European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday july 15,1990 Oka Quebec apr heavily armed Mohawk indians holding More than 1,000 police at Bay on their reservation Here said Friday that Quebec provincial authorities had offered concessions to end the tense standoff. Quebec a native affairs minister John Ciaccia arrived at the barricades Here Friday for the second Day of talks with Mohawk tribal leaders. He told reporters that thursdays talks had ended on a positive note. 4 �?o1 think we have some basis for negotiations and discussions and we will pursue them a the minister said. A we Are taking these negotiations one Day at a time and its too Early to give details on  on wednesday one officer was killed in a gun Battle Between the indians and provincial police. An investigation has news Brief i it to determine which Side fired the Atal  Gabriel a Mohawk spokeswoman said the tribes position is that a the police have to Retreat from the area before we can Ever work out a  she said Ciaccia discussed a possible guarantee that natives involved in the occupation would not be prosecuted. Meanwhile the dispute widened As indians in Ontario and British Columbia Canadas West Emmist province blocked key highways to show support for the Quebec tribe. Mohawks from the Kahn awake Reserve South of Montreal continued to Block the vital Mercier Bridge on Friday creating traffic chaos throughout the Region. The Span links the populous South Shore of the St. Lawrence River with the Island of Montreal. Gabriel said she had warned Ciaccia by phone that natives would blow up the Bridge if police attack the Union of British Columbia Indian chiefs asked All native bands in Canada s westernmost province to Block roads and Bridges in their territories. Three roads were blocked for a time. An Indian chief Marvin Bob of the Pavilion band was arrested charged with Public mischief and released. The dispute began four months ago when the mohawks built a Roadblock to prevent Oka from building an Extension to a nine Hole Golf course on land the mohawks say belongs to them. Ting gun Cpl. Marcel Lemay 31, was killed. Members of the militant Warrior societies from Kahn awake and from the Akwesasne Reserve South of Cornwall Ontario then filtered into Oka to reinforce the Mohawk position. Police sent reinforcements Ana now total about 1,000 Here. About 200 mohawks stared Down at police from the top of a Hill on Friday. After three Days of living in a town under siege residents grumbled that this Community of 3,000 people was running out of suppl ies a. Mohawks complained that police restricted Access to Indian territory and food Medicine and water were in Short Supply. Access to Oka 18 Miles West of Montreal was so restricted Friday that even a truck delivering morning papers was turned Back. . Official May be ousted Over anti German remarks London up a a Britain a highest ranking Trade official left Hungary for Home Friday to face mounting demands that he be sacked for an anti German diatribe in which he compared Bonne a economic leadership in Europe to domination by Adolf Hitler. Trade and Industry Secretary Nicholas Ridley has withdrawn his comments published thursday in the Spectator Magazine under the headline a saying the Unsay Able about the germans a but has failed to defuse the juror. One angry West German Leader suggested Ridley was drunk during the interview in which Ridley also criticized the 12-nation european Community and charged that a the French were behaving like poodles to the  no immediate meeting was planned with prime minister Margaret Thatcher but most major newspapers said Ridley would soon be forced Toj sign. Thatcher met Timothy Renton the chief whip of the conservative party who was reported to have told her that most members of the party believed Ridley had to go. Moscow Leningrad mayors a m a 1 m m. Moscow apr the majors of Moscow and Leningrad on Friday joined  n. Yeltsin and leaders of the Reform bloc of the boy nudist party by quitting the party. Quot a. A the dramatic events came As Mikhail s. Gel Baches was wrapping a a a a a Congress election of delegates on Friday the last Day of the Congress voted by secret ballot on the approximately 420 nominees for the Central committee. Gorbachev was scheduled to deliver a report on the Congress after the votes were tallied. A. 1 Yeltsin elected president of the russian Republic in May announced to a hushed Congress thursday that he was leaving the communist party because Tyr new Post meant that he could no longer obey Only party policies. A i have to obey the will of the people and their Al powerful representatives a he said. A therefore in connection with my obligations i declare my exit from the  by quitting the party Yeltsin became the first no communist Leader of Russia in 72 years of soviet Power. As the Silver Hairer reformer strode forcefully up then a Center aisle in the  of congresses delegates shouted a shame a and whistled derisively. A very few however applauded Moscow mayor Gavriil Popov and Leningrad mayor Anatoly sob half issued a statement Friday saying they Quot because of its inability to offer a were quitting the party realistic program for tra \ a recognizing All the or transition to a new society. A recognizing All the responsibility before the people and history we have taken a decision in the situation that a to leave the communist party in order to help create a multiparty system Quot said their statement released at the Moscow City Council. On thursday progressive Delegate Vyacheslav Shosta Kovsky a Lead Crof the democratic Reform bloc told the Congress that he and other progressive delegates including Yuri Boldyrew of Leningrad and Vladimir Lysenko of Moscow were leaving the party and would form their own i a a a empower nist party and our intention to form an Independent democratic parliamentary party a Shostakowsky said announcing the first split in the communist party since 1921. Another Delegate Vladimir Polok Holo Friday announced the formation of another new bloc called democratic Unity in the communist party of the soviet Union designed to Chip away at the party a traditionalist bastion.  