European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes thursday March 8,1990kohl to meet with nato leaders by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl meets thursday with leaders of the Western Alliance amid an intense East West debate Over the role of a reunified Germany. Nato wants to strap a reunited Germany firmly within the Alliance an approach just As firmly opposed by soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Thursday s meeting which will bring together the 16 members of the Alliance Council will be used to Hammer out details for keeping Germany in nato. But the forum also will give Allied ambassadors a Chance to air their concerns that a stronger reunified Germany could dominate Central Europe and threaten the Security of the Region. A what i will anticipate is that the Chancellor will come and discuss with us his View s on the question of German unification and the process for the alliances consultations on it a said William h. Taft in the . Ambassador to nato. A clearly his coming indicates an interest. In the Alliance addressing this question. And that a exactly what we want to do. Its a very Good thing he a coming a Taft said in an interview earlier this week. The meeting takes place As the Germany s Speed toward the reunification that will Likely follow the March 18 National elections in East Germany while acknowledging the probability of a unified Germany soviet officials have stepped up pressure to keep a reunited Germany from entering nato. A we cannot agree to this Quot Gorbachev told reporters tuesday when asked whether East Germany could belong to nato after reunification. A it is absolutely ruled  Gorbachev also spoke of his concern about the rapid movement toward German unification. A it is inadmissible to act hastily a said Gorbachev who had just completed talks with East German Premier Hans Modrow a this is unsuitable for big  thursdays nato ambassadors Summit comes a week before the four world War ii victors a the soviet Union Britain France and the United states a meet to discuss Security concerns related to unification. In late april the 12 members of the european economic Community will meet in Dublin Ireland to discuss unification. President Bush and Kohl agreed during their feb. 25 meeting at Camp David that a reunited Germany should remain a full member of nato. A Neutral Germany could radically disrupt nato. West Germany is the strongest european member of nato and is the stationing ground for most of the Western alliances tactical nuclear Arsenal As w Ell As almost 1 million Allied forces. A i certainly do not think this is a desirable posture for them the West germans to adopt they done to think so either a Taft said. Taft also rejected the idea of removing All foreign troops from German territory. A we do not favor. A demilitarized Germany or essentially taking them out of the Alliance As a Host of Allied forces a a he said. 1 Taft said the United states does not oppose the idea of allowing a portion of the 480,000 soviet forces currently stationed in East Germany to remain there a but it remains to be worked out a he said. A the key question As to the stationing of any troops anywhere in Europe is Are they Welcome where they Are by the people who live there a a he  from Page 1 depot in Miclau about 25 Miles from Clausen and loaded aboard railway cars. Fischer said More than 5,000 containers will be needed to move the 155mm and 203mm artillery shells. The Gas containers Are being packed in such a Way that if one canister should detonate it would not affect the others said Jurgen Dietzen spokesman for the Rheinland Pfalz Interior ministry. Stoltenberg refused to disclose what routes the transport would follow. But Dietzen said three autobahn could be used to carry the weapons from Clausen to Miessau. The shortest route is a 25-mile stretch on autobahn 62 and autobahn 6. But using it would require a Quick construction of a temporary surface on a removal of chemical weapons possible Road routes Torbahn 62, which is still being built. The other Likely route is a 37-mile stretch using autobahn 8 toward Wei Brincken. Then autobahn 6 to Miessau. Dietzen said the transport will involve convoys of about 70 vehicles each. Twenty vehicles will be military trucks carrying the weapons. The rest will carry police escorts firefighting teams and other emergency personnel. The convoys will Roll on 30 weekdays in a Row one Convoy per Day. Each Convoy should take two or three hours to make the trip travelling at a top Speed of 18 Miles per hour. All the Drivers and emergency personnel Are to receive special training for the operation. From Miessau train cars will carry the containers to the North sea port of no Denham where they will be loaded aboard specially equipped . Transport ships. Plans Call for the munitions then to be shipped to the Johnston atoll Southwest of Hawaii for destruction Stoltenberg said. He also said the transport will be a carried out As a logistical operation of the . Armed forces with special protective measures from the West germans. Rudi Geil the Interior