European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday. January 8.1990 East Germany could be eligible for dec Dublin Ireland up european commission president Jacques Delors said a democratic East Ger Many would be entitled to full membership in the european Community according to a report published saturday. Delors told the Irish times that under his personal interpretation of article 238 of the treaty of Rome which set up the original common Market East Germany would be eligible following its recent political reforms. Six nations West Germany Italy France Bel Gium the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed the treaty in 1957, paving the Way for what is now the 12 member european Community. When the German authorities ratified the treaty of Rome they made a special declaration that if Ger Man reunification was possible we will reconsider the framework of Europe Delors said in the interview. That Means that if East Germany becomes a pluralist democracy with an open Economy that country has its place in the present Community he said. The Issue of possible German neutrality was another matter he said. However he reaffirmed his commit ment to a Security role for the dec. Cannot imagine a solid european Unity which lacks the capacity to take charge of its own internal Security he said declining to discuss further possible plans for a european defense policy. Delors and the 17-Mcmber dec commission were in Ireland to hold talks with the Irish government on the pcs work Agenda for the next six months. The meetings which began saturday and ended Sun Day afternoon were expected to be dominated by the question of an dec response to events in Eastern Europe. The talks were also expected to explore ways to continue the momentum toward economic and monetary Union and the single european Market after 1992. Delors said in the interview that the dec would have plenty of work to do in helping its european neighbors. We in the Community have already helped to coordinate an economic Aid package for Poland and Hun Gary he said. We must also extend our actions to the other countries Czechoslovakia Bulgaria East Ger Many and  Delors said that the dimensions of the problem stemming from developments in Eastern Europe were enormous and that the dec faced an immense Politi Cal Challenge. This Challenge relates not Only to the financial response but also on the development of the tools Nec Essary for the Community to achieve Solidarity with the other european countries Delors said. Our duly is to help these countries to adapt their economics to the new environment. But each country has the free Choice to shape its own political  news updates indonesian air crash Jakarta Indonesia up Rescue teams searching the Java sea for survivors or victims of the crash at sea of an indonesian air liner have found the body of the Pilot of the twin engine plane Rais ing the known death toll to seven. Seven passengers and Crew from the plane have been found alive and seven bodies have been Dis covered leaving Only two of the 16people aboard unaccounted for in the tuesday crash. A Rescue official said a Bod identified As Avian Dono. Pilot of the twin engine plane was found and flown by helicopter to Jakarta s Halim Airport. 311 cold deaths Dhaka Bangladesh a the coldest Winter in a half Cen Tury has claimed 26 More lives in Bangladesh pushing this Winter s toll to 311 for Bangladesh and neighbouring India United news of Bangladesh reported saturday. Temperatures have risen slightly from freezing Levels recorded earlier in the week but reports of deaths Are still arriving from Northern Bangladesh. At least 160 people died in India while another 131 died in Bangladesh since the cold descended on Bangladesh about a month ago. Strikes spread Sofia up general strikes sunday shut Down major cities in Northeast Bulgaria in spreading unrest Over a decision by authorities allowing ethnic turks to revert to their moslem names. In the capital More than 5,000 people chanting we Are Bulgari ans gathered in front of parliament for the fourth straight Day demanding a National referendum on the Issue. Protesters also rallied for the fifth straight Day in Kur Dzhali Center of the ethnic turkish area in Southern Bulgaria supporting the government policy. All night vigils were being kept in both Cit ies despite freezing temperatures. Under a policy change dec. 29,the government and the communist party officially reversed a Campaign begun in 1984 forcing ethnic turks to take Bulgaria names prohibiting them from practising islam and forbidding them from speaking turkish. More than 100 ethnic turks died in clashes with authorities Over their refusal to comply and some 310.000 left Bulgaria for Turkey when visa restrictions were lifted in May. Turkey closed the Border aug. 22. . Envoy meets s. Korean citizens in City with anti american sentiment Seoul South Korea a . Ambassador Donald Gregg met sunday with leading citizens of Kwangju in an apparent Effort to turn around anti american sentiment in the provincial City scene of a 1980 civil uprising. Gregg who assumed the Seoul pos last year was the first . Ambassador to visit Kwangju since a 10-Day uprising left approximately 200 people dead and More than 1,500 others wounded. Anti-. Sentiment has been relatively High in Kwangju Many of whose Citi Zens believe