European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday. September 26,1988 soviets assail plan for Berlin paper says Hamburg West Ger Millry a the soviet Union has criticized promo. Sals by the three Allied Powers governing West Berlin saying Hal they ignore con temporary political realities a newspaper reported saturday. The Hamburg based Bild am sonntag newspaper in a telex said it had obtained the text or the soviet response which was announced a week ago. Last december the three Allied Powers in West Berlin Theunis Tasules Fiance and  memorandum to soviet officials who control the Eastern sector of the City containing proposals Tor improving conditions in Berlin. Allied officials have refused to Dis close the attn oct Sci proposals. But the mass circulation bit mid the soviet response criticized them astr a Noring the territorial and political Reali ties of Central  the allies Are Ope fint Wilh a conceptual orientation that does not Corr Spond with the actual current stale of affairs the newspaper quoted the reply assaying. The newspaper said the soviets first demanded recognition of East German sovereignty for air corridors used by the allies under a treaty with the soviets. The Sovil reply denounced Contr to the two of Obi to to valves is now the capital of Asl Germany so to Toj same status As the rest of the nation quoted the response As saying. Under Post world War ii treaties Berlin is an International City governed by the four nations thai Defeated nazi Germany in 1943. . Officials have said the memorandum on the soviet Union i prompted by president a if a f-r.987 Berlin Ini jilt ii Iff which he called for improving International air Access to Berlin an staging the olympic games and other sports on both sides of the Burl in Wall. During a june 12, 1987, speech in West Berlin Reagan called on soviet Ider Mikhail Gorbachev to tear Down .5btriia Wall which divides the City. The soviet response according to the newspaper was directed at reinforcing East German claims Hal its sovereignly must be Lakin into account in any talk son reducing a tangle of regulations in the divided City. Dollar from Page 1 j said growth was continuing a a faster Pace than had been expected earlier in the year that world employ ment has increased and that inflationary pressures were being contained. They also said they were commit cd to pursuing policies that will maintain exd Iange rate  in ratifying the current lev l of the Dollar the finance ministers were coniing no 3 three year Experiment in economic  Exchange rate management that began in september 1985 when the finance ministers signed an agreement in new Yorkshat sought to drive Down the if Vel of the Dollar. The Dollar now stands at j34 japanese yen Well below its level of september i98s, but 9 percent higher than the end of last year. In addition the Dollar closed in Friday s trading at 1.875 German Marks 19 percent higher than at the end of 19s7j the managing director of the International Mone tary fund Michel came Sui created some friction with officials of the group of seven last week when lie suggested that the Dollar might be Loo Strong. Many economists fear that if the american Trade deficit docs not decline significantly the Dollar could plunge throwing the worlds financial markets into havoc. Clearly referring to the u Nique said where external still targe the strengthening be  tied slates the comm fend budget deficits Are f the fiscal position will. Senior Treasury officials denied that this meant the group of seven was calling on Washington to raise taxes. He called the statement a reference to the fact Hal the United Stales is com drilled to reduce its Defi Cit  Ujj regarding West Germany ind Japan the communique said Strong Domestic demand growth is required meaning those nation should seek to stimulate Domestic consumption to increase imports and to Spur growth at Home and abroad. This was the first group of seven meeting attended by Nicholas f. Brady the new . Treasury Secretary. He will also be among the More than 10,000 financial officials and Bankers from 1 51 nations attending the world Bank and if meetings which run tuesday through thursday in its Outlook report the if said Washington s Trade deficit would hardly decline at All next year. It news Brier Maureen Reagan meets with Mozambique Leader Maputo Nam Bique a a president Reagan s Daughley Maureen delivered a Mes Sage from her Fath Evo president Joaquim Chis Sano on saturday and. Described her meeting As extremely , / during an Airport Newm inference before her departure Maureen re Afflit did not disclose contents of the message by say Hashe was return ing to Washington . The president s daughter spent Shours in the country As the head of a presidential commis Sion on  visited a Center Werc Chil Dren had been rescued from the Moza Tabique National resist nce guerrillas fighting to topple oriented government. Commission the marxism members Aljo visited a women s agricultural co operative and a Center for people displaced by inc 12-year-old civil War. Said the current account deficit which includes the merchandise Trade deficit and the flow of invisible services would be $128.7 billion next year com pared with an anticipated $128.9 billion this year. Last year the Atnif trick deficit in the current account was is 54 billion. The economic report also revised upward i regrowth prospects for the Industrial world saying eco nomic output would grow a robust 3.9 percent this year while in april it forecast Hal the industrialized nations would grow by a moderate 2.8 percent this year. The if attributed the stronger than or petted growth to last october s Stock Market crash having a smaller impart than expected and on ski tag business investment and consumer demand. Al the same time if co Nopris did not revise upward their forecast for the developing nations predicting that they would grow by 3.6 percent this year. Lebanon \ from Page 1 v. Ever a formal partition of Lebanon into separate mos Lem and Christian slates. Immediately after Hoss met with his cabinets Al urday the Cabinet announced that Aoun would tac disciplinary measure if he did not leave politics. Bat Aoun rejected the threat at a news conference at the presidential Palace five Miles inside the Chris a heartland North of Beirut. The Hoss Cabinet has no Legal status said Vagoun s3, i shall Issue a directive in All civil servant not to Lake any orders from the resigning Hoss Cabinet or face Legal prosecution the general insisted his Cabinet had legally inherited Gemayel s Powers and thus is the legitimate government of Lebanon even though three moslem offi cers named to serve on the intern Cabinet refused their posts. / this is not so Hoss said. The presidential pow ers have passed to my Cabinet because Gemayel had no constitutional right to form another government before he  acting prime minister after the assassination of prime minister Rashid Karami by a bomb exp fusion in an army helicopter on june 1, 1987. Hosi said his Interior minister Abdulla Rassi. The6nly Christian member of the Hoss Cabinet had been named Deputy prime minister. Lebanon has been plagued by sectarian strife since 1975. But this was the first time since Independence from France in 1943 that Lebanon had come so closet formalizing the de Facto partition Between Chris Tiafu and moslem. Parliament its 76 current deputies deeply divided along sectarian lines cancelled a Friday morning ses Sion undermining the third Al tempt in five weeks to elect a new president. Parliament peaker Hussein Husseini postponed the session unit Clidale that will be announced later a parliament spokesman said. Ship reports mine sighted in Gulf Manama Bahrain