European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday october 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 East bloc reforms would have Marx turning Over in his grave official says by Mark Walsh staff writer Brussels Belgium while citing inc need far improvements in human rights in East bloc nations . Deputy Secretary of state John c. While head said changes taking place in some of those countries would have Karl Marx turning Over in his grave. That change is the key word of my Whitehead said at a press conference thursday after briefing members of nato s North Atlantic Council on a just concluded tour of six East bloc countries. Economic change political change and social change. And it is moving with a great the no. 2 official in the state department said the changes he saw during his tour arc bringing about More democracy and More free Enterprise based on free markets and individual initiative. Bulgaria for example is a nation where while Chad saw particular economic change. In a wednesday meeting with bulgarian Leader Todor Zsivkov White head was lot that on Jan. I a new Law will go into effect turning All government owned economic operations into corporations. Those corporations will become stockholder corporations like our Western stockholder corporations he said. And employees will be Able to buy shares in the corporations that they work the new Law also will allow Public Slock offerings in which even foreign investors will be Able to buy shares. Marx would have turned Over in his grave if he could have heard Comrade Zsivkov talk that Way Whitehead said. Encouraging the changes Are ongoing reforms in the soviet Union according to while head but individual countries Are responding in different ways and moving at different paces. But the area of human rights still needs work he said. Concerning Romania it is very hard to find any Bright spots while cad said. I was particularly appalled. To Sec the destruction of whole villages in the name of greater people were being moved from their Homes and forced to live in Bleak Barracks Type Public housing facilities that Lack running water and bathrooms he said. And although opposition recently has mounted against soviet government policies in several soviet states Whitehead said in Romania the police arc everywhere and it would be very difficult for protests to Lake place. There is no visible opposition in Romania. The people Are deprived he said. Besides Romania and Bulgaria while cad visited Poland East Germany Czechoslovakia and Hungary. It was his sixth trip to the Region during the last two years. Ponderous polishing manicurist Dilia i Nevlock works on the Tett of King Tusk Between performances of the Ringling Bros and Bantum & Bai Ley circus at Boston Garden on wednes Day. The 1,575-Pound elephant is one of the stars of the show. . Security clearance May come easier than credit card panel says \1/a Clyl mar a rom a of i anti Iii Irr n in to firm in tar ring Mil of in Imir 11 Lii Washington a obtaining a government Security clearance May be easier than getting a credit card a House re port of Federal efforts to curb spying suggests. The House intelligence committee re port concludes officials Don t do enough to scrutinize employees before they arc granted Low level Security clearances and Don t keep a close enough Eye on those who Are privy to the nation s most sensitive secrets. While some Progress has been made since a harsher report was issued two years ago bureaucratic foot dragging has kept counter intelligence gains below what they should be the panel said wednesday. The report also found that Little has been done to control inc proliferation of Classi fied information and concluded that top Cla personnel were the sources of Many revelations in Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward s Hook veil about cover operations by the Cla. The intelligence panel voted unanimously to release the report overriding objections from the Cia. According to the report Many Security clearances continue to be granted without checking applicants financial or employ ment backgrounds. Asked whether that meant getting a Security clearance is easier than opening a charge account oversight subcommittee chairman Anthony by Ilenson d-calif., said that s probably the Pentagon came in for particular criticism in the committee s review which noted that Al least 54 defense department personnel have been identified and punished Over the past five years for espionage or Security breaches the department does not appear to be looking vigorously for solutions the report said. While inc Pentagon claims to have reduced its Security cleared personnel from 4,2 million to 2,8 million in the past three years the figures cannot be verified the pane said. And with that Many cleared personnel in addition to 1.1 million clearances for defense contractors the Secretary of de sense has Only sin professional staff Mem Bers overseeing department Security pro Grams. This is a Penny Wise and Pound Fortis to approach considering these person Nel have Access to the nation s most Sensi Tive data the report found. As an example of failures in Security screening of personnel the report cites therase of Glen Michael Souther a former Navy intelligence specialist years ago in Norfolk a Souther s wife voiced suspicions to a naval officer thai her husband might be involved in espionage. He ice the Navy went to old do minion University for russian studies then rejoined the Navy As a reservist and was granted a lop Security clearance. A background investigation did not catch the warning signs and Souther defected this year to the soviet Union taking with him classified technical data on weapons systems. General urges Freer rein for american reporters Manama Bahrain a the commander of . Military forces in the Middle East says he believes american journalists Tell the Story belter than we do and should be Given As much Access to military operations As possible. Gen. George b. Crist commander of the . Cen trial come said officials should not try to interfere with reporting of Adverse developments or incidents that reflect unfavourably on the military. There s always the Chance of terrible things but we re going to Tell them anyway if it goes wrong right if we had a disaster out there we re going to have to say in anyway so we might As Well have inc press out there to see what the hell happened and explain in he said. Crist a four Star Marine corps general retires next month after three years in charge of . Military affairs in the Middle East. He made his remarks in an interview during a Farewell tour of the persian Gulf. The Navy s Gulf operation during he past 17 months is its largest undertaking since Vietnam Cost ing Jis million to 120 million a month according 10 Pentagon estimates. In terms of shooting at ships and other things we be done it s inc biggest since world War ii said Cam. Donald Dvornik a. Senior aide 10 Crist. Crist noted that some historians described a one Day series of clashes wish Iran on april 18 As the biggest . Naval engagement since the Battle of Leyly Gulf in 1944. The untied Stales now has 26 warships in the re Gion including 10 in the Gulf but plans cutbacks i the aug. 20 Casc firc continues to hold. The i Ruck ended eight years of hostilities Between Iraq and Iran. Crist indicated that his views on news Media cover age of military operations were strongly shaped by the 1983 invasion of Grenada in which the Pentagon barred the Media from accompanying . Forces. That decision was seen As contributing to highly negative news coverage of the Mission which he Rea Gan administration said was 10 prevent a cuban backed communist takeover of the Caribbean Island. The Grenada dispute led the Pentagon to set up stand ing pools of print and broadcast reporters to Coyer . Military operations. The system itself controversial saw its first lost under combat conditions in the Gulf. During the year ending last july rotating groups of journalists were allowed to report from aboard Navy warships. Their material was not censored but was subject to Security review to screen out militarily sensitive information. Crist who is described by subordinates As a Security conscious taskmaster witnessed the Grenada invasion As a Pentagon staff officer working for the joint chiefs of we had brought the correspondents in the second Day after the heavy fighting was Over and let them see what i saw. It would have been different coverage he i was convinced when we came out Here thai i was t going to do that the american press gives better coverage they Tell the Story better than we do
