European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It la i it amp i Ltd a -.--4�t Ltd Ltd a it. It operation desert shield the st8ssandsjripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed Force Good morning vol. 49, no. 174 Friday october 1990 a a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a Bush hails Accord on arms reduction Washington apr president Bush on thursday hailed a tentative East West agreement to reduce conventional forces in Europe saying it would a redraw the military map to match dramatic political changes. He said the agreement announced wednesday in new York would pave the Way for the signing of the treaty next month in Paris at a 34-nation conference. Twenty two nations will be signatories to the treaty a the 16 nations of the North Atlantic treaty organization and the six members of the Warsaw pact. Bush said that despite recent easing of tensions throughout the Region a Europe is still the site of the greatest concentration of armed strength in the  Bush standing beside Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii at the White House said a we must also redraw the military map of the continent and lift some of the shadows and fears lived with for a  Baker and soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze on wednesday announced the Resolution of All remaining major issues on the most comprehensive arms reduction Accord since world War ii. The two nations next will try to conclude a second pact slashing their nuclear arsenals. Success in completing both treaties would carry arms control to new Heights and contribute to the reduction in East West tensions. Bush said that the soviet Union and the United states had a agreed in principle on All the remaining issues on the conventional forces in Europe treaty a and on essential details As  Baker giving some new details of the agreement said that tanks would be limited to 20,000 each for both nato and Warsaw pact sides armoured combat vehicles limited to 30,000 and helicopters to 2,000. Baker said that within that ceiling any one country can have up to 13,300 tanks 13,700 artillery pieces 1,500 helicopters and 5,150 combat aircraft Baker said. However he said there still was no agreement on the Overall ceiling on combat aircraft. A this is still subject to some discussion with allies on both sides a he said. Baker said he did expect to bring an agreement on Overall combat aircraft Levels to Paris for the nov. 19-21 conference. Baker flew Home to Washington on wednesday planning to return to new York on Friday for a critical meeting with Shevardnadze on nuclear weapons limits. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii left and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze arc upbeat after their meeting on limiting arms in  visits his forces in Kuwait by the associated press iraqi troops kissed Saddam Hussein a hands As he took his first known tour of occupied Kuwait. Meanwhile officials said thursday that three britons and two frenchmen fled Iraq in a daring escape by boat. Saddam talked with iraqi troops and presided Over two meetings of military commanders said the iraqi news Agency monitored in Cyprus. It said the soldiers confirmed a their Ever readiness for sacrifice for Iraq and the Arab nation and defeating All evil attempts to desecrate our sacred  the five europeans who escaped were und wednesday by the saudi coast guard Drifting in the Small boat in a per Sian Gulf shipping Iane off the saudi Kuwait Border British diplomats and saudi officials said. The British escapees told London a daily mail newspaper that they had spent 25 hours in rough seas after taking the 10-foot boat through the marshes of Southern Iraq into the Shatt Al Arab waterway and then the Gulf. It was the first report of Western men escaping Iraq since August. The britons said they had been working a Soldier kisses Saddam Hussein a hand As the iraqi Leader reviews his troops in Kuwait on wednesday. The photo was made from an Abc to broadcast. On a key Oil installation near the iraqi port of Basra and the two frenchmen were Barge masters. They were among a Small number of europeans living on dwindling food supplies and denied permission to leave. Iraq is holding about 2,200 westerners hostage in Kuwait and Iraq some at strategic installations to discourage attack by the .-led military forces that began massing in the Region after Iraq seized Kuwait on aug. 2. Nine of those hostages a All frenchmen a returned to Paris on thursday after being freed earlier by Iraq. Saddam a visit to Kuwait coincided with the arrival in the Region of two foreign leaders and a top envoy seeking a peaceful solution to the crisis. Yevgeny Primakow a top adviser to soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and a leading soviet expert on the Middle East arrived in Baghdad on thursday carrying a message from Gorbachev diplomatic. Sources said. Its contents were not disclosed. In Moscow Gorbachev said that he did not think the crisis would Lead to War and that he saw no reason to Send soviet see Saddam on Back Page Aula Abdul tops troops celebrity wish list by Vince Crawley staff writer in saudi Arabia a comedians Jay Leno and Meve Martin Are Fine for starters but . Troops in saudi Arabia Are also begging for visits by Paula Abdul and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not to mention Bob Hope. Those Are the results of an informal Survey by Johnny Grant the honorary mayor of Hollywood calif., who is on a 10-Day personal reconnaissance Mission in saudi Arabia to find out which stars the gis really want to see. Grant who a a vice president at Kola radio and television is much More promoter than politician. And As a longtime Uso Booster he a been getting celebrities out to visit the troops since world War ii. A a it a a different kind of War a Grant said after a two Day swing through front line bases. A a in be never seen so Many military men without a single pinup  rather than putting on shows Many celebrities who visit the troops Likely will do handshake Tours that allow them to visit As Many service members As possible Grant said. Comedians Leno and Martin Are scheduled to visit the Gulf starting later this month but Grants not making any promises on who else might show up. A fall i can do is go Home and Tell All these people that the troops in the desert Are asking for them a the 67-year-old mayor said. Pop Singer Abdul tops the list of celebrities the gis would like most to see. Service members also would like visits from Cristina Applegate the daughter on televisions a married with children a actresses Kim Bassinger Kelly Lebrock and Julia Roberts and Singer Janet see Abdul on Back Page