European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday. January 10. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 rough e. German election foreseen communists seek fairness pact for Campaign Berlin a eat Germany s Rul ing communists to Day said a rough election Campaign May be ahead and called for a  agreement among political groups to keep the Campaign clean. The communist party plagued by a wave of resignations has launched a Vir Tual counter offensive As it prepares for balloting May 6. Still in control of the nation s  meeting places ant supplies of  essentials As . I1 Tonnini a have been acc a  i  in of Primig   e a. Muse i an London penal. I rpm  in in a n it 11" a i -., v. I " lir  p i. I a i  vim. My this leads la t a  that n Mij Pel especially  in the Toni Ira  the Berliner Einung said in it arc acc to the Campaign. The newspaper s commentary said. However that such rough going could be kept in Check if All sides reach a fairness agreement specifying Campaign con duct. It did not elaborate. Experience shows that punches below the Belt can t really be avoided through such an agreement but they can be kept to a tolerable  Berliner Zeitung continued. The communists Are fighting for their political survival in East Germany which is plagued by shortages of consumer goods and Low worker morale. More than 1.000 East germans resettle in West Germany each Day. Joining the 340.000 who reached the West last year alone. East German communists also re acted angrily to West German television plans to beam election information pro Grams into East Germany. The oficial party daily a cuts deutschland said that unlike the opposition parties the communists will probably by shunned by the West German news Media Armada opposition groups have accused the communists of trying to stir up Public fears of a resurgence of rightist activity and use it against the opposition parties. In West Berlin meanwhile the head of West Germany s extreme rightist re publicans tuesday said the party s East German members plan to compete in the May election. Republican party chief Franz Schown Huber a former a i Waffen is Soldier. Said he estimated the party could receive 10 percent of the vote. The East German leadership has an fast German bums posters lop photo for the Ruhl hindu West term in Republican party during a protest in Uip i a. East Germany and fran sch Linhuber Leader of the republicans Speaks in West Berlin about founding rightist parties to run in East German elections. Vowed to thwart any attempts by the re publicans or other right Wing extremists to gain a foothold in the country. More than 150.000 people demonstrated monday night in nine cities to keep up pressure on to Lvi communists. Down with the Sci protesters in the City of Leip in chanted using the initials of the communist party. They also called for the ouster of Gregor Gysi who look Over As party chief just one month ago. East germans ousted hard line Leader Erich i Honecker in october in a peaceful popular revolt and have since kept up steady pressure on the communes to act on promises to build a multiparty democracy. Opposition groups in East Berlin came close to breaking olt talks with the communists on monday after the govern ment refused to provide full details about whether the dreaded secret police have been disbanded. Opposition delegates ended the Day s talks an hour Early demanding unanimously that the government submit a report about internal Security at the meeting planned for Jan. 15. Late monday the official news Agency adn said that the first indictments against 30 former Tup ranking communists Are expected next month with to e investigations being wrapped up in March and april. East Germany has been caught up in a near fran a aimed at rooting out corruption and abuse of Power under Honeck or s leadership. Adn said it could not predict when charges could be expected against Hon Cockcr who also is the target of a criminal probe. Adn said Honecker was undergoing stationary medical  a term used to indicate hospitalization. It did not say where the 77-year-old Honecker was being treated. East bloc leaders soy Trode group to stay together Sofia. Bulgaria a soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkova and senior East european officials said tues Day the com econ trading bloc will stick together but faces a thorough overhaul following the Radical changes in Eastern Europe. There is no danger of com econ falling apart Ryzhkova said after a closed door session with premiers from the six East european countries. We can avoid that by taking Good decisions Here Ryzhkova said without elaborating. His assessment was shared by finance minister Vaclav Klaus of Czechoslovakia who told reporters com econ will survive in one form or  last week. Klaus startled westerners and East euro peans by suggesting that Czechoslovakia would aban Don its commitments to the Council for Mutual eco nomic assistance if the outmoded 10-Nalion trading bloc was not reformed. His Calls for Eastern Europe to move away from stalinism won support from Poland. Hungary and Romania. The two Day com econ meeting held behind closed doors at the National culture Palace is being attended by premiers and top officials from the seven soviet bloc coun tries the Premier of Mongolia and vice premiers from Viet Nam and Cuba. Most of the premiers Are meeting for the first Lime Fol lowing the ouster of romanian dictat9r Nicolae Caus Csc and the decline of communist pow or in East Germany and Czechoslovakia in the past three months. The 10-nation organization includes the soviet Union. Poland Romania. Hungary. Bulgaria. Czechoslovakia East Germany Vietnam Mongolia and Cuba. There have been deep changes in com econ coun tries. This session will be a turning Point in its activities said bulgarian Premier Georgi Atanassov opening tues Day s meeting i Hope this session will turn com econ into an efficient organization he said. He acknowledged that cooperation among member countries is losing us dynamism and said the Sofia meeting will also have to consider new forms of cooperation with the european Community and other Western  Agenda for the meeting included coordination of economic plans for 1991-95, the hungarian state news Agency Mai said. But thai May be difficult As Ryzhkova presented an orthodox centrally planned program for the next five years for the soviet Union. Most Easl european countries Nave said they arc abandoning Central planning in favor of Market forces. The Sofia delegates also Are expected to discuss modernizing the com econ accounting system possibly moving toward a hard currency basis and the establishment of direct relations Between enter Prises in member countries Mai  other East bloc leaders attending Are Miklos Nemeth of Hungary Hans Modrow of Easl Germany Tadeusz Mazowiecki of Poland a ctr roman of Romania and Marian Calfa of  in 1949, com econ Aims to ensure the marxist members economic growth so they could match or even outshine the West