European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 8 the stars and stripes tuesday May 30,1989 Khomeini May be very ill Iran opposition speculates Manama. Bahrain up the postoperative con in had begun taking liquid food again after surgery am Jitian of iranian Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was doing Virv  but gave no indication of whet can Ray be More serious than Iran s news Media have Indi Uit cd. Iranian opposition sources said monday. A spokesman for the Baghdad based Mujahedin e Khaliq organi action said that the May 23 operation performed on Khomeini was carried out on his duo Denum and he underwent another operation on his prostate gland prior to  Khomeini suffered a heart attack on saturday and unlike preceding Days no medical bulletin on his stat of health was announced from saturday noon until  the Mujahedin spokesman who represents the main iranian opposition group said in a statement sent to United press International in Manama. Iranian news Media quoted Khomeini s doctors As saying last week thai in order to Stop internal bleeding they operated on the 87-year-old cleric who fired his designated successor two months ago and is not known to have chosen anyone to replace him on his death. One of the doctors. Iraj Fazel told state run iranian television in remarks quoted by the British broadcast ing corp. That Khomeini s condition after his opera Tion was very  Fael made no mention of a previous operation on Khomeini s prostate gland. . Intelligence sources last Vear said Khomeini had cancer of the prostate which had spread to other organs and that the iranian Leader had Only months to live. Iranian television late saturday confirmed Khomeini suffered a slight heart problem four Days after his operation but said the complication had been successfully treated and there was no cause for  Iran s Irna news Agency said sunday that Shomei n and a very n he might leave the Hospital. Iranian opposition sources said Khomeini suffered a heart attack in 19so and again in 1986 and was fitted with a pacemaker. However these medical developments have never been con firmed by Iran s official Media. The strongest indication so far that Khomeini might have a heart problem came from Iran s powerful parliament speaker who is also a member of Khomeini s inner Circle and visited the iranian Leader at his bed Side the Day after his operation. Speaker Howato Heslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Raf Sanja in told a prayer meeting in Tehran Iran on Friday that surgeons had hesitated to operate on Khomeini for fear his heart might not be Able to take the Strain. State run Tehran radio monitored in Bahrain said Khomeini was recovering Well after surgery and Mem Bers of his family were spending More time with him. Khomeini s death before the appointment of a new designated successor to replace Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri could plunge Iran currently experiencing bitter factional infighting into chaos. Political experts believe Khomeini s Only surviving son Hojdalo Heslam Ahmad Khomeini would be the Only person with sufficient authority among iranian clerics to Lake Over his father s role should the elder Khomeini suddenly die. The other favorite contender for Power is Raf Sanja in the Only declared candidate for the country s presidential elections in August. World today Argentine plan announced to ease economic crisis Buenos Aires Argentina a presi Dent Raul Alfonsin has announced an emergency package aimed at casing an economic crisis that has led to the looting of supermarket and grocery stores in major cities. Alfonsin in a nationally televised speech prom ised sunday night that his lame Duck government will make sure consumer products get to the people in what he called an extremely dangerous and cruelly damaging economic crisis. In his speech Alfonsin called on argentines to Roll up your sleeves and go to work to ensure that emergency Steps work. Alfonsin s measures some of which require con Gressional approval include a return to monetary Exchange controls with an official Exchange rate for the Austral. Argentina s currency which has lost 90percent of its value Over the last four months. Scalpers Selling tickets for papal mass in Finland Helsinki Finland a tickets for a mass to be celebrated by Pope John Paul in Finland arc being sold on the Black Market for about $ 160, reports said monday. The finnish Catholic Church condemned the hawkers and said All the 7,900 tickets it has Given out were free. The Pope is scheduled to visit Finland on june 4-6 during a nordic tour that is also taking him to Norway Iceland Denmark and Sweden. It will be the first papal visit to this predominantly lutheran country. Hard line backlash threatens chinese protesters Beijing a student pro democracy protesters split monday on whether to press on with their three week occupation of Central Tiana men Square Grap pling Over How to face the anticipated conservative backlash. Hard liners who Sci de the upper hand in the government have moved relentlessly in recent Days toward snuffing out the 6-Wcek-old movement. Workers were reportedly being fined for taking Partin demonstrations few1 were seen in a March sunday by about  people mostly students and troop called under martial Law were said to have occupied Beijing s biggest steel Plant. The state run press which Only a week ago was filled with Heady reports of the democratic protests was churning out propaganda material. Leading moderates were reportedly in Retreat. Sources said provincial officials have received documents chronicling the serious errors of reformist communist party general Secretary Zhao Ziyang reportedly stripped of his Post for seeking reconciliation with the students. Others who similarly advocated political Reform or supported Compromise with the students arc expected to be punished or purged. We cannot leave the Square student loudspeakers blared monday. If the people s liberation army sup presses us we will become an exemplary Model for All future movements to  the announcement said by the Loudspeaker to be from a leadership group added to the confusion of who was in control of the movement and whether the students had veered toward a More confrontational stand. Beijing student leaders had earlier proposed staging a massive Victory rally on tuesday then leaving. But students from outside the capital Many of them recent arrivals have resisted. The Beijing leaders have cited the unsanitary conditions on the Square occupied by students since May 13, and the need to shift the course of the 6-Wcck-old movement. Students they contend should begin going out among the populace to explain their goals. The protes ters seek More democracy including a free press and an end to official corruption. Wang Dan one of the Beijing leaders said late sunday that he was determined to leave on tuesday and expects the Beijing students to go with him. About 10,000 Stu dents occupied the Grimy foul smelling squatters Camp in the Square monday Down from a Peak of 200,000. About half Are from outside Beijing and Many travelled for Days on crowded trains to take part. It is the non Beijing groups that Are adamantly opposed to giving up the  will not leave said Yao Guangfu a student University students stroll past area e in Beijing s tour Enmen Square where they have camped Tor three weeks. From coastal i angst province. We Haven t achieved our  the Loudspeaker announcement called on students to slay until june 20, when the National people s con Gress China s legislature is scheduled to hold a special session to discuss the pro democracy protests. On sunday students from most of China s 31 prov inces paraded through the capital s streets repeating their pro democracy slogans and demanding the resignation of Premier i Peng who imposed martial Law in Beijing on May 20 and ordered troops into the capital Region. Another 30,000 students marched against i in Shanghai with one Banner depicting the Premier As cockroach with a military Cap. In Hong Kong police said 500,000 people marched to show support for the students. Thousands of chinese also rallied in Taiwan Australia Chicago and new York in Solidarity. Unlike past demonstrations in which up to 1 million chinese took to the streets there were few non Stu dents in the Beijing March on sunday an indication that the government hard line stance against the pro tests has begun to have effect. Workers reportedly arc being fined or face pay deductions for participating in marches and people in academic institutes and news organizations arc being ordered to write reports on their activities during the  reports could presumably be used against  state run Media its journalists now in jeopardy for their Active participation in the Street marches have re turned to being propaganda organs for the government. The official communist party newspaper the peo ple s daily gave passing mention to sunday s Demon stration. But monday s front Page was filled with articles about couns supporting the government decision on martial Law citizens writing letters calling on students to leave Tiana men Square and government leaders expressing thanks for popular support for the military