European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday August 4, 1987r3qs o w w a i no o r Mij Gnu r m j t ., Vietnam end talks on mias agree on Steps to Speed accounting. ,.ull. A rom Iho iwo in. included or Hanoi. Vietnam a the United slates and Vietnam ended their highest level talks in a decade monday with an agreement to accelerate he process of accounting for America s wartime miss ing. The agreement announced by Presidential envoy John pc secy and Vic namese foreign minister and Dep Uty Premier Nguyen co Thach also said the countries would address Vietnam s humanitarian a join statement said the two sides agreed that the missing in Adiian Issue should not be linked to broader Politi Cal questions such As Normal ipalion or to economic . Officials had feared that Vietnam was seeking Aid and re establish men of diplomatic tics As a Price for help in accounting Tor the 1,776 Ameri cans who remain listed As missing in action from the Vietnam War which ended in 1975. Pc secy arrived saturday and held Sev eral hours of talks Over Ihrck Days Wanh Thach. Specific measures were agreed upon to accelerate Progress toward accounting for americans missing in Vietnam and to address certain urgent humanitarian concerns of Vietnam inc statement said. In particular meetings of experts on these issues will Lake place in the near future one to discuss Steps to resolve themia pow missing in action prisoner of War issues and one to discuss urgent vietnamese humanitarian concerns it added. The two sides have undertaken to work methodically and seriously on Icse humanitarian concerns it said. Vessey would not elaborate on tiie five sentence joint statement. Thach will the vietnamese Side was very Happy with the a sculls of inc talks. Vietnamese officials recently have been calling for Help in resolving Vic Nam i problems from the War. Including orphans the disabled and alleged victims of Chemical warfare. . Policy is nil to consider economic Aid or restoration of relations until Vietnam gives the fullest Pebble accounting of the mias and withdraws its farces from Cambodia. The soviet backed vietnamese invaded Cambodia in Laic 1978 and main Tain about 140,001 troops in Cambodia to support inc pro vietnamese Hong Samrin government. Asked if both sides had agreed on everything Thach said not on every thing bul we have agreed on the very necessary Vessey s delegation was scheduled to return Home later monday. The looks were held behind closed doors at the pastel Green French colonial stale guest House the former residence of the French governor general. Cesscy s seven member official Del Craion the following Richard Childress a member of the National Security Council David Lambertson Dep uly assistant Secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs and Ann Mills Griffiths director of the Nat ional league of pow-m1a families a private lobby ing 65-year-old Vietnam combat Veler an pc secy is inc highest level Representative to visit Hanoi since former president Carico sent his envoy Leonard Woodcock in March 1977. Woodcock then president of the United Aulo work ers Union returned with 12 sets of Mia remains bul otherwise failed to make Progress on the Mia a series of dramatic initiatives beginning in Early 1985, Vietnam slowed ils Pace on the missing in action Issue. It has returned no remains of mias since nov 26, 1986, and has refused to meet with Technical experts since octo Ber. Vic namese officials have complained that the United states is nol helping their country enough. Hands on Protection for police police officers in the Netherlands ire donning protective Nib a gloves to reduce the risk of contracting aids. Nil Megesi policemen g. Unt Uyl left id k. Vanaggelen .Ull on their gloves it the scene of a to Accident. The dutch Christian Pielice Union requested that the gloves a handed out to reduce the risk of aids contamination in situations where blood is Imol Ved. 5 executives die in Raff Accident Alexis Creek. British Columbia api five american advertising executives were killed when their inflatable raft pitched sideways m fail moving rapids in the Chilko River police and company officials the dead was Richard t. O reilly., president of the Adu Ali sin firm hit handed president Rea fun i fat Ken Williamson a spokesman r or a. 0\1 can Dian my unwed i iliac. Laid vhf Riti turned Side Wajs in fast water saturday throwing i i of the i occupants into llu1 churning wait a about .15 mile1. I m of ale is Creek. One person Clung to lie a if and was Nicard. While in others made in Nul of inc River Alue. Police said. Two had to he he Iliili to. Among the or minors acre i Luu l a jct president and chief executive officer of Kraft inc. M Glenview Iii and Al Wolfe of Lave Forest president of the Division of the advertising Agency dub acc dam worldwide Necdham said. Another Sun Ivor according to the advertising Acen la was Jack Collins president of Oryx co in 0ak 1 i iliac identified Woof Ilic dead As Robert v hold Mem 50. Of Cin Cinnann. We was Mcc pros Ideal of Ulvi atisme for Procter and Gamble co., and a mics a us 6.1, of filch Ellen. Iii., a former senior vice president of Needham. Moo killed were trill is director oth new i Ork based Media adv Rmina Hurt Norship Tor u drug to a am re i inc. And Swart Sharp. .17, and til in novel vhf. 41. Both Chi Tagu to Sidenb and Cmur Mcc Toul Al world today chemical accidents injure 42 in soviet Republic Moscow a two separate chemical Acci dents on a single Day injured 42 people in a Southwest Ern soviet Republic five of hem critically Itic pravda newspaper said sunday warning local officials to tighten up safety regulations. Human error contributed to the accidents in the turkmen Republic the official newspaper said adding that local officials should take Herd and act to prevent a recurrence. Pravda said the first Accident occurred at a shoe factory in the town of Grok Tepic when a clone that had been improperly stored near workers exploded and burned is people five of hem critically. The second Accident was at Kras Novosk port on the Caspian sea where 53 quarts of ammonia were placed in a non Standard Container and left in the Sun pravda said. It also exploded injuring 36 people. New zealand warns soviets about killing seals Wellington new zealand a prime min ister David Lang warned the soviet Union on Mon Day thai he will close his country s ports to soviet ships if hey keep killing seals in Antarctica. Lang said he had warned the soviet Union twice this year of retaliatory action if it persists with the killings in an area of the Frozen comment that is also claimed by Australia and France. Lange speaking after a Cabinet meeting was reply ing to newspaper reports Hal quoted the Greenpeace environmental group As saying the soviet Union killed nearly 5,000 Antarctic seals last summer. Lange said pro less were made to the soviet embassy on March 3 and july 9. Florentine athletes begin March to Amsterdam Florence Italy up florentine athletes set out sunday on a 1.112-mile walk to Amsterdam Netherlands to turn Ner the revolving Lilc of european cultural capital to the dutch cil. At a ceremony in i a a Signoria oui Side the nth Len Surv Goldie Pak if Vicchio. Which serves As the City Hall Deputy major Mithele Ventura gave the athlete papers officially transferring inc title. The vat i arned a my sub of Pence on Parchment thai amur Massimo Bogi Arkino addressed to the european parliament. T Uro an no Niiya and Rath of hit in through Ludi hey Lna in hah. Switzerland tier inane. A ranch. Luxembourg. Belgium and Hulu Nii. The Yip ii Zijic Duke to Imp in Amsle Rajm six urn i
