European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes saturday april 7,1990 Stasi tapped w. German phones paper says Romm Waco Oan Stanif / a a Tua la _ i a a 1 a t to. Ltd a. Bonn West Germany apr the former East German Security service tapped the Telephone conversations of at least 10,000 West German officials a newspaper reported thursday. The conservative West German daily die Welt said the targets of the Stasi As the Force was called included Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Cabinet ministers businessmen and the leadership of the armed forces also had their phones tapped die Welt said in an article released to other news Media in Advance of its publication Friday. The outgoing communist led government ordered the dissolution of the hated Stasi in december following numerous demonstrations and violent takeovers of secret police buildings by angry citizens. The Stasi Force once had 85,000 paid agents and More than 100,000 informers among East Germany s 16 million citizens. The huge Telephone tapping operation was carried out by powerful transmitters the article cited unidentified Western Security officials As saying the folders with the secret numbers must be kept from falling into the hands of the soviet secret service. The special monitoring service of the Stasi was saved from dissolution by the uu1 Ujj . Army which continued to Monitor the and computers stationed both in East Ger West German Telephone Calls despite grow Many and neighbouring Czechoslovakia the ing links Between the two German states newspaper said. And during East Germany a free elections the computers were programmed to last month the report said recognize certain numbers and could even die Welt said computer information pick up Calls made from telephones with shows that outgoing  secret numbers die Welt said. Hans Modrow had told the Neniver could take thnh it Union could take those parts of theas Rush Security service that the Kremlin did including its agent network in West Ger Markus Wolf the former head of the stasis espionage department has been charged with overseeing the Transfer of 2 East German agent network to the soviet Union the newspaper reported. Wolf who retired in 1987, went to the soviet Union earlier this year and his spokesmen said he was finishing work on a a Pope John Paul ii greets palestinian liberation organization chief Yasser Arafat at the Vatican Friday. Pope talks with Arafat at Vatican urges Israel Palestine peace pact Vatican City apr Pope John Paul ii met with Plo Leader Yasser Arafat for the third time in eight years Friday and urged israelis and palestinians to negotiate a settlement allowing them both to live in peace. The Pope reaffirmed that the palestinians As Well As the jews have a right to a Homeland. The two men met for 20 minutes in the papal Library in an audience described by the Vatican As  John Paul had previously received the Palestine liberation organization chairman at the Vatican in 1982 and 1988, drawing protests from Israel and jewish groups. During this visit the israeli embassy said it was a a mystified that Arafat was being treated by Italy and the Vatican As a a Man of  in a statement after the talks Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro said the Pope agreed to meet Arafat to encourage a any positive attitude in the search for peace and especially to strengthen the will Tor dialogue As the Only valid Way to find adequate solutions for  the statement noted John Paul had often spoken out against the recourse to arms and a especially violence carried out by terroristic Means and by  Navarro said the Pope noted that this is the season of important religious holidays the Christian easter the jewish passover and the moslem Ramadan. A the Pope expressed the Strong Hope that almighty god wishes to listen to the pleas of so Many faithful and in particular of those people of the Middle East and Grants them the so desired peace injustice and Security a Navarro said. The Pope according to his spokesman stressed that israelis and palestinians must show a willingness for Mutual understanding and respect for the rights and fears of each other in order to open the Way to negotiations. He said this would Lead to a a path which brings an end to the sufferings and which allows each to live in peace Freedom dignity and Calm in a Homeland of ones own open to collaboration with All Peoples of the  Navarro said the two men also discussed the crisis in Lebanon with the Pope stressing that the use of arms would not succeed in bringing dignity and Concrete sovereignty to that country. Arafat told a news conference he thanked the Pope for a this Clear and explicit stand which supports the rights of the palestinian people to sovereignty and National  he said the two discussed the palestinian question a from All angles and ways and Means of establishing a just comprehensive  referring to jewish settlements Arafat said he and the pontiff discussed a the very dangerous demographic changes inflicted on Jerusalem changes that Are really distorting the historical civilized background of this holy  Pope to visit Tanzania d diam in Salaam Tanzania apr Pope John Paul ii will visit Tanzania sept. 1-5, the government owned newspaper daily news has reported. World today tourist Dies when floor of hotel room collapses Arona Canary islands apr a West Ger Man tourist was crushed to death thursday when the floor of his room gave Way and col lapsed into the lobby of the hotel where he was staying on the Island of Tenerife in this Spanish archipelago police said. Rudolf Ullrich 55, was asleep when the floor of his second Story room at the hotel Europe collapsed in the Early morning hours said a municipal police official. There were no other injuries reported among the 334 other guests in the 274-room hotel on the Playa de Las americas. The guests among them numerous West germans included Ullrichi a wife the official said. Two of the hotel rooms collapsed and the building was immediately evacuated and closed she said. There was no information available on the victims  Burn memorial to Vienna a nazi victims Vienna Austria up a unknown attackers set fire thursday to one of the City a main memorials to victims of nazi persecution seriously damaging the Structure authorities said. The assailants piled Wood around the base of the anti fascism Monument doused it with a flammable liquid and set it alight police said. The motive for the attack was unclear. The Monument on Morzie Platz near the Danube canal in the City s oldest Section was dedicated in 1951 As a memorial to victims of the nazi secret police or Gestapo Between 1938 and 1945. It stands near the site of the old Gestapo Headquarters where austrian jews and members of the resistance were sometimes beaten and tortured before being led away to concentration camps.11 russian paintings sold for $1.9 million London apr buyers at Christie a paid 1.2 million pounds $1.9 million on thursday for 11 russian Avant Garde Art works that had been kept in the wooden crates concealing them from the nazis in Berlin All through world War h. The Lead lined crates survived in a cellar in the Scheuner Viertel area of the City from 1935 to 1951 because they were too Tough to chop up for firewood according to the housekeeper. The top Price of 506,000 pounds $829,80 was paid for an abstract painting titled a Ocolor dynamic composition made about 1916 by Alexandra Exter. Four minor works by other artists were not  restores King As belgian head of state Brussels Belgium apr the legislature thursday restored King Baudouin As head of state ending an unusual twp Day suspension after the Monarch refused to sign into Law a bin legalizing abortion. At a joint session of parliaments two Chambers 245 legislators voted to return the King As head of state