European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse A first look at Britain s new Princess Page 3 the starsandjtripes&sss0w&$&s&r authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 47, no. 117 saturday August 13, 1988 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a . Inspectors in .s.r. Flap accused of illegal shipment attempt Washington up . Inspectors stationed at the soviet Union s primary nuclear test site recently were caught trying to ship prohibited militarily sensitive soviet materials Back to the United states the Washington Post re ported Friday. The attempted shipment july 17, which officials said Drew a formal Diplo Matic protest involved materials such As tools and wire associated with nuclear test preparations As Well As Rock and soil samples of potential use in judging yields of soviet nuclear blasts the newspaper said. Asked if the United states set out knowingly to collect prohibited materials amounting to espionage the Post said Rob Ert Barker a senior . Official involved inthe negotiations that led to the visit re plied absolutely another senior official not identified by the newspaper presumed the matter stemmed from an innocent mistake but conceded there s no question that we stepped Over the Bounds of the agreement. It s a bit embarrassing and a stupid move on our part and we Are try ing to put it to one the incident occurred As the pos noted with both countries for the first time in the atomic age beginning to allow each other to Monitor each other s nuclear tests. Sex Ort of the materials is not permitted by rules governing the Ameri can team s visit to the site in South Cen trial Russia. Discovery of the attempted shipment in a crate of personal belongings of a . Official and two employees of Pri vate companies under contract to the Federal government led to a private pro test by soviet officials to american diplomats on july 25, the newspaper said. The soviets reportedly demanded detailed explanation and the permanent expulsion of the violators but by then the . Official and one of the contracted employees had left the United states denied that the second employee was responsible the Post said and he is being allowed to remain at the site near Semipalatinsk pending Resolution of the matter. The Post said names of those implicated by the soviets and by a secret Energy department investigation of the incident could not be Learned thursday. There was no indication from the so Viets that the Case would delay a special nuclear Experiment next month at Semipalatinsk or a parallel Experiment at the . Nuclear test site in Nevada next week the newspaper added. Burma s Leader resigns posts after 17 Days Bangkok Thailand a Sein Lwin resigned Friday As president of Burma and from All his other major posts after thousands of people protested his 17 Day Rule with violent demonstrations nationwide state owned radio Rangoon said. Troops have killed at least 95 people in massive anti government protests since Sein Lwin became president on july 27, the radio said. The people s Assembly elected him to replace be win who resigned after 26 years in Power. However Western diplomats said the death toll May be in the hundreds and unconfirmed reports reaching Bangkok put the figure As High As 1,000. The broadcast gave no reason for the Resig nation and no successor was immediately radio said a special meeting of both the Cen trial committee of the Burma socialist program party and the people s Assembly was called for next Friday. Earlier Friday a burmese guerrilla Leader called on rebel groups to launch a nationwide offensive against Sein Lwin s government. Soldiers in one town reportedly turned against the government and allowed thousands of protesters to March through the streets. Sein Lwin 64, a former military officer was held responsible by demonstrators for brutal sup pression of student demonstrations in March and june As Well As his predecessor s earlier crackdown on dissidents. Ciao the 8i9u know th8 signs of disapproval amid a Forest of signs crowds gather outside univer of Christ a controversial film based on a novel Sal studios in Hollywood to protest Friday s release portraying Jesus As a weak Uncertain figure subject of the Martin Scorsese movie the last temptation to Ordinary mortals weaknesses. Story on Page 28. Dod extends aids testing program for j year by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington Deputy defens Secretary William h. Taft in has extended for another year the Pentagon s aids testing program and in the process made it easier for military authorities to advise the spouses of reservists if their mates test positively. In updating the acquired immune deficiency syndrome policy guidelines Taft also rejected for the time being mandatory testing of civilian defense employees destined for overseas posts. Such civilian workers will be tested Only if they Are being assigned to a foreign country whose government requires such a test. The policy statement issued Friday continues the current practice of Manda tory blood screening for All military personnel on Active duty All reservists an National guard members and All men and women seeking to join the armed services. It further continues the practice of Al lowing military personnel who test positively to remain on Active duty until the show signs of the actual disease. But it changes the Pentagon policy re Garding education and efforts to control the disease s spread. Under a 1987 policy statement if Mil itary personnel tested positively and agreed to provide the names of his or he sexual partners to medical authorities for counselling the military doctor could relay those names to local health officials unless prohibited by state Law. That policy has now been expanded today the military doctor can directly con tact the spouse of a reservist if that reservist has tested positively. The spouse May then be offered aids testing and see aids on Back Page
