European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday August 20,1989lawmakers confused by soviet visit say East bloc pullout hard to assess Moscow a . Congressional members said Friday that a reorganization of soviet forces in Eastern Europe is making it difficult to assess president Mikhail s. Gorbachev s promised withdrawal of 50.000 soldiers. The members of the House armed sen ices committee who were ending an i May trip to the soviet Union Praise their hosts for granting them unprecedented Access to military facilities that they said will help build Trust Between the superpowers. But they said the trip had not clarified How the withdrawal from Eastern Europe will affect the soviet Union s fighting capability. We Don t know what combat Power is left in Eastern Europe after the restructuring rep. John Kasich a Ohio told a news conference. He said some units May be equipped with artillery for the first time. We came Here confused and we left  he said. Committee chairman rep. Los Aspin. D-wis., said that in the process of with drawing Sis divisions from its Eastern european allies by the end of 1990. The soviets arc separating some regiments and attaching them to divisions that will remain in Eastern Europe. Previously . Officials assumed that entire divisions would be withdrawn completely he said. But Aspin added we have no evidence to indicate those cuts Aren t going to be  Aspin said the soviet Union has no obligation to outline the details of the unilateral withdrawal that Gorbachev announced at the United nations last december. But he urged the soviets tomake their actions As Clear As possible. The building of Trust is what really counts he added. The visit was one of a series of High level contacts in an Era of better . Soviet relations. Soviet marshal Sergei f.  former military chief of staff and now a close military adviser to Gorba Chev has exchanged visits with . Joint chiefs of Start chairman Williamj. Crowejr. This summer the superpowers navies exchanged Courtesy port Call for the first time in a decade and a half. The congressmen said they hoped that members of the supreme soviet s new committee on defense and slate Security would visit in january or february. During their visit the House commit tee members also saw the soviet space shuttle Assembly facility and its High Energy laser. Two of them visited a Chemi Cal weapons decommissioning Plant Inch Bayevsky. They visited soviet ground forces in East Germany and in the soviet Union As Well As . Military Headquarters incest Berlin. Rep. Larry Hopkins r-kcn., said hews impressed with the size and advanced technology of the chemical  was less impressed with their Candor and contingencies in Case of an Acci Dent he said. He urged that the two countries reach an agreement that would permit expert from the two sides to work together to dismantle chemical weapons. Reunited at refugee Camp Dith Pran whose tribulations under Cambodia s former regime the brutal Khmer Rouge were depicted in the film the killing Fields hugs rela Tives he has not seen since 1979. He was reunited last week Ltd eight family members at a cambodian refugee Camp on the thai cambodian Border lining Nijor the actor who portrayed him in the film joined him on the visit. Wildfire on greek resort Island forces evacuation of vacationers Athens Greece a Creek and foreign tourists have been evacuated from the popular Northern Aegean resort Island of Phassos because of a wildfire aging on the Island s thickly wooded mountainsides officials  have been plying Back and Forth be tween Here and Phassos and just about All visitor shave left the Island said a Harbor authority officer. Christos Panagis from the Mainland City of Kavala. It lies an hour and a half by boat from the  police officer reached by Telephone on Phassos said he could not say How Many tourists had been on the Island but he said the evacuation was orderly and there were no reports of  air currents on the mountainous terrain made it difficult for five firefighting aircraft to dump sea water on the flames that swept toward the evacuated villages of Sotiros Kalli Rahi Agios Giorgis Pri nos Maries and  said a Wall of flames could be seen from the Small Harbor of Simeni the Island s main  was placed under a slate of emergency thursday afternoon. Firefighting vehicles from All of Northern Greece and army troops were rushed to the Sile in a bid to control the  Phassos police officer who chose to remain Anonymous said some abandoned dwellings on the outskirts of villages and some barns had been burned. The National Forest fire control Center declined today How much of the Pine forests had been destroyed by the Blaze. Unofficial estimates said it had burned about 8,648 acres. Trotsky comeback gets another soviet boost Moscow a the soviet press has taken an other step toward the rehabilitation of the late communist Leader Leon Trotsky by publishing his criticism of the party for the first time since he fell out of favor. The youth journal Molodi Komi Tunsil published several letters Trotsky wrote in the 1920s complaining about the party bureaucracy. There is a tendency toward a greater and greater contradiction Between a few thousand people in com Mand and the rest of the party members Trotsky wrote in a 1923 letter that first appeared in pravda that year. Because of thai criticism and other differences Dic Tator Josef Stalin ordered Trotsky ousted from the parly in 1927 and exiled him two years later. Stalin had his foe killed in Mexico in 1940. Trotsky was close to Sovil founder Vladimir  and helped direct the 1917 coup Hal brought the bolsheviks to Power. World economic growth will slow experts say Ottawa up the Pace of world Economy growth will weaken considerably Over the next two years to As Little As 2.8 percent while inflation continues to Rise inc conference Board of Canada Prudi Clad Friday. The Board a private sector organization that an Blyzes economic and government issues said inflation has Persis cd in industrialized countries despite tighter monetary policy and higher interest rates set by the Central Banks. The situation has left governments Uncertain whether monetary policies should be further tightened which would lower inflation rates bul reduce spending to the Point of precipitating a recession. The Light Ching of monetary policy As Well As in dramatic appreciation of the . Dollar and the in creased risk to the International trading system caused by new provisions in inc . Trade act could derail current economic expansion according to the study. Japan journalists named As candidates for space Tokyo a a japanese television station has selected seven of its employees As candidates to be come the first journalist in space flying aboard a soviet space Mission a station spokesman said. The seven Tokyo broadcasting system staffers will go 10 the soviet Union for various tests this year with two finalists undergoing 18 months training at Glav Kosmos the soviet space Agency Tbs spokesman to Shio Nakanishi said. The seven Range in age from two 23-year-old assist ant directors to the network s 42-year-old Moscow Bureau chief and 47-year-old Deputy foreign editor Nakanishi said. The successful candidate will join a soviet Missi Onlo the space station Mir by the end of 1991, broadcast ing live by television once a Day and by radio twice a Day during a six Day stay there