European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday. March 1b, 1988 Carlucci Yazoo hold wide ranging talks  writer Bern Switzerland Secretary of defense Frank Carlucci and soviet de sense minister Dmitri Yazoo ended two Days of talks thursday that ranged from peacetime testing of nuclear weapon tothe problems of . Budget deficits. Tie Lone has been very positive co operative and candid throughout said Pentagon spokesman Dan Howard " Carlucci and Yazoo  on  begin a hour closed door meeting. G talks Yazoo was interested  the . Budget deficit iiilliiilinl7thiliiii the soviet Union can ovoid similar Nycus how., Ards id. Other issues include a   eliminating inter nuclear missiles in Europe negotiations on strategic arms nuclear testing and chemical weapons. Carlucci and Yazoo also discussed alleged violations of the 1972 anti Ballis tic missile treaty in particular the phased array radar at Krasnoyarsk in the Central siberian , Howarld Moffiett Nathe radar violate Sam treaty requiring such devices to be near a  two also went Over the sup Row Litany doctrines at considerable Carlucci  that the soviet arc  Doc Trine or reasonable  and we re not sure what hat Means troops from Page 1 mediate deployment of an infantry Bri Gade task Force consisting of two Battal ions of the 82nd airborne div from for Bragg . Two battalions from the 7ih inf div at fort Ord Cali plus sup potting  he said they were being sent to Palmero la a for an emergency deployment Readi Ness  Secretary of Sute George Shull told re porters earlier that the nicaraguan opera Tion poses a genuine National Security problem for the United Stales of America. Even before the president s decision was announced criticism arose. Rep. Edward j. Markey a mass said this is not the first time the president has nude use of his military authority after lost a Vole on the contras. President Rea Gan s decision to Send the 82nd airborne to Honduras has mom to do with politics than with american Security. It is an irresponsible involvement of american troops in the conflict in Central America and an unwise escalation of tensions in that  Jason Isaacson a spokesman for  Dodd d-tonn., said the administration is doing everything they Canto divert attention from the Iran Contra indictments and to turn up the heat on Congress for More Aid to the  earlier in the Day lbs news reported that Reagan already had decided to Send 2,000 o 3,000 troops probably from the82nd airborne to Honduras in a non com Bat role As a show of Force to the Sandinia tas and a sign of support to Honduras at the Lime. Baker said no decision had been made. This is absolutely not inc. The presi Dent has made no decisions. He is identify Yazoo also raised the question of imbalances in current Force Levels. Howard quoted Yazoo As saying. "11 almost useful to have these discussions without the press of negotiation and the press of making an  ii was the first meeting of defens ministers of the two countries since the end of world War  two met later at the soviet pm  talks were wrapped up thursday morning with press conferences by Bot participants. Ing his options. He has not acted on them bake said. In his announcement Fitzwater said in addition to its value As a test of the proficiency of our military units this exer Cise is a measured response deigned to show our staunch support to the democratic government of Honduras at a Lime when its territorial integrity is being violated Faythe cuban and soviet supported Sandinia Tarmy. This exercise is also intended As a signal to the governments and Peoples of Central America of the seriousness with which . Government views the current Situa Tion m the Region. The duration of this exercise has not been decided. The brigade task Force will not be deployed to any Are of ongoing  . Officials and Contra leaders said Amajor sandinista attack was under Way against the Contra positions in Honduras but Nicaragua officials said they chased the contras across the Border but did not Cross themselves. The nicaraguan action came As Reagan was renewing an Effort o Sway a reluctant Congress to approve continued Aid to the contras whose . Assistance expired feb. 29. A military source who insisted on anonymity said earlier that the american troops would probably play some Type of supporting role to honduran forces. We d be taking an awfully big step to expose americans to hostile fire added another source. Baker and Powell also briefed congressional leaders. Fitzwater said earlier that in the meet Ings with congressional leaders White House officials discussed the military situation on the ground they discussed our response options and they discussed a pos sible Contra Aid package but they reached no conclusions and there will be men discussions  indicted prompt Over to la . Government according to the