European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 07, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday february 7,1990 Reagan refuses to turn Over diaries Washington not former Percsi Donl Reagan on monday refused to turn Over excerpts of his private diaries to Iran Contra figure John Poindexter heightening the Prospect of a constitutional confrontation before the Start of the former National Security adviser s trial. These materials arc the private reflections of the former president pre pared for his personal deliberations and Louch the Core of the  Rea Gan s lawyers said in a motion to . District judge Harold h. Greene. Last week. Greene had ordered Rea Gan to hand Over the diary excerpts to Poinc Eicr. But Greene complicated Reagan s Legal position further monday by or Dering the former president to provide videotaped testimony for use in poin Dexter s trial scheduled to begin in two weeks. That order appeared to set the stage for another assertion of executive privilege by Reagan but his lawyers declined to comment How they will re Spond to the order. The judge s order regarding Reagan s testimony was significant because it was the first time in the Iran Contra prosecutions that a defendant has persuaded a judge to compel Reagan to testify Al though the judge excused Reagan from appearing in person. Greene said it would be inconceivable to exempt Reagan from testifying. Greene s orders requiring Reagan to provide testimony Ana personal records appeared to reflect the judge s determination to allow Poindexter wide latitude in exploring Reagan s role in the Iran Contra affair based on defense assertions that Reagan authorized Point Cut or s actions. The judge who reviewed 100 excerpts of the Reagan diaries in private has or dered Reagan to turn Over 29 entries re lated to the administration s secret arms sales to Iran to finance efforts on behalf of the nicaraguan rebels known As con tras at a time when Congress banned official Contra Aid. Reagan has insisted he knew nothing about the diversion. The judge has said he has not passed judgment on  s assertion that Reagan approved of his Iran Contra activities. But he said in a recent order that one of the entries includes a somewhat ambiguous comment arguably indicating that the former president knew of defendant s activities on behalf of the con  poin Duxler a retired Navy rear Admi ral served As Reagan s National Security adviser from december 1985 until he resigned in november 1986 after the affair was made Public. He faces five Crim Inal charges including accusations that he obstructed congressional inquiries and made false Statem cols to Congress about the arms sales and efforts to Aid the contras. Reagan has sought to appear cooperative with Iran Contra inquiries since the affair was disclosed but has steadfastly refused to appear As a witness in the Iran Contra prosecutions. He also has resisted requests to make Public his diaries arguing in Legal papers that the information sought was not necessary to assure the defendants a fair trial. But until monday his lawyers have not invoked executive privilege. Damage crash $6 million Safe says by Deedee Arrington Doke kaisers item Bureau a deadly windstorm caused $6 million damage to . Air forces Europe installations saturday night. Bases in West Germany and England were hardest hit by the storm that killed at least 29 people in Europe said Safe spokeswoman capt. Paula Kougeas. Reports outlining local damage arc not expected until thursday at command Headquarters but no Safe aircraft were damaged. Kougeas said. Money budgeted for emergencies will be used for the repairs she said. Schools office buildings and aircraft owned by local Aero clubs were among the properties damaged at air Force bases. The storm also caused about $2 million damage to the  military Community including air Force and army facilities at Ramstein a. The City s vog Cloch District. Kapaun air station and the lands Tull army regional medical Center. Lan Stuhl received the worst battering in the Community. It experienced $550.000 damage to base hous ing a child care Center a snack bar and a Laboratory building. If it starts to rain and the roofs arc not covered there will be a lot More damage said Wolfgang Filli Buck chief of the technical Branch for the Kaiser slam turn based 29th area support group s department of engineering and housing. A Usa eur spokesman said the office had reports on what other areas if any were hit hard. Commands have been advised to report storm dam age exceeding $25,000. A final tally is expected in one to two weeks the spokesman said. Contributing to this Story staff writer Peggy David son in  West Germany and Randy Pru itt in Darmstadt West Germany plan from Page 1 Sion criticized the platform As too lame saying it was based on old  reported Alexander Fomin a Coal Miner invited As a guest to the meeting. Coal miners have staged strikes and have been among the most vocal critics of the government. There were not enough Radical proposals to solve the party s  Fomin said during a break in tuesday s  did nil detail objections raised during the meeting and the soviet Media carried few specifics. Hard line politburo member Yegor k. Lig achy criticized Gorbachev s Reform program particularly in the Economy. Shinkovich  reported that i Gachev a proponent of traditional collective farming pointed out shortcomings of the leadership s policies but did not propose solutions. Another speaker. Yevgeny p. Pelikhov said he would rather Sec the communist party s monopoly on Power end through a split into two competing communist Par tics. Tass reported in the Only soviet Media account of the meeting. Pelikhov. The vice president of the Academy of sciences was quoted As saying this would be better than a party that