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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday april 11,1968 Jeremiah says . May leave Philippines Tokyo up the commander of the . Pacific Fleet said saturday inc . Military is ready id move Iti bases out of the philippine in inc fill Pino government demands too High a Price. Everything has its Price. You can Only go so far said adm. David e. Jere Miah who assumed command of he Pacific flee in september. A team of . Negotiators is in Manila to discuss financial compensation for military installations in the Philippines including Clatk air base the largest american air base outside the Continental United Sla is tit Subi naval base. The current agreement initially approved in 1947, i pics in 1991. Talks on inc future of the philippine bases began tuesday in Manila. Nicholas plan . Ambassador to the Philippines wis scheduled to hold weekend meetings in Hong Kong with All Ameri can ambassadors in Asia. The negotiations Are scheduled to re sume monday. President Corazon Aqui no s government is asking the United slates for ii. Billion a year in rent for he facilities. The United states has been paying about j180 million a year for use of the bases. Expert estimate the Cost of mov ing them would be s10 billion . Officials have said the bases serve the defense interests of american allies in the Pacific area and counter soviet bases in Vietnam. In Manila Friday police clashed with some 3,000 Rock throwing youths who rushed the gales of the . Embassy demanding the removal of the bases and nuclear arms. A least five people were arc sick and10 officers were Hurt police reported. Jeremiah speaking at a news Confer ence questioned the likelihood Hal we can pay huge amounts of Money to sup port a base that is basically supporting alot of allies in the  we arc Welcome in a variety of areas if he . Bases in the Philippines arc shut Down he said. Facilities Are available in Guam Guam an unincorporated territory administered by the United Stales is1,400 Miles East of the Philippines. Aquino has been under pressure to i ther end the old base agreement or demand huge increases in compensation. She Hassid she is keeping her options open. At inc news conference. Jeremiah presented Sis photographs of soviet aircraft and naval vessels and hid the soviets held a major Cir. I w in the sea of Japan in the pail week including strikes by their aircraft on i hair Kiev class aircraft carriers see photo a be 8. The Admiral said the . Navy is pre pared to provide Friendly farces in the area of South Korea to help counter possible terrorist activity during in summer olympics which begin in Seoul in september. The presence May include a Carrier Battle group additional maritime patrol aircraft and n battleship port visit he said. The Pacific Fleet has its headquarter sin Peart Harbor Hawaii and is responsible for an area covering 52 percent of the world from the Western United slates to cast Africa. Jeremiah commands 275,000 men and women 2,000 Navy and Marine aircraft 240 ships and 55 Shore facilities. Pos from Page 1 went for International relations said in Hanoi thai the humanitarian assistance Vietnam needs to heal the wounds consists of Felt cloth and the Poty glue needed to fasten the cloth Between plastic limbs and the stumps of i Imbs on aging disabled vietnamese Pressler saturday called on president Reagan an the slate and defense departments to review heir Southeast asian policies and put the Region s issues High on the Agenda for the upcoming Summit Meetin Between the United states and inc soviet Union. I would not Trade any Type of Aid or any action of the United Stales for mias we have 10 keep our integrity there and be very firm hat we Don t engage in Aid for Mia bodies Presslor said. Our Days of Large scale Aid arc Over. We have other needs within the United Stales. The Only area where we can be sure we have Mascis is the food for peace Pressler told reporters. I certainly did l Oner food for peace but i raised the question and indeed Viet namese offi Eia i said they were very Short of food in Many areas Pressler said Hanoi also told him it wanted Guaran tees Hal important political prisoners the senator wants released from re education Camps and former inmates of the Camps wanting to go to inc United sates would not sabotage or work against Vietnam if they were allowed to emigrate that s impossible under our Constitution Pressl or said. People can speak out write tellers to the editor and if s very hard under our Constitution to guarantee people Aren t going to affiliate with certain  Presslor predicted big changes in .