European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Re wednesday july 11, 1990 the stars Amo stripes As Moscow apr Mikhail s. Gorbachev was re elected easily on tuesday As general Secretary of the soviet communist party endorsed by delegates who at times criticized but decided they could not survive without him. The vote for Gorbachev was 3,411 for and 1,116 against. His opponent Tern a Raz Avalian received 501 votes for and 4,020 votes against the result was announced at the end of the eighth Day of the 28th Congress of the soviet communist party after a Brief break to count the secret ballots. Seven candidates were nominated tuesday morning to Challenge the 59-year-old president and party Leader. By the afternoon All had dropped out but Avalian the Man who led a Coal strike in Western Siberia a year ago. The announcement of Gorbachev a Victory was greeted by loud applause from the delegates at the Kremlin s Palace of congresses. The Congress which Many expected could pose a Challenge to Gorbachev ended in Triumph for the soviet Leader. Delegates approved Gorbachev a proposal to reorganize the party politburo transferring greater Power to the government that Gorbachev Heads the top party Job carries no fixed term Kab reveals defections of 8 agents since 1979 Moscow a the Kab chief said monday tint eight soviet intelligence agents hate defected to the West since 1979 and a spy from an Ani Denti lied foreign Power was arrested in the past three weeks. Vladimir a. Or Bochkov answering in Estfon from delegates to the 28tn ingress of the communist party do tied accusations by a Forrar Kab general that the Agency was a festive in its  and intelligence operations Ana had spied on so Viet citizens. Wah these Are Bat faced iks said Kryuchkov who As a member of the politburo was required by the Congress to account for his activities and answer questions. Former Kab my to Gen. Oleg d. Kalugin has caused a sensation n the soviet Media since he surfaced last month. Kryuchkov also said that a about three weeks ago another foreign Intel Tience agent was  of office. But the meeting changed party rules to require that the general Secretary be elected by a Congress which traditionally meets every four or five years rather than by the Central committee which meets several times a year. The change will make it harder for opponents to oust Gorbachev As party Leader. In March Gorbachev was elected to a five year term As president an office whose authority was strengthened at his initiative. Gorbachev warned the traditionalists at the opening of tuesdays session that they could not continue ruling the country like Feudal lords. A the party will succeed when it understands that society is different a he told the delegates. Page9 i later he spoke Only briefly to accept his nomination. To carry the most responsibility for what has been done a he told the delegates. A you have the possibility you have a lot of information its right that you should  he acknowledged that he has not been Able to give both the soviet presidency and the party leadership full attention but said he hoped that a new party Struc Ture would Settle that problem. Gorbachev received warm applause when he approached the podium and spoke in a quiet Calm voice. Avalian stood before the Congress almost 4,700 delegates to declare a cautious approach to strikes. Last year when hundreds of thousands of Coal miners struck the soviet Union s Coal Fields Avalian was chairman of the strike committee in the Kuznets Basin of Siberia. He also is party Leader in Kiety Omsk. However in answering questions from the delegates he said he would support strikes Only on a Case by Case basis. At the beginning of the session Gorbachev took the floor. What began As a Calm measured defense of his policies became increasingly impassioned As he spoke. A you can never go Back to yesterday by any path and no dictatorship. Solves anything Quot he  15,800 Suhl East Germany apr East Germany a defense ministry is firing 15,800 of the 20,000 guards who once defended Europe a most formidable Border a labor Union official said monday. Only 4,200 members of the East German Border troops would be allowed to work for a new Frontier defense Force which would operate mainly on the polish and czechoslovak Borders according to the chairman of their labor Oiga meation Ulrich Kuhla. Under the communist leadership toppled last fall the Border troops were responsible for checking documents and issuing visas to travellers entering East Germany but their most important task was to prevent East germans from leaving their nation across the heavily fortified Border with West Germany and West Berlin. Most guards became redundant when All Border checks Between East and West Germany ended with last weeks economic merger Between the two nations the biggest step so far on the Road to full unification. The troops were commanded by East Germany a defense ministry although they weren to part of the National Peoples army. The East German news Agency adn said Kuhla told reporters after a Union gathering in this Southeastern City that the newly constituted Border Force would have 6,200 members. Of those jobs 2,000 would go to police and customs officers he said. Last week authorities announced they would investigate the deaths of 11 people who were shot by Border guards while attempting to escape to the West. In All 192 would be escapees Are known to have died. West Germany is seeking the arrest on murder charges of ousted communist party chief Erich Hon Ecker for his part in issuing the notorious shoot to kill orders which led to the  protest Indian doctors engineers and other professional men show their opposition to government economic policies by symbolically sweeping the Street near parliament House in new Delhi. The protest tuesday was directed at Indian prime minister , Singh for his alleged failure to provide jobs for educated unemployed.1st japanese nuclear ship starts voyage Tokyo apr Japan a Only nuclear powered ship left port tuesday in its first attempt to sail under nuclear Power. The experimental ship Mutsu Long plagued by technical problems and anti nuclear protests had attempted a Maiden voyage in 1974. But the bid was Cut Short by a radiation leak in the protective shield of its nuclear reactor. / the 8,242 Lon ship sailed from the sekt Nehama port 360 Miles Northeast of Tokyo in Aomori prefecture under conventional Power. It was not to sail under nuclear Power until it was 110 Miles out to sea said Yuwao Ikezawa spokesman of the atomic Energy research Institute. Police in Aomori prefecture said about two dozen Anli Nudera activists protested tuesdays sailing by burning old tires near the port. But no major trouble was reported. Ocean trials lasting about 20 Days will by conducted in an area where they will not interfere with fishing Ikezawa said. The spokesman said the reactor would be raised to 50 percent capacity in the first week and 70 percent the following week. The reactor was tested at about 20 percent capacity last week while the Mutsu was still in port he said. In the last vhf months tests were Cut Short five times because of technical problems. There were no radiation leaks during Hesh a towns the spokesman said. The reactor which has an output capacity of 36,000 kilowatts had been mothballed since the 1974 leak. When the leak occurred the research vessel drifted for 50 Days in the Pacific because residents did not want it to return to its Home port. Then More protests complicated. The search for a berth where it could be repaired. Institute officials have said that if these tests go smoothly the ship will make another test voyage to August then a yearlong experimental trip. It is to be retired after the tests. Brazil Chicago id Bun map i of 200 mites . Advisers to help Bolivia curb drugs la Paz Bolivia apr the . Military is setting up a sophisticated intelligence gathering system in Bolivia to keep tabs on drug traffickers and it has sent in advisers to help a . Official said. Increased . Military presence in Bolivia is part of an intensification of the anti drug War encouraged by promises of Aid from Washington. Eugene Castillo acting . Drug enforcement administration attache for Bolivia said Friday the . Southern military come would a reinforce the bolivian police and Dea operational capabilities throughout South  Bolivia an impoverished South american country of 7 million people produces one Ihira of the cocaine for . And other foreign markets. Castillo described the new system As  a computer system recently installed in la Paz and Santa Cruz will link major cocaine centers and provide data on trafficking. It will also provide a Safe Way of transmitting information among anti drug operations centers. For about a month three military advisers one each from the . Navy army and air Force have been coordinating strategy with bolivian police and the Dea. At least 10 other special agents Are training bolivian anti drug police. The . Military is prohibited by the bolivian and . Governments from directly participating in any anti drug operations. A the military is Only a support Force a Quot Castillo said. A fall we Are doing is using military expertise to assist us in intelligence