European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                G a if if k s e n 1 is o f s 5 s s 1 b 5 b b Nuncio is. In saudi you Are not Here alone a Page 2 air Jordan arrives with anti drug message a Page 21 guitarist Vaughan killed in copter crash a Page 28the  Dod trims 3,786 from authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no 137 wednesday August 29, 1990 a 25 daily and sunday. I d 8693 a Active . Ousts iraqi envoys by the associated press fifty two exhausted americans spent their first Day of Freedom in Turkey after an ordeal in Iraq and occupied Kuwait and . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar declared Quot it is time for diplomacy Quot to resolve the persian Gulf crisis. In Washington the slate department ordered 36 iraqi diplomats expelled a two thirds of the iraqi embassy staff in Washington and imposed travel restrictions on those remaining. In Vienna 10 of u open ministers tentatively agreed Early tuesday to permit increased Oil production immediately by some countries in response to the crisis sources said with Iran the Lone holdout. Iraq and Libya did not show up for the informal meeting of poles report . Civilians in iraqi plants by the new York times Krakow Poland a some americans in Iraq Are being held at a chemical factory near the syrian Border that also produces enriched uranium according to polish workers who witnessed the arrival of the hostages. The poles who were allowed to leave Iraq this week also related unconfirmed reports that several americans from the group of 35 men women and children were moved nightly to the grounds of the factory in at Qaim a desert town. The interviews with two workers and the manager of the polish company Chema Dex provide one of the most detailed accounts yet of iraqis treatment of its american captives. The polish workers also had firsthand confirmation that president Saddam Hussein has carried out his threat to move americans near targets viewed by Iraq As militarily significant. Kazimierz Zajac the director of Chema Dex said that the factory was guarded by iraqi soldiers and that its production quotas were monitored by military officials. He said employees of his company had reported that there were 35 to-40 americans mostly men aged 40 to 60, with about eight women two children and one infant a few months old. Zajac said the Plant at a1 Qaim produced More than a million tons a year of phosphate based fertilizers plus yellow cake uranium. But the polish workers added that there was a Section of the Plant off limits to foreign employees that was known to be engaged in the enrichment of the uranium. Such processing is a key step in producing the atom see civilians on Back Page crisis in the Gulf related stories on pages 2, 3,16,17 a 28 a 1. The 13-nation organization of Petroleum exporting countries. In Kuwait diplomats kept up a test of wills with iraqi authorities who demand they close their embassies. France said it would ask the United nations to help the besieged diplomats. Elsewhere iraqi captains received orders not to defy see freed on Back Page by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the Pentagon continues to Cut personnel in preparation for deep troop reductions in the next fiscal year making a net reduction of 3,786 service members on the Active duty Rolls in july. The army which probably will Lake the biggest losses next year Cut 4,515 people in july the most made by any of the services. That left it with a total of 734,641 troops. A the air Force dropped 1,572, for a total of 538,746. The Navy and Marine corps which have been Well under authorized strength for some Lime added personnel for the second month in a Row. The Navy increased by 1,534 to 578,907, while the Marine corps added 767 for a total of 196,326.the defense department had 2,048,620 service members on Active duty at the end of july which was 68,535 fewer than last year at this Lime. One lawmaker said pressure on the services to Cut As Many people As possible now to Lessen the Impact of Large cuts next year is ill advised when a massive military deployment is taking place in the persian Gulf Quot we re calling up nearly 50,000 reservists and Are about to freeze people on Active duty to meet a threat no one predicted Quot said rep. William Dickinson of see Dod on Back Page new citizens Lance Cpl. Keun to Yook left and Petty officer 2nd class German Oswaldo Acuna take the oath. Special citizenship rites arranged for 2 servicemen by George Ramos the los Angeles times los Angeles a for two of americans newest citizens the pledge to defend this country Quot against All enemies foreign and Domestic Quot took on special meaning monday. Marine Cpl. Keun Llo Yook and Navy Petty officer 2nd class German Oswaldo Acuna both 24, agreed to do that and More in becoming . Citizens in a hastily arranged naturalization ceremony before their units shipped out to the Middle East. The two servicemen stationed at Camp Pendleton fulfilled the requirements for citizenship and were to take the citizenship oath at a ceremony scheduled sept. 24. But the . Military buildup in the per see special on Back Page