European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 24 the stars and stripes sunday november 11,1990gorbachev, Kohl sign historic treaty Bonn Germany apr soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev signed a historic non aggression treaty with German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Friday and got a heroes Welcome for letting the Berlin Wall and Iron curtain collapse. Gorbachev a first visit to United Germany coincided with the first anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall which his reforms helped make happen. Both Kohl and Gorbachev stressed the importance of the historical changes that have made closer ties possible As they signed the Broad agreement that is to serve As the foundation of future relations. A having signed this document one could hardly. Think about until recently we have officially ended a whole historical process and opened a deep perspective for ourselves a said Gorbachev in the treaty initiated in Moscow on sept. 13, both nations pledge not to attack other and to Honor the Borders of All european nations. Later in the morning Gorbachev was greeted by president Richard von Weizsaecker at the governments Villa Ham me Schmidt Palace next to the Rhine River. The 20-year non aggression treaty that Kohl and Gorbachev signed is intended to assist Gorbachev a financially strapped nation. Details on the magnitude of future German Aid were expected to dominate their behind the scenes from Page 1 offensive options to drive iraqi troops from Kuwait. There would be Little need to rotate forces if the administration initiates military action before next Spring which is the threat implied by senior officials. A senior administration official suggested Friday that Bush hoped to bring the crisis to a head by the Spring. Martin Binkin a specialist on military manpower issues at the Brookings institution said a if you Are going to deploy that Many More forces and if you Are going to scrap a rotation plan that puts you in a position where there is pressure to use Force sooner rather than later unless the iraqis Back news briefs search widens for victims of army helicopter crash Athens Greece a amps a greek authorities Friday expanded the air Ana sea search for a . Army helicopter that crashed into the sea Between Corinth and Athens on wednesday night with a Crew of three aboard. A a few Small pieces of the aircraft washed up on the Shore Friday. They were in addition to Small parts and papers from the aircraft recovered on thursday a said army it. Col Lee rials a spokesman in Vicenza Italy for the Southern european task Force. A the Crew is still listed As missing and the search continues a rials said. The search for the uh-1 Huey rials said centers on an area four Miles off the islet of Eireos approximately 15 Miles Southeast of Corinth. Meanwhile an investigation team from the army safety Center at fort Rucker Ala arrived at Vicenza Italy the copters Home base and was to Fly to Greece on saturday rials said. The chopper belonging to set aft a 6th aviation det was in route from Italy to hell Nikon a near Athens when it arms closing tuesday for maintenance merchants National Bank automated Teller machines will be out of service from 2 . Until 7 . On tuesday nov. 13, Bank officials said. The five hour outage is to allow merchants workers time to Transfer the entire system to computer disks with greater storage capacity. More capacity Means the system can better handle an Ever increasing number of transactions said Bank spokeswoman Yvonne Wise. Atm transactions have increased by 43 percent Over last year Wise said in targe part because the machines can now be used by customers to tap into stateside Bank accounts. A if you have half of our forces Over there a he added a you to not have to be a mathematician to figure out that you cannot easily support that kind of deployment for a Long period of time. To Send reinforcements you Are either faced with the Prospect of massive mobilization of reserves or raising the spectre of going to conscription neither of which appear to be in the cards a asked if the decision to Send reinforcements limits the time that the United states can wait a senior administration official said a one can to answer that question in logic in any other Way than with a a maintaining the deployment of a huge array of forces for an extended period poses considerable problems and ties Down forces that would ordinarily be available for other emergencies. A Rule of thumb for the Navy for example is that the service must have three carriers for each one on Distant patrol because of the need to perform maintenance on the vessels and to limit the time that sailors Are kept at sea. The Navy has 14 carriers so the decision announced thursday to deploy six of them in the Gulf stretches the services capabilities to the limit even if no carriers Are kept on patrol elsewhere in the world. The Navy said the additional carriers being sent Are the Theodore Roosevelt the America and the Ranger. Of the 14 carriers two Are being overhauled and one is having its nuclear reactor refuelled a Navy official said. A Navy spokesman said the United states has not de Yed six carriers in a military operation since the korean far. The Navy has adjusted to the Gulf operation by scaling Back naval exercises a Navy official said. The Navy could maintain an extended deployment of six carriers in the Gulf by expanding the time sailors Are kept at sea beyond the current six months. A keeping six carriers out there will Strain the Force pretty much a said Lawrence Korb a former senior Pentagon official during the Reagan administration. A basically what it Means is that we have to stand Down in other parts of the president Bush a decision to Send More forces has also overtaken Marine corps plans for rotating its troops. The marines were planning to Send the second Marine expeditionary Force from Camp Lejeune n.c., and the fifth Marine expeditionary brigade from Camp Pendleton calif., a combined Force of about 40,000 marines to replace marines already deployed in saudi Arabia and at sea in the Region. But