European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 28 the stars and stripes monday a 23,1988 of Hezbollah Leader Secre falks on hostage Issue Beirut Purv secret negotiation Between Western it Winsand i Host hold 1ing 16 foreign hostages in Beirut could Lead to a Happy Yenlung to this1cm," the spiritual Leadir of a group believed responsible for if Many o kidnappings said in an Day. Sheik Mohammed Hussein it Flatla spiritual Leader of the a Cibola party of Godin an interview Puli a the Beirut conservative said Western Nal Effii Shou tackle this Issue secretly of scaling will.,this Tea lick practically and without Media manipulations of Ghl Lead to Happy ending 1o Liis la is believed that a foreign hostages including nine americans Are being held hostage in the Southern outskirts of Dei nil. For the past j7 Days the area has been the scene of fierce righting betwee the pro Iron inn Hezbollah and syrian backed shiite amal militiamen. Last week moslem Tauten said the captors had threatened to kill the hos tages one fir another if Syria Force fully deployed troops in the area to end fighting. Fadlallah s comments followed his refusal to meet with a Canadian who had travelled to Beirut in an Effort to free them lain. I am not the right person who should be spoken to concerning the foreign has. Ages Fadlallah said. Robert Darnell senior member of the Bible Fellowship Church of Canada arrived Friday in Christian East Beirut ande pressed a desire to meet Fadlallah in an attempt to win Freedom for the Cap Tives. My name has town a pm Piid he in National and regional Middle East Dia organizations concerning this hostage takings i Don t find itto meet anyone to discuss this k Fadlallah said in the newspaper article Falla lbs said those seeking release of the foreigners should meet people who Are linked Imhee hostages affair 1 adding tha he has tiny cd capabilities to secure their Freedom. Barnell 32, Irr slalom Cal shortly after arriving in Beirut Aid his Mission was a personal initiative soviets consider links with . Unstable9 Moscow a most soviet Citi Zens surveyed in a Public opinion poll believe relations with the United slates arc satisfactory but unstable pravda reported saturday. The communist party daily said 67percent of those surveyed described Urcla news Brief Brezhnev protege Moscow a a protege of former president Leonid Brezhnev embezzled million in Slat Money and used Illo buy furs for eign cars and Crystal chandelier for himself and his family a news paper said the article about the Lale Interi or minister Nikolai so Shelkov struck another blow at the legacy of Brezhnev who ruled the coun try for in years before he died ini9�2. The piece appeared in the weekly literal Maya gazeta. Lions As satisfactory 8 percent said the were Good and 6 percent characterized relations As bad. Pravda said in an article headlined the barometer of Hopes thai it wanted to report soviets views of .-soviet reunions because it had published a Simitar poll of americans an May 12. President Reagan arrives in Moscow on May 29 for his fourth Summit with Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Pravdo said iwo thirds of Hose questioned characterized changes in soviet american relations after the three pre Vious summits As significant but Usta pravda said the poll was conducted Bya group in the Institute for sociological research of the soviet Academy or Sci Knees along with the Center for study of Public opinion of the communist pinyin the georgian Republic. Pravda said 1,200 people were inter viewed in 12 regions of lie russian re Public and several regions of Georgia. The poll of americans published by pravda on May 12 Jud 61 percent of those surveyed believed relation be tween the two coun iric were improving. Dukakis Jackson hit Calif Campaign Trail los Angeles n5fui be condemned the Initiator of n an approach As for sea bunched Mihret of brr said this would also be a roundabout i Hui could become a new Avenue for the arms race. Ant therefore we Are linking All those questions together and we believe that this u a fair approach. What is More i have 10 say that we we genuine possibilities to resolve All Hose questions p1T Hiet i Para Loma or the Rasmos to fulfil big programs. And whatever u being done in outer space and whatever is being done in ski Loach eve new technological breakthroughs. Gorbachev said As a result of a joint project tos Ludy Halley s Comet we have been Able to develop Toras of new materials we have been Able to make m rates ii electronics and mathematics. This resulted scientific breakthroughs. This is a Field of cooperation thai would be Wonky of the soviet and american Peoples. And i will make thai proposal to president Reagan "