a f  a a n Independent organization. A i am empowered to declare a division in the comm Senate a a a from Page 1 army and air Force troop strength in the next year or two without allowing any reductions in those services european forces would wreak havoc on their rotational and training bases. A the cafe talks Are not prospering Rigby now and there a a sense that the soviets Are foot dragging Quot Dixon said. He emphasized that he wants to remove the troops from Europe not Cut them from Active duty and he gave president Bush an escape clause to cancel the action if he can convince Congress that National Security considerations warrant doing so. Dixon also tried to include a similar provision in the Bill that would lower . Troop strength in South Korea to 30,000 from its present level of44,000 Over five years but that Effort was voted Down by the committee. He vowed to raise the Issue again when the committee Bill goes to the Senate floor for debate calling it a a very defendable idea. He said there is no reason to maintain such a Large . Presence on the Peninsula when a South Korea has twice the population and six times the economic strength of North  despite Pentagon complaints that Overall cuts above 1,000 to 75,000 people in one year would cripple the services congressional aides said the committees num Bers Are achievable with a minimum of disruption. A they wont go on record with it but the services have told us they can handle these reductions a the staffer said. He pointed out that the services a have seen the hand a ing on the Wall and have beat making efforts to reduce heir forces Over the past few months. The army for example already is More than 1,200 troops below its authorised fiscal 1990 manpower level and the service expects to make More reductions Between now and the end of the fiscal year on sept. 30. The Navy a authorized limit for this fiscal year is 590,501, but the most current statistics show slightly More than 579,000 Navy personnel on Active duty a which Means the service has to Cut less than 12,000 More people by the end of fiscal �?T91. A fall the services Are a of closer to the fiscal 1991 Levels mandated by the committee than it May appear a the staffer said. A the Way this has been set up i done to think you la see the kind of wholesale heartburn that the Pentagon has been  the Bill now goes to the Senate floor for debate. The House armed services committee will not Start work on its version of the defense authorization Bill until september. Once the two Cha Ibers have approved their Bills the armed services committees will meet in conference to Iron out any Rifle Rennes. When the two Chambers approve the conference Oil it will go to president Bush for his approval. Panel cuts funds Dod by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the Senate armed services committee Friday slashed funding for an array of the Pentagon a most cherished weapons programs. Committee chairman sen. Sam Nunn a a said his panel terminated 15 programs a Quot completely knocked them out a including a the air forces mistur navigation and communications satellite program. A the army Sadat air defense system. A the Navy a Bigeye aircraft mounted binary chemical weapon. The cancellation of those programs could save Asj Nuch As $40 billion to $50 billion Over the next few years Nunn said. One of the most prominent program reductions came in the strategic defense initiative which was slashed by $1 billion to $3.7 billion. Quot in my opinion the research program needs to continue but no one in the administration has a Chart showing How you a pay for an operational system Nunn said at a news conference m explaining the flagging fiscal support for the s171. The reduction in sd1 brings funding to about the same level As last year. If approved it would Mark the first time since former president Reagan presented the plan seven years ago that the requested funding has been Cut. As expected the committee tentatively agreed to limit Money for the two land based nuclear missiles the my and mid Getman to research and development funds. The administration wanted More than $2.2 billion for the missiles but the committee approved Only $548 million for the my and slightly More than $200 million for the midget Man. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney also proposed cancelling the v-22 Osprey the programs tilt Rotor aircraft that takes off like a helicopter and flies like a plane. But the committee agreed to $200 million in research and development funds for the aircraft. In addition to the programs targeted for elimination the committee significantly slowed funding for Many others including a the air Force c-17 transport plane and advanced tactical fighter. A the Navy a-12 attack plane and sea Wolf submarine. A and a new heavy truck for the army. The panel agreed to Cheney s recently revised request for two b-2 strategic stealth bombers in fiscal 1991, with a Fleet of 75 planes