European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes tuesday april 12,198b White House withheld notes of Poindexter paper says Washington up while House officials failed to turn Over All the notes of National Security adviser John Poindexter o the presidential Tower commission thai reviewed he Iran Contra scandal the Washington Post reported monday. The while House also did not give inc House and Senate committees that probed the crisis Agenda notes contained in  s office the newspaper said quoting senior committee staffers. The Tower Board in viewed aspects of the Iran con tra affair from december 1986 to february 1987. Regularly requesting All Rcv Clant documents from Ilie while House commission counsel w. Cark Mcfadden noted. Yet inc pane led by former sen. John Tower r Texas never received All notes by Poindexter that out lined his morning briefings for president Reagan according to the Post which quoted members and staff of the Board. Some of the documents were made Public when released by inc House Senate committees. A real sow Croft the retired air Force lieutenant general who served on the three Man commission with Tower and former Secretary of stale Edward Muskie. Told the Post ii was remarkable the notes never seen by the Board were delivered subsequently to Congress. Scowcroft National Security adviser to presidents Nixon and Ford said he would try to find of what happened. Peter Wallison while House counsel at the time of the Iran Contra probe Lold the Post it s my recollection that we Lumc Over anything uncovered in the course of our  he contended the poin Duxler notes he had seen were extremely  before tie was ousted As Reagan s National Security adviser Poindexter now a retired Navy rear Admiral was a key player in the secret sales of . Arms to 1 ran end the subsequent diversion of profits to the Nicara Guan Contra rebels. The operation was overseen by Oliver North a Poindexter aide on the National Secu Rity Council who was fired for his Central role in the events. Both Poindexter and North who has retired As a Marine lieutenant colonel Are under criminal indict ment in the Case. The Tower commission concluded they and other advisers had not adequately served inc president partly by not telling him of their operations. Hostage from Page 1 iliac a people with military status were on inc plane. One of them a 4-year-od kuwaiti Border guard was killed saturday in the first death in 1hc we Klong ordeal. The hijackers had set two monday deadlines for fuel. A i . Deadline passed Wilhour incident Afler malay Abdo. Deputy head of the Palestine liberation organization office Here and Michael Herodoto head of Cyprus civil aviation department con ducted Brief negotiations with the hijackers. The hijackers then set a 2 30 . Deadline and told the control Tower that refuelling must Start or you will receive the  forty seven minutes later the Man was thrown out of inc Jet the hijackers have been demanding the release of it terrorists held in Kuwait for bombing the . Embassy and Hie French embassy there in i9s3. Lull sources close to the negotiations said the hijackers monday demanded Freedom for the three men among the 17 terrorists who Are sentenced 10 death Kuwait apparently rejected the modified demand. On sunday a pro iranian group in Lebanon threat ened o kill american and French hostages if any at tempt was made in storm the plane. A statement from the islamic jihad terrorist group was delivered to a news Agency in West Sci Rel along with photographs of journalists Terry Anderson an american and Jean Paul Kauffmann n Frenchman. Three members of Kuwait s Large Al Sabah Royal family Are among the 52 people believed to be aboard the Boeing 747, including at least half a dozen hooded hijackers armed with grenades und guns. The plane was hijacked tuesday on a flight from Bangkok to Kuwait carrying he people and forced Down in northeastern Iran where 57 people were freed. After the plane left Iran on Friday lebanese and syrian officials refused to Lei it land in their coun tries. Another eap live an ailing 32-year-old kuwaiti was freed in Warnaca apparently after Plo intervention. On sunday the hijackers threatened to Start a slow and quiet massacre of the 47 or so remaining hostages unless Kuwait released the pro iranian prisoners in kuwaiti Kuwait pro government newspapers reported Mon Day that additional gunmen boarded he hijacked jetliner Ai Iran s Mashhad Airport and arms and ammunition also were supplied. Government statements have blamed Iran for the Fate of the hostages because Iran allowed the plane to leave Mashhad Iran has denied involvement in the hijacking. L is briefs Israel deports arabs suspected As activists Jerusalem i i Israel monday expelled eight arabs suspected of organizing anti Israel violence in the West Bank and Gaza strip and issued deportation orders against 12 others including six residents of the West Bank town where an israeli teen age girl was lulled last week the army said. The eight were turned Loose in Southern Leb anon monday afternoon said stale run Israel radio which described the Deport a As senior activists in error isl organizations who Are involved in incitement and  several of them were suspected of being the chief organizers of the palestinian uprising in the territories the radio reported. An army spokesman said 12 other palestini ans were served with deportation orders including four residents of the West Bank Village of Beita. Where inc 15-year-old israeli girl was Shoi to death during a clash Between Arab villagers and two armed adults protecting a group of Pas sover Holiday hikers. Of Jet crashes in Texas Crew parachutes safely Austin Texas a an air Force Jet crashed into a warehouse Complex monday but both Crew members ejected and parachuted safely fire department and air Force officials said. Airman Kim Lowery of Bergstrom fab in Austin said the Crew members from the Rf-4c phantom ii Jet were being examined by air Force medical officers Ai Bergstrom there was no immediate word on their conditions it. Larry Morris Austin fire department spokesman said there were no immediate re ports of injuries on the ground. The Crew members were identified As col. Roger a Grimsley 47, from Lisburg Ohio the Pilot and cart. Terence a Yaniko 30, of Honolulu Hawaii the weapon system officer. Shultz from Page 1 Humphrey r-n.h., denounced the agreement As amounting to a slow motion sellout of Ine resistance fighters. It s a poor Deal a very bad Deal he said. The soviets Ore perfectly free under Liis agreement to resupply the communist puppet regime in Kabul Afghanistan just As lavishly As they please while denying the United suites inc right to resupply the afghan rebels. Underscoring Reagan s pledge of continued Aid for Ilic rebels Shulti said we have stood by inc afghan people during this 8 years and we re prepared to Viand by them in the coming months to help afghans Velum Home and begin rebuilding their lives and their  Reagan made the announcement after being briefed by Sulu on Delavis of the agreement. I believe the . Can no join the soviet Union As a guarantor of the Geneva  Reagan said. I have therefore asked Secretary Sulu to represent i at a signing ceremony for the historic  terrorists sunday enl photos of american Terry a. Anderson and Frenchman in pal Kouf Foutin la Arm Agency in Beirut along with l warning they will be killed if the Kuwait airways plane in Cyprus b donned. Of from Page 1 passing the cuts and information to the air Force Well Afler the fiscal year was under Way. So that gave us half the fiscal year to Deal with about j2.5 billion Worth of changes Welch said. To maintain combat readiness under the budget the air Force is considering reducing the Force by 27,000 enlisted members and 4,000 officers reducing lying hours deactivating some firmer wings freezing or fur laughing civilian in rulers and allowing the backlog of equipment awaiting maintenance at depots log inv in will have a icing ovary Impact on readiness we find to be very undesirable Welch said. Well recover fairly quickly bul nonetheless that s an extremely undesirable thing to do. But u 3 not Ai undesirable As taking All of that Money  of All the people pro  recovery from the effects of the backlog of equip ment awaiting maintenance May not be As Quick in coming. In fact the effects May not materialize for four to five years. Air Force officials said. Backlogs in equipment Are expected to grow from si50 million in 1987 to More than 1800 million at the end of fiscal 1988. The decision to allow this equip ment to pile up is based on the Hope that the budget picture will nol always be so Bleak. We would be mortgaging the future if we let this trend continue Welch said