now these units Are being sent As reinforcements. Once the Marine reinforcements arrive some two thirds of All Marine corps combat units will be deployed in saudi Arabia. The decision to reinforce american troops in the Region by sending half the United states armoured forces in Europe to saudi Arabia and by dispatching a mechanized division from the United states has also deprived the army of some of the forces it could use to rotate units through saudi Arabia barring a Large mobilization of combat reserves. Army officials had been putting the finishing touches on a rotation plan. And the service had also been expected to announce a decision to withdraw the 82nd airborne div. The Pentagon has declined to say exactly How Many additional troops Are being sent to the Gulf. One administration official who asked not to be identified said More than 150,000 troops Are being sent. Other officials said arrangements being made for supporting the troops in the Field could drive the number of additional forces beyond the 200,000 level. Cheney has repeatedly said no upper limit has been set for american forces in the Region. The More than two dozen countries who have joined . Troops confronting Iraq Are expected to number about 100,000 by Early next year. Pentagon officials have estimated Iraq has about 430,000 troops in or near Kuwait. A senior administration official suggested in a meeting with reporters Friday that the problems associated with a Long deployment of a lot of troops is encouraging Washington to consider action sooner. A a it a Tough to keep troops that you May have to use out there in the desert with literally nothing to do a the official said. T _ a you can Only exercise them to a limited extent. Its Tough to keep an Edge on your forces out there As weeks go into months and they say a Why Are we Here a morale goes Down. A in addition the saudis Are carrying a big Burden with an alien Force the first time Ever that a major Force has Ever been permitted in the Muslim holy land a he said a that is awkward to the United states is under additional pressure to Force Saddam out of Kuwait quickly because the besieged american embassy in Kuwait is running out of food. Meanwhile he said Saddam is a still playing games and some of them with some skill to try to Divide the coalition create trouble and so on and so Forth As if time is on his the moslem holy period of Ramadan in March and the pilgrimage to Mecca in june known As the Haj Are Likely to increase the political problem that the presence of american troops has created in saudi Arabia the official said. Those events a tend to underscore the religious aspect of it and one of Saddam Hussein a themes of course is that the saudis Are defiling the holy land by allowing american and other Western forces onto their territory the official said. A i say there is any indication that Saddam a themes Are necessarily working a he said a either that this is a .-israeli plot against the arabs or that the saudis and their egyptian colleagues Are desecrating Muslim shrines. But they Are factors one has to take into account. All of these things indicate that waiting to starve him out May not be the Way to most of the new . Troops will not arrive in the Middle East until after Jan. 1 a Only months before desert temperatures again begin to Rise toward their summer highs. Ever since the crisis in the Gulf began in August military analysts have agreed that the gulfs blazing summer temperatures would Handicap . Forces unfamiliar with desert conditions. Baker appearing on abcs a Good morning american from Moscow where he met with president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and other top soviet leaders said the Kremlin is a not optimistic about prospects for a peaceful settlement. Of two recent soviet peace seeking missions to Baghdad he said a i think it s fair to say that they Are disappointed in the Lack of a response that a been on no cd so a today show Baker said the United states and other members of the 15-nation United nations Security Council Are growing impatient that Baghdad has not complied with a series of resolutions demanding an iraqi pullout. A at some Point if 10 United nations Security Council resolutions Are to mean anything you have to come up with some mechanism or Means to enforce those. Resolutions a he said. Baker flew on to London and private tails with prime minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain who repeated her View that a we shall have to take military action if Iraq refuses to withdraw. It is Uncertain whether such Broad support for . Gulf policy exists in Paris where Baker was to meet saturday with president Francois Mitterrand of Page 1 Force Hospital at Wiesbaden for checkups before making plans to Fly Home to their four children and several grandchildren. Swanke said that he was suffering from a viral infection and had lost about 10 pounds. The couple were held prisoner with 13 others at a missile Assembly Plant in Mosul about 250 Miles North of Baghdad. They said that Brandt personally intervened to secure their release when the iraqis refused to return the Stankes passports the night before the flight from Baghdad. \ they said at least two other americans who had been promised their Freedom were held Back at the last minute when the iraqis declared that their papers were not in order. The Stankes identified one of the disappointed hostages As Desmond Bailey of Houston and the other As a Man they knew Only As also used As a a human shield was 10 year old Karim go Schlueter whose poignant letter to Saddam apparently won his family a release. A a in a sure that a what did it a said Karimy a father Ewald go Schlueter a German businessman who had lived in Iraq for 17 years with his syrian born wife. He said that Karim received a lot of publicity and sympathy in the state Media after writing to the iraqi Leader a week ago a a the boy promised that if Bis family were freed he would spend his entire allowance on food to Send Back to iraqi children. His father said that the family of four was held at an Industrial site 85 Miles Southeast of Baghdad
