European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 08, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lions on verge of signing Barry Sanders sports wire Page 27 the stars and Sra ipes authorized unofficial publication for the . Ahmed forces vol. 48, no. 144 Friday. September 8, 1989 Good morning a d 8693 a . Ready to Cut troops in Britain sources say by William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington the United Stales is prepare to pull out 32,000 service personnel and family Mem Bers from tour major bases in Britain As part of troop cuts being considered at the conventional arms talks in Vienna Austria sources in the state and defense departments said thursday. If the talks arc successful units and equipment at a Falconbury Binl Walers Fairford and Mildenhall would be removed the sources said. However they emphasize that the withdrawals arc but one option in the conventional forces in Europe reduction negotiations. Asked about the report. Pentagon spokesman . Mel Sundlin said there has been no discussion of specific reductions either of . Or nato forces inthe talks. But the sources said the option of removing .units from Britain has been discussed Between Bush administration officials and the government of British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. As part of the arms talks Between nato and the Warsaw pact the West is proposing that each Side be limited to 5,700 combat aircraft. The four bases Are Home to two tactical fighter wings o Squadron of f-16 fighters a reconnaissance Wing and an airborne command and control Wing. Two of the bases also Host . Refuelling planes belonging to the european Tanker task Force. The aircraft reductions arc part of a nato proposal to irim combat troops tanks artillery pieces armoured personnel carriers and combat helicopters Between Theu ral mountains and the Atlantic. Other . Bases in Europe also could be closed under a new arms control agreement the sources in Washington said. Colombia extradited reputed fund launderer Atlanta a the first per son extradited from Colombia in its current drug crackdown a repute Money launderer for the Mcd Calm co Caine Cartel arrived in the United slates under heavy guard thursday at a tiny suburban Airport. Relate Story Page 28. Eduardo Martinez Romero who i accused of helping the drug Cartel launder $1.2 billion later appeared with a lawyer at a preliminary Federal court hearing telling magistrate Joel. Feldman through an interpreter that he Speaks Only Spanish and do snot fully understand the charges against  agreed to postpone arraignment until monday and ordered Martinez held without bail until then prosecutors said they would ask that he be denied bail. Martinez left Bogota aboard a drug enforcement administration plane on wednesday night Federal official said. . Attorney Robert Barr of at Lanta said the plane landed Early thursday under tight Security a Charlie Brown Airport a Small county run Airport used by private planes. It is just outside Atlanta. Martinez was whisked away in a helicopter. Federal agents were on an in creased slate of Alert for any Retalia Tion from the my Dullin Cartel said Weldon Kennedy agent in charge of the Fri in Atlanta. We re very concerned because of the events transpiring and because of the violence that has occurred in Colombia Kennedy said. He said some Cartel members re Eduardo Martinez Romero port Day have said there might become violent act attempted in the United Stales because of the  Martinez was arrested the first weekend after colombian presiden Virgilio Barco launched a crackdown on drug traffickers triggered by the aug. 18 assassination  dental candidate Luis Carlos Galan an outspoken foe of the drug Trade. The Bogota newspaper Al Timp quoted Martinez after his arrest As see Colombia on Back Page objections by Greece stall nato proposals Vienna Austria a greek objections to nato proposals on limiting military Maneu vers in Europe prevented their introduction As East and West resumed their search thursday for ways to reduce the armies and weapons massed across Europe. Diplomats who asked not to be identified said the nato proposals required further consultation after Greece began voicing objections to them Early in the week. Nato diplomats in Vienna and Brus Sels worked hard wednesday to put the finishing touches to the proposals billed by senior officials As an unprecedented Effort to curb military exercises on the world s most heavily armed continent. But Greece objected to provisions mandating that Maneu vers requiring the calling up of 40,000 or More reservists and the use of 1,200 or More armore personnel carriers be announced in and Vance diplomatic sources said. Athens which is traditionally wary Osnato ally and neighbor Turkey was seeking lower limits the sources said adding that they View this As a psycho logical problem that could be Over come. Nato and the Warsaw pact also hop during this six week round to present what both sides Bill As sweeping proposals on verification. But diplomats from both military blocs speaking on condition of anonymity have suggested that they arc finding it see Greece on Back Page Navy concludes Hartwig probably caused9 blast Washington a the Navy thursday said gunner s mate Clayto Hartwig probably caused the Iowa explosion that killed 47 sailors by placing a detonating device in the bags of gun powder in the battleship s 16-Inch guns. Han wig who died in the april 19 blast was the gun Captain in charge offloading the no. 2 gun Turret and the sail or that investigators placed nearest the Breech of the ill Fulcd weapon. The trag Edy ranks As the worst naval disaster since the Vietnam War. Rear adm. Richard a Milligan presenting the official conclusions of an investigation said Navy officials could find no accidental cause for the Accident. Instead he cited much circumstantial information pointing to Hartwig. Hartwig had greatest Access and Opportunity to the gun that exploded an had a Long interest in  Milligan cited an Fri psychological profile of Hartwig with the opinion that he took his own life and hoped it looked like an  Milligan said Hartwig was a loner and a Man with Low self esteem who had a series of principal friends throughout his life All of them male. But the Pentagon briefer said there is no see Navy on Back Page