European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday. August 27,1987 Gorbachev s plan to visit . Rejected by . United nations a Mik " Baches offered to travel to the unite i the . It Blick we Tii ulu Lin bit year if the Security Council i on disarmament and develop state department rejected thu the soviet Leader s Proad was announce tuesday at the United aprons by Vladimir f. Petrovsky a foreign minister. Hours later the sta0depaiwas flawed and enable. It bad been Psid red unlikely that the United slates Quibar the 15 members of the Security Council had agree to such a Summit in Iufer Clion the state department Reite . Position that there is no disarmament and third world nomic development. Sembach airman injured in car crash with German Sembach a Germany an airman stationed at Sembach a Wasse fourty injured in a two car collision wednesday a base Spok Ewo Man Accident occurred about 4 30 . Near Altenborn Germany said staff sgt Deborah Gonzales of the Sembach Public affairs office. The airman who suffered internal injuries was flown to the army regional medical Center in Driver of the other car a German was taken to Kaiser Lautem by name of the airman is being withheld until his relatives have been cause of the Accident is under investigation. Sandstorm hit Convoy monitored once again Manama Bahrain a a .-Escortedconvoy of kuwaiti tankers was reported moving up the saudi arabian coast wednesday after blinding sandstorms Over the persian Gulf hid its location for More than 24 sources asking not to be named said other vessels had monitored radio traffic indicating that the Convoy was off Ras Khanji about 50 Miles South of Kuwait s Al Ahmad loading terminal Kohl proposing Woerner As top nato civilian Bonn apr Chancellor Helmut Kohl said wednesday Germany would propose its conservative defense minister Manfred Woerner Asa candidate for nato Secretary general the Only other publicly declared candidate forthe Alliance s lop civilian Job which will become vacant next year has been former conservative norwegian prime minister Karc Willoch. Woerner is a Man known throughout the Alli Ance for his knowledge and his personality Kohl told a a owned news conference. He has great Deal of International Kohl s announcement Marks the first Tim Germany one of the nato Alliance s most important members has proposed one of its Citi Zens for the Job. Germany joined nato in j9s5. Japan summons envoys to discuss rifts with . Tokyo a Japan has called borne it top diplomats in the United slate to evaluate its worsening ties with Washington a foreign ministry official said wednesday ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga and the con sub general of new York los Angeles san Francisco Honolulu Boston Atlanta and Kan Sas City mo., will meet with senior ministry officials next week said the official who asked to remain Anonymous. She said the meeting was called to discus medium and Long term .-Japan relation and an upcoming visit by Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko to the United official refused to give further details. Reagan urges openness in soviet military matters los Angeles a president Reagan wednes Day challenged the soviet Union to openly debate it military policies and said that while the soviets have shown movement toward More openness their actions still Are cause of tears and deep spoke to the town Hall of California a civic organization celebrating its 50th anniversary. The speech was Given in a ballroom of the hotel where Reagan is staying during a five Day los Angeles visit. A senior administration official said the president speech was an expression of Hope that we Are at a Point where we can have some new Hope in our relationship with the soviets. We Are watching internal developments in the so Viet Union very Dos Ely said the official. Noting increased openness in soviet society a trend the soviets Call glasnost Reagan said thai we see movement toward More openness possibly even Prog Ress toward respect for human rights and economic let honesty compel us to acknowledge we have fears and deep concerns As Well. We must Deal with the soviet Union As it has been and As it is not As we would Hope in to , i want to propose another step that soviet Leaden could take a realistic step that would greatly help our efforts to reduce arms the president said. I Tay to the soviet leadership itis tune to show some Glascott in your military a Liuis. First publish a valid budget of your military expenditures just As we , reveal to the soviet people and the world us sue and composition of the soviet armed forces. Third Ope for debate in your supreme soviet the big issues of Mill Lary policy and weapons just As we do. These step would contribute to greater understanding Between us and also to the Good sense of your own decisions on the grave matters of armaments and military posture. We can wrap up an agreement on intermediate Range nuclear missiles said there