competed with the communists. Gorbachev As expected is in the Middle of an intense struggle Between progressives and conservatives Over whether to abandon centralized government in favor of a multiparty system with a More capitalist Economy. The session has taken on crisis proportions because of the worsening soviet Economy and a Rise in ethnic unrest. It comes on the heels of a breathtaking series of revolts against old orthodox communist governments in six East bloc , the communist party Leader in the siberian City of Sverdlovsk resigned because he refused to embrace Reform the newspaper trud reported tuesday. Last week party members had charged the Sverdlovsk leadership with anti democratic policies and passed a vote of no  Media have reported several resignations of party officials. Increasing Calls for greater democracy and shortages throughout the soviet Union have made Citi Zens More sensitive to party officials performance. On monday Gorbachev told the party s policy making Central committee that communist countries had Iso lated themselves from the general flow of civilization by letting outmoded ideas govern their policy. But his proposal met with stiff resistance in the largely conservative 249-Membcr body. One participant said committee members did not applaud Gorbachev or any one else on the first Day of the two Day closed session. Gorbachev presented a new political program for the communist party based on a Bill of rights. He wanted enshrined in the party s platform. Gorbachev did not suggest that the party give up efforts to Lead the country. Instead he said it intends to struggle for the role of ruling party but strictly in the framework of the democratic process rejecting any kind of Legal or political and  at some Point he said growing pluralism can Lead to the creation of  called for an end to a Tenet of leninism called democratic  which demands strict allegiance by the party s 20 million members to decisions made at the top. The communists have been widely assailed for the dismal state of the Economy and for widespread abuses of Power. Gorbachev acknowledged that the country which suf fers severe shortages of consumer goods has not seen any fundamental improvement from the Reform program he has championed since coming to Power in 1985. He said Rcv obstacles to those changes were old attitudes and the failure to Reform  released by Tass indicated that Gorbachev underwent immediate stinging criticism. One committee source said Leningrad party Leader Boris Gidaspow who has become a lightning Rod for conservatives demanded the establishment of strict Law and order. In his speech Gorbachev advocated a stronger role for the soviet presidency said Svyatoslav Feodorov another participant in the  people think Gorbachev Hopes to step Down eventually As head of a no longer supreme communist party and find a new Power base As president. From Page 1 into the North sea off the coast of Norfolk. Master sgt. Mike divine. A 3rd air Force spokes Man identified the plane s Pilot As capt. Clifford w. Massongill. 30, of Edenton. . And the weapons systems officer As 1st it. Thomas g. Dorsell 26, from Pensacola Fla. Both were assigned to the 20th tac fighter Wing. One of the bodies which was recovered late Mon Day had not been identified by tuesday evening. Search efforts by . And British military personnel continued for the missing and presumed dead second Crew Ember. Craig Lindsay a spokesman for the Royal air Force Rescue coordination Center near Edinburgh Scot land said a British sea King helicopter that had been on a training exercise near the area arrived on the scene 20 minutes after the crash. . And British Rescue teams found some wreckage on mud fits that surround the crash area. Both accidents arc under investigation by the air Force. Ploy from Page 1 ing to keep up with a bolting  of course he has to survive in the Lack of any alternative. The right docs not want to take a Chance at cataclysm by removing  said ulam. If they announced tomorrow that Gorbachev was out. You would have demonstrations in every russian City and that would Force an unwanted test for the red army and Kab Security forces. A crowd estimated at 200,000 marched through red Square last weekend demanding More democracy an indication of the growing pressure on Kremlin leaders to hand Over More Power to the people. Gorbachev s chances of Success Are mixed said Jerry Hough a Duke University analyst who has described the soviet Leader s political position As Strong but he said the latest development is forcing him to reconsider. If the communist party s constitutional grip on Power is removed said Hough there is no reason it should not have the result it did in Eastern Europe where communists arc being forced from Power. Gorbachev May be planning to surrender his Job As general Secretary of the communist party and concen trate on his role As president an office he has strengthened since taking Over the party in March 1985. But Gorbachev May be mis calculating popular pres sure toward More democracy and underestimating the backlash among russians who Are angered by three things the collapse of the Economy the weakening of the East european Alliance and separatist movements in the non russian republics. Hough said. If Gorbachev in five years has done nothing but give up Eastern Europe and create economic chaos Why should t one decide that he is not worthy of running a great country Hough said. The communist party faces a lest at the ballot Box in local elections in the soviet republics in february and March. The results Promise to be just As embarrassing As those from National balloting last year when Many communist functionaries were Defeated in Russia and popu Lar fronts won majorities in the three Baltic republics of Lithuania Latvia and Estonia