European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes sunday july 17,1988 e. German spy defected to West paper reports Hamburg West Germany a an East German espionage agent who was an expert in breaking codes has defected to West Germany the Bild newspaper reported Friday. It did not identify the Man but said he defected in  is a major blow to East German counters peonage Bild quoted an unidentified West Ger Man Security source As saying. It reported the source said the Man knew All the tricks in break ing our codes. Now we Are armed with enough information to change our codes  government Security officials in the Federal capital of Bonn confirmed that an employee from the East German Security ministry had defected but declined comment on Bild s report of the Man being an expert in codes. Iran official makes Appeal to lower open Oil output Nicosia Cyprus a Iran s Oil minister appealed to Oil producing countries saturday to lower their output to bolster collapsing Oil prices. Minister Gholamreza a Azadeh singled out Kuwait saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emi rates. He chastised members of the organization of Petroleum exporting countries for ignoring an agreement on production restraints. Oil prices dropped in recent weeks to their lowest Levels since 1986, when they fell to about $8 per barrel. Crude Oil from the Gulf state of Dubai was Selling for $12.40 a barrel thursday Down from $ 12.50 the Day before. In two meetings this year the 13 open Mem Bers failed to reach a consensus on new production quotas to Stop prices from falling. They agreed last month in Vienna Austria to extend current quotas until the end of 1988. Iran depends heavily on its Oil production to finance its nearly 8-year-old War with Iraq. Fire sweeps Paris hotel 5 killed several injured from staff and wire reports Paris five people were killed and a dozen others including several american and West German tourists were injured saturday when a fire swept through a Paris hotel packed with sleeping vacationers firefighters said. None of the dead or seriously injured were americans a . Embassy spokeswoman told the stars and  fire was in the hotel Saint Vincent de Paul at the Rue d Haut Eville in a Northern neigh boyhood of the capital near the popular of lies Bergere cabaret theater United press inter National  americans were treated and released at local hospitals she  Blaze started in a stairwell at 3 20 a.m., according to up. Flames and thick smoke quickly licked up into the guests rooms. Police said they believed the Blaze started accidentally. The slightly injured also include Brit ish belgian and West German tourists police and firefighters said. Leak May delay discovery launch Cape canaveral Fla. Up space Agency engineers worked into the night Friday examining one of the shuttle discovery s Maneu vering rocket pods in search of a Small fuel leak that could delay the first Post challenger launch. If the leak cannot be isolated and fixed at the launch pad National aeronautics and space administration managers could be forced to con Sider rolling discovery Back to its hangar for repairs. Such an action would be considered a major setback for the 26th shuttle flight now scheduled for launch in Early september. But officials stressed that until the leak is Iso lated it would be impossible to say what effect it might have on the launching  at launch pad 39-b planned to use a High tech snakelike tool called a cobra to pin Point the leak inside the orbiter s cramped left Side rocket pod. The cobra is a Remote con trolled device that is equipped with a Small Tele vision camera and sensors that can be guided into tight areas. 2 nato officers drown trying to Rescue children Rome a a British brigadier general and a danish lieutenant colonel drowned while attempting to Rescue several children who were caught in rough surf off a Beach South of Rome authorities reported saturday. A spokesman for the nato defense College in Rome where the two victims were enrolled in a course identified the officers As Brig. Gen. Russell Maynard from Southern England and it. Col. Niels Erik Thorn of the danish . He said the two officers and several colleagues and their families were having a Barbecue on a Beach at Fregene a town about 15 Miles from Rome when the children got caught in the surf. Among the youngsters was Maynard s child the spokesman said. He said lifeguards and members of the Beach party pulled the children safely to Shore. Funeral arrangements were pending the spokesman said. The six month Long course at the defense College runs through july he said. Nicaraguan envoy departs but insists expulsion is arbitrary Mexico City a Nicaragua s ambassador to the United states who left Washington just minutes before a state department deadline for his departure called his expulsion arbitrary and illegal. Carlos Tunnermann left Washington on a Commer Cial flight five minutes before the expulsion order took effect at 5 30 . Friday. About a dozen police officers were at the airline s Gate at National Airport to make sure