European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 04, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The authorized in Offick publication Fob the us armed forces Good Momma vol. 48, no. 2 2 thursday january 4, 1990 a Sami d 8693 a 33�/c . Inside strikes g Fri says mail bombs made of same material Page 5 g a-10 aircraft locked in fight for survival Page 9 g new year s at the Brandenburg Magazine g american nun slain in Nicaragua Back Page Cut in troops much As a third a pc the first phase o advocated Washington for the threat to Western Europe posed by the i saw pact is so diminished thai . Troops stationed there should be reduced by As Cantor said tuesday negotiations with the soviet g the 305,000 . Troops in Union aimed at Cutty Western Europe to 27 ,000 should be followed immediately with a second 3und of negotiations to reduce Levels to about 200.0said sen. Carl Levin chair Man of the Senate aft cd forces subcommittee on conventional forces Ai d Alliance defense. Sen. Sam Nunn Chirman of the armed services committee also has Cju cd for restructuring and Cut Ting Back . Forces Europe. We should make Cartr we Are going to stay there for the fors Cable future put thai we want to do so at significantly reduced nil a bars said Levin a Mich. The winds of forced Fin have blown Down the Berlin Wall and they Are also by Wing apart inc Warsaw Levin made his con Nants after returning from a visit to Czechoslovakia and East and West Berlin. He said East German defense minister Theodore Hoffman told him that to s country s 1990 defense Bud get will be Cut by 20 per Cut significantly deeper than the 10 percent announced. He said changes throughout Eastern Europe meant that Warsaw pact Force can no longer be relied on to join the soviet Union in a cohesive attack on the West. Therefore he said it a Isaac for the United states to reduce its number of troops in Europe. Levin said those reductions should be coupled with Large cuts in the . Defense budget with the savings applied to fighting drugs reducing the budget deficit improving education Cloft Ning up the environment and aiding the newly emerging non communist governments in Eastern Europe. We can safely do it and we must do it Levin said of the proposed defense spading cuts. East bloc in revolt a tip Nus Sec fion inside stars and stripes today stil i pc. Torrance l. Mcc Ull left of the 7th inf div shares his Delight with buddies moments lir Firic their plane touches Down Al Monterey calif., near their Home Hase of Ford Orel. First . Troops Home soy panamanians loved them from wire reports the first . Troops to pull Nul of Panama re turned Home tuesday and one Soldier said their morale was High because they were treated like heroes by the panamanian people. Fifty sin soldiers based at Forl Ord. Calif., arrived aboard a c-i4i transport plane about 6 45 . Alter a Brief Stop at Kelly fab in san Antonio they were among 141 soldiers rotated out of Panama on monday the first to leave since the i nil cd Stales invaded Panama on dec 20. Now the have a democratic government it s Vhal they want. They love americans said arms sgt. Juhn grayer. 21j, us Fresno "alii., during the Texas Stop. The love what we spec. Ralph Siinnos a 19-sear-old Soldier from los Angeles Suid the reaction of panamanians boosted spirits among the troops. Overall the morale of the soldiers was greatly increased. The infantry Guys were treated like he roes in the said Santos who Speaks Spanish and was called on at limes to interpret for military police. Most of the returning soldiers were from Field artillery1 and air defense batteries thai provided pro Lection for infantry units. President Bush on monday expressed Hope Hal the remaining . Sti Diers in Panama could leave As soon As the president is glad to see some of the troops coming Home and Hopes the rest can leave As soon As White mouse spokesman Marlin fit water said Hul he offered no timetable. About see troops on Back Page necessary Badavi Tarrant Brussels Bureau Antwerp Belgium nato s lop military commander defended holding the huge refer Ger exercise during a time of reduced Easl West tensions and pen. Wagon budget cutbacks saying tuesday that Europe could still get into trouble. We made a Promise More than 20 years ago that we would keep bringing to show that we did indeed be capability to reinforce Europe if Europe said . Army Gen. John Ritat a i Don to in Uoc we re going to Stop think there arc get into to by. Despite the dramatic changes in East Ern Europe there Are a lot of Uncertain ties a lot of unpredictability is a lot of turmoil and who knows where it s All going to go Calvin said. He added that he wanted to make sure we Are capable of reinforcing. Doing re fort a stands for the return of forces to Germany an annual exercise bringing .-based troops to Wesl Ger ii remarks after he and Gen. Crostic it by a Coni Mander of . Army Europe. Rev Munh the unload ing of thousands of pieces 3n% a equipment for the Batlle phase Opont exercise Luler this month. 1/.s. Forces on tuesday began unload ing the firs of three massive con Iamer ships Carr my the equipment. Two More sea lilt ships will arrive in Antwerp in and Sunda. The ships capable of carrying Aboul 2li. Ems of vehicles a Craft and weapons can make the 4.000-Milc trans Allan ii. Crossing in less than a week at a lop Speed of More than 30 Knois 15.000 troops based in the Are being flown to West on Back Page
