European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g Powell stated to get 4th Star Page 2 g Spain . Sign new defense agreement. Page 3 d Reagan orders . Officers out of . Lebanon patrols Page 5 g Alabama beats Texas am 30-10 sports Page 21 authorized unofficial  of the . Ahmed Force Ficia Rutus Ai met vol. 47, no. 229 saturday december 3, 1988 Good morning to d u693 a an against Pardon Washington a press Reagan said he is against a Pardon for former aide Oliver u North but duty requires his administration to Block re lease of secret documents that May be needed for North s trial on Iran Contr charges. Reagan commented in response id re porters questions after his spokesman Martin Fitz Walcer said disclosure of documents sought by North s lawyers for use in his defense would reveal state secrets of the highest  we have indicated there Are categories 6f information included in documents which cannot be Deelas at any Point Fitzwater told n Reagan  beginning of a meeting on Trade issues in the Oval office said the things we arc mocking arc the things that Cluty requires we these w hing5 that Are National Security secrets isaid this is some thing thai from the is beginning we knew we would have to do. He denied that the move was tempt to sabotage North s trial and i the Law must take its course a asked whether he Suu Belic cd As he slated earlier thu nor that North and former  adviser John m. A Forf Wilt ultimately be found in the president said at this stage i Don t think 1 should comment on guilt or innocence or any thing of this  when asked whether this meant he would not Grant pardons for North and  he replied from the very beginning i said that to consider a Par Don would leave them under Shadow of guilt for the rest of Chart tvs. I think we have to let  process proceed in Zupet a Feagan responded to a ques Niparts Nhuc subject by saying i believe i a the innocence of he two men and i cd like to see that established once and the White House a offered a briefingno., District judge Gerhard Gesell  to pre Side Over North s trial but fad not received a response. He said it was up to the judge to cide whether the classified material is Rele vant to North s defense and if it is whether the indictments against him should be dismissed or he should be tried. This information involves sensitive methods and sources and exceedingly sensitive programs which arc state secrets of the highest order Fitzwater said. He said Gesell was advised of the administration position last week when White House counsel . Culpa House wrote to Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh who is prosecuting the ease and Walsh filed a pleading with the court. Fitzwater said the decision not to release the documents was made in july by Secre tary of state George p. Shutlz defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci Cia director Wil Jiam Webster National Security adviser a Powell and it. Gen. William of the National Security Agency. Inc a a Man said the decision was unanimous a. 52 arrested across . I n mafia d Rug crackdown us. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani discusses drug arrests. New York not in the year s second major joint sweep by american and italian authorities against sicilian mafia drug rings Federal officials thursday announced the arrest of 52 people on charges of heroin and cocaine trafficking around the country. Among the innovative plots used in the trafficking they said were schemes to smuggle in drugs in ship ments of wine and roses. Twenty three other suspects were being sought nationwide in what William 5. Sessions director of the Federal Bureau of investigation called a successful drive on top leaders of organized crime. The simultaneous arrests and searches look place in new York new Jersey. Pennsylvania Florida Illinois and California. The italian authorities in related raids seized at least 22 of 131 others charged with narcotics Viola  joint Effort came eight months after the Ameri can and italian authorities launched what was de scribed last March As the biggest cooperative drug Case Ever mounted by the two nations against 233 alleged traffickers 25 More than the number named in  operations grew out of the so called pizza connection investigation that culminated in 19s4. Because is of those charged in the March Case arson trial in Federal District court in new York the judge in that Case took the unusual step of ordering the government under threat of contempt not to make reference to the pizza connection or to name any a those on trial in its announcement of charges yester day.-. _ -. Rudolph w. Giuliani . Attorney against whom judge John e Sprizzo specifically directed his order complied saying the latest Case stands on its  extensive court papers showed How the new charges had grown out of earlier investigations including the pizza Case which took its name from the pizzerias used As heroin smuggling fronts for example the Fri said that one of those who turned up in the new Case was a fugitive from the pizza Case Benito Zilo a Philadelphia pizzeria operator who was secretly videotaped delivering heroin and Money to a Federal undercover agent and who later disappeared and was presumed dead.  Federal complaint charged 75 people in-1eluding 28 sought by Giuliani s office in the Southern District of new York. Of the 75, a total of 52, including 17 sought by the new York office were in custody see mafia on Back Page Tryb Ayup Tarrant  " titled enhancing Alliance collective Security shared roles risks and responsibilities in the Alfi. Enough. The 79-Page report More than sin months in the making reviewed a wide Range of factors in assessing each nation s defense contribution including Finan Cial and human resources land and facilities serv ices cooperation and Solidarity. The detailed review of the sharing of  and responsibilities has shown that there Are significant differences Between individual National contributions the report said. Related storks Page 2. Singled out by the report As a  Suc Cess was Alliance Solidarity displayed in the Bai Rompf intermediate Range nuclear missiles in Europe Chat eventually re suld in a nuclear arms reduction treaty  so Myiel Union. I. The report rated Canada Denmark and Italy at the Bottom of the scale when judged by the percent age of Gross National product devoted to the military. The United slates United kingdom West Ger Many Turkey and Greece were sit Given High Marks for the percentage of Gross National product devoted to defense. The report noted that Many countries failed id meet nato guidance calling for annual real increases of 3 percent in defense spending. " on average during the past 10 years Canada. Italy Luxembourg Norway spam Turkey the United King Dom and the United states have generally achieved the 3 be Recalt goal Belgium Denmark Germany and Greece Nave, 9gcjthcsmallcstgdwih rates. Personnel contributions Active duty and re serve also differed widely the report found nations with the highest percentage Elf labor Force serving on Active duty and in reserves were or Ceca