European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes saturday september 8,1990 crisis in the Al inf . Repeats plea to allies for assistance in Gulf Mission by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau the United states is disappointed with the response from nato allies to its plea for ships and planes for the persian Gulf buildup a senior . Official said Friday. The United states which requested help earlier this week needs the ships and planes to help ferry troops supplies and equipment from the United states to the Middle East said Richard Clarke Deputy Secretary of state for political and military affairs. He also said the Bush administration wants More help for countries hit hard financially by the Gulf crisis. Quot nato input in terms of their lift support has not been yet what wed like it to be a Clarke said. Quot we have very Large numbers of supplies to move across the Atlantic. We need ships relatively soon. And we Are not entirely satisfied yet with the number of ships that have been provided us a Clarke said at a news conference at the . Mission to nato. Clarke led a . Team that briefed the 16 nato ambassadors Friday on the Gulf crisis and the . Military buildup in the Region. A what we be requested is the direct loan of ships and aircraft with their Crews at no Cost to be Given to the control of the . Trans come for the indefinite future a Clarke said. A the indefinite future one imagines is about a month a he added. The exact number of ships and planes needed is classified a but it would be fair to say that we have requested a substantial number of Roll on Roll off ships and great bulk ships and a somewhat less substantial number of wide bodied 747-Type  a we need More ships than aircraft but we re asking for some aircraft As Well a Clarke said. So far Only Britain Italy and Portugal have agreed to the . Request but Clarke said other nato members Are Likely to cooperate. About 100,000 troops have been deployed to the Gulf so far Clarke said with a very few coming from  he noted though that some of the troops shifted from the . Also have nato missions. Clarke stressed that the United states has been pleased with nato members support of the . Deployment and . Economic sanctions. A we believe there is a positive attitude in the Alliance. We believe that the political Solidarity in the Alliance is Strong a he said. The United states is not asking its nato allies for Money for operation desert shield Clarke said nor is it asking nato members to Send More ground troops to the Region. A dozen nato members have sent naval forces to the Gulf. A naval conference is set for this weekend in Bahrain to coordinate enforcement of the . Trade and arms embargo against Iraq he said. Clarke urged nato nations to take seriously the plight of those countries most affected by the crisis. A there Are decisions that individual nato states have to make yet not Only about providing lift assets but also providing financial support not so much to us but to states like Turkey and Egypt and Jordan a he said. A a we a like those decisions to be made and made relatively soon. We expect them to be made and made affirmatively a Clarke said. A we would be very disappointed if the nato Alliance As a group of individual countries did not make major financial  president Bush this week dispatched two top aides to solicit donations from allies throughout the world to help with financial assistance in the Gulf Region and to contribute to the expensive . Military operation. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady Are both now consulting a number of countries about donations to Jordan Egypt Turkey and other countries hard hit by the crisis. Baker has received indications of support from the countries of Kuwait saudi Arabia and the United Arab emirates. Clarke said the United states is trying to assess the economic effects of the crisis noting that some East european countries Are among the hardest hit. Meanwhile defense department officials thursday released figures showing that the . Navy has a a intercepted More than 580 cargo ships in the Gulf Region. About 25 of those were boarded by Navy Crews. An intercept occurs every time the Navy queries a ship. The same ship May be queried several times officials said. Pentagon lifts 12-ounce limit on Gulf bound mail from staff and wire reports Washington a the Pentagon has lifted its restrictions on sending mail weighing More than 12 ounces to troops at Apo and Fpo addresses in the persian Gulf Region. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of the . Central come removed the ban because a military postal support system is now in place in saudi Arabia together with sufficient Airlift capability to handle larger pieces of mail. All classes of mail up to the Normal maximum weights allowed in the military postal system will be accepted Pentagon officials said a Reserve unit from Athens ga., will arrive in saudi Arabia in about a week to augment the current military mail Sorters some of whom have been working up to 20 hours a Day. The Georgia reservists will take Over sorting tasks at the main military postal Center so that the regular troops can be sent to mail centers being created closer to the front lines. In a further step to accelerate mail delivery the military postal service on Friday began transporting hundreds of pounds of mail to a Forward base Camp aboard a c-130 transport plane. Up to now three fourths of the mail has gone to units by cars or trucks. Germany lending . Army chemical monitoring vehicles Bonn West Germany a amps a the West German government is lending the . Army an additional 20 chemical monitoring vehicles for use in operation desert shield in saudi Arabia. The German government said it will also train about 100 american soldiers and provide parts and maintenance for the vehicles which will be modified for . Use. German estimates put the Cost of the loan and the needed modifications at More than $60 million according to a statement released by the . Embassy in Bonn. West Germany Lent the army 10 of the vehicles last month following a request from the United states. . Soldiers will train with the vehicles at so Tho Fen West Germany the site of the German military atomic biological and chemical school. The vehicle called the Fuchs or Fox can quickly detect and identify a wide Range of chemical contaminants while at the same time protecting the Crew from exposure. A sampling device located at the rear of the vehicle also enables the Crew to test soil for contamination. The . Army is borrowing the Fox because an american version being built by general dynamics land systems is not yet in production said col. Gilbert Stiegitz the commander of the . Army research development and standardization group in Bonn. General dynamics was awarded a contract of More than $15 million to make eight of the chemical warfare reconnaissance vehicles called the m-93. Most will be built at the Thyssen Henschel Plant in Kassel West Germany. The army has an option to build 40 More m-93s in 1991 and 1992. Detection equipment Furtis chemical vehicle alarm system for nerve agent Remote alarm Horn chemical agents ground probe double wheel sampling unit Markina re by set storage probe Abc radiation detection sampling set and probe. Set military weight unloaded payload total weight engine output Range a Olimba bitty a 15.3 tons 1.7 tons 17.0 tons abotrt$q0hp about 450 Miles 60% a amps Wes Booher amp Siaron kid -,1schwarzkopf denies report of saudi squabble Washington a the . Commander of operation desert shield is denying a published report that he is in conflict with the saudi government Over who controls the decision to launch an offensive attack. Quot i absolutely have no disagreement whatsoever with any agreement that exists Between saudi Arabia and the United states a said army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf who Heads the . Central come. Schwarzkopf was reacting to a Washington Post Story that was published in Many newspapers this week including the stars and stripes. Schwarzkopf denied that he had complained to the White House when the saudi commander it. Gen. Khalid bin Sultan told reporters last week that any decision to use . Forces deployed in the kingdom for offensive operations would have to be preceded by consultations Between president Bush and saudi arabians King fahd. The Story asserted that Bush had to intervene in the disagreement Between Schwarzkopf and the saudis and that the general feared the saudi position could restrain . Forces from responding to some military contingencies. A i participated in the formulation of the agreement a Schwarzkopf  said the initial details of the command and control of . And Arab forces was forged when he and defense Secretary Dick Cheney visited King fahd Days after the iraqi invasion of Kuwait. A from our situation not now a nor has there Ever been. Any dispute about How it would work a Schwarzkopf said