European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday july 13,1988 Duarte not cured but ready to go to work san Salvador Al Salvador a president Jose Napoleon Duarte say ing he is not cured but Strong re turned to the country monday and vowed to Complete his term despite his terminal cancer. I am Here now to reassure the presi Dency in order to continue working for what i most love democracy he said in a Brief statement. Duarte 62, arrived aboard one of the . Air Force s presidential Boeing 727s after a nearly six week absence. He left May 31 for diagnosis and treatment of cancer at Walter Reed medical Center in Washington d.c., where he visited president Reagan on monday morning before flying Home. President Reagan and president Duarte Are personal friends said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. The president visited him in the Hospi Tal last week and invited him to the White House on his departure for Al Sal  surgeons removed most of Duarte s cancerous stomach last month. He then underwent chemotherapy designed to slow the Advance of liver cancer. His doctors have said he has Between six and 18 months to live. Duarte whose five year term ends next june 1, was leaner when he left and his face was somewhat drawn. But his step was firm and his embrace appeared Strong As he greeted Rodolfo Castillo Clarmount the vice president and act ing chief executive and other officials on the Tarmac of i Lorango Airport outside san Salvador. He was greeted by an Honor guard of paratroopers and the air Force band As Well As members of the diplomatic corps. I certainly am not cured. But i am Strong. I have the capacity and the strength to carry out both the medical requisites my disease demands and my work for the people Duarte said. He promised to continue working with the military against leftist guerrillas in order to bring peace to my people in that Way i will make it to the first of june and hand Power Over to he who is elected by the  Duarte s governing Christian demo cratic party is in the deepest crisis of its 28-year history. Each of two bitterly feuding factions has nominated a presidential candidate. The rightist opposition won municipal and legislative elections in March. That Victory along with the Christian democrats internal problems have created the impression that the rightists could win the March presidential election. Fitzwater said in Washington that Duarte simply wanted to thank the president for his hospitality Here and for the support the United states has shown to Al Salvador said Fitzwater. Similarly president Reagan commented on the outstanding contributions that president Duarte has made to the growth of democracy in Al Salvador and the president expressed his appreciation for All of his efforts in the regional peace  military Roundup German officer appointed to head Ace Mobile Force Mons Belgium is German Brig. Gen. Peter Heinrich Carstens has been appointed commander of the Allied come Europe Mobile Force beginning Jan. 1, nato officials said. Carstens 51, who will assume the rank of major general when he takes command will succeed italian maj. Gen. Franco Ongioni in the Post. Headquartered in Heidelberg West Germany the Ace Mobile Force was formed by nato in 1960 to work As a highly Mobile unit that could react swiftly to a threatened area and work alongside Host nation forces to strengthen conventional defences. Carstens currently serves As assistant chief of staff and general for training for the German army in Cologne. Pitburg unit to compete in of weapons Competition Pitburg a West Germany Pitburg s 36th tac fighter Wing will represent the . Air forces in Europe in William Tell 88, the service s air to air weapons Competition which will be held at Tyndall fab fla., this fall. The biennial exercise is designed to give fighter units the Chance to demonstrate proficiency in air to air operations and includes All phases of air defense in a live fire environment. This year s meet will be the third time the Pitburg team has participated. The team placed fifth in 1986. Pilots and maintenance Crews have been chosen for the oct. 8-22 Competition and will begin practising later this month Pitburg officials said. Their selection was based on tactical exper Tise and an extended period of proven performance with the f-15 aircraft awarding to it. Col. James Watkins the Wing s assistant Deputy commander for operations. William Tell is conducted and organized by the air Force air defense weapons Center at Tyndall. In the past participants have included teams from Safe tac air come Pacific air forces alaskan air come air National guard and the Canadian forces air come. Ground controlled intercept controllers and technicians from the 601st tac control Wing at Sembach a West Germany also will take part in the meet. Thatcher holds live radio phone in