Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, October 19, 1987

You are currently viewing page 9 of: European Stars and Stripes Monday, October 19, 1987

   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. October 19,1987 the stars and stripes page9 tropical transports a Philo by Gui Schu Cullef Wiesbaden City workers on a Rescue minion place Inise banana Trees on the bed of their truck. The exotic Trees which would not survive the cold in Germany were dug of and moved to their indoor quarters. Next Spring they will be replanted to add tropical touch to the City s outdoor Parks. Rust s Small plane being flown Back from soviet Union Munich a the single engine plane in which German teen Ager Malhi As Rusl landed on Moscow s red Square is on ils Way Back 10 Germany a spokes Man of the plane s new owners said sunday. The Cessna aircraft is being flown by a German Pilot with a soviet navigator on Board spokesman Rudi Neumann told the associated press. The plane left Moscow Early sunday and is heading for Hamburg in Northern Germany he said. The Cessna is expected to land in Hamburg on monday after making two stops on the Way. Neumann did not know where the plane would land before reaching Ham Burg. The plane is being flown by 45-mar old Hamburg sports Pilot Wilhelm Holl Nagl he said. Rust 19, flew the plane from the finnish capital of Helsinki and landed in red Square on May 28, after flying unimpeded Over a Large part of soviet territory. A Moscow court sentenced rust on sept. 4 to tour years in a labor Camp for violating soviet airspace. The Cessna which belonged to a Hamburg aviation club at the time of rust s flight has been sold to a Munich cosmetics company for 160,000, company spokesman Neumann told the a. He said the plane is expected to land in Hamburg at 2 30 . Monday. Neumann said the plane then will be flown to Munich where it will be exhibited at a downtown Square the Marien Slalz. The company then plans to Fly the plane to six other German cities on what Neumann said would be a peace  the plane will be carrying two books one addressed to president Reagan and the other to soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Residents of the cities where the plane lands will be invited to write in the books their suggestions to the american and soviet leaders far achieving world peace Neumann said. By flying around Germany and collecting suggestions on global peace by citizens we want to continue rust s mis Sion Neumann said. Rust has said that his flight was in tended As a peace  rust s parents and several German politicians have appealed to soviet authorities to Pardon the Young Pilot. The Bojuc striped White Cessna created a sensation on the evening of May 28 when rust flew it Low Over crowded red Square buzzing Lenin s Tomb and other Kremlin landmarks before setting Down Between the Wall of the Kremlin and St. Basil s Cathedral. Witnesses said rust signed a few Auto graphs and chatted with tourists in Ger Man and English before he was taken away by police and jailed at Kcf Ortolo prison. Two Days later the soviet air defense forces chief was fired and defense min ister Sergei l. Sokolov was sent into retirement since the youth had been Al Lowed to Fly unimpeded through 5 50 Miles of soviet airspace. Soviets bought vital items from French firm Paris a a French Export com Pany sold millions of dollars Worth of sophisticated electronic equipment to the soviet Union in deals that will improve the soviet military according to published reports. The technology sold by the Paris based Sog Export allowed the soviets to produce sophisticated microchips and superconducting mediums with Broad military applications said l express Magazine. The Magazine said aim Richardt a physicist and businessman carried out a series of transactions on behalf of soc a port and its subsidiaries thai included the Purchase of american equipment for re Export from France to the soviet Union. Christian Amauric president of Sog Niport denied in the article that either the firm or Richardl had made illegal exports to the soviet Union.  is part of society Genera la one of France s largest Banks. When the alleged transfers began the Bank was owned by the French government the Case provides enough know How for the soviets to use for 20 years Stephen d. Bryan Deputy undersecretary of defense for Trade Ana Security told the new York times in saturday s editions. They will now be Able to use it to incrementally improve soviet hardware Over the next 20  among the items Richardl allegedly sold to the soviets were  microchip engraving machines which Are used to make sophisticated integrated circuits for military computers such As those used to guide ballistic missiles. American military and customs officials told the times the Case is serious but not As West discusses overhauling Export con fro organization Washington a the United states a discussing with its allies a weeping overhaul of Cocom the West s organization for preventing strategic thu lament wid technology from inching military re half Orl Kub a. An y agreement on Ren Ping Cocom a reached with Japan in Tokyo earlier shh month ambassador l. Allan Wendt the slate department senior Meten tattle for strategic technology Pouch. Told reporters Friday. Ssi the next three  Caid us. Officials trill Seel similar Accord with european members of Cocom. Cocom hands for the coordinating committee for  control of East West exchanges. Ii is based in Paris and made up of Japan pm countries of the North Atlantic treaty organization with the exception a Iceland. The overhaul was launched in the Wake of the Toshiba ease. In which High technology for submarine propel lers reached the Soltel Union via a japanese Linn and a norwegian firm. The aim Wendt take is a uniform level of control for ail Export of Strate Gic commodities leading to the elimination of licensing on trading the goods within the Cocom group. That would ease comp Unis that in even standards within Cocom Haen tabled soviet technology experts to find loophole for obtaining nitrate Etc goods that Are denied to some Friendly coun tries. To obtain Western High technology the sorits run an extremely Well do i planed wide scale Effort said Ste phen Bryen Deputy undersecretary of defense for Security technology policy. They use thousand of people they know every  damaging As the Case in which a japanese company sold the soviet Union equipment id make their submarines quieter. After the japanese Deal which involved a subsidiary of Toshiba corp., japanese executives were charged in Japan in May with illegally exporting High technology equipment. The Case is pending. L express said some of the electronic gear banned from upon under International Law was disguised by Richardt in packages shipped to the soviet Union under false or misleading invoices the Magazine reported. In addition the Magazine said some of the equipment that Richardl allegedly ship Ped to the soviets is so new that it was not Sci on a list of banned exports. The coordinating committee for Multi lateral control of East West exchanges or Cocom is charged with restricting High technology exports to the soviet bloc. Richardl dealt in the soviet Union with  an importing firm thai l express said is involved in Fil Ching High technology secrets from the West. Riehard s activities came to the Atten Tion of authorities in May 1985, when three tons of sensitive equipment were seized by officials in Luxembourg in route from France to Moscow the Magazine said. The Pentagon put several soc port subsidiaries on a list of companies prohibited from exporting sensitive equipment from the United states l express said. French officials also restricted some part s activities. But the Magazine reported Richardl managed to continue his operation. In april 1936, officials in Burlingame calif., seized More proscribed electronic equip ment being moved by Richardt. The . Department of Commerce licensed soc port to re Export the machines to the soviet Union although the equip ment was on the Cocom list of banned exports French officials were quoted As telling the Magazine. Unidentified French officials said the Pentagon was outraged when the com Merce department granted the License the Magazine said Richardl also signed a $7.2 million con tract in 1986 to help the soviets set up a Laboratory to produce circuits made of Gal Lium arsenide the Magazine said. The superconducting material is a key to advanced electronic military technology and in the past has been produced Only in Japan and the United slates l Espreu re ported  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade