European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes saturday March 10,1990news briefs24 e. German parties to Field candidates Berlin apr officials from the two Germany s met Friday to prepare for International talks on German Unity As East German voters were finally presented with a full list of parties running in their country a first Ever free elections which arc Only 10 Days away. Ernst Rabatsch. East Germany a Deputy foreign minister met with Dieter Kastrup head of the political department at West Germany a foreign ministry for 2vi hours of talks at a foreign ministry Villa in East berlins treptow suburb. The two said they discussed procedural questions for talks next wednesday in Bonn. West Germany where East and West German officials will join officials from the big four a Britain France the soviet Union and United states world War is victorious allies a to plot a course for reunification. An election commission meanwhile announced that 24 political parties arc Fielding candidates in East Germany a first free elections scheduled for March 18. Also on Friday West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl continued his efforts to Lessen concern among his own nato allies about his handling of the Steps toward German reunification. Those concerns hit a High Point with the uproar Over his earlier stand on the polish Border iss Suc. Kohls government on Friday vowed that a fall Steps on the path to Unity will be done in close coordination with our partners in the Alliance in the european Community and with our neighbors in Eastern  postponement of secession vote denied Moscow api a lithuanian nationalists said Friday their republics legislature still plans to vote this weekend on whether to secede from the soviet Union contradicting an Early report that the move had been postponed. Lionginas Vasiliauskas spokesman for the Saju Dis Peoples movement said the legislature will Vole on a declaration of Independence sunday. A vote on a proclamation of Independence would bring the Baltic Republic into conflict with the Kremlin. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev warned earlier that Lithuania would owe the Central government about $34 billion in convertible currency for investments made during the 50 years the Kremlin has ruled the once inc Pendant  of Erlanger sergeant Dies a Day after collapsing Forth West Germany a a in Imburg cd Emen Luy school employee who worked in the student affairs office died thursday a Day after she collapsed at the school. Kathryn a. Teel was taken to the army Hospital in Nurnberg and later transferred to the University Hospital in Erlanger where she underwent surgery for a burst blood clot in the brain according to a military Community spokesman. She was the wife of sol. Douglas j. Teel a 1st army div Soldier stationed in Erlanger. Sol. Teels father who lived in Florida also died this week less than 24 hours before Kathryn Teel died. The woman was not aware of her father in Laws death when she died the spokesman  a hostile witness North takes the stand at Poindexter trial from Page 1for us to Call. We were suspicious and began checking a fit water said. A but ultimately the president needed to make the Call As part of the Check. He did make the  Fitzwater said Friday that in View of the a unorthodox manner Quot Iran has used for communicating with the West in the past Quot any communication from the leadership of ran has to be treated  officials said there were two Calls a the initial one and a second one during which Bush talked with the impostor. The initial Call came to National Security adviser Brent scowcroft White House aides said. A if a Call came through at some future Point that we believed was real he would Lake it Quot Fitzwater said. A the president has made it known he a willing to talk to Iran at any time. And the Ball is in their court. So its up to them to signal a willingness to  Washington apr Oliver North took the stand As the Lead off witness at the Iran Contra trial of John Poindexter Friday and grudgingly admitted that he ran a secret resupply operation to the contras. North testifying As a a hostile witness for the prosecution initially denied that he controlled the Contra resupply operation in which retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard Accord played a key role. A to say that Accord worked under my direction would say a major general is working for a lieutenant colonel and i done to think that a accurate Quot North testified. Iran Contra prosecutor Dan Webb then handed North a copy of testimony he gave at his own trial last year in which North was asked who gave Accord his orders. A i suppose 1 did a North replied at the Lime. Asked again by Webb whether he had run the operation North replied a i gave him a lot of requests and if you want to Call it direction and guidance 1 guess that a what we re stuck  prosecutors called North to the stand to buttress their Contention that he worked with Poindexter to cover up the Iran Contra affair. Poindexter is charged with conspiracy two counts of obstructing Congress and two counts of making false statements to cover up North a military assistance and fund raising for the contras and . Knowledge of a 1985 shipment of Hawk missiles from Israel to Iran. On thursday Poindexter a lawyer said the former National Security adviser May be guilty of bad memory Bull did not deliberately lie to Congress about secret Raij shipments to Iran. In his testimony Friday North disagreed with web when the prosecutor called the Contra resupply operatic a the  a i done to think it was Ever called a the Enterprise a a Saij North. A