European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday september 6.1988 world today top soviet commanders plan military exercises Moscow a top soviet military com Manders will Stags Maneu vers in the Ukraine Moldavia and he Black sea this month to improve teamwork among he branches of the Mili tary Tim said sunday. The official soviet news Agency said thai de sense minister it Wilri to Yarov will Dirc inc Maneu vers and Hal Only a few troops will be used in the command Post exercise codename autumn so it will take place during the second half of in month. First soviet ship since 45 docks at s. Korean port Seoul South Korea a for the firs Lime since Korea was divided in 1 945, a soviet vessel docked sunday at a Saul korean port a soviet tourist ship the 12,798-Lon arrived Al the we Stern port City of Inchon 25 Miles Wisl of Seoul. The ship went id Inchon after stopping at inc Southern port of Pusan on saturday. In Pusan inc site of yachting Competition in inc olympics the ship dropped off a 27-Mcmber soviet Washling delegation and 56 tourists. The soviet vessel will remain in Inchon until the end of the game held from sept. 17 loot. 2. The last visit of a soviet vessel occurred in1945, when . And soviet troops facilitated the sir tender of Japan which colonized the pen insula for 3f years. South Korea has no Diplo Matic rein i ions with the soviet Union which backed North Korea during the 1950-1953 korean War. 3 killed by crocodiles during floods in Nigeria Lagos Nigeria Al crocodiles killed three people after the crocodiles were swept into villages on water from inc flooded by nut River Nigeria radio said sunday. The government radio also said 500 people were left homeless because of the flooding caused by heavy Raini in the country s Center the radio said the villagers died in plateau slate hut it did not say when they were attacked by the crocodiles. The local government said Rescue workers had been sent to the villages to help in Salvage work. Soviet airline manager suspected As spy Canberra Australia up the manager of the soviet airline Aeroflot s ticket Agency i Sydney has been accused of being a soviet spy. A member of the opposition Liberal party Ken Al Rcd said in parliament that inc Agency manager Vladimir pod Sipkov reports to a Mil itary intelligence officer at the Ovici embassy in Canberra. Al Rcd s allegations arc part of Strong opposition objections to the labor government s cur rent negotiations with the soviet Union Ove Access to australian ports for soviet fishing ves Sels and Landing rights for Aeroflot to enable fishing Crew changeovers. He told parliament inc australian Security intelligence organization Asio docs not Havethe resources to properly do their Job. ,. To properly Monitor and contain the existing threat posed to Australia by russian intelligence serv ice officers already in this the australian government has made no com ments on Al Rcd s allegations. Son in Law of Brezhnev on trial for bribe taking Moscow a Leonid i. Brezhnev s son in Law went on trial monday charged with taking $1,1 million in bribes in a Case expected to Bare corruption in inc highest Kremlin circles. If convicted he could face airing squad the trial of Yuri Chur Banov. 51, an sex first Dep Uty inferior minister is clearly in line with Ovici Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev s drive to break with the cronyism and corruption now seen As endemic under Brezhnev who ran the soviet Union As communist party chief from 1964 until his death in 1982. Chur Banov who is charged with bribe taking and abuse of office is an example of the stagnation period when a person reached High position not because of his merits but due to his family connections the party daily pravda said last week glasnost and democracy will help to avoid Chur Banov ism and anything similar to it pravda said. The Case against Chur Banov and eight co defendants being heard by the military collegium of the soviet supreme court May also have a political aim to discredit remaining members of inc Kremlin old guard who flourished under Brezhnev. The Tass news Agency announced that the Ria began with the Reading of the indictment before a three member military tribunal Chur Banov who married Brezhnev s daughter Gal. Ina in 1971 after a previous marriage ended in divorce is a Central figure in a colossal embezzlement and bribery scheme authorities say was entered on the Central asian Republic of Uzbekistan. Pravda said that beginning in inc 1970s, Cotton harvests in Uzbekistan were padded by almost i Mil lion tons annually with the government made to pay for the non existent crop by corrupt officials including uzbek party Boss Sharar Aspidov who died in 1981 today it has been proven that the Cotton Baron stoic More than 4 billion rubles �6.34 billion from the state half of which they stuffed into their own pravda reported earlier this year in a sensational expose on inc fraud. Chur Banov who held the rank of colonel general in the Moscow based ministry responsible for police and Law enforcement was a Power hungry epicure who be came a key actor in shielding inc Racket pravda said. Yuri clip Burtov having such a Friend was not Only an advantage for Kash Idov and his group it was vitally important the paper said. Chur Banov who began his adult life As a Mechanic by forc taking a Low level Interior ministry Job in 1961, is accused of accepting bribes totalling sum is the equivalent of 270 years pay for the average soviet factory worker. Officials announced Chur Banov s arrest in february1987. He was fired from his top tevet Interior ministry Job in 1984, but he reportedly was employed As Deputy chief of political administration for the ministry s uni formed Security troops until september 1985. Dod Leader arrives in China for talks Beijing Al . Defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci arrived monday on his first trip to China a five Day visit Hal will include discussions on several disputes Over defense policies. Carlucci is to hold talks on global regional and by Lancial issues with his Host defense minister qin8 Wei. He is also scheduled to meet China s top Leader eng Xiaoping and communist party general Secre tary Zhao Ziyang. Carlucci spent two Days in Guam before flying to Beijing where he was met at the Airport by Gen. Sung Wenzhong head of the Bureau of foreign affair inthe people s liberation army. Carlucci is expected to restate . Concerns about China s arms safes to the Middle East which the Rea Gan administration maintains could destabilize Mili tary balances in the Region. China has reportedly sold silkworm anti ship mis Siles to Iran and recently agreed to Supply saudi Ara Bia with medium Range surface to surface missiles.. Officials say China is also trying to sell a Shorter Range missile now under development to Syria. China which denied arms sales to Iran is building up the arms Industry la help finance the modernization of its armed forces. When the . Secretary of state George Shultz brought up the Issue of Middle East sales during a visit in july inc chinese said the weapons were of a defensive nature and the tales were conducted responsibly. Chinese officials in turn Are Likely to urge the United slates to Case restrictions on sales of High technology items to China. The chinese say american businessmen Are losing business to japanese and european competitors because the Pentagon is reluctant to allow Transfer of some types of technology. In particular China is Cupec Tchlo urge the administration of president Reagan to give the go ahead for . Companies to use chinese Long March rockets to launch satellites. Reagan is to make a decision on the chinese later ibis month. The slate department has recommended that Reagan Grant Export licenses for the satellites but the Commerce department has objected laying that would undercut . Companies trying to develop satellite launching services. Cariucci i visit in the third by the Leader of the Pentagon during the Reagan administration. Former de sense Secretary Caspar Weinberger visited China in19g and 1986. Visits and personnel exchanges Between the Milita Ries of the two countries have become common and . Military sales to China have grown at a steady immodest Pace. The United states has supplied China with trans port helicopters and avionics equipment for chinese fighter planes and Boeing is now holding negotiation son inc possible Sale of about a dozen helicopters for use in a chinese rapid deployment Force. During his visit Carlucci will travel to the ancient capital of Xian and will Slop in Shanghai where he will tour a chinese naval facility. 2 air shows in France attract 32,000 spectators Paris up1 about 32,000 people attended two air shows in France Sun Day with tightened safely rules in effects week Afler an air show crash at Ramstein a in West Germany killed More than 50 spectators. Aircraft at shows in Dinard in Brittany and Roann in inc Loire province Southwest of Paris flew Al minimum altitudes of 500 feet instead of the Regula Tion 330 feel officials said. About 20,000 spectators turned out in Dinard to Sec the Patro Ciuc de France patrol of France air Force stunt team which modified its program to eliminate More risky crossover Maneu vers. Greater Security for the pilots and the audience has been put Inlo effect said air Force spokesman Gen. Yves Grossl. Organic cars in Rozonne said the crowd of 12,000 was smaller than in other years. But Roanne air club presiden Claude Vermesch minimized the Impact of the crash at Kanstein. The psychosis of the Accident certainly played a Rale but Only slightly said Var Mysch. The overcast weather and the entry tee had just As much to do with this slight decline in the aviation Butts Al the show also shrugged off the safely Issue. Just be cause there was one catastrophe does t mean there will be a second a Young Spectator told a French television report
