European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday april 11,1988 . Could close Philippines bases Hong Kong up1� the United so alas will remove its bases from the Philippines if the government in Manila docs not want he facilities to remain a Lap us.  said sunday. . Assistant Secretary of slate Gas ton Sigur said Lio Uwar he is confident that talks on the Basco now under Way in Manila would be concluded successfully the bases arc necessary from a Point of View or the strategic interests As we Sec la Tom and peace and stability in this part of the world us Well As the Security of he  Sigur said. Bal we arc not going to slay Here if the Philippines do not want us  Sigur would rot comment on he ques Tion of possible new locations for the bases. Adm. David e. Jeremiah commander of the . Pacific Fleet said in Tokyo saturday thai the United so alas could Trnovc its facilities to the mid a Rifle territory of Guam if in left the Philippines. Sigur chaired a conference of . Asian Mission thief in Hong Kong Fol lowing visits to South Korea and Japan his comments came nearly a week after talks began in Manila on the future of the bases. Die talks were scheduled to resume monday. President torsion Aquino s govern ment has asked the United Stales to pay  billion a year for use of Clark at and the Subic Day naval station in the Philippines Washington now pays si80 million a year. The 50-year lease for the naval and air bases expires in 1991. Aquino is under intense Domestic political pressure it either scrap the agreement with Washington or greatly increase the amount the United states contributes to the Philippines she has refused to Back either Posi Tion saying she is keeping her option open. Sigur called the soviet Union s in creasing military strength in Asia both ersome but said the Kremlin seems Tobe developing Tion Chr atoning economic and political policies in the Region. It seems to me that there is a  undemanding out in this part of the world about the spa Tel Union sign said. No one is Rushing into the soviets  he indicated that one of the biggest threats in the Region comes from North Korea because of in terrorist activities. The United states South Korea and incr nation have held North Korea responsible for the bombing or a South korean Airliner Over Burma in november in which All aboard were killed a woman who confessed to being a North korean agent said she and a com Panion placed bombs on the plane before disembarking at Bahrain. I Hope the soviet Union and China Are telling them that in is not to their advantage to continue these activities Sigur Sard. Meese praises Ecuador s efforts to halt drug flow Lima Peru a attorney general Edwin mcese111 on saturday praised Ecuador s efforts to curb the flow of illegal drugs and then flew to Lima where he met with peruvian officials involved in the drug fight. After meeting privately with Interior minister Jose bar Sirilo a Csc attended a reception at the Lima Resi Dence of ambassador Alexander Watson. A desc met earlier saturday in Guayaquil Ecuador with Ecuador can president Leon Fabres Cordero. At an Airport news conference before departing for Lima a desc said drug trafficking has Hrca Ienco world  country can confront this Scourge alone. It re quires the collaboration of All nations said Melesc who is on a we clone Lour of latin american nations to assess  efforts. During his tour Melesc has emphasized his rail for a multinational Force to combat global narcotics Traffick ing Bui latin american officials have not responded publicly to that suggestion. He is being accompanied by John Lawn head of the drug enforcement administration Thi in trip began wednesday in the dominican re Public and a desc arrived in Ecuador thursday after a five hour Slop in Colombia. He was to visit a coca Leaf eradication site in Peru s Eastern Jungle sunday and was to travel monday to Bolivia the Las Stop on his Lour. He will return to the United Stales on wednesday . Officials say Ecuador s Raje in cocaine Traffick ing is less significant than that of its andean neighbors. Production of coca Leaf the raw ingredient of co Caine is on a minor scale in Ecuador. But in recent years. International drug smugglers have begun using be Small nation wedged Between Colombia and Peru As a Transfer shipping Point. Peru is the Zorij s largest grower of coca Leaf. Most it its production is partially refined and smuggled into Colombia where he drug is hurried into pure cocaine for smuggling abroad. Bolivia is the second largest grower of coca Leaf. Pilots from Page 1 for trans world airlines. Many pilots criticized the department of transportation s month old practice of releasing figures on airlines flight delays and customer complaints. Many said their airlines were distorting the statistics. The government s efforts to reduce delays by keep ing statistics is merely a publicity stunt the transportation department has undertaken to make the Genera Public believe something is being done when they Are actually doing nothing to solve he problem a us air Pilot wrote. About two thirds of the pilots responding to the Survey work for passenger airlines or private Charters. Trie others work for corporations overnight packager freight services or identified themselves As general aviation pilots. A questionnaire produced 875 responses and an additional 485 pilots were interviewed by Telephone the newspapers said. Hijack from Page 1 word on what was said at the plane. During the 6-Day-old ordeal at least one hostage has been killed a 24-year-old kuwaiti Man whose Bod was los cd onto the Tarmac saturday. He was shot after authorities refused hijackers demands for More fuel. Cyprus govern Cal spokesman Altis