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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, January 16, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes i o lawmaker wants overseas gis counted in census Page 2 g officers to share lessons learned1 Page 3 g Navratilova Evert Advance in australian , Page 21 the a Amand stripes vol. 46. No. 271 Utho Zilco in Ocul publication Folt 1 saturday january 16,. A rentes ob693a North korean admits planting bomb on Jet k m Llyon a Seoul South Korea a a woman linked to the destruction of a South korean Airliner with 115 people aboard confessed on television Friday that she was a communist North korean agent and said she planted a bomb on the plane. She identified herself As Kim hype acc and said she and a male companion blew up the plane to disrupt plan for the 1988 olympic games in Seoul and arc Alc unrest in South Korea. She said icy planted a bomb made from liquid explosive disguised in a liquor Battle. She said they hid a Deto Nator in a radio and left it an the plane. It is natural that 1 should be punished and killed a Hundred limes for tiny sin the 25-year-old woman told a nationally televised press conference. Her male companion who killed him self last month was identified As Kim Sigil 69, a North korean intelligence agent and a member of the ruling Nonh korean communist parly South korean intelligence agents said Kim Hyong he was acting on the per Wal orders of Kim Jongil son and political heir of lop North korean Leader Kim la Sung. Kim Hyon acc who said she was from the North korean capital of Pyongyang said she initially refused to answer questions about the plane o shield Kim Jongil. She used his formal title of dear Leader i denied being involved in he Inci Dent to keep secret the authority of the dear Leader to the end she said. The korean airlines plane crashed into the Andaman sea off the coast or Burma on nov. 29. Am 115 people aboard were killed and no bodies have been recovered. South korean leaders contend the plane wat destroyed because of North Korea s determination to halt the olym Pic games. North Korea has been de manding to co Host the games but the South has refused Nonh Korea has denied in was involved in the disappearance of the plane. Attic two Korea divided since 1945, Are see bomb on Back Page army no arrest eco on spy charges Washington a an amid sergeant stationed at the Aberdeen proving ground in Maryland was arrested thursday on charges of attempting to deliver defense information id me soviet Union the Fri announced. Set Daniel Waller Richardson 42, an instructor in the Lank Turret division at Aberdeen was arrested shortly after noon in the Chesapeake House Holiday inn in Aberdeen the Fri said. Richardson is accused of attempting to deliver in formation relating to National defense to a representative of the .s.r.," spokesman William Carter said Reading from a statement issued by Fri director Wil Liam s. Sessions and maj. Gen. Harry e. Says scr com Mander of . Army intelligence and Security come. In com. Federal Law enforcement sources speaking on Condi Tion of anonymity said the information involved was not classified and had to do with the Lank Turret Divi  sources also said that there was no soviet at the arrest site. They said that Richardson evidently initiated the Contact with the soviets and thai Federal authorities monitored those contacts. As a result it Federal undercover agent set up a meeting with Rich Ardson thai resulted in his arrest. In appeared thai no information actually change hands. One Law enforcement source speaking on condition of anonymity said that if Richardson had Actu ally delivered the informal that would have been in the charge. Richardson of Oakland calif., joined the army in 1968. His specially is Lank Turret repairman and he disqualified As an instructor. He is assigned to the 601 is ordnance in which is based at Aberdeen. It. Col. John Chapla a spokesman for the army had no information on other jobs Richardson has held in the army or How Long he has been at Aberdeen Richardson was being held at the Aberdeen proving ground and will most Likely have an appearance be fore a military judge within seven Days Carter said. Asked if Richardson might face charges in a civilian court Carter the Fri spokesman said it was More Likely that he would be charged under the uniform code of military Justice. Under the uniform code Carter said Richardson is subject to being chaired with violation of two specification of article i06a which deals with espionage two specifications of article 92. Failure to report con tact with a foreign government article 121, larceny o . Government property and article 108, unauthorized disposition of us. Government property. The most serious offence espionage carries a Mam mum penalty of death under the Mhilary Justice code. However it. Col John Woolcy an in com spokes see spy on Buck Page . Reportedly will withdraw Al 6 Jet fighters from Spain Washington not the United states after months of fruitless negotiations with Spain has decided to give in to Spanish demands and withdraw 72 Al 6 Jet fighters based in dial nato country defense and slate department officials who asked to not be identified said thursday. Stale department officials said . Ambassador to Spain Reginald Bartholo Mew told the Spanish foreign ministry in a meeting about 10 Days ago that the United slates would remove the three squadrons stationed Al the air base at Torrejon Cardoz near Madrid. At the same time they said the United states emphasized to Spain the importance of a new Accord on other areas of military cooperation. Officially the United states will not acknowledge that in has. Decided to make the Concession to Spain and continues to say that ail options arc still under discussion. A state department spokesman Phyl Lis Oakley when asked for comment said the United Stales and Spain Are trying very hard to work out a new de sense agreement to replace the current one which expires in May. In would be premature to comment on the specific details at this  the insistence of the socialist government of prime minister Felipe Gonzalez that the f-l6s be taken out of Spain the Spanish government is willing to negotiate a new defense treaty that will allow continued Access by the United states to the naval port at Rota near the Strait of Gibraltar to two smaller air sea Spain on Back Page Torrejon a Pilot killed in f-16a crash Madrid Spain  
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