping. Ali Akbar Velamati also repeated Iran s Long held position that it rejects any . Craic firc Resolution that docs not Call Iraq the aggressor. An iraqi invasion in september 1980, after several Border skirmishes began the War Between the persian Gull neighbors. The . Security Council unanimously passed a cease fire Resolution monday one of several approved since inc War began. Iran s official Tehran radio said thursday that revolutionary guards would conduct naval Maneu vers in the Gulf Early next month to demonstrate How they could defeat the Navy. Earlier in the Day the iranian news Agency quoted Velamati As telling .Secretary-general Javier Perez de Cuel Lar in a message wednesday that Ira will nol allow Kuwait to Clinort Oil on tankers flying the american Flag in another development. President Reagan s National Security adviser Frank Carlucci said thursday he sees a distinct possibility that Iran will launch terrorist attacks to retaliate for . Escorts in the Gulf. . Says Only one obstacle in Way of nuclear arms treaty with soviets judge from Page 1 Washington up top administration officials said thursday they will hang Lough on the last major stumbling Block to a nuclear arms agreement and reject soviet demands for elimination of . Warheads on West German missiles. The officials welcomed soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev s acceptance of the worldwide ban on both medium Range and Short Range nuclear missiles Long advocated by inc United slates. We it obviously pleased said chief american negotiator Max Kampelman. I would say to the soviets Welcome aboard " said Kenneth Adelman director of inc arms control and disarmament Agency who indicated an agreement is now 80 percent Complete. But . Officials took Sharp Issue with soviet demands at the Geneva negotiating table that the ban include .-controled nuclear warheads on West Germany s 72 aging Pershing la missiles. A while House official who requested anonymity called it a non negotiable  "1 Don l understand Why they re put Ting this Obs Tajc in the Way of an agreement National Security adviser Frank Carlucci said. I Sec no reason Why we would want to change our Posi  Adelman said the administration will nol Compromise on its insistence that the Pershing la warheads he exempt from an agreement. Gorbachev announced thursday thai the soviet Union was now willing to eliminate All medium Range and Short Range missiles worldwide. Previously  agreed to eliminate them from Europe. Soviet insistence on keeping 100 medium Range missile warheads in Asia and contradictory statements on its -10 Short Range missiles there had been the majors tumbling Block to a n agreement. Drug from Page 1 . Court rules in favor of Independent counsels potential recruits. Last year Olmstead said the armed forces were Able to respond to 95 percent of the 8,000 requests from civilian Law enforcement agencies for assistance in tracking or apprehending drug Traffick ers. He said thai in fiscal i9s6 military aircraft put in almost 16,000 hours flying surveillance missions that assisted civil Ian agencies. Olmstead also said the de sense department has loaned nearly $140 million in military equipment to Law enforcement agencies including Heli copters. Washington a ruling up holding the constitutionality of court appointed Independent counsels investigating Reagan administration officials clears he Way for legislation authorizing such appointments. Chief . District judge Aubrey e. Robinson on wednesday ruled in favor of the Independent counsel provisions of inc ethics in government act. Which have been challenged separately by for Mer while House aides it. Col. Oliver North and Michael Deaver. Robinson issued inc 13-Page ruling on three sealed cases filed last month thai presumably involved grand jury subpoenas obtained by Independent counsels. There was no indication of who the defendants were in the cases. As chief District judge Robinson Over sees the work of grand juries and consid ers All motions to quash subpoenas for Testi Mony or documents. There arc currently four Public investigations being conducted by court appointed Independent counsels or special prosecutors including the Iran Contra probe being run by counsel Lawrence a Walsh. Two other prosecutors were secretly named by the special court to investigate charges of criminal wrongdoing by for Mer officials alleged misconduct thai was unrelated to their Public duties. The judge s opinion did nol indicate whether the cases arose from Walsh s investigation or those of others. The judge s ruling is Likely to be appealed As have been previous rulings and challenges to the Independent coun Sel Law by North and Deaver. Motion to end the solitary confinement saying that he had yet to see evidence that Lon circe is nol an escape  Lonniece 25, is confined to his room 23 of 24 hours a Day Kunstler said adding Haj the detention is designed to break him and make him More  after a discussion with the prosecution and defense Robins did agree to review Lone rec s confinement conditions. During a morning recess a Man wearing a full Indian headdress held up a peace pipe blew on a flute like instrument approached Lonetree who is an american Indian and repeatedly tapped him on the Back with a handful of feathers while chanting. Kunstler said he would put before the court of military Appeal in Washington the decision of Roberts to permit testimony from an Anonymous witness who would use a pseudonym on uie stand. It s never happened in the history of this country Kunstler declared. The defense also had plans to ask for sup pression of prior statements by Lonetree on grounds Fiat some of the material was coerced from him during interrogation by agents of the naval investigative service Lone rec s father Molher grandmother and aunt each carrying a single Feather As a Symbol of peace attended the trial. Milan a translated the proceedings for his grandmother who Speaks Only Navajo. About a dozen american indians staged 3 show of support for Lonetree outside the main Gate of the Northern Virjinia base about 20 Miles South of Washingion. Lone rec s father. Spencer called his son a victim of being human being who feh in love with a  he said his son is in Good spirits and believes he will be cleared. He s a very dedicated Marine the father said. He does t blame inc Marine  Shultz from Page to the Public and Uherc were Calls for his resignation he said that was a very traumatic period for him and added i frankly Felt that i was the one who was Loyal to the president acc Auric was the one who was trying to gel him the its so he could make a dec Sion. But in was a Battle  who was on inc other Side asked Senate lawyer Mark Belnick. Sulu demurred for a moment but then said i feel that adm.  was certainly on the other Side of it. I fell that director Casey was on the other Side of it and i Don t know who All else but they were the  under questioning from Belnick Shultz denied repeatedly thai his ignorance about inc Iran arms Deal stemmed from a desire nol to know the facts As Poindexter had testified earlier. Sulu said he once told Poindexter he wanted to be informed of the things i needed to know to carryout his responsibilities As Secretary of state. He said he told poin Citer that he did t want to know All the operational details but thai does t mean i just bowed out insofar As major things in our foreign policy is concerned. To assume thai i should t be informal of things like Lylial is  Poindexter testified earlier that he never withheld information from Cabinet officers that they did t want kept from them. Shutlz quarrelled with North s testimony As Well. Saying that he was unaware of North s secret efforts to funnel arms to the nicaraguan Contra rebels during a congressional ban on direct or indirect . Military Aid to the insure Gnu. Bulnick read North testimony Hal Shutlz knew in sufficiently elegant terms of what i had done and asked the Secretary of Ute if North s statement was True. No Shultz replied. Shutlz said he was disgusted when he Learned Many months after the fact that key Iran Contra middlemen had discussed efforts to release terrorists being held Ina kuwaiti prison As part of a complicated Deal thai would Send arms to Iran and win the Freedom of Amer ican hostages in  said it made me sick to my stomach thai anybody would talk about that As something we would consider  s account seemed to conflict with earlier Tes Timony by Poindexter who testified that he briefed Reagan about the nine Points Hal North s operatives had negotiated with the , a Navy rear Admiral who resigned when diversion of arms sales proceeds to the contras was disclosed said Reagan generally approved the Points that involved . Government action but that Pom Deiter considered the kuwaiti Effort a private and not a government  the House and Senate investigating committees released a memo in which a state department aide advised Shutlz Hal poin Duxler had old North s emis Saries thai the Admiral had personally talked to kuwaiti officials about releasing the terrorists