European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes thursday March 29,1990berlin from Page 1  or Bornholm Strasse. Travellers with tourist passports can also drive into East Berlin in Allied plated vehicles. In both cases the travellers driving across must be accompanied by a uniformed service member or a Berlin id card Holder. Civilians not employed by the . Government and family members from outside Berlin carrying tourist passports May enter East Berlin through the tourist Gates at checkpoint Charlie or the Friedric Strasse train station. They will process with East German authorities. Their tourist passports cannot Bear a status of forces agreement stamp. The news release did not address government civilians from outside Berlin whose passports do not Bear a sofa stamp. All Servic members family members and . Civilian employees travelling to East Berlin must have a traveler a assistance card. Travellers from outside Berlin can pick up the cards at checkpoint Bravo on the outskirts of Berlin and checkpoint Charlie duty train offices in Bremer Haven Frankfurt and Berlin and the traveler a assistance Center in the information tickets and reservations office in berlins Truman Plaza. Berlin id card holders can get the cards from their units. All  travelling in uniform must now Wear their name lags. In the past the name tag was not an accepted part of the uniform. Servic members from outside Berlin must still Wear their uniforms when travelling to East Berlin As the uniform serves As their identification for crossing the Border. The Servic members should not use their military id card or passport to enter. The changes made earlier this month eliminated the Midnight curfew for . Forces members in East Berlin authorized use of Public transportation within East Berlin authorized Berlin forces id card holders to walk into East Berlin and authorized service Mem cars from Berlin to Wear civilian clothes into East Berlin. The travel policies in Berlin have been based on a Long standing difference of opinion Over the status of the Boundary that divides the soviet and Western sectors of Berlin. The East German government treats the Boundary As an International Border while the United states does not recognize it As such. Berlin residents and members of the four occupying armies travelled freely throughout the City before the infamous Wall went up on aug. 13, 1961. After its construction ., British and French forces members were restricted to checkpoint Charlie in berlins Krecu Zberg District. Lithuanian police defy order to surrender arms to soviets Vilnius .s.r. Apr soviet authorities warned wednesday that they will restore a Law and order in Lithuania and police in the Baltic Republic have defied the Kremlin a order to surrender shotguns and rifles turned in by citizens. In Moscow the commander of soviet paratroopers complained of increasing attacks on soldiers in Lithuania which declared its Independence from Moscow on March 11. Soviet paratroopers guarded the republics communist party Headquarters for a second Day but removed their riot gear and no longer carried automatic rifles. On tuesday soviet troops seized the Headquarters and apprehended deserters in raids on two hospitals in the first soviet use of Force of the confrontation that began when Lithuania declared itself Independent. Lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis condemned the actions and again urged Western nations to speak out against Moscow. A is the West willing to sell Lithuania to the soviet Union again a he said tuesday. In Washington Bush administration officials refused to criticize the soviet military a use of Force on tuesday. A we simply done to feel inflammatory language is helpful a White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev discussed Lithuania in a Telephone conversation wednesday with prime minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain the official soviet news Agency Tass said. A replying to thatchers question Gorbachev described developments in Lithuania which have emerged As a result of the violation of the soviet Constitution a the news Agency said. A Vilnius was Calm overnight with no reports of violence or of soviet soldiers taking Over any More buildings. Lithuanian Interior ministry spokesman Yaroslav Prokopovich said Only about 1,000 weapons have been Given to police but the police were not turning them Over to the red army. Authorities estimate there Are 30,000 weapons in private hands. Police capt. Jonas Dervinis said a Lithuania has its the fax a amp 3nd we 3re we skin 10 Force he said he did not know if Interior ministry of Iichi from Moscow would attempt to enforce Gorba h order a week ago that authorities confiscate any wac on not turned m voluntarily in seven Days p in Moscow the defense ministry issued a statement saying that the orders issued by Gorbachev and i soviet parliament remain in effect. A no one 1 have any doubt that Law and order will be rest Ned lithuanian  on the statement accused Lithuania a govern Mem giving lithuanian deserters from the red army sem rate passports and sheltering them from soviet author Hies As part of an anti army propaganda Campaign a the deserters find shelter in Catholic churches hospitals and within the grounds of state institutions Quot the statement said. A fall attempts by army represents Tives to resolve the problem through