European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 2,1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 latins not being pressured Shultz says Washington a Secretary of state George p. Shultz says his visit to latin America this week is not intended to Force leaders there into a confrontation with Nicaragua Over democratic re forms. Shultz s 10-Day journey to nine coun tries began monday in Guatemala where he was to meet with the foreign ministers of four Central american countries in an attempt to come up with a common strategy on the leftist sandinista govern ment. Shultz on sunday said a statement which he said was drafted mostly by the foreign ministers of Guatemala al Sal Vador Costa Rica and Honduras is still open to discussion. We re not trying to ram anything Down anyone s Throat he said on the lbs to program face the  having drafted it they Are not so sure they want to Issue  Honduras meanwhile harshly criticized Guatemala and Costa Rica for in sisting that the joint communique on Nicaragua to be issued following monday s meeting be softened Call ing their action incomprehensible and  the hondurans in a statement issued to reporters sunday night said the guatemalans and Costa Picans had made a number of changes in the document that was first agreed to a month ago including Many provisions aimed at Nicaragua. A senior Reagan administration offi Cial who briefed reporters on Friday said it was unclear whether the Guate rejection of Shultz proposals urged by sandinista Leader Managua Nicaragua a president Daniel Ortega is urging the other four countries that signed a Cen trial american peace plan to reject any proposal by . Secretary of state George Shultz to condemn Ortega s leftist sandinista  United states is trying to escalate the War. With consequence for All the Central american countries not just for Nicaragua Ortega said i Brief meeting with reporters on Sun  called on the four other Central american nations to respond with dignity and firmness and reject any such us. Proposal. Shultz meets monday with the foreign ministers of Guatemala Honduras. Al Salvador and Costa Rica in Guate Mala City on the first Stop of a nine coun try tour of latin  was not invited to the  plan signed by the five Central american presidents last August Armsto negotiate an end to the .-sup ported Contra rebels1 War against the sandinista and to guerrilla wars in �1 Salvador and  plan s provisions remain largely unmet except for a fragile cease fire i Nicaragua. The plan Calls for reforms to bring greater democracy to the re Gion an end to outside Aid to insurgents and use of National territories by rebels forces. Mala meeting will result in a joint statement of principles designed to prod Nicaragua into complying with its stated commitment to move toward democratic reforms. The official who spoke Only on Condi Tion of anonymity said a consensus on a common policy toward Nicaragua has been difficult to reach. The special . Envoy to Central America Morris Busby has been Consul Ting on that Issue with officials from the four Central american nations. In Managua nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega urged the four Central american countries to reject any . Attempt to condemn or isolate Nicara Gua. A guatemalan legislator meanwhile accused the state department of trying to pressure the countries into signing a virtual declaration of War against Nicaragua. The legislator Edmund mulch Lesieur representing a political party known As the Union of the National Center said president Vinicio Cerezo rejected a de Mand by Busby to abandon Guatemala s policy of Active neutrality by agreeing to the document. Mulch said Honduras and al Salvador had agreed to sign it while Guatemala and Costa Rica turned it Down. The . Embassy in Guatemala City issued a statement sunday categorically denying mulch s statements made in an interview with a Guatemala City news paper. The United states has not pressured Guatemala or any other country. The United states has not asked Guatemala to abandon Active neutrality " the embassy said. A fragile cease fire remains in place in Nicaragua but there has been no Prog Ress on a final settlement Between the sandinista and the Contra rebels. The impasse has produced Calls by conserva Tive members of Congress for a renewal of military Aid to the rebels. In Public statements this past week rebel leaders have maintained the truce has helped the sandinista by enabling them to strengthen their Overall military position while the contras have been denied lethal Aid from the United Stales. The administration has contended that the sandinista also have stepped up internal repression since the truce went into effect four months ago. After his Guatemala visit Shultz will travel to Argentina Uruguay Brazil and Bolivia before a return trip lasting 24 hours to Central America on aug. 8 for talks in Costa Rica al Salvador and Honduras. Jackson oks meeting to end dispute with Koch s8$8sbTsgm8sffi&8 up Edward Koch new York a former demo cratic presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson reportedly has agreed to meet with mayor Edward i. Koch in an attempt to end their differences which have threat ened party Unity. Jackson said sunday he had accepted gov. Mario Cuomo s request to smooth Over differences with Koch Walro sharply criticized Jackson during april s new York state presidential primary Campaign the new York times reported monday. Governor Cuomo has expressed in Terest in the relationship being healed Jackson told the times. I think that s  Koch said in a statement i agree that in the interest of party Unity and the election of Massachusetts gov Michael Dukakis it would be Good to meet with Jesse  Cuomo has invited the two to meet with him Over Coffee. Cuomo said sunday he talked with Jackson on Friday and that he has told Jackson and Koch How important i thought it was to put things together  Jackson referring to Koch said the Guy who closed doors is now trying to open them. If he Calls me i will respond to his  Koch and Cuomo said a first meeting should be attended by Only the three. Koch added sunday that he would have no hesitancy in sitting Down with Jesse Jackson and any Black leaders he would like to  in april the jewish mayor said jews would be crazy to vote for Jackson who supports palestinian self determination. He raised race and religion As a lit mus test which set a sour tone in new York and injured a lot of Black and jew ish relations Jackson told the times. A person at Jackson s Home in Chi Cago told the associated press late Sun Day that he had gone to bed and was unavailable for comment. On the webs to sunday program new makers Koch said it s hardly Likely that Jesse Jackson and his intimate supporters you know the ones closest to him Are Ever going to support me. We have fundamental  but he said they could work together noting that there Are probably wider differences Between Jesse Jackson and democratic vice presidential nominee Lloyd Bentsen than Between Jesse Jack son and  Jesse Jackson soviets pledge to reveal secret defense budget Washington a soviet officials Are promising to reveal one of their deepest military secrets one that de sense minister Dmitri Yazoo says is a mystery even to him the size of the de sense budget. That military budget will again be near the top of the Agenda As . De sense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci opens his third round of talks with Yazoo in Moscow on monday. Soviet defense officials in the past have said their annual spending was about 20 billion rubles or $33 billion just Over one tenth of the Pentagon Bud get. But analysts at the Central intelligence Agency and Pentagon say soviet defense spending is close to that of the United states accounting for 15-17 percent of the soviet Gross National product. And Yazoo during his two previous meetings with Carlucci has pegged soviet defense spending at about 16 percent of Gnu very close to the . Estimate. The soviets say they Don t know exactly what they Are spending on defense because their data does not account for weapons research development and production which consume More than half the Pentagon budget. Nowhere Are the soviet numbers pulled together. And in a country where the govern ment owns All Industry the soviet Mili tary pays artificially Low prices for goods that in Many cases Are not even available to civilian factories such As special steel alloys. It is kind of hard for us to believe that they Don t know How much in detail they spend on military matters but maybe it s True said a senior Pentagon official. Soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev has called for reforms throughout society including the military and wants the defense ministry to produce a Complete and reliable budget. Vadim Kuznetsov Deputy director of the .a. Desk at the soviet foreign ministry said in a recent interview in Moscow that his nation would make Good on its pledge to publish a detailed defense budget by the Early 1990s. In two three or four years we will have much More Correct figures on Mili tary spending said Kuznetsov. That will take a new system of accounting similar to the one in which civilian Facto Ries must pay their Way or shut Down rather than exist on state subsidies As has been the Case he  soviet military spending will stay below that of America said Kuznetsov because we have compulsive military service. We practically pay our soldiers nothing. They get some pocket Money for cigarettes that s