European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday december 6,1967 Reagan defends ski in soviet paper says americans soviets must coexist Moscow Dpi presidcr.1 Reagan in a pc Summit interview published Fri Day in she evening Islia newspaper defended his space based strategic de sense initiative bin also offered an Olive Branch to the soviet people saying thai capitalism and communism must and can coexist Reagan said the governments of the United states and the soviet Union have made important Progress together on arms reductions human rights issues and bilateral the interview that look three quarters of a Page in he eight Page daily was tucked away on Page 5 which is usually reserved for foreign news. Before the Geneva Summit in 1975, Reagan gave a is Miliar interview to Izvestia. Reagan said the upcoming Summit meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is part of the ongoing dialogue Between the two superpowers. Reagan heaped Praise on the treaty the two Lead ers arc going to sign at the meeting. The treaty will eliminate medium and Short Range land based nuclear missiles and allow inspectors to be based on each other s territory to verify the agreement. Thi is a truly revolutionary concept and will increase Confidence that the treaty is being complied he said Reagan said he Hopes to have practical talks with Gorbachev on moving the superpowers from Reliance on offensive nuclear weapons to Reliance on defensive systems such As ski. The world will be a safer place if both superpower shift toward strategic de lenses while radically reducing strategic offensive arsenals Reagan said. Since Holh sides arc determined to explore advanced strategic defences we propose that our two sides talk in practical terms about How we can make a transition jointly and safely to greater Reli Ance on such defences. It would make us All the More secure he said. Reagan admitted that distrust docs exist Between the two superpowers a reality that has built up Over several years. "1 take satisfaction from the fact that we have established a dialogue that deals candidly with the entire Range of issues that concern and often Divide our to countries. We need to continue that Dia Logue and strengthen it in every Way we can. That is what our meeting in Washington is All about Reagan said. Turning to soviet affairs Reagan said i he United states is aware of Reform under Way in the soviet Union and said there is no question that it can have International significance As it could contribute to an improved International climate and a relaxation of the president said. On Domestic . Affairs Reagan told Izvestia that the . Economy is currently stronger and healthier than Ever he was eager to offer words of nope to the soviet people about the Long term relations Between the two countries. I can assure you that i and my successors too will remain Ahey have Al ways been peace Loving generous and Friendly extending a warm Welcome to visitors to our shores. As we Greet Gener Al Secretary Gorbachev Ana his delegation we shall be reaching out our hand to All the people of the soviet Union Reagan said. France paid $3 million to Iran for hostages Magazine claims Beirut Lebanon up France paid a 11,5 million Ransom for each of two French hostages re leased in moslem West Beirut last week and promised to halt arms shipments to Iraq a pro syrian Magazine reported saturday. Ash Shiraz the Magazine which first reported the .-Lran arms for hostages Deal last year also quoted Well informed sources As saying thai the Issue of All foreign hostages in Lebanon will be settled within six months. One Day after the two hostages were released France ended its siege around the iranian embassy in Paris and allowed Wahid Gordji an iranian translator wanted by French police for questioning Over bomb Ings in Paris last year logo Home. In Tehran Rani i authorities allowed French Diplo mat Paul torn accused of spying to return Home after ending a blockade of the French Mission. The Swap of Wahid Gordji and Paul torn and France s repayment of. Part of a is billion loan were Only the visible results of the release of hostages Roger Tuque and Jean Louis Normandin the mag Azine said no Mundin 36, lighting technician with French Antenne 2 television network and a que 31, a free Lance journalist were released nov. 27 by the under ground pro iranian revolutionary Justice Organiza Tion the Deal struck Between France and Iran included other provisions the Magazine reported. The captors received j1.5 million on each of the hostages und France promised to snip supplying Iraq with any new weapons or spare parts especially Lor the. Warplanes which need continuous maintenance the Magazine said. A que was kidnapped in