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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday a Rolls. 19c8 the stars am stripes up a 9 no Regp arms buildup plan revealed Washington map a secret plan ".  strongman Manuel a Riega Tii acquire thousands of semiautomatic. Has Bien leaked to an opposition Leader by a rebel member of Panama s  proposed acquisition of the Brown ing hmm Pis Tok to pan of a stable weapons buildup by Panama s defense forces that got under Way shortly after Panama s crisis began a weeks ago with Noriega s ouster of president enc Arturo  memo was sent to Noriega on Panl i by Leo obtained by the associated press last Moth. Said i repurchase involved 3fkhz pistols including the 5,000 to be sent immediately. The Lisl Price is$3lj8cach. The earlier memo was Given to she a by Panama Saffolh Lisador to the United states Juan e. Sosa. Wan  of the memo to Sosa Una Wotal the envoy had but with Noriega Handcart Flocs to regard Delvalle As the  de  Panama. Sosa has refused to relinquish them Cylo a replacement envoy named by the no Len Merrim a Nama. Of line april i memo Forte Only id Noriega the embassy in Washington. A Wamp in inc belgian firm which void  Ottnad not had Contact Wilh anyone from  . Official  Iufer  cannot legally Block the Sale bit6 inc weapons  not of american origin. The a s official insisting on anonymity said am Richma has not registered with the . Government a require ment he said applies to All american arms dealers. Wania could not be reached for comment. The com Pany phone number that appeared on the first memo was deleted from the second memo. The phone his been temporarily  according to a corded announcement. The Only address listed is a Post office  Panama s arms buildup a panamanian the weapons had advised that Tonalie the delivery of the oufs7 the schedule Ralpd Northc delivery of   per month thereafter until All units   of co did not specify How Many weapons were to of sent All Laid. But a previous memo by Wania Al  Vinju Jii Uii i a i ._.,_-,--_- copy to the a on condition he not be identified either by name local  pistols  manufactured by fan que nation ale. S.a., of Belgium and  to be delivered from Iha country to Panama according to the memo. The state department raised the Issue late last month with the anole Affek Puthe military buildup is a training program for thou Steij a f panamanians who have formed into Volunteer units known As dignity  Gades to repel what the government says is an Immi nent . Invasion. Poles Mark 40 massacre. Of flyers Gdansk to Laid up thousands of poles sunday look part in ceremonies  inc Kaler massacre of polish officers in the soviet i Nion in 1940. In a Schwin to 8,000 people in is. Rigi a s Church the Rev. Hon rvs Jankowski a  Solidarity print called on authorities10 Cical the truth about inc Katyn kill Ings. Lie also demanded payment of indemnities to millions of poles forced into slave labor in the soviet Union during world War ii. In Warsaw the Rev. Pawl Piotrowski charged inc authorities with hiding the truth about Kain and requested apol Ogies from Moscow far the homicides. About 16,000 polish officers  believed to have been killed in soviet Terri tory in to. And the bodies of about 4,500 were discovered in mass Graves at Katyn near Smolensk. Western historians and poles blame so Viet forces for the massacre considered the world s largest Unju do homicide. Moscow has not changed its Conten Tion that the Crit was carried out by German troops. J Jankowski recalled that following the invasion of Poland by the soviet army,17 Days after Hitler assaulted Poland in 1939, millions of poles were deported into soviet territory. Independent Histo rians say about 3 million were used a forced labor and about i million died. Polish authorities demanded and go indemnities for thousands of poles who worked As save labourers in Germany during Woddy War ii by the payment of compensation by Moscow has never been brought up before. Authorities deployed contingents of Hal meted Rio. Police around the Gdansk Church but Flie crowd dispersed peacefully. We Haven t heard the words of apol Ogies front those who did u the Katy murder ,1 said Piotrowski to 1,500 peo ple in the St. Stanislaw Koszta Church. Piotrowski said a genuine Friendship Between Poland and the soviet Union could tie built if the truth about Kalyn were revealed. The polish state controlled press recently has published articles on inc soviet invasion of Eastern Poland in 1939, but the subject of Kalyn has remained largely untouched. We can use the Ward Katyn now and a certain amount of truth about the plight of poles in Russia has been revealed but the rest of the truth has been muffled he said. Swaggart news conference ass Sis �3z&a   parody makes e. Germany see red Berlin a the Gas German communist party is not laughing Arala o parody of its official paper Ihal was a. Smuggled in from West Germany and,.r.,Treported plans o turn police in differ � into a Public Library. In a commentary.,.safijtday, a cuts deutschland the Targal of inc parody accused a him Curg Magazine of Gross  in the country s internal of Fajr the Magazine Tempo Lale last week admitted that in bad aimed 6,000 copies of the Pali Ujj edition and smuggled them East Germany the newspapers Nostri Fulcd in East Berlin and Leip  s com Centary carried the headline  the articles in the parody a Etc written by East German dissidents now Levi Iliin West Germany Tempo said. A cuts deutschland said the contents of the articles were so unspeakably primitive that they did not deserve a detailed response. One article reported on suggestions for the Sale of the fortified Anil heavily guarded Wall thai partitions Berlin into East and West. Other articles reported on the dismantling of nuclear Power plants in East Ger Many on proposals to Send unemployed West germans to East Germany and ont i an version of the state secret police Archive int Public Reading room. Eagle Sco. v1cenza. Italy two Vicenza High school students advanced to Eagle scout the highest rank in boy scouting in recent ceremonies. Tony Talik s Eagle project was to clean up the Balcony of the City near the Basilica de Monte Scrico Talik coordinated the project with Vincnza Munici pal leaders . Military members and italian and american news services. He Alio organized 23 american and italian scouts to Complete the project. Talik the son of Stan and Debbie Talik is in the National Honor society. He tamed 25 Merit badges while work ing toward his award. John Taska is the son of la col. Thomas and Claire Taska. For his service project he Colic red outdated medications in the american housing area Villaggio Della Pace he prepared an extensive publicity Campaign organized scouts Mlo ican that missed every Home and collected medications Ford Sposa  ii the president of the student Council. He earned 21 Merit badges while working toward his  Cam the Eagle Seoul award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills  
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