also is a need to move ahead rapidly on reduction of Long Range strategic nuclear missiles. Reagan also took note of German Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl s announcement in Bonn that West Ger Many will not modernize its 72 Pershing a missiles tithe superpowers agree to scrap medium Range nuclear missiles worldwide. A key Issue in the arms talks has been the soviets insistence that an agreement should cover the per things which Are owned by Germany but have Ameri can controlled warheads. Kohl from Page 1 Chev said an arms Accord could be signed with the United slates even tomorrow if Washington and West Germany agree to eliminate the penning a mis Siles. Gorbachev s optimistic tone on a medium Range missile agreement came As a soviet arms control expert warned that the dispute Over the Pershing la mis Siles could scuttle plans for a meeting Between super Power foreign ministers and Hopes for a second Reagan Gorbachev Summit As a follow up to the one last october in Reykjavik . Officials were aware of the of decision in Advance Fitzwater said we will have to take a look and see what All it the Chancellor has come under increasing political pressure from his own coalition partner the tiny uber Al free democratic party of foreign minister han.,Dietrich Genscher for his government s stubborn insistence on keeping the controversial penning 1a s. Kohl indicated that his offer to scrap the penning bad not come up at wednesday s Cabinet meeting but that he planned to discuss it with the leaders of the coalition parties next monday. It is my word Kohl said when questioned about whom he had consulted before making the offer. It is perfectly pay from Page 1 tire persian Gulf plus the countries of Bahrain an Kuwait the Strait of Hon Nuz and the Northwest tip of the Gulf of Oman outside the , who was criticized during recent congressional hearings for the Pentagon s Mure to Grant r1""-Ger pay in the Gulf said defense officials have a opposed offering the Benefit for the areal he Al simply had to follow the rules and Pauj pin duet to come in from a local Emma def a the request for Danotti Ime persian Gulf area Wai made by Marine Jsai Whige b. Cost Unander of the . Cerf to my. It was cleared by presi Dent Reagan Lent Houglin that step was not required y w1srsaid the Gulf situation will be continually Ai i Wjt i a f of Oman As monitored and the danger pay authorization could belied if a Navy escort ofu.5.-reflagged Eis Contin ties without incident things Are changing eve new mines in the area our a an example be said Plothe the defense budget an additional month a very Small portion Onjak Uttof Gulf operations Armor said. Wine fenian Gulf area join a list of five other location where us. Tervi remembers now qualify for danger pay Lebanon d Salvador Colombia Peru and Sudan. Rep. Pat Schroeder a con had mustered growing support in Congress for Ber danger pay proposal which would have granted the pay to nearly is pro serice members in and around the Gulf including Diego Garcia and ships in the nearby Indian Octan. Toe congresswoman was unavailable for comment on the Pentagon announcement but sources on Capitol hid said Armor statement should put the Issue to rest reformer from Page 1 Able Eastern conventional reformer 87 will lest the procedures for an expedient reinforcement of the armed forces in Central exercise involves More than 34,000 soldiers rav to the exercise area in Germany. Most of the 71,000 other soldiers will Fly directly to Germany As a Reddien opt off the chartered commercial dc-10to the ceremonial Welcome Ujj. Don Janes of the 233rd my co Illinois army National guard is quite in Honor. We weren t expecting thu treatment at All till be a learning experience being Here with other nato troops under Battlefield conditions As com pared with to we Man Euver in the Stales Jane 11 in Europe for the fun time. Beginning Friday with the unloading of ships i Rotterdam about 3,000 wheeled vehicles 108 tricked vehicles i so helicopters and 350 Container a equip ment will Start the trek into Germany. Other equipment and vehicles Are pre positioned sit tiles in the Netherlands and Germany and will be activated As pan of the annual with . Units italia Ned in Germany British belgian German and dutch troops will take part in exercise certain strike sept 11-24. The exercise directed by the commander Osnato s Northern army group will take place in Northern Germany with a combined strength of 73,000 strike and reformer Are pan of autumn forge a series of nato National and that use a co Nunon scenario to bring together Field training activities designed to reinforce and up Trade the Allied come Europe s deterrent Force. Autumn forge will involve More than a Quarter of million troops in 25 exercises ranging from toe 6th norwegian division bar Frost in the Arctic Circle tothe major nato maritime air amphibious and land forces exercise display determination in the Mediterranean Region
