European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Imit Quot a 11 Safe bases to adopt new Naf pay  2 a twin threats Shadow tuesdays elections Page 5 a woman is acquitted in restroom  7 a yellow jackets bum no. 1 Cavaliers sports Page 21th. Sipes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 205 monday november 5,1990 a Good morning 25� Dally and sunday d 8693 Iraq releases 4 . Hostages also promises Freedom for others from wire reports Iraq struck a conciliatory stance on saturday freeing four american hostages and three captured French soldiers and promising to release More europeans. Baghdad also indicated it was working on a new peace plan. Related stories photo Page 3. Iraqis parliament voted to let 700 bulgarians in Iraq and Kuwait leave and the official iraqi news Agency said european contract workers stranded by iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait could leave if they wished. It gave no numbers. Meanwhile Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii began a Mission aimed at breaking the 3-month-old persian Gulf standoff. He said he would a play the foundation for military action against Iraq if economic measures failed to persuade president Saddam Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait. Baker told reporters accompanying him that he planned to consult Over eight Days in seven countries with leaders of a wide array of Arab and european nations including a Moscow Stop thursday to see soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. He said a the purpose of the trip is to discuss with our coalition partners strengthening the full Range of measures that we have employed to isolate Saddam Hussein. Political measures economic measures and military measures and freed american hostage Michael Barner arrives in Amman Jordan. Thereby to Lay the foundation for the possible exercise of All options. A this will improve the prospects for peaceful Resolution and at the same time permit us to be prepared to consider All options if peaceful ones done to  his plane landed at Shannon Ireland for refuelling before continuing a journey that will include Bahrain saudi Arabia Egypt Turkey Britain and France and a meeting in Cairo with chinese foreign minister Qian Lichen. The soviet Union and China Are permanent members of the . Security Council and their support would be essential for any additional .-backed Steps against Iraq. Also in the Region was French president Francois Mitterrand who arrived in Egypt on saturday and had a meeting set sunday with president Hosni Mubarak. Saddam responded to increasing pressure for an iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait by vowing that his troops would engage any american led Force that sought to recover the occupied territory in a protracted War. A anyone who launches an attack May occupy Kuwait but we have plenty of breath for fighting and we will eventually kick out the occupiers a Saddam said in a rambling speech to a meeting in Baghdad see hostages on Back page8 senators urge end of Vietnam Trade ban Washington not the Senate foreign relations committee chairman and seven other senators have written president Bush urging the lifting of the 15-year-old Trade embargo against Vietnam. The letter comes at a time when the administration is slowly building relations with Vietnam having recently opened talks with Hanoi to help resolve the cambodian civil War and reinvigorating joint efforts to identify and return the remains of american servicemen still unaccounted for from the Vietnam War. Two weeks ago the vietnamese foreign minister Nguyen co Thach became the first vietnamese official of Cabinet rank to visit Washington since the War. The chairman of the foreign relations committee sen. Claiborne Pell d-r.i., and sen. Richard g. Lugar r-ind., who is probably the most influential Republican in the Senate on foreign policy matters complimented the administration for its efforts a for the expansion of contacts a but said it was time to quicken the improvement. A the time has come for putting the Vietnam War behind us and opening a new chapter in .-Viet-Nam relations a said the letter of oct. 29, which was also signed by Sens. Alan Cranston a Calif. Joseph r. Biden jr., a Del. John f. Kerry a mass. Christopher j. Dodd a Conn. Frank h. Murkowski a Alaska and Mark o. Hatfield a Ore. A we urge you to act promptly to lift the . Trade embargo on Vietnam and we pledge our full support a the letter said. The administration had no immediate comment on the letter. It has consistently said normalization of diplomatic and economic relations can occur after Vietnam helps account for 1,677 american servicemen still listed As missing and the cambodian civil War is settled. Washington has urged Hanoi the primary Backer of the cambodian government to push phenom penh to join three guerrilla groups in an interim coalition government until United nations sponsored elections can be held. The letter from the senators said the administration was mistaken to link the cambodian conflict to an improvement in relations with Vietnam. A we should not allow the prolonged end game in the cambodian peace negotiations to prevent us from taking the next step of lifting the Trade embargo with Vietnam a it said. A conclusion of a comprehensive peace in Cambodia establishment of a substantial . Presence and conduct of free and fair elections in War torn Cambodia could take  the senators wrote that they were not entirely satisfied by the vietnamese position on the War dead and prisoners of War but that a we have seen considerable Progress in recent  the letter continued a in addition we Are heartened by the significant support for Market economic principles that has been demonstrated by some members of the vietnamese government. These developments warrant a significant .  shipments from the . Delayed by Gary Pomeroy staff writer sgt. Gregory Osborne had the feeling something was wrong when his shipment from the United states was not delivered to his Barracks in Hanau Germany. A they just did no to show up a said Osborne who is assigned to the 548th Light equipment Maint co. He is not alone. Thousands of shipments of household goods Are in limbo because of a dispute Between the military traffic management come and american Ensign Van service inc., one of the commands largest contract commercial carriers. Officials for a tic and american Ensign Are not saying much publicly about the dispute. But one a tic official indicated that about 15,000 shipments of household goods moving Between Europe and the United states Are affected. An american Ensign official in los Angeles had a no comment Quot Friday on the problem. But a Short statement released y a tic shed some Light on it. A american Ensign Van service inc. Has failed to Complete movement of consigned shipments As required a the statement said. As a result the command stopped using the company worldwide oct. 24, it said. A pm tic is arranging for other carriers by dispute to Complete shipments now temporarily stranded in transit a the statement said. A tic officials declined to answer questions about the nature of the dispute and the Legal status of the Case. Osborne added another question to that list a Why is my stuff being used As collateral a the Soldier said he has diligently see shipments on Back Page