European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday june 24,1988 Canada exposes soviet spy tactics Moscow retaliates expels canadians Ottawa a a soviet spy ring exposed by Canadian authorities inc to infiltrate a  military contractor that has Access to highly clarified american naval technology Accord ing tones reports. The Canadian broadcast co. Reported Laic wednesday that the ring sought sophisticated warship electronics slated fora new generation of Canadian naval Frig ates. It said the sonar radar and communications equipment is made by Par Amax electronics or Montreal. The new York times on thursday quoted unidentified Canadian officials As saying Parama had Access to Classi fied technology including equipment that controls weapons systems . Navy ships. Foreign minister Joe Clark told parliament on wednesday thai eight soviets expelled last week and nine others for Merly stationed in Canada and now barred from re entry were after sensitive military and commercial secrets. He said a soviet defector provided Ca Nadian authorities with information on the soviets and that a severe Security breach had been prevented. In retaliation he soviet government expelled two Canadian diplomats wednesday and said three others currently out of the country would not be allowed Back. Spokesman Viatchesla Bogdanov of he soviet embassy in Ottawa termed the expulsions from Canada a  these people were not doing any thing  he said. The two canadians ordered out of news updates greeks convict Arab Piraeus Greece a Ilc Tinian accused of driving a f containing arms and explosfrej00 a ferry bound for Israel was co evicted wednesday and i tend 10 three years in a he clanked he was set up. G to court in Piraeus the fort Ofahl Csc found Omar Mohammed sofa by a 41-year-old Jet ural sized la pal German Choloa Chni Cian Willy of illegal passes Sonand Imp Talion of weapons. He a was fined j52�saffarc-ny App cd and was Jaf cd Pend ing a cling for which no Dale was set. 1 Soff Arclo was arc sad monday after  and israeli Security otters fount a revolver and  in his car on the jk9s-Lonjrrry Paloma. Novella charged san Luis two Calif. A novelist and Oscar nominee Jerry Haiford it add innocent wednesday lot Bony charges of theft and Poison of hundreds of stolen books from libraries in the United a Lalland England. Bastard co liter of the screen play for the gv7 movie full Metal Jackel of taken into Cus Tody after anti Fang before Muni Cipal court  Ream Hasford is charted with two counts of Vandle Neft and 10counts of of Seslen of stolen property. Pm Preli Isnardy hearing was sch Edund for acc 18. The Chales ser rated from the discovery it nearly 10,000 books in a Straib locker rated to has Ford but evolve on of portion of the vol Udics. Moscow by Midnight saturday night Arec Milr. Raymond Steele the naval at tache and Evelyn Pulley second Secre tary. These two officers Are Good respect Able officers and the charge against them Are totally unjustified. Totally false said Canada s ambassador to Moscow Vernon Turner. He said Sovil authorities Aid no specific charges and there could not be. It s retaliation and nothing  Park and other government official declined to provide detail of the Sovi ets activities though dark said they included attempt 10 infiltrate National Security intelligence agencies. The Csc said one or the soviets expelled was a naval attache at the soviet embassy in Ottawa and we caught red handed m a Sling operation. It connected his expulsion to the arrest earlier this month of a Canadian of Hun Garian descent Stephen Ratkai who was charged with attempting to obtain dts i fied . Military documents from thear Gonlia . Naval base in newfound land. The base monitors soviet submarine movements in the Atlantic. The Csc also said parti for the new Canadian frigates were once shipped on a Sovil freighter and soviet agents too the Opportunity to examine them. Clark announced that the Sovil de Fector Yuri Murov had provided use Ful information in connection with the expulsions and has asked to stay in can Ada with his  Csc said Murov a translator to the International civil aviation organization in Montreal was a Canadian Dou ble agent who identified most of the soviet intelligence  port Boom drove . Economy tox3.6% growth rate in 1 St Quarter Washingto a the ,Economy, fuelled Bun Export driven manufacturing Boom expanded at a robust 3.6percent Pace in the five three months of this year slightly less Han previously thought the government shut sunday. The Commerce depart rat said the Gross National product  measure of economic health a Jacv to seasonally adjusted annual Lel of $3.915 trillion in the january Marcrid a s34.fi billion increase from tar months earlier. Strong first Quarter growth has prompted the Reagan administration to boost its 1988 projection for Gnu growth to 3.5 percent. At the Start of the year the administration had predicted the Economy would grow 2,9 percent in 1988, the same rate of growth As in 1986 and 1987, at the time Many private economist were More pessimistic but they have since scrambled to increase their predictions. Our Rosy forecast was t Rosy enough said Beryl Sprinkel chairman of the presidential Council of economic advisers. The Economy is doing better than even we  the latest first Quarter numbers Werea modest downward revision of a pre Vious estimate of Gnu growth in the first Quarter. A month ago the govern ment put Gnu growth at 3.9 , in april the initial estimate was a much lower 2.3 percent. Many analysis were expecting the. Slight Retreat. Thursday s revisions show thai non military spending by the Federal govern ment was 13.8 Button leu than previously thought most of that was accounted for by a dip in purchases of surplus far commodities. Consumer spending although up moderately Strong 3.8 percent was weaker than the previously estimated 4.3 per cent growth. Much of that was due to somewhat less automobile buying than first thought. Immediately after the october Stark to crash Many economists Fucai the Rock to consumer Confidence  country into a Rucci conch per spending did Post