European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o army Hopes to avoid pcs problems Page 3 d House Derios seek Meese resignation Page 5 o Blue jays take Over 1 St place in Al East sports Page 21 auth Omito shop Feill  Foth . Ahmed four to vol. 46, no. 113 sunday August 9. 1987 d 8693 a . Ships escorting 3 kuwaiti Oil tankers Manama Bahrain a three kuwaiti Oil lankers flying he american Flag and escorted by four . Warships sailed up the persian Gulf on saturday after a secrecy shrouded departure and transit through the Sira it of Hon Iniz. Iranian president All Khamenei said thai if foreign warships try to raise ten Sions in the guff there will be  Gulf based snipping companies monitoring Marine communications said Al reports As of Tate saturday indicated smooth sailing for the Convoy. They said the . Warships jammed iranian radar and Kepi radio silence Dur ing the so hour passage through the Strait where ships come within Range of Iran s coastal anti ship missile batteries. Although most ships have been at tacked elsewhere in the Gulf , officials Call the Strait one of the most worrisome areas. Iran s chinese built silkworm missiles have a Range of about 50 Miles capable of hitting a ship almost anywhere within the passage. Once through the Strait the guide missile frigate Cio Mmclain began Broad casting warnings to other ships to keep a least 2,000 Yards away from the Convoy the monitors said. By Sundown saturday the seven ship flotilla was reported to have passed Dubai. It was moving at 15 to 6 knots on a course that would bring its 600-Milevoyage to an end off Kuwait by late Sun Day. The predawn move came just hours after unidentified Pentagon officials in Washington said the Convoy would prob ably Wail five or six Days until mine sweeping helicopters arrived. The sources said the delay was not connected with Iran s four Day offshore naval Maneu vers which ended Al mid night Friday. As the Convoy proceeded however a diplomatic source who asked not to renamed said the americans seem to have decided to take advantage of Irani an Bonhomie after they ended their naval exercises and retired  the current Convoy includes the 46,723-ton Gas King a liquefied Gas car Rier and the Oil products tankers sea Isle City 81,28,1 tons and Ocean City 79,999 tons. Another Sis of Kuwait s 11 ship Tanker flee Are ultimately slated to registering under the . Flag. In addition to the Crommelin the escort included the guided missile destroyer Kidd the guided missile frigate Jarrel tand a fourth ship. Other ships patrolled see tankers on Page 28 cancer nosed out president Reagan shows the effects or skin cancer surgery on e visit to the White House pressroom. De spite the Blotch on his nost doctors say the surgery was completely  set Story. Fuse 2. Payments under new per diem system hiked by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington rates for the new lodging plus per diem system which will cover All  on Tempo Rary duty worldwide when it goes into effect this fall will be higher than Origi Nally planned according to defense department officials. Rales for All areas have been  the minimum daily reimbursement being hiked from $50 to $60, said Fred True of the Dod per diem travel and transportation allowance committee. Under lodging plus which is More generous than the current per diem sys tem the highest daily stateside rate is for new York City which had been set at 1126. That will now be s136, True  for overseas locations frequently run even higher. But the lodging plus payment rates won t go into effect until Congress passes its authorization and appropriations Bills for fiscal 1988 and 19&9. True said. Start up of the lodging plus program for the military has been stalled because last year s defense authorization act required a presidential certification of the program s Cost. Congress wanted to ensure that lodging plus would not Cost see payments on Page 28 Broncos in Britain 515 Holu by go Schuhler members of the Dinter Broncos nuke their Wiy la Loa owl Hyde Park for Light practice Teuton sat Urty before piling the Lea Angl in rims at Wembley stadium sunday. The two nil trams Are opening their Pra Ouon Erht Dull abroad in Ameri can Bool 87." Story other photo an Page 15. Allies order iranian envoys to leave Berlin Berlin up the Western Powers prompted by reports that Iran May be preparing attacks on . Installations ordered the expulsion saturday of a num Ber of Ranian diplomats from Ecsi Berlin. Thomas a. Homan a spokesman for the . Mis Sion said the City s american British and French commandants took the action to preserve Security and order in the Western sectors of the divided City. Homan speaking for All three Powers said some oct he iranians were assigned to the iranian consulate in Westerlin and others were accredited to the East German government and live in East Berlin. Homan said the iranians would be Given Lime to leave. He did not set a Date. Homan said the Allied Komman Datura the Mili tary Council hat exercises supreme authority in West Berlin ordered the expulsions in the interests of Secu Rity and order. He did not explain what the specific threat was Butan informed Western source said the commandants had in mind reports that Iran is considering terrorist attacks on . Installations abroad. Secretary of stale George Shultz said thursday that the United slates has to be on the Alert in various american installations. We Art Alert to things and prepared to Lake action if need  or said. The bombing of a West Berlin disco on april 5.1986, killed to american soldiers and injured 64 others. The United slates blamed the attack on Libya and retaliated with air Raith tin Tripoli and bang hair