European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48, no. 350 monday april 2, 1990 a a 25 Dally and sunday d 8693 a Europe go total to hit 75,000, experts say a Washington up a . Troop Levels in Europe a could reach As Low As 75,000 by the decades end Maine Isen William Cohen and former defense Secretary Hairold Brown said in comments released monday. I the two men made their statements while briefing ired orters on a new study a changing roles and shifting burdens in the Atlantic Alliance a written by a a bipartisan group of politicians academicians and for Mer military leaders. A a _. I the study sponsored by the Johns Hopkins foreign policy Institute Calls for gradual but deep reductions Jin conventional and nuclear forces in Western Europe bin Light of changes in the East bloc. I the study said that the United states should abandon plans to upgrade the Lance Short Range missiles in a West Germany and that it should instead initiate negotiations with the soviets on Short Range nuclear weapons As soon As a conventional arms pact is reached. A i done to think we re members of Congress going to be supporting the follow on to Lance because of the Strong opposition from West Germany. I think its unlikely that we will have it a said Cohen the ranking Republican on the Senate select committee on intelligence. The administration is seeking funding from Congress to modernize the Lance system. The administration has also set a limit or floor for the reduction of . Troops in Central Europe from the current 305,000 to 195,000. The study said a president Bush a proposal to reduce . And soviet forces in Central Europe to see go on Back Page inside amp v a �1 w if $ it or Ife a my t relax Tark in Lvi a in see Page 21 a contras in Honduras Start disarming Page 2 a justices to hear Appeal of death sentence Sta Page 5 a Nasa advances launch of space 6 a 8 airmen wounded in Honduras 28xtremists blamed for London tax riot he is London apr prime minister Margaret Thatcher and opposition politicians on sunday blamed extremist groups for turning a carnival like anti tax protest into one of London a worst riots this Century. On sunday about 100 protesters chanting a no poll tax a and a a can to pay wont pay a clashed with police for a second Day when Home Secretary David Waddington toured the scene of saturdays riot. Four people were arrested. The new local tax went into effect sunday in England and Wales despite saturdays protest by 40,000 people in Trafalgar Square which went amok when militants smashed windows torched cars and battled police. Hundreds of people were injured. The so called Community charge replaces a property tax with a Levy on each adult and increases the amount Many pay by up to a third. Critics say its unfair because Britain a richest Man the Duke of Westminster pays the same rate As his Gardener. Thatcher told reporters of her a absolute horror at saturdays violence As she left Church at her country residence at Chequers. A people have a right to demonstrate peacefully. This was taken Over by some extreme groups who used violence with no consideration for others or their property a she said. A let us Hope that Justice will be seen to be labor party chief Neil Kinlock said those who caused the violence must be a treated As criminals and punished. A was always they damaged Freedom and like every other Democrat i regard them and treat them As enemies of Freedom a said Kinlock whose party is 28 Points ahead of the conservatives in opinion polls. Scotland Yard launched a top level investigation into the six hour Street Battle that sent 58 police and 75 civilians to the Hospital injured 22 police horses and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage. Detective chief superintendent Roy Ramon leading the investigation said 341 people had been arrested see tax riot on Back Page 1 London policeman grapples with a Man in front of a store with smashed windows in Trafalgar Square bolster threat with military show Vilnius .s.r. Apr military reinforcements rumbled through the it ouanian capital sunday to buttress Moscow a latest warning against secession but local leaders vowed to stick by Pineir claim of Independence. Soviet troops unloaded dozens of armoured personnel carriers and support trucks near the Vilnius Airport sunday and sent them through the City. The presidium or executive Council of Lithuania a supreme soviet parliament met sunday night to consider its next move. Deputy Premier Kazimieras Motieka said afterwards that the government a remains ready to negotiate and discuss any questions with the soviet Union except that of on saturday soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev urged the breakaway re Public to revoke its March 11 declaration of Independence and enter into talks with the Kremlin based on the soviet Constitution. He warned that a refusal could result in a grave consequences for All of the full lithuanian parliament planned to meet monday to formulate a response. Lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis rejected Gorbachev a Appeal saturday night saying that the soviet Leader was demanding a impossible a it cannot now be demanded that we annul everything that we bore in our hearts a he said in remarks carried sunday by the official Tass news Agency. But Landsbergis said he would Send negotiators to Moscow on monday to see soviets on Back Page
