European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday August 23,1989 military Roundup cafes honors exchanges at upper Heyford in Ciurlik Washington cafes has named the Exchange at Raf upper Heyford England As the Best in the West Germany England area for 1989 and the Exchange at in Ciurlik a Turkey As the Best european Exchange outside the West Germany England area. The exchanges were judged by a 100-Point system using sales and earnings statistics installation commander comments on employee Courtesy employee training product availability and attractive merchandising. Exercise cold fire 89 planned for september Mons Belgium cold fire 89, an exercise involving tactical air forces in support of ground forces will be held sept. 5-23 mainly in West Germany apart of autumn forge. A nato news release said Low level lying would be kept to a minimum during the exercise and be done in strict compliance with National regulations of the country concerned. However the statement also said it was Likely some flying will increase in areas where such activity is usually the exercise will involve air forces from Belgium Canada West Germany the Netherlands the unite kingdom and the United states. France which does not belong to nato s Inte grated military Structure will join the exercise with Fand and air forces As part of Normal training relations. Since cold fire 89 is designed to improve cooperation Between Allied air and land forces two maj Orfield training exercises of the West German and United states ground forces will be conducted. Autumn forge is an annual series of exercises that was signed in 1975. The exercises Are held from North Ern Norway to Eastern Turkey. 19 Safe units to compete in munitions skills contest Sembach West Germany Nineteen Safe units will test their skills sept. 18-29 at the munition Competition sure fire 89. Teams will compete in four categories integrated combat turnarounds combat ammunition production weapons maintenance and explosive ordnance Dispo Sal. Teams also will be judged through academic test ing and consolidated tool kit inspection. Competing will be teams from Raf Alconbury Raf upper Heyford Raf Lakenheath Raf bunt Waters and Raf Wellford in the United kingdom we Brucken a Tilburg a Hahn a Span Dahlem a Ramstein a and Simbach a in West Germany Torrejon a and Zaragoza a Spain soc Storberg a Netherlands Avi Ano a Italy and in Ciurlik a Turkey. World today austrian climber rescued from Himalayan Peak new Delhi up an air Force helicopter plucked from a Snow covered Peak in the Western Himalayas an austrian Mountaineer unable to descend because of severe frostbite in his legs the press Trust of India has said. The Domestic news Agency reported two japanese climbers who encountered the austrian team sent a radio message requesting assistance for Herman Huber who was in a serious condition at a base Camp on the 23,400-foot-High nun Peak. Marking anniversary of slaying philippine president Corazon Aquino right ranked by her youngest daughter Kris leads fam ily members in prayer monday at the suburban Manila Tomb of Aquino s husband Binigno who was assassinated six Yean ago. The family also attended a mass for the opposition Leader slain aug. 21, 1983, at the Manila Airport on his arrival from fhe United states. International guarantee proposed to reassure Hong Kong residents Hong Kong a a . Representative tues Day called for an International insurance policy under which Many Hong Kong residents wary about chinese Rule that begins in 1997 could quickly escape. Stephen j. Solarz. The new York Democrat who is chairman of the House subcommittee on asian an Pacific affairs said such a multilateral program involving the United states Britain Canada and other count pcs would help restore Confidence among Hon Kong people. The 5.7 million people of this British Colony have Long been concerned about what will happen to Hong Kong when it reverts to communist China in eight years. Fears Over the future increased after the chinese military quashed the pro democracy movement i Beijing in june. Solarz said he envisioned a program under which Hong Kong people could move permanently to a for eign country without first meeting existing residency requirements. He said perhaps several Hundred thou Sand local people could meet qualifying criteria set by the Host countries for the program. Hong Kong residents who qualify for the program would have the Confidence to remain Here where i think most of them would like to stay knowing that if worse came to worse they would have the Opportunity to relocate elsewhere Solarz said. He said such a program might give the authorities in Beijing an even greater incentive to conduct them selves. In a Way that is sensitive to the concerns of the people in Hong Kong knowing. That if Thev botch it All up when they arrive in 1997 a lot of the people who make Hong Kong go would no longer Solarz said he would discuss the Issue which he described As a kind of multilateral immigration insurance policy with the Bush administration when he returns to Washington and that he might bold hear Ings. He said the support of Britain would be crucial. Britain has refused to Grant most Hong Kong Resi dents the right to live in Britain but has spoken of an International Relief Effort if the situation deteriorates. Turkey closes Borders to refugees from Bulgaria by the new York times in an important policy reversal tur key announced monday that it was Clos ing its Borders to restrict the recent exo dus of ethnic turks who have fled Bulgaria claiming that they Are the Vic Tims of religious and ethnic repression. Turkish officials said the decision was an Effort to press the bulgarian govern ment in Sofia into negotiating a Diplo Matic solution. But it also suggested growing concern about Turkey s ability to provide jobs and housing for the huge number of refugees. A government statement issued in an Kara Turkey insisted that the Border would be reopened once Bulgaria signed an agreement regulating the human flow and guaranteeing the property rights of ethnic turks who leave and the civil lib erties of those who slay behind. There was no official reaction from Sofia which has denied that it persecutes its turkish minority. As of monday morning about 310,000 bulgarian turks had entered Turkey since mid May representing 20 percent of their estimated number in Bulgaria and forming one of the largest population movements in Europe since world War ii. They have been expelled or encouraged to leave in a Campaign of assimilation begun by Bulgaria five years ago. Turks have been forced to take slavic names and Are prohibited from speaking turkish in Public. In addition refugees say they arc the victims of harsh Laws Ana police intimidation that make it difficult and in some instances impossible for them to follow obligatory islamic customs. Their exodus began in May after bloody Street protests broke out in pre dominantly ethnic turkish provinces in Eastern Bulgaria and the flow has reached More than 4,000 people a Day. Most of the refugees have arrived atthe Border in cars and buses some by train and they have then pushed what Ever possessions they managed to bring with them into Turkey in carts and wheelbarrows. Nearly All say they were forced to leave property Bank account Sand in Many cases family members. According to the turkish foreign ministry the Frontier with Bulgaria was " to be sealed tuesday morning. From then on Only bulgarian turks with Turk ish visas would be allowed in. A relatively Small number since Ankara had waived Normal visa requirements More than two months ago. The problem of divided families was reaching grave proportions a ministry statement said explaining the new policy. Turkey is determined not to accept the results of Bulgaria s irresponsible policies and is determined not to leave the Fate of hundreds of thousands of Kinsmen to the mercy of
