European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 o the stars and stripes thursday february 11,1988 senators downplay reported nato rift Bonn. Cd Crowny fai1 a group of . Senators on tue Lay played Down .-West German differ a Nett Over nato defense policies despite Dis agreements voiced by ranking officials from both nations in recent Days. Fen. Sam Nunn d-cja., said the disagreements Are minor and have not caused a rift in the Nonh Atlantic treaty organization. The differences Center on modernizing the Alliance s Short Range nuclear missiles that will remain in Europe after medium Range nuclear Rock cos arc scrapped under the .-sovict Accord signed at inc december Summit in Washington. . Officials arc stressing the need for mod Chi Ingich Shon Range weapons while West Herman leaders have said other disarmament Steps Are needed first. The concept of modernization was in no Way Dis agreed with by any of the West German government officials we spoke to Here said Nunn. Chairman of the Senate s armed services committee. "1 Don t believe Iacre is a difference that we have 10 be concerned  it is Only natural that we have differences of Opin Ion from time 1o Lime because of our geographical differences and Oiher factors he added. Robert c. Byrd ,va., the Senate majority Leader said i Eccl i Ean say enthusiastically that the . West German relationship is unshakable and thai we have a mutuality of  Nunn and Byrd arc among a five member Senate delegation touring West european capitals to discuss defense and Security issues. West German leaders have called for bust West talks on cutting the number of Short Range missiles and Banning chemical weapons. They say West Germany is vulnerable to Short Range missiles deployed in neigh Boring East Germany and Czechoslovakia. . Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci told a week end nato meeting in Munich that if the Alliance Short Range missiles arc not modernized we would have to look seriously at whether . Troops would remain in Western Europe. The soviet led Warsaw pact has Superior conventional forces and Carlucci said the nuclear missiles Are needed to support nato troops . Officials have said inc Alliance agreed in is to upgrade its Short Range missiles which arc capable of travelling up to 300 Miles. West Germany wants any moderation plan linked to negotiations on reducing conventional forces in Central Europe. I think they the West germans want to Lake an other look at the 1983 decision in the Posi inf environment on where we Are going with modernization Nunn said. I think that is an understandable consid  inf refers to he intermediate nuclear Force which is to be eliminated under the december Summit agreement. . Defense officials have said it would be difficult to verify compliance with a ban on chemical weapons. The senators met separately with Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher and defense minister Manfred to cmdr during their one Day visit to Bonn. They then left for Paris. Ford lays off 2,500 following British strike a Ford motor co. Ltd. I Zarit Eftimi off 2,500 workers in Europe on tunic Matoin response to a strike by 32,500 to to tar " Al land and said 100 of hrs woul later Iblis wed. In other labor disputes in Brilain 13,000 teachers staged a one Day walk out in London an overtime ban idled Mare than 4.000 miners and hundreds of ferry workers remained on picket lines. Health workers announced plans for a serifs of protests Over shortages and surgical delays in inc National health serv ice following tin 11 one Day walkout by nurse i on i the. A Ford spokesman Martin Watkins said inc Nui maker Laid Oft 2,500 of its10.30 1 employees who produce transit  in Icik. Belgium because of shortage of British made engines. An additional 100 of for Diisso employees at the Antwerp Jug cum tractor Plant were to he Laii on thursday because of a Lack a other British made parts. Waisins no immediate threat to pro any of our other european Pla Juv he said. Ford workers produce escorts and ? of f i dts Orinas at a Plant in Sapir Louval Ger Many  Cologne West  escorts and . Production at All 22 Ford Plant in Brilain was shut Down tuesday inc Sec Ond full Day of inc strike Over a propose three year contract the plants normally produce 2,500 vehicles a Day about Iso workers who make trans Mission parts in South London joined inc strike after working monday. Ford is offering a 7 percent raise in the first year and increases 2.5 percent above inflation in the second and third years. The company s highest offer Wouldhave Given a Middle Grade employee a pay increase of 50 pounds s88 a week r three years. The present salary for 185 pounds s325 a strike App min prepare soup As they my the