minister of Rheinland Pfalz said that during the operation the routes will be closed to other transportation and to overhead air traffic. He said the convoys which will move at night will be accompanied by . And German military and civilian catastrophe Protection teams. The operations Cost will be divided Between the germans and americans. He estimated the americans will pay $50 million and the germans 38 million Marks about $23 million. Geil detailed the plans in Mainz. Gemot Rotter of the greens asked Geil whether such weapons were being stockpiled anywhere else in West Germany. Geil told Rotter that there Are no More stockpiles of chemical weapons in the country contributing to this report the associated press in Bonn and st3rf writers Joseph Owen in Pir Masens and Mary Netti in Mainz plan draws cheers jeers by Joseph Owen staff writer Clausen West Germany a plans to remove . Chemical weapons from the Clausen area inspired cheers and catcalls from the 600 people attending an information session wednesday night at the towns sports Hall. At the meeting West German army maj. Gen. Klaus Naumann was asked whether the removal plans Are foolproof. A there is no Hundred percent Security in life a Naumann said. But he added that the government the military the police and emergency personnel have developed primary and backup Security plans for every facet of the removal. But one woman suggested to the crowd that if government officials Are satisfied with the Security measures they should plan to spend their summer vacations in the Clausen area with their families. The idea Drew loud cheers. The meeting was held several hours after officials announced that the removal of More than 100,000 shells loaded with chemical weapons would be carried out from july through september. The weapons will be taken by truck from the Clau sen area to Miessau from there they will be transported by train to the port of no Denham. Afterwards they will be carried by ship to an atoll in the Pacific where they will be destroyed. Emil Klein of nearby Miinch Weiler said the removal would have been a lot safer if the government had arranged to carry it out secretly so a the population  even need to think about  As he listened to loudspeakers set up outside the crowded Hall Gerd Reinhard of nearby to Heinold expressed resignation and Relief Over the plans. A if they Arentt sufficient we can to do anything about it a he said. But he added a a we re in favor of transporting them out of the  his wife Dagmar credited the areas peace activists with having exerted enough pressure on the government to Force the 1986 agreement on the withdrawal. In the Hall officials also assured the audience that no other chemical weapons Are stored in West Germany. A who guarantees that a a Spectator yelled interrupting Naumann a address. A a my god a Naumann said quietly before saying to the questioner that people should have Faith in their elected  from Page 1 include conspiracy to import narcotics importation of 66 pounds of cocaine attempting to import 396 pounds of cocaine conspiring to distribute cocaine attempting to possess cocaine and one firearms count. The alleged criminal activities took place Between oct. 1, 1989, and feb. 27 of this year. Lehtinen who held the news conference with col. Mark Mueller commander of the 3rd Region of the army a criminal investigation come which includes South Florida said the drug ring did not involve soldiers sent to Panama for the dec. 20 invasion. A there is no evidence of massive involvement of soldiers in drug trafficking a Lehtinen said. A the individuals named Here were stationed in Panama prior to the extensive increase in armed forces there. We Are confident with the scope of this that the operation has been shut  Lehtinen said Fultz was arrested in january at his Sunrise fla., Home following a tip to drug enforcement administration agents that he was involved in shipping cocaine from Panama to South Florida. Fultz was stationed in Panama but he was on leave in Sunrise when he was arrested. Agents found $ 100,000 in Fultzs Home when he was arrested and the sergeant confessed that the Money was payment for shipping 66 pounds of cocaine to the Miami area Jan. 10, Lehtinen said. He also confessed to shipping 8.8 pounds of cocaine to South Florida on oct. 1,1989. The shipments were sent in Duffel bags through the army a mail system and escape detection by customs officers. Following his arrest Fultz began working undercover in Panama and introduced an agent with the army a criminal intelligence div. To the smuggling operation allegedly involving the other defendants named in the indictment Lehtinen said. F the ring arranged for the shipment0 396 pounds of cocaine in Duffel Bap through the army a mail system Fultzs Sunrise Home Lehtinen say five colombians came to the House r a 27, paid Fultz $100,000 and took t cocaine to a House in Miami where i were arrested. In Worelds was arrested the same Day fort Ord and four other colombians one panamanian were arrested m Ramu it Lehtinen said. The colombians were to the United states for prosecution