European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 15, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 Dod targets possible cuts to pay for Aid to Nicaragua Washington up a the Pentagon identified several programs tuesday a ranging from military base construction to repair of the battleship Iowa a Ilia it said Congress could Cut to pay for the $300 million in Aid for Nicaragua. The defense department a few weeks earlier had sent up to Capitol Hill its suggestions of programs that could be Cut to pay for More than $500 million in proposed economic Aid for Panama. For the $300 million in Aid to Nicaragua which president Bush announced at the White House tuesday the Pentagon proposed that Congress take $83 million from savings achieved through the civilian personnel hiring freeze that defense Secretary Dick Cheney imposed for fiscal 1990, which ends sept. 30. Another $81 million is targeted to come from deferring new construction at military bases that Are being studied for possible closure by the militia services. No specific construction Sites or bases were identified. Under the Pentagon plan another $11 million could be taken out of the budget for repair of the Iowa s 16-Inch gun Turret which was severely damaged in an explosion that killed 47 sailors last year. The administration has proposed in its fiscal 1991 budget to Mothball the Iowa based at Norfolk a other amounts and the programs targeted by the Pentagon include a $69 million by deferring plans to put More powerful and fuel efficient engines in eight Tanker planes. A $30 million by cancelling a surface anti submarine warfare improvement program. A $18 million by cancelling the Mobile armoured reconnaissance vehicle program. These vehicles would have been used to Survey damage to a Battlefield and to destroy unexploded ordnance. A $9 million by cancelling the nato frigate replacement program from which several West european countries had already withdrawn making it uneconomical. Dod communications technology too vital to let slip official says by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a West Germany a the military must not lose ground in communications and intelligence technology in an Era of budget tightening a top defense department official says. Advances in the last 10 years have Given the services a Strong technological base after Long term neglect that ended in the Early 1980s, said Thomas p. Quinn. Quinn is principal Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for command control communications and intelligence. If the state of the Art position Isnit protected Quinn said tuesday a we wont have a technological data base. For the next generation of people who might Quinn have to make some improvements. I think we do have a very Good technological base in place right now. I think its essential that we protect  the military must begin now to use products made for civilian use when possible instead of forcing communications contractors to adopt standards that suit Only military specifications he said. A we done to really have any leverage a Quinn said of the military a position in the marketplace. A your share. Is very Small. So it really Isnit Worth trying to invest a lot in development. Or impose our desires on that  new systems that Are introduced to the military must be easier to operate he said. Many who operate and maintain sophisticated communications systems Are not engineers. A the a gee whizz part seems to take Over the practical functioning part of it and 1 think we have to do a better Job in that regard a Quinn said. Quinn made the remarks in a speech to the Kaiserslautern chapter of the armed forces communications and electronics association. The meeting was held at the Ramstein officers open mess. Quayle hints of loan to Argentina following its negotiations with if n i Aires Argentina apr vice president uan Quayle suggested wednesday the Bush adminis icons Der a Oan t0 Argentina once the or Nuit pc con modes negotiations to meet economic fund Condl ions set by the International monetary do us0 sad during a news conference that prepay visit Argentina next fall. A there is he said a us consideration being Given to such a visit in inf a App Ved a $1.4 billion loan to Argentina in nov k1 Jas Lle a up disbursement of the Ladwic a a Ause president Carlos Menem did not meet get defied cont ing inflation and reducing the Bud Thanh non ice Ted t0 president Menem and others on input nil states will be full partners in the devel or vhf it mrs Edina and other countries in the Western hemisphere a Quayle said. Mon vre silent was asked about persistent re lion brio ded states is considering a $400 Mil Bridge loan for Argentina. Live in discuss the Bridge loan there would the con inc to something. That something is did talk 1 e if financial arrangement. We if ve7 specific terms about concluding the a Genga i Breve Thal a a a the government of Hope Ihm it Are quite close on this and we said we uld be resolved very soon a Quayle Quayle left for Brazil where he was to attend the inauguration thursday of president Fernando Collor de Mello after meeting with Argentine business leaders and laying a Wreath at the statue of Jose de san Martin who led the Independence struggles of Argentina Peru and Chile. Menem and Quayle also talked about Cuba and Menem said he would try to press president Fidel Castro into making democratic reforms in his marxist nation Castro also will be attending the inauguration in Brazil. A a we re not going to meet with Castro in Brazil Quot Quayle told reporters. A i have no desire to meet with Fidel Castro. Castro remains isolated. I had talks with the other leaders presidents of this hemisphere and they have conveyed to me the sense of isolation that Fidel Castro now finds himself in. Castro must Back change and sooner or later change will come to Cuba. I am convinced of  Quayle asked Menem to also try to gel Castro to halt arms shipments to the leftist rebels in Al Salvador. The rebels have the strongest insurgent movement in latin America and arc waging War on the  government of Alfredo Cristiani. . Officials said earlier that Quayle was encouraging Menem to take severe austerity measures to curb surging inflation but was offering no Aid. Menem told Quayle on tuesday that he was putting Teeth in his vow to make economic reforms and restore his country a credibility internationally said one Quayle aide who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. Argentina has been experiencing inflation of about 70 percent a month. A cuban Leader Fidel Castro jokes with students tuesday outside the presidential  will fall says Veteran of Bay of pigs by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Kassel West Germany a a former Cia agent who once offered to shoot Fidel Castro says the cuban presidents a Days Are  a Fidel keeps a very Strong hold in Cuba yet lie s going Down a said Felix Rodriguez. A a we re expecting one of his own to assassinate him. He wont last More than one  Rodriguez one of 15 infiltrators who escaped from Cuba alter the failed Bay of pigs invasion spoke monday at a National Security policy seminar sponsored by the office of personnel management. Rodriguez told the group of 30 people that Castro will not allow free elections to be held on the Island nation. The aging hard line communist Leader would rather have a Cuba sink into the Ocean than make it a capitalist nation. Castro now harbours More bitterness toward Eastern Europe for its political reforms than toward the capitalistic United states he said. In Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega will have no Choice but to Bow out gracefully because he knows he has no support from the soviet Union said Rodriguez who spent 30 years fighting for Freedom in latin America. Ortega lost a feb. 25 election to the  candidate. Viol Eta Chamorro. Allowing the free election should not be viewed As a softening attitude by Ortega toward democracy Rodriquez said. Ortega never would have invited International observers to Monitor the election if he Wasny to certain he was going to win. Ortega believed pre election polls that heavily favored his winning. Rodriguez a american backed attempt to assassinate Castro in 1961 went awry when he could t infiltrate Cuba. After three failed attempts to rendezvous with members of the anti Castro resistance by boat the americans took Back his Rifle equipped with a telescopic sight saying they a changed their minds about the Mission. Rodriguez a Mission was not part of operation Mongoose in which the United states reportedly planned to kill Castro through such methods As exploding cigars poisoned scuba gear and mafia hit men. In his lifelong fight against communism Rodriguez has served As Cia adviser in the bolivian army a capture of Che Guevara in 1967, led an anti guerrilla Force in Vietnam and assisted it. Col. Oliver North in supplying the contras in Nicaragua