European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday february 19,1988 corruption desertions reportedly plague Cuba Madrid. Spain up1 a confidential foreign ministry report on Cuba says lire Castro regime is beset by on unprecedented ideological crisis and thai k Many As half a million cubans want to leave the country a leading newspaper said thursday. The conservative duly Abc published Vej Rpu from a secret dossier compiled recently by the Spanish embassy in Havana that also refers to High level corruption and desertions in the government of Fidel Castro. A spokeswoman it the foreign ministry who asked not in be named said the dossier was an internal report and was not meant for publication. Spain has traditionally supported the Castro regime and Lari year it successfully pressured the european Community to soften its denunciation of human rights abuses in Cuba. The 79-Page report says that an ideological crisis sparked by the recent Campaign to Amend economic and political errors was leading to desertions at High Levels such As have not occurred since inc Early Days of the  added that the desertion and corruption of revolutionary figures is being compensated by the Axalla embassy Blaze App Taio emirates from the us embassy in Moscow watch Nike pouring from the Zaghik Builta which a Derri of personnel a can by afternoon when fire Brake out on tic fifth door.  soon put out the Blue Mil no Tot a injured. Cause of the fire was not immediately determined. Tion of the Anonymous hem. Of people unknown to cubans who fooled the Cia and worked As double a the report asserts that because of the nature of the cuban regime the number it a in by "sck."16country is estimated at Between 200.000 and 500,000. It said those seeking exile ate mostly human rights activists former political prisoners and their families but that cuban officials had turned Down their re quests to  report said that human rights in Cuba leaves much to be desired and thai Spain is facin8, in creasing difficulties in maintaining its traditional pro Castro stand among it 11 dec  ,. I cannot vouch for its correctness the ministry spokeswoman said. She  that the report was leaked to Abc As part of a Campaign to pressure spam to support a in. Resolution denouncing human rights abuses in Cuba that is to be put to a Vole in Geneva in Abc suggested that the government in Madrid had suppressed the report because it places Cuba in an unfavourable Light. Sower changes Are defended Moscow a efforts to modernize the soviet Economy and soviet society do not constitute a Retreat from socialism but represent an attack on dogmatism and bureaucracy soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev said thursday. We Are not retreating one step from socialism marxism leninism everything which has been won and created by the  Gorbachev to d a gather ing of the communist party leadership in Moscow. We arc striving in the present condition to revive the Leninist look of the new system to and it of the accumulations and deformations of everything wat shackled society and prevented n from residing the potential of socialism in full  the Kremlin Leader s speech came on the second Day of a plenary meeting of the communist party Cen trial committee the soviet Union s lop policy making body. Gorbachev s comments to the closed session were reported by Tass the official news Agency. The party chief acknowledged that his program of Pyrc Stroika or restructuring has caused some Eon fusion perestroika seeks to decentralize control often Dusty and make Plant managers responsible for their own products in an Effort to streamline production improve Quality and make consumer goods available to the soviet Public. The Central committee has the Power to make personnel changes in the politburo which now has 13 voting and six non voting members. The committee May review the candidacies of Ftp in Gorbachev proc pcs Boris n. Yeltsin and Nikolai a Talyzin. Yeltsin lost his Job As Moscow party Boss after criticizing the slow Pace of Reform in an october speech 10 the Central committee. Talyzin has lost his Job Ai head of the powerful state planning committee. Vatican coins Pieta Vatican City a Michelangelo s Pieti in St. Peter s Basilica for More than four centuries will appear on a Vatican Coin for the first time the Vatican has said. A reproduction of the sculpture will appear on a new 10-lira Coin Ilia will become available March 3. Terrorist on hunger strike in Hospital Paris up a convicted Leader of the direct action terrorist gang was rushed to the hotel Dieu Hospital thursday on the win Day of a hunger slake staged to protest jail conditions for political prisoners. Nathalie Monigon 30, had been scheduled to appear in court later thursday at the Start of a trial on a murder charge. On wednesday a Pam court T7icted her of trying to kill iwo police Genli in 1980 and sentenced her to a prison Iceni of 12 years. Monigon is believed to weigh Only around 65 pounds. Her defense attorney has argued she is unfit to attend the hearings. It was not known immediately exactly Why she was taken to uie hold dim Hospital though ii u close to the court where she was scheduled to appear. On wednesday doctors gave Monigon several glucose transfusions because of her weak slate. She and several comrades have staged the hunger strike once dec. 1 to protest being held in solitary confinement. Police captured it Nikon and three other gang Lead ers in a country farmhouse South of Paris last year. Briton Frenchman share Wolf prize in agriculture Jerusalem a two scientists one British the other French will share the Wolf prize in agriculture for i98s, education min ister Yizhak Navon announced wednesday. The Pri winners Are Charles Thibault pro Fessor emeritus at the University of Paris and or. Ernest John Christopher poke scientific director of animal biotechnology Cambridge lid both have played important roles in the study of reproductive biology livestock production and related reproductive issues regarding other mammals and humans. Thibaux 68, is known for his work in reproductive biology. Polic 61, is an expert on the application of science for the improvement of livestock production. Saudi Arabia to Purchase stake in Texaco refining London api Texaco inc. Plans to sell a stake of about 50 percent in its extensive , Gulf coast refining operations to saudi Arabia for More Loans billion the International Herald Tribune reported thursday. A final agreement Between pc Romin inc saudi arabian Oil holding division and Texaco is expected to be reached within a month the Herald Tribune reported quoting an unidentified Texaco executive and unidentified Arab Oil executives Allynd ing an annual conference of inc Institute of Petroleum in London. Saudi Arabia has been considering the Pur Chase of a Large slake in the refining and Market ing divisions of one of the major . Oil Compa Nies which were once shareholders in the arabian american Oil co., or Aramco Oil Industry officials said. Those companies arc Chevron corp., Exxon corp., Mobil corp., and Texaco. Helsinki offering Reward for capture of vandals Helsinki Finland a vandalism has become so bad Here that the finnish capital n offering a Reward of about j120 for help in catching vandals. A yearlong trial Campaign beginning in March was announced in finnish newspapers and advertised with wanted posters a min in English splashed around Helsinki this week. We chose English for inc posters because wanted is such a Well known word City spokesman per Ali Muslin in told inc associated press. Finland has two official languages finn ish and swedish. Mustonen said the destruction of Telephone a oohs Public transportation Anil other City property costs around j952,000 a year. Report predicts drop in dec economic growth Brussels Belgium a the economic growth in the 12-nation european economic Community will drop below 2 percent this year and in 1989 As a result of the Slock Market Cansis last fall the dec said Thun Day. Bat. In an economic report to the member governments the dec executive commission said there will be no economic recession. The commission said that the turmoil on the world s financial markets late last year has in creased the Uncertain tic in the world Economy and upset earlier economic predictions for a 2,3 percent average growth in the Community. Dec economists said this level of growth is too Low to bring about a reduction in the tweet unemployment which birr Nelly stands at i  percent. Peter Schmidhuber. Dec commissioner for economic affairs Lold a new conference the analysis was based on the Assumption the . Dollar will stay stable at 1.60 German Marks and 12i yen through the next two years