European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday february 6,1990 e. German opposition gets Cabinet seats Berlin a East Germany s parliament added eight members of pro democracy groups to communist Premier Hans Modrow s government monday  the opposition seals in the cab inet or the first time in the country s 40 year history. The communists now hold less than half of the 36 Cabinet scats. Also on monday. Parliament banned the ultralight Republican party of West Germany from operating in East Ger Many. The party had been hoping to at tract major voter support during upcoming elections. On sunday the communist party changed its name to the party of demo cratic socialism and promised to hand Over $600 million in assets to the govern ment in an attempt to refurbish its image before the elections. The first free ballot ing in the country s history is set for March is. In an address to parliament Modrow said monday that German reunification is inevitable although Many obstacles need to be overcome because the two German nations have vastly different Legal and financial structures. He said his proposal last week that a United Ger Many be Neutral was not meant to be the final word on the matter. I never believed that All Points of my proposals would be accepted by every one he said. The United states and other nato countries insist that a United Germany be a part of the Western Alliance. West Germany has said that while it seeks German Unity it will not leave nato. I made my proposals on unification. To create conditions for the inevitable process of unification of the German states Modrow said. Modrow asked West Germany to pro vide immediate Short term financial assistance to help stabilize East Germany s flagging Economy which has been fur ther worsened by strikes and an exodus of More than 50,000 East germans to West Germany this year. The communists arc widely blamed for the nation s economic problems. Modrow told parliament that East Germany needs a government of National rcsp9nsibility" to Lead it away from the Brink of economic disaster and toward the free elections which were made possible by a pro democracy Revo Lution last year that ousted hard line communist party chief Erich Honecker. Following Modrow s address parliament approved his recommendations that the eight opposition officials be added to his Cabinet. The communist party now holds 17 of 36 scats in the new government. Be sides those Given to the pro democracy forces the other scats Are held by parties once aligned with the communists. The eight newly appointed opposition officials arc Tatjana b8hm of the inde pendent women s association Caincr Eppelmann of democratic Awakening Sebastian Pflugbeil of new forum mat Thias plan Eck of the Green party Gard poppy from the initiative for peace and human rights Wolfgang Ullmann from democracy now Klaus sch Flitcr of the Green league and Walter Romberg of the social democrats. Earlier monday both opposition Lead ers and the communists discouraged West German politicians from stumping for East German candidates. At round table negotiations 10 of the 22 participants said West German politicians should not be invited to be guest speak ers at election  West German Chancellor Willy Brandt already has led a Campaign rally for the East German social demo crafts and he had planned further appear ances. Chancellor Helmut Kohl also has said he is planning to stump for Candi dates. The communists in particular have objected to the plans saying such a pc Arancis amount to unfair interference in East German affairs. On monday parliament barred the far right republicans Neo nazi groups and other right Wing extremists from try ing to spread their doctrines and beliefs in East Germany. A Resolution said immediate measures Are needed for the Protection of the state and its citizens be cause of the activities of Neo nazis and the republicans. It said there recently have been threats of violent acts that seriously threat ened the process of renewal in East Ger Many. News briefs 21 remain hospitalized after attack on israelis Cairo. Egypt a Twenty one people remained hospitalized monday after a machine gun and grenade attack on a Busload of israeli tourists on an isolated desert Road. The attack left at least nine israelis dead officials said. The bus was carrying 31 israelis an egyptian tour guide and an egyptian Driver to Cairo from Raich a divided town on the Egypt Israel Border in the Sinai Peninsula. Al 11 crashes into sea body of 1 crewman found London a a . Air Force Al 11 fighter bomber with a two member Crew crashed into the sea off England s cast coast monday and the British defense ministry said one body was  body has been found and the search for the other member of the Crew is continuing a ministry spokesman said. The Crew identities will not be announced until relatives Are informed. Air Force spokes Man sgt. Michael Divinc said. Power from Page 1 allow formal political parties to compete with the communists for control. The Tass news Agency in the first official details released of the meeting reported that Gorbachev urged the party to move up the next communist party Congress theoretically the party s highest ranking body to late june. Tass gave no reason for Gorbachev s proposal but presumably it would be to allow him to choose a new Central committee and further Advance Radical re forms in the party. The 25l-Membcr Central committee despite Axlen t pc changes made by Gorbachev in recent years is still regarded by reformers As a bastion of party conservatives who worry that Gorbachev s reforms arc leading the country to economic collapse and