European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Gen. Dugan gets new of Job a Page 6 the Shii ipes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces v. vol. 49, no. 171 tuesday october 2,1990 a a Misem 25< daily and sunday d 8693 Aberlin come deactivated maj. Gen. Raymond e. Haddock and command sgt. Maj. David e. Smith furl the Flag of the . Come in Berlin. A amps Ken Clauson by Ken Clauson staff writer Berlin the . Come in Berlin was deactivated monday morning in a significant step toward american military withdrawal from the City. . Soldiers and airmen a did not serve Here As conquerors during their 45 years in the City said it. Gen. John m. Shalikashvil Deputy commander in chief related stories pages 2,3,8,9 of the . Army Europe. A your soldiers served Here As defenders and partners. A a this City and this command. Have been key actors in shaping today a world a he said during the ceremony at Lucius d. Clay Headquarters. A this inactivation is the culmination of our fondest Hopes and dreams. For it is the recognition that the cold War is Over and that in just two very Short Days the United Germany will once again take its rightful place among the worlds family of during the ceremony maj. Gen. Raymond e. Haddock As the units last commander retired the command Flag with command sgt. Maj. David e. Smith command sergeant major of the command and the Berlin brigade. Honor platoons from the army and air Force stood at attention As Haddock furled the red and White Banner with the Black Berlin Bear Emblem and put it in an Olive drab cloth casing. The Black red Ana Gold West German Flag was flying for the first time beside the . Flag Over the Cobblestone Parade see Berlin on Back Page Holiday set for wednesday by the stars and stripes wednesday will be a training Holiday for All military personnel stationed in West Germany the . European come announced monday. The Holiday is in Honor of German unification Day. All defense department appropriated fond employees in Germany Are included in the Day off the command said. Release of no appropriated fond employees from duty is at the discretion of each component commander All . Army and air Force commissaries in Germany also will be closed wednesday a commissary spokeswoman said. . Schools and merchants Bank branches in Germany will close for the Day As will the . Embassy and consulates. However All exchanges will be open on wednesday said a spokeswoman for the army and air Bush condemns Saddam but offers Chance for talks by the associated press president Bush monday condemned iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein for his invasion of Kuwait but he also offered an opening suggesting that an iraqi withdrawal could Lead to settlement of the Arab israeli conflict. Also monday Iraq ordered the release of nine French nationals in its second conciliatory gesture in As Many Days. And in Israel the army said it will give out Gas masks to All israelis to protect them in the event of a War. On sunday Saddam urged an International dialogue and mentioned France As a possible partner. ., French and British officials rejected the offer saying they talk until Iraq withdraws from Kuwait. The nations Allied against Iraq meanwhile were laying the groundwork for possible military action. . And soviet officials were reported sunday to be drafting new . Resolutions that would authorize the use of Force against Iraq if the .-ordered economic blockade fails to Force Saddam out of Kuwait. But soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze monday denied that such a draft was being prepared. A so far there is no such work going on a he said. In his address to the . General Assembly monday Bush mixed harsh language against Saddam with an overture Tor a Resolution of the 2-month-old persian Gulf crisis. A a Iraq a unprovoked aggression is a throwback to another Era a dark relic from a dark time a Bush said in his prepared remarks. But he added a we seek a peaceful outcome a diplomatic outcome. A in the aftermath of iraqis unconditional departure from Kuwait i truly believe that there May be opportunities a for Iraq and Kuwait to Settle their differences permanently for the states of the Gulf themselves to build new arrangements for stability and for All the states and Peoples of the Region to Settle the conflict that divides the arabs from Israel a he said. In past speeches Saddam has linked an iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait to an israeli pullout from the occupied territories and a syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. He repeated those conditions sunday. In other developments iranian foreign minister Ali Akbar Velamati and his saudi counterpart Prince Saud Al Faisal met in new York to discuss resuming diplomatic relations and ending a 2vi-Ycar rift Iran a official islamic Republic news Agency said monday. The Agency monitored in Nicosia Cyprus said in a dispatch from new York that the meeting took place sunday at . He quarters. It was the first time senior officials from the two countries have met since the saudis broke off ties in april 1988, citing terrorism and subversion. It was the most positive sign yet that they May be moving toward rapprochement. Thousands of French troops joined the .-led multinational Force m saudi Arabia on sunday and . And British warships in the persian Gulf stopped and searched an Indian ship carrying refugees from Kuwait. The refugee ship was not see Bush on Back Page
