European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday May 4,1990 a West German president Richard von Weizsacker lays a Wreath thursday at a jewish memorial in  reassures Poland that Germany will Honor Border Warsaw Poland apr West German president Richard von Weizsacker reiterated wednesday that Poland a Western Border is inviolable and said agreement will be reached on guaranteeing it. A we agree on the course we have to Chart a Weizsacker said. A we want to bring settlement about and we will bring it  Wiz sticker the first West German head of state to visit Poland began his four Day visit by meeting with president Wojcicch Jaruzelski and prime minister Tadusz Mazowicki. The West German president plans to visit the nazi death Camp at Treblinka and Gdansk formerly called Danzig. The City a Small polish Garrison was shelled by the German army at the Start of world War ii. Accompanying Weizsacker was foreign minister Hans Dielrich Genscher who met with his polish counterpart Krzysztof Skubiszewski to discuss a treaty to be signed by a United Germany establishing the permanence of Poland a postwar Western Border. A we have difficult years and difficult months behind us. The substance of the matter has been clarified. To put it into the necessary form will be possible a Weizsacker said. Weizsacker strip coming As Poland seeks Security guarantees before the two Germany reunite Marks a new stage in the centuries of Complex and often bloody relations Between the neighbouring nations. West Germany is Poland a largest Western trading partner and its support is critical to the Success of the economic and political reforms undertaken by the new non communist government. But the older generation recalls the devastating world War ii invasion and occupation and Poland still harbours feelings of bitterness and distrust toward Germany. A we Are All aware there Are still problems of a psychological and material nature to overcome a Weizsacker said. Poland is seeking a seat at unification talks to guarantee its postwar Western Border and it wants a treaty with the two Germany and the new government of a United Germany to make it permanent. Drawn along the Oder and Neisse Rivers the Boundary incorporates into Poland 40,000 Square Miles of land from the Defeated Germany. The territory was Given to Poland to compensate for a larger Section annexed by the soviet Union. After some hesitation leaders in both Germany have offered promises concerning the Border. This week Poland submitted a draft treaty to the two Germany and the four victorious world War ii allies a the United states soviet Union Britian and France. Those nations will meet saturday in Bonn to Lay the groundwork for unification talks. World today russian patriarch Pimen Dies in Moscow at 79 Moscow apr patriarch Pimen the head of the russian orthodox Church who presided Over the faiths reawakening after decades of repression died Here thursday at the age of 79, Tass reported. No cause of death was Given in the terse announcement. In recent years Pimen rarely celebrated services because of his increasing frailty. Pimen As patriarch of Moscow and All Russia led Lens of millions of believers in the officially atheist soviet Union. After a historic meeting with president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in 1988 a the year the Church celebrated the 1,000th anniversary of its founding in Russia a Pimen praised the soviet leaders Reform efforts toward  Leader arrives for first visit to Syria Damascus Syria up a Egypt a president Hosni Mubarak arrived in Damascus wednesday for the first visit to Syria by an egyptian Leader in 12 years. The move symbolized an end to the sometimes bitter feud Between the two Arab Stales Over Cairo a Mideast policies which led assassinated egyptian Leader Anwar Sadat to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. It also came at a time when Moscow has signalled it is no longer Able to bankroll syrians avowed aim of strategic parity with Israel and such Radical Arab states As Syria and Libya have returned to the mainstream Arab fold. Syrian president Hafez Assad and the entire syrian Cabinet stood on the Airport Tarmac to Welcome Mubarak and his delegation. The arrival was broadcast live on state run syrian television in an indication of the importance Syria has attached to the  in the urals kill 6, Force 1 1,000 to flee Moscow up a three Days of heavy Rains sent floods through dozens of towns and villages in the urals killing at least six people forcing 11,000 from their Homes and washing out 46 Bridges and Miles of roads Tass reported thursday. The official soviet news Agency said three people also were missing in the Bashkir Region 326 Miles Southeast of Moscow. Three Days of warm Rains which Tass said were a unheard of this time of year a melted Snow and ice and raised the Belaya River to 9.8 feet above its previous maximum level. The floods Cut off telephones and other communications with much of the affected area. Helicopters from the military school at Ufa the capital of the Bashkir Republic were used to Pluck people from rooftops and Trees Tass said. Relief supplies were also delivered by air. Amazon Airstrip destroyed in Effort to save indians Brasilia Brazil apr in the first phase of an Effort to save a primitive Indian tribe in the Amazon Jungle authorities blew up the first of More than 100 airstrips used by Gold miners. The miners have brought disease and death to the Yano Mami indians whose population has dropped from 9,000 to 7,500 since the Gold Rush began three years ago. More than 250 soldiers air Force officials and Federal police on wednesday blew up the first Airstrip a 600-Yard runway in the tropical rain Forest near the venezuelan and guyanese Borders. The military used 374 pounds of explosives to create 40 holes each 13 feet in diameter and 4 feet deep said Federal police spokesman Joao Martins. The rest of the airstrips will be destroyed before May 18 to prevent the 40,000 prospectors from returning to Indian lands Martins said in a Telephone interview. He said the work will Cost $800,000. President Fernando Collor de Mello ordered the destruction of the airstrips following a visit to the Yano Mami reservation soon after he took office on March 15. In addition to evacuating the miners who first invaded the 1 million acre reservation in 1987, Collor promised to blow up the illegal Landing strips to Stop planes from supplying the miners and transporting Gold and diamonds. Martins said a few airstrips will be left intact for the National Indian foundation and the army which maintains Border outposts in the Region to combat drug trafficking and smuggling along brazils 4,000-mile Northern Frontier. He said troops seized one Small plane loaded with cocaine on the Airstrip just before the dynamite no operation began. Police say drug traffickers used the Clandestine airstrips As shipment Points Between Colombia and Bolivia. The Rush to Yano Mami territory began three years ago after government studies revealed the presence of Gold diamonds tin and Bauxite in the Region. Prospectors flocked to the area leveling rain forests chasing Oft fish and game polluting Rivers with Mercury used in Gold panning and spreading diseases previously unknown to the isolated tribe. Since 1987, the tribe has dwindled As a result of malnutrition venereal diseases and malaria. Others have been killed in clashes with miners. Under International pressure the government of former president Jose Sarney announced a $4 million Campaign in Early january to expel the prospectors by Force if necessary. There Are about 220,000 native indians left in Brazil Down from an estimated 5 million when the portuguese first landed Here in 1500. The government has been steadily carving up Indian lands leaving the Yano Mamis 19 scattered reservations totalling 5 million acres in brazils Northwest Amazon territory