European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 04, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Genscher seeks Allied support on German unification Page 2 q 2 irs guides offer help to gis students Page 3 d order to Vii to admit coeds shakes cadets Page 7 d Timber wolves beat celtics in Aba action Page 21 vol. 48, no. 293 sunday february 4, 1 Good Mornin d 8693 a s. Africa lifts Black grou Jaan in in cafe a promised freedoms6on by the new York Tirotta Cape town. South Africa Prosr Huttl . Do Klerk Friday lifted a 30-year ban on the Atuf Flonna tonal Congress the movement that has been Figl Jug to bring Down White minority Rule in South Africa Anoll promised that Anc Leader Nelson Mandela would be1 freed soon after nearly 28 years in prison. The moves were disclosed in a package of sweeping changes that do Klerk announced in a speech at the opening of parliament. Do Klerk s program which went beyond what virtually All his critics had expected appeared intended to Clear the Way for negotiating the country s future with his strongest Black opponents and also to put the onus for the next move on the opposition. The african National Congress followed a policy of non violent resistance to White Rule for decades before it was declared illegal in 1960. Thereafter it organised a military Force in exile and waged a Campaign of bombings with underground operatives inside South Africa. Although banned. Us influence continued to grow in recent years to the Point that not Only by it Leader from inside South Africa but White business executives and politicians began flying regularly we Lusaka. Zam Bia. To meet with its exiled leaders. By legitimizing the move Man a role in South Afri can political life de Klerk a fared to be seeking Amend to the Era of violent confrontation. But he left Uncertain Urf distance he was prepared to travel toward the my vement s goals of ending White finance and Dumant log the Legal Structure of Apar to strip tires have to be replaced by cooperative ones. Confroy Thian by Contact disengagement by engage Merll. Slogans de Kler told parliament in calling for to s opponents to join the negotiations he has prop african National Congress supporters demonstrate out Side the South african embassy in London. E season of violence is the president said. The time for reconstruction and reconciliation has of people took to the streets of major cities to cheer the announcement and Call for More change. The demonstration Here concluded in Johannesburg police officers acting under regu lations that remain in Force broke up a March into the City Center with tear Gas and night critics of apartheid praised de Klerk s move although they stressed the need for More conces Sions by the de Klerk s announcement was criticized is inc country s most prominent right Wing White Leader who called for new Klerk promised that Mandela. 71. Imprisoned Leader of the african National Congress who is a hero to much of the country s Black majority would be freed soon but declined to say when. His release has been seen by Pretoria s opponents at Home and abroad As a major test of de Klerk s intends to move away from apartheid the system of a l segregation and White to put it plainly that the government has decision to release or. Mandela unc ondi Crk bringing this matter to finality Overn men will make a decision lease. Unfortunately a attributed the p8smpnement of Mandela immediate re and safety other gov of Blacks briefed reporters on de Klerk s speech and see s. Africa on Back Page Pentagon lift on by Deedee Arlington Doke Kaiser Clauter Bureau Ramstein a. West Germany the department of defense has lifted a hiring freeze imposed in january on non appropriated fund positions averting a crisis that could have crippled military child care and other programs. Five other exemptions also were announced thursday in a memo from Christopher Jehn. The assistant Secretary of defense for Force Man inn Cut and personnel to military officials. The freeze was lifted after intense be Hind the scenes lobbying by the services a Pentagon source said. One air Force official who asked not to be identified said that senior Mij leaders including Safe s Comsh Fidor Gen. Michael j. Do Jab off Bingly campaigned for the Prucy turnaround. He Laid Bombshell on them. He Laid it right out and that had a lot of bearing on it because he has a big the official said. In Washington a defense personnel official said the policy was changed be cause non appropriated fund employees ercfore., Var funds and would not save budget on Jan. Ii. Defense sj6my_ Dick Cheney froze hiring for civilian Nan cd by appropriated funds throw oct. I. Trie freeze was extended to Naf hiring in a later memo from John to Force commanders. There was also a lot of concern be cause of the sen ice oriented nature of a lot of the organizations that use primarily Naf the personnel official said. A lot of those activities have very High personnel he said the original idea was to shrink the entire civilian work Force in conjunction with the Start of the planned draw Down of military personnel. That would ave been a Way to avoid More severe. Such As reductions in Force the but Cossab Tocol into this a bit More people meant anyhow much it was going to fcb a said. Air Force officials in the news on Friday with Relief. We certainly were headed for a catastrophe no question about it said col. See Naf on Back Page . Agrees to Row designation for Noriega by the Las Angeles times Washington the government agreed Fri Day to treat Manuel a. Noriega As a prisoner of War but said that the designation would not prevent prosecution of inc deposed panamanian dictator on drug trafficking charges in a . Civilian court. In papers filed in Federal court in Miami. Depart ment of Justice lawyers said that the Geneva convention permits prisoners of War to be prosecuted for Ordinary crimes As Long As the same acts would be if committed by a member of the armed forces of the detaining in this Case the United s lawyers argued at a court hearing two weeks ago that Noriega should be declared a prisoner of War and transferred from his Miami jail cell to the custody of a Neutral country. His lawyers said that the Case should be relinquished by . District judge William m. Hoveler so his trial could be held in the world court at the the department of Justice with the concur rence of the stale department said in its Legal Brief that Hoveler should not relinquish the Case and that the world court is reserved for disputes involving nations not is expected to consider the Issue further at a hearing thursday. Articles 85, 87 and 99 make it Clear that the Geneva convention specifically contemplates the prosecution of prisoners of War for civilian offences committed prior to their capture the government s Brief International Law. Prisoners of War arc immune from prosecution Only for legitimate acts of see Noriega on Back Page
