European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2the stars and stripes wednesday november 16,1988 Gorbachev will generate changes in soviet military ranks author says Bidav Edehl , Bureau London the author of a new Bock on the soviet military tuesday said the West can look for definite change in inc military Arena As soviet presi Dent Mikhail Gorbachev pushes his Agenda of social and economic Reform. The soviet Union May not Stop building tanks to build washing machines but such change is High among Gorbachev s priorities. Christopher Donnelly said at a new conference to introduce his Book lied Donnelly a respected student of soviet military strategy is director of he soviet studies research Center Al the Royal military Academy at Sandhurst England according to the Book s publisher Jane s in formation group he has been studying the subject for More than 20 years and is a russian linguist " red Banner is a major contribution to Western understanding of the soviet military said Bob Hutchinson. A former cd Lor of Jane s defence weekly. He called the 288-Page Book a timely analysis of soviet military thinking and deployments speaking at the Royal United services Institute. Donnelly said that under Gorbachev change already is occurring i1h More on the Way. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher has announced that she will meet with Gorbachev on dec. 12-14, and Donnelly said i Don t think he will come without something to offer Gorbachev is desperate id get hold of Western technology and Money to Aid his planned social and eco nomic reforms Donnelly said adding that the soviet Leader will try to Surprise or Blind Side the West with an offer to Thatcher to Aid his Aims. Such an offer Donnelly said could come As a proposal to move or reduce soviet troops possibly in Europe. Donnelly said the offer could be similar to one made this year when Gorbachev tried to get the United states to give up its bases in the Philippines in Exchange for soviet withdrawal from Camanh Bay Vietnam. Donnelly said change already is evident in the soviet military although not in he Warsaw pact troops massed in Europe. Gorbachev s realignment of the so Viet general military staff and the reductions in ship and submarine building arc examples of the change lie said. Defense spell that the. Trial research and development. But Gorbachev wants financial and technological help from the West to iry to end that monopoly and put More Industry into the rest of soviet non defense manufacturing he said. A Basic failing of the soviet research and development sector is its inability to do As Western nations have done in applying advances to the rest of society to help manufacturing and productivity Donnelly said the Book argues that the West overestimate a soviet deployed military might but underestimates soviet capacity to generate or Call up reserves. Donnelly said the soviets can triple their Force size in three weeks. Donnelly s Book also proves insightful in tight of recent announcements from the . Defense establish ment. Y. Y the Book was printed before last week s announce ment on . Stealth fighter technology and Donnelly said one further Issue complicates the soviet View of future Battle and thai is the possible introduction by nato of radically new weapons based on the very latest emerging technology which the .s.r. May be unable to match concern focuses on the Overall capacity of the West to outstrip the .s.r. In technological development so rapidly that there will be a massive imbalance in the technological level of each fide in a future conflict in nuclear As Welt As conventional lev Els hijacking murder trial halts with illness of Hamadi by de Reavis Slaff Walt or Frankfurt West Germany the murder trial of confessed Hijacker Mohammed a Hamadi was interrupted tuesday afternoon when he became dizzy and could not continue with inc proceedings. I am very lir cd and i feel very Hamadi said. The 33rd session of Hamadi s air piracy and murder rial was recessed for about an hour White Hamadi was exam ined by a prison doctor. She later con firmed that Himadi was suffering dizzy spells and could not concentrate. The doctor who was not identified bythe court said Hamadi s sickness was due to circulation problems and he was Given a Shol of glucose. She also said Hamadi had been eating very Little indecent Days. She ild the court however that Hamadi was not on a hunger strike Hamadi is on medication for Low blood pressure which May have added to his weakened condition she said. Hamadi a lebanese shiite moslem is on trial for the 1985 hijacking of Twa flight 847 and for the murder of a . Navy diver who was a passenger Petty officer 2nd class Robert Dean Secl him before the defendant became ill the court heard testimony from Marypat Weber 21, a student and her fall or or. Burton Weber 48, both americans who were on the plane ,. Burton Weber testified he feared Fortis then teen age daughter s life when during inc hijacking she got into a push ing match with Hamadi and cursed him. Lie told the court Hamadi was Robbin the girl of three Gold rings act three Chain necklaces when the altercation occurred she cursed Al him and he seemed to understand what she said. I thought hews going to kill her Weber said. When chief judge a cinch milk in Burger asked Hamadi about robbing Weber he denied he Ever took anything