European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes senators say allies Back . On arms Washington a a bipartisan group of sen at leaders found extraordinary agreement among european leaders on the stance inc United slates and its nato allies should Lake on further arms no gotta ions Wilh inc soviets Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd said sunday. The senators in Lum told the Heads of slate in five. European capitals that Congress will support inc nato Alliance no matter what happens in presiden tial elections or other elections in this country Byrd told n news conference upon arriving Back 01 Andrews a ii from Italy. Regardless of the various voices and noises and opinions that come out of Washington during elections the nato Alliance can count on this country far liability and continued support bid said. We preached the message of cohesion Anil  enl was joined by Sens. Claiborne fell. D-r.l., David l. Doran. D-oma., and John a Warnerr a. A a rih member of the delegation. Sen. Sam Nunn a can. New Home earlier. The Senate leaders Al such West Germany England France Turkey and Italy during the nine Day trip. Hard a West Virginia Democrat said the allies unanimously expressed support for the inf intermediate in go nuclear forces treaty without Amend  unless there s a Gap in the verification procedures we ully i pct he inf treaty to be approved. We do not anticipate any crippling amendment said Lynt. We left the message with these leaders thai the United Stales will continue fully to support nato. Alicr the treaty is approved. Those government leaders and the Peoples of Europe wanted to hear that reassure  he said. There was an extraordinary amount of agreement among those leaders and ourselves Aslo what the Alli Ance should do in the Posl inf environment Byrd void. Me said it was important for the uni cd states and its allies to not Only listen to what the new style soviet leadership says but to Waich what in  Byrd said the bumping of two us. Navy ships by two soviet warships in the Black sea Friday was discouraging and feeds upon and contributes to inc kind Orick Plicis that we found among european  Here we re in this time of glasnost and detente and then All of a sudden we have one of these  he said. Perhaps it serves a purpose in that in makes us Stop look and listen and remember that caution is in watchword As we proceed with  Boren said inc nato allies believe the soviets have sons. Darld Boren Dokyu Clau Tallu with nato Laden after r App Noto be Pell d-r.i4 Robert Byrd  Uno John Warner a a discuss then Ling to the United slates sunday. To Aims to Divide Natora to try to avoid conventional arms reductions Jische they have a Clear us  i there was a  that All of us need to band together now  consensus in nato and to push ahead Mph conventional weapons said born. F he said the puke of the delegation was to bring Back the Bihar Tiff spirit of sen. Arthur Vandyn Borg referring id the publican Senate Leader from Michi Gan who help the Roosevelt and Truman administrations Matonin bipartisan support for foreign policy. The in Jafraty bans nuclear missiles with 300 to born spid one of inc things thai we were most Surprise Daboul h there was less disagreement than we were Job to believe before we went. We read  there were people proposing Denu Clariza. Off Europe. We did t find that  Warner said european leaders want to proceed Willi 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 comm Liei said he expects his panel to Send the inf treaty to the full so talc sometime in March. Born is chairman of the Senate intelligence com Mittee. Warner is the ranking Republican on the armed service commit the which Nunn chairs. Among the leaders they me with were Helmut Kohl the Wisl German Chancellor Margaret Thatcher the British prime minister Francois Mitterrand the president of trance Sturgul dial the prime min ister of Turkey and Giovanni Goria prime minister of Italy. Irregularities in european conf races uncovered by teams of investigators by Joseph Owen Stull Jet Bureau Stuttgart three criminal investigation come Field teams set up in1487 to probe White Collar crime in Europe Are finding Many contract irregularities the command did i have the Lime or expertise to Trace earlier Stuttgart baud agents said. Ralph e. Mcnamara one of i agents on the Stuttgart Field team Fri this team is investigating Many Mil Ary contract payments in which coca Mic crime is suspected. Those Case have yielded no repayment or proof unions cd. Bul they often take years to fish tin. Proof is still in the adding  said. We still Fie some growing pains to go through until last year local cordon and offices probed fraud waste or Buse reports Only within their own communities Spe Cial agent Dan Cales of inc Stuttgart local office said Locon agents Aren to rained to review convicts such As those of inc armed forces Tetrea Tion Center which involve proc tent at the Thea Ter level. The command s regional head quarters in he Delborg investigated crimes spanning several communities bul personnel shortages and logistical problems  Luicir efforts. Then the of Dunand Sci up a Frank Furt based if Fol team last summer and Teatum Kaiserslautern and Stuttgart in nov tiber hoping to answer complaints and reduce travel Lime. The agents crimes already committed Mon r contracts in Progress and advise Mil iry commanders on ways to make future contracts harder to circumvent. The Stuttgart team covers ugly Greece and the Wesl German states of Baden Wiir Lemberg and Bavaria and is investigating arc con races among others. One command obstacle is a Lack of Public awareness a lol of people Don t know we exist. Or at least if they know we exist they Don t think we do anything in fraud,1 waste and  Mcnamara said add ing that inc command is better known for investigating violent crimes. To Fig Hithe image problem the command offers a briefing to any military unit that wants it. The fraud teams Stem from command organizational changes mandated eight years ago when the Secretary of defense told service branches to put More Effort into investigating contractor fraud Cates did. The command added 55 investigators and regulation changes relieved in of responsibility for investigating Many minor crimes Cates said he has authority to prove White Collar crime outside the Stuttgart area but rarely docs so because there is so much work close to Home. Last summer for example the local office settled Oul of court for 670.000german Marks 5398,810 from a Stutt Gart electrical contractor electro tech Nische an Lagan schol Tysick in connection with Billing fraud on an electrical maintenance contract. The command also gave German authorities information which led to the conviction of company director Gunther Franz schol Lysick and three other men. Scholtisek was sentenced to three years in prison. Normally economic crime investigations arc Long drawn out affairs because it necessitates the review of volumes of paper Cates said adding that the Scholtisek probe lasted More than two years. The Case paper work took up half a file Cabinet drawer the contracts them selves filled two file drawers As a must inter Community fraud schemes would occur unnoticed. The new fraud teams arc an attempt to fill that  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 Rattli e. Mcnamara hic 6lh ask Box 47, Apo 091h. News updates child mobster Portland Ore. Sen. Joseph r. Biden or. Of Delaware was listed in satisfactory condition sunday after undergoing surgery to Correct an aneurysm in an artery supplying blood to his brain a hos Pital spokesman said. The 45-year-old senator who remained in intensive care at Waller Reed army medical Center was Alert and talking to his family and resting comfortably said Michae Mcginnis a Hospital spokesman