European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 24 a the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990networkfrom Page 1 gunman slain after killing 11 european countries in setting up the network and training natives As guerrilla fighters. The newspaper did not name its sources. A training centers sprang up in forests in the part of Germany said die Welt. At the centers said the newspaper a former prisoners of War men who had done civilian work for the occupying Powers and Young men acquired by Chance were trained in pistol shooting radio operations and the German government wednesday confirmed plans for Covert anti communist actions in Case of War but denied there were military units in the country trained for such cold War defense. A the plans were not connected to West German military institutions a government spokesman Hans Klein said. Under questioning from reporters Klein refused to name exactly what did exist in West Germany. He insisted on calling them a a precautions and indicated they were still in existence. Pistols grenade launchers explosives and radios were stored in secret caches to be used by the guerrillas said die Welt. A the network was expanded to All of Western Europe by 1959,�?� said die Welt. A Money was provided by intelligence the operation was designed to be an underground resistance network in Case of a soviet invasion in Western Europe. It mostly prepared communication networks escape routes and sabotage plans officials have said. Die Welt said the networks controlling body still exists in Belgium though Only As a in 1951, said die Welt Allied intelligence agencies and each participating nation a Germany Italy and France being among the first a agreed to set up a Clandestine committee for planning to oversee the network. Headquarters were initially in France said the newspaper. The controlling body a name was changed to Allied Clandestine committee in 1964, said die Welt. The newspaper said that in the 1950s the network began a systematic cooperation with the Brussels Belgium based supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe which worked with the group in Maneu vers. The network was Independent of natos control said die Welt. In Paris French president Francois Mitterrand on tuesday confirmed that he had dissolved the French Arm of the group but did not say when. He was first elected in 1981. A i did no to have much left to dissolve a Mitterrand said. A there Only remained a few remnants of which i Learned the existence with some Surprise because everyone had forgotten about the Paris newspaper liberation said the French Arm of the network was disbanded Only after disclosures of the italian operation had created a political controversy. Henk Vredeling the dutch defense minister from 1973-77, said he had been told about the existence of Gladio weapons caches on dutch soil. One dump discovered in 1980 could Supply a Force of up to 150 men and enough explosives to destroy buildings and Bridges reports said. In Belgium a former network member and former belgian army intelligence official Andre Moyen told the leftist newspaper Jle Drapeau Rouge he knew of Quot at least six arms caches hidden in Belgium up to two months ago. Dunedin new zealand a a Man described As a loner upset by the recent death of his Mother was fatally wounded by police wednesday after gunning Down 11 people wiping out almost half the population of a Seaside Village. New zealand a worst massacre began tuesday night when 33-year-old David Malcolm Gray set fire to a neighbors House in the South Island Village of Aram a a and began shooting people who came to help. The siege in the town 17 Miles North of Dunedin ended 23 hours later when anti terrorism police rushed a House where Gray was holed up and shot him in the Chest after he wounded one officer in the leg. In Between Gray killed two children including a 6-year-old boy who Rode up on his bicycle to see what All the commotion was about the head of police in nearby port Chalmers and eight other adults. Two Young girls wounded in the assault were hospitalized in stable condition. Gray had used High powered rifles to keep police at Bay and prevent them from reaching the victims who were scattered on the Lawn of his House and a nearby Street. New zealand police commissioner John Jamieson described the gunman As a one Tough customer Quot and a absolutely t officers steadily tightened a cordon around Grav s House before Rushing it wednesday afternoon. But Grav was nowhere to be found just a .22-caliber Rifle an air Rifle 9mm ammunition a and bodies. Police went door to door before moving Back into the Center of town. The search led to a House on the Edge of town. Jamieson said the gunman opened fire on an anti terrorism squad approaching the building in the Early evening wounding one in the leg. Police lobbed smoke grenades and returned fire hitting Gray in the Chest. He died at the scene a few minutes later Jamieson said Dunedin police sgt. Bill of Brien said police were mystified As to what sparked the incident. Neighbors described the unemployed Gray As a Moody loner who had been upset by the death of his Mother about three months ago. Eur army to cease publishing Frankfurt Germany a amps eur army will cease publication in january after serving As the Magazine for soldiers in Europe for More than 29 years. A because the . Army Europe is restructuring to meet changing times the command has decided to use eur army a resources elsewhere in its command information efforts a a Usa eur spokesman said wednesday however spokesman capt. Dee Jepson could not say wednesday How the magazines resources would be used in other command information projects. He also could not assign a figure to the magazines annual operating costs. Critics of the Magazine say its three month preparation and printing time prevents it from providing news in a timely fashion. Two civilian employees and one Soldier make up the editorial staff of the Magazine which is located at an Headquarters in Frankfurt. It was unclear wednesday what would happen to the workers in Light of the shutdown. The Magazine in 1988 converted to a desk top publishing system that allows the editors to design pages by computer. This speeds up production As its Printer can make the pages directly into printing plates. Eur army is printed at the army a printing facility in Redelheim. The 32-Page Magazine has a circulation of 45,000, which is figured on a ratio of one Magazine for every six soldiers. The free monthly Magazine is distributed through the army distribution system As Well As through mail subscriptions. The Magazine which was called army in Europe until 1976, was started by former Usa eur commander Gen. Bruce c. Clarke. Clarke wanted to see All the Loose pamphlets and information sources compiled into one Magazine for soldiers in Page 1 proper Pursuit of Britain a National he said he decided to run because of deep divisions within the party Over Steps toward european Unity and the conservatives recent third place finish in a parliamentary special election. He promised to review the new local tax which Thatcher pushed through parliament. To win tuesday Thatcher or Heseltine needs to get 50 percent of the votes cast by toy legislators plus 15 percent More than the opponents vote. If All 372 conservative legislators participate in the secret ballot Heseltine would need 159 votes to Force a second ballot and Thatcher 214 votes to avoid one. The number of votes required decreases As the number of abstentions increases. The same rules apply on a second ballot but other candidates could jump in. If that ballot fails to produce a Winner a third ballot would be held nov. 29, limited to the top three finishers in the second ballot. The Winner is prime minister and no general election is required. Thatcher who will be in Paris attending a 35-nation Summit of leaders from East and West will vote by proxy in the balloting party officials said. Heseltine stepped Forward a Day after sir Geoffrey Howe who resigned As Deputy prime minister nov. 1, delivered a scathing attack in the House of commons on the Leader he had served throughout her years in Power. A the time has come for others to consider their own response to the tragic conflict of loyalty with which i have myself wrestled for perhaps too Long a said Howe w to had been the last survivor of thatchers first Cabinet in 1979, Howe resigned in protest Over her rejection of a plan adopted by the 11 other european Community leaders to set up a single Central Bank by 1994 and a single currency perhaps by the year 2000.iraqfrom Page 1 talking with Bush that the buildup a is not in Ana of itself a decision to use Force but rather is intended to create credible options.�?�. Democratic leaders told Bush they relieve the Constitution would require i Aio seek congressional authorization before using military Force. Secretary of state James Baker said Bush would follow the constitutions but added that there was some question about exactly what it says on the matter. Iraq has been assailing the . Buildup As proof of aggressive intentions. On wednesday it did so again denouncing plans for amphibious assault exercises by . Marines in saudi Arabia. The Pentagon on tuesday had disclosed the plans for the Maneu vers the first such exercises staged in saudi Arabia. But it did not say where or when they would take place. The Washington times reported they would be held 10 Miles from Kuwait. The iraqi statement carried by the official iraqi news Agency quoted an unidentified government official who called the planned Maneu vers an a intended provocation close to the iraqi meanwhile iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz lobbied the . Security Council seeking to Block any move to use Force against Iraq. Aziz complained that the United states a had been planning since the very outset to attack Iraq. A Resolution on use of Force could be vetoed by any of the Security councils five permanent members. Among them France China and the soviet Union have indicated they want to give the economic sanctions and diplomacy More time. Britain the other permanent member is said to be building up its forces in the Region. The times of London reported wednesday that Britain was expected to Send an additional 6,000 troops to the Gulf increasing its ground forces there to 15,500. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher who is locked in a parliamentary Battle to keep her Job has made a series of strongly worded demands in recent Days that Iraq relinquish Kuwait. Those comments Drew scorn from information minister Latif Jassim. A the beating of War Drums by Thatcher reflects the acute psychological condition she lives in. While she is preparing to leave the leadership of her party the iraqi news Agency quoted him As saying. There has been a flurry of Arab diplomatic activity since Morocco Scall for an emergency Summit. But divisions appeared to deepen on wednesday. Foreign minister Prince Saud Al Faisal arriving in the United Arab emirates said any Arab meetings will Bear no fruit unless Iraq agrees to withdraw from Kuwait and promises to adhere to the resolutions of the emergency Arab Summit held in in August Ani the United nations. The statement was Dis tribute by Wam. The offic Fol emirate news Agency. Iraq made it Clear any such Promise was highly unlikely. President Saddam Hussein a second in command Taha Yassin Ramadan went to Morocco for talks and said on his return that any Arab gathering should instead a erase the infamous Cairo Summit just after the invasion 14 of the Arab leagues 21 members met in Cairo and voted to condemn Iraq and demand a restoration of Kuwait a former government. In other High level talks in the a world on wednesday egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was in Syria and iraqi Deputy prime minister Saadoun Barnaul met with algerian president Chad i Benje did. Two soviet envoys were also reports to be in the Region. In Washington Bush notified he was extending for an additional 90 Dap the Call up for reservists already serving a Quot Day stints in the Gulf Region. The move a been expected
