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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, May 20, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Mock inspections prepare for visits Chuck Vinch Washington i the Pentagon s new on she inspection Agency if conducting mock inspections at the . And Europe missile Sites that will be opened in and if the Senate ratifies the Lear forces treaty. To hold at least one dry run at 14 in the states and 12 in t would be covered by the Tarcaly King their Way Down the list an essay. Agency inspectors visited. A West Germany in Early May. The inspections Arl meant to familiarize . Play ers who will be inv cd in the treaty s verification provisions he said. I Agency personnel wll pull double duty As both inspector of the soviet site and escorts for their East bloc personnel permanently As Sites also win be involved in a. Inspectors will have Access Lovix in East Germany one in St in the soviet Union. The mock Insp Lioni Are designed to Lei the people involved know whal s flow abbe and what in t what they can and can t  lie official said. The . Teams doing the real inspections in the East Likely will consist Ofa Clit 10 people with such proper expertise As  the russian language an the various  involved the official said. The inspection teams Wib be a mix of officers an civilians. Military members will be drawn mostly from the army and air Force of cinch the Sites to be inspected come under those sen ice by. Navy and Marine corps personnel also will be involved. The Osia formed in to Fly Monib following the signing to soviet official intermediate Range Osia personnel each of the 26 local Western Europe and they slowly arc Agency official said penning ii Sites in Sou counterparts. Fifon signed 10 the 26 wi3 escort operations. The113 East bloc bases Czechoslovakia and the l Friday May so. 19bb the stars and Stripe helping inf y soviet t Page 3 of the inf treaty in dec Gen. Roland Lajoice. Once i permanent complement of a out 115 people. Is or is headed by army brigs fully started ii will have a the . Military liaison1983 to 19s6 an also has Lary attache missions in he also has Hud a Lour As russian Institute in Gar a join is was chief Cam in East Germany from served in a number of melding a Post to Moscow commander of the army i Misch. West Germany. Senate stops Helms from blocking treaty Washington a Trie Senate on wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a bid by Republican conservatives trying to Block the proposed .-Soviel medium Range missile  Senate Voied 92 la 6 of Shelve a bid by sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina to Slop debate on the treaty on grounds thai soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev was not duly authorized to sign  Senate s rejection of thai claim was the first Tysl Vole on the  s signature was invalid. Helms claimed because he signed As general Secretary of the communist party of inc soviet  contended that Only an official member of the soviet government could sign the treaty not a political party  attempt to derail Senate consideration of the pact came after senators of both parties nailed the treaty As an important first step toward worldwide arms control and appealed for Swift ratification before president Ronald Reagan s Summit with Gorbachev in Moscow. Son of Hess seeking probe of dad s death London a the son of Rudolf Hess called wednesday for a new investigation into the death last year of the Hitler Deputy contending he was Mur dered at a Berlin prison a news Agency reported. There is no substance in the Allega Tion Hal prisoner no. 7. Rudolf Hess committed suicide in Allied hands in Spandau prison on 17 aligns 1957,"wotf-Ruediger Hess and a British sur Geon said in a statement quoted by the British news Agency press association. On the contrary there is overwhelm ing evidence that murder was committed. Not one vestige of evidence sup Porti the Contention of suicide the statement  charged that British officials Cov ered up evidence surrounding Hess death at age 93.officials concluded Hess strangled himself with an electrical  surgeon Hugh Thomas examined inc prisoner in Spandau in 1973 while working As a British army doctor. Thomas re iterates in a Book being published this week thai his Contention thai in was an impostor who died last year in Berlin and thai Hess was murdered in 1941.Hess family believes Hal the prisoner held by inc world War ii allies in Span Dau in the British sector of West Berlin was actually Hess but rejects the official verdict that he committed  says Hess was murdered while flying to Scotland on a peace mis Sion in 1941 and claims a Man in a Sec Ond plane was arrested by authorities who thought he was  Man was murdered last year to prevent the leak of details of a world War ii plot by powerful britons to Over throw prime minister Winston Church ill Thomas writes in his Book a tale of two  said in the Book that the re lease of the Man would have led to open questioning about Hess and his High level contacts in  reason for the murder. Is the continued Protection of persons in the Hierarchy whose reputations would suf Fer As a consequence of wholesale treason in which they would be revealed he said. Deceased jewish Leader allegedly was Embe Jeler Bonn a before he died this year the Long time Leader of Ger Many s jewish Community apparently embezzled millions of dollars in government funds earmarked for Holo Caust survivors his successor said. A family lawyer said wednesday Hal he believes Werner Nachmann. He former president of the jewish Council of West Germany mole Money to bankroll his troubled Biness. The lawyer said Nach a heirs have filed for bankruptcy. I am shocked horrific a offid furious thai such a thing cps of ,1 Mainz Sauk i Nach Mann s successor a ounce presi Dent said tuesday Hess Ischer run Unk radio in Frank Furt reported ibb the Council believes Nachmann go died in january embezzled adn $ 19 million in holocaust re Para up from i980to 19b7. Ski confirmed that an inv stiga been launched and said Nach in is suspected of having stolen More than id million in up rest accumulate from holocaust for visor funds. He called inc radio9ngurc  for i enc pc who said he had wort apron Nachmann fora decade crime de discovered the irregularities and Pima cd Nachmann had pm led As much As s15.6 million. I m afraid Hal what has been said by. Jewish Council is by and Large Cor rect he said by Telephone from Karls Ruhe where Nachmann lived and owned a textile and raw . Nachmann president of the Council since 196 until his death at age 62 of a heart attack was in charge  funds to holocaust survivals around inc world and had unlimited Access to them the radio report  1236 million was appropriated by the government in 1980 for Holo Caust survivors who had not previously made . The funds herein addition to $47 billion already paid by West Germany to holocaust survivors or victims families. Navy training chief orders review of risky drills Washington not the chief of Nav training vice adm. . Thunman said tuesday that he had ordered a thorough review of training procedures Hal involve risk. He said he was acting to prevent another death like Hal of Lee Willia Mirecki a Sailor who drowned in an air sea Rescue exercise.lja0thunman, reached by Telephone athrpi5r tors in Pensacola fla., said he  com Manders of raining pro grub deter Rinc Are we training Loo do  Are we Loo close to the mtisupp1whimimruie outcome of Hal inquiry the Admiral i Doe has ordered commanders to assure Hal All training is properly supervised by officers and chief Eity officers and not left to inexperienced Orr tied Junior noncommissioned omccrsp0ivairman recruit Lui Jii Wren training at become a member of an air sea _. Int did March 2 after being forced to take Urt in swimming drills against his will and after pro testing to his instructors that he wanted to Slop according la some reports. After an inquiry two Petty officers first class an three Petty officers second class were charged Wilh involuntary manslaughter and the officer who had been in command of the training exercise it Thomas a. Torch la was charged Wilh dereliction of duly for i also found Hal train ing procedures Al the school were inadequate and out dated according to Navy officials in Washington. Instructors had not been aught proper leaching methods or How 10 handle emergencies the officials said. A report is due in about two weeks. The review of training in Thunman s command Coy in Basic training at bases in san Diego great lakes in Illinois and Orlando fat. Two dozen aviation training schools and All Navy surface warfare special operations and technical training schools. Only submarine training is separate. Altogether the Admiral said there Are 70,000 people in the command  
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