European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 18,1990 residents must leave sex Nike area army evicting 1,200 military families to Cut costs a i new Britain Conn. Apr military families Are used to being moved around but the latest marching orders for 1,200 families arrived in the form of an eviction notice. In a Cost cutting move the families of mostly Low paid military recruiters and support staff have been told they must leave their cozy army owned ranch houses near obsolete Nike missile bases by aug. 15. A few have until 1993 to find new Homes. A we done to know where we re going to go a said Cynthia Aitken whose new Britain Home is in a Cluster of 16 army houses that Are being sold off. The houses once were occupied by the families of Nike anti aircraft missile Crews who had to live nearby so they could Rush to their Battle stations in the event of War. The missiles were phased out two decades ago and the housing was passed on to younger generations of military families Many of them in the army but with some from the other branches of the armed forces. Two years ago Congress ordered the army to close or reorganize 86 installations. As part of that order the army must sell 53 housing complexes near former Nike bases. The housing is concentrated in the Northeast with 239 families in Connecticut 163 in new York 104 in new Jersey 124 in Massachusetts 133 in Pennsylvania and 78 families in Rhode Island. There also Are 12 houses in Maryland 94 in St. Louis 32 in Virginia 110 in Wisconsin 24 in Illinois and 60 in Washington state. The closings will save the army about $2 million in maintenance and Utility costs in Connecticut Massachusetts and Rhode Island this year alone said Helen Mulligan a spokesman for fort Devens in Ayer mass. Until the closings were announced Aitken did not have to worry about housing costs because her family was allowed to live rent free. Her husband Bruce a Petty officer first class and 13-year Navy Veteran works at the Plainville Reserve Center. She and others like her Are worried about How they will rent or buy Homes on annual salaries that in some cases can amount to less than $15,000. When they leave their free army owned housing the families can expect housing allowances in the Range of $600 a month depending on rank and where they live. The Issue is particularly sensitive for military families in new England where housing costs Are among the nation s highest. A that $600 Isnit going to buy anything except in neighbourhoods dogs be forced to live in a said Patricia Berkley one of More than 100 military spouses who gathered at the army Reserve training Center in West Hartford last month to express their frustration to military officials. A How do you expect my husband to be All he can be while he a worried about his wife and children getting mugged a in Middletown Conn., Roberto Ramos stands outside the army owned House he and his family must leave soon. A Roberto Ramos a coast guard officer who lives in Middletown says the army should have Given families who live in the houses the first Chance to rent or buy them. A a lot of these Guys Are Young with Young kids a said Ramos. A if you put them out in this Economy they re going to be poor under the Law the army had to offer the housing to other service branches and Federal agencies first. Houses the Federal government does no to want will be offered to state agencies and any remaining will be offered for Sale to the Public. Ramos said he is among the More fortunate because the Navy is considering moving him to another rent free Home. In Connecticut 60 units owned by the coast guard and Navy will be preserved for military families. The army is holding meetings around the country for families who Are losing their Homes and is considering giving some of them Loans or advances said Joseph Carter a spokesman for . Forces come at fort Mcpherson a. Beyond that the army says there s not much else it can do. A a it a not a Case of us saying we want to get rid of our real estate and we done to care about housing our people a Carter said. A Congress made the Here is a list of towns where the army plans to sell off military housing units under the Federal base closure and realignment act of 1988 by fiscal year with the number of housing units affected. Fiscal year 1990 Ansonia Conn., 16 Milford Conn., 16 Fairfield Conn., 26 Shelton Conn., 16 new Britain Conn., 16 e. Windsor Conn., 16 Plainville. Conn., 32 Middletown Conn., 16 Portland Conn., 15 Westport Conn. 16 Orange Conn., 20 Manchester Conn., 32 Croom md., 12 Burlington mass., 12 Nahant mass., 12 Wakefield mass., 12 Beverly mass. 16 Hull mass., 8 Randolph mass., 16. Bedford mass. 16 Topsfield mass., 16 Swansea mass., 16 greater St. Louis 94 Livingston n.j., 32 Franklin lakes n.j., 24 Clementon n.j., 24 new York City 72 Tappan n.y., 36 Spring Valley n.y., 12 greater Pittsburgh 44 Irwin pa., 16 Davisville. R.i., 62 Smithfield. R.i., 16 Norfolk va., 14 Woodbridge va., 9 Youngs Lake Wash. 28 Kent Wash., 32 fiscal year 1991 Holmdel n.j., 12 old Bridge n.j., 12 Watertown. ., 27 Rocky Point. 