we came to Call it project  . District court judge Harold Greene at one Point referred to North As a a hostile witness Quot and gave a cuff permission to ask leading questions of the former we ii House aide. Quoting from North a earlier testimony at his trial Webb asked if a the balls had been passed to North if terms of taking care of the contrast needs after con orca prohibited the Cia from providing it. A i done to recall those specific words a North said Foj later conceded he had said a words to that  North a role As overseer of the contras needs began i late 1984 and took place while Poindexter was the Depue to then National Security adviser Robert Mcfarland a was Admiral Poindexter one of your superiors asked Webb. A in that general time Frame he was one of the Peop who assigned me to assist the contras replied North. Defense attorney Richard Buckler has denied Lii Poindexter engaged in a criminal cover up of the Iraj Contra affair declaring that he was acting under Prcz Dent Reagan a orders. Army apologizes for memo on stationing Huey after Vot it by Vince Crawley Nurnberg Bureau army officials on Friday apologized for an internal memo leaked to the West German press that suggested delaying the stationing of a helicopter battalion to help influence the March 18 bavarian elections. The memo dated feb. 8, was written by the commander of the 1st army div maj. Gen. Ronald h. Griffith and addressed to the Vii corps chief of staff. Brig. Gen. John r. Landry. It urged delaying the stationing of Huey helicopters at the division Airfield in nearby Katterbach. Griffith a reason for urging the delay was that he did no to want to harm the chances of the conservative Christian socialist Union candidate for mayor of Ansbach according to reports in a Nimberg newspaper. While acknowledging that the additional helicopters would be an a attractive possibility Quot Griffith wrote that a a Surprise stationing of additional helicopters before the 18lh of March would be an embarrassing situation for the local Csc and could influence the outcome of the elections a the newspaper reported. He said an announcement on the helicopters could be considered a a trick and a breach of  the general also expressed concern that the stationing would help right Wing Republican party candidates Ana the opposition social democrats the paper reported. Parts of the memo including a photograph showing the heading and signature blocks of the actual document were published wednesday in the Numberger Zachrich ten. In announcing the apology Friday afternoon Vii corps spokeswoman capt. Anda Strauss said Griffith had Quot intent to interfere in local politics when he wrote memo. A the message was an opinion assessment by local commander in response to a request for info Tion a she said. A this does not reflect or represent the policy of United slates government. The . Army regrets j apologizes for any embarrassment to local and state of vials caused by the unauthorized publication of this  Griffith wrote the memo in response to a corps Raqi for his opinion about moving the uh-1 Huey Utility he copter battalion. Ansbach mayor Ernst Ginter Zumach said that though he has no firsthand knowledge of the grif memo he believes that the general had a Good intention but that the wording of the message was a unfortunate. Zumach said he believes Griffith wanted to keep whole helicopter Issue out of the press so that the Csc til would not be influenced in any Way the Ansbach mayoral race has been the source of m local headlines. Zumach who has been mayor fori years postponed the announcement of his planned re ment until after opposition parties picked their Ca dates. Because Zumach was considered to be Unbe Ais the other parties picked Token opponents observers a Klaus Dieter Breitschwert a Deputy Ansbach a and the Christian socialist candidate hoping to suet Zumach a enjoys less Public support than Zumann a Schrichten reported. Contributing to this reported reals in Darmstadt West German drug War from Page 1 diction Effort but amounts to Quot substantially More of the same kinds of actions the military has been performing in recent years. A a we re not going to become a Law enforcement Agency a Duncan said. Duncan outlined the following plans for increasing military action in the drug War a the . Atlantic come this year will use four or five naval ships daily expressly for tracking and slopping the flow of drugs in International Waters in the Caribbean and Atlantic. It also will increase its use of airborne warning and control system or a acs aircraft. The Atlantic Comdr a use of ships in the drug War will increase this year by 78 percent Over 1989, As measured by Days at sea. Aircraft use As measured by flight hours will increase by 219 percent Duncan said. A the . Atlantic and Pacific commands Pis each use More than eight passes of aircraft and six a of ships for the drug interdiction strategy. The aircraft include e-2 Hawk eyes p-3 Orion phantoms and f-14 tomcats. Ships include Des r frigates guided missile frigates guided missile Csir aircraft carriers patrol hydrofoils and a variety Phinious and logistic support ships. A the North Atlantic aerospace defense Oma use a network of 44 ground radars designed to High Altitude penetrations of . Airspace. It it increase its patrol of the . Southern Border an by using a acs aircraft and 50 interceptor albeit an positioned at 25 locations nationwide. A All Pentagon anti drug operations will olt rated by the forces come at fort Mcpherson in a absent from the list of military actions is a i operate a . Naval flotilla off the coast of co search of drug smugglers