European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday August 2,1987 Vessey in Hanoi for talks on pow Mia impasse Hanoi. Vietnam up . Presidential envoy Gen. John Vessey arrived in Hanoi saturday and joined the first round of talks intended to restart stalled cooperation in the search for americans miss ing since the Vietnam War. Vessey the highest ranking american to visit the vietnamese capital in 10 years landed at Noi Bai air port aboard a special plane. He was greeted by Deputy foreign minister Nguyen Dynin. We re Here to discuss the pow Mia issues and we Hope we can make Progress said Vessey after descending from a Blue and White presidential Jet. Asked whether he brought any new american proposals to break the impasse on mias Vessey  solution lies Here in Vietnam earlier Nien had told reporters that Vietnam wanted to discuss its own humanitarian problems including those people disabled and orphaned by the War. It is not War compensation it is humanitarian Nien said. He  talks were unlikely to touch on american Aid to repair the material damage of the War. 1 Stu 7 a & to a to Fyk a tar a lot of hot air ent Nute from throughout Europe Are competing in the three Day International balloon festival that Ope Obj Friday la Southampton England. Organ Lan Hope to set world record with a mass liftoff of 140 hot air balloons. The festival s Nocei count to Ward the British hot air balloon championships. If that is to be discussed i think it will be at a later stage he said. Nien and Vessey Rode into Hanoi together and began their talks. They were to be joined in the afternoon by Deputy prime minister and foreign min ister Nguyen co Thach. Vessey is  to push for resumption of the Exchange of information on the 1,776 americans still listed As missing in action in Vietnam. . Officials said Vessey would also seek approval for further joint .-vietnamese excavation of Sites where . War planes crashed. One such excavation was carried out in november 1985 before cooperation ground to a Hall. Senior vietnamese officials have expressed dissatisfaction with Mia cooperation saying that they have helped the United states find its War dead but that the United slates has done nothing to heal Vietnam s wounds from the War. No results could be achieved during the talks with Vessey if it is Only a one Way Issue Thach said. Secretary of state George Shultz however rejected any link Between mias and other political or economic issues. France accused by pro iranians Beirut up the pro iranian islamic jihad group Friday claimed that France has neglected the plight of French hostages in Lebanon and that Paris has not made a move to put an end to this Issue. In a statement sent to a Western news Agency in moslem West Beirut the group said resolving the Case of the French hostages has been delayed because of procrastination by the French government. We have been keen on keeping contacts Between the hostages and their relatives the group said. The sufferings experienced by the hostages families were caused by their government which has left them the hostages alone All this period of time without making any serious move for their Sake. The French government has not made a move to Ward settling this Issue adequately but it has followed the Steps of America the great satan and has insisted on maintaining its aggressive policy which has been dictated upon it by the Black House White House  group. The iranian backed organization believed to be an offshoot of Hezbollah party of god and spiritually guided by Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah has called on France repeatedly to halt its siding with Iraq against Iran. It has also demanded that France pressure Kuwait into freeing 17 shiite mos crr fundamentalists imprisoned in Kuwait for  in a series of bomb attacks that bloodied the Oil producing country in de Cember 1983. The group said in a statement july 24 that if France does not meet its conditions it would not free any of the four frenchmen it holds. The group holds frenchmen Jean Paul Kaufmann 48 Michel Seurat 37 Marcel Fontaine 45 and mar cel Carton 62. On March 9, 1986, jihad issued a photo of Seurat in which he appeared to be dead. It said it he had been executed in retaliation for France s favouring Iraq Over Iran. No body has been found. Israel to end Abc interview ban Jerusalem a israeli leaders will end their policy of denying interviews to Abc news and an israeli official will discuss the government s stance on the net work s today show the two sides said Friday. Israel adopted the policy in protest Over the Abc documentary six Days plus 20 years a dream is  the program broadcast july i dealt with problems experienced by palestinian arabs As u result of 20 years of israeli occupation of the West Bank. The israelis denounced the documentary As biased and Abc agreed Friday to let an israeli official explain Why. We Are very pleased with the fact that Abc has taken our complaints seriously said Avi Pazner a spokesman for prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. It is very important that such a program not go by without the ability of our government to give the proper  Abc news president Lawrence k. Grossman said in a statement from network Headquarters in new York that he was pleased with the israeli decision. We stand fully behind the documentary Grossman said. Fld in fact Hope that All Abc documentaries achieve its level of Quality and  israeli officials have  program was pro pales Tinian and did not adequately reflect israeli positions. The Compromise was reached Friday after meetings Between Pazner and de planer an Abc news vice president based in London. World today paper reports chinese sexually biased in hiring  a More and More female graduates of chinese universities Are being passed Over for jobs by employers who prefer to hire men a government newspaper reported Friday. College students in China Are guaranteed a Job upon graduation but a growing number of women Are being rejected by the work units to which they have been assigned according to a report in the people s daily. The report followed several similar accounts published in july in local and specialized  phenomenon of thinking highly of men and looking Down on women is not new the papers said but the trend is growing As the num Ber of College graduates in the country  units would rather hire a less qualified Man Over a woman an official from the stale education commission told the people s daily the communist party s official Organ. Firm denies problems with tall ships voyage Rio de Janeiro Brazil a the Leader of an expedition of Tail ships re enacting the voyage of the first colonization of Australia by Britain almost 200 years ago said Friday that despite reports of financial problems at Home everyone Here is  Crittle general manager of the first Fleet re enactment co.,  ships would leave As scheduled next thursday for their next Stop Cape town South Africa or at most two Days  seven of first Fleet s Square riggers arrived last sunday from Portsmouth England via the Canary  re enact mint is a private under taking with Many Crew members being successful businessmen who have temporarily dropped out at considerable expense to participate in the adventure. However As the ships reached Brazil they were accompanied by reports of Overall funding problems Back Home. British company to buy unit of . Science firm London up As part of its strategy of expanding its presence in the . Aerospace Industry Gec said Friday it has agreed to Pur Chase the California based Astronica and developmental science subsidiary of Lear Siegler holdings corp. For $205  . Company is situated in the los an Geles area a major Center of the american Aero space  companies Are leaders in the design development and manufacture of advanced flight control systems and of remotely piloted vehicles the announcement  businesses will have total combined sales of around 450 million pounds $720 million of which 40 percent will comprise sales in or to the United states. Anti apartheid activist released after year Johannesburg South Africa a an anti apartheid activist who was held under the National state of emergency for almost a year has been released the detainees parents support committee said  Cherry 26, who headed the port Eliza Beth chapter of the end conscription Campaign had been held since last August. The group opposes the military draft in South  her release thursday. Cherry immediately was served with an order preventing her from taking part in the group a activities in the Eastern Cape. Fokker jetliner prototype damaged while Landing Amsterdam Netherlands api a Fokker 100 jetliner prototype was damaged Friday when part of its Landing gear collapsed during a test land meat Schipholt Airport the company  100-scat, twin engine plane was brought to a controlled hah according to Fokker spokesman Gen Knock who said none of the 12 Crew Mem Bers and technicians on Board were injured in the Accident caused by a snapped right Landing gear