European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The St Sand of ripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces sunday july 8, 1990 Good morning a a v .25 deny and sunday d 8693 a Vienna Austria up a Albania announced an amnesty saturday for the thousands of refugees holed up in foreign embassies in its capital City of Tirana a of provided they leave voluntarily a and said All were Iree to pick up passports and leave the country. The amnesty effective immediately was apparently aimed at easing a crisis in several Western embassies where hundreds of refugees were jammed in corridors and courtyards without sufficient food water or sanitary facilities. A the albanian citizens who have entered the foreign diplomatic representations. And come out of them will be excluded from penal prosecution for offences related to this act a the official albanian telegraphic Agency said saturday in a report on the decree of the Peoples Assembly presidium. A in Case they want these citizens Are granted a regular passport to go abroad just As any other albanian citizen a the decree was reported As  announcement came a Day after albanian communist party Leader Ramiz Alia promised in a televised speech to introduce sweeping democratic reforms which he said would affect Alf aspects of life in Europe a most isolated and rigidly controlled state. Despite the promises of change hundreds of albanians continued streaming into foreign embassies Over night apparently unhindered by Security forces diplomats and news reports said. The austrian news Agency reported from Tirana that As Many As 5,000 people were being sheltered in foreign missions. In the West German capital of Bonn a foreign ministry spokesman said about 2,000 refugees were being housed in the West German embassy a alone and he described conditions there As a critical a foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher citing deteriorating health conditions at the embassy said he would make a joint Appeal with the French and italian governments for Safe passage out of the country for the refugees. Italian ambassador to Albania Giorgio de Andreis in a Telephone interview with the state run italian television network estimated that about 1,500 people were seeking Refuge in his embassy up from about 300 the previous Day. A the albanian View is that the problem must be solved at the Root by the rapid departure of the refugees from the country a de Andreis said. Alia in his speech late Friday proposed that a party Congress scheduled for autumn 1991 be held within the next six months to map out How his proposed reforms would take effect. He also criticized a certain Powers who he said were opposing democratization an apparent reference to a conservative clique within the government led by the widow of Enver Hoxha Albania s longtime authoritarian Leader until his death in 1985. Its in the Book Martina Navratilova celebrates her record ninth women a singles championship at Wimbledon saturday. She beat Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1. See Story on Page 21. Hostage May be freed soon report says Nicosia Cyprus apr Iran a official news Agency reported saturday that one of the 16 Western hostages held in Lebanon a most Likely a european a will probably be freed soon. Most Western hostages in Lebanon Are believed to be held by factions of Hezbollah or party of god a fundamentalist shiite moslem group that gets considerable financial support from Iran. A a Western hostage held in Lebanon will probably be released soon a said the islamic Republic news Agency a five sentence dispatch from Beirut Lebanon citing a informed  it said the sources refused to disclose the identity of the hostage to be released but a hinted that he is most probably a european  the hostages include six americans and 10 europeans a four britons two West germans two Swiss an italian and an irishman. In Beirut a source close to the syrian army command said that if a hostage were to be released it would a probably Quot be Brian Keenan the irishman who also holds a British passport. The source spoke on condition of anonymity and refused to provide any other information. Syria is the main Power broker in Lebanon. It has 40,000 troops in the Northern and Eastern provinces As Well As the moslem sector of the capital. Keenan 39, was kidnapped in moslem West Beirut on april 11. 1986, As he walked from his Home to Beirut a american University where he taught English. Iran played a key role in mediating the release of americans Frank Reed and Robert Polhill. An outpouring of Western assistance to Iran after the devastating june 21 earthquake had raised Hopes in some quarters that Iran might use its influence with the pro iranian groups believed to be holding the hostages. Iranian president Hashmi a Sfanjani has said Iran should be grateful for the foreign quake Aid. However in comments earlier this month he made no link Between such Aid and the release of any Western hostages a Sfanjani seeking closer tics with the West has been in conflict with hard line moslem fundamentalists in the government who oppose his efforts. Terry a. Anderson chief Middle East Bureau chief for the associated press is the longest held Western hostage in Canon. Gorbachev sways party against rating members Moscow apr president Mikhail a Gorbachev on saturday forced the communist party Congress to drop a plan to evaluate each member of the party a ruling politburo warning that such a move would a Bury the  despite rampant criticism of his policies by the largely hard line Congress which is meeting for its sixth Day the soviet Leader showed his Mastery of the delegates by pushing through the reversal. A if you want to Bury the party to split the party then continue on this Way a he told delegates. A but think  before its afternoon break the Congress voted 2,557-1,393 for an individual thumbs up or thumbs Down vote on each politburo member. Many delegates later reversed themselves for 2,495-1,515 vote against rating after hearing Gorbachev a opinion. Instead the Congress agreed to evaluate As a whole the work of the policymaking Central committee and within it the 12-Membcr politburo. The Congress had been expected to begin nominating candidates for its top Post saturday but by Midas Lemoon it appeared the nominations would not come by the end of the Day. Delegates said there did not appear to be any serious challengers to Gorbachev As party Leader. A at present we do not have outstand see Gorbachev on Back Page nato nuclear policy sends Muddy message by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a natos new nuclear policy offers Clear assurances to the soviet Union but fails to clarify whether the Alliance will retain a nuclear capability in Europe defense experts and diplomats say. That could mean problems Down the Road for nato because both advocates of a nuclear free zone in Europe As Well As supporters of keeping nuclear weapons on the continent find Hope in the statements from the London Summit that ended Friday the experts said. At the two Day Summit nato announced plans to eliminate All nuclear tipped artillery based in Europe and declared it would use nuclear weapons Only As a last resort to counter a massive soviet attack. Coupled with an earlier decision to cancel plans to modernize its Battlefield nuclear Force in Europe the changes mean that in Only a few years nato will have to depend on an air launched nuclear system if it is to retain any nuclear element based in Europe the analysts said. But the 16 Alliance leaders avoided making a Desea nato on Back Page