European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes sunday january 8,1989 curbs sought on chemical weapons Paris a . Secretary of state George p. Shultz urged More than 140nations saturday to keep chemical weapons technology out of terrorists handstand took Steps to smooth relations with West Germany Over a libyan Plant said to be developing Poison Gas. Addressing delegates at Unest Headquarters Shultz lamented the dangerous spread and resurgent use of one of humanity s most dreaded and dreadful forms of he urged the imposition of . Sanctions against countries violating the 1925 Geneva protocol Banning use of Chemi Cal weapons. He said the . Secretary general should be armed with Broa Powers to investigate allegations of chemical weapons use in wartime. Shultz said the past Quarter Century has seen the erosion of International norms in the Middle East Southe Astasia Afghanistan and the persian Gulf. This he said was a dangerous step backward for Mankind for reason for Shultz did not single out any country but it was Clear that Libya was at least one of his targets. Some governments which have Bee known to sponsor terrorism now have sizable chemical weapons capabilities he said. Libya is one of the countries on Testate department s list of nations Spon Soring terrorism. Another is Syria which some analysts fear May have embarked on a chemical weapons program. The state department also has accused Iraq of using Mustard Gas with deadly effectiveness against iranian troops inthe persian Gulf War. Iraq has denied the charge. Outside the conference Hall Shult made arrangements with West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher for the United states to present Evi Dence this week in Washington support Hans Dietrich Genscher left George Shultz taking Steps to smooth relations after . Charges on libyan Plant ing assertions that West German companies Are involved in building a chemical weapons Plant in Libya. We will do everything in our Power to prevent German nationals and Ger Man companies from cooperating in a foreign country in chemical weapon production Genscher said. West Germany has insisted there is no hard evidence of German involvement in the project at rata 60 Miles South West of Tripoli. A spokesman for Chan cellar Helmut Kohl complained Friday of a Campaign in the . Media against West Germany. Shultz said he was certain that the West germans were approaching the problem with great seriousness and i they find there is a need for adjustments in their Legal framework they will he referred to Export controls on technology transfers that some . Official said failed to keep sensitive technology out of Libya s hands. The five Day conference is aimed at giving renewed political impetus to negotiations that have been going on for nearly two decades in Geneva. Negotiators Are seeking a convention Banning the development production stockpiling Transfer and use of chemical arms. The time has come to take concerted political action at a High level,." said . Secretary general Javier Perez Decuellar in an address to the conference s inaugural session. All nations Large an Small have an equal interest in working for a world without chemical Weaponsthe deliberations were delayed for a one minute silent tribute to emperor Hirohito of Japan whose 62-year reign ended earlier saturday with his death atthe age of 87 in Tokyo. The . Dispute with Libya Over the rata Plant which c9l. Moa mar Gad Hafi says is engaged in producing pharmaceuticals tended to overshadow the gathering of foreign ministers and ambassadors from More than 140 nations. Soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze on his arrival late Friday said without proof no government has the right to present such in his speech Shultz said that terrorists Access to chemical and biological weapons poses a growing threat to the world. He urged delegates to join me i committing our governments not Only to prevent the use of chemical weapons unarmed conflict but also to prevent the spread of chemical weapons to he renewed a . Pledge to observe the 1925 protocol that was signed by 118 countries and said that nations posses sing chemical weapons should join in preventing these weapons from spread ing and being used Only the United states and the soviet Union have admitted manufacturing and storing arsenals of chemical president elect George Bush has vowed to seek an International ban on production. Grandson finds soviet views conflict on memory of Trotsky Mexico City a the grandson of soviet revolutionary Leader Leon Trotsky Back from his first visit to the soviet Union in a half Century said the soviet attitude toward his Grandfather is full of contradictions. However Esteban Volkow Bronstein said the fac that he was granted a visa indicated a slight improvement in his Grandfather s status. Volkow said Friday that he spent five Days in mos cow last month visiting Alexandra Zakhar Onana his half sister and Trotsky s granddaughter. She s very gravely ill with cancer Volkow , he said they had a Happy reunion. Vol Kow said he had t seen his sister since he fled the soviet Union with his Mother in 1931, when he was 5. Volkow was living with Trotsky in Mexico Cit when the former head of the red army was assassinated on Josef Stalin s orders on aug. 20, 1940. Trotsky born lev Davidovich Bronstein was one of the leaders of the october 1917 revolution that established the soviet Union but he lost a Power struggle with Stalin and was exiled in 1929. Trotsky was deemed a non person and reviled in the soviet Union during the stalinist Era. It was Only recently that Trotsky s reputation began to be resurrected As Mikhail Gorbachev s policy of glasnost gathered steam. Trotsky s name is now sometimes mentioned i Public and he is described As an enemy of Stalin rather than an enemy of socialism and the revolution. Last year the soviet supreme court rehabilitated Ason Volkow s Uncle Sergei Sedov who was executed on Stalin s orders in 1937. The court ordered Al charges against Sedov dropped. Volkow said he travelled to Moscow shortly after the dec. 7 earthquake devastated Armenia killing about25,000 people. We had trouble getting seats there were so Man people flying to Moscow to help Volkow said. He said in addition to visiting his sister he met with a file Leon Trotsky name being revived in soviet Union about 500 members of a group formed in Trotsky s memory. He said he was also interviewed on videotape by Ogo Yonk the Magazine on the leading Edge of glasnost. I Don t kn9w if they la broadcast the videotape he said. Think it was for use sometime in the Volkow a retired chemical Engineer believes his Grandfather s role in the founding of the soviet Union should not be distorted or hidden. World today respiratory tract linked to crib death study finds London a doctors say they have found a new Trail to Point the Way to solving the mystery of sudden infant death syndrome or crib death. In saturday s Issue of the British medical journal they said they found grossly raised concentrations of immunoglobulins or antibodies in the lungs of 16 babies who died of crib death. The 16 were compared with a control group of infants who died for other reasons. This suggests that the respiratory tract is the prime target Organ in the sudden infant death syn drome wrote the research team headed by Kevin d. Forsyth of Flinders University in Australia. Research also showed that Many babies had minor breathing infections in the week before they died the doctors found. Officials at chinese zoo charged in poaching Case Beijing a the director and two to officials of the Wuhan City zoo have been charged with aiding poachers and buying Ille Gally trapped rare monkeys a report says the people s daily said director i Tiawan Deputy director Wang Peilin and the chief of the zoo management Section you Hancheng were acc u of giving poachers transportation food another Aid and of approving the zoo s Purchase of 12 Golden haired monkeys from the poachers. Two of the monkeys have since died the re port said but it did not say Why. Golden haired monkeys native to China subtropical and temperate Mountain forests Are listed As an endangered species making it illegal to Hunt them. But they remain the target of poachers because they have soft Golden fur an because some chinese believe their Bones blood meat and organs have medicinal value
