European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday August 12,1989 Israel still Hopes that Poland will move Auschwitz Convent Jerusalem a Israel s foreign ministry Fri Day expressed Hope that a roman Catholic Convent will be removed from the grounds of the Auschwitz concentration Camp in Poland despite opposition by polish Church leaders. Cardinal Franciszck Macharski of Krakow Poland thursday said conditions did not exist for carrying out a 1987 agreement Between the Church and jewish organizations to relocate the carmelite Convent away from the Camp. Macharski blamed the Dejay on protests by jewish groups which intensified this year after the february deadline for moving the Convent passed. He accused the jewish groups of creating an atmosphere of aggressive  last month rabbi Avraham Weiss of Riverdale n.y., and six of his students protested in front of the Convent and were beaten and dragged from the site by construction workers at the Convent. Weiss said thursday that Macharski s claim was despicable and anti semitic. He said if the nuns were not moved he would Lead protest groups to Poland and urge jews not to travel there. An estimated 2.5 million jews were among the 4 Mil lion people the nazis killed at Auschwitz in world War ii. Nor ego vows he won f Budge Panama City Panama a strongman Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega said his regime will not yield to . Pressure that he quit As Panama s defense forces chief. Panama will not Bow to the Law offered that those barbarians from the North their lackeys and tame politicians Are trying to impose on it he said thurs Day night referring to his panamanian opponents. The comments were Noriega s first reaction to Awe Klong series of confrontations Between his defense forces and . Southern come troops that included arrests on both sides and the blocking of nearby fort Amador by american soldiers. . Troops have been conducting exercises to de fend the Panama canal under the 1977 treaties and panamanian troops in some instances have been Shad owing them. Addressing a group of about 20 retired military offi cers. Noriega reiterated earlier accusations that the United states wants to replace him with a docile government to elude treaty obligations to turn the pan Ama canal Over to Panama. You Noriega said pointing at the retired officers arc front Row witnesses of the aggressive and arrogant policies of the United states toward  but he said Panama will not Bow will not humiliate itself will not give up its project of liberating itself of american soldiers in the face of injustice or arro  the group of officers believed to have been founded recently by Noriega Calls itself the executive com Mittee of the organization of military men for democracy integration and the liberation of latin american and the Caribbean. The International jewish Community considers Christian symbols on the perimeter of the Camp a dese cration of the memory of their slain Brethren. The Convent is in a former nazi warehouse whose Lawn used to be a gravel pit where prisoners were executed. Today a 23-foot Cross stands at the site. The israeli foreign ministry said it Learned of Macharski s statement Only in news reports and was still awaiting a report from the head of Israel s interest office in Warsaw Poland Mordechai Paltzer. Although it is True that the foreign ministry is not part of the february 1987 agreement. It supports the implementation of this agreement and we have no reason to believe that the signatories would not respect it the ministry said. It said Pazur met three weeks ago with polish officials and was promised that the polish government planned to intervene to implement the agreement. Israel s minister of religious affairs be Cullun Ham Mer is to visit Poland soon and will discuss the Issue with his polish counterpart and Macharski said the ministry of religious affairs director be Cullun or lev. We will explain morally that the Auschwitz death Camp is first and Foremost a jewish site or lev said. High performance Argentine president Carlos Saul Menem hashes a smile after taking a 30-minute spin in training Jet As co Pilot to help celebrate Argentine air Force Day world today Britain issues warning of possible terror attacks London a Scotland Yard s anti terrorist squad issued a warning thursday that terrorists might bomb targets on the British Mainland to Mark the 20th anniversary this coming week of the deployment of troops in Northern Ireland. The Irish Republican army was not named in the statement which urged the Public to be vigilant during this emotive time in Ireland s  but the Ira has waged a bloody Campaign mainly in Northern Ireland to drive the British from the protestant controlled province and unite it with the mainly roman Catholic Irish Republic. Norwegian saves boy for 2nd time in 8 