that Washington condoned the use of the korean military to sup press the uprising. Washington repeatedly has denied the allegations but Gregg s two immediate predecessors James Lilly and Rich Ard Walker had both stayed away from the City. On sunday Gregg had dinner with dozens of leading citizens including mayor Choi in i at a downtown restau rant. He was scheduled to meet with dissident and student leaders in the City be fore returning to Seoul on tuesday. The South korean news Agency Yon Hap quoted Gregg As describing his trip to Kwangju As routine and nothing Spe  it said the ambassador was expected to explain Washington s position on the 1980 bloodshed. Gregg also expressed Hope that the . Cultural Center in the City shut Down temporarily last year would re open at a new location before the end of this year Yon Hap said. Radical students have attacked the . Cultural Center in Kwangju 28 times since 1980. In one attack last year Stu dents hurled firebombs into the one Story Center burning desks and other furniture. Gregg s visit came two Days after his embassy in Seoul issued a statement rejecting former korean president Chindoo Hwan s reference to an alleged . Role in the Kwangju incident As Offen Sive and  in testimony before the National As Sembly on dec. 31, Chun said he . Understanding of the inevitability of the South korean army s suppress Ion of the Kwangju uprising. Dissident groups contend that the United states supported Chun s military dictatorship and condoned the mobilization of soldiers to put Down the pro democracy uprising in Kwangju. Such allegations have intensified anti-. Protests. Chun told the Assembly that As an army general he decided on the military suppression after receiving information from the United states that the military threat from communist North Korea was increasing. Thatcher s foreign policy adviser secretly visited Beijing for talks London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher s foreign policy adviser secretly travelled to Beijing last month her office said sunday. A spokesman for Thatcher s office speaking on condition of anonymity declined to discuss the substance of sir Percy Cradock s talks with chinese officials in Early december. The spokesman said Cradock was one of a number of British officials who had visited China in recent months. However press association Britain s Domestic news Agency said Cradock was the first High ranking British visitor since China brutally suppressed pro democracy demonstrators in the capital in june. Press association said the visit was intended to defuse a controversy Over Britain s offer to resettle up to 225,000 Hong Kong chinese when the Colony re verts to chinese control in 1997. The chinese government has attacked the offer As a Gross violation of agreements Between Britain and China. Sir David Wilson governor of Hong Kong plans to visit Beijing this week and foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd will be visiting Hong Kong this month. Thatcher s offer to in Settle 225,000 people from Hong Kong has also brought protests within her conservative party. Former party chairman Norman Tab bit in an interview sunday with David Frost on Independent television said Britain should Only accept Lens of thou Sands from Hong Kong. We have to go Back to the fact that this government did pledge that there would be no further Large scale immigration Tebbit said. He said he supported accepting people genuinely at risk after the takeover. These with their families would number in the lower tens of thousands he said. You cannot say on the one hand that you heave Back vietnamese boat people to a communist regime because they ire economic migrants and not at risk of political persecution and on the other say you will have economic migrants from Hong Kong Tebbit said. In december Hong Kong repatriated the first of thousands of vietnamese boat people who have sought Refuge in the Colony. New Jet finally lets Swiss officials Fly first class Bern Switzerland i i the Swiss government has acquired a mod Ern executive Jet aircraft after years of using an often embarrassingly Small pro peller plane. One of the world s wealthiest but also most frugal nations Switzerland had its Cabinet ministers on official trips use Small Short Range aircraft the last an american made Bce Shcraft King air bought in 1983. Besides the annoyance of frequent re fueling stops on longer flights ministers often complained of being embarrassed when the modest twin Turboprop Busi Ness aircraft taxied up to red carpet Cere monies at airports. Government leaders can now use a Tri Jet Mystic re Falcon 900 made by the Das Sault company in France. Swiss spokesmen Point out that the plane is the same Mode used by French president Francois Mitterrand. Disliking the Cost of $21 million however the Swiss coalition Cabinet decided to Only lease the executive transport for the time being at $1.76 million a year. The mystery Falcon 900, with two saloons and capacity for 17 passengers normally has a maximum Range of 4,600 Miles. But the Small Airport at Bern is too Short for the plane to take off with full tanks. So with less fuel the plane can Fly non Stop from the Swiss capital for Only about 1,865 Miles. If ministers arc going farther than that the plane has to touch Down at either Geneva or Zurich to top the tanks