European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday. February 16,1990 news Brief army of commissaries pull Perrier from shelves by the stars and stripes army and air Force commissary officials began pulling bottles of Perrier Mineral water from the shelf thursday after a product recall was initiated by the Paris based company. A spokesman for the air Force said All Perrier bottles were off the shelf before most stores opened. Do disc Gomes spokeswoman for the army commissar system in Europe said her head quarters was notified wednesday of the Perrier recall. We got the message out to the stores and it should All be off the shelf she said. Perrier withdrew its product from stores worldwide after traces of benzene were found in bottles for Sale in the United states Canada the Netherlands and Denmark. The Mineral water identified primarily with an upscale clientele is not a big seller in military commissaries. A spokesman for the air Foresaid Perrier is the weakest Selling Mineral water in thai system. In All of Europe. $110,975 of the product was sold last year in military supermarkets. Nato from Page 1 Billy and thus the Security of Europe May indeed be greater now than for Many  Eide made his remarks during a conference of the North Atlantic Assembly the inter parliamentary organization of nato. The two Day conference is addressing the future of nato and european Security after the collapse of communist governments in Warsaw pact countries. For the first time in the organization s hist9ry, a five member soviet delegation of political and military officials is attending an official meeting of the group. In his remarks. Eide slopped Short of describing the Warsaw pad As a defunct and now unreliable Alliance. Just How reliable non soviet Warsaw pact coun tries would be As allies of the soviet Union is of course a crucial question he said. While the changes in 1989 reinforced Long standing double about the cohesion of the Warsaw pact Eide said we arc not yet in a position to make a final judgment on this Issue. I would recommend we should wait for More stable political developments in these countries to confirm their More reliable  nato s lop military commander in Europe Gen. John r. Galvin said the Alliance must rely on a net work of arms control treaties to ensure a future of peace in Europe. I think our emphasis on arms control is exactly  Galvin said thursday. With the current method we ensure a better defense under conditions of parity especially if thai condition is with Lowe forces which Means that a sustained All out attack becomes less and less and less  both Galvin and Eide acknowledged that nato faces Many questions about its strategy and its response to inc changing military threat posed by the soviet Union and inc Warsaw pact. But neither recommended any far reaching changes in nato s military doctrine of flexible response and Forward defense. Thai doctrine requires nato not to yield any territory and allows in to respond to a Mili tary crisis in an escalating fashion up to the use of nuclear weapons. The strategy will require an evolutionary series of changes. But More than thai we should continue the strategy and provide the resources for it Galvin said. The strategy requires a nuclear deterrent Eide said. Nuclear weapons deter War More than any other weapon system. They have a role now and into the future to remind us of the sober truth that every Possi ble Avenue must be explored to avoid armed  in an address to a group of German and american members of the St cuban Scull re society at the Terrace club in Frankfurt thursday evening the general said he saw no effect of proposed Force restructure on family members accompanying military members. I am opposed to unaccompanied families. I am adamantly against it. We will not have unaccompanied forces or some drastic change in the character of the   10 this port. I a Wriler try Pomeroy. Buck from Page 1 pact on americans overseas As Well. Ott of Citibank is one economist who thinks the Dollar will gain in the next few months perhaps reach ing 1.90 Marks by late summer. The Dollar has been trading around 1.675 Marks on world markets in re cent Days. The military Exchange rate in West Ger Many was 1.64 Marks thursday. Other economists Don t see the Dollar gaining that much  Amstad of Chase investment Bank in London said the West German Bundesbank is Likely to raise interest Rales in one month to three months to fight inflation and that should attract a lot of investors to the Mark. The Deutsche Mark May remain subdued Over the next two weeks but it should t come off All that badly in the Long run he said. He thinks the Mark will continue trading at its present level. Amstad said rebuilding the East German Economy is the Best Long term investment the West German government could make and smart investors recognize that. The chances for economic growth in the East Are quite phenomenal he said. If outdated East German factories can be modernized productivity will jump rapidly he said. The key question is whether East Germany can hang onto its labor Force Long enough for economic renewal to take hold. East germans arc flooding into the West at the rate of about 2,000 per Day. The push by Kohl for monetary Union was a signal intended to Stop the flow of refugees Amstad said. That s the Only thing Short of rebuilding