ethnic strife. Congresses normally arc held every five years and the next would have been regularly scheduled for Spring 199i. But Gorbachev last year moved up the Date of the Congress to october and in his speech monday called for it to be moved up again. Those moves by Gorbachev would meet some of the demands of the reformers who rallied an estimated 200,000 people just outside the Kremlin on sunday. One of their leaders communist reformer Boris n. Yeltsin said the Central committee s plenary meeting represented the party s last  official Tass news Agency said Yeltsin who re Mains a member of the Central committee despite his populist Campaign against party privilege was one of those who spoke Afler Gorbachev during the opening session of the Central committee  remarks published monday Gorbachev said the 20 million member party docs not claim a monopoly on Power but added a multiparty system is not a Panacea. The level of society s democratization is of decisive importance As is the democratic nature of forming All its  Gorbachev made the comments Friday in a meeting with Coal miners who staged crippling strikes last sum Mer. They appeared in monday s editions of the party daily , the 58-year-old president and party general Secretary predicted the Central committee meeting would be marked by heated debate but scoffed at suggestions of attempts to topple the current leadership. Somebody regularly before every plenum spreads allegations concerning some coup being prepared the Kremlin chief  the same Lime he told the miners there is a need for an infusion of fresh forces into the party. Earlier last week Gorbachev denied a . Broad cast rep9rt that he was considering stepping Down As party chief but remaining president. In such a scenario Gorbachev would continue to run the country with the decision making Power once concentrated in the party transferred to legislative bodies. Plan from Page 1 number of major cuts including two army divisions the v-22 and f-i4 aircraft the my tank the Apache helicopter the Maverick missile and almost 50 Mili tary bases at Home and abroad. Despite president Bush s Call to reduce . Troop strength in Europe some lawmakers questioned Why any american troops would need to remain on the continent if a conventional forces agreement were signed with the soviet Union. Would we really need to keep 225.000 troops in Europe asked sen. Kent Conrad . He argued that while the United states and the soviet Union had been beating up on each other in the arms race with much of the Money on both sides going to forces in Europe the . Allies had taken Over in the economic Arena. Cheney said further cuts could come when the Sovi ets were gone from Eastern Europe and when elected governments and a More stable political order were established in All the East bloc countries. But for the foreseeable future we will have a requirement for nato and a . Presence in  he said. We will want to have a continued commit ment to Western Europe. Dominici agreed with Cheney that changes should come slowly. This administration needs time to As sess our changing role in the world he said. Clearly we have some Lime to decide on a proper . Response to the new european order. Cheney relic Ralpd themes he has used frequently in recent weeks to defend the administration s military spending request. The Soviel Union is still the Only nation capable of destroying us Cheney said. The soviets still have massive nuclear forces targeted against the . And its  Moscow s internal problems including a wrecked Economy virtual civil War Between armenians and azerbaijanis and Independence movements in sever Al other republics Cheney said the United states must prepare for the possibility that Premier Mikhail Gorba Chev could be replaced by a hard liner who would again . Army from Page 1 Cor dance with the 1987 intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty with the so Viet Union. About 1.950 . Troops Are stationed in the area Down from a Peak of about 2,200. . Troops would total about 1,700 when the replacement units arrived Schwa Bisch Amund mayor Wolfgang schuster said. The number of German civilian jobs would increase by about 100. Scy Fried and schuster said they were disappointed that military officials had apparently ignored requests by so Nosbisch a mind and Mut Langen that the military vacate the missile site entirely. The site which straddles the Boundary of the two cities became a Magnet for frequent protests after nato decided to deploy the Pershing ii mis Siles there. Recently the two cities have added a housing shortage to the list of reasons for closing the facility. Schwa Bisch Amund spokesman Klaus Wilhoff said about 2,000 people in the City were seeking apartments. The mayors said they found some Comfort in the . Plan because no combat units would move into the area and Mut Langen would be used to House Only mothballed vehicles trailers and spare parts. With the exception of the weapons to be carried by the Security personnel no weapons would be stored there Seyfried said. I think we sensed a distinct willingness to oblige on the americans part schuster said. It s Progress after All that they re listening to the comm  the army also plans to keep an a scr disc area in the South end of Schwa Bisch Amund but the City is pressing for a Cess 10 land Uherc to build new  week military officials informed Heilbronn area municipalities where the artillery command also has Pershing units that the army hoped to retain its \ properties there. A meeting with Bavari an officials is expected later this week to discuss the command s third set of site sin the Neu Ulm area. ,