European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday. December 16. 19b8 Vietnam turns Over 38 sets of suspected Mia remains bangkok., Thailand a a . Military learn flew thursday to Vic Nam to pick up 3r sets of suspected remains of missing americans in the largest turnover since the Vietnam warn did officials said. During the repatriation ceremony at Hanoi s Noi Bai air in inc vietnamese also were to turn Over information on 12 other cases of americans listed a missing in action or Mia said i. Col. Thomas j. Boyd. A spokesman for the . Pacific c omd. . Officials said the remains were not part of group of so that . Forensic experts have been exam ining in Hanoi. The United states anticipates that an of those remains appearing Likely to belong to missing americans also will be repatriated soon they said. During the Airport ceremony a . Military Honor guard solemnly loaded the remains each in Metal caskets topped with a folded american Flag onto a .air Force plane for the flight to Guam and then Hon i Lulu. Oitt c in Honolulu the army Centra identification Laboratory will Analyse the remains to determine if hey belong to any of Lite m7j americans missing inthe War. officials Miall do preliminary Analy ses but Llic army Laboratory sometimes finds the re Mains of vietnamese. The . Government Appu Civili s the initiative Laki to by Vietnam to repatriate these remains and Hopes to continue the increasing cooperation to resolve this longstanding Issue 1.1. Col. Keith Schneider a Pentagon spokesman said wednesday in Washington. The Pentagon said it had not received any information from Vietnam on precisely where the latest re Mains 10 be exchanged had been recovered or the circumstances surrounding i hair discovery. Schneider added however we understand the re Mains As Well As the information Are related to Inci dents thai occurred during the War in the Northern most missing americans in the North were airmen shot Down on bombing or reconnaissance missions. All old the remains of 172 americans have been repatriated to the United states from Vietnam and subsequently identified by the army Laboratory since the end of the War. The previous largest turnover of remains believed to be those of mias involved 27 be s handed Over april 6.the most recent turnover involved 23 sets repatriated nov. 3. Thursday s repatriation was the seventh since the end of the deadlock that lasted months on the Mia Issue. In All 138 sets of remains have been returned since the August 19s7 agreement in Hanoi. Currently 2,383 americans arc listed As Mia As a result of the wan 1,747 arc missing in Vietnam 547 inlays 83 in Cambodia and six in China. In Laos . And laotian officials were continuing joint excavation today in Southern Savannah it province to try to determine the Fate of a Pilot shutdown in i"368. The excavation to be completed in a few Days is the fourth such joint project in Laos. One week after plane tragedy Jfe goes on in Keith Schosid aves Germany As workers tackle the Job of rebuilding a House damaged last wok by a . A-10 jul that crashed into � residential area. The Pilot Ami s people on the ground Dlud in world today yugoslavian group wants islands opened to tourists Belgrade Yugoslavia a a citizens group from two of Yugoslavia s Adriatic islands demanded wednesday thai their islands be open Dup to foreign tourists he official Tan Jug news Agency reported. In said representatives from the islands of vis and Las Lovo off he Central Dalmatian coast called on the country s military authorities to per Mit the free visits of foreigners. They were discontinued in 1973. The demands were made in a petition submitted to the croatian government which promised Totake up he matter with Federal authorities Tan Jug said. Both islands which strategically Overlook the principal navigation route on the Adriatic were declared off limits to foreigners for Security Rea sons when the yugoslav Navy started fortifying them extensively in the Early 1970s. They arc he Only major regions of he yugoslav coast where the country s booming tourist Industry is concentrated that arc closed off to foreign travel. Former King Michael asks West to Boycott Romania Geneva up former King Michael i of Romania called for a Western Boycott of Roma Nian goods wednesday to help prompt an end tothe police state regime of communist Leader Nic Olac Caus Csc. Michael i 67, was forced to abdicate in 1947 and has since lived in exile As a businessman near Geneva to an interview published wednesday he said the destruction of 8,000 of 13,000 villages in to mania was a terrible drama and world govern ments should withdraw recognition of the Ceausescu government Michael saying he still considers himself the romanian Monarch compared the police stale conditions in Romania to the. Situation of he jews in nazi Germany.". The romanian people have royalist traditions and would probably Welcome a constitutional Mon Archy he said. A italia pilots strike causes flight cancellations Rome a a italia cancelled 28 National an six International flights wednesday due to a strike by pilots. " " the pilots decided to strike for two hours each morning wednesday thursday and Friday to pro lest the Lack of Progress in contract talks betwee Nunion representatives and the state airline. The airline said 44 National and 10 International flights would be cancelled thursday. The number of cancellations for Friday was not immediately known. Negotiations Between the pilots and the airline Center around salary disputes. Air traffic controllers had called a strike for sesame period but transportation minister Giorgio san Luz ordered those workers to remain on he Job. 3 West Karlsruhe Wisl Germany a three West German members of the red army faction terrorist group arc in connection with an at tempt in june to blow up a Spanish Dis cold Educ popular with . Servicemen the chief Federal prosecutor said thurs Day. -. Of prosecutor Kurt Keb Mann also warned thai Oiler red army faction Urr Raisl actions May be planned Kobmann said authorities have issued warrant Tor the arrest of Andrea Klump already sought for attempted murder kidnapping robbery and extortion in the attempting bombing of the disco in Roia Spain. She is also sought in the attack on a . Army club in Barcelona last december he said. Klump and iwo West German a com. Pikes who were not named Are suspected by Federal investigators of packing a Sto. In motorcycle with 16.5 pounds of explosives and u pounds of Iron nails then placing it within about 100 Yards of the disco patronised by , soldiers front nearby nato bases. Re Bonann said he terrorists apparently had planned 10 phone in a bomb threat to draw disco patrons to the area where the motorcycle stood. However one of the explosive device s detonators exploded prematurely. The terrorists fled after firing at least 15 shots at two police officers who chased them Rebmann said. I bags left behind by the suspects contained homemade explosives of Llic Typ used in the Altal on the a army club in Barcelona he said. Rebmann speaking at a new Confer ence also said that three palestinian let. Roris suspects arrested .11 the end of no vember were believed to have carried out two bomb attacks on . Military trains running Between Frankfurt and West Berlin. He said investigators were still trying to find out the group s other possible targets. According to earlier statements by the authorities the three suspects Are Mem Bers of he popular front for the liberation of Palestine general command a group based in Damascus that is at Odds Wilh Lite Palestine liberation Organiza Tion Rebmann warned against a possible increase in str Torisi activity in Wisl Ger Many by foreign groups. I. He called for St Richcr Security Cheeks of those applying for Asylum or to visit Wisl Germany noting Ihal some kurd and turks charged in a Dills Oldorf terrorism trial earlier had been granted Asylum by the Bonn government. ,