West Beirut Jan. 13, and Normandin was seized along with three colleagues March 8, 1986. Normandin s colleagues Philippe Rochol. George Hansen and aural Cornea were freed last year. Ash Shiraz reported that its sources said the rest of foreigners held hostage in Lebanon will be released in the near future. The whole Issue of hostages will be resolved soon within a period not exceeding six months the mag Azine said. It said contacts and negotiations were under Way to win the Freedom of missing anglican Church envoy Terry Waile Watte 47, hostage negotiator and person Al envoy of the archbishop of Canterbury disappeared in West Beirut Jan. 20, after he left his hotel to meet with an islamic jihad group holding americans Terry Anderson and Thomas Sutherland. With the release of Tuque and Normandin there Are 19 foreigners still held in Lebanon by pro iranian shiite moslem groups. They include eight americans four frenchmen three britons a West German an irishman an italian and an Indian. Experts identify Kal mystery Man Manama Bahrain a experts matched the fingerprints of a dead mystery Man suspected of involvement in the disappearance of a korean air lines jetliner with those of a fugitive sought by South Korea diplomatic sources said saturday. Investigators were trying to close a Gap in the travel movements of he Man and a woman companion said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. Both travellers took Poison after immigration authorities in Bahrain slopped them from leaving the country last tuesday. The woman was moved from a Bahrain Hospital to police custody saturday while japanese and South korean officials continued efforts to discover her Iden Tity and nationality. Bahrain officials told a news con Ference the woman had recovered from Poison she apparently swallowed. Japan or South Korea had requested that both the woman and the body of the Man who died from the Poison be extradited said an information ministry official refusing to by which of the two had made the request. He spoke on condition of anonymity. Other sources said the formal request came from South Korea which suspects the pair of being North korean agents who planted a terrorist bomb aboard a korean air lines flight. The Man and woman were on a Kal flight sunday from Baghdad the iraqi capital to Abu Dahabi where they de boarded and look another flight to Bahrain. The korean jetliner continued its flight toward Seoul but vanished later sunday in the Burma Thailand area with is passengers and Crew aboard. Sources said the couple s fake japanese passports did not contain Stamps indicating How they left Bel Grade Yugoslavia before arriving in Baghdad. No Trace of the plane has been found and officials in Thailand said it May have crashed at sea. North Korea in a report monitored in Tokyo officially denied any role in the plane s disappearance japanese diplomatic officials have said preliminary comparisons of the Man fingerprints showed be was neither of two koreans residing in Japan who had been questioned in a 1983 North korean spy scandal there As had been previously thought. The diplomatic sources would provide no further details on How the South koreans established the dead Man s apparent identity or Why he had been sought by authorities there Only to say he was wanted for other reasons. Forged passports carried by the couple identified the woman us Mayumi Hachiya. 27, and the Man As Shini Chi Hachiya 69. In Tokyo the real Hachiya told police he had been acquainted several years ago with the korean known As Miyamoto. \v0ria today French linguists offended by foreign sports terms Paris up French linguists who have slur Aglid for years to purge English words such As cheeseburger and sweatshirt from their Lan Guage now have taken aim at the world of sports an terms such As time out and hat they would prefer French people use the words Arret de Jcu to describe a stoppage of play and coup do Chapeau to characterize three goals scored by one player. The government s coir Mission on termino logy in sports recently released a report pin pointing 30 English spores terms it seeks to expunge from French Usine and 20 other words it recommends should so longer be used. Our Mission is not to impose a ridiculous prism but to propose or recommend in nor denominations. Some Are austrian and hungarian. The coins will be stored in the vaults of Norges Bank s new Headquarters in Oslo the announce ment on the regular Market value of Gold at the end of 1986, the collection was Worth about i Bil lion Kroner $156 million he Bank said. To col lectors it would be Worth much More. Norges Bank also evacuated is tons of Gold ban to safety abroad during world War ii. Thou bars will remain abroad the Bank said
