European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday. February 16.1988 senators say allies Back . On arms Washington a a bipartisan group of sen ate leaders found extraordinary agreement among european Leaden on inc stance inc United Stales and ils nato allies should Likic on further arms negotiations with inc soviets. Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd said sunday. The senators in turn told the Heads of state in five european capitals that Congress will support inc nato Alliance no Mailer what happens in presiden tial elections or other elections in this country Byrd told a news conference upon arriving Back at Andrews fab from Italy. Regardless of the various voice and noises and opinions that come out of Washington during elections the nato Alliance can count on this country Tor stability and continued support Byrd. Said. We preached the message of cohesion and Byrd was joined by Sens. Claiborne Pell. ,. David l. Born d-okla., and John w. Warnerr a. A fifth member of the Dale Galiote sen. Sam Nunn d ga., flew Home earlier. The Senate leaders visited West Germany. England France Turkey and Italy during Llic nine Day trip. Byrd a West Virginia Democrat said the allies unanimously a pics a support for the inf intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty without Amend ments unless there s a in the verification procedures we filly i Eccl inc inf treaty to be approved Wedo not anticipate any crippling amendments said dyed. We left the message with these leaders Fiat the United states will continue fully 10 support nato. After the treaty is approved. Those government leaders and the Peoples of Europe wanted to hear that reassurance he said. There was in extraordinary amount of agreement among those leaders and ourselves As to what inc Alli Ance should do in the Post inf Byrd said. He said ii was important for the United Stales and its Athos to not Only listen to what the new style soviet leadership Saj s but to watch what it Byrd said the bumping of two . Navy ships by two soviet warships in the Black sea Friday was discouraging and feeds upon and contributes to the kind that we found among european Here we re in in time of glasnost and detente and then All of a sudden we have one of these unprovoked he sail. Perhaps it serves a purpose in that it makes us Slop look and listen and remember that caution is Llie watchword As we proceed with our Len run said the nato allies believe the soviets have Send to Bonn Doua air Bow Pell , Robert Byrd d-w.v4 did John Warner 8-vs, Al Josm their Tallu of the nato leaders after returning id us United slain sunday. Two Aims to Divide nato and to try to avoid conventional Aims reductions where they have a Clear us was a common feeling that Alt of us need to band together now to preserve consensus in nato and to push ahead with conventional weapons said said the purpose of the delegation was to bring Back the bipartisan spirit of sen. Arthur Vsndenberg referring to the Republican Senate Leader from Michi who helped the Roosevelt and Truman administrations maintain bipartisan support for foreign policy. The inf i scaly bans nuclear missiles with 300 to 3,300-mile ranges. Boren said one of the things that we were most surprised about is there was less disagreement than we were led to believe before we went we read these stories that there were people proposing Denu Clariza Tion of Europe we did t find that Warner said european leaders want to proceed with conventional talks and to include the Chemi Cal Byrd said we re All agreed that there has to continue to be the strategy of flexible response a nuclear deterrent must be an element of that strategy if it is to be credible Pell the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee said be expects his panel to Send the in treaty to the full Senate sometime in March. Born a chairman of the Senate intelligence com Miniee. Warner is the ranking Republican on the armed services committee which Nunn Chain. Among the Leaden they met with were Helmut Kohl inc West German Chancellor. Margaret Thatcher the British prime minister Francois Mitterrand the president of France Sturgul pal inc prime min ister of Turkey and Giovanni Goria prime minister of Italy. Arregu Arf is in european conf races uncovered by teams of a Vest gators by Joski la Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart three criminal investigation a Ned Field teams set up in 1w to probe White Collar crime in Europe Are finding Many contract irregularities the command did t have the Lime or i Partise to Trace earlier Stuttgart based agents said. Ralph e. Mcnamara one of two agents on the Stuttgart Field team said his team is investigating Many military contract payments in Wlinich economic crime is suspected. Those cases have yielded no repayment or prosecutions Yel but they often take years to finish. The proof is still in the pudding Mcnamara said. We still have some growing pains to go until but year local command offices probed fraud waste or abuse reports Only within their own communities. Spe Cial agent Dan cites of the Stuttgart local office said local agents Aren t trained 10 review contracts such As those of the armed forces recreation Center which involve procurement at the Thea Ter level. The command s regional head quarters in Heidelberg investigate crimes spanning several communities but personnel shortages and logistical problems often frustrated their a Futoru then the command set up a Frank fun Bawd fold team last summer and teams in kaisers Lautem and Stuttgart in november hoping to answer complaints faster and reduce travel time. The agents probe crimes already committed Monitor contracts in Progress and advise Mil itary commanders on ways to make future contracts harder to circumvent. The Stuttgart team covers and the West German states of Baden Wun Tembra and Bavaria and is arc contracts among others. One command obstacle is a Lack of Public awareness. A lot of people Don t know we Cut. Or Ai least if they know we exist Theydon t think we to anything in fraud waste and abuse Mcnamara said add ing that the command is better known for investigating violent crimes. To fight he image problem the command offers a briefing to any military unit that wants it. The fraud teams Stem from command organisational changes mandated eight years ago when the Secretary of defense told service branches to put More Effort into investigating contractor fraud catch said. The command added 55 investigators and regulation changes relieved it of responsibility for investigating Many minor crimes. Cates said he has authority to prove White Collar crime outside the so Ulgart area but rarely does so because there is so much work dose to Home. Last summer for example the local office settled out of court for 670,000german Marks $398.810 from a slim Gart electrical contractor electro Lech Nische anlage sch Oliynek in connection with Bitting fraud on an electrical maintenance contract the command also gave German authorities information which led to the conviction of company director Giinther Franz sch Oliynek and three other men Scholtisek was sentenced 10 three years in prison. Normally economic crime investigations Are Long drawn out affairs because it necessitates the review of volumes of Cates said adding thai the Scholtisek probe lasted More than two Yean. The to paper work look up Halfa file Cabinet drawer the contracts Iheng selves filled two file drawers. As a result inter Community fraud schemes could occur Unni iced. The new fraud teams Are an attempt to till that .Mcnamara said anyone who wants to report fraud waste or abuse including cases in the Frankfurt or Kaiserslautern jurisdictions can Call a local command office or Send the information in writing to special agent Ralph e. Mcnamara h he 6th ask to 47, Apo 0915-1. News updates child molester Portland Ore. A a child Mold sir who had been or dered to Post signs identifying himself As a dangerous sex Attai it has been sentenced to 10 Yean in prison for violating probation your probation did not fail be cause you failed to Post the signs. Your probation failed became you failed to admit you had a prob Lem mul Tomah county District judge Dorothy Mbaker told 47 year old Richard j. Batman. Baker last year had ordered Batman to Post signs outside his House and on his car laying dangerous sex offender no children allowed after he pfc ded no contest to molesting boy and girl both 5 years old. Biden recovering Washington
