European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The so Mab amp a ripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 218 sunday november 18,1990 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a Baker turns Down saving idea by the associated press Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii on Friday reflected a soviet envoys suggestion that a solution to the i persian Gulf crisis be linked to the problem of israelis occupation of land claimed by palestinians. Baker said there could be no rewards for aggression and no partial solution to the Gulf crisis. He spoke in Brussels Belgium on the first leg of a 12-Day foreign trip that will include talks on the Gulf crisis. At the United nations diplomats said Baker was trying to persuade Security Council foreign ministers to come to new York to adopt a Resolution authorizing Force to drive Iraq from Kuwait. President Bush left Friday to join Baker for further talks with . Allies then spend thanksgiving with . Troops in saudi Arabia. It would be the first presidential visit to front line troops since the Vietnam War. Despite the Bush administrations growing impatience with Saddam Hussein there have been increasing Calls to avoid Rushing into War. Egypt the soviet envoy and . Congressmen All urged on thursday that More time be allowed for the Trade sanctions against Iraq to work. Oil prices fell below $30 a barrel on the new York mercantile Exchange on Friday As traders decided that the outbreak of War could take some time. The Market was off $1.87 at $29.25 a barrel. Meanwhile a news blackout remained in effect on the second Day of the imminent Thunder military exercise in Eastern saudi Arabia. The. Six Day exercise includes a mock . Marine amphibious invasion with air cover and close air an germ warfare Trade sanctions vetoed by Bush by the Washington Post Washington a president Bush has vetoed by refusing to sign legislation imposing mandatory Trade sanctions on nations that use chemical weapons or companies that Aid devel in ent of Poison Gas and germ warfare the White House announced Friday night. The legislation which was aimed partly at containing the Sale of chemical weapons technology to Iraq and other nations in the Middle East would severely constrain presidential authority m carrying out foreign policy a Bush said in a written statement explaining the pocket veto. A the major flaw. Is hot the requirement of sanctions but the rigid Way in which they Are imposed Bush said of the Bill a provisions require out one year prohibition of . Trade with those companies that Aid the spread of such j weapons. He said taking such a unilateral step Vav t a . Economic interests and provoke Friendly countries who Are essential to our Ett Orts to resist iraqi  seventy nine senators and 59 members of the Quot ouse of representatives had urged Bush not to veto the legislation citing the need to Demon Al a added . Resolve on the Issue. The de a a St department had also supported the Bill which expanded the Agency a authority to review see Bush on Back Page naval support of ground forces although no live ammunition was being used. Defense analysts said the 1,100 combat aircraft taking part were a reminder to Iraq that the allies have double its air Power. A that must be a very sobering thought for president Saddam Hussein a said Paul Beaver publisher of Jane a defense weekly. On thursday the soviet unions top Middle East envoy Yevgeny Primakow said the world should do everything possible to persuade Saddam to withdraw from Kuwait a including agreeing to talks on the palestinian question. He said some sort of a face savings reason should be Given for Iraq to leave Kuwait. Baker said Friday however that Washington and Moscow have forged a common position on the crisis. He said they agreed that a we should not link this Gulf Issue with other  Primakow might have been speaking for himself and not for the soviet government Baker suggested. Saddam has said he might withdraw from Kuwait if Israel pulled out of the West Bank and the Gaza strip seized in the 1967 Middle East War. But the United states and its allies have said Iraq must withdraw unconditionally. Baker also said the Bush administration was consulting with its allies on whether to seek a . Resolution authorizing the use of military Force against Iraq if peaceful Means fail. A it is the View of the United states that Force As an see Baker on Back Page a shoots amps Effie Bathen 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 preparation for overseas movement site at William o. Darby Cavern Firth Germany. Military manpower talks set to augment cafe treaty 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 world is 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 it rests 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 limit see treaty 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 20,000 combat aircraft 6,800 attack helicopters. 2,000 a amps Susan Harris