European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                From behind to reach finals sports the Sims and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the us. Armed forces vol.47, no. 76 saturday july 2, 1988 it 25 daily and sunday 0 8693 a Carlucci freezes $1 billion in possibly tainted contracts Washington a defense Secretary Frankc. Carlucci announced Friday that the Pentagon has suspended payment on $ 1 billion Worth of contract that May have been tainted by bribes and fraud. The suspensions will not damage National Security he said. Carlucci said he took the action As a result of documents in the Case unsealed by a judge in Federal District court in Dallas. The affidavits disclosed that a defense consultant passed along inside information online Navy contracts Worth More than $522 million in a conversation that was monitored by the Fri. Additionally Carlucci said the department was be ginning suspension procedures against two individuals and a company named in the documents reviewing existing contracts with four implicated companies and freezing new contracts on eight weapons systems. The affidavit provides the department with Evi Dence concerning individuals and companies he said. The Navy has initiated suspension procedures with respect to George Stone Mark Saunders Joe Bradley and the Continental electronics division of Varian associates inc., he said. Carlucci said the companies and officials involved were being notified of the Pentagon action. And he said the department would take further a see freeze on Back Page missile inspection teams take off for soviet Union by David Tarran staff writer Rhein main a West Germany the first teams of . Inspectors took off from Frankfurt on a flight to Moscow Early Friday to begin overseeing the superpower treaty eliminating a class of nuclear weapons. I Don t think you can underestimate the importance of what s going on today army Brig. Gen. Roland Lajoi told reporters minutes before he and about 30 inspectors left for Moscow on military Airlift come c-141 Star lifter. It s Impact on International relations cannot be underestimated. We Are proud to be a part of this important moment  Friday marked the first Day expert from the 5-Monthk old on site inspection Agency which Lajoie Heads could begin visiting soviet nuclear missile Sites Cov ered by the treaty finalized in Moscow last month. Meanwhile a team of soviets was expected to arrive in san Francisco Friday evening to begin inspections of . Mis Sile Sites. The . Teams were scheduled to arrive at Moscow s Sheremetyev Airport Lajoie said. From there one of the teams will setup a continuous Portal monitoring site a permanent inspection Post outside the vote Ink missile Assembly Plant in the ural mountains. The facility for Merly was used for assembling ss-20missiles and now is involved in the final Assembly of the soviet ss-25 intercontinental ballistic missiles. The team will inspect All items leaving the Plant that Are Large enough or heavy enough to contain an item covered bythe treaty. The other team is scheduled to con duct Baseline inspections at facilities and bases covered by the treaty to verify the Exchange of data that was updated june 20, Lajoie said. We will verify the num Bers and locations and characteristic of All the items covered by the  a team has to wait at least four hours but no More than 48 hours to notify the see teams on Back pages a Steve Morrison Brig. Gen. Roland Lajoie Speaks to re porters before leaving for Moscow. Squatters flee w. Berlin police by climbing Wall Berlin a West Berlin police Friday chased Early 200 squatters from a disputed piece of land near the Berlin Wall after a monthlong struggle that Pitte environmentalists against City developers. When the removal order came the squatters found an unusual escape route Over the Berlin Wall into the City s communist  German Border guards helped them Over the Barrier which divides the City of Berlin into Allied and communist sectors. Most of the estimated 186 environmentalist who fled to East Berlin had returned to West Berlin by noon. Nine protesters were arrested in the  have since been released police said. The demonstrators were protesting plans to build Highway through a Park nearby. When More than 900 West Berlin police move Din to Clear the area nearly 200 protesters were Al ready sitting on the 13-foot-High  earlier declared that they would seek Polit see squatters on Back Page East German forces Aid squatters fleeing Over the Berlin Wall to escape advancing West Berlin police. A photo