Tunnermann got on the plane. Two police cars followed the Jet out to the runway and waited for it to depart. He spent Friday night in Mexico City and was expected to leave saturday for Managua Nicaragua. At an Airport news conference Here Tunnermann said his government was right to expel . Ambassador Richard Melton. But he said the Reagan administration which expelled him in retaliation had no basis for expelling nicaraguan diplomats. If we expelled Melton we had reasons to do so because Melton. Was interfering in internal affairs of Nicaragua in the spirit of destabilizing our govern ment he  said Melton attended meetings where participants discussed replacing the nicaraguan government. My work was absolutely diplomatic. We do not question the decision of the United states even though it was unjustified but in the Case of Melton we were right he  expelled Melton and seven other . Embassy officials on monday. A Day later the Reagan administration gave Tunnermann and seven other embassy officials 72 hours to leave the country. Tunnermann served both As ambassador to the United states and to the organization of american states and he maintained throughout that the United states had no right to expel him citing guarantees contained in the Oas charter. Shortly before leaving on his flight to Mexico City he took a parting shot at the administration insisting that the . Action threatened the Independence of the Oas and saying his government would seek re course through Oas Legal channels. Nicaragua s expulsions of . Diplomats came the same Day the government closed a roman Catholic radio station and an opposition newspaper and one Day after government troops violently suppressed an anti government demonstration. . House and Senate condemnation of sandinista leaders for the crackdown on the opposition has re Vived the possibility that Congress could approve new military Aid for the .-backed rebels known As con  temporary cease fire with the rebels has been in effect since March 21, but talks to extend it into a permanent agreement collapsed in june. Each Side accuses the other of violating the truce. Tunnermann s wife Rosa said she and the couple s seven children will remain in the Washington area where they have a Home in a fashionable Section of suburban Maryland. Meanwhile Contra rebels violating a truce with the sandinista government attacked three times in North Ern and Central Nicaragua and one civilian and three rebels were killed the defense ministry said. Summit from Page 1 people who died there during world War ii. Conference Host Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski of Poland speaking at a dinner attended by the leaders Fri Day said the East bloc nations have launched a peace  Ceausescu in a dinner Toast published by the state run news Agency Pap called for new East West talks on the subject of tactical nuclear weapons that remain outside the scope of the new . Soviet treaty to scrap intermediate Range nuclear missiles. The treaty covers missiles with ranges Between 300 and 3,000 Miles. The treaty was a step toward disarmament but the dangerous course of events has not yet been radically changed toward detente cooperation and peace the romanian Leader said. He proposed that talks on Complete removal of any Shorter Range nuclear weapons from the european continent should be started As soon As possible along with planned talks this fall on reducing conventional forces. Gorbachev urged a renewed Effort to break a dead lock with nato Over reducing conventional forces in Europe. He suggested a pan european conference and a withdrawal of some Warsaw pact air forces in Exchange for the West s giving up plans to deploy 72 f 16 fighter bombers in Italy. The proposals already have been rejected by the United states. Other leaders taking part in the Summit were Erich Honecker of East Germany Todor Zsivkov of Bulgaria Karoly Grosz of Hungary and Milos Jakes of Czechoslovakia. Tourist exodus creating traffic jams Munich West Germany a in the biggest exodus this summer thousands of West German tourists headed for the sunny South saturday creating hug traffic jams in Bavaria and Austria police reported. Police said columns of cars along the 80-mile Lon Highway Between Munich and Salzburg Austria moved at a Snail s Pace with frequent stops. Elsewhere in West Germany police reported Alsup to 30 Miles Long with bumper to bumper traffic on the Highway from Frankfurt to Nurnberg and Munich. In Austria Long columns formed before several Tun Nels on the main Highway leading to Yugoslavia and Italy. Police said Drivers had to wait up to four hours to Cross the austrian yugoslav Border and up to two hours to Cross into Italy. Police warned Drivers about Long jams at the Las two gasoline stations in West Germany before the aus Trian Border. This seems to be the biggest wave of vacationers sofar this year said an official of the Munich traffic police Headquarters. Driving was made hazardous by heavy rain in West Germany and police reported three people killed and eight injured in Road accidents Early saturday