years Oslo Norway a a 10-year-old boy survived a 22,000-Volt electrical Shock with help from the same Man who saved him from drowning eight years ago according to news reports. Isak Turi climbed a 22-foot-High electricity Pylon in the Northern Village of of Tern and touched the Power line. The Shock jolted him to the ground with his hair and clothes on fire the Oslo newspaper Var dons gang reported thursday. Paul Bankc a neighbor ran to smother the flames the newspaper said. A spokesman for the regional Power company was quoted As saying it was amazing that Turi the son of a Reindeer Herder survived. Bankc told Var dons gang that eight years ago he saved Turi when the boy nearly drowned in a Spring Hood. Isak has always been a Tough kid who will dare anything Bankc said. Turi was in stable condition at a local Hospital the newspaper said. Lawmakers think soviets still hold political prisoners Moscow a two . Congressmen thurs Day said their visit to a notorious prison Camp in the ural mountains convinced them that the soviet Union is still holding political prisoners. Reps. Frank Wolf of Virginia and Christopher Smith of new Jersey who visited the Perm 35 labor by could for their amp and interviewed 24 prisoners said thenot specify exactly How Many were being held Foi political beliefs. But Wolf said Many or most said they were Politi Cal prisoners and we believe that they  Swiss Wei memorial damaged by vandals Les rang1ers, Switzerland a unknown vandals toppled and partly stole an eight ton world War i memorial thursday in Switzerland s Jura re Gion which is known for periodic violence by separatists police said there were no immediate suspects or claims of responsibility for the predawn attack carried out with a Pulley and a steel Cable. The massive Stone statue of a Soldier located on a Mountain pass was missing its head and part of the Bayonet after the at tack police said. Writer says bbl censored pre Wii shows London a the British Broad casting corporation cooperated with the government to censor its own programs in the years leading up to world War ii according to a bbl radio documentary aired thursday. Conspiracy of silence reported that the bbl under the directorship of John Raith assisted the British government from 1933 to 1938 by censoring opposing views including those of Winston Churchill. When Churchill tried to criticize prime minister Neville Chamberlain s policy of appeasement toward Germany the bbl refused to air his remarks and he sought an audience in the United states with the help of an american radio network. Relying on Archive recording tapes newspaper reports and the letters and diaries of statesmen and bbl officials writer Denys Blackway documented the abcs censorship of those opposed to Britain s policy of preventing War through keeping peace with Germany. Faced with a Strong government a popular policy and a determined prime minister the bbl was nol prepared tonight for its right to broadcast impartially on matters of foreign policy the documentary concluded. In the years be fore the War the blurred line which divides truth from propaganda and official advice from censorship was crossed under the abcs charter the govern ment has the right to veto any program it chooses. In the years immediately before world War ii the veto Power was used frequently and without Public knowledge of toe censorship. The title for the documentary came from a statement made in an outspoken attack on the bbl by one of its senior officials John Coalman who said the corporation s broadcasting policy in the 1930s contributed to the ignorance of the people of much social knowledge they should have  Coalman charged the Way of peace and other bbl programs at the time Bear As much relation to the necessities of the moment As the chatter of elderly spinsters at a dockers Tea party bears to the fight of religion against sin he said. Conspiracy of silence reported that during the september 1938 crisis Over the German threat to Czechoslovakia member of parliament Harold Nicholson wrote a script explaining Why Britain had to fight for Czechoslovakia in opposition to the government s policy. When the script was submitted before air time Nicholson was told that because of the Gravity of the situation the foreign office wanted no discussion of the subject during an argument in which Nichol son was told to change the script or it would t be used the bbl producer suggested Nicholson speak about persian railways or accommodations for foreign students. In the end the legislator spoke about the Price of milk. Another member of parliament  Wedgwood was Given the Choice to tone Down his scripted attacks on hit Ler and Mussolini or be censored the documentary said. The world War i vet eran leaked his script to the evening Standard newspaper which headlined the Story the documentary said