European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Iran accepts iraqi pullback from Border from wire reports Cairo a Iran on wednesday embraced Iraq s lightning decision to pull Back troops from their common Frontier but gave no sign that it was ready to help Saddam Hussein break out of the grip of worldwide economic sanctions saying he wanted to concentrate More of his forces in Quot the Arena of the great Duel Quot Saddam announced on radio and television wednesday that Iraq would pull ail of its troops Back from territories seized from Iran along their Border and accept Iran a terms for a peace treaty. Saddam conceded essentially All of the Points in dispute with his Eastern neighbor thus apparently Clearing the Way for a peace treaty ending the 1980-88 War in which More than 1 million people were killed. He said Iraq would begin on Friday unilaterally withdrawing All its troops from iranian territory and would begin releasing iranian prisoners of War at Border posts. He said Iraq would also accept a Midstream division of the Shatt a Arab waterway a Point that Iran has continually demanded As a condition for an Iran Iraq peace treaty. An iranian foreign ministry spokesman said a we Are Happy that Iraq finally accepted the see Iran on Back Page the she lamp ripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armeo forces vol. 49, no. 125 Friday August 17, 1990 Gyse Hobshi poly Ami sunday d 8693 a gives Navy of use minimum by Susanne m. Schafer a military writer Washington a president Bush author rated naval commanders to use Quot the minimum Force necessary Quot to interdict shipments to and from Iraq a senior administration source said wednesday. The presidents message officially affirming a decision of several Days ago was expected to be sent thursday to the Navy Fleet in Middle East Waters the source said. Related stories on Page 3. The source who spoke on condition of anonymity said the instruction described a step by step approach under which commanders should first request ships to halt and to seek their cooperation before taking More aggressive Steps. Those Steps could include attempting to Block the ships passage or firing a warning shot across the Bow a minimum use of Force might include Steps taken to disable the ship so that it was unable to continue the source said. Ever since Bush has spoken of his barricade against iraqi Commerce administration officials have said they hoped the Mere threat of a possible confrontation would deter unarmed merchant vessels from transporting iraqi cargo. In a Pep talk address at the Pentagon earlier wednesday Bush vowed to use the massive infusion of continued on Back Page s4s Kan Jeorga sailors at Nea Makri place a Safe onto a pallet to remove it from the station in Advance of today a scheduled closing. Nea Makri set to close today by j. King Cruger Mediterranean Bureau Nea Makri Greece a the naval communication station at Nea Makri officially closes today a six weeks ahead of schedule and with headaches. A this is the last time 1 Ever want to do this. This closure has been hard Quot said capt. Charles f. Votava Iii the stations commander As he gave visitors a tour of the base 20 Miles East of Athens recently. A we had to do this from scratch a Votava said of the closure. Quot. It would have been better to have kept a few More people on hand right until the very  when it was operational the station had 350 personnel. This was reduced to about 100 men and women in the dosing weeks and fewer than 70 for today a ceremonies turning the base Over to the greek Navy. Votava said the shutdown would have been easier if head had More working parties to use for such tasks As emptying offices and storehouses. The mop up Crew was comprised mostly of Navy construction battalion members who were assigned to train greek sailors on the operation of the 26-year-old base. Nea Makris personnel support detachment and disbursing office stayed Busy in the closing weeks modifying assignments and issuing travel orders and funds. A we had a plan to ship out word processors about two weeks before the closure but we find there is still a lot of stuff that we need them for. So we will keep them until jus before the closure and then mail them Quot Votava said. Typewriters were kept on hand until sea Nea Marf on Back Page space a to states opens up by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau increased air traffic at . Bases in Europe is creating a Bonanza of space a seats on stateside bound military aircraft officials at Ramstein a in West Germany say. Restrictions also have been modified for military vacationers travelling space a to Turkey and Spain. Space a travel to Italy and Greece however remains limited to personnel assigned there said maj Bruce Lewis a Ramstein a spokesman. The 322nd Airlift div which oversees military Airlift come operations in Europe is located on Ramstein where the wait for space a travel to the United states is one Day or less. Quot we win say that this is not Normal for this time of year Quot  said. A the increase in space a availability is a result of increased air  he would not say Why the traffic see space a on Back Paga Philadelphia a. Muholland no hits giants a Page 17