European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stlr4andplwpk authorized a Hoffich publication Foht me  Romeo forces vol. 48. No. 277 Friday january 19, 1990 Good Mornin d 8693 a Powell sees no reason to Cut cancel exercises is i  Lewis or Powell says troop cuts in Europe depend k much on the soviets and the Warsaw pact As on budget pressures. Byi Avii Tarrant staff writer Crail sheim West Germany the chairman of the . Joint chiefs of staff said thursday he sees no reason to reduce or cancel Large i a. Military exercises in Europe despite political change in the East that could Lead to troop reductions. No matter How Small the . Compo nent becomes in Europe it s got to he a component that can do its  Gen. Colin Powell said. You Don t feel confident in doing your Job unless your commands Are taking you out and  Powell made the remarks during a tour of Centurion shield s exercise control Center in trails him. The main huh fur the two week . Army Europe training exercise. Powell arrived in West germans Afier participating earlier this week in a meet ing of top military officers from the United Stales soviet Union and 33 what s All the excitement Rachel Waibel. 6, seems a Little confused about All inc saluting during a change of command ceremony i hurs Day in Naples Italy. Rear adm. U s. Frank Gallo turned Oer the Navy s Fleet air Mediterranean Man time surveillance and reconnaissance forces and n Yio s maritime air forces Mediterranean to rear adm. I Peter ii. Cressy. Rachel is the daughter of Petty officer 2nd class Dai id and ton Vraibel. Other nations. It marked the first Lime such an Exchange of views on govern ment military policies has taken place. The general told his counterparts that he welcomed the initial Steps by the so Viet Union to reshape its armed forces to a More defensive posture and that the level of . Troops in Western Europe could be lowered. How far inc . Forces can he reduced in Europe depends As ninth on the see Powell on Back Page soviets boosting troops in caucasus to wartime strength Mosow api the Kremlin is boosting Mili tary units to wartime strength in several regions and calling up reservists in its struggle to end the ethnic strife thai has turned inc Southern caucasus into a Battlefield. Soviet radio reported  minister Dmitri  called the Armeni an a or Harjani warfare which has left at least 66 peo ple dead and More than 200 wounded a a that discs most of the victims have been armenians attacked in mobs in the azerbaijani capital of Baku. Terror i Edar medians were said to still be fleeing in the thousands. Soviet troops ordered in tuesday to enforce a stat of emergency have become caught up in the fighting their efforts hampered by deviant nationalists who have been Selling up  told soviet radio thai in order to ensure order we Are compelled to bring up to wartime strength some units in neighbouring regions lie did not say How Many troops were being called up or Cvack in where the Republic of Georgia which has its Osvin ethnic quarrels and the russian federation Are the areas near est to Armenia and  radio said some Young men who recently completed compulsory service were being called Hack into the  on thursday. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev made his first Public comments on the civil strife noting that a centuries old conflict was  problems which have been at cumulating Lor Lens. No. For hundreds of years have erupted. He told a meeting in  Kremlin on tuesday poured More than 11.01 i see soviets on Back Page East bloc events surprised everyone officer says. _ i . /i.11 i Onmi not flirt i it linll1 us Olvce i i by . Arrinc1on Wokf. Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a. West Germany intelligence agencies could not have Tore seen cataclysmic changes last year in Eastern Europe s political climate be cause the events also caught the people involved by Surprise a . Air Force intelligence official said thursday. And intelligence sources would have been declared insane 13 months ago if they had suggested soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev would offer in front of the United nations to drastically Cut his a lion s military hardware. Brig. Gen. Charles hiphop said see related stories. I age 3. Were these intelligence failures Hal we did Noi see. These events were on the Hon on of course not. They weren because those countries those governments. Those people involved did not inc selves know these things were going to  said Bishop Deputy Duel of stall for intelligence at i Safe head quarters. We re seeing a revolution. And we r see East on Back Page Clemson football conc Fri Danny Ford quits Page 27