picket Llop at the Ford Plant in Diren Lum England. ,.lthe contract by a 60 percent majority  of it length previous Conerl the Industry have been for one or two pc Jan the Ford walkout is the Industrial strike since 90,000 coat mis staged a yearlong strike in i984-i98s,and it is the first for the British subsidiary of the . Automaker since a nine week walkout in 1978. Flights Tom Paga 1 Parker a spokesman for the meteorological office. The Odds Middle and High schools sen ing Raf  Raf Mildenhall and Raf full will closed at noon according Torgl. Dave Malakoff. However he said lying at Raf . An f 111 base was going on As planned. The Only other flying a i reporting Normal aircraft operations tues Day was the Al 11 base Al Raf upper Heyford. Raf Fairford suspended its flying tuesday after winds reached 63 Mph sgt. Paula Rogers said. None of the bases reported any damage of planes or buildings. Although Hying had been cancelled ill Raf bunt a lers in the morning at 3 . It was business As usual for other operations at the blast tac Fighier Wing. Al 15 Miles from the North sea bunt Waters is the closest . Flying base to coastal Waters. While Many of Scotland s roads were impassable by noon some parts of Scotland remained Clear. It s rain and wind that s Ordinary said Petty officer 2.c. Chris Price a journalist Al Raf  . Navy Security group near Aberdeen u on the Eastern scottish  had better weather at the far North of Scotland at the communications base at Raf thurs. My Hus band is on the Golf course right now said it com Mander Karen Phillips the executive officer at the Navy s communications base. She reported sunny  forecasters look heavy criticism in october when they failed to predict a devastating storm that resulted in the deaths of 17 people across the country. Parker said a storm of that kind and intensity is Only Likely about once every 100 Yean in great Britain. Waldheim from Page i vision showed a documentary about Wald Heim s wartime history thai used a films statements by witnesses and quotes from the report on Waldheim s record to show he covered up his Pasi. Waldheim declined to appear in the program. Professor Hagen Fleischer a greek Citi in of German an ecu by who was an official adv Vrr to the commission said on a pro Gram following inc documentary that Wallheim in his role As Collator of Intelli gence reports for his unit must have been better informed than pm  Messerschmidt wit interviewed in the documentary and said of Waldheim i role in Yugoslavia in 1942 he had information about quite horrible  . Justice department official said in Washington the findings make Waldheim accountable for War crimes a defined by in anti a i Nuernberg Laws. Shimon Peres foreign minister of is Rael said in Jerusalem the report was grave from a factual and moral Point of View. Its conclusions will oblige the aus Trian people and its government to Grap ple with their grave  Moscow Ana ply g. Kovalov first Deputy foreign minister said the report showed Waldheim was not an accessory to the accusations made against him and we regard or. Kurt Waldheim As the president of  year the official news Agency Tass said Waldheim had actively advocated Middle East settlement Asun. Secretan go neral. Which provoked the ire of the ii Oniss in the .a., who launched a pro Vocative Campaign against him mock has accused inc commission of overstepping its mandate by addressing the morality of Waldheim s behaviour but Messerschmidt said the panel did not go one centimetre beyond guide lines Sci when the austrian government named the commission in september at Waldheim s request. Kurrier a Vienna tabloid said in m Early wednesday editions that mock had wanted to reject the report entirely and the government accepted it Only Al the insistence of Franz or Antiky. The socialist Chancellor. Waldheim requested the investigation after the . Justice department put him on a watch list of undesirable aliens effectively barring him from Hie United  commission report said Wald Heim. Now 69, never protested or tried to Slop any of the atrocities he must have known about in 1942-1 5.it became Clear during the news con Ference tuesday thai panel members had argued until the last minute about whether to say Waldheim bore moral guilt for his  and panel chairman Hans Rudolf Kur of Switzerland said the phrase was dropped late monday morning after the member decided the might be accused of overstepping the mandate with a judgmental statement. Another conflict emerged at the new conference Over Kun s decision to go to Wallheim on monday evening and make a personal statement that the commis Sion found no evidence thai could Lead to criminal prosecution.  said a j ust was t Wise to do  Vallan said i regret