European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday december 9,1988 iffy Gritty on inf treaty continues Jdavid Tarrant staff tiler for the past five months soviet and . Military transport Planck have been hinting in such cities As Moscow washing ton and Frank Furt. West Germany carry ing officials Inden with cameras Lape Rnea sures flashlights weighing settles and. Radiation . They Are the worker bees on an intricate and unprecedented treaty constructed one year ago when president Reagan and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to eliminate All inter mediate Range nuclear itself the inf treaty Calls for the elimination Over three years of about 2.600 Missik a including More than on the soviet Side. But the treat also Calls for the elimination of More than 8.000 pieces of equipment on Bot sides including missile launchers. As of wednesday the United Slot Cal had destroyed 41 ground launched cart list missiles. 58 per Sung in missiles of i j or Shingle first stages and nine Pershing it second stages. The United Stater also has destroyed seven launcher Tor ground launched cruise missile of one Pershing la launcher firshing ii launchers. On tuesday hug cum will become i he first of the nato nations covered by the treaty to have All of ils missiles removed when the last of 16 g lems deployed at the 485th tac missile Wing at Florennce a soviet Union has destroyed 84 ss-205, 244 ss-l2s, 25 ss-4s and 80ssc-x-ls. It Haa not yet destroyed any saw Jorss is. The soviets also have destroyed 64 ss-20 launchers. 58 ss-12 launchers. 17 ss-4 launchers and six ssc-x-4 launch ers. It there is no official schedule of elimination of inf missiles and equipment said Susan Franklin a Tot the on Sile inspect too Acney in Washington. The treaty requires 30 Days Advance notice for each series of eliminations but her Csc no requirement for a certain number of series to take place during any particular time Frame. Franklin said. The United Stales has four Sites designated for destroying missiles and equip ment. They include the i a Colo army depot colo., where destruction of per things began dec 5 the Lon churn army ammunition depot Texas Tor destruction of Pershing the equipment maintenance Center. Hausen West Germany for destruction of Pershing launchers and Davis Domhan fab ariz., for the destruction of gloms and Glam launchers. The soviets have eight separate site Iii which they destroy their various mis Siles and launchers. So far . Official or charge of implementing the inf agreement said the operation is going smoothly. I can Hay from our viewpoint we have of had any major problems said col John per chief of the on Silc inspection Agency s european Field office at Rhein main Al West Germany. Dealings Between soviet and Ameri can inspectors have evolved Over Tim into a comfortable working relationship he said. It s business but we be found that month a pict Side a lot of he same familiar faces Nye surfaced on these teams whence meet them to escort them to various places. I be found thai the More you work with inc soviet with whom you Nehad experience by far Pic easier it be although each Side has a Pool of 200 different inspectors with various skills the logistics of the inspections vary widely. . Inspectors must visit a Tola of 133 installations in the soviet Union and other Warsaw pact countries while Soviel inspectors have Only 26 Sites at 21 locations in the United Stales and cd rope. The first 90 Days after the treaty went into Force. Soviet and american officials conducted Baseline inspections to verify what each Side had at its missile bases. So far the soviets have made 54 inspections of . Facilities both in the United slates and Europe and two others arc currently under Way. . Inspectors have made 179 inspections of facilities in both the soviet Union and other Warsaw pact countries and two others arc continuing. During the current phase inspectors can conduct Short notice inspections which can be made for 13 years after the treaty goes into effect allowing each Side to conduct inspections at facilities wit Little Advance warning. There also will be close out inspections when bases no longer contain treaty items. Elimination inspections allow the United Stales and soviet Union to oversee the destruction of missiles an launchers at elimination facilities. For their part the soviet shown themselves to be Well versed. In the details of he treaty. Per said justas our people Are Loo. And not thai i would t expect them to be otherwise. But it s reassuring to know they re no just shooting from the hip with respect to the troops from Paga 1 wha he called a new historical reality As he source of the plan to reduce the size of soviet armed forces. He