European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 i the stars and stripes monday. April 11,1988 u.o7 could close Philippines bases Hon Kong up the United slaves will a move its Haws from the Philippines i the government in Manila does Nul want tic facilities to remain a in . Diploma filid sunday. . Assistant Sec rotary of Siale Fias ton Sigur said  is confident Hal elks on the bases no under Way in Manila would be concluded Success fairly. The bases arc necessary from a Point of View of inc strategic interest As we Sec them and it Ace and Stabilit Yuri this part of inc world As Well in she Security of inc Philippines Sigur said. Beufve arc not going to slay there if the Philippines do not want us  \ Sigur would not comment on inc ques Tion of possible new locations for the bases. Adm. David e. Jeremiah commander of the . Pacific Fleet s3 id in Tokyo saturday that the United slain could move its facilities to the mid Pacific territory of Guam if in left the Philippines. Sigur chaired a conference of . Asian Mission chiefs 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 Bates. The talks were scheduled to resume monday. President Corazon Aquino s govern ment has asked the United states 10 pay il.5 billion a year for use of Clark a and the Subic Bay naval station in the Philippines. Washington now pays Slid million a year. The 50-year lease for inc naval and air bases i piers in 1991. Aquino ii under intense Domestic poli Nicaj pressure to either scrap he agreement Wilh Washington or greatly increase the amount the United suits contributes to the philippine. She has refused 10 Back either Posi Tion saying she is keeping her option open. Sigur called inc soviet Union s in creasing military strength in Asia bout ersome but said the Kremlin scenario be developing non threatening economic and political policies in the Region it seems to me that there a fairly Good understanding out in ibis part of Chr world about the soviet Union Sigur said. No one is Rushing into the soviets  he indicated thai one of the biggest threats in the Region comes from North Korea because of ill terrorist activities. The United states South Korea another nations have held North Korea re Spoa Tible Tor the bombing of a South or Rcpt airline Rover Burma m november Iny Iichi at at were killed. F a woman who confessed to being a North korean agent said she and a com Panion placed Bornton on the plane before disembarking Al Bahrain. I Hope the soviet Union and China Are telling them thai it a not to their advantage to continue these activities Sigur said. Meese praises Ecuador s efforts to halt drug flow Lima Cru a attorney general Edwin Meese Iii on Sali Day praised Ecuador s efforts to curb the flow of ill Al drugs and then flew to Lima where he Hijack met Wilh p after mining privately Wilh Interior minister Jose Barsallo Dence Ofa a desc n Ruvian officials involved in the drug Light. Csc attended a reception Al inc Lima Resi a Bassadore Alexander Watson. Al earlier saturday in Guayaquil Ecuador port news conference before departing for so said drug trafficking has threatened Ity. Urn can confront this Scourge alone. Ii re Al Abo Lalicin of All nations said Melesc with  president Leon Fabres Cordero. Al an a Lima me world Saccu no cot quires in who is an we Klong tour of latin american nations to assess Achi drag or affirming efforts. During Fis tour Mccase has emphasized his Call for a  Al Force to combat global narcotics Traffick ing but latin american officials have not responded publicly to hat suggestion. He is Bei in accompanied by John Lawn head of inc drug enforcement administration. Their Tri began wednesday in the dominican re Public and Mccase arrived in Ecuador thursday after a five hour Stop in Colombia. He was lot visit a coca Leaf eradication site in Peru a Caliern Jun Jfe sunday and was in travel monday to Bolivia the fast Stop on his Lour. He will return to die United Slact on wednesday. . If Tittle say Ecuador s role in cocaine Traffick ing is less significant than Hal of its andean Cit Hon. Product tort of coca Leaf he raw  co Caine is on i minor scale in Ecuador.  recent years International drug smugglers have by fun using the Small Nal in wedged Between Colombia and Peru As a Transfer slipping Point x Peru is the world s largest grower of Proca Leaf. Most of its  is partially refined arid snug glad into Colombia where the drug is turned into pure cocaine for smuggling Labroad Bolivia is tie second largest grower of coca  / from Page 1 for trans world airline Many pilots criticized Chr department of transportation s Tutto Ruthild 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 Publ icily slum the transportation department has undertaken to make the general Public believe something is Buinz done when they Are actually doing nothing 10 solve the problem a us air Pilot wrote. About two thirds of the pilots responding to the Survey work for passenger airlines or private Charters. The others work far corporations overnight package or freight services or identified themselves As general aviation pilots. A  produced 875 responses and an additional 485 pilots were interviewed by Telephone the newspapers said. From Page 1woid on what was said at the plane. Dining the 6-Day-old Orif ajl at  hos Al has been kind a 24-year-old Kuwait Nan who body was Ossea Virtlo the