European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2/i the stars and stripes Friday september 15. 1989 takes no. 2 Neucom Post h j Slit skirt Bureau Sll l Kir i. West Germany of Lorca i n James i. Mccarthy became the t a i mops an come s i my. Deputy commander in Iluff in a ceremony wednesday a i it is Barracks in slut Gart.  ,. To. Is a command Pilot who ha1  Mure than 5,0 10 hours including i combat Mission in Viet Nam. Or  pm Floied to general sell. I. Having served As Deputy chief of stall for pro Gratis my resources at air Force Headquarters in the Pentagon since March i ass. . In his Brief speech on nato s a vc.irsi-1 Emmcke. Mccarthy said  at this Point in time we can Lake treat Pride in accomplishments  brought us through peace ,. Id this  where there seems to he significant changes happening particularly in this part of the  the Canton. Ohio native replaces in Force Gen Thomas. Richards. S1. Who is retiring to san.,Angelo. Texas after 37 years in the Navy. Army and air Force. Richards has served As in we commander at the european come Neucom since november i we the european Romul s commander in chief. Army Cien. John k. Galva. Presented Richards with the defense distinguished service medal fur his leadership in implementing the 1987 intermediate Range nuclear forces Accord with the so Viet Union and a Mulh Hillion Dollar Security assistance program for i a allies. In his speech Gahin noted that while reforms in the soviet Union and other countries Are something to celebrate we have to be careful and keep our powder dry As we look Al this unpredictable situation that confronts  while we savor Success we must also carefully look to our Security and say. There Are Greal promises but the soviet military is still very  he said. Richards stressed the ,-commit Mentlo nato and credited the per Ching 11 missile deployment of the mid 1980s to i the helping persuade the soviets of become a party to the 19x7 treaty. Me said the treaty can serv As a Model for another one governing conventional Force reductions adding that an Atmo sphere charged with great expectations surrounds the .-soviet conventional Force talks under Way in Vienna. Me said the european come already has begun planning the reductions it expects such a new treaty to require. If the current leadership of the soviet Union is Able to steer a stable course for needed Reform and if and that s a big if they re Able to make Progress in the Rev Taii action of their Economy it will be logical and necessary for them to seek significant military reduction through arms control agreements Rich Ards said. Such a scenario would create the Prospect of a new Era of Opportunity to reduce confrontation and the threat of  the european come is responsible for All . Forces operations in Western Europe most of Africa and part of the mid Date East a 13 million Square Milc area composed of 77 countries. As Deputy commander Mccarthy will reside in Stuttgart and administer the command s Day to Day activities. Calvin. The commander is also the nato european commander and usually works at Allied Headquarters in Cas teau. Belgium. Cheney asks Congress to do what he did t  in n api defense Secretary Dick Cheney admitting that is a congressman he d voted for even single defense program that was Ever put in from of  asked his former colleagues wednesday to resist Doin the same. The former win ring congressman said in a speech to the constr. Alive Hudson Institute thai he had tried to have it both ways during his Capitol Mill tenure. Butchenez said of press must make Clear in has the willpower to Cut entire programs. Attempts to Cut Overall spending to fund the drug War or Losla i i Pentagon spending won t solve the budget problem. Cheney  think it s important for people to remember that As a member i Congress i voted for every single defense program Liat was Ever put in front of me. You can t name defense Muniram 1 did t like. I loved them  Cheney . I be  to figure out How to pay for  in pc coming president Bush s fiscal 1990 budget to Capitol Mill Cheney recommended killing the v-22 is Prcy. A Crkal take off i Ane. And cancelling he f-14d Jet fighter a move he called a whole new concept in this  House voted to restore funds to both programs while the Senate has authorised research and development funds for the Osprey. Cheney  his friends in Capitol Mill love to Vole to reduce the top line to Cut Back on the Overall amount on spending to solve budget problems. Then it s my task to keep All the programs alive and the bases open because they Don l want to cancel any  he said. Cheney said he s been amazed at the members of Congo ass he d  i to against defense programs for the past decade now Camii g Down to my dike., say ing i Hope you win t Cut out my base or shut Down my production  he admitted he d done the same thing As a con Gressman. Ticket to trouble a smiling Ricardo Chr Ikon. Thinking he has just won two i in angles i alien season tickets is about to be arrested by Hill a Ell Rij lil. A do Seetin with the Bakersfield Calif. Puck a department on an Oul Standin warrant. Police arrested 206 people in the sting when they arrived to claim pries in a phony lottery. Story on Page 4. Hungary May scrap ban on immigration bid i of . A a top hungarian Niti Cial said wednesday the country s agreements or tuning movement of tas b of i turns Aie out of step wish its human Noa commitments and other officials said the government will revise them. Deputy foreign Mist i Ferenc Somogyi also mid Hungary will continue to dismantle Border barriers but docs not plan to be a permanent springboard tothe West he said Budapest s decision this week to allow the exodus of More than 12.000 East germans to the West was a unique step in Austria Border authorities said the number of fast germans trussing front Hungary in route 10 Vic so Tirman climbed to 12.545 since the Freedom Convoy began at Midnight sunday. Budapest s Reform minded govern ment risking censure from its Warsaw pact allies and courting Western Praise. Allowed the East germans to leave for West Germany via Austria. Its decision to Del v an ally and work together with West Germany to let the East germans emigrate Marks the first Lime a Warsaw pad country has Cooper died Wilh a nato nation to help Citi Zens of an Allied country resettle in i a West. As part of its reforms. Hungary be came the first soviet bloc nation to join the in. Convention on refugees rights. It came  Force june 12, and officials have said they plan to change Domestic Laws and International agreements to dovetail with the Accord. With its release of the Easl German refugees Hungary suspended a 1969 agreement with East Germany which i effect stipulated that no East German could leave for the West without East Berlin s permission. Somogyi said similar agreements with other Warsaw pact countries Are no longer in line Wilh our newly assumed International  meanwhile an East German communist party newspaper the youth daily Junge Well wednesday for the first time called for a look at Why East germans flee their Homeland. How do we make this country. A Homeland. From which one is not lured away just by shop windows full of bananas or Glossy travel guides it asked. However the main party daily Neucks deutschland continued its criticism of West Germany which it contends lured the refugees