European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday july 24,1988 soviets say radar station won t be totally dismantled world today Moscow a the official Tass news Agency corrected an earlier report to say that the soviets Are ready to dismantle equipment at a controversial radar station in Siberia not the entire station itself. The United states says the Krasnoyarsk radar Sta Tion in South Central Siberia violates the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty that limits the missile defences each superpower can build. . Officials say the buildings that now House the radar station must go because they could be used to hide materials after the radar itself is dismantled. But the latest Tass dispatch transmitted Friday spoke Only of the dismantling of  . Officials say the Krasnoyarsk radar could reused to help direct the soviet response to a nuclear missile attack. The soviets say the radar is designed to track space objects and is not subject to the abm  tuesday foreign ministry official Viktor p. Accused drug lord Roberto Suarez Gomez smiles while being introduced to journalists in la Paz Bolivia on Friday. Gomez allegedly one of the world s most important dealers in cocaine was arrested wednesday Northeast of la Paz at one of his five ranches. He faces a 15-year sentence for drug trafficking. Karpov told a government news briefing that the Sovi ets were ready to take action on the Krasnoyarsk radar if the United states committed itself to observing the abm treaty for at least 10 years. Tass originally quoted Karpov As saying if an understanding to abide by the abm treaty As signed in 1972, is reached the soviet Union will be ready to dismantle the Krasnoyarsk radar in a verifiable Way that would leave no doubts on the part of the United  that sparked speculation at the Geneva superpower arms talks that the soviets had agreed to . De mands. But Friday s dispatch from the soviet news Agency said that because of a translator s error some of Kar Pov s words had been dropped and that his statement should have said the soviet Union was ready to Dis Mantle the equipment of the Krasnoyarsk  .-Japan ties bar Island poet Gorbachev says Moscow a Mikhail Gorbachev told former prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan Friday that Japan s Alliance with the West blocks the return of four disputed islands a japanese official said. The soviet Leader reiterated the Kremlin s Long standing position on the islands under soviet control since world War ii. His stance allowed no Progress on what Tokyo considers the main obstacle to improved relations with Moscow the japanese official said speaking on condition of anonymity. The soviet Union occupied four islands off Northern Japan at the end of world War ii. The dispute Over ownership of the territory has prevented the two nations from concluding a peace treaty for 43 years. Nakasone told Gorbachev some of the area was occupied illegally by former soviet dictator Josef Stalin. Nakasone argued that As part of the current soviet drive to acknowledge and Correct past wrongs committed by Stalin the territory should be returned to Japan the japanese official said. In a 1956 joint declaration Between the two nations the soviet government announced its willingness to return two of the islands upon conclusion of a peace treaty to officially note the end of world War ii. However Gorbachev reminded Nakasone that the Kremlin amended that position in 1960 because Japan decided to conclude a new Security arrangement with the United states the official said paraphrasing Gorbachev. Labor criticizes Thatcher s plan to Reform secrets act As too strict London a opposition lawmakers say prime minister Margaret Thatcher s proposal to Over haul Britian s tight lipped Security Law still will allow the government to keep too Many secrets. Parliament has been debating the plan to Reform the official secrets act which was hastily passed during a Germany spy scare in 1911. The act makes it a criminal offence for the govern ment s 800,000 civil servants diplomats and defense Industry employees to reveal any official information no matter How trivial without authorization. Opposition labor party spokesman Roy Hattersley acknowledged that the conservative government s proposal would loosen some restrictions. But in the areas where open indeed honest government is tested. The same illiberal rules apply some of them with greater forces and with few Safe guards he said during a House of commons debate Friday  government s revisions propose to decriminalize trivial leaks give journalists More Legal Protection and confine secrecy mainly to defense intelligence and foreign affairs. Home Secretary Douglas kurd the Cabinet member responsible for Law and order said that except for two provisions in the revision every other move is in the direction of  no one can seriously weigh these two marginal additions against the immense reductions we propose in the scope of the present Law and conclude Ilmi Uii balance we Are extending the Law he said. Hurd said one of the proposals that would toughen the Law is the provision that would make intelligence agents automatically liable for criminal prosecution for any disclosure. The other provision would make All information on Security defense and International relations which the government provides in Confidence to other countries an automatic official secret. Hattersley complained that the provision calling for automatic criminal prosecution of Loose lipped Intelli gence agents is unfair. When they disclose information the Rule is absolute the criminal Sanction is Auto Matic no discretion there he said. Lethal baking soda mix up kills 5 restaurant patrons Beijing a five people died of Poison ing and 140 others fell sick when a chemical company in Eastern China mistakenly sold a restaurant a lethal chemical compound instead of baking soda a newspaper  peasant daily said saturday the Poison Ings occurred on june 23 after a chemical com Pany in Wenling county Zhenjiang province sold the restaurant sodium flu silicate rather than sodium bicarbonate or baking soda. Customers who bought the restaurant s Bun containing the poisonous chemical suffered from serious stomach pains vomiting and diarrhoea the report said. Wellington s death mask auctioned for $24,700 London a a death mask of the Duke of Wellington made three Days after his death sold for 14,300 pounds $24,700 Friday soothe by s auction House  vividly realistic mask of Arthur Welles Ley the Man who Defeated Napoleon at the 1815battle of Waterloo and became one of the most honoured figures in British history was put up forsake by a woman who served As housekeeper to the daughter of the sculptor who made the mask rotheby s  was purchased by the Wellington museum at Apsley House in London once the Duke s Home the auction House said. Indian artwork destroyed in fire at . Embassy Moscow a a Small fire in an unused Kitchen at the . Ambassador s residence destroyed some american Indian prints and handicrafts that were in storage for an exhibition planned in the fall a spokesman said. . Embassy press attache Richard Wilber said the fire was detected in the Kitchen of what was previously a separate apartment within the residence but is now used As an Art  Jack Matlock s wife Rebecca had received an Advance shipment from a group in Michigan for an exhibit she plans on american Indian Art this fall Gilbert said. He did not know the name of the group whose works were involved. Kohl to visit Moscow on Goodwill Mission Bonn West Germany a West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said he will travel to Moscow this fall to ensure that improvements in East West relations Are  is scheduled to travel to Moscow in sep  want to make sure that the favourable tendencies we now see in East West relations Are irreversible Kohl told reporters. Kohl added Concrete actions must now follow words in All areas from human rights to Environ mental Protection in both East and  aids infected bar girls working near naval base Olon Gapo Philippines a at least 13 prostitutes carrying the deadly aids virus continue to work As bar girls around the .-run naval facilities at Subic Bay but do not engage in sex the City health officer said. Or. Generoso Espinoza told reporters 13other women also carrying the aids virus have gone into hiding since March after discovering they were infected. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome i transmitted primarily through sexual Intercourse or contamination with infected blood. The fatal disease for which there is no cure also can retransmitted from infected mothers to their unborn children. Espinoza said the missing women who Are from 16 to 22 years old May have returned to their Home provinces or Are working elsewhere to prevent detection. He said the remaining women continue to work in several bars outside the .-run base about so Miles Northwest of Manila. He said the women claim they no longer engage in sex