European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday August 17,1988 estonians told officially of Wii nazi pact i .l., a  i by offt Ftp  a Tallinn . A the people of Estonia have been told for the first time by state run Media of the secret agreement Between nazi Germany and Josef Stalin that paved the Way 49 years ago for soviet take Over of the three Independent Baltic states. Activists who have been pressing for an Independent Estonia claim that publication of the Molotov Ribben trop pact s secret protocols portends a change in Tremlin policy. The Only Normal and acceptable situation for us is Complete Independence eve Parnaste an activist with the unofficial estonian Independence party said in an interview. I am personally convinced that within two years Estonia will again be an Independent  advocates of a less Radical change say the Public airing of the pact is a Long overdue result of Reform but one that will allow open discussion of Estonia s turbulent history. The resurgence of nationalist feeling in Estonia Latvia and Lithuania poses a thorny problem for soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev who also faces ethnic unrest in Armenia and Azerbaijan and elsewhere. Details of the Molotov Ribbentrop pact signed on aug. 23, 1939, were disclosed by the newspaper voice of the nation on wednesday and thursday and during a Friday broadcast of estonian radio. The first official disclosure of the secret agreement in the estonian language daily makes Clear that the states of Esto Nia Latvia and Lithuania were forcibly occupied by soviet troops according to Tallinn residents who translated part of the newspaper report for the associated press. The disclosure has stirred up nationalist sentiments among some estonians who say it nullifies Moscow s political hold on the Republic. Activists in the republics demonstrated last year on the 48th anniversary of the signing of the pact demanding that its provisions be made Public. Nationalist sentiment is Likely to surface again on the 49th anniversary. Parnaste and other activists said the have notified authorities that they will demonstrate in Tal Linn s Central Square and Lay Flowers in tribute to the Vic Tims of stalinism. The pact that was an official secret but was generally known among residents of the Baltic states instituted a non aggression policy Between Moscow and Berlin while the soviets occupied the Baltic and Hitler invaded Poland. The first article about the pact was accompanied by a photograph of Stalin toasting the agreement with its Signa tories soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov and German foreign minister Joachim Ribbentrop. For the first time people Here got to know of the secret additional treaty Between Molotov and Ribbentrop dividing spheres of influence Between the soviet Union and Germany said journalist Andres raid. Now for the firs time historians admit this was  Felix und Usk a Leader of the first unofficial political party sanctioned by communist party officials said Many estonians have known for years of the secret agreement but official airing of the pact will allow open discussion for the first time. Europe Finland Sweden latvian sir lithuanian a sir v Vilnius i Chicago Tribune map plan user latin traditionalists a traditionalist christians carry a statue of the Virgin Mary past a caged lion in Paris monday part of Assumption Day celebrations that were held by 5,000 Fol Lowers of archbishop Marcel Lefebvre who was excommunicated recently fro the Catholic Church for consecrating Bishops without the Vatican s approval and is the Leader of a movement that says mass in latin. 4,000 workers strike at Coal mine in Poland Warsaw Poland a More than 4,000 workers at a Coal mine in the Southern City of Jas Krzebie went on strike tuesday demanding the legalization of the banned Solidarity Trade Union an opposition spokeswoman said. The strike comes on the eighth anniversary 9f the birth of the now outlawed Trade Union federation in Gdansk. Solidarity spokeswoman Katarzyna be Trzinska said the entire Crew of the overnight shift at the Manifest lip copy mine remained on the surface of the mine throughout the night. She said they were joined by workers arriving for the Early morning shift who also stayed on the surface and refused to take up their tools. The spokeswoman said the miners had declared an occupation strike at noon tuesday. Be Trzinska said Security officials at the mine have barred members of the afternoon shift scheduled to go to work at 2 p.m., from entering the grounds to join the striking miners. She said the workers presented 20 de mands to the mine management. Earlier reports indicated that 30 demands were made but miners apparently revised the list during the course of their discussions. The demands include the legalization of the banned Trade Union Solidarity and reinstatement of workers fired for inde pendent Trade Union activities she said. The workers Are also calling for higher wages and better working conditions. The Solidarity spokeswoman said the miners have also asked that two lawyers and two economists be brought to the facility wednesday to assist  is located 277 Miles South West of Warsaw near the Industrial Cit of Katowice in the Silesia Region. The government had no immediate in formation about the work stoppage. Manifest lip copy is the second Sile Sian mine to experience unrest in recent  workers at the Rudna mine near the City of wroclaw staged a protest rally on monday to demand better safety conditions and to allow Solidarity activists to return to  management on saturday barred three Solidarity activists from joining their  Rudna mine workers have called for another protest later  of Poland s heavy Industry is located in the silesian  Coal and Copper mining operations Are critical to the nation s  Solidarity Trade Union federation was crushed in 1981 when the govern ment imposed martial Law. It was banned a year later by the polish  aug. 16 1980, workers at factories around Gdansk joined striking shipyard workers and jointly declared their de mands for the formation of an Independent Trade Union federation. Town where Hess a buried bans Raes Wun Siedel West Germany a the bavarian town where former nazi Deputy fuehrer Rudolf Hess is buried tuesday banned Neo nazi demonstrations on the anniversary of his death. Hess who was serving a life sentence in West Berlin s Spandau prison for War crimes died aug. 17 of last year at 93. Wun Siedel authorities said right Wing extremists gave notice they planned to demonstrate wednesday. We d been told to expect between500 to 1,000 right Wing extremists Wun Siedel District government chairman Christoph Schiller said. Certainly they would have been handing out their Neo nazi information and shouting Neo nazi slogans like Rudolf Hess was a Martyr " Schiller added. And there would have been Dis  Schiller said in a Telephone interview that a general ban on protests would be in effect from Midnight tuesday until Midnight sunday. Wun Siedel is located in northeastern Bavaria about 11 Miles from the czech Border. The District government chairman said a special police unit was formed in Case the protesters violate the ban on demonstrations. Within Days of Hess death last year police in Wun Siedel arrested More than 100 right Wing extremists and Neo nazi who converged on the town. Many wore Neo nazi emblems and shouted Neo nazi slogans. Hess once Deputy to nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was the last prisoner at Spandau prison in West Berlin which was administered by world War ii allies France Britain the United states an the soviet Union. Allied authorities said Hess died after he hanged himself but his family has disputed the finding and on occasion has hinted that it believed foul play was involved. File a Rudolf Hess