European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday novembers 1937 world today soviet National airlines opens office in Vietnam Bangkok Thailand a the soviet Flag Carrier Aeroflot has officially opened an of fice in a Chi Minh City the first Easl bloc airline Loda so since the communists came to Power in april 197s, vietnamese news Media said tuesday. The official Vietnam news Agency report monitored in Bangkok did not say when the office was opened a Duong Quy Deputy representative of air Vietnam s office in Bangkok said air France and philippine airlines also have offices in to i Minh cily which was called Saigon when in was the capital of South Vietnam. Thai airways Cha of Czechoslovakia and in turf lug of East Germany serve the National Capi Tal of Hanoi. Air Vietnam officials say they Hope to draw Mure tourists and increase isolated Vietnam s ties with the non communist world. Convicted greek officer with contras Book claims Athens Greece up the former right hand Man of rightist greek Junta strongman Dimi Iris loan Nidus is fighting with the nicaraguan re hels known As contras against the sandinista government a Book published tuesday said. The Book said maj. Parasklvas solaris who a is found guilty of plotting to overthrow the greek government and jailed for 20 years after the restoration of democracy in Greece in 1974, escaped from an Athens prison Hospital three years later author Petros Kassimatis said Plaris has been working As a mercenary leading a detachment of contras since his 1977 escape. Kassimatis an investigative journalist on the Slaff of the Athens daily Grad uni evening travelled to Central America to research the Book tilled in the Den of the  Bolaris is one of Ihrcke senior greek Junta officers who fled Greece to escape trial or imprisonment. Philippine police hold 17 in connection with slayings Manila Philippines apr the military wednesday said 17 people have been detained in connection with the slaying of iwo . Soldiers a retired american Serviceman and a filipino Tutsi do Clark a. In other developments wednesday police rounded up hundreds of people in raids on alleged communist hideouts and government officials said the Southeast asian Summit would go ahead despite in attempt to bomb inc meeting site. It. Col. Amado Spinu jr., police commander in Angeles City told reporters that ii men were picked up tuesday As part of the probe into the oct. 28 kill Ings near the base so Miles North of Manila. Six others were picked up lust week and remain in custody on preliminary charges of illegal weapons pos session Espino said. None has been formally charged with inc unprecedented killings but he said at least six Are members of the communist new people s army. The group was blamed for the shootings but no group has claimed responsibility. Espino said investigators were awaiting results of ballistics tests to determine if weapons Sci de during the arrests were used in the killings. In Manila police and air Force Security units launched the Early morning raids in two districts of suburban Pasay City near the City Airport. The areas Are believed to include hideouts of communist Urban guerrillas and crime syndicates. Brig. Gen. Alexander Aguirre capital commander told reporters the raids were to ferret out terrorists and criminals following a wave of killings in the capital in recent weeks. The military s capital regional command which coordinated the operation said Huo men were rounded up for identity checks and 15 of them were detained. Reporters at he scene said police hauled men from their Homes and herded them to the compound of the Pasay City Post office. There hooded men said by police to be former rebels pointed out the alleged communists in the crowd. Brig. Gen Alfredo Lim Manila s police chief said. It s about time we restore Law and order in the City of  presidential spokesman Todoro bunt no told re porters the raids were a result of president Cora on Aquino i constant and repeated instructions and or Ders to improve Law and order. Meanwhile police reported no leads into an apparent plot to bomb the philippine International Conven Tion Center site of next month s association of South cast asian nations Summit meeting and temporary Headquarters of the department of foreign affairs. A janitor on tuesday found a Canvas bag containing 86 Sticks of dynamite a timer and Battery outside the building. The building s superintendent quoted police As saying the device failed to explode because of i faulty timer. Some Asean diplomats have expressed concern about holding the Summit in Manila because of Politi Cal instability from left Wing and right Wing extremists. The meeting is set for dec. 14-16. Binigno said the Summit would go ahead As planned. He said thai four people had been taken into custody in connection with the attempt and that at least one May have knowledge about  he Sud none had been formally charged. Philippine Law allows police to hold people for up to 36 hours without formal charge. Acting Manila gov. Jcj Omar Binay urged Asean leaders of go ahead with the Summit and gave Assur ances that authorities could guarantee a Safe meeting. Binay said the bomb apparently was intended to frighten off Asean delegates. Binay said that if inc Summit is cancelled or the venue shifted away from the Philippines we re really  the military says thai As of oct. 15, 93 police and soldiers had been slain in Manila this year by suspected rebel assassins. The figure did not include at least 12 people mostly police and soldiers shot and killed last week in a wave of killings in the capital. Charles Diana greeted by Strauss in Munich Munich a the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived in Munich wednesday As a band played a March from the German town where one of the Prince s ancestor was born. As Prince Charles and Princess Diana stepped off the plane from Cologne the Coburg youth orchestra struck up the Lunes of the Josias March. Queen Victoria s Mother Princess Victoria of sane cobra Saalfeld was a German who married Edward Duke of Kent. Charles is a descendant of Queen Victoria. Coburg which is in Bavaria is about 130 Miles North of Munich and 100 Miles cast of Frankfurt Charles and Diana smiling and waving to the crowd were welcomed by bavarian Leader Franz Josef Strauss Munich mayor Georg Kronawitter and other bavarian officials. They were driven in limousines under police escort to downtown Munich to sign the City s guest Book. In the bavarian capital Charles and Diana also were to meet with members of the bavarian Royal family of Willils Bach. Bavarian King Ludwig 11, a Wittels Bitch Buill the Neusch Winstein Castle whose design inspired the Disneyland Castle. Ludwig also Buill Linderhof Castle which was featured in Walt Dis Ney fairy tale movies among the descendants of the family is 54-year-old Prince Franz of Bavaria who continues to manage the family s property including the two castles. He was. Meet with Charles and Diana in Munich later wednesday. The British Royal couple toured the City of Cologne tuesday. The Prince and his wife Are on a week Long visit to Germany aimed Ai under scoring Friendship Between the two nations. . Agrees to help Japan with shipments of plutonium Tokyo up1 the United states signed a 30-year agreement wednesday allowing Japan to ship by air Large amounts of curb Grade plutonium from Europe  refuelling stops in Alaska. The agreement if approved by Hie legislative bodies of both countries will free Japan to begin air shipments of plutonium from reprocessing plants in Briliant and France without toe Case by Casc approval from the United slates now required our signing today represents a culmination of More than five years of discussions and negotiations Between us said . Ambassador Mike Mansfield Ai pc and for eign minister Tadahi Kur Anari signed the .-Japan agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear Energy. The agreement affirms inc United slate s intention to be a reliable nuclear trading partner thus helping to ensure the continuation and growth of , nuclear exports to Japan the slate department said in a statement. Mite Kite one of the Horld s smallest kites is held in the fund of to null Tsutsumi of Jap i. Lit demonstrated tuesday in Kuala Bumpur Malaysia jul lot tiny Kite can Fly Tsu Liroi thu in Luau Bumpur for a Kite festival