European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 18, 19b7 the stars and stripes the Monkey keeps Gulf airwaves Salty by Richard Pyle Manama. Bahrain apr along about the Lime darkness Falls Over the persian Gulf the Monkey is going on duly. In a radio room somewhere along he waterway he tunes his Marine transmitter to vhf Channel 16. The All purpose frequency for shipping traffic. Sometimes he starts with whistling changes 1o kiss ing noises then to off key singing. Other times he goes Rig ii to me your in incr works Mainii i Recti 21 anyone and everyone but mostly at the iranians the Monkey is on the air. Like some talk show Host gone mad the mysterious broadcaster who also is known As the filipino Mon key because of his accent delivers a nightly Stream of statutory sarcasm und Pithy commentary on whatever comes to mind. Telling him to gel off the Wiir fit memo ship s masters and radio officers have done is Likely to trigger a new round of obscenities and insults. In particular the Monkey a name the radio Rene Gade has Given himself likes o Bull into other peo Pic s conversations. It happened recently when an iranian warship looking for War Materiel bound for Iraq queried a commercial vessel As tics aboard the guided missile Frig ale rend to net line in the persian Gulf. The Rente is one of the is. Warships escorting tankers through the gulfs hazardous Waters. Of them ranging from Brown to Bright Orange Are churned up in the Frothy Wake of a warship. An iraqi Pilot shot Down by an iranian missile and fished Oul of the Gulf by the . Helicopter Carrier Guadalcanal told rescuers the snakes Aren t Poison Ous but some . Medical officers arc sceptical. Either Way it has t dissuaded the commander of one . Warship from using them for target practice. Other officers say the Captain has spent Many hours on the deck of his Cruiser blazing away at the snakes with a ,45-caliber pistol to cop style. The Gulf also is Home to Sharks whales rays dolphins and sea tunics. The Waters Are so Clear that helicopter pilots say they can see As far As 30 feet Down. Many creatures have been mistaken for mines. Offering another Surprise to the first Lime manner in the Gulf Are the sheep ships cargo vessels specially built to carry livestock. The Middle East s penchant for Lamb and Mutton Means a steady Dow of these vessels bringing As Many As 50,000 sheep at a Lime from Australia and new zealand. One ship the l7,9 Mon Corriedale express was sailing toward Kuwait with 40,000 sheep last april i5 when it was ambushed by an iranian gunboat in the Central Gulf. Only a few of the 43 filipino Crew members suffered injuries mostly minor but a fire killed 300 of he sheep. Shipping sources say the sheep ships often lose As much As 5 percent of their cargo in route from Down under providing a steady diet for Sharks. American Navy officers who have encountered the sheep ships offer two pieces of advice to newcomers. One is that the floating mine out Iacre is very Likely the feel of a dead sheep floating upside Down. The other is that when the sheep ship sails into the Gulf stay  Bahrain action Renews Egypt diplomatic links Manama Bahrain a Bahrain monday became the sixth Arab league member state to restore diplomatic relations with Egypt ending a break that Fol Lowed a Gyps 1979 peace treaty with is Rael in Cairo Egypt the foreign ministry said Egypt received Bahrain s decision with appreciation and  prime min ister Atef Sedki of Egypt said Egypt s re turn to its natural place in Arab ranks and the return of the Arab world to Egypt her Ald the recovery of Arab Solidarity clout and International  a statement from the foreign ministry of Bahrain said restored tics with Egypt would strengthen Arab Unity. The foreign ministry statement distributed by the Gulf news Agency said the Arab world now More than Ever before requires collective action in a spirit of brotherly cooperation to repulse the Dan Gers that beset it and labor for its  Egypt has always played a crucial role and sought with effective political weight to cultivate Security and dignity for the Arab world the statement added. Bahrain s move came after the Arab league Summit in Jordan last week. A Summit Resolution permitted each league member to decide if it wanted to restore relations with Egypt. The Resolution was adopted after Syria and Libya opposed lifting Egypt s suspension As an Arab league member. Iraq Morocco Kuwait the United Arab emirates and North Yemen also have re Vived relations with Egypt since Lasi week. Oman Sudan and Somalia were the Only Arab league members thai ignored the i91v Boycott and maintained Normal relations with Egypt. 65 paintings by americans begin tour in soviet Union Moscow a sixty five paint Ings by some of the Best known Ameri can painters of the 19lh Century went on exhibit in Moscow on monday As soviet and american organizers remarked on the paintings similarity to russian Art of the same period. The show entitled new horizons american painting 1840-1910," is a reciprocal exhibition for Russia the land the people which opened in Washington . A year ago and trav eled to Chicago Boston and los an Geles. Paintings by Winslow Homer George Inniss Mary Cassatt John Singer Sargent and James a. Mcneill Whistler Are among those depicting familiar country scenes portraits Ana Frontier landscapes As Well As some examples of Early american impressionism. There arc 35 artists rep resented in the show including those associated with the Hudson River school the Lum Inisss Tonalisa and the Ashcan school. Robert Mcc. Adams Secretary of the smithsonian institution in Washington which organized the new exhibition told a news conference Here what s missing in this first Exchange is the Opportunity for the two collections of paintings to come  Valentin Lebedev of the slate Relya Kov gallery where the paintings arc on exhibit suggested inc striking similarity Between american and russian paintings of the period resulted from both countries having developed inde pendent of Western Europe