European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                House defeats proposed Flag amendment Page 28the St and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces lct7tt he itt Tyvol. 49, no. 70 saturday june 23, 1990 25 Dally and sunday d 8693 checkpoint Charlie closes is amps Dave Aldio Ith checkpoint Charlie in the background dignitaries of the two Germany and men a ies applaud he no of e 29-year-old control Point. From left in front Are British foreign minister Douglas hurl . Maj. Gen. Lymond e. Haddock . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii French foreign minister rot Odd West Erman foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher and soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze. By Ken Clauson staff writer Berlin a checkpoint Charlie a warm sign of Freedom in a cold War City closed Down Friday. A huge Crane picked up the Little White Shack and a truck took it away. As a 21-person platoon of British French and american military police stood at attention the French commandant in the City gave the order a please close the checkpoint Charlie control  one my from each nation then marched to the Side of the building removed an a Allied checkpoint Charlies sign and marched Forward with it As though carrying a coffin. At Mai. Gen. Francois Cannes order of a dismiss your detachments a the platoon departed. The crowd then watched As the 50-foot-Long hut was lifted by Crane dangled about 15 feet in the air for photographers then swung onto a flatbed truck in an adjacent parking lot. Its now Likely headed for a museum. The building was removed to polite applause and the . Berlin brigade bands rendition of a Adas is die Berliner  a that is berlins  a we have come together not to dedicate a building but to close one a maj. Gen. Raymond e. Haddock the . Commandant in Berlin said As he welcomed guests a for a different kind of  a when the Berlin Wall was built 29 years ago optimism was in rather Short Supply and the new reality of Concrete and barbed wire appeared to Many As insurmountable a he said. A what was a new reality 29 years ago has not withstood the test of  Haddock noted that the unimpressive appearance of the latest my station which was installed in 1986, disappointed Many visitors. A there was something unfinished something temporary about it a he said. A these impressions however were altogether accurate. For the Tempora riness of the Structure reflects the permanence of the determination of free men to uphold the Freedom of movement in  during its Days of duty checkpoint Charlie stood about 20 Yards from an East German checkpoint and was the Only Legal crossing Point for . Scricc members and civilians travelling Between East Berlin and West Berlin. It lost that monopoly March 28. Also present at the elaborate Well rehearsed ceremony were the foreign ministers of the two Germany France Britain the soviet Union and the United states. The foreign ministers were in Berlin for the so called 2-plus-4 negotiations on the unification of Germany. Soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze in a Surprise announcement proposed the withdrawal of the victorious world War ii allies troops from Berlin six months after German unification. . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said a at this checkpoint the United states stood with its allies and with the German people resolved to resist Aggras continued on Page 3 Iran quake toll soars to 29,000 Nicosia Cyprus apr iranian workers using police dogs Friday rescued thousands of people buried under the rubble of their Homes by an earthquake that killed about 29,000 people official Media reported. In Geneva a . Relief official said the iranian foreign ministry had told . Officials that 35,000 people were killed. At least 100 aftershocks continued to rattle the Northern Region near the Caspian sea Shak see quake on Back Page soviet plan for transition in United Germany rejected by de Reavis staff writer Berlin a the Western allies on Friday rejected a soviet proposal that would allow a United Germany to join nato after a five year transition during which most foreign troops would leave the country. A we believe a United and Sovereign Germany must have the right to choose whether it wants foreign troops on its soil or not a said Secretary of state James Baker Iii. The diplomatic skirmishing in East Berlin was related to the second round of 2-plus-4 talks aimed at working out the foreign policy aspects of German unification. The talks Are being conducted by the two Germany and the four victors of world War ii a the United states soviet Union Britain and France. Before fridays session began diplomats said the talks would delve into the special rights enjoyed by the four victors in Berlin. Soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze went even further. He pr�p0sit�?o.u, a a United Germany could be a member of nato after a five year transition period during which foreign forces in East and West Germany would be reduced by see transition on Back Page