European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday june 28,1990 parliament urged to suspend lithuanian Freedom declaration Vilnius . Apr Lithuania a prime minister tuesday told the supreme Council that breaking away from the soviet Union would be impossible without a Compromise with the Kremlin and asked the lithuanian parliament to freeze its Independence declaration. Kazimiere Prunskiene said soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev agreed in a Telephone Call earlier in the Day that in return for a temporary suspension of its March i i Independence declaration he would end the nine week old economic embargo against the breakaway Baltic Republic. Gorbachev also said he would begin negotiations that Quot will discuss a different status for Lithuania including that As an Independent state Quot the prime minister said. There was no confirmation from soviet officials of Prunskiene s claim that Gorbachev had softened his position on Independence. The Only statement from Moscow about Lithuania was More roughly worded. Prunskiene argued that Lithuania will not escape the economic blockade imposed in april take control of its Borders or be free of soviet soldiers without compromising. A we need negotiations a she said. Quot we done to have a magic Wand to solve these  Prunskiene also hinted that the future of her government a including her own possible resignation a May depend on How the parliament reacts to the proposed Compromise Quot maybe a new government could find some such solution a she said. Lithuania a Republic of 3.8 million people and its parliament Are divided Over whether to accept the terms of the Compromise. Gorbachev met with lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis in Moscow on tuesday morning then telephoned Prunskiene two hours later in the lithuanian capital of Vilnius to offer what the prime minister described to the supreme soviet As a softening of his position. Prunskiene said she was optimistic a Compromise would Lead to lithuanian Independence in part because Gorbachev in the Telephone conversation did not repeat his demand that the Republic Quot return to March 10,�?� once again acting As a soviet Republic rather than an Independent state. She argued that that amounted to a willingness to negotiate with Lithuania As a Sovereign state and recognition of its declaration. But the official soviet news Agency Tass quoting what it said was an official report on the meeting with Landsbergis said the lithuanian president was told talks can Only be held a if Lithuania declares a moratorium and suspends the act of March ii for a period of talks. They can be held Only in the context of an inter Republican dialogue on the preparation of a new Union treaty and the formation of a Union of Sovereign socialist  Landsbergis did not give the parliament a Clear account of his meeting with Gorbachev but said he came away with a much better idea of what was acceptable to the soviet Leader. He said he May return to Moscow on wednesday if More discussions Are necessary. Committees of the supreme Council were to meet wednesday to discuss 10 versions of the Compromise. The full parliament will discuss them on thursday. Landsbergis said Gorbachev reviewed eight of the 10 options during the   Ltd it a Quot a Quot a a a Jwj it i  r vol Fijat a a a a a a a. 1.932.10.18 a Lietuva Kauno i. Liet Uvis lie Guyos. Res pub Likos Vida us re Kali a a Oak Nova Iki 1993 >3. Uruu Defio t to. Ast Nens a president vytautas Landsbergis was issued the no. 1 citizens certificate of a free Lithuania. E. Germans feel Pinch of Unity a no soap no meat Berlin apr sticking to the fast track toward unification West Germany has drawn up a plan to Complete its merger with the East in december. But East germans Are already feeling the Pinch of economic Union. Five Days before the two countries create one Economy East germans Are being forced to search for food and other necessities. Quot there a no soap Here no meat a said Ines Kroll a 25-year-old Mother of two As she pushed her shopping cart past depleted shelves in the Only store in Blankenburg a Small town North of Berlin. Merchants Are shutting stores and Clearing shelves to make room for the expected deluge of Western goods. Groceries have been cancelling their orders with East German suppliers and letting their stocks run out. Experts say Many East German companies Are keeping their products off the Market until next week when they can sell them for West German Marks. Some merchants say they also want to avoid taking in Large amounts of East German Marks in the Days before the nearly worthless currency is replaced by the valuable West German Mark. In an attempt to protect its ailing industries from the first Rush of Western Competition East Germany on tuesday announced a series of tariffs on Western goods beginning sunday. An 11 percent Tariff is to be imposed through the end of the year to be replaced the following Quarter by a 6 percent Tariff. Amid criticism that the rapid merger is hurting Many East germans East German Drivers line up wednesday at Gera to get Gas before currency Union. West German finance minister Theo Taigel said Quick unification is important because of the unstable situation in the soviet Union. A we need to go through the door to unification because it can close shut again a he told reporters. Germans fear instability in Eastern Europe if soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev should be removed from Power. Suggestions for what a political treaty unifying East and West would look like were released tuesday by the West German Interior ministry in the form of a a discussion  under the proposals East Germany would officially join West Germany the Day after elections for a joint German parliament. West and East German politicians have proposed dec. 9 or dec. 16 As possible dates for the balloting. West German Interior minister Wolfgang Schuble said in Bonn West Germany on tuesday that he expected the East German Cabinet to decide wednesday to begin negotiations on the political treaty. He said a pact should be ready for debate in both parliaments by Eany september. W. German found guilty of aiding Libya Mannheim West Germany apr a state court on wednesday convicted a 49-year-old West German industrialist of helping build a Poison Gas Plant in Libya and sentenced him to five years in prison. The court found Jirgen Hippenstiel Imhausen guilty of violating Export Laws and tax evasion for his involvement in construction of the widely publicized Imhausen Plant in the libyan City of rata South of Tripoli. Hippenstiel Imhausen admitted at his trial earlier this month that he helped build the chemical Plant while he headed the Imhausen Cherie company of Lahr a southwestern City near Mannheim. The prosecution had asked for a prison term of 6 a a years for Hippenstiel Imhausen calling him a Quot merchant of  he had faced a maximum sentence of eight years. The ruling by judge Jurgen Henninger followed an 11-Day trial one of the most heavily publicized business trials in West German history. Hippenstiel Imhausen said in court on june 13 that he had suspicions the project a would be in conflict with West Germany a Export Laws but did not investigate because he a did no to want to lose the business a Libya has said the rata Plant was intended for producing pharmaceuticals but . And West German officials have said it was built to manufacture chemical weapons. Hippenstiel Imhausen also admitted not paying taxes on $11.7 million on profits from his transactions