Tarmac saturday he. Was shot after authorities refuted hijackers de rounds for More fuel. Cyprus gotta men sex Annaa Alia  said sunday thai malts on the slain passengers body indicated he was severely beater Dunn the is to 24 hours before his  a morning staler Nep one of the hijackers told the control Tower we Borgby re announce our refuelling request due to our Inton Lam to go to Kuwait the concerned country and iroc Waii refuses i a crash Landing will take place on the i., in acc i Palace he hiked the cypriot government to accede to his requests preventing the slow and quiet massacre Tak ing place in this country. We perform carry out our saying very accurately and we have been forced to Send a Sample  state run Cyprus radio said the government and the Palestine liberation organization appealed to the gun men nol to carry out heir threat. One of the hijackers said they would release the hostages immedi Aily if he 17 pro iranian her can its. Convicted in Kuwait in the bombings of the . And French embassies in arc were freed. Kuwait has refused the demand. Flis Jil 422 landed in Warnaca on Friday. It was commandeered tuesday in route to Kuwait from Bangkok with 112 people aboard and forced 10 land in Mashhad in northeastern Iran where 57 people were released. The Jet left Iran and landed in Warnaca after being refused permission to land in Lebanon and Syria an other captive was freed in Warnaca. Pravda Surv list co along with the rest of society and imply Rrt Ehl his Reform policies. Western diplomats have said the armed forces have been slow in doing that last May Gorbachev fired defense minister Gener Al Sergei Sokolov and replaced him Wilh the Reform minded Gen Dmitri Yazoo following inc unprecedented Penc Travian of soviet airspace by West German teen Ager Malhias rust Rusl serving a tour year jail term landed his Light aircraft near red Square after a 410-mile night 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 u have lost a sense of duty and responsibility tar their jobs and task Yazoo said in one of his first speeches a de sense minister last july. An example of tougher army discipline came last september with he execution of to soviet soldiers who killed four Young East German civilians in an Auto Accident near Berlin tie soviets bad been drunk on duty. Yarov no Tai has vowed to improve morale by first improving food and housing conditions in the military. Corruption within the military u rarely admitted bal there have been frequent reports of other problems affecting combat readiness. The official Media have said � major problem is that Many conscripts from asian republics outside european Russia Are unable to speak the russian language Well enough to take orders and Converse with officers. Adult escort May have fired Bullet that killed girl Rabin says Jerusalem up defense minister Yitzhak Rabin said sunday an israeli girl killed in an Arab Village was shot in the head by a Bullet possibly find by an adult escort but the victim s companions disputed the army s version of now the teen Arr died. The death of Mirtza Porat 14, wednesday in the Wesl Bank Village of Beau enraged jewish settlers and brought Call of revenge from government leaders including prime minister i Uhalt Shamir. Initially the army said Porat was Storf to death when hikers were forced by Rock throwing youths to enter the Village. Two palestinians were killed m the clash but Rabin told the Cabinet Al its closed door weekly meeting that a pathologist s report showed the girl was killed by a Bullet fired from a few Yards away slate nut Israel radio reported. Rabin said the Bullet which was fired from ground level and was travelling upward May have come from them Jug automatic Nile held by Romam a Dubi. 26, who with another adult was escorting 16 youths on a passover Holiday hike in the West Bant but six youths who were on the hike told i new conference sunday that Alduel s gun was fired Only Onee in the Village As the palestinians tried to seize it. He fired one shot into the air Kami Hoffman 17, said through an inner prefer. Virtia was still  the youths said a Dubi was then knocked to the ground and beaten As they were hitting Romam a Dubi 1 saw an Arab on a nearby roof an Arab wearing a mask shooting a Kalashnikov said Ariel Avivi i of Elon Morch a jewish settlement near Dicia where the hikers lived. The second adult guard my Nachum lion was knocked unconscious by a Rock in the Village. His gun was taken and destroyed by inc villagers. Arab residents said the girl was killed when villagers disarmed a Dubi who was in critical condition sunday in Jerusalem s Hadassah Hospital. The military has said they have no evidence any palestinians fired weapons and in fact most of the villagers attempted to Aid the Hiken a claim the youths also disputed. The six youths told the news conference thai 400 to 600 palestinian villagers attacked them and forced them into their Village while trying to disarm their guards. Also on sunday. Israel s High court of Justice sunday issued a restraining order barring Trie aunty from destroy ing More houses in Becita until an Appeal is heard monday. The civil rights association filed the Appeal saying the Laitila version of Venu differed from Lail weeks when 1 Beila houses were destroyed As punishment Lor Resi dents alleged involvement in the alack on the hikers