indictment. Hakim and word also were charge with conspiring Mcuay illegal gratuities to North by arrange the installation Ofa Security system at Ink Marine officer s Home and by create nov 1200,000 account for his family in a a Flocs Bank. Outside the . Court Contra Independent counsel Walsh told reporters the in was continuing but declined whether there would be any anal charges brought in the Case finished.1an interim report North who was firer from his Job As a National Security Council aide in late1986, said "1 did rtt commit any crime. I intend to fight life allegations of wrong doing for As Lour As  his voice a renking North said the months and will be difficult but he added Mcl Helenj i can Asur you will never give up we will win i just canno jell you to soon White House spokesman Marlin Fitz the grand jury i Walsh said. This is Simn water said Reagan was informed of the indictments by  his Deputy chief of Staft wearing of Rea Gan Fitzmaier Saidur he had no re  he Saiof Trice was no Whitehouse commen because in s a matter before he just Hograf before the indictment Rea Gan Daub cd if he still stood by Hitas serum Hal no Laws were broken in the Iran Contra affair i have no knowledge anything that was broken he replied asked Why he Felt that Way he replied., because from All of the investigation and everything else we dont know where that Money came from and we Don t know who had it and we Don l know where it went. Alli know was that we got the Purchase Price we had asked  the indictment among other killings charges that North and second inspired to divert millions of Doharis the Sale of . Government arms Tojo egad  a nog other things the  North persuaded the Cia to lower is Lttie from $6,000 to $3,469 for each of the poo Tow missiles sold to Iran in fcb Nefcy 1986 even though the iranians were paves s 10,000 apiece. As a result inv Enterprise Kep More than s6 million and turned Over Only $3.7 million to the . Govern ment the indictment says. Of sergeant charged in son s death Raf  England Sis an a Yochai chm a Goniva Addilie adv the current army budget includes about a million to establish a european inspection Force As outlined in the Yello be ratified inf treaty. Europe also Likely will see what Noah called inf fill in the form of added fire support units and multiple launch rocket  service will suffer a pretty Good sized reduction in its civilian work Force with the elimination of about 12,000 jobs by the Start of the next fiscal year. Most of those cuts will be made through attrition unpaid furloughs and hiring freezes. Pay. The proposed 4.3 percent pay make it. We be got Strong  Hii l in i signal leadership on that .i"1 equipment in add cml significant cuts in the army s Helicon la Otil some combat vehicle procure Lem program Monvill be slowed. Greater emphasis How jams placed on getting More improved Abrams units overseas. Con Otto is beginning to believe that the aging m-60a3 two Tki ust a Little too old for the Battlefield in Europe he a full training. Sorters in Europe can expect fewer trips to major  in the coming fiscal year."1ca Soldier went  three limes last year this year he can Capet up go two limes or onetime or none. He might slay is a moment or maybe do t different kind of training Refl thu Home base Noah said. I there could att be Small cuts in Nieding for the annual reformer exercise. O maintenance and repair. Money Alloca Mabr fix ing Barracks and other buildings will Likely be Oker Ted to other programs. We be made a lot or Progre Jun this area in the last few years especially Here in Europe and we think we can Lake a year or two to put the Money somewhere  base closures. Possible at some locations in the United slates and perhaps in Europe although Noah had no specifics. A flt s a Home base problem. No one gets a Rover Here so there s no one to fight to keep things  research and development. After suffering cuts inthe last budget re is up substantially in the 89 spending bin. Recruiting. Likely not affected by inc budget Cut. We be got a Quality Force with about 92 percent High school graduates. We re doing Well and we intend to keep in  timely passage of inc Bill. One of the few Bright spots in the 1989 budget process. Since the brokered budget was agreed to beforehand Noah expect it to pass without the need of Stop Gap funding  remains some risk that 1989 King an elec Tion year the budget could be delayed because of Polit ical reasons. Bui we re pretty confident in will be finished in time he  his address. Noah presented awards on behalf of the Heidelberg chapter of die comptroller s organization. Paul Colgan a senior at Karlsruhe american High school received the group s annual scholarship at of Oawana. Noah also presented awards la group members i such categories As auditing resources management and computer science