European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday May 28,1989 trip Cut report puzzles experts Bush plans 10% reduce on in Europe Bidav Odiehl and Chuck v1nch staff writers defense experts on both sides of the Atlantic we rep a cd and surprised by news of a possible 10 percent across the Board Cut in . Troops based in Europe. The Washington times Friday reported that presi Dent Bush planned to use the upcoming nato sum Mit As the stage for announcing a reduction of up to 10 percent of the 321.000 . Troops in Europe. Diplomatically it makes no sense whatsoever said Marc fielder of the Royal United services Institute for defense studies in London who for the last two years has served As the Institute s Western euro Pean Security program researcher. Cuts in european based american troops have Al ways been seen As inevitable but any reduction during the current conventional arms talks in Vienna would be bad Liming. Fielder said. We think it almost inevitable that there will american troop cuts fielder said but jux be the Story is not True particularly if the Erncr jams arc hop ing to put any leverage on the conver Fonal arms talks. If the soviets gel any whiff Ethis that has gone straight out of the Windo David Fouque arenc european editor of Jane s de Fence Werwy said unilateral . Cuts do not seem  noting that the United Stales has Long tried to discourage the idea of Large scale troop reductions in Europe. Michael Moody a nato expert for the washing la cd Center for strategic and International Slud. To Jhc Bush administration is being pulled in  looking for solutions. On Onet atm a Moody said the administration i inherently  president Mikhail Gorbachev s largely . But on the other hand they desperately Warp avoid being seen As throwing cold water on  in december Gorbachev  withdrawal of six soviet tank   men from Eastern Europe and i