European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page s the stars and stripes thursday March 17,1988 military Roundup Lindsey As Pao wins of Public affairs awards ramste1n a West Germany Safe has named its top Public affairs personnel and offices for 1987. The 7100th combat support Wing Public affairs office at Lindsey As. West Germany won the commander in chiefs award for its out standing Overall base level Public affairs pro Gram. Lindsey also received the Safe award for an outstanding Media relations program and separate special achievement award for its Media response concerning victims of the mis Sile attack on the guided missile frigate Stark. Individual winners include outstanding offi cer capt. Sammie Grizzle 7100th combat sup port Wing Lindsey As outstanding no Mas Ter set. Barry Grossman 26th tac recon Wing Wei Brocken a West Germany outstanding airman. Senior airman Linda i scr Nelson 7100th combat support wine Lindsey and outstanding civilian Mehmel Birbari 39lh Acair control group in Ciurlik a Turkey. The 7217th air base group at Ankara As Turkey won the director of Public affairs award for the Busl single Public affairs Effort developed and implemented to achieve a specific objective. Other unit awards went to the 303rd tac mis Sile Wing Raf Molesworth England for its Community relations efforts and the 401st tac fighter Wing Torreon a Spain for its inter Nal information work. Transportation corps Ball Marks 46th birthday Ober Ursel West Germany the transportation corps will celebrate its 46th anniversary with a formal Ball june 18 at the office Sand civilians club in Patrick Henry Village in Heidelberg. The Ball is open to commissioned and warrant officers soldiers in Grade e-7 and above civil ians in the Grade of gs-7 and above former corps aviators and guests. The attire is mess or dress Blue or White uni form for military personnel and Tuxedo Busi Ness suit or gown for civilians. For further information Contact Mai. John Fountain at ets 325-2616 or 2789. 24 tamil rebels killed in Indian search operation Colombo sri Lanka a Indian soldiers shot and killed at least 24 tamil rebels during search operations in two northeastern districts a in lankan Mili tary official said wednesday. The official who cannot be identified under briefing rules said the operations in the Mullai Tiu and Kil Inoch Chi districts began Early tuesday and lasted the entire Day. Apanu Mikhail Gorbachev Waves to crowd As he and his wife Ralsa come out of the Belgrade National Assembly. Gorbachev says nato buildup rooted in lie1 about East threat Belgrade Yugoslavia Dpi soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev wednesday accused nato of harping on the lie of an East bloc threat to justify increases in conventional arms and other measures to compensate for . Intermediate Range nuclear mis Siles. In his first response to a nato Summit held in Brus Sels March 2-3, the soviet Leader said some nato leaders dread the very thought of parting with nuclear  some nato leaders arc obviously trying to link the unsinkable said Gorbachev whose 50-Mmute address to the yugoslav Federal Assembly was considered a keynote of his five Day trip to the non aligned Balkan nation. They arc trying to link approval of the .-sovict treaty on medium and Shorter Range missiles with a de Mand to compensate it by a buildup of other armaments particularly of nato s Southern flank he said. The Yare trying to link reductions of conventional arms and elimination of imbalances with a stubborn insistence nonnuclear deterrence  Gorbachev and president Reagan signed in washing Ion last december a treaty to eliminate . And soviet ground launched intermediate Range missiles. Gorbachev wednesday failed to mention the expected Summit with Reagan the fourth Between the two leaders planned for Moscow before the summer. At the Brussels Summit nato leaders adopted two documents resolving to maintain a nuclear deterrent in Europe and to modernize its mix of conventional an nuclear forces where necessary and called for highly asymmetrical reductions of Warsaw pact conventional weapons including tanks and artillery. Gorbachev accused nato leaders of justifying their position by harping on the lie of a soviet and Warsaw act  on the contrary he said the soviet Union and its allies Are concentrated on weeding out for Good cold War sprouts that have taken Root in society. Turning to bilateral relations Gorbachev brought up Josef Stalin s expulsion of Yugoslavia from the soviet bloc in 1948 and used the strongest language in assessing the damage it caused. Gorbachev said ungrounded accusations were lev eled against the yugoslav communist party leadership headed by Josip Broz Tito. That conflict inflicted grave damage to both Yugoslavia and the soviet Union an socialism in the world he said. When Nikita Khrushchev went to Belgrade in 1955 to Patch up relations he had declared we sincerely regret what has happened and said a study showed documents on which the charges against the yugoslav leadership were based were fabricated. He never however said out right he charges were groundless. Gorbachev is the first soviet Leader to pay an official visit to Yugoslavia since Leonid Brezhnev attended Tito funeral in 1980. On the Issue of conflicts in the Mediterranean Gorba Chev called for a freeze of an military forces in the Mediterranean by july 1 and establishment of Confidence building measures to begin to demilitarized the Region. Observers said the suggestion of a Date was new but that nato members consider a Mutual pullout of Mili tary forces from the Region As unworkable. . Told to get Tough with allies on spending by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington the Reagan administration stood firm this week against congressional allegations that it has t done enough to get . Allies to contrib Ute More to International defense. You re comparing a global Power like the United states with some medium and very Small regional Powers George adar the Pentagon s chief of european and nato policy told the House armed services committee s Burden sharing panel tuesday. But panel chairwoman rep. Patricia Schmo Cdr d-colo., and rep. Andy ire land r-fla., insisted that Europe with a combined Gross National product equal to that of the United states should do More for defense. You can say they Don t want to be global Powers but they want to be global trading Powers Schroeder told bade Rand Rozanne Ridgway assistant Secre tary of state for european and Canadia affairs. Schmo Cdr and Ireland accused the administration of being timid in asking Al lies to pay for defense. A perception exists among the Ameri can people Ireland said that the United slates has failed to persuade its allies to share More of the Cost of meeting an International threat and so we re going to share it the Cost with our children and  there s also a terrific problem from our budget deficit Schroeder said adding that since it was the United states that helped european countries and Japan attain the Prosperity they now enjoy can t they do More for Forwar defense Ridgway said the state department has made Progress getting allies to in crease numbers of troops improve maintenance and boost morale. Eleven out of 15 of our allies have conscription she said. Germany recently extruded it period of conscription from 15 to 18  referring to the German military draft Schmo Cdr said we have heard that very Young people in a High tech army for 15 to 18 months Aren t  suggesting that a professional army might be better she said perhaps we should t give them More Points for conscription we should give hem less  Bader defended the germans saying that yearly evaluations show the Ger Man Soldier is Well trained Well Quali fied and stands up Well against any Power in the  when Bader suggested that the United states has a Good Deal in Europe be cause it Only provides 35 percent of the troops protecting the West and the allies provide the rest Schroeder responded. I Don t know if that s a Good Deal. If we contributed the same amount to world defense As Canada and Japan we would have a budget  we have decided that the defense of the United states is Best served by a favourable posture in Europe Ridgway said. Our allies have decided that they Are Best served by a . Presence i Europe. Together the two sides have worked on that premise for 40 years to prevent world War  Schroeder who tried unsuccessfully last year to Levy import duties on Japan and allies in Europe to help ease the nation s defense costs is one of several sponsors of legislation that would reduce . Troop strength in any foreign nation that fails to reimburse the United state for extra costs caused by International currency fluctuations. At the close of the first session the administration and the panel remained far apart. Schroeder suggested that Diplo Mats and defense officials have a faulty Way of giving the allies credit for thei defense contributions. In the weeks and months ahead the Burden sharing panel will hear from officials from past administrations business leaders Ana International affairs experts seeking ways to get the nation s allies to contribute More to world defense