from any of the passengers. I never put Oul my hand for some thing like this. I never did anything like this Hamadi said. Marypat Weber told the court she still has nightmares about the hijacking. I m still afraid of taking air planes she said and my father had to Jive me Medicine so t could sleep on the flight to Frankfurt to testify Burton Weber Lead just finished agree cruise with his wife and two daughters and was in route to Rome when the plane was hijacked in 1985. Both a cows told the court they thought they heard shots several limes during the hijacking. They said they assumed several people had been killed shortly after the plane was told the court they had seen bloody and blindfolded men beaten by he hijackers on the floor of he first class Section of the plane but Burton Weber said Al no Lime were we aware of when anyone was actually he was allowed to tend to several Pas sengers during the ordeal and offered to help the victims of the severe beatings but was told by the hijackers that he could t. Y Marypat Weber told the court she asunder the impression Hamadi was run Ning the show. The other Hijacker seemed to go to Hamadi for instructions she said. Hamadi has told the court he was Only an accomplice in the hijacking and that a Man still at Large identified by police authorities As Hassan Ezzeddine killed sell him. News update reshuffling Cabinet Seoul. South Korea of president Roh Tae woo is consid ering further reforms possibly including a Cabinet reshuffle to de fuse widespread Public anger at alleged misdeeds under the former government ruling party sources said tuesday. Top government and ruling party officials conferred tuesday and proposed political reforms such As an amnesty and the cab inet reshuffle said the sources speaking on condition of anonymity a y -. A party officials confirmed Ron was ready to meet with former president Chun Doo Hwan soon 10 discuss moves govern ment officials have urged Chun to surrender any ill gotten wealth and make a Public apology. Second set of Pershing is to Glen qty by Schwabish Amund Wesl Ger Many secs the army tuesday hauled away a second group of nine Dis mantled per Shang 1 missiles and erector launchers destined for elimination under the superpower nuclear forces treaty. A Convoy hauling the erector launch ers left the army s Mut Langen missile storage area about 33 Miles cast of Stuttgart at 8 ., 56th Field Allyc omd spokesman maj. Jerry Hart said. A second Convoy bearing rocket Hiagus guidance and control sections and radar sections left the site Al 10 In accordance with the intermediate Range nuclear forces trealy the army plans to destroy the erector launchers at its equipment maintenance Center in Hau san near Frankfurt. Al an unnamed Loca Tion in also will prepare the missile pans for shipment from Ramstein a to the United states where they will be destroyed. The treaty docs not dictate whal the army must do with the missiles Uncle a warheads. The army still maintains 90 of Fth Origi Nal 108 Pershing ii missiles it deployed at three locations in Southern West Germany in the mid-1980s. It removed and destroyed nine sets of missiles and erector launchers from Camp red log near Heil Bronn in september. -.-, the treaty Calls for removal and destruction of All 108 Pershing ii missiles and their erector launchers by mid-1991 the Battery of soldiers assigned to work with the missiles Bury a 2nd in 9ih Field arty will begin turning in Field artillery equipment in preparation for de activation in Laic december Hart said he said the command plans a remove nine metre Mii Siles and erector launchers from the army Slohm grub site near the bavarian City of ecu Ulm and to deactivate the missile gallery by late january Walesa accepts chd correction an article yesterday gave the wrong rank for the commander of the . Mis s on Berlin the commander is maj. Gen. Raymond Haddock i Warsaw Poland api Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa. Tuesday accepted a Challenge from the head of Poland s offi Cial Trade Union Alliance for a nationally televised debate on Trade unions in Poland. Alfred i Odowin politburo member and chairman of the Pozz the All Poland Alliance of Trade unions made the Challenge in an interview in tuesday s edition of party newspaper Tribuna Ludu. Publication of Mindowicz s offer in the official press appeared to indicate the proposal already bad official approval. All members of the government will be glad to sit in from of their to sets and listen to such a discussion government press spokesman Jerzy Urban said at his weekly news conference. The debate would be Walesa s first appearance on state television since 1983,when he challenged then Deputy prime minister Mieczyslaw. Rakow i after Rakowski gave a televised speech at the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk. Rakowski became prime minister in september Poland s official Trade unions were set up by the government in 1982 after the Banning of Solidarity the East bloc s first Independent Union Solidarity sup porters say More than one Union should be allowed Loc is in each workplace because official unions Are Loo tame an do hot adequately represent workers interests. Also tuesday Walesa addressed a rally of 3,000 workers in Gdansk and told them he will support management plans to restructure and save the Lenin shipyard Solidarity s Birthplace
