European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday december 6,1983 gains reported in soviet talks with guerrillas Riyadh saudi Arabia a afghan guerrillas and soviet officials ended on monday their firs face to fact peace talks and sources said the guerrillas had softened their objections loan International peace con Ference on Afghanistan. The sources said inc. Guerrillas agreed to study the proposal for a conference but were demanding that islamic nations such As Pakistan and saudi Arabia be allowed to participate. Pakistan is one of the main supporters of the guerrillas in their nine year War with the soviet backed government in Afghanistan. Tic guerrillas have their Headquarters in Pakistan. The guerrilla delegation was led by Burhanuddin Rabbani. The soviet delegation was led by Deputy for eign minister Yuli Vorontsov. Saudi Arabia supports the afghan guerrillas and has linked diplomatic relations with Moscow to an end to the soviet intervention in Afghanistan. Officially saudi Arabia maintained a distance from the talks it organi cd in inc Mountain resort of taif a town 600 Miles Southwest of the capital of  Turki the Chic of intelligence set up inc talks. The sources expressed satisfaction at the marked Progress achieved at the three informal sessions. The soviets gave what was described As preliminary agreement to hand Over maps of the mine Fields Laid in areas their troops were leaving. The two sides have agree Don a number of Points that can form a Good foundation for solving the afghan problem and bringing peace to Afghanistan one source said. In a statement issued As the talks started the guerrillas demanded immediate withdrawal of soviet troops payment of War rep aral ions the removal of mines and maps of mined areas now under soviet control. The sources said there was agreement on Side issues such As prisoners of War but icy gave no details. Moscow and afghan president Najib seek to con Vene an International conference to demilitarized the country and set up a coalition government with the guerrillas. Tic resistance had rejected such a Confer ence. The guerrillas Wen not parly to an Accord signed in Geneva in april under which the soviets agreed to withdraw their estimated 100,000 troops from Afghanistan by feb. 5, they have continued military operations against the soviets who suspended the withdraw Al Antna cease fire is reached. Half of the red army Force remains in Afghanistan. The two sides agreed that the taif meeting and its outcome do not annul the articles of  Accord the sources said. Rabbani Heads a Loose Alliance of Pic seven afghan resistance groups based in Peshawar Pakistan. Other resistance leaders joined Rabbani at the taif talks. Pace setting Pac Man Pac Man hat legendary computer character who eals his Way around a game Board is on a Roll now thanks to Jay Ohrborg of los Arcles Pac Man is car that s powered by a v-6 Dick engine. Ohr Borg s $75,000, Bright yellow creation can be seen at the motor show �8 in Essen West Germany. Open output hit record before Accord reached Nicosia Cyprus a open production nil record of almost 23 million barrels per Day in novem Ber while members were debating How to Cut production the weekly Middle East economic Survey reported monday. ". ". The agreement in Vienna in Laic november sets production for the 13-Mcmbcr organization of Petro Leum exporting countries at 18.5 million barrels per Day starting january i. Mees said inc november production hit a newspeak of 12.98 million barrels per Day and thai projected december production figures Are pegged eve higher. Actual production could drop As members Cut Back the weekly said. The new agreement sets a quota parity for Iran an Iraq at 2.64 million barrels per Day. Iraq rejected its quota under the previous 1986 agreement saying i needed to finance its War against  world today Taiwan studies legalizing of underground Market Taipei Taiwan a Taiwan is consid venezuelans choose president Caracas Venezuela a Carlos Andre Perez who led a wealthy Venezuela during the of Boom of the 1970s, was re elected president after 10years out of office on a Promise to return his dbl Ridden country to Prosperity. Voters on sunday remembered the Good limes rather than the scandal that almost had Perez impeached in his first  latest returns showed Perez of the left of Cente democratic action party with 51,4 percent of the vote and Eduardo Fernandez of the social Christian party with 38,6 percent. The rest of the Vole was shared by. 20 minor party candidates. The results did not represent All the Voles cast but the electoral Council declared Perez the Winner after Early returns j. Perez campaigned energetically on the basis of disclaimed ability to revive the Economy of this Oil pro during nation despite a volatile Oil Market. A Charis Matic figure popular with the working class Perez favors tighter state control Over the Economy Fernandez favors a Freer Market. " ,. Fernandez 4b, conceded defeat minutes after the first returns were announced. Perez 66, succeeds Jaime Lusinchi also of. The democratic action party As Venezuela s Leader for die next five years. The venezuelan Constitution limits presidents to single five year term after which they must wait a decade before seeking re election. Perez first look office in 1974, the year after Theara Oil embargo sent Oil prices soaring and he nationalized the country s Oil Industry imports were cheap venezuelans spent millions of dollars travelling abroad and employment figures in creased As the government invested in steel aluminium. And hydroelectric projects. But Perez was nearly impeached for his alleged in Yolk Mem in receiving kickbacks in the Public Pur Chase of a refrigerator ship the Sierra Nevada and he left office in disgrace despite his acquittal. Perei set As his first task renegotiating with reluctant foreign Banks mostly in the United states the nation s $33 billion debt the fourth largest in Latina Erica after Brazil Mexico and Argentina. Voting is mandatory in Venezuela but private projections estimated that 15 percent of the 9 million eligible voters did not cast ballots. A High Abs Mtnlion rate was widely predicted because of general voter Dis satisfaction with both major candidates. . Vice economics minister Limo said the government has decided in principle to take Steps to open up Taiwan financial Market. He made the statement after a meeting with official of the Alliance International Law office i and other finance officials reviewed recommendations by the firm that Taiwan Grant futures trading permits to selected . Trading Bouses that arc also members of major .commodities exchanges. City employees strike causes chaos in Palermo Palermo Sicily a a 2-Weck-Oldstrike by City employees of Palermo has left the morgue full newborns unable to leave the Hospi Tal and traffic More hopeless than Ever,1 agony of Palermo Here its forbidden lobe bom or to die read the headline on the front Page sunday of la Republic of a nationwide  the striking City employees Are gravediggers traffic police officers school Jam tors an clerks in the office that gives out birth  news accounts said bodies in coffins Are being stacked in the morgue during the strike. East German musician seeks Asylum in Japan Tokyo a an East German musician in Japan with a Berlin orchestra has defected after seeking Asylum at the West German embassy in Tokyo a foreign ministry official said monday Gerhard Gobel 43, a violist with the Berlin radio symphony orchestra arrived in West Germany monday after leaving Japan on a Luft Hansa flight sunday evening said the japanese official since Gobel is a musician there Are no Spe Cial political motives for the defection the offi Cial said without elaborating