European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 o. The stars and stripes monday june 6,1983 British paper says 18 foreign hostages Are being held in former school in Beirut Dundon a a sunday new spa a Nihil Mil 111 foreign hostages including three Bri tons kidnapped in held in a former school an front Page photograph of a building it said was the mail on sunday said the hostages were taken there during recent lighting in West ctr us Between gunmen of the Pricr iranian Hezbollah organization and shiite amal militiamen. Hezbollah or party of god is be tiered holding the captives. The newspaper attributed its report Tamal officers it did not identify. Of the nine american captives Terr Anderson chief Middle East co resp Dent for the associated press Hau Enheld the longest. He was kidnapped March 16,198s. The Mai on Sun Summ the captives arc being guard a the school by High ranking Herb Pimp officers supervised by iranian Romolu tonary militiamen have infiltrated Hezbollah and quoted one amal fighter As describing he school where i said the hostages Are held. The newspaper said militiaman Abu Abass was interrogated by Hezbollah members at the building the former school. It said they knew fan Azari Yeh Porf Luj in the Southern suburbs Othey do not How it is being used. The newspaper quoted a go rating the tunnels and passage gave recently been Alion system has been instal Manric whole area has been tiny said a doctor occasionally i the school accompanied by mail on sunday quoted other amal officers As saying we know the Yare there and that they Are alive. Bui any attempt to take hem by Force will Only result in the dim front Page photo showed what appeared to be part of a inc Sunry building with sandbags at strategic other developments London s guardian the United states is holding talks with Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon and directly with iranian representatives in Geneva i efforts to gain the release of based its report of gait Fumm unidentified Somgur Mexin West Beirut in ii5jgiirtric guardian said them Silks in Lebanon and Geneva nol expected to produce Quick re Jults for the american hostages but to no Ferate As the american presiden i Aleiece mar Roach in november. K said thought to be seeking a package of Tala so would inv9lve Church of Waile who was in Range the release of the foreign Host when he disappeared on Jan. 20,1987. The British foreign office said in has proposed paying Iran the equivalent of More than $3.2 million As compensation Tor damages to British diplomatic buildings in Iran and Iran s embassy in foreign office spokesman said the proposal is to be discussed it a meeting in London starting wednesday but the talks will not cover the question of the a reign office spokesman said British proposal on settlement of damages to diplomatic building a first made in May 1987. Britain has said repeatedly that in will make no deals to gain the release of the hostage. The spokesman said the iranian representatives at wednesday s meeting will Only be considering the questions of damage to Iran s embassy it London s princes Gale which caught fire when British commandos stormed it in 1980 to end a hostage siege and damage to Brit ish diplomatic offices in Tehran and else where in government buildings and the were damaged by mob sin 19781 1980. We want conf Dion for the damage to our property in Iron want Loen sure that the necessary tothe princes Gate property Whichel Hazard and an eyesore lie spokesman the said under the proposal Britain would pay Iran about$3,24 million and Iran would pay Britain about $ 1.62 million. Italy from Page 1 meeting led by Premier Ciriaco do Mita was Stilt underway the associated press reported. We have Laken the decision naturally hoping twill be like the missiles in Comiso a quoted Gaspari As saying. Comiso a is the sicilian base where . Cruise missiles were installed As part of nato s response to a soviet missile buildup. The missiles will be removed under the .-soviet treaty on medium Range nuclear missiles Zanoni who belongs to the Liberal party note that tactical aircraft like the f-16s have not been included in talks on conventional arms held in Vienn Between nato and the Warsaw pact. But he said that if that category of weapons were to be included the f-16s would certainly cynic Ruthc negotiations in presenting the proposal american and Nat officials expressed concern that the fighter bombers would have to be sent Back to the United slates if ital did not accept them. In Spain the f-l6s have primarily been assigned missions in nato s Southern alternatives to Italy transfers to Greece or tur key were not considered because of the tensions be tween those two nations american officials said. Several Cabinet ministers said on saturday that i transferring the of Luis nato should adopt something resembling the two track decision that led to the deployment of medium Range nuclear missiles in West Ern Europe in the Early 1980s.while agreeing to accept new american cruise and perching 2 missiles to counterbalance new soviet forces the european allies won a Promise that the United slates would seek to negotiate limitations on the mis Siles with the soviet Union. A treaty eliminating the missiles was signed at the Summit meeting in washing ton last