European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes Friday May 11, 1990tass says spy told Stalin of Hess flight Moscow apr master spy Harold a a Kim Philby told soviet Leader Josef Stalin about a senior nazi official s secret flight to Britain and attempt to arrange a separate peace just after it occurred in 1941, Tass said wednesday. The flight a by Adolf hitlers Deputy Rudolf Hess a came one month before nazi Germany attacked the soviet Union and prosecutors at the Nairn Borg War crimes trial said the germans tried for peace with Britain so they could concentrate their efforts against the soviets. A it would have been possible to save hundreds of thousands or even millions of human lives if Stalin had trusted soviet intelligence officers reports about nazi Germany a preparations for an attack on the soviet Union a the official soviet news Agency said. Tass included Philby the British intelligence officer who spied for the soviets for 30 years among the soviet informers. Soviet secret archives on the flight of Hess will be declassified in the next few Days the news Agency said. It will include the materials sent by Philby Tass said. Tass said Britain has not declassified its documents on the Hess flight. Hess fico to Philby England in a Messerschmidt fighter plane on May 10, 1941, to try to arrange a peace treaty. He said he did so without hitlers knowledge but that was not proved. Prosecutors at the Nurnberg War crimes trials said Hess was trying to Settle with the British so the germans would have Only one front when they attacked the soviet Union one month later. The news service claimed Philby also helped thwart nazi attempts to conclude a separate peace with the West Mallies. Philby also gave Stalin the allies strategy going into the Potsdam conference in july 1945, where the victors worked out details of the postwar arrangements for Europe Tass said. The news Agency said Philby a reports were responsible for Stalin a cunning smile at the conference which was noted by journalists. Tass said British prime minister Winston Churchill wrote in his memoirs that he was shaken by the depth of Stalin a perception into British policy in North Africa during the War. A however this a perception was based on precise information received from the British intelligence service where Philby was making a skyrocketing career a Tass said. Philby also used his position in British intelligence to warn Stalin of nazi plans for an offensive near kursk in the summer of 1943, Tass said. This warning allowed the soviets to build up troops in the area before the great  fold family to kill a if huns come London apr sir Winston Churchill ordered his wife and daughter in Law to kill at least one German each if the nazis succeeded in invading Britain in world War ii his grandson said wednesday. Winston Churchill a conservative legislator told the Story at a dinner Given at no. 10 Downing St. By prime minister Margaret Thatcher marking the 50th anniversary of Churchill s appointment to Lead the country following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. Churchill said his Mother Pamela told him of the incident that took place after the fall of France in 1940 when the germans were planning an invasion. A she As a Young girl of 20, six months pregnant with me was dining alone Here at Downing Street with my grandparents Churchill related. A the prime minister was brooding deep in thought. Suddenly he turned upon my Mother and my grandmother sir Winston Churchill declaring a if the huns come i am relying on each of you to take at least one German with you a a a but papa a replied by Mother Al do not have a gun and i would not know How to use one a a a my dear a rejoined the prime minister seizing a knife from the table and holding it High above his head a you can use a carving knife Quot a Churchill  i is at f water instead of wind a Young Man and a boy both residents of Madras by a torrential rainstorm. A Cyclone had been pre India Wade through knee deep floodwater in their dieted to hit the tamil Metropolis but it headed out Street after the Southeastern coastal City was soaked to sea  a forced to Call in troops Ted Turner says Beijing apr Ted Turner owner of Cable news network said thursday that the chinese government a Felt forced to Call in troops last year to end the massive pro democracy movement. In a speech to foreign journalists Turner also accused the United states of interfering in the affairs of other nations. A the thing that drives me most crazy and makes me most embarrassed is the fact that our leaders feel they have the right to interfere in the affairs of other countries and Tell them what to do a he said. China deployed troops and tanks against pro democracy demonstrators last june 3-4, leaving hundreds and probably thousands of people dead in the streets. After the crackdown the United states banned High level contacts imposed economic sanctions allowed chinese students in the United states to overstay their visas and criticized China for human rights abuses. Turner said a whatever we Are trying to accomplish we would accomplish More by saying that a tragedy occurred and that we bleed for the students As Well As for those in government and the soldiers who Felt forced to take that action. You catch More flies with  he also said the thousands of students who occupied Central Beijing a Tiana men Square for weeks a were breaking the  Mitterrand struggles to regain Frances favor Paris api a Francois  i i ont Nykl ii i Paris apr Francois Mitterrand began his 10th year As Frances president this week with his popularity plummeting and his political integrity under harsh attack in a new Best Selling biography. Some political analysts predict Mitterrand s problems will Worsen in the coming months. Others suggest the socialist president will Bounce Back As he has Many times in an up and Down 45-Ycar political career. Mitterrand recent Public opinion polls show a dramatic drop in his popularity. A Survey by sores a major polling firm recorded a 12-Point collapse from 61 to 53 percent in a single month and a poll by the journal do Dimanche newspaper found Only 39 percent of the respondents satisfied with Mitterrand a performance. A a done to Ever forget Francois Mitterrand is an artist of resurrection a says Franz Olivier Geisbert 41, author of the new unflattering biography. A in 1980, he was finished. In 1981, he was elected president of the  Geisbert a prominent journalist who has worked for leftist and conservative publications has been following Mitterrand a career for years. Has second Book on Mitterrand a the president a is filled with revealing anecdotes and interviews and conversations with presidential advisers ministers opposition leaders reporters and Mitterrand himself. Currently on the Best seller list it strips away Mitterrand a image As a lofty High principled statesman and depicts him As a ruthless scheming politician who a squeezed aside principle and ideology to carve out his place in history. A Mitterrand has fascinated me for a Long time a Geisbert writes in the introduction. A this Man in fact is never the Man you think he is. He is both better and  the Book is a devastating behind the scenes look at How Mitterrand 73, exercises presidential Power by manipulating political allies and enemies. It chronicles his intense dislike of his longtime socialist rival Michel Ricard whom he relegated to minor Cabinet posts until attrition among his stalwarts forced him to name Ricard As Premier after Mitterrand a re election in 1988 to a second seven year term. The Book also describes How Mitterrand cleverly engineered a leftist coalition to beat Valery Giscard Deestaing in 1981. The Man Euver was doubly useful to Mitterrand. It led ultimately to the decline of the communist party and fuelled the Rise of the extreme right National front party which has discredited and divided conservative political factions Ever since