European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday june 24, 1963 the stars and stripes Page 9 new Viet chief stresses goal to end isolation Bangkok Thailand a newly elected prime minister do muoi said thursday thai Hanoi is trying to end its International isolation by seeking a solution to its 9-year-old military occupation of Cambodia the official voice of Vietnam radio quoted do muoi As saying Vietnam May withdraw Alt of its troops from Cambodia before 1990. According to the broadcast do muoi said that to Widen cooperation first of All it n necessary to main lain peace and Security. Vietnam is striving to solve the cambodian do muoi 71, was elected on wednesday. Many non communist Western and asian countries have denied economic Aid to Vietnam and otherwise isolated the communist nation to protest its Latc-1978 invasion and continuing occupation of Cambodia. Vietnam has said it will remove All its estimated 120,000 troops by 1990, and it plans a pullout of about50,000 troops this year. Thursday s announcement was the first time a vietnamese Leader said the withdrawal could be completed before that Date. Hanoi based diplomats say that under a new prag Matic leadership thai has Given top priority to economic development Vietnam has in do a series of Diplo Matic initiatives on Cambodia which not Long ago Wasa non negotiable Issue. Vietnam recently decided to Send foreign minister Nguyen co Thach to attend unprecedented peace talks involving cambodian guerrilla factions next month in Indonesia. In a speech wednesday do muoi pledged to continue Vietnam s Western style economic reforms to re Vive an Economy communist authorities said they weakened through and poor planning. An official radio Hanoi report seen in Bangkok thursday quoted do muoi As telling the National As Sembly he will thoroughly grasp the spirit of renewal in resolutions that were adopted at a december 1936 party Congress. The resolutions liberalized Vietnam s Economy by allowing a measure of free Enterprise and opening up the country to foreign investment. In a report to the Assembly wednesday to Van kit the acting Premier said people arc deeply Wor ried about rampant inflation chaos in the distribution of goods and acute food shortages in the Northern provinces. Vietnamese sources had said do muoi is the most Likely Choice As Premier because he is a disciplinarian who can crack Down on the corruption and inefficiency among cadres involved in putting into effect economic reforms. Some diplomats say he Choice of do muoi could slow Down the Reform momentum sending a wrong signal to the average vietnamese who preferred Kiet,66, a Pioneer of economic Reform. Kiel was first vice Premier before becoming acting Premier after Pham Hung s death. The radio report did not say whether he would return to the old Post. Do muoi a the third ranking member of the Polit buro the top policy making body. Sweet dreams weekenders if you re planning a trip and wont a weekend Jam packed with excitement you May get More than you bargained for. That s the word from the West German automobile club adar which reminds us sweetly that this is the weekend when vacations Start for thousands of German schoolkids. They la be taking off with their parents in ill directions and that Means traffic jams of a Ery flavor. So firmly Iota int map before you Chart your Enrel route. Maybe Yon pm sneak of on your declination the Back Way. Chances Are adar says the congestion Points indicated Here Are Likely to remain to Floc Tumble spots throughout the summer. Conferees modify military anti drug plan Washington a congressional demands to step up military involvement in the anti drug Effort were scaled Back and president Reagan s request for Star wars spending was reduced sharply by congressional negotiators working on a Pentagon budget Bill sources said wednesday night. The House Senate conference committee has approved All but the smallest details of a Pentagon Bud get Bill for the fiscal year starting oct. 1, and final approval of the Bill is expected later this week said the sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The agreement will Send the huge Bill Back to the Senate and House floors for approval and it will then go to Reagan for his signature. The Bill authorizes $299.5 billion in defense spend ing for the upcoming fiscal year a slight reduction from the $300 billion the Pentagon is permitted to spend in the current year. The conference committee a Grid to increase an anti drug program which involves having coast guard officer ride aboard Navy warships patrolling in off Shore Waters the sources said. The coast guard officers have civilian arrest pow ers they can use if the Navy vessels encounter suspected dig trial ticking boats. The coast guard has about 300 people assigned to the program Riding aboard Navy ships in teams of five to seven people per vessel. Another 100 coast guard members will be added to the program in the next three months the sources said. The House had voted overwhelmingly to order Rea Gan to have the Pentagon essentially Seal . Borders against illegal drug shipments. Later the Senate easily voted to give Navy officers civilian arrest Powers if warships stopped suspected drug trafficking vessels in International Waters. But the Pentagon strongly opposed both those provi Sions. Defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci said in military should t get involved in civilian Law enforce ment and warned that even if it did illegal drugs still would flow into the United slates. The final Compromise while dropping the More far reaching anti drug provisions passed by each chamber requires the Pentagon to increase the help it provides to civilian anti drug agencies in spotting and tracking planes and ships that might be carrying contraband. The air Force and Navy already provide Intelli gence help from radar planes and ships and Carluc isaid he has no opposition to increasing that Aid for Star wars formally known As the strategic de sense initiative the conference committee agreed to authorize $4.1 billion compared with the current $3.9 billion budget the sources said. Reagan had sought $4.8 billion. The House voted to approve 13,5 billion while the Senate set the figure at $4.6 billion. The conference committee essentially split the difference Between the two Chambers the sources addition the conferees dropped an amendment approved by the House which would have required a halt in All but the smallest . Nuclear weapons tests the Senate had voted Down the proposed ban. The legislators also agreed to authorize $250 million each for the midget Man and my programs a pair of controversial efforts to develop new land based Alom in tipped weapons. Another $250 million was approved for spending after a new president is elected nov. 8, the sources said. Reagan supports building a Railroad based version of the i0-Warhcad my and had asked for $793 million next year for that program. But he also granted a re quest from Congress to seek s2uo million for development of the single warhead Midge Man a weapon the Pentagon wants to eliminate. The House had voted $600 million for midget Man and Only s100 million for my while the Senate essentially reversed those positions approving $30 million for midget Man and $700 million for the my
