European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 07, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 f / the St the stars and stripes wednesday february 7,1990 by the pm Angeles times Berlin the East German parliament moving to prevent political chaos voted monday to include in the government members of opposition groups who led the fight against the communist regime. In approving prime minister Han Modrow s request the parliament is eight new Cabinet act the communist Pattra minority for the opposition gets Cabinet posts Modrow is itt Tii to Qinnn Iliili ii instability through the elections set for March 18. The new ministers. Armb tired protestant pastor Jawni historian a tnathemaliiir9nd a physicist have no areas of responsibility. They head the eight major opposition groups new forum democratic Awakening the social democratic party democracy now the Green league the s Asso of initiative for peace and they join who took Over in november the ousted communist leaders Eric Honecker and Egon Krenz. At monday s weekly meeting of the round table which brings together representatives of the government and opposition groups the opposition urged the government not to persecute former members of the state Security police the detested Stasi. One opposition Leader docs not mean that All Stasi cup of cart � two soviet Republic Lithuania and Estonia have already legalized competing parties and have begun registering rivals like tul social democrats Christian Dent crafts and greens. Tim hese and other republics popular fronts that Combine members of various parties including the communist party and others have challenged the party s enacted Gorbachev s recommendation on pluralism would make the soviet com the last communist country in the soviet bloc4r relinquish its Legal Gua Rantee of Power. The formal Corot Hist monopoly dates to Stalin s 1936 Constitution fut in practice there have been no multiparty just fans Here since shortly after the bolsheviks in 1917.jbfrachev s remarks Drew a wary response from party insurgents who on sunday Organ Rcd a March of 100,000 people through Moscow to demand More s. Shakhnovsky a Leader of an Alliance of mos cow communist clubs that sponsored the demonstration said a constitutional amendment would be an important Symbol but no Assurance of political will still remain in the hands of the party apparatus he s speech on monday seemed to confirm what Many think is his Overall strategy a Transfer of responsibility and Power from the party machine to the presidency and the elected say they think that if this is accomplished he will surrender his position As party Leader to focus on his term As president which continues until 1994. Reagan from Page 1 judge s determination to allow Poindexter wide latitude in exploring Reagan s role in the Iran Contra affair based defense assertions that Reagan a Rizco Poindexter s actions. The judge who reviewed lip certs of the Reagan diaries i Ltd Tate. Has or dered Reagan to turnover 29 entries re lated to the administration s secret arms sales to Iran 10 finance efforts on behalf of the nicaraguan rebels known As con iras a a Lime when Congress banned Oft fatal Contra has insisted he knew nothing about the diversion and left details of other aspects Afflic affair to other subordinates. The judge has said he has not passed judgment on Poindexter s assertion that Reagan approved of his Iran Contra a a ties. But he said in a recent order that Rune of the entries includes a somewhat ambiguous comment arguably indicating that the former president knew of defendant s activities on behalf of the con Poindexter. 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 statements to Congress about the arms sales and efforts to Aid the has sought Tolt Odcar cooperative with Iran Contra inanities since the affair was disclosed. He has relied written answers to questions from tutors for Lawrence e. Walsh the m pendent counsel and has allowed investigators to read portions of his diaries in he has steadfastly refused to appear As a witness in the Iran Contra prosecutions and has resisted requests to make Public his diaries arguing in Lega papers that the information sought was not necessary to assure the defendants fair trial. But until monday his lawyers have no invoked executive privilege the Legal doctrine that protects a president from disclosing sensitive internal documents or testifying in court except when a overwhelming need is established. Under the procedure established by Greene Reagan s lawyers will now be emitted to review a scaled Legal briefed by Poindexter in which his lawyer explained How the diary entries Are relent to Poindexter s defense Rijh judge reaffirms his ruling after re agave lawyers respond to Pom Dext or s bras Luthc former president May a peal to a Michr his tank Oliver l. North former National Security Council aide also sought Reagan a testimony. But a Federal judge denied that request saying there was no indication that Reagan personally authorized North s actions m the affair. North was convicted on three criminal charges last May and is appealing. Unhul Inu Lyv Llull Lulu Ivil Uii Aua Tautui inv Inu a i a he in 0_ British Navy recruiting women for combat roles London a women will be at sea in British warships by the end of this year ending a Long stand ing ban on women in combat roles because there is shortage of male recruits the government said Mon will also be eligible to join the Royal marines and Fly Navy aircraft but will be barred from submarines where privacy cannot be provided in cramped conditions the defense ministry ministry said ships will be modified 10 allow women to live in them and aircraft carriers will beaming the first to have women in their Crews. It said women will initially be employed As radio and radar operators and in engineering work on aircraft. Archibald Hamilton armed forces minister told the House of commons that the admiralty was unanimous in the decision and expected that women would be quickly accepted after initial opposition from some sailors and their Navy army and air Force have recruited women for Many years but not for combat roles and the Armand air Force will continue that ban. The ministry difference is in the nature of naval operations and the fact that combat at sea is different to that on land or in the air. In modern War All ships arc liable to operate in potentially dangerous Waters it dutch Navy has had women among its Crews for several years. A few women with a taste for the rough life joined the Royal Navy disguised As men in the 18th-Centurydays of adm. Horatio Nelson and several served at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.Navy records indicate that when discovered some of the women were allowed to stay on Board As Long a they continued to Wear men s clothes. From Page 1 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 do 9ttf. Kent Conrad. . A argued that while the United Stales and the soviet Union had been beating up on each bother in the arms race with much of the going to forces i Europe the ii i Over in the economic Arena. Cheney said further cuts cup when the soviets Europe and Wheir coded government Sand am Sofce ate 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 nato he said. We will want to have a continued commit ment to Western Europe. Domenici agreed with Cheney thai changes should a a Joe by tons to fed Darime to assess our. he said. Clearly we decide on a proper . Resp european order. Cheney reiterated themes he has use frequently in recent weeks to defend the administration s military spending re quest. The soviet Union is still the Only nation capable of destroying us Cheney soviets ill have massive no Tea r forces targeted against the . And its citing Moscow s internal problems including a wrecked Economy virtual civil War Between armenians and Azer a Hajianis and Independence movements it a nil other republics Cheney unit eff prepare for the possibility that Prei Nief Mikhail Gorba Chev could be replaced by a hard liner who would again threaten the Wist
