European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d meals warmly welcomed by gis out in the cold Page 2 o driving miss Daisy top Oscar nominee Page 4 d High school drug use continues to decline Page 6 q Lemieux s scoring Streak ends at 46 games Page 17 the slurs authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning shopping for Antiques in London stripes Magazine vol. 48, no. 305 Friday february 16, 1990 j.0.Ts d 8693 a . Playing Down role of military on eve of drug talks from wire reports Washington As president Bush prepared to head for a four nation Summit on drugs thursday the White House attempted to Dampen Hopes for dramatic results in several sensitive areas. Participating in the talks will be Bush president Virgilio Barco of Colombia president Alan Garcia of Peru and president Jaime Paz Zamora of Bolivia. On the eve of the Daylong meeting on a seacoast Island at Cartagena Colombia officials played Down talk of an enlarged . Military role in catching narcotics smugglers in South America. White House aides arc concerned that pc Summit reports of a proposed . Radar network might offend the South american governments presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said wednesday. Such offers of  naval assistance have been put on the Shell unless re Quested by the South americans he said. If there is discussion of it we would expect this to be initiated by the Host  said Fitzwater. However he made it Clear that Bush would Welcome such a discussion. Bush was to take off Early thursday morning after spending the night aboard air Force one in an Airport hangar. White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said Bush s unusual sleeping arrangements had nothing to do with elaborate Security precautions surrounding his trip to Colombia. It s a sleep thing not a Security  Fitzwater said. He feels it s the Best Way for him to gel the most sleep without having to Wake up in the Middle of the  it was believed to be the first time a president had taken such a step. Bush says he did the same thing a couple of times while he was vice president. Bush s schedule called fora pre Dawn Takeoff for the flight to Columbia. Bush s stateroom on the plane is equipped with a full sized bed. Fitzwater said experience has shown that Bush can sleep right through Takeoff. As the four leaders prepared for their strategy pcs Sion on the narcotics War the colombian drug Barons appeared to make a peace offering. They surrendered three processing labs which they claimed had been producing 20 tons of cocaine a month. Colombian and . Officials greeted the announce ment with scepticism. Giving up some of their labs does t seem to be enough said a White House offi Cial. We would like to Sec All of them shut  the White House also retreated from previous suggestions that Bush would revive a proposal to Send . Navy warships into South american Waters to track cocaine trafficking planes. The four leaders plan to Issue a joint statement see drug on Back Page Bush welcomes troop breakthrough Washington up president Bush welcomed soviet acceptance of his plan for disproportionate european troop cuts wednesday and said now let s close the  this is an important breakthrough which removes a major obstacle to the Early conclusion of a cafe conventional forces in Europe treaty Bush said. And in also establishes the principle that . Forces in Europe arc not to be treated As equivalent to soviet forces in Eastern  speaking to reporters one Day after Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii engineered a pair of diplomatic breakthroughs on arms control and German reunification Bush marvelled at the historic change under Way in East West relations. Mindful of the criticism he took last fall for his reserved reaction to the open ing of the Berlin Wall Bush joked that he was very elated at the outcome of Baker s talks Over the last week with so Viet and nato officials. In a Concession conveyed to Baker on tuesday the soviets dropped an earlier insistence on . And soviet troop reductions to equal limits in the framework of a nato Warsaw pact agreement now under negotiation in Vienna. Bush said soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev driven perhaps by enor Mous problems on the economic front saw Bush s proposal to limit each coun try to 195,000 troops in Central Europe made very Good  events Are moving awfully fast see troop on Back Page Mandela says Anc willing to Compromise Soweto. South Africa a the african National Congress is willing to Compromise with the government on de tails of a Post apartheid political system As Long As Black rights arc ensured. Nel son Mandela said wednesday. The 71-year-old Black Leader giving his first interviews since his release Sun Day after 27 years in prison was asked if the Anc was willing to Case its demand for a one person one Vole system that would Lead to Black majority Rule. Compromises must be made in re Spect to every Issue As Long As that com Promise is in the interest not Only of one population group but the country As a  Mandela said. That is the a lure of  the Anc repeatedly has rejected any system falling Short of one person one Vole. Mandela has stressed since his re lease that his movement would like to address White fears of Black domination although he opposes the government s concept of group rights which would give special Legal Protection to whiles and other minorities. We arc aware of the fears of the Whites in the country of being dominated by Blacks and we arc addressing that very seriously and very earnestly he said. I am convinced that in discussions Between the Anc and the government we will be Able to find a solution which will be accepted by  Mandela who plans to consult soon with exiled Anc leaders in Zambia did not elaborate on what compromises might be reached. I think it would be most presumptuous of me to speak for the Anc he said. It is the Anc who would decide what compromises it should make. We Are ready for honorable compromises without surrendering our  in the months before his release Man Dela met frequently with government officials including president . Do Klerk to discuss prospects for negotiations. In these discussions Mandela said wednesday my optimism has been  do Klerk who has transformed South african politics by freeing Mandela and lifting a 30-year ban on the Anc seeks to negotiate a new Constitution that would extend political rights to the Black majority but preserve some sort of Politi Cal guarantees for Whites. In Cape town the government issued its first formal response to Mandela s statements since his release. Gerril Viljoen constitutional development minister said the government agreed with Mandela that apartheid must be eliminated and voting rights extended to Blacks. But he criticized Mandela s support for continued guerrilla violence and economic sanctions. The government is not prepared to accede to the handing Over of Power Viljoen said. If that is the goal of the armed struggle then there is no meaning Ful Way