-Victnflmcse relations soon but did not elaborate. First american made hondas arrive in Japan Tokyo a the Fol Honda vehicles imported to Japan Rived Friday and were welcomed with a party on the ship that brought them. Makalu Tanaka spokesman for Honda motor co., said about 350 peo ple including . Embassy personnel and japanese government officials at tended a one hour reception aboard the Auto Carrier Green Bay the ship s cargo was 540 Honda Accord coupes and 100 motorcycles from Honda s Plant in Marysville Ohio he said. Tanaka quoted Koichiro a Ujj vice president of Honda  Arri Val of Honda cars Prokup Terri the United slates was the  step by Japan s third  to meet an  demand for vehicles. Ojida has said it plans to bring 4,000 . -3 american made hondas t and hop i Japan in 1983fof 50,000 by the first u is made Honda imported into Japan Are unloaded from the Green Bay. A sushi Kawashima of the ministry of International Trade and Industry said Honda s importation plan was a very Good action. As a result of the yen s appreciation it is natural trial Japan s imports be in creased he said. The yen has doubted in value against Polar in three years. La sales in Japan Rose 9.9 percent to a Naco d,4.5 million. Honda sold about 36i,00p. Eff Hood Toyota with 1.9million and Nissan Wirt to Ilion. Imperial Accord coupes will be sold in Japan for about 2.6 million yen about 120,800 beginning april 22, a Honda offi Cial said. Israelis from Page 1 was stoned to death by arabs during the clash then said she had been struck both by a Bultot and a Rock. During a tour of beit Ummar this associated press reporter saw dozens of Metal store gales smashed and dented. One Gate Lay twisted Over the Glass counters of a pharmacy when two old men sat surrounded by Glass shards. The outside Wall of a school was Lorn Down and uprooted Trees lined the main Road. An army official said the matter was under investigation. A preliminary probe showed thai villagers locked roads with stones and garbage containers alter a violent protest Friday the army said. In the process of Clearing the roads damage was caused to stairs shops and cars that were parked along the Road the official said violent clashes Between palestinians and soldiers were reported throughout inc occupied West Bank and Gaza strip saturday. In Nablus soldiers shot and wounded nine arabs Hospital officials said. Three arabs were wounded in Gaza. The army said it could not immediately confirm in reports. Since palestinians began violent protests against israeli Rule in the territories in Early december 141 arabs on israeli Soldier and one israeli civilian have been killed. The army has arrested hundreds of arabs in crackdowns on the areas occupied by Israel since the 19p7 Middle East War. After Friday s clash in Beil Ummar about 13 Miles South of Jerusalem inc army closed inc Village to reporters. A beit Ummar resident said the trouble started when dozens of youths burned lires and threw stones at soldiers Oiler moslem noon prayers Friday. In response soldiers brought in two bulldozers and wreaked havoc in the Village for five hours said the Resi Dent who would Only give his first name Mohammed Forfar of retaliation. The just wanted to punish us said Mohammed 21. Meese arrives in Peru on drug busting latin tour Lima Peru a attorney Gener Al Edwin Mccase 111 on saturday praised Ecuador s efforts to curb the flow of Ille Gal drugs and then Fyk w to Lima where he met with peruvian officials involved in the drug fight. After meeting privately with Interior minister Jose Barsallo Melesc attended a reception at the Lima residence of am Bas Udor Alexander Watson. Melesc met earlier saturday inc Ofilya quil Ecuador with Escuad Ptim presi Dent Leon Fabres corp Judt he is being accompanied by. Johnny inc Alan Airport news conference before Ima Mccase said drug trafficking has  Security in trip began wednesday in the no country can con dominican Republic and Meese arrived n Ecuador thursday after a five hour a coca Leaf eradication no his Lour Meese has emphasized is to travel to Bolivia i is Call for a multinational Force to Corn tour monday. He will Bat global narcotics trafficking but latin United states on wednesday. American officials have not responded publicly to that suggestion. . Officials say Ecuador s role in co Caine trafficking is less significant than thai of it andean neighbors. Production of coca Leaf inc raw ingredient of cocaine is on a minor scale i Ecuador. But in recent Yean International drug smugglers have begun using the Small nation wedged Between Colombia and Peru As a Transfer shipping Point. Peru is the world s largest rower of coca Leaf. Most of its production is partially refined and smuggled into colom Bia where the drug is turned into pure cocaine for smuggling abroad. Bolivia ii Ihei cond Large so grower of coca Leaf  
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