European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Bush May ask allies to reassure East bloc nato is not a threat saturday june 30, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 Washington apr president Bush probably will ask nato allies to declare formally this coming week that they do not pose a threat to nations of the Warsaw pact Secretary of state James Baker said. The declaration would be intended to Calm the soviet unions anxieties about a United Germany being a military and political member of nato. Baker said thursday that it would be premature now for the United states to give Cash Aid to the soviet Union to help its sickly Economy. Instead he suggested that the major industrialized nations at an economic Summit in Houston next month consider guidelines for financial assistance for the soviet Union. Western european leaders on wednesday agreed in principle to Aid the soviet Union but have not considered specific proposals or amounts and some analysts have suggested trading such Aid for soviet military cutbacks. West Germany already is guaranteeing Loans to the soviet Union. Baker spoke at a White House briefing to set the stage for a 16-nation nato Summit in London next week and the seven nation economic gathering in Houston the following week. At his briefing Baker said nato should stick with its decades old policy of threatening to fire nuclear weapons first in response to a major soviet attack with conventional weapons. Though this so called a flexible response strategy May be discussed a i would suspect that there wont be any change a Baker said. A i done to think we ought to make Europe Safe for conventional the idea of a non aggression statement was raised by Bush in an interview with foreign journalists on wednesday. It s appropriate to at least give some consideration to this idea that there could be some sort of a declaration of non aggression defensive intent peaceful intent a Baker said. He said any such statement probably would be directed at the member states of the Warsaw pact rather than the soviet led Alliance itself. Baker said the United states is not trying to restrain other nations from coming to the soviets Aid but it believes the soviet Union must Reform its state controlled Economy before the Money can be spent in a meaningful Way. A a in be been to 10 of these economic summits the last 10, and in be never been to one yet where there a been total agreement on every Issue a Baker added. Bush leaves for the London Summit on july 4. With the two summits he will be away from Washington until the Early morning hours of july 12. The Pentagon announced that defense Secretary Dick Cheney is delaying a visit to several nato nations to Confer with Bush in Maine before the London meetings Cheney had been scheduled to leave saturday for a two week nato tour but has put off his departure until monday evening so he can meet with Bush earlier in the Day at the presidents summer Home in Kennebunkport Maine. The two men Are expected to discuss among other things the East West conventional Force reduction talks in Vienna Austria and the alliances response to the revolutionary changes that have swept the soviet bloc. The defense Secretary is slated to visit nations on the flanks of the Alliance including Norway Greece Turkey Portugal and a lifts amps Jim Dorheim its a fair Day thursday for a father and daughter As they Whiz through the air on the a twister a one of the Midway rides at the German american Friendship fest at roman Way Village in Butzbach West Germany. Angela 8, and her dad staff sgt. Ernest Johnson of he Btry 2nd in 3rd Field arty regt joined the crowds at the fair which will run until july 1. It features volleyball game and food Booths and live music. On sunday a fireworks display will begin about 10 30 tells sex soldiers treasure trove tale Dallas apr a former . Soldier accused of smuggling medieval artefacts out of Germany near the end of world War ii confided to a longtime Friend that he took the treasure trove a newspaper reported Friday. For years before his death in 1980, Joe t. Meador was Tom Over whether to keep the artwork or return it Owen Hunsaker Meadors College classmate in the 1930s, told the Dallas morning news. A when he looked at it head get a dreary transported look on his face because he knew what he had a he loved it a and he part with it a Hunsaker was quoted As saying. A the struggled with that a lot a said Hunsaker a 71-year-old retired airline executive who lives in new York. Hunsaker said his Friend told him he found the treasures in a Cave in 1945 in que Linburg now in East Germany and had simply wrapped them in Brown paper and used an army Post office to ship them to his Home in Whitewright 60 Miles North of Dallas. Hunsaker is the first person to explain How Meador allegedly discovered the artwork and moved it. Reports about the Case first surfaced in the new York times two weeks ago. The treasures included ancient manuscripts crucifixes and coins which Church officials said were gifts to the que Linburg Cathedral from Germany s earliest Kings. Lawyers for the lutheran Church of que Linburg contend that Meador stole the treasures while serving As an army lieutenant among troops that occupied the area in april 1945. Meador left the Cache to his brother and sister Jack Meador and Jane Meador Cook. They Are disputing the churches claim of ownership and trying to keep the items which Are Worth millions. The Meador family wants the churches permission to display the treasures at the Dallas museum of Art or the Kimball Art museum in fort Worth Texas while the lawsuit Over ownership is pending the news reported Friday. A we have not As yet spoken with either museum a the family a attorney Randal Mathis told the newspaper. A we think that they would be appropriate places for Hunsaker was in the Pacific during world War ii while his Friend fought in Germany. He said that during a visit to Whitewright in 1948, Meador showed him artwork that he said he had wrapped in Brown paper marked As a old books and deposited in a Mailbox at army Headquarters. . Army reports indicate the treasures were removed from a mine Shaft near que Linburg within three Days after Allied troops occupied the area in april 1945. Hunsaker said he frequently tried but failed to persuade Meador to turn Over the artwork to authorities. A Joe knew he had a hot potato a said Hunsaker. A the let everybody know about it and he certainly sell Hunsaker said he last talked to Meador a few years before he died. Use of military savings to help environment urged a i. . Tua Nui Acar of the Rrt Nuril would h Washington apr the chairman of the Senate armed services committee and four fellow democrats Are calling for the United states to use resources and technology from military cutbacks to improve the environment. Majority members of the Senate armed services committee led by panel chairman sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia proposed on thursday creating a strategic environmental research program to use the skills of the defense and Energy departments and some elements of the intelligence Community. The resources once used in a military role would be directed to environmental programs under the proposal to be included in the 1991 defense spending Bill. A i believe that one of our key National Security objectives must be to reverse the accelerating Pace of environmental destruction around the Globe Nunn said in a speech on the Senate floor. Sen. Albert Gore jr., d-tenn., said the nation is realizing that its Security can be threatened by other forces. A we must certainly give the highest standing to the consequences of a damaged and destabilized natural environment a Gore said. A new defense environmental research Council would develop a five year program for environmental research using data collection and analysis alternative Energy technologies and environmental cleanup technology. The purpose of the Council would be to coordinate research on the link Between human action and the environment assess the damage done by the defense and Energy departments to the land and water develop technology to Correct the problems and then give that information to the private sector and other countries. The proposal which carries no Cost estimate will be ironed out As the Senate committee begins crafting a defense Bill