said it is a turning away from the principle of super firmament to the principle of reasonable but he May i inc touched on u More compelling reason when he Sta cd the necessity to transform the Economy of armaments to an Economy of disarm ment.". Most Western analysts have concluded that the Suc Cess of Gorbachev s Reform program known As parcs Troila. Depends on a significant reallocation of re sources away from military expenditures to the civilian the motives for Gorbachev s i Niti Atic. His announcement was being taken seriously by working level officials in the White House and state depart ment we have 10 pcs Pond one official commented. I the new York times reported that Gorbachev s decision to make substantial reductions in the. May have caused a highly unusual rift Between the soviet Leader and. He chief of the soviet general staff marshal Sergei Fakhr Omeyer. Soviet foreign ministry spokesman Gennadi i. Go Asimov announced on wednesday that the marshal had retired from his position As head of the soviet armed forces strictly for reasons of health. Gorbachev used his speech to launch another for eign policy initiative a four part proposal pm Afghani Stan thai us. Officials quickly called unacceptable. Gorbachev called for a cease fire in Afghanistan starting Jan i an end to arms supplies to either Side in the civil War there the dispatch of a . Peacekeeping Force while a transitional government is negotiated and u International conference to As sure he neutrality and demilitarization of the country. . Officials said neither the . Government nor the rebels supported the Gorbachev proposals and that the solution to the problem was for the soviets to Complete their withdrawal and if need be negotiate directly with the Rebes. A. Afler his address Gorbachev was escorted by Rea Gan and Bush up the Steps of a specially constructed platform that provided a View of this statue of Liberty. The party lingered after lunch and formal talks before the soviet Leader got into his limousine to drive Back to Manhattan. Of Reagan and Bush flew Back to Washington aboard separate planes. Shulti was flying to Brussels Belgium Lobrico european leaders on the events of the Day. Gorbachev s Long motorcade deposited him at the world Trade Center in Manhattan the first Slop on a sightseeing Lour of the big Apple there he called for an expansion of our commercial and economic Gorbachev ended his Day with a reception at the . An apartment building in Northern Armenia appears ready to tall after wednesday s massive earthquake. Quake ravages soviet Region Moscow a a major earthquake hit the soviet caucasus Region wednesday fattening buildings and leaving thousands homeless. One so Viet official said he received unconfirmed reports that More than 200 people were killed. The quake entered near the soviet turkish apr Jar. Killed Ai least four people and caused extensive damage in Eastern Turkey authorities said. The . Geological Survey in Golden colo., said the quake entered South of the georgian Capi Tal of Tbilisi occurred about noon and registered 6.9 on the Richter scale. The temblor followed a a moderate aftershock struck a Mountain Region in the soviet Union Al. Ready wracked by months of ethnic violence be tween residents of Armenia and the neighbouring Republic of Azerbaijan. ,. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev in Newyork for meetings with american leaders called the earthquake a grave tragedy he Cut Short his . try Back to the soviet Union. Soviet stale run television. In an unusually prompt and detailed report from the scene showed film of crumbled buildings in Kiro Vakan Armeni a s third largest City and in Spisiak a regional Center. Of Armenia " workers were shown picking up huge slabs of Concrete amid the rubble. In one dramatic shot a Man put his hands Over his head in grief As he stood mid a collapsed building. Officials said communications had been Cut off with the City of Leni Nakan near where the quake was entered and with much of the disaster area i an official said casualty tolls Are Likely to run High because schools were in session and factories were working y .--.". _ the government set up a commission to oversee Rescue and Salvage operations and sent soldiers and civilian volunteers to the disaster area Tass said. State turkish radio quoted the Kors provincial governor Hasan Fakir As saying four residents of the town of Ayaka were killed in the quake. Man houses were damaged in Ayaka and in the nearby. Clidio township i said., v the Richter scale is a measure of around motions recorded on seismographs every increase of one number Means a tenfold increase in a Reading of 7-5 reflects an earthquake 10 times stronger than one of 6,5
