European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes Friday february 10,1989 military Roundup 243 army officers selected for forced retirement Washington is some 243 army Colo Nels and lieutenant colonels must retire no later than aug. 1 As the service continues to meet congressionally mandated cuts in the officer corps. The forced retirements Are the result of selective Early retirement Board recommendations approved by the Secretary of the army Jan. 31. Such boards have been formed periodically Over the past several years when retirements and lowered officer recruit ing failed to reach mandated reductions. The latest action involves 142 colonels and 101 lieutenant colonels. All will be notified of the action by wednesday. The majority of the colonels joined the army in 1961 and 1962. Most of the  in 1966. Col. Tom Wilson of the army personnel office said another retirement Board will be necessary in fiscal 1990 because cuts cannot be made in company Grade officers without affecting readiness. The latest forced retirements bring the army to its goal of reducing its officer ranks by 500 officers this fiscal year. The army originally was directed to Cut about 2,200 officers annually during fiscal years 1989 and 1990. However a Compromise was reached with Congress that reduced the Cut to about 500 officers per year. We Brucken unit wins 3rd Mac safety award we Brucken a West Germany for a third consecutive year the 10th military Airlift so at we Brucken has earned the military Airlift come s flight safety achievement award. The Squadron is one of 12 units at the group and Squadron level cited by the military Airlift come for finishing a year without a class a or b aircraft Accident. Since 1985, the 10th military Airlift so which flies the c-23a Sherpa Light cargo aircraft has flown More than 50,000 Accident free hours. Class a accidents involve the total loss of an air plane loss of life or More than $500,000 dam age. Class b accidents involve More than $100,000damage. 5 Central american nations ask . To Send observers United nations a five Central american nations asked the United nations to Send military observers to verify that none of their countries supports subversion against a neighbor. Foreign ministry officials from Nicaragua Honduras Guatemala Al Salvador and Costa Rica were scheduled thursday to wrap up two Days of talks aimed at reviving the Central american peace plan of 1987. The officials on wednesday asked . Secretary Gen eral Javier Perez de Cuellar to Send West German Span ish and Canadian inspectors to their nations and they requested latin americans be included in the inspection team. All the people who participate in this process will be military but they Are not going to be armed said Costa rican foreign minister Rodrigo Madrigal Nieto. Perez de Cuellar said he is considering sending military observers saying civilians do not have the necessary authority for removing rebels from one of the  plans for the Force have already been drafted . Officials said and Spain Canada and West Germany have agreed to contribute observers. The Central american proposal was submitted wednesday in Spanish to the . Chief who is from Peru. The proposal breathes new life into the peace plan initiated by president Oscar Arias of Costa Rica who received the Nobel peace prize for his efforts in 1987. A joint .-organization of american states team that went to Central America in 1987 recommended unarmed civilian inspectors possibly backed with military advisers and the ministers letter urged Perez de Cue Larto rely on its recommendations. Honduras a key . Ally where the contras have bases to launch raids into Nicaragua blocked the 1987 plan by refusing to allow inspections of military Sites. Now Honduras has backed the plan. Some observers say Honduras is afraid the contras will prompt Nicara Gua s Superior forces to Cross into Honduras. The United states has accused Nicaragua of aiding leftist rebels fighting a .-backed government in Al Sal Vador. They did not specify whether the inspectors should be military or civilian. The . Mission to the United nations will not com ment on such a Force until after the latest round of talk sends thursday said a . Spokeswoman. Angels set to train recruits in London London a the guardian Angels say that with the backing of the director of two Charles Bron son movies and a British businessman they will Start training recruits in London next week despite offi Cial opposition. Curtis Sliwa Leader of the new York based group that wants to Send civilian patrols into the London underground had threatened to abandon the plan unless the crime fighting group could find training space. He said police and some government officials had dug their heels in and refused to allow the Angels to train in Public places. Police and lawmakers have said Law enforcement on the subways should be left to professionals not civil ians. After discussing the Angels plight on a highly popu Lar British broadcasting co. Television talk show Sliwa said wednesday that he had received two offers of help from Bill Fagan owner of a Chain of Public recital Halls throughout London and from director Michael Winner. Winner directed death wish and death wish ii both starring Bronson As a Tough vigilante who settles the score with cold blooded criminals. Sliwa said Fagan offered the Angels the use of a Hall evenings with no strings attached for a three month training course and Winner guaranteed that if there were any problems he would pay for a training facility. It gives us a mandate to continue Sliwa said. The guardian Angels had also received hundreds of Calls from people who offered gardens rooms attic Sand Back Yards for training Sliwa said. Party apparatchiks Gorbachev sharply criticized in soviet article Moscow a a Leningrad Magazine has published a daring attack on the soviet communist party including pointed criticism of the Way Mikhail s. Gorbachev is running the country. Sergei y. Andreyev also said in the january edition of Neva a literary and political Magazine that Gorba Chev s reforms have failed to bring the soviet Economy out of crisis. He said Gorbachev s reforms dubbed collectively As perestroika Are seriously hampered by what recalled a new  � All decisions of the upper Powers Are carried out Only to the extent that they Are advantageous to the new class Andreyev said in the 28-Page essay. He said the new class is a production and manag Erial apparatus that includes 14 million party bureaucrats government ministers and managers. Gorbachev himself has launched a War on bureaucrats who interfere in Day to Day decisions about production. He has tried to Transfer some of their Power to local officials and factory managers. But Andreyev said Gorbachev has t gone far enough and that the government and party have be come subservient to the new class. Andreyev 34, is a biologist and Plant director who said he represents a new political club called alter a  his article is one of the harshest and most de tailed attacks yet on perestroika the communist sys tem and Gorbachev. He mocks the party s claim of popular support and uses the colloquial Gen Sec As an abbreviation for general Secretary Gorbachev s Post inthe party. The new class he wrote is largely responsible for the Lack of major improvements in the soviet Economy and for impediments to democracy that have arise since Gorbachev came to Power in March 1985. Gorbachev launched perestroika in april. We must admit that the Economy is in a crisis for the years since the memorable april plenum of the communist party Central committee the Economy did t get on track the crisis in this Way is deep ening Andreyev said. Perestroika is moving slowly not because of some mysterious Force but because of Well organized sabotage he said. Gorbachev has admitted that perestroika is not moving As quickly As he had hoped but reaffirmed his commitment to Reform and said the people support his reforms. Andreyev however said the current leadership is partly to blame for the country s economic woes. The Good promises made from High Rostrum hang in the air and Are far from fostering the strengthening of Faith in the possibility of perestroika he said. The article also criticized Gorbachev s political re forms under which a new More powerful legislature and presidency Are to be created this year. Andreyev said the offices of communist party general Secretary and president or head of the legislature should not be held by the same Man As Gorbachev proposes because the lawmakers Are supposed to Check his work. Andreyev also said Gorbachev s policy of Glas nost or openness on s9me issues has not yet been expanded to include criticism of the country s Leader. He said the general Secretary is still viewed As an inaccessible and exemplary figure and that feedback from the people he governs is essential. Opponents of perestroika take advantage of the peo ple s apathy and passive attitude because for the counter revolution activity of the masses would be its death democracy for it is destruction Andreyev wrote. Despite the c9mmunist party s claim that it serves the people and is in the Vanguard of society the general population he said practically never had a Cess to the real levers of Power and does t have i now  the author said that on the world scene the soviet Brand of socialism has had a demoralizing influence and is perceived As a system capable of leading Only to  left High and dry an abandoned Tarp covered Gondola left Highland dry by a Lack of rain in Venice sits forlornly on a canal bed. The water level of the City s la Goon has dropped just Over 3 feet