European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday july 24, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 sgt r 5.1? ./1 \ % is i it Quot a a a Al the Shoreline of bowl water in Southern England shows the effects of the heat wave. Heat wave drains beasts barristers throughout Britain London apr mad dogs and englishmen go out in the Noonday Sun but hedgehogs and Welsh barristers suffered in the heat. All of Britain was having its mild version of a heat wave As temperatures reached 90 in Oxfordshire. The Vale wildlife Rescue Center which treated a dozen dehydrated hedgehogs last week appealed to the Public to put out bowls of water. A unlike other animals they can to travel Large distances in search of water and the nights arc so dry there is never any Dew. The heat is just too much for them a said Caroline Gould at the hedgehog hospice in Cor Thome in Western England. Across the Border in Wales Cardiff Crown court judge John Rutter gave barristers permission to take off their bristly ceremonial wigs and their gowns. The judge however sheltered in the traditional Way with his wig in place. Because of the heat Youngs brewery in London kept operating Over the weekend for Only the second time since world War ii to keep Pace with human thirsts. A sales of Youngs Beers have gone through the roof a a a company spokeswoman said. N lers be Welcome in new army a by the new York times. Bonn West Germany although the East and West German armed forces will be merged into an All German Force of 370,000 after unification West German and nato military officials say that most East German officers and career enlisted personnel should Start looking for civilian jobs . Theodor Hoffmann the chief of the 170,000-Strong East German National Peoples army which was considered the most formidable and reliable non soviet Force in the Warsaw pact Only a year ago a a a a a iday to it remains of it enter the All German armed forces after pleaded in a ceremony in Berlin on Friday to let what unification. He said that a new oath of allegiance sworn by the 60,000 or so career soldiers who make up the Core of the East German army should make them acceptable even to nato. The new All German army will belong to the Alliance after unification although units stationed on former East German territory will not be integrated into the nato command Structure until soviet forces withdraw by the end of 1994. At the same ceremony at army Headquarters in Strausburg outside East Berlin Rainer Eppelmann the East German minister for disarmament and defense said it would be a a fair for West Germany to take 70,000 soldiers into an All German Force of 370,000. As an East German politician he said he was no More assured than Many of his officers of having a Job after unification a but unlike them he added he could always go Back to his old calling As a minister in the lutheran Church. The new East German military oath sworn on Friday on the anniversary of the failed 1944 army plot dissolved Security ministry the East German secret police. Since it is East Germany that is applying to join the West German Federal Republic not the other Way around West Germany can essentially decide what to do about not Only the East German army but also the Security forces the police and the diplomatic corps. A i done to think the West germans will have any use for any Soldier More than about 25 years old after unification Quot a nato official said alluding to the Lack of Confidence in the East German soldiers Many of the East German army s 92,500 conscripts drifted away in the first Days after the Borders were opened in november the official said but discipline has been restored and the army is no longer in a process of collapse. According to Lothar Riihl until recently an official of the West German defense ministry Only about 15,000 to 20,000 East German professional soldiers would be used As the Core of a new Post unification Eastern territorial army of no More than 50,000 troops. Some West German politicians have proposed that officers and ranking enlisted personnel should be screened for acceptability by a panel of prominent citizens the Way former wehrmacht officers and soldiers were by the West German armed forces after they were by formed in 1955. About 6,000 soldiers most of them from East Germany will become part of the German Federal Border guard which now numbers 20,000, said the guards coastal commander dict Helm Brick or. A a anybody who was a political officer wont be accepted by the Federal Border guard a he said East Germany had 47,000 Frontier troops who had orders to use Force to prevent people from escaping before the former communist government decided on nov. 9 to allow anybody who wished to leave to do so. All but 2,000 of the East German Border guards have been dismissed or transferred to other jobs. Those remaining arc dismantling the extensive High tech Border installations that were designed to keep people in. Against Adolf Hitler pledged soldiers a to the preservation of peace and to the defer defense of the German demo cratic Republic. For 41 years previously East German army officers swore to defend socialism against All enemies Side by Side with the soviet army and pledged their lives a to the achievement of almost All High ranking East German army officers had to be communist party members under the old regime that preceded the March 18 elections in East Germany. Many of them worked closely with the now italian president urges investigation of alleged Cia role in �?T70s terrorism Rome up a italian president Francesco Cossi Gat spurred by a television Documental broadcast last month on possible Cia involvement in 1970s italian terrorism has called for an investigation into the allegations a letter released sunday said. The letter written by Corsiga on july 3 and sent to prime minister Giulio Andreotti stems from a four part broadcast that began june 28 on state run television. The program featured an interview with a Man calling himself Dick Brenneke who said he was a former agent of the . Central intelligence Agency. A i think it is my duty to Call your attention to the a a a Iga proposing to of former Cia agents were inter program a the Corsiga letter said. A in this program Corsiga added a the Gravity of the information broadcast includes an allegation that the Cia was involved in italian terrorism through the masonic p2 the illegal p2, a shadowy and secret group that was exposed in 1981, had a membership list of hundreds including some of the Cream of the italian political economic and military establishments. Its exposure nine years ago toppled a government coalition. Italy Sansa news Agency reported sunday that journalist Ennio Remondino who worked on the program for the Rai network gave the text of his explosive interview with Brenneke to judicial officials the Day after the exposed was broadcast. The Agency said Remondino was interrogated by investigating magistrates on july 7. In addition to the interview transcript Remondino is said to have supplied magistrates with other documents Given to him by Brenneke including details on foreign Bank accounts. Corsiga said in his letter that the investigation should probe charges by Brenneke that p2 and the Cia were also involved in the unsolved 1986 assassination of swedish prime minister Olaf palme in Stockholm. Last week former p2 Boss Licio Gelli was cleared of complicity in the 1980 bombing of the Bologna train station but still faces trial in Milan on charges of fraudulent bankruptcy connected with the collapse of the Banco Ambrosiano in 1982.. Team will examine remains in Cambodia Bangkok Thailand apr a . Military team goes to Cambodia on tuesday to examine what May be the remains of americans missing from the War in Indochina a spokesman said. It will be the first such Mission since the 1975 communist takeover in Cambodia. The United states does not recognize the vietnamese installed phenom penh government and has supported guerrillas fighting for its overthrow. But the United states announced last week that it was withdrawing recognition of the guerrilla coalition and would open talks with Vietnam on ending the cambodian War. A the six member team leaves from Bangkok aboard a . Air Force plane and will stay overnight in phenom penh team spokesman it. Col. Thomas Boyd said. He said if the remains Are identified As those of americans a 17-member team will Fly to Cambodia on thursday to Lake the remains to Hawaii. Boyd would not say How Many sets of remains will be examined. At least 82 . Service members Are listed As missing in action in Cambodia he said. . Officials have also said there Are at least eight civilians reported missing in Cambodia including four journalists two contractors a merchant Seaman and a missionary. Earlier this month John Gunther Dean the last . Ambassador to Cambodia made a six Day visit to phenom penh a his first since carrying out the . Flag in 1975. The United states severed relations with Cambodia in 1975 after communist Khmer Rouge guerrillas seized Power. Phenom penh said in 1984 it was willing to cooperate on the Issue of missing americans and declared in 1988 that it was willing to hand Over remains. But repatriations have been delayed by the diplomatic stalemate. Cambodians Premier Hun sen said in february 1989 that his government had eight sets of american remains and was searching for More