a dialogue with the lithuanian government have been  Landsbergis on tuesday condemned the capture o the deserters but said the Republic will respond Witlip moral strength rather than violence. A the government of Lithuania demands the return of its kidnapped citizens a Landsbergis said in a letter sent to Gorbachev. Landsbergis said the army actions Likely presaged further violence. A you can see for yourself there is no violence except for incidents created by the  he said. Quot we can see How they Are going to great lengths to create image that in the Baltic and in Lithuania in particular there is  at a news conference tuesday in Warsaw. Poland senior soviet diplomats said Lithuania s Independence drive could Lead to destabilization of Europe and the rest of the world but they did not elaborate. A declaration read at the briefing said a the aspirations of the lithuanian leadership to speedily separate from the other nations appear unjustified and. Lets say frankly  from Page 1 civilians and family members. A Sembach a 5,500 military and 6,402 family members. A Span Dahlem a 2,667 air Force and army military and 5,512 family members. A Worms 3,000 military and 2,500 family members. A Wei Brincken including air Force and army 4,500 military and 5,700 family members. Anticipating the loss of Revenue and employment Geil said the Rheinland Pfalz government has approached Industry about local development. A we Are in the heart of Europe ideally situated for european economic Community ties with Eastern  Geil said. A the prospects look very  minister president Carl Ludwig Wagner took the list to Washington on tuesday. There he was scheduled to meet with Deputy Secretary of defense Donald j. Atwood and Paul Wolfowitz undersecretary of defense for policy. Before his departure Wagner said that when . Troops Are withdrawn he wants the installations to be closed permanently. He said that if the properties Are used in a Way to create jobs there must be assurances that they could not be reoccupied by the . Military. Geil said the extensive study revealed a misconception. A a it a generally thought that the american military pays less than the Normal German wage. We found this not to be generally  government is looking into possibilities of retraining employees of the . Military and. In come cases helping them receive necessary credentials army differs with Navy air Force on freeze by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureata Washington a the Navy and air Force oppose a congressional freeze on construction funds for military commissaries overseas while the army supports the idea. The House armed services morale welfare and recreation panel is thinking about imposing such a freeze possibly to begin next fiscal year until a clearer picture of troop cuts overseas emerges. The chiefs of the four military commissary systems testifying tuesday before the panel on the Issue of consolidation of their systems into one huge Agency differed in their responses to the idea of a construction freeze. In arguing against it. Rear adm. 1 Harvey weath Erson commander of the Navy resale and services support office said his service has a terrible needs in its facilities overseas that must be  Weatherson called Navy stores in Japan dilapidated and said another a sits in a Volcano Crater in  maj. Gen. Robert Swarts commander of the air Force commissary service said he has some overseas stores in need of construction funds. He mentioned the store at Iraklion air station Crete which badly needs new storage facilities. Brig. Gen. Charles St. Arnaud commander of it army troop support Agency said he supports a tree on construction funds a until we see what s going  a it would be stupid to build a store if we re not Sui there a going to be a need for it a he said. When asked his opinion. Brig. Gen. Wayne adar director of the Marine corps facilities and sex division pointed out that his service has omy commissary overseas in Japan a and it s Brano n a merger from Page 1 Dorse a and the one enthusiastically backed by the mar panel a goes beyond the regional concept recommending a More centralized merger of the four commissary systems into a single command. It would a free the local store personnel to take care of the customers a Jones said. Sales at the 417 military commissaries exceeded $5.4 billion last year and each service reported increases of at least 2 percent in fiscal 1989. Sales in the first Quarter of fiscal 1990 continued to Rise the commissary chiefs said. The services noting How enthusiastic Congress is about commissary consolidation have been taking Steps to Stream line operations in anticipation of an approval of the merger. The army recently eliminated one of six District Headquarters in an Effort to a save time and Money now a said Brig. Gen. Charles St. Arnaud commander of the army a troop support Agency. The air Force shuffled its . Setup merging two regions this year. The move has put More control of store operations a at the base level where it should be a and leaving the Headquarters to de the such larger issues As data Auton and financial support said maj. Robert Swarts commander of me Force commissary service. The Marine corps is Experiment Ujj with paying Bills to to serve Elf Quot a Nies by electronic fund Traase Ujj reduces buying time Saf tar fact Iii i Wayne Adams director of the Tat Nyrl car Virpi division