European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inf cide tribes d polish minister designate favors wage moratorium Page 2 q new destroyer class to be launched Page 5 d 3 top 20 teams upset at Home Page 26 o More raids staged on drug lords property Page 28 the stars and stripes vol. 48, no 147 monday. September 11, secret order gives military wider drug role sources say by the Washington Pinsl Washington a secret portion of president Bush s anti drug program a Ihori is an expanded role for the . Military in the drug War in latin Ameri Ca including new rules of engagement that would authorize . Troops to accompany local forces on some narcotics patrols according to administration and congressional sources. A classified National Security directive signed by the president during his sum Mer vacation in  Maine would permit deployment of . Mili tary personnel in secure areas of Peru s upper Hua Llaga Valley a coca growing Jungle that . Officials have acknowledged is effectively controlled by the leftist Sandero Luminoso shining path guerrillas the sources said. A National Security decision directive conveys a presidential decision to key government officials who must implement it. A senior administration official familiar with the secret directive said sat urday that it docs not Call for any combat role for . Troops or Covert operations in the three andean countries. But the official said As Many As Sev eral Hundred . Military trainers advisers and other support personnel May be deployed in Peru Bolivia and colom Bia under the andean initiative announced by Bush in his nationwide Tele vision speech tuesday. In recent weeks Bush administration officials repeatedly have said they do not foresee the use of . Combat forces in Colombia but have declined to Rule if out if troops arc requested by colombian presi Dent Virgilio Barco however there has been no Public discussion about the use of american forces in Peru and Bolivia. The stale department had previously requested that the Pentagon provide aviation advisers for . Drug enforce ment administration agents and peruvian narcotics forces operating in the upper Hua Llaga. But the defense department refused on the grounds that the Region was a War zone officials said. More than half of the cocaine consumed in the United states comes from coca grown in the upper Hua Llaga according to official estimates. The Pentagon has traditionally shied away from sending personnel into Dan sea military on Back Page giving Trident protesters a Chase a . Coast guard boat left pursues two Green peace protesters As their Craft passes the Barrier sur rounding the Trident missile submarine Pennsylvania during commissioning ceremonies saturday in new London Conn. Six protesters were arrested when the tried to approach the sub. Story Page 5. Crew mates doubt Hartwig caused Iowa blast by he associated press the memory of the explosion was still vivid but crewmen from the battleship Iowa were Light lipped after an official re port said a gunner s mate probably intentionally caused the gun Turret explosion which killed 47 sailors. What is done is done. We just want to forget about in now. But i will never forget inc smell of a burning body one member of the Crew said. Sailors interviewed in bars and diners near the . Naval base at Gaeta Italy where the Iowa is anchored said they had not seen a copy of the report and refused to fully identify themselves. The associated press requested Access to the Iowa but the Navy dented the request. The Iowa left its Norfolk va., Home port in june for six months in the Mediterranean sea. The report released by the Pentagon thursday said circumstantial evidence indicated gunner s mate 2nd class Clay ton m. Hartwig who was killed in the explosion intentionally sparked the april 19 blast in a 16-Inch gun Turret in Cleveland Hartwig s sister Kath Leen Kubicina said she got a letter dated aug. 27 from a Sailor she would identify Only As Tom that said Crew members did not believe Hartwig was capable of causing the explosion. The people on Board who knew him believe As i do that the idea of Clay being capable of such a crime is insane the Sailor wrote. I Don t know what the re sults of the investigation will be but it will not change mine or a lot of this Crew s minds As to what we believe could never have happened because we knew  Kubicina said the letter writer s Mother had asked her not to reveal her son s last name for fear of retaliation from the Navy. Kubicina provided a copy of the letter to the associated press. When 1 first read it 1 Felt this incredible Relief Kubicina said. Even though in was written before the report was re leased it shows a lot of the Guys support our position. In made a world of differ ence to know the Guys support  Kubicina and Hartwig s father. Earl have said they believe the Navy sought a Scapegoat and blamed Hartwig for the explosion that caused the biggest loss of life in the Navy since the Vietnam War. She said the family plans to file a Defa mation of character lawsuit against the Navy. We will file because this has caused undue emotional distress to the family she said. One Sailor interviewed at Gaeta who identified himself As being from Miami said he worked in inc Turret six months before the explosion and had asked to be transferred to another assignment. I am glad i transferred because i had Beer there. I had loaded the same guns. 1 would have been in the Middle of in. If i had my Way i would be off the Iowa by now he said. A lot of the Guys who died were my friends he added. Another crewman who identified him self As Bob also expressed doubt Han wig was to blame. I find it hard to believe that one Guy could be responsible for All that said the Sailor who said he was from Michigan