European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o american gets to Fly hot russian Jet fighter Page 3 d Senate ethics panel s probe of Durenberger expanded Page 5 o continuing coverage of Centurion shield Page 9 d a look at nil playoff matchup Page 21 the  authorized unofficial publication Fob the a armed forces vol. 48. No. 264 saturday january 6, 1990 a Der Good morning q 8693 a Case against Noriega is Strong Bush says Gen. Manuel a. Noriega pases for a police photo after being brought to Miami. Washington a president Bush Friday said the Case is Strong against deposed panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega who faces drug trafficking charges and said the administration is not making a Deal that would permit a plea bargain. We arc committed to a fair trial and to providing All the protections Guaran teed by the . Constitution and Laws said Bush in his first Public comments since he announced wednesday night that Noriega had surrendered to Ameri can troops in Panama and was being flown to the United states to fac charges. He said that to protect Noriega s right to a fair trial he d have no further com ment on inc Case and would ask for silence from others within his administration. He said the experience of watergate prosecutions demonstrated that High publicity defendants can yet receive a fair trial. He said Noriega has his rights including the possibility of seeking som sort ordeal. Bush said the revitalization of the panamanian Economy would be a Strong focus of american efforts in the month ahead. He also said considerable Prog Ress has been made so far in returning Panama to a Normal state of affairs. The new government is taking charge he said. Vice president Dan Quayle is to visit the Region in the next few weeks. Bush said the vice president s trip takes on enormous importance to convince peo ple of the truth that we arc not reverting to a wilful use of Force that has no a  he said the thousands of american troops who were deployed to Panama on dec. 20 to oust Noriega and install a democratic government would return Home As soon As possible. I would look for an Early  As for a timetable he said can t help  the president stressed that the Normal complement of troops in Panama continued on Back Page new arms agreement Given reasonable shot Washington up a senior . Government official Friday said we have a reasonable shot at achieving agreement this year on drastically cutting the number of artillery and armoured vehicles in Eastern and Western Europe. The official talking to reporters on the basis of no further identification said the negotiations on conventional forces in Europe also could quickly Lead to Sharp Mutual reductions in fighter bombers helicopters and troops. The talks Are to resume next Friday in Vienna Austria. The negotiations arc expected to be Given Forward momentum by a meeting in Moscow next month be tween Secretary of state James Baker and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. The 23 foreign ministers of the nato and Warsaw pact countries Are scheduled to meet in Sliawa in february to discuss a . Open skies proposal for monitoring troop movements in Eastern and Western Europe. See related Story Page 3. President Bush and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev arc planning a sum Mit in Washington this year. We have a reasonable shot at getting it done in 1990," the Bush administration official said. I think we re getting very close on several key issues including the technical definition of which a Mored vehicles would be counted As main Battle tanks. Democratic changes in Eastern Europe and the resulting weakening of the War saw pact As a military Force offer a Rea son for the optimism expressed by the administration official. Those changes have reduced the military offensive threat from the Warsaw pact but the see arms on Back Page planner reports soviet switch in arms doctrine Houston a the soviet Union has shifted its military doctrine from an offensive posture to a strictly defensive one a High ranking soviet military planner said. The definition of soviet military doctrine now includes prevention of War and civil defense it. Gen. Herman Siar Dubov said thursday at the opening ses Sion of a two Day arms control symposium sponsored by Texas am University s Mosher Institute for de sense studies. The conference. Arms control problems and prospects 1990," has brought together negotiators and policy makers involved in top arms control negotiations. We Are consciously putting ourselves at a disadvantage by being defensive and turning Over the Mili tary initiative to any adversary said Star Dubov Deputy operations director for the soviet general staff. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has previously heralded a shift to a defensive posture by proposing deep cuts in conventional and nuclear arms. In May 1987, the soviet led Warsaw pact announced a new military Doc Trine of reasonable sufficiency which stipulates that a country needs Only enough military might to repel a assailant. American and Western european officials however questioned whether any army could be used strictly As a defensive tool. Nuclear weapons in Europe May be see soviets on Back Page one Cool Caddy an ice Fisherman tows his gear on new Hampshire s Lake Vinyl squad seemingly oblivious of the Cadillac Eldorado ignominious stuck in the Frozen sur face. Car owner Michael Colcord and his wife to caped unharmed when the vehicle broke through the ice this week on the Lake near Laconla