fan Lis said sunday that Marks on the slain passenger s body indicated lie was severely beaten during the 18 to 24 hours before his death. In a morning statement one of he hijackers told the control Tower " we hereby re announce our refuelling request due to our intention to go to Kuwait the concerned country. And if Kuwait refuses us a crash Landing will take place on the. Prince s  he asked the cypriot government to accede to his requests preventing the slow and quiet massacre Tak ing place in Hij country. We perform carry out our sayings very accurately and we have been forced to Send a Sample  slate run Cyprus radio said the government and the Palestine liberation organization appealed 10 the gun men not to carry out their threat one of the hijackers said they would release the hostages immediately if the it pro iranian extremists convicted in Kuwait in the bombings of the . And French embassies there were Freydl Kuwait has refused the demand. Flight 422 landed in in Rinaca on Friday. It was commandeered tuesday in route to Kuwait from Bangkok with 112 people aboard and forced to land in Mashhad in northeastern Iran where 57 people were released. The Jet left Iran and landed in Lama a after being refused permission to land in Lebanon and Syria. An other captive was freed in Warnaca. Meanwhile a pro iranian group holding foreigners hostage in Lebanon  sunday to kill Ameri can and French hostages if any attempt is made 10 storm the hijacked jetliner the threat by the shiite moslem group islamic jihad was made in a statement delivered sunday to Ign to the Reuters news Agency in West Beirut. American hostages held by islamic jihad Are Terry a. Anderson 40, of Lorain Ohio chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press and Thomas Sutherland 55, of fort Collins cola., acting Dean of agriculture at the american University of Beirut. Islamic jihad also holds at least three frenchmen. Pravda from Page 1 scr autism go along with the rest of society and implement his Reform policies. Western diplomats have said the armed forces have been Stow in doing that. Last May Gorbachev fired defense minister Gener Al Sergei Sokolov and replaced him with the Reform minded Gen. Dmitri Yarov following the unprecedented penetration of soviet airspace by West German teen Ager of Thias rust. Rust serving a four year jail Lerm landed his Light aircraft near red Square after n 450-mile flight from Finland through heavily guarded soviet airspace. Shortly after his appointment Yazoo called for a tightening of discipline and for Reform within the Mili tary after years of stagnation. We have to face the truth some of a have lost a sense of duty and responsibility for their jobs and task Yazoo said in one of his first speeches As de sense minister last july. An example of tougher army discipline came Las september with the execution of two soviet soldiers who killed four Young East German civilians in a Auto Accident near Berlin. The soviet had been drunk on duty. Yazoo also has vowed to improve morale by first improving food and housing conditions in Trie military. Corruption within the military is rarely admitted but there have been frequent reports of other problems affecting combat readiness. The official Media have said a major problem is thai Many conscript from asian republics outside european Russia Are unable to speak the russian language Well enough to Lake order Sand Converse with officers. Settlers dispute army report Jerusalem a jewish settlers sunday demanded that the army chief of staff resign Over an army report that a 15-year-old israeli girl was killed accidentally by a settler s gun. They insisted she was shot by tin Arab. The settlers and right Wing legislators including some from prime minister Yitzhak Shamir s liked bloc condemned the army for leaking details before the probe of wednesday s clash was . They demanded Tough sanctions on palestinian rioters including the expulsion of Stone i rowers from Israel and called for the destruction of every Home in Bella the Westbank Village where 15-year-old Tirza poral was killed during a Holiday Outing last wednesday Porat was killed during it clash Between arabs an jews outside the town. Two arabs also died in the Melee and 15 people including a jewish teen agers and two arabs were wounded. Israel supreme court barred the army from destroying any More Homes in Bella pending an Appeal from a livid rights group. The army says it already has destroyed 13 Homes belonging to people it says incited last week s clash. Defense minister Yitzhak Rabin Lod a weekly cab inet session sunday thai an army autopsy showed poral was apparently killed by a shot from the m-16 Rifle of Romm Al Dubi a jewish settler accompanying the teen agers at a guard on their hike Israel radio said. Israeli Media quoted the unpublished report As say ing Al Dubi May have fired the fatal Bullet accidentally As he struggled with the rioters. A senior military official confirmed the fatal Bullet came from Al Dubi s weapon. But the official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the army had not yet determined who fired the shot. Outraged Sci Lars and fight Wing legislator challenged toe army s findings sunday and accused Themi Lenaiy of acting on political motives Gesufa Cohen a legislator from the nationalist the Hiya parly demanded itt chief of Slaff i. Gen. Dan so Orrin resign. She contended he based statements about the clash on Arab reports and not on interviews with Leen Agurs who had accompanied poral. Since palestinians began violent protest against in Romeli Rule in the occupied West Bank and Gam strip in Early december 141 arabs one israeli Soldier and one israeli civilian have been killed