European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Quot related stories and photos pages 2 and 3the Smyj stripes authorized unofficial Fusil Mayiom for the . Armed Force Good morning vol. 49, no. 217 saturday november 17, 1990 a a a 25 pm am sunday d 8693 a ush Baker press Europe for support by the associated press ithe United states continued trying to Garner Intima a support Friday for a military strike against Iraq. I prices fell below $30 a barrel Friday morning As vers decided the outbreak of War in the Gulf could letsome time. President Bush was to leave Washington on Friday Lening to join Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii in rope for further discussions with allies. Baker has ten seeking support for a proposed United nations solution authorizing military Force to expel Iraq from Kuwait which it invaded on aug. 2. Bush planned to spend thanksgiving on thursday the american soldiers in saudi Arabia. It would be the a St presidential visit to front line troops since former president Johnson went to Vietnam. Baker was in Brussels Belgium on Friday for Trade with representatives from the 12-nation european Ono Mic Community. Also on the Agenda was Aid to Iran Turkey and Egypt which have suffered under  Trade embargo against Iraq. Iraq meanwhile is apparently hoping to eliminate bars that it is developing nuclear weapons. 11raq invited inspectors to verify that it is not developing weapons at its four nuclear research Sites the intimation atomic Energy Agency in Vienna said Friday. Iraqis representative to the  Agency lid three weeks ago that a the doors were open for a Lutine inspection spokesman Hans Friench Meyer lid. However no inspection Date was announced. Atlantis aloft shuttle Atlantis is four seconds into its dad 7�?o my Italy Mission As it lifts off the launch in it a Kennedy space Center in Florida with a a of five astronauts. Story of Page 28. Iraq has repeatedly denied allegations by Western Media and Israel that it is developing nuclear weapons. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein also suggested thursday that a peaceful solution is still possible and reiterated he might release foreign hostages if Bush promised not to attack Iraq. Iraq is holding hundreds of foreigners As hostages to deter an invasion by a multinational Force arrayed in the Gulf Region and entered in saudi Arabia. But during his interview on Abc to Saddam did not elaborate on a possible settlement and noted that a whoever hits us we shall hit them  Saddam has earlier stressed linking talks on Kuwait to the question of israelis occupation of lands claimed by palestinians. The soviet unions top Middle East envoy Yevgeny Primakow said in new York thursday that talks on a a face savings iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait could include discussions on the palestinian question. Meanwhile . And saudi troops backed by hundreds of planes continue their Maneu vers near the kuwaiti Border Friday. About 1,000 . Troops and an unknown number of saudi soldiers Are taking part in the six Day a imminent Thunder Maneu vers which began thursday about 100 Miles South of the kuwaiti Border. The exercises have been denounced by the iraqis As a a Clear act of provocation a but . Navy spokesman cmdr. . Van sickle said it was purely for training see support on Back Page a shoot Sis to Bolton sgt Lorraine Wong gives sgt Robert a. Robbins one of the shots ordered for soldiers going to the Gulf area. The inoculations were taking place at the rate of about 150 an hour Friday at a Pom preparation for overseas movement site set up at William o. Darby Cavern Firth Germany. Germany. Military manpower talks set to augment cafe treaty by David Tarrant that until quite recently would not have Heen nos by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a a second round of conventional arms talks will begin a week after the first agreement slashing weapons in Europe is signed monday senior nato officials said Friday. The new negotiations will build on the original treaty and in particular cover the thorny Issue of manpower Levels in Europe a a goal that has eluded negotiators for More than 15 years during two separate sets of talks. The first treaty which was agreed to on thursday will slash weapons in the worlds most heavily armed Region by 40 percent. It also opens up each of the 22 signing nations to an unprecedented inspection and verification process on virtually All major conventional Battle weapons stationed from the Atlantic Ocean to the soviet ural mountains. The treaty will be signed by leaders of the nato and Warsaw pact nations in Paris during an East West Summit. Critics have complained that the treaty negotiations which began in Vienna Austria on March 9,1989, had been rendered obsolete by the revolutions in Eastern Europe a year ago. But the countries involved still want the agreement nato officials said. A i think that a far More profound observation is that in spite of the virtual revolution that has swept Over this continent in the past year it is a treaty based on a concept so imaginative and Forward looking that All parties to the negotiations still very strongly believe that it serves their National Security interests a a senior nato official said. The treaty a most complicated part is also one of its most significant the nato official said. The intensive verification procedures a will turn every one of the 22 signature countries into a site of very frequent and intrusive inspections in a continuing process of openness that until quite recently would not have been possible or even imaginable a he said. The 280-Page treaty allows the Warsaw pact and nato to keep 20,000 Battle tanks each. It also limits each to 30,000 armoured combat vehicles 20,000 pieces of artillery 6,800 combat aircraft and 2,000 attack helicopters. A it Means that in the Atlantic to the ural zones 55,000 pieces of major armament will have to be de see cafe on Back Page the new treaty worked out by nato and Warsaw pact negotiators restricts the numbers of weapons that each _ Side May have Between the Atlantic Ocean and the ural mountains in the soviet Union. Battle tanks 20,000 armoured combat vehicles 30,000 pieces of artillery a 20,000 combat aircraft 6,800 attack helicopters 2,000 s4s Susan Harris