beamed to citizens of soviet Union London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher held a live radio phone in with soviet Citi Zens monday on topics ranging from glasnost to household chores and invited a Leningrad schoolgirl to visit her. Thatcher fielded 15 Calls during the 55-minute pro Gram broadcast live to the soviet Union on the British broadcasting corp s russian service. The bbl said More than 200 soviets called in. Speaking in English translated simultaneously into russian the prime minister was lavish in her Praise of soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and said she hoped the clock will not be turned Back on his policies of glasnost or openness and economic Reform. I think that some things Are irreversible but i Don t think that they would go Forward with anything like the same momentum if or. Gorbachev were not there she said. Moscow dissident Valery Senderov called to solicit her views on the reforms Gorbachev has already implemented. I think it s remarkable that after 70 years of what i might Call the old fashioned kind of communism Thatcher said that or. Gorbachev should have been Able to see that it was not producing either the Stan Dard of living that people wanted or the Standard of social  to Moscow resident Karin Saakyan a Hare Krishna recently released from a psychiatric Hospital Thatcher expressed optimism about religious Freedom in the soviet Union. Reporter Alexander Volkov of radio Moscow s International department asked Thatcher whether she still believed the . Navy was justified in shooting Down an Iran air jetliner on july 3, killing 290 people. The sunday times of London reported a British intelligence Agency monitored radio communications in the persian Gulf before the incident and determined the plane was on course and climbing not descending toward the american warship Vincennes. Thatcher said that while you will know Many Many things now that were not known to that Cap Tain warships cannot be asked to defend commercial ships unless they have the right to defend themselves when they believe they Are under attack. But she added yes there will be times when they make a mistake and this tragic Accident. Underlines the need for an Early end to the Iran Iraq conflict including an end to All attacks on shipping by both  on a lighter note Thatcher told one curious inquirer from Leningrad that she has no live in help at the prime minister Thatcher answers a question As by studio Host Diran Meghreblian stands by to translate. Apartment she and her husband Denis share at no. 10 Downing St. She told the Man that she does most of the cooking when they Are not attending banquets or official lunches. Schoolgirl Masha Kuznetsova called to invite Young britons to visit her family in Leningrad and was promptly invited to meet the British prime minister in London. Of dear if you come Over and your school comes Over i will ask our ambassador to let me know because i would like to see you Thatcher said. Perhaps you la come to no. 10 Downing Street where i live. Well look Forward to a  edited highlights of the program were broadcast later monday on the bbl s English language world services. A bbl spokesman said that until january 1987, the soviet Union discouraged its citizens from listening to the bbl russian service by widespread electronic jamming. An estimated 18 million people in the soviet Union listen to the bbl company officials have said. Canadian mint plans new Platinum Silver coins Ottawa up Canada will pro  two new investment coins one in Platinum and one in Silver patterned after its successful Gold Bullion Coin the Gold Maple Leaf the minister responsible for the Royal Canadian mint said monday. The mint has been Active in precious metals for More than 70 years and in the modern Bullion Coin Market for almost 10 years Otto Jelinek said in statement. The Platinum Maple Leaf and the Silver Maple Leaf Are logical extensions of these activities and Are important to the mint s strategic Long Ter marketing  investors will find the coins attractive because they Are Legal tender mint spokesman Murray Church said. The Ca Nadian government will guarantee the purity of the coins and they can Pas Between countries without incurring import taxes. The Platinum Maple Leaf will have fineness of 9995, the Industry Standard for Platinum Church said. The min considered producing a Platinum Coin with a fineness of 9999, but decided the Cost would be prohibitive he said. The Silver Maple Leaf will have a fineness of 9999. The Platinum Coin will resemble the Gold Coin in design and diameter but will differ in thickness Church said. Platinum coins will be sold in four sizes one Troy ounce with a face value of $40 $50canadiana half ounce with a value of $16 $20a Quarter ounce with a value of $8 $10 and a one tenth ounce Coin with a value of $4 $5