European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 i the stars and stripes thursday. December31,1987 news update korean apologizes Seoul. South Korea a opposition Leader Kim Young Sam on monday again blamed himself for Roh Tae woo s win Ning the presidential election and said he will seek a vote of Confidence on whether to resigns head of the main opposition  Leader of inc ecu Ifica lion democratic party told a party caucus thai a special party convention would be held next week to discuss strategy follow ing the opposition s defeat in the dec. 16 presid Colial elec  hold myself entirely responsible for failing to realize the people s ardent desire to see an end to military Rule he said adding thai he will ask the parly whether i Sli Ould re main or  Kim Young Sam and Kim Dae Jung a rival opposition Leader ignored appeals to Field a single opposition presidential  divided ticket allowed governing party candidate Roh Tae who a former general 10 win Wilh just under 37 percent of the vote. Kim Young Sam polled 28 percent and Kim Dae Jung got 27 percent. Both kims have apologized for splitting the opposition Vole. 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Die Well reported tuesday that the allies possibly in the next few Days would hand Over a note to the soviet Embar in East Berlin that called for Imp air Access to Berlin expansion of Exchange programs and the Emsa Lidyof holding the olympics into to . Ambassador loaf Cal Germany Richard Burl  a leading West Berlin daily that . Government is in the process of bussing Concrete proposals Wilh fear pc Britain and inc Federal  on normalizing Ber Lin. Al Riverview which appeared last week in Der tages Sicgel was Nice by an article that quoted Ijuro ported memorandum. Ubassy press so Puffin Bill Bach Mill Willii text dare note May have been  could Nei ther confirm Nat flails existence. The .spokeswoplirdcclined con no held practice by the on Public pronouncements re. _. Rig the status of Berlin has been to make " them in concert. As quoted in Der tags Sicgel the diplomatic Nolc stated that West Ger Many was willing to initiate talks with Easl Germany on establishing scheduled airline traffic Between the to count pics. Exchange programs Between East and West Berlin were encouraged. Holding the olympic games in both Easl and West Berlin was suggested As Well As a increase in other types of International is. According to inc West Berlin a per. Speaking before he Brandenburg Gale in july Reagan said the United states looks Forward to the Day when Berlin can regain its status As one1 of the main Avi anon hubs in Central Europe. He suggested holding inc olympics in Bot parts of Berlin and called for youth Exchange programs Between East and West Reagan challenged soviet Leader Mikhail Jor Bachch to tear Down inc barriers thai surrounded West Berlin since con St Rule of the Wall was begun in 1961. Theiste. Of Berlin codified under the 1971 tilth Jower agree men be tween the four Pete dying Powers was a topic of discussion a men Reagan an Gorbachev during thai remember sum Mit in Washington. Scurci Auma state George Shultz brought inc  lion up in Post Summit talks with i foreign ministers meeting in Brussels Belgium. Eagan Cas offering Condo fences to a an sa/7or s widow parents los Angeles a president Reagan has expressed condolences to the family of Navy Petty officer Ranald Strong killed in the weekend terrorist attack on a us club in , in California on a we Klong Holiday vacation telephoned Strong Swidow and parents on monday the while House said in an announcement released  president spoke for several min utes Wilh Strong s widow Amyjo and his parents Donald and Beverly Strong the statement  told them. All of your fellow americans who owe you so much for what you have sacrificed Are with you in your time of  the statement said. The Call was made to the family s Home in Reeders pa., the White House  wound up a three Day visit to los Angeles and flew tuesday to Palm Springs where he and his wife Nancy began the new year at the estate of multimillionaire publisher Walter Annen before his departure to Palm Springs Reagan signed legislation calling upon the soviet Union to permit emigration to the United states of All persons wishing to join spouses or finances. The measure urges special consideration for longstanding cases and commends the soviets for already allowing emigration of some divided spouses other legislation signed by the presi Dent would permit the . Export import Bank to be reimbursed for the subsidy portion of so called concessional Loans made to encourage Aid recipients to Purchase Good from donor countries. Another approved Bill extends a pro Gram thai provides educational counsel ing and retraining Grants for farm families and other Rural families Hurt by the economic crisis in Rural America. A fourth measure directs the Federal Energy regulatory commission to Issue an order Clearing up a songs finding water rights dispute in Idaho. Del mounts massive troop buildup off More expected pro Jerusalem a Israel has flooded the of cupid lands with troops because it expects Newtols Friday on an anniversary celebrate do a palestinian guerrilla group it. Gen. To Shimron was quoted As saying tues Shimron the military s Chieko staff said Israel tripled the number of bops in the Gaza strip and now has run troops posted there than it used to Caj lure the territory from Egypt in 1967. It has also doubled the number of troops in the occupied West Bank seized from Jordan in 1967, he said. The precautions were taken for the 23rd anniversary on Jan. I of the found ing of Al Fatah the largest guerrilla group under the umbrella of the pff1" Tine liberation organization. Fatah Day As it is known inning palestinians has often been marked by violence and bloodshed. The riots in the territories will not happen again defense minister Zilz Hak Rabin said in an interview publish tuesday. Even if we have to us Sivc Force we will not events to repeat the set the u.5.  sent a la tical officer to no res a City in the West no to observe to kurd Day of the military of of 900 Ujj wynians arrested during two Carlier this month. At 0cl arabs were killed in clashes a braces that started on dec. 8. Cli asters were killed during that Rabin said israel1htt"goon using deportations to punish  despite concern that in the Longan they expulsions Canja swe the support for Israel in Bublic  deportation jul punish Cal Rabin told the Tiz newspaper. But foreign ministry spokesman Ehud go said Israel has not yet decided on expelling ringleaders of the riots. Israel is acting to restore Calm and will continue to do so with the Lega Means at its disposal he said. The whole Issue is subject to an israeli Deci Sion and until now no decision has been  the . State department said Mon Day it had cautioned. Israel that deportations could trigger More violence. We have talked 10 the israelis Aboul deportations and we did say that we prefer they not use that punishment said Dennis Harper a state department spokesman in Washington. Japan cab Nef oks $46csp Biff on budget in s Cabinet a non budget monday the country s depend boost its support for and hasten its own Tokyo up proved a s460.9 thai will dec Dent on sex . Mili military a Dup. Edge for fiscal 1988 is in part at defusing . Pressure on Jaunn to reduce its Trade surplus and in crease its share of the defense Burden. We live done whale Var we could obtain . Understanding in compiling the budget chief Cabinet Secretary Keizo Obuchi said. The budget represents about a i per cent increase Over the s4j9.8 billion i9s7 budget and si4.2 billion supplementary budget added in july a foreign ministry spokesman said. Under the new budget Japan will in crease its share of Lac Cost of maintaining too u a. Troops in the country. Japanese contribution will Rise by 11 Elk tent. Or about si00 million to Aboul million. Pome Shuster Noboru Takeshita will announce funner measures to expand Japan s support raft Lac . Troops on Jan. 1, the official tranche foreign ministry said