december and the formal documents of ratification were exchanged by president Reagan and Mik Hail s. Gorbachev the soviet Leader in Moscow last Grea Lesl desire said Deputy prime minister Gianni do Mich Lis a socialist is to be Able to obtain for the f-16s what we obtained for the cruise that before their installation becomes operative there should be a relaxation of tensions to allow this to be put Are still under Way to determine the most suitable site for the of Luis. Zanone said but according to other italian officials it is almost certain the jews destination will be italian fighter bases either in pug Lia the Southern Region that forms the Heel of the ital Ian Boot or Calabria the weapons for use by f-l6s on nato mis Sions Are already stored at the italian american airbase at Aviano in Northern Italy so the Transfer of the jets would nol change Italy s role As base for nuclear forces. Bui Stefano Silva sri a military expert at Rome Institute for International affairs said in an interview that with the f-16s Italy will play a much More important role in nato from a base in Southern Italy these planes will Beable to provide land based air cover for naval operations All through the Eastern Mediterranean he May change the Way ships Are deployed in crises and it will put Italy More in nato first rank search from Page 1 be found alive. But Friday night rescuers delete tapping sounds through the air Shaft and tried to verify them with a television cameraman suggested lower ing a microphone which picked up the trapped men saying they have drilled a Early saturday the microphone de elected regular tapping sounds. After More than three hours of dig Ging the Rescue workers broke into the air pocket and found the men. Some victims1 relatives criticized the Rescue efforts saying they believed the retrieval of bodies had been Given priority Over the search for survivors. They also said they could not understand Why workers did t think to use a Micro phone earlier. A West German television station Early sunday quoted one of the six survivors As saying rescuers unknowingly made radio Contact with them a few hours after the explosion. The rescuers apparently thought thesis were with the teams searching for 57 people missing after the blast the television said. Adf television reported that Accord ing to turkish survivor Ahmet Balkan the buried miners had Given their Posi Tion on a radio. They were then told Rollo use the radio again in order not to disturb other at first they stopped using the radio and when they tried again they were not Able to make Contact the Tele vision said. Officials could not be immediately reached to comment on the report. But on the Day of the Accident Borke mayor Bernd Messier Lold reporters of radio Contact with a group of miners who reported themselves uninjured but other officials said later in the Day that the Contact was with other rescuers. Another survivor also interviewed onstage television but not identified by name described hearing drilling on Fri Day followed by silence. That was really agonizing because nothing More was going on up there. You Start thinking have they forgotten us or something maybe they re figuring it s not Worth it " he said. Searchers some with tears in the Reyes broke into applause As the exhausted but otherwise unhurt survivor reached the surface. Family members who rushed to the scene embraced the five West germans and one Turk. Fourteen turkish Immi Grant workers were among the 57 trapped miners. The six survivors later paused for photographers but Lold reporters nol to ask them any questions. They were examined at nearby Hospi tals then allowed logo Home. Cuts from Page t strategy in me Western a Lowed longstanding animosities Between Jap Korea to serve As an excuse for nol integrating our planning for this Region of the world he said. Merge the military Airlift come military Seagift come and military traffic management Onmi uni Irr the . Transportation i i a in Milf film m i Ildon for not giving i Nin Iii Una created in 1986, More and called the plan forthe the command no plan at build a new command Structure for the air and ground defense of Alaska. The current system is con fusing and probably will not work in an emergency the study study recommended that defense planners go further in streamlining the organizational Structure of military commands to Ine lower level service Compo events for example the Amy a Dia unified com in be Elan Imp Pic Ajo keep profiles of the military services big said. If one service has a four Star service component commander under a unified commander there appear to be pressures for the other services to have some thing similar it said. For example the army recently asked to elevate it Western come 10 a four Star position and rename it the army Pacific come under the unified . Pacific omd a move rejected by Congress. Such turf Battles among the services for influence Obj Jujia pc have made the Vander . Thai thing is like a nuclear bomb around Here said one Pentagon source. Officials had hoped to keep it under wraps until do. William j. Crowe jr., chairman of the joint review in a few weeks. Bui. After office commented on the study in a rep Flktti own lawmakers asked the Pentagon for copies Rcv Lunte Seni to Congress by car Lucci May 22
