European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 25, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 dec wants peace but will fire Back if . Refuses to Bend in Trade War Brussels Belgium up the european Community sought a truce in the hormone meat War with the United states but said monday it is ready to . Exports if the conflict is not resolved soon. The foreign ministers from the 12 nations forming the Community called on the United states to suspend temporarily the 100 percent duties it has imposed on seven european products because of the dec s ban on meat produced with growth hormones. The ministers also delayed until feb. 20 a decision on when to impose counter retaliatory duties on . Walnuts and dried fruit. The delay will allow time for a feb. 8 meeting of Council of the general agreement on tariffs and Trade the International body that oversees world Trade. The Council will consider an dec complaint that . Actions Are incompatible with Gatt rules. The United states has called the dec ban a Trade Barrier in disguise and argues the hormones used in . Beef Are Safe. Europe put its ban into effect Jan. 1, prompting a immediate . Response of tariffs equal to the $100 million in Trade that would be interrupted by the  a one Day session the foreign ministers issued a statement saying they had approved an dec executive commission proposal to impose High duties on imported . Walnuts and dried fruits Worth about$96.6 million a year. But the ministers postponed a decision on the Dale of implementation until after the Gatt Council meet ing. The statement said the dec Council of ministers called upon the executive commission to continue the action initiated in Gatt seeking condemnation of the unilateral retaliatory measures introduced by the United states in breach of the rules of the  the Council of ministers also called on the executive commission to continue bilateral efforts with the american authorities to reach an amicable settlement to the dispute the statement said. The Council in vites the new . Administration to suspend the uni lateral measures in the  the statement said the Council will take Stock of the situation at its session on feb. 20. The countermeasures will be put into effect unless there is satisfactory Progress in Gatt or in bilateral negotiations with the United  asked Why the ministers Felt the new . Administration might be More flexible on the Issue Spanish foreign minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez said president Bush had the reputation of being a free  we Hope he will Honor that name he said. We Hope the United states will take a More intelligent  he said the ministers had preferred not to fix a Dat for putting into effect the dec retaliation in order not to diminish our room of  but he said there was no doubt dec ministers would put the countermeasures into effect if there was no satisfactory Progress on the Issue by feb. 20. Obviously feb. 20 is the Date he said. We removing Forward cautiously but  the statement issued after the ministers session also noted applications had already been made by some american producers to Export to the Community beef and veal meeting the criteria of Community legislation meaning meat not treated with hormones. The ministers encouraged the commission to con clude its examination of these applications rapidly the statement said. Commandos give up base offer bloody Battle Buenos Aires Argentina a fourteen civilian commandos surren dered tuesday morning after holding of hundreds of tank and artillery backed soldiers and police at an army base for Aday the government news Agency said. At least 25 people were killed in fight ing after about 40 commandos broke through the base s main Gate in a stole truck Early monday authorities said. A half hour after the gunfire ceased the 13 men and one woman left the red Brick officers club which was heavily damaged by tank and mortar fire Mon Day the official team news Agency re ported. Most of the commandos were shirt less one waved a White shirt of surren Der and the woman was wounded an carried by two comrades. Soldiers took them into custody and entered the bombed out officers club team reported. Troops issued an ultimatum through loudspeakers to any other commandos who might be on the base in la Tablada on Buenos Aires Western outskirts. Local news reports said some Comman Dos had sniped at police and troops on monday from positions outside the base. The commandos had been reported earlier As holding hostages but tues Day s reports made no mention of Cap Tives. The Battle was the most serious of it kind since the leftist people s revolutionary party and an Allied guerrilla group attacked an army Arsenal in 1975. In monday s fighting five Soldier were killed and More than 30 soldiers and police officers wounded team re ported. Carlos Becerra an aide to presi Dent Raul Alfonsin said at least 20 com Mandos were killed. The commandos either carried wit them or stole ground to ground missiles and anti tank guns military officials said in explaining Why they had held off government forces. The commandos did not identify themselves or state their motives but a woman who called the Independent new Agency diaries y Noticia on monday said she belonged to the group an claimed it had acted to prevent a Mili tary coup. It was to defend democracy and no they re massacring us the Agency quoted the woman who would not identify herself As saying. Please do some  the popularly elected Alfonsin gov an Argentine officer drags away a captured commando by her hair during monday s Battle at la Tablada base. A Ern ment has coped with three military insurrections since april 1987, during which troops were reluctant to fire on their rebellious colleagues. The incidents ended with Little or no bloodshed. Public sentiment has strongly backed Alfonsin against rebels in the armed forces which ruled the country for nearly eight years until he took office in 1983. During the military dictatorship a least 8,900 Argentine leftists were arrested by Security forces and never see again. They Are presumed to have been executed. The commandos scattered right Wing pamphlets As they attacked the base but the government dismissed the notion that they were anything but leftist extremists. The pamphlets said Long live Rico and Long live Seine Din in references to the leaders of the three Mil itary insurrections. Cashiered it. Col. Aldo Rico and  Ali Seine Din both in military prison mounted their revolts to press Foran end to the prosecution of officers for human rights abuses committed during the 1976-83 military dictatorship. Cesar Jaroslavsky president of the governing Radical civic Union s bloc in the House of deputies said some com Mandos were members of the people revolutionary army which also battled soldiers a decade ago. Inside the base monday the Comman Dos were confined to the red Brick offi cers club and several other buildings a soldiers blasted their positions with tank and mortar fire setting the buildings ablaze. Some fled from the base and hid i nearby buildings sniping at police and soldiers local news agencies reported. At 9 30 p.m., the Armor exploded sending flames 100 Yards High into the darkness. Sporadic gunfire and occasion Al mortar rounds continued inside the compound Early tuesday