European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Watch for the special Valentines Day supplement in tomorrows stars and Stripe the a Fern Miles authorized unofficial publication Fob the a. Ant to of Lii Good morning vol. 40, no. 302 tuesday february 13, 1990 2m Dufy and sign re cd 8693 a fight to go on Mandela says but negotiations for peace could start1very soon. A l. A a a or a. cirt or hm1 hts to a Cape town. South Africa apr Nelson Mandela said monday that he was Commil cd 10 seeking peace and racial Harmony but defiantly called anti government violence a necessary Quot defensive add against apartheid the 71-year-old Black nationalist Leader emerged sunday from 27 years in prison. His release was marred however by several violent incidents and police said monday that social unrest was widespread Mandela and government officials have urged restrain fearing extremists will seek to exploit the violence to damage i tools at Black White dialogue. Andrecs tre Umich Leader of the pro apartheid conservative party accused the government of falling victim to Quot Mandela hysteria Quot and moving toward White surrender. On his first full Day of Freedom a Gray ing but vigorous Mandela told a news conference that negotiations Between his african National Congress movement and the government could begin Quot very soon Quot if president . De Klerk continued his peace initiative. Quot the state of emergency has to be lifted in its entirety and political prisoners have to be released Mandela told More than 200 reporters outside the Home of anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu. Mandela said he had been conferring with government officials for the past three years on the Prospect of negotiations with the Anc As Well As on inc release of political prisoners. Activists arranging Mandela s schedule said he would go to his Home in Soweto on tuesday the huge Black township outside Johannesburg and address a mass rally at a stadium there. He left for Johannesburg late monday afternoon. At a smaller soc or stadium in Soweto tens of thousands of Blacks packed into the grandstands monday and surged onto the Field mistakenly anticipating that see Mandela on Back Page Bush doubts arms treaties to be ready by Summit Back from the Battle heavyweight fighter Mike Tyson and his promoter Don King press through new Yorkus Kennedy International Airport monday evening. Tyson wearing dark glasses to enter a swollen Eye. Returned from Tokyo where he fought James Quot Buster Douglas for inc w orld heavyweight Lytle in a still unresolved 10-round match. Kela cd stories and photos on pages 21 and 23. Washington apr president Bush monday said the United Stales and the soviet Union made Quot solid Progress last week toward arms control agreements but caution cd against Hope that three treaties might be ready by the Lime of his june us m i t with m Mikhail Gorbachev. The president said he hoped he and in Rachev could sign a troop reduction agreement this year and that treaties should be Quot substantially completed Quot on reducing Long Range nuclear weapons and chemical weapons by the Lime of the Summit. He rejected Gorbachev s counterproposal to his own initiative to Cut european troops. At a White House news conference that focused almost exclusively on fast moving subjects of foreign affairs. Bush said the Issue of German reunification was up to the German people. He ruled out a Neutral nation and said whatever emerges would have to remain a member of nato. Related Story Back Page he also offered to play a mediating role in resolving South Africa s racial conflict if it seemed appropriate. Fielding questions in the White House briefing room. Bush was asked about Nelson Mandela s declaration that armed struggle against the White minority in South Africa should continue. He said he would discourage violence adding that the South african Leader a freed sunday after 27 years in prison a had said such actions should be a we be always advocated non violence and f think the untied states ought not to move away from that Quot he said. Bush ruled Oul a partial lifting of sanctions against South Africa saying he was barred from Laking that step despite Mandela s release. Asked about Mandela s Alliance with communists Bush said he saw communism Quot sliding downhill Quot throughout the world with democracy on inc ascent. Bush said he believed that both Mandela and South african president . De Klerk had accepted his invitations to visit the while House Quot in principle Quot but that no Date was set for either to visit. Asked whether he expected to play a major role in the discussions Between Mandela and the South african government. Bush said Quot if such a role would be productive i see Summit on Back page2 germ myst leaders discuss unification problems by de Reavis Slaff writer the leaders of East Germany and West Germany begin a two Day Summit in Bonn today aimed at keeping chaos from overcoming the unification of the countries. More than East germans have left the country since Jan. I. And there is speculation Ihal 2 million to 3 million others arc wailing with packed bags in Case the March in election goes the communists Way. During their meetings. West German Chancellor Helmut Kuhl and eas1 German Premier Hans Modrow will try 10 persuade East germans to unpack their bags. A of we done to Slop a him from coming Thev la be leaving a huge slum right in the Middle of a spokesman for the Federal press office said monday. To help persuade the East germans the Kohl government is willing to spend millions of dollars the spokesman said. Quot there is a a ib0 million pm Agency program that will bring goods to East Germany next said the spokesman. Who did not want to be identified. A such sorely needed articles As Medicine and medical equipment Are included in the package. And the postal min siry will begin with adding 300 new Telephone lines to be financed out of the postal budget Quot but that is Only the first instalment of Aid. If East Germany elects a democratic government the West German government is willing to spend $4.2 billion in an attempt to reverse the rapid decline or the East German Economy a process see leaders on Back Page the Agenda of the Kohl Modrow meeting a results of the Kohl Gorbachev talks. A ways t>1 stopping the flow of East germans into the West. A Kohl s offer of an economic and monetary Union with East Germany. A Kohl s special budget with East Germany after lha country s March 18 elections