the Wall they could have  thinks the Kohl government will be Able to come up with a Way of achieving monetary Union with out hurting the Deutsche Mark seriously. Then Are a variety of schemes that could be used to Lessen the inflationary Impact he said. The two Ger Many Haven t discussed a conversion formula yet but economists Are suggesting everything from an even Swap to an Exchange rate of five or six East Marks for each Deutsche Mark. Budget from Page 1 Fonse Secretary Dick Cheney to shut Down 12 overseas bases. Nine of those bases including Wei Brincken a arc located in Europe. The army has not decided what it will do with its a Heinberg facilities. Officials May dispose of the Rei chel facility or keep it on caretaker status. If official decide on caretaker status the facility would remain empty but ready to occupy. Throughout the years the army has pumped $21million into improvements on the a Heinberg facilities. The land has been valued at $2.7 million. Along with the 7th theater army area come he Usa eur will also deactivate the Reserve storage activity 1 Ith finance support unit and military Community activities. The 54th area support group will reduce its operations and Transfer its Mission to the 29th area support group and 21st theater army area come he in Kaiserslautern West Germany pc Nama said. Other units to be reduced and transferred include the Sheinberg regional contracting office 256th Mico a Heinberg Field office criminal investigation div s a Heinberg detachment 532nd signal co 11 Ith postal co and 3rd platoon. Scheduled to close arc the Engineer office medical and dental clinic Post Exchange. Class six store commissary. Merchants National Bank. Andrews fed Cral credit Union and the stars and stripes  civil service workers affected by the closure can exercise their statutory re employment rights in the states or find jobs through the defense department s priority placement program Venema said. The program gives priority to employees who involuntarily lose their  members who Sis rap lose their jobs will be aided by the spouse preference program when they relocate with their sponsors. Ger Man employees interested in positions outside the commuting area will receive priority placement assist Ance through a Usa eur program for local nation als. But most of the affected workers won t qualify for an exemption from the defense department s current hiring freeze she  executive committee member of the German work Council said he expected workers to have a hard time finding other jobs in Sheinberg. The town North West of Duisburg has a 10 percent unemployment rate Andreas Rogul said. Cheney South koreans agree on plan to Cut . Troop Levels Seoul South Korea a defense Secretary Dick Cheney and South korean officials agreed thurs Day to the withdrawal of several thousand . Troops Over the next three years As South Korea takes the Lead in its own defense. Cheney on the first leg of an asian Pacific tour that is also taking him to the Philippines and Japan said the troop reductions would not be done precipitously and pledged to keep . Soldiers based Here As Long As the South korean people want them. We Aren t going to move precipitously. Our commitment remains Strong Cheney said. The threat remains undiminished . Officials said Cheney told the South koreans he wants to Cut . Forces in Asia and the Pacific by 10 percent to 12 percent with 5,000 of the troops being pulled out of South Korea and 7,000 to 9,400 leaving the Philippines and Japan. There Are 120,000 troops based in the three countries including 43,000 in South Korea. Cheney and his South korean counterpart Lee Sang Hoon also pledged to move toward handing Over the command of the joint .-korean military Structure now held by a . Four Star general to a South korean general the two officials announced. The developments Mark a major change in the two allies relationship and May result in the most dramatic contraction of the . Forces Here since the end of the 1950-53 korean War. The Republic of Korea can now do More to pro vide for its own Security Cheney told  to the shift toward a smaller . Military presence on the strategic Peninsula coupled with South Korea s adopting More responsibility for its own defense Cheney said we talked about the United states playing More of a supportive role As the Republic of Korea takes the  the defense Secretary said such Steps were made possible by South Korea s spectacular record of eco nomic growth. He said it also was due in pan to con Gressional pressure to slash . Defense expenditures particularly overseas at a time of lessened superpower tensions. Summit from Page 1 Trade policy has harmed its major Legal exports such As Coffee Cut Flowers and sugar Bush promised to work to help open More . Markets. Bush and Barco met separately before they joined bolivian president Jaime Paz Zamora and Peru s Alan Garcia. . Officials also reached agreement with Bolivia to help Stem the movement of firearms made in the United slates into South american nations and signed tax accords with Bolivia and Peru aimed at establishing a system to Trace drug profits and Money laundering schemes. It s significant to note that this is the first time that the major producing and consuming nations have joined together in a coordinated strategy Secretary of stale James a. Baker Iii told reporters