16 greater Pittsburgh 52 Coraopolis pa., 5 Coraopolis pa., 7 Manassas va., 9 Sun Prairie wis., 110 fiscal year 1992 none fiscal year 1993 Worth iii., 12 Addison. Iii. 12upheaval in East rocking . Intelligence Community by Michael wines new York times Washington a As a result of the political upheaval in Eastern Europe the . Intelligence Community is preparing to close Down expensive electronic listening posts and to conduct a major re evaluation of . Operations in the Region. Any such change has important Security and budgetary implications for the United states and its allies because the Frontier Between East and West in Europe has been among the worlds most Active spots for intelligence gathering in the postwar period. The most sweeping transformation West German and . Officials say could be the first to take place As the United states dismantles or begins to share control Over More than $1 billion in sensitive electronic eavesdropping stations in West Berlin and along West Germany a Border with Czechoslovakia and East Germany. The officials who were interviewed in the last three weeks insisted on anonymity. . Intelligence officials and private experts said a decision on the installations could come within one or two years. . Officials have said for some time that the easing of tensions in Eastern Europe would Lead to changes before the end of the decade in the . Intelligence presence along the postwar Frontier Between East and West. But the changes Are being forced much More quickly than had been anticipated by the Rush toward the reunification of Germany. West Germany is the locus of . Espionage operations along the old Iron curtain. Some . Eavesdropping posts in Berlin exist under a postwar military agreement Between the four Powers that presumably will be repealed before the two Germany merge politically. Other . Intelligence operations inside West Germany Are conducted under agreements Between the two nations that Are expected to survive reunification. But Many of the operations Are aimed at East Germany or at soviet troops based there and West Germany already has made it Clear that most if not All of those operations must cease after unification. A their cooperation with us is based on the idea that across the inter German Border is a hostile Power and a hostile intelligence establishment a a Bush administration official said. A now they re realizing that does no to exist anymore. And the first thing to disappear is our targeting against that the . Retrenchment could be seeded if West Germany a social democrats score a political Victory Over Chancellor Helmut Kohls conservative party in National elections in december . Officials indicated. But a West German official said that some joint operations will probably continue indefinitely including those a against the soviet Union and the Warsaw pact As Long As it operations against non political targets like terrorists and drug dealers May Well expand. Some . Electronic listening posts will also be recycled to Monitor arms control agreements and to collect data from new mutually chosen targets the West German official added. A you can use these facilities in different ways a to look More at developments on a political level and to focus More directly on military things a he said. In the United states officials differ Over whether the discussions on dismantling surveillance posts Are a natural result of improved International relations or an Overly Hasty reaction to political developments that while promising Are still in flux. The bulk of . Operations against the old East bloc Are aimed at penetrating soviet military operations or detecting preparations for a Warsaw pact invasion. As that threat recedes some . Officials say the need for a Large intelligence presence should also diminish. But some . Officials Are said to fear that operations May be shut Down before the military dangers have ebbed. Officials at the National Security Agency which controls electronic Matei gence gathering were said to be Amo g those most troubled by that Prospect. A if you come to the Conlu Jjo a j these facilities that they be obvl0�?o worked so laboriously to create str going to be needed Well they Don t e care to think about that a an adminis Tian not Sakai eai/1
