European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 0 the stars and stripes tuesday december 1,1987 French release Iran embassy employee Paris a an employee of inc iranian embassy wanted for questioning in a wave of Paris terrorist Hom hings left the blockaded embassy building sunday appeared before a magi is Rale Anil then departed fort Chran author lion Milid. At the same inc. Paul Tom the French embassy first Secretary who was act used by inc iranians of spying appeared before an islamic tribunal in Tehran for question ing that lasted past Midnight. The official iranian nov s Agency Irna said torn had Long been wanted by the islamic revolutionary tribunal for some explanations but had so far Conlin cd to refuse to it did not spell out the charges against Toni or mention previous iranian allegations of spying. There was immediate speculation that the moves were part of a Deal stemming from negotiations thai led to Friday s re lease in Lebanon of two frenchmen who had been held by pro iranian Shi Ilc mos Lem extremists. The refusal of the embassy employee Wahid Gordji to submit to questioning by investigating magistrate Gill Bouloux que had prompted the 5-month-old embassy blockade. The stale prosecutor in Paris. Michel Raynaud said in a statement that no charges were filed against Gordji who is Offik Billj ii std As an interpreter and he was freed after questioning and taken to be Bourgal Airport where he was put aboard a private Jet. Raynaud s statement said that in agreement with iranian authorities French Security personnel picked up Gordji at the iranian embassy and brought him before bold que who found no reason to charge him on june 30, after Gordji refused to appear for questioning about bombings in Paris in september 1986 that icel 11 dead and 161 injured the French threw up a tight cordon around the iranian embassy blocking 45 iranians inside the building. Iran responded by sealing off inc French embassy in Tehran with nine employees inside. The French broke diplomatic relations with Iran on july 17 and the situation had since been a stalemate. Finance minister edourd Balladur. A close associate of Premier Jacques Chirac said in a television interview that the questioning of Gordji was part of an extremely delicate Mailer which has not yet come to an a c Sec in n porn Russ which i Hope will Lead to the normalization of relations Between France and Iran he said. Gordji left inc iranian embassy 48 hours Afler Jean Louis Normandin 36, and Roger a que 31. Were freed in Bei rut. The men arrived Home saturday. The Clandestine revolutionary Justice organization which held the iwo said in a statement in Beirut they were freed in response to assurances that France will fulfil its Promise in the near France refused All comment on its negotiations 10 free the hostages or what Price May have been paid. Meanwhile a que said thai Terry wait the archbishop of Canterbury s special envoy was in the room next to him during his Captivity and thai Ameri can hostages were suffering greatly. In an interview on French television. A que a free Lance journalist said Wane also was being held by the revolutionary Justice organization. I knew that Terry Waile was held by the same people As me the same kidnappers and was in the room next to mine in the apartment where i was he said. Wait dropped out i f Sif thl in Cirul on Jan. 20 while on a Mission from inc anglican Church to negotiate with islamic jihad for the release of foreign hostages in Leb anon. His whereabouts were unknown Al though it was widely assumed he had been kidnapped. Tuque said he received information from a South korean Diplomat do Chae Sung kidnapped Jan. 31, 1986, and freed oct. 29, with whom he shored a cell for two weeks. He was Able to Sec other hostages and i know that this group Hal was holding me held other hostages notably British Amer ican and also French and above All the american hostages suffered very much Tuque said. He did not elaborate and was nol questioned about his comment about the Amer Itan rocket blasts of Premier claims Victory with military satellite for party in turkish voting to. Of _ _. i .1 it. Cape canaveral Fla up1 a Titan-34d rocket bus cd off late sat urday ferrying a satellite toward space and splashing be night sky with a spectacular Streak of flaw that lit up the Florida coast for Miles. Under a Brilliant Moon the1, manned air Force rocket. Merit most powerful launcher after Nash space shuttle thundered to life at in . Alter a secret countdown All Rich Complex 40 at the air Force plan at Cape canaveral. It was the second launder a Row for the Titan-34d two consecutive failures in pcs and 1986. The Blastoff had been for sever Al weeks. The rocket s Jar Foad was classified but space Cape Graid it was thought to be a defens up porn program Asp Early Wajc ing satellite bound for an orbit 22 up Miles above the Equator. Is Toff followed an oct. 26 Titan launch Flora Brandenberg fab calif., that Mark the program s first Success Ful inc failures in August i985j0b april 1986. Failures coupled with last year s ill engr disaster sidelined the a Jon s two most powerful rocket systems for extensive Accident investigations and aled a backlog of grounded National Only satellites. A la though the Titan-34d program is Back might status Only four More of the rocket Fisl in the air Force inventory Al least ree of which Are expected to be launch co oni the Cape canaveral station. But 23 Titan-4 rickets have been or dered and the Paniag Orjias asked con Gress for funding to Burn additional two dozen of them. A the shuttle is schedule Dit resume flights next summer and the Lfian-4s will be ready for launch in 1989. Ankara Turkey a Premier Turgut Ozal claimed Victory for his motherland party with nearly half the Voles counted sunday in Turkey s first civilian run general elections since the military ceded Power in 1983. Voles Are counted by hand so official results will take a week to compile bul Complete unofficial results were expected to be in tuesday. Speaking briefly with reporters Ozal said he was certain his party had maintained its parliamentary majority. Running second was the main opposition social democratic populist party which was making substantial gains in the 4so-scat one House parliament. U is led by Erdal Inonu a politician. With 45 percent of the ballots counted the motherland party had 36 percent of he vote according to stale radio and television. The social Democrat had 24 percent Fol Lowed by the Center right True path Parry of former Premier us Ternan Demirel with 20 percent. Dam incl was ousted by the military the other four parties in the race were below the minimum 1 0 percent required for entry in parliament. The moslem fundamentalist Prosperity party was doing Well in Eastern provinces and former Premier Bulent a civil s demo cratic left party was dividing the social Democrat Vole in some industrialized West pm provinces. Unlike the 1983 elections that brought Ozal to Power sunday s balloting was open to All legally established parties and former leaders previously barred from politics by the military were running at the head of new parties. Ozan called sunday s elections a year ahead of schedule to capitalize on the Politi Cal stability and co Noma growth he helped Foster. Turkey a nation of 52 million people has about 26 million eligible voters and turn out was High those who do not vote Are fined 12.500 lira in. Haiti from Page 1 fiscal 1987 was si00 million in development economic support and humanitarian Aid and $1.6 million in military Aid. Fauntroy said cutting off the funds was not enough and called for intervention in Haiti by the world Community led by the United Stales. I now have eyewitness reports of people who were standing in line to Vole being mowed Down with machine gun fire and then finished off Wilh machetes and in my View the International Community simply cannot stand by and allow this to happen Fauntroy said. Asked if he was calling for a military invasion Fauntroy said i think the world with United states leadership does now have to intervene or the Hai Tian people Are lost to this gang of Savage Ben Jarratt a White House spokes Man said late sunday that he had no information on whether the United states was planning any armed intervention in Haiti. A Pentagon official said the United slates has a very Small number of Mil itary advisers in Haiti and that very Little had been done regarding military Aid in the last year. A state department official said it was not Clear exactly what sorts of assistance fall into the category of non humanitarian Aid and therefore How much of the si00 million might be affected. I believe the intent is to not punish the poor people of Haiti for something the government has done the official said. The United slates will continue to help Haiti s anti narcotics trafficking efforts juries in said. Earlier sunday while House spokes Man Marlin Fitzwater had said we Are concerned for the safety of All citizens on the he said president Reagan was briefed on the situation by National Security adviser Colin Powell. The 12-member . Delegation sent to Haiti to Monitor the elections re Lumen sunday evening 10 Andrews air Force base just outside Washington. Secretary of slate George p. Shutlz appearing on lbs to face the nation Laid the haitian people s desire for democracy will prevail Over the wide spread violence that forced the Cancella Tion of he blamed supporters of ousted dicta Tor Jean Claude Duvalier for the Vio Lence Duvalier fled the Caribbean country to exile in France 22 months ago. State department spokeswoman Anita Stockman said that the department had no information on any injuries to . Citizens in Haiti. Foreign countries including the United states and Canada had provided Mil Lions of dollars in assistance for the balloting and sent observation teams. Voters would have elected a president and National Assembly to replace the governing Junta that took Over 22 months ago when do Vajic fled. There were 22 candidates for the presidency and 328 candidates for 104 scats in the bicameral National Assembly. Kal from Page 1 Dawn officials said among the 95 passengers was South Korea s Consul general to Iraq Kang Suk Jae. And his wife. All bul two of inc passengers were koreans. Twenty people including the Crew were Kal employees. The disappearance marked the first incident involving a Kal plane since flight 007 was shot Down by a soviet fighter sept. To 1983, after the jetliner strayed Over soviet territory. All 269 people on that flight were killed. A South african airways Boeing 747 jumbo crashed into the Indian Ocean saturday off the East african Island nation of Mauritius on a flight from Taiwan to South Africa killing All 16d people aboard. Kal officials said the Airliner was scheduled to make a refuelling Stop in Bangkok before leaving for Seoul. The flight originated in Baghdad Iraq with a Stopover in Abu Dahabi. United Arab emirates where 11 of the passengers boarded officials said. Kal serves Many Middle Eastern capitals where South korean construction firms Are involved in building projects
