European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Soviet negotiator Vurl no Zarkin with Brillh Soldier it Britain s secret chemical warfare defense Center. Chemical warfare facility in opened to soviets Porton. England a soviet experts making their first visit to a secret chemical warfare facility in Western Europe tuesday watched As British soldiers in Gas masks fought off a simulated quack by an enemy using nerve agents. The display marked the official Start of the soviets three Day visit to Britain s chemical warfare defense Center in Porton Down in Southwest Nglai it is part of an Exchange program designed to i Mote Progress on a chemical weapons ban. The Hal facilitate said Yuri a Arkin chm so Ilia or at the 40-Niiion Geneva confort Nifton the Confidence ended its Spring be Sutton april 2 with no in sight on to ban development production and of chemical weapons of after watching the display Jay nine British soldiers the 13 soviet scientists Attr military experts entered the main building of Lull Nisi facility to begin talks with British experts j the visit a we re forc the super Power Summit was billed by Brj Flash officials As the most detailed Exchange of Infanta Imit to Dale with the soviets on chemical Caff coins by a Western european Power. We re Fol Goi in to reveal All Graham Pearson Dirac Louif the facility said. We re going to try to build Confidence Between the United kingdom and so rtt it Gen. Analogy Kunsevich Deputy commander of Jops said after the display if we a ginning. It is interesting and Pur soviet chemical consider it to to Soful j weapons will be the Centrepiece of inc on a chemical weapons ban has so rare proved elusive. To last december s Washington Summit president Cagan and soviet Leader Mikhail a Gorbachev called for intensified negotiations on a verifiable agreement covering All nations capable of producing chemical weapons. Britain which halted production of chemical weapons in tile i sos and destroyed its in 1957, has been in the forefront of the Geneva conference v negotiations Ilmet have dragged on for id years. \ As part of the Exchange British a lists and Mili tary cd pcs will visit the soviet chemical warfare a Silky at Sli Khany on the River Volga. Inc soviet Union Only acknowledged in Early in that it Bill a chemical weapons stockpile amounting to 50,000 tons. One major problem in the Geneva negotiations is ural Western experts Pul the soviet stockpile at 300,000tups. The the Only other country trial acknowledges Posic Sinz chemical weapons has a Stock pile estimated at 30,000 tons. It to did an 18-Yenr moratorium on production in december when it started manufacturing binary weapons those made from two chemicals which Are harm less alone but lethal when they interact. World to Aav chinese Beauty pageant is press coverage flt Jing up organizers bathed press cock go of the Flower of Beijing a culty contest monday following inc the miss Shanghai Competition As pan of a widening crackdown on Western style a cams. White chinese women have whim o dress More fashionably and Wear makeup in recent years any open show of skin taboo since the 1966-76 cultural re Lution when at tempt lit emphasize pc mining Beauty were at tacked organizers of the contest said reporters would not be allow to see the prelim in Aries ans semifinals buy hey would be Wel come to attend the finals Lye i. 3 satellites launched from is Sovie Booster he soviet Union tiles Illy bunched three sur. A single Booster rocket. Is Agency said the launch i there was no explant lunch announcement vim 155 also did Noi disclose the satellites arc put into in soviet Cen launch site at Pletsch near used for both civilian and Mosco Kupi Day said it tis Suc Sci glance satellites i ing took place by lion is to Why the delayed three dais launch site. Normally Civ from inc Baioni trial Asia a the Arctic circa i military launch number going abroad hits record Tokyo f Japan Csc tourists went abroad in re card nun ens in 1987, though the number of fat sign vitors to this nation remained aim i unchanged from the previous year. The gov piment rep Brucd tuesday. Marc that 6.8 tourists Wen abroad in 187, an increase of 2j percent Over 1986 and free times of foreigners who Vasiles Japan according to a report from inc prime Ai Nisler s office the rep it said the of foreign travel which Trokic the 5 Millili level for the first time in 1fs6, was due main to the strength of the yen Fibich gives Japan a greater buying Power Aviv ram Home. Foes fire bomb at planned nuke site Rafalk smurf. West gel any Iai nuclear Power opponents Early henday threw a fire Bodib that destroyed a Gira Gln the site of a Plant Al nuclear waste . In lira said. / i Oll e Ara Stuj i0_iicorilif Afler la ing of the site near Vifian of Wack Casdorf about 36 n Regam Birg. C Graec which housed constr Ranj. Was destroyed by the re Liing sail firc Bonsib bavarian North of Ion equip re police Glicr monday opponents of the pfc inc nuclear facility blocked a Railroad line Nir Wack Ensdorf by placing tires and pieces of
