European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes saturday september 1,1990 news briefs de Klerk Calls for opening ruling party to All races Johannesburg South Africa apr in a major turnabout president . De Klerk called Friday for the ruling Whites Only National party to be opened to All races in the drive to end apartheid de Klerk said the National party must open its ranks to All South africans who share its Basic values and Hopes for a multiracial democracy. He said the party had to prepare for major changes confronting the country. A the new South Africa demands that those who belong together through inner conviction should come together a he told a party provincial Congress in Durban. The opening of the National party to All races would be a historic change for the party that created apartheid and excluded non Whites from political Power. The party has for decades been the main voice of afrikaner nationalism representing Whites of mostly dutch descent who dominate South african politics. The president who also Heads the party asked the Congress to give party leaders the authority to Amend its Constitution to admit All races. The Congress was expected to approve the measure Clearing the Way for similar action at other provincial party  Reform needed urgently Gorbachev says Moscow apr soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev called Friday for a rapid move toward a Market Economy saying a delay of even one or two months would require him to change a not Only the tactics but the  a the situation in the country is really serious a Gorbachev told a news conference. A we can overcome the problems. Together through joint efforts. We have to do  Gorbachev said his presidential Council and the federation Council which comprises the presidents of the 15 soviet republics held two Days of a dramatic and emotional talks thursday and Friday about the transition from a centrally planned to a Market Economy. A perhaps this meeting was one of the major events in the entire perestroika a he said referring to his policy of economic and social restructuring. Quot it was devoted to the question of further  Gorbachev said it is necessary to a move resolutely Forward in disbanding the centrally planned Economy which he has blamed for failing to meet soviet citizens Basic needs.8th inf div no charged in assault of family member bad Kreuz Nach West Germany a a 8th inf div staff sergeant was charged Friday with assaulting an adult family member a division spokesman said. Staff sgt. Ronnie Thomas of b co 3rd in 8th inf regt was charged with two counts of indecent assault he said. The incident allegedly occurred in May in the victims Mainz apartment. The spokesman was unable to provide details about the Case. New addition to Airlift memorials amps Dave Didio a Parachute is pulled away to unveil the Rosine bomber a c-54 similar to those flown in the Berlin Airlift during a ceremony Friday at the Airlift memorial on Rhein main a West Germany. On hand were from left col. Thomas r. Mikolajcik com Mander of the 435th tac Airlift Wing former master sgt Leonard von Ritter who served during the Airlift an unidentified Serviceman speaker Gen. Hansford t. Johnson commander of the military Airlift come and sex Navy Mechanic Hans Seifert. Leaders of both Germany sign historic treaty on Unity Berlin apr German leaders signed a treaty germans in both territories will then elect a c Fri Fly to tint to Iwan Pila tin Carv Wiam aim Phamm Haa Berlin apr German leaders signed a treaty Friday meant to reconcile the Stark differences Between their two nations just 33 Days before they become one country. See related Story Page 17. The document was signed by West German Interior minister Wolfgang Schauble and East Germany Stop unification negotiator Gunther Krause. Earlier the cabinets of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East German prime minister Lothar de Maiziere formally approved the pact. The sweeping Accord preserves East Germany a Liberal abortion Law Calls for a United Berlin to be the capital of the new nation and guarantees some social programs for jobless East germans. The document also includes an important provision for the distribution of East German property. The agreement also allows East Germany to maintain some control Over the 6 million files belonging to the Stasi the former communist secret police. The files could contain a potentially explosive compilation of sinister secrets from the nations dark past. Overall the treaty reconciles fundamental Legal and political differences Between two nations that followed vastly different paths after they were carved from the conquered nazi Empire. The German states will be United on oct. 3, when East Germany a parliament invokes a clause that will allow it to accede to West Germany. Germans in both territories will then elect a common government on dec. 2. That impending election Date has created a Cam Saign Battle Between Kohls conservative Christian democrats and his main rival in the elections the left leaning social democrats. Although the treaty was not necessary for German unification failure to approve it would have meant that West German Laws would have become automatically the Law of a United Germany. The document also includes an important provision for the distribution of East German property. Tens of thousands of West germans who fled what is now East Germany after the soviet invasion of world War ii have filed claims on their former prop erty. A prolonged process is planned to determine the Validity of those claims on an individual basis. The uncertainty of those Many claims a and who will be the potential owners of much East Germany a property a has been blamed for inhibiting Western investment needed to provide jobs and replace the dying sectors of the East German Economy. The signed treaty gives Western investors first claim on property regardless of whether its former owners or their heirs Nave a claim to it. The agreement also includes a Compromise on the volatile abortion question. East Germany a permissive Law will remain in effect until a new German government passes a Law for both nations in 1992.Iraq from Page 1 prove to be a an awfully stupid  Schwarzkopf in his first news conference since moving his command Post to saudi Arabia repeatedly ducked questions about specific . Military options under consideration. But he said the United states was not seeking to Start hostilities. A a there a not going to be any War unless the iraqis attack a Schwarzkopf said after spending the Day visiting american troops in Northeast saudi Arabia. He also said his military plans were made without regard to the Issue of westerners  Iraq. Javier Perez de Cuellar the . Secretary general and iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz met for two hours Friday at the Royal Palace in Amman Jordan and were to meet again in the evening. Perez de Cuellar had said the current talks would be within the framework of . Resolutions passed after the invasion. The resolutions demand that Iraq withdraw from Kuwait and imposed economic sanctions on the Baghdad government. On the 25th Day of a . Embargo against Iraq Long lines snaked out of bakeries in the iraqi capital residents said. Refugees fleeing Iraq earlier this week reported lines outside food shops in smaller desert towns. Meanwhile the multinational flotilla choking off iraqi Trade kept a ship from unloading supplies believed d a a Iraq a shipping publication reported. Lloyd a list International said a . Warship turned a sri lankan freighter away from Jordan sport of Aqaba earlier this week. The red sea port linked to neighbouring Iraq by Highway has been iraqis Only substantial Means of breaking the embargo. The paper quoted unidentified sources in London As saying the ship was suspected of carrying chemicals for Iraq As Well As food and other goods. Iraqis Aziz implicitly threatened Western countries with terrorism if they endanger Iraq according to an interview in fridays French newspaper be Figaro. A if you. Threaten Iraq with your ships and planes then i am free of any _ moral obligations regarding the French destined for american or British governments a Aziz was quoted As saying. In other Gulf related developments a the Arab league in Cairo urged arabs to bring any persian Gulf peace initiatives to thursdays meeting but stressed any settlement must include iraqis withdrawal from Kuwait. A King Hussein of Jordan was in London for talks Friday with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on the Gulf crisis. He spoke with Spain a King Juan Carlos and prime minister Felipe Gonzalez in Madrid on thursday. A the kuwaiti ambassador at the United nations Mohammad Abulhasan said in an interview thursday that Ira has emptied Kuwait a hospitals of the Sands of patients to Reserve there iraqi troops causing the deaths of Al critically ill people. H