European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes saturday february 3,1990 German Leader Calls for United Neutral Germany Berlin up a East Gunny s Reform minded prime min Isle called thursday for lire reunification Many As a Neutral federation with a sir Gle government and a capital in Berlin. Hans  Row made the dramatic statement two Days after he resumed from talks with soviet president Mikhail a Gorbachev in Moscow telling a news conference that Quot Germany shall again become a unified fatherland of Alt citizen of the German  West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl welcomed Modrow s proposal reunification As reflecting Quot the Jmmes and Hopes of inc vast major yet  but he rejected the jul German Premier s Call for a Nuttal United Germany that would Hong to neither the Warsaw pact Tor one nato Alliance. A i is Rickiy reject a concept of German neutrality said Kohl who has favored the reunification of East and West Germany. Separated since inc end of world War to. Quot a United Germany in the heart of Europe Annot be allowed have a special Spatol a be Iso  a such a not Hgt contradicts logic of a   Proa which irow also mentioned Quot he said. Mod Row Kohl who was visiting West Berlin said West Germany would delay discussion of the reunification process until after elections Are held in East Germany in March. West German government officials said foreign minister Hans Dietrich gun scorer would travel to Washington Friday id discuss the developments. Officials said Gen Schur agreed to the one Day visit during a soviet Union. Ahnne Convent  Vith . Secretary of talc jag a taker Iii shortly after  item his plan c East German communist party which until last fall rejected any suggestion that the two states should reunite also welcomed Modrow s plan but said it was essential East Germany be allowed to retain its identity. Quot the single Germany must in our View Bear social and democratic imprints and that Means we shall continue to tight for democratic socialism on Ger Quot soil a the party said in a statement. A at his news conference in East bsh alled the plan for Germany _ United thu and a a slogan that has become the rally Bacall for hundreds of thousands of East gleans. Modrow said the cafe Tel of he new government would be in Grain Germany s former capital now aim face inc uni cd Stales Al Bril the Pierce from Page 1 fifth amendment right against compelled self incrimination. Under the ethics in government act which establishes the procedure Tor appointing an Independent prosecutor. Thornburgh must apply to a special panel of appellate court judges which selects the Independent prosecutor and defines inc scope of the investigation. Robert Plotkin one of Pierce s lawyers. Predicted that the former Secretary would ultimately be cleared. Quot or. Pierce did rot participate in any conspiracy to defraud the government and did not violate any Laws and we believe that in the end of this investigation that s whal inc Independent counsel will  Plotkin said. Lawmakers who have investigated the housing department praised Thornburgh s action. Quot i Welcome the attorney general a decision and believe that an Independent counsel is in i he Best position to fully investigate and resolve questions of possible criminal  said rep. Tom Lantos a California Democrat who has led an inquiry by a subcommittee of the House government affairs committee into Pierce s tenure As housing Secretary. Quot we on the judiciary committee believed there Are indications that much of the problem began at the top and warranted investigation Quot said rep. Charles e. Schumir . Rep. Bruch a. Morrison d-conn., also a member of the committee said Quot this is a decision that had to be made to is obvious the rules were  Thornburgh a action seemed to be a turnaround from november when he appeared reluctant to seek an Independent prosecutor to investigate Pierce. But he said in his application to the court thursday that he Hud inspector general s reports the congressional in vestation and Justice department interviews with present and former Hud officials had produced such Quot extensive information that a formal investigation had to proceed. A Federal Law enforcement official said under the Law Thornburgh was obligated to seek the Independent counsel if he found there was sufficient reason to believe an investigation was justified. Quot there is a relatively Low threshold Here Quot the official said. Quot it is not whether or not you would bring a Case the Issue is whether there is anything to  Thornburgh had been asked to consider whether further investigation into whether Pierce had lied to Lantos s subcommittee in May was warranted. But the Al Gorncy general said there were no reasonable grounds for More investigation. In his application to the court Thom a Burgh said the problems at Hud were first disclosed in april when the department s inspector general issued a highly critical investigative report on the moderate rehabilitation program under Pierce s tenure. The report focused on How senior housing officials selected the recipients for Federal Grants under the program. From May through August the House government pc rations s subcommittee on employment and housing of which Lantos is chairman examined the moderate rehabilitation program s selection process taking testimony from developers former Hud officials and consultants. Thornburgh began the preliminary inquiry in response to a letter on nov. 2 from 19 members of the House judiciary committee. Hud suspends huge rental firm Washington apr Ore of the nations largest subsidized housing landlords has been suspended from future government work because of a fraud investigation. The department of housing and Urban development said thursday. Hud in a letter to one of the company s affiliates said the government Quot has information indicating irregularities of a serious nature and that the company and its affiliates were being investigated. The More than 40 affiliated companies arc led by asocial cd financial corp. Of California and together control nearly 50.000 units of federally assisted housing. Arcs president is a. Bruce Rozet a prominent democratic fundraiser who in 1988 was a Jesse Jackson Delegate to the democratic National conc lion. Rozet. In a statement and additional comments issued through a spokesman called Hud s action a pure harassment for political reasons Quot that he said ultimately would harm the Low income families the Agency is supposed to serve. Hud general counsel Francis Keating said acc and its affiliates were being investigated by the department s inspector general. Law enforcement sources also said the . Attorney s office in los Angeles was investigating the companies. Those sources speaking on the Condi Tion of anonymity said Charles Bazari an a Man Rozet used As a property scout who later was convicted of skimming Money a from Hud assisted project was cooperating with investigators. Rozet and acc have had a number of run ins with Hud Over the past decade including several in the last year and Rozet has said first year Hud Secretary Jack Kemp has allowed bureaucrats with old grudges against the company to dictate Hud policy toward acc. Kemp visited one acc property shortly after taking office last year and termed conditions there  Kempis top Deputy also has called Rozet and his companies a Psi  from Pago 1 getting out of Eastern euro. They like it or not  europeans Are Guj  out. Quot a Nuwt a Ying strip until we re naked but i m saying we can do sensible things now. Why do we have to Wail Ijac an agreement Quot Chenett  Hal Congress be urge to Cut . Forces  because the soviets May pull Back from a twice in this tenuity1 a a disengaged from Europe and twice Ito Europe he it sufficient rationale and justification for our presence there Quot even if the soviets leave Eastern Europe. From the standpoint of Alliance Unity and the continued Assurance of peace on the continent the United Stales a should not unilaterally Quot reduce troop strength in Cheney said. Necais briefs no drugs on ship from wire reports Tampico Mexico a no drugs were found aboard a cuban chartered Frei scr that was attacked by the . Coast guard after refusing to bib Mil to a search in International Waters the mexican Navy said Star Day. The panamanian registered freighter was riddled with bullets fired by a coast guard Cutler before Dawn cd lasday after the vessel s skipper raised to allow it to be  talks to begin Riga .s.r. A political insurgents from four soviet republics converged on this Baltic capital thursday to begin peace talks aimed at resolving the armenian azerbaijani civil conflict. The diplomatic exercise was a notable demonstration of How the political initiative has shifted from the Kremlin a communist party Hierarchy to Independent movements Lea by poets music teachers and  police out Prague Czechoslovakia a Interior minister Richard Sachur on thursday disbanded Czechoslovakia s secret Ponce and said commissions Are being set up to decide the Fate of former members the official ctr news Agency  praised Johannesburg South Africa a a human rights group on thursday praised the government s decision to look into alleged police death squads but said the Security forces appear increasingly unhappy with president , de Klerk s reforms. Do Klerk refused to Call for such an inquiry in december but reversed himself wednesday and named a supreme court judge to probe the  rejected London a prime minister Margaret Thatcher rejected opposition Calls in inc House of commons thursday for a full inquiry into an officially sponsored smear Campaign in Northern Ireland in the Early 1970s against top level politicians. Merlyn Rees Northern Ireland Secretary at the time who a faints he was himself a victim of disinformation warned the government that the Altair would not go away. Quot there is no hiding place a he  factory Moscow a in a bid to become the soviet Union s Maior Western supplier or razor Blades Gillette co. Said thursday that it had tentatively agreed to build a $50 million factory capable or making 800 million Blades a year or 80 percent of the total exported annually to the soviet  Plant to close Detroit a Chrysler corp. Said thursday it will close its car Assembly Plant in Fenton mo., on sept. 31, idling 3,700 workers As it shifts production and a several hundreds jobs to plants in Michigan and Delaware