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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. October 17, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 9 winging into the future the is. Air Force is taking off on a new design for its aircraft. This artist s rendering shows the Aurora a. Secret plane that will be the world s fastest and highest flying aircraft sources say. The Aurora ii expected to replace the air Force s sr-t1 Blackbird which is the world s fastest plane. The sh-71 can Fly lit about 2,200 Mph and can climb to altitudes above 80,000 feet. Author changes spy Catcher Story admits he was part of Wilson smear by the Washington Post London Fatt Wright the former intelligence agent whose memoirs were cleared for publication by Britain s highest court on thursday has significantly altered the Book s most controversial allegation. The Book. Spy Aicher alleges that up to 30 senior officers in mi5. The Domestic  Agency for which Wright worked conspired in themid-1970s to smear then prime minister Harold Wilson and. Ultimately to Force his resignation. According to the ver Sion recounted in spy Catcher Wright discovered the plot refused to join and informed his superiors about in. In a six month old Tele vision interview Broad cast Here for the first Tim thursday night however Wilson Wright 72, said Hal he had had a major role himself saudi Arabia drastically cuts Oil production Abu Dahabi up saudi Arabia has drastically slashed ils Oil output the action followed a warning or a possible repetition of the 1986 Market collapse. The warning appears to have succeeded in creating a sense of urgency among other producers to stabilize prices traders said . Persian Gulf based traders said saudi Arabia he world s largest exporter has brought its production Down to 4.4 million barrels a Day close to its open assigned quota of 4,3 million barrels during the week in Dingol. 10.that is around 1.4 million barrels less than the King Dom s output during the last two weeks of september. Signalling impatience with widespread violations or specs production rules saudi Arabia warned oct. 3 that a free for All could result in a repeat of the 1986 Market collapse when Oil prices tumbled by about 50  traders also expert that saudi Arabia s allies Kuwait and inc United Arab emirates will put curbs on their runaway output. The saudis have shown their Power and the Mes Sage appears to have gotten through the Middle East manager of a japanese Oil company  sources said they were still wailing for a solid trend to emerge at a meeting later sunday of the six member Gulf cooperation Council acc in saudi  Oil minister Hisham Naier was to be chair Man of the meeting and others who were scheduled to be at the conference Are his counterparts from Kuwait , Qatar Bahrain and  suggesting that saudi Arabia Ope i Prin Cipal producer was abandoning its quota in favor of u larger Market share caused prices to Tumble to 25 Rno nth old lows in a heavily saturated Market some Middle East crude changed hands no around $9 a  firmed up by $1.50 to 12 a barrel on news that saudi Arabia was trying to restore production restraint by its Gulf Arab  prices Are still around $6 a barrel below specs target Price of s18 a  s two committees on pricing and Long term strategy Are expected to hold a joint meeting in Madrid Spain thursday to discuss options in Advance of the Cartel s Ordinary meeting that n scheduled in Vienna nov. 21.the Madrid meeting will bring the Oil minister of Iran and Iraq together with Sis other influential ministers with the aim of designing a new proud clips sharing agreement to stabilize prices open officials said. In i Fie j plot and considered Wilson a traitor. He said much of the information supporting Wilson s sup posed treachery had come from former Cia count Crin Lelli Genic chief James j. Angles of who considered Wilson a soviet  Wilson abruptly resigned in 1976, citing ill health. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher informed parliament several years ago that internal investigation had shown that no intelligence plot existed against Wilson. The allegation that he was a soviet spy Lias Long been discounted by most within the British and american intelligence communities asked by the television interviewer about the alleged 30-Man plot Wright said that while 3d officers sinew something was going on Only Aboul eight or nine knew what we were Likely to  when the interviewer on the bbl current affair program Panorama pressed Wright to be More specific about now Many were serious about the plot he said one i should say. Really  he described the part of his Book that dealt with the conspiracy As unreliable Wright whose mis Job during the late 1960s and 70s was to ferret out soviet moles inside the Organiza Tion said that he believed Wilson to be a traitor be cause of a dozen trips he took during the 1950s to Eastern Europe As an East West Trade representative for a British company. He said that he found it hard to believe thai the soviet Kab bad not approached Wil son and added that Wilson As prime minister had surrounded himself with suspicious figures. The British government began efforts to prohibit publication or spy Richcr which chronicles Wright s 20-year mis career when Wright indicated he intended to publish it in Australia where he had retired. Smurfs stand tall As creator Marks 30th anniversary Brussels Belgium a Brussels grand place was far Loo Small sunday As hundreds and hundreds of children came to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the smurfs the Blue four Fin gered gnomes of cartoon creator Pyo Pyo the pseudonym of Pierre Culliford Cre ated the smurfs in 1958 As minor characters in a comic Book of Johan and Pirl Cwick but since they have continued a lift of their own bringing Peyo worldwide Fame among children. Their adventures a capped in 30 albums which have been translated into 25 languages over250 television episodes and four feature length movies. On  historic grand place was full of Blue with the children being treated to a Parade of smurfs children s entertainment of All kinds smurf songs and pastries offered by smurfs from an outsize wooden birthday cake. Pyo 60, celebrated the event with his family and friends in a gothic bar overlooking the grand place a smurf u called Cilufo in Spanish sch Roumpf in French Schlumpf in German smolt in danish up feb in italian Sumaru in japanese Nam Ching Ling in chinese and Dard Assim in hebrew  
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