European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 22, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Reagan found no evidence of pos by the Washington Post Washington the Reagan administration in one of its last official acts found no evidence that North Vietnam has held americans captive after freeing . Prisoners of War in 1973. In a report released thursday night the outgoing administration said it had concluded that it May be impossible to recover the remains of As Many As 850 of the2,383 americans listed As missing in Southeast Asia. The Reagan administration s final assessment of the status of the missing americans came in a 22 Page report issued by the defense and state depart ments hours before Reagan left office. In july Reagan promised families of the missing me that he would make a Complete accounting of his administration s eight year Effort to determine what happened to those reported missing in the Vietnam War. In the report the Reagan administration cited numerous difficulties in discovering what happened to the missing Many of them servicemen whose planes Are believed to have crashed in Remote areas. Achieving the fullest possible accounting i Southeast Asia will still be a Long term process the report said. Crash site excavations and remains re covery could continue for  the report hailed unprecedented patterns of co operation from the vietnamese and laotian governments but said Overall Progress has been pain fully slow punctuated by periods of cooperation and then  the delays have been caused by repeated Effort by both governments to attempt to jink the recovery efforts to foreign Aid or other political issues which the Reagan administration rejected. For its part the Reagan administration also re fused to declare that it cannot account for the miss ing and that All Are certain to be dead. Because of. Discrepancies and the Lack of knowledge about Many cases the Reagan administration has concluded that we must operate under the Assumption that at least some of the missing could have sur Vived the final report said. But the report also said that it is obvious from review of statistical data on the 2,383 men listed As missing or unaccounted for that Many unfortunately will never be  it pointed out that More than 400 of the missing were lost Over water and another 450 disappeared a unknown locations including some who May have parachuted from aircraft that had been hit by enemy fire. Despite the High priority the Reagan administra-ti9n placed on attempting to determine whether Vietnam continued to hold americans prisoner after the 1973 peace accords the report said that Ameri can intelligence agencies have yet to find conclusive evidence of the existence of live  Ameri cans freed during operation Homecoming in 1973"knew of no americans who were left behind in Captivity the report said. Nevertheless based on circumstances of loss another information we know of a few instances where americans were captured and died in Captivity but there has been no account of them the report said. Because most of the 656 americans missing i North Vietnam were lost near cities that were targets of air raids that Region May offer the highest percentage of americans whose Fate can be firmly established. The 1,091 missing in the South were lost Overa wider area which often was searched after the loss was reported it said making recovery of the remains of the missing there less Likely. Judge revokes bail for suspect in nerve Gas Case Newark . A bail was revoked Friday for a korean american businessman charged with trying to Export nerve Gas possibly to Iran after prosecutors said classified National Secu Rity documents were found on his desk. The papers in English and korean and marked confidential and classified were discovered in the office of Juhwan Yun assistant . Attorney Anne Singer said in seeking revocation of his $2 million bail. Singer and customs agent Frank , who testified about the documents declined to discuss their con tents in the hearing at which Yun 48, of Short Hills ., sought release. . Magistrate Ronald Hedges whose the bail tuesday asked Singer whether espionage was involved and she declined to comment. Singer told the magistrate that Yunas More Likely to flee because the documents indicated possible ties with for eign governments which May have a interest in keeping the Case from going to trial. Hedges agreed saying the document indicated Yun was either passing them on or using them in his import Export business and revoked Yun s bail. A grand jury also issued a two count indictment against Yun and a briton who was named As a co conspirator inthe alleged nerve Gas exportation scheme. Ventura said intelligence officials from fort Monmouth ., identified the documents As coming from the joint electronics warfare come. The officials did not explain the nature or responsibility of the command but said the documents concerned National Security. He was apparently in the process of Juhwan Yun a korean american businessman is led from court in Newark . Using them Singer said. Singer disclosed the existence of the documents after Yun s attorney Stephen Dratch came to court to say his client was abbe to meet bail backed by six properties posted by acquaintances. On Friday the prosecutor said the documents might expose Yun to a More serious charge of unauthorized posses Sion of secret documents which carries a 10-year prison term. Ventura said undid not have Security clearance. Yun faces charges of conspiracy to violate the arms Export control act by trying to arrange shipment of 500 Quarter ton bombs of Sarin a nerve Gas. The grand jury indictment named Yun and London businessman Charles Caplan on charges of conspiracy to Vio late the arms Export control act and attempting to violate that Law. If convicted the conspiracy count car Ries a maximum five year prison term and the other carries a 10-year term. The indictment revealed no new details in the Case. Singer told Hedges tuesday that Yunas preparing for an around the world trip that included stops in China Iran Europe and South Korea. Yun was arrested Jan. 12 at a meeting with an undercover customs agent who he believed to be an arms supplier. Yun came to the United states in1972 and was naturalized six years later. He received a master s degree from the american graduate school of International management and founded his business now called Pomex International corp., in 1980. Caplan accused of negotiating Withun for the nerve Gas was charged with conspiracy. Authorities said they Are studying the possibility of his extradition. Fires leave 10 dead in Kansas City Phoenix by the associated press a predawn fire raced through a Kansas City mo.,House Friday killing six people from four generations of one family and in Phoenix four people including two children were found dead after a fire swept through their residence Early Friday. Police said Bot adults appeared to have been shot. The Kansas City victims included a teen age Mother and her infant son two other children and two adults one of whom was an elderly woman confined to a wheelchair officials said. Two other occupants of the 2 /2-Story Frame House were hospitalized one in serious condition with Burns. Four other residents fled without serious injury. Sgt. Greg Mills Kansas City police spokesman said the fire had been deliberately set and the deaths were being investigated As homicides. He said no motive had been established but neighbors speculated the fire might have been the result of a dispute Between an occupant of the House and the operator of a drug House about a Block away. Drugs could be involved in it but if that s the Case it s Only one aspect of the feud Mills said. We re not in a position to say that these two events the fire and the feud Are  the fire was discovered by a Man inside the House who went to investigate the sound of breaking Glass in the first floor living room Mills said. The fire spread quickly up the stairs to the second floor where All six victims were found in their bedrooms. Gasoline was used to Start the Blaze Mills said. A nearly empty 5-gallon gasoline can was found near the broken window. Preliminary reports said the six victims died of smoke inhalation. The victims were identified As Trisha Phillips 19her baby Mark Sanders jr., 6 months Jason Addison 2 Courtney Addison 2 Velma Coleman 75 or 76and Nola Phillips 59. One adult victim in Phoenix was identified As James Allan Peters 29, police spokesman Andy Hill said. The other victims were a woman in her 30s and two Chil Dren Ages 7 and 8, Hill said. Their names weren to immediately available. Cause of the Blaze was undetermined but a Homi cide investigation was started after investigators Dis covered the two adults appeared to have gunshot wounds police said