European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g army hops to avoid pcs problems Page 3 q House demos seek Meeson resignation Page 5 d Blue jays take Over 1st place in Al East sports Page 21 vol. 46, no-113 sunday. August 9. 1987 .5. Ships escorting 3 kuwaiti Oil Tanke. Manama Bahrain a three kuwaiti Oil land cars flying inc american Flag and escorted by four . Warships sailed up the persian Gulf on saturday after a secrecy shrouded departure and transit through the Strail of Hormuz. Iranian president Alt Khamenei said that if foreign warships try to raise ten Sions in the Gulf there will of  Gulf based shipping companies monitoring Marine communications said All reports As of late saturday indicated smooth sailing for the Convoy. They said the . Warships jammed iranian radar and kept radio silence Dur ing the s a hour passage through inc Strail where ships come within Range of Iran s coastal anti ship missile batteries. Although most ships have been at tacked elsewhere in the Gulf . Vials Call the Strait one of the areas. Iran s chinese built i Silas have a Range of about so m Iles Ca Milf hitting a ship almost anywhere with to age. Once through the Uthit. The guided missile Frig Alc  broadcasting warnings to other ships least 2,000 Yards away from in the monitors said. A by Sundown saturday Csc Ven ship flotilla was reported or have passed Dubai. It was maj Impat is to 16 knot son a course Iha Puld bring its 600-mile voyage to and Noff Kuwait by late Sun Day Jar the predawn move came just hours after a  Pentagon officials in Mington said the Convoy would prob Bly wait five or six Days until Minc a sweeping helicopters arrived. The sources said the delay was not con hour Day offshore ended at mid no Clad with naval Man. Night a Djak Convoy proceeded however a malic source who asked not to , said the americans seem to have decided to Lake advantage of Rani an Bonhomie after they ended their naval  retired  he current Convoy includes Thelyn Cas King a liquefied Gas ear fir Abbu Coil products tankers sea isl City Sti Lions and Ocean City 79,999  six of Kuwait s 2t-ship Tanker Olcen Timal Cly slated for registering under Ihu in addition to the arc Ticlin the escort included the guide Der Kidd inc guided missile  and a fourth ship. Other ships Paf sea tankers on Page 1 cancer nosed out president Reagan shows the effects of Kiln cancer surgery on visit to the White House pressroom. De spite the Blotch on his nose doctors say the surgery was completely