European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes saturday november 24,1990president s visit lifted some spirits in Gul Eastern saudi Arabia up desert weary . And British troops listening thursday to president Bush m saudi Arabia said their commander in chief boosted their morale. The message Bush delivered to the troops was not new that iraqi president Saddam Hussein a forces must leave occupied Kuwait because one conquered country a is one too  a the told us our objectives and Why we re Here and its All the stuff we be heard since the time we got Here a said air Force sgt. Kevin Dener deployed from Langley fab in Virginia. Dener said that despite the Lack of new information Bush a very presence gave soldiers a boost. Other soldiers who heard the president speak expressed similar opinions. A the did no to stay in the United states and he did. Rotate among the troops a said sgt. Linda Ramos. She said her air Force comrades were glad to see the president but still had concerns about the Lack of rotation which would have allowed certain units being replaced by a new unit to head Home after a Given stretch of time. Several people in various branches of the military echoed Ramos concern. A the thought of rotation kept us going for a while a said army sgt. Michael Joca of Decatur 111., who noted the rotation postponement announced recently by defense Secretary Dick Cheney was depressing to those passing time in operation desert shield. Bush visited army and Marine tactical divisions in the desert air Force service members and the amphibious assault ship Nassau. The president had two thanksgiving dinners one with the army a 197th inf brigade and another with the 1st Marine div and Britain a 7th army brigade the famed a desert  t he also participated in a prayer service aboard the ship some 12 Miles off the saudi coast in International Waters to avoid offending the Host nations strict guideline allowing Only moslem worship. For Many of the troops just the Chance to see the president was enough to make thanksgiving More tolerable under the blazing Sun and far from loved ones. A it was my first time and probably will be my last a said Burt Otte an air Force warehouse specialist from Newport news a. A it is not every Day you get to see the president a said sgt. Michael Sprague of White Sulphur Springs w.va., who fielded questions from Bush. He said Bush asked him a How it was going. I said it was going just  but some deployed in operation desert shield said it was not going just Fine and expressed disappointment that the president did not give them some sort of timetable for when they might see action. A a in a hate to see us come Here and not Complete our Job and see him Saddam win m the Long run a said Marine Lance Cpl. Brad Harris of Idaho Falls Idaho a a we be been stepped on too much in the last 10 years by Little countries. We should show them this is not a  others were critical of Bush for not giving Saddam an ultimatum and ending the wait in the Sands of saudi Arabia. A if we re going to do something lets do it so we can All get Home a said sgt Donald Englehardt a chef from fort Bragg n.c., who did not see the president because he was preparing Turkey dinners for the troops. A if we re going to War lets go to War. If we ainu to going to War lets go Back Home where we belong so we can be with our loved ones a he  doing More spying in Germany official says Berlin a the soviet Kab has stepped up its espionage activities in Germany still seeking technological political and defense information a spokesman for Germany a counterintelligence Agency said Friday. About 400 soviet spies Are working in former East Berlin according to one leading newspaper. While political leaders Hail a new Era of East West Friendship and the cold wars end soviet spies continue to search for German defense secrets and desperately needed technological know How. A a it a cheaper to use the help of a spy Agency to get the know How than to buy it a said Hans Gert Lange spokesman for the German counterintelligence Agency. Political information still is a favorite soviet target while a they Are also interested in the defense situation a Lange added. In years past communist East Germany employed up to 8,000 spies to keep tabs on West Germany and then passed on the information to their Warsaw pact ally. That smooth pipeline dried up after the peaceful revolution in East Germany a year ago led to the recent reunification with nato member West Germany. Lange is the spokesman for the constitutional Protection office the government Branch in charge of fighting foreign espionage agents. Lange said the a political upheaval that Shook East Germany made the Kremlin even More eager to get intelligence information. More soviet agents Are being slipped into Germany Lang a said although he did not know the number of Kab spies operating in the reunified nation. However the Berliner Morgen Post newspaper said that hundreds of soviet Kab spies Are working in Berlin but German authorities Are reluctant to arrest them because of the improved ties with the soviet  Page 1 late october however it incorporated results of a May 1990 Market Basket Survey. The Survey checks prices on and off base for goods and services such As supermarket items furniture clothing medical care Auto repair and transportation. Although the Survey was conducted in May when a Dollar was buying about 1.65 Marks the prices were converted to dollars using an Exchange rate of 1.48 Marks to a Dollar. State department officials also considered living patterns such As shopping habits to determine the Cost of living Index. Curtis said the May Survey reflected living patterns surveyed last year Ana did not reflect More shopping in on base facilities As a result of the weak Dollar. The new Cost of living Index for Frankfurt is 109, meaning Cost of living in Germany a financial capital exceeds Washington a by 9 percent. This is Down 4 Points from the previous Frankfurt Index of 113. Curtis said civilians can expect the Post allowance to go Back up if the Dollar averages 1.39 Marks or lower for three working Days before the first tuesday of each pay period. Currently the average Exchange rate being used y the state department is 1.45 Marks to a Dollar. German cities affected by the change Are Augsburg bad sibling bad Kreuz  Baum older Berchtesgaden Bremen Bremerhaven Darmstadt Flensburg Frankfurt Friedberg Garmisch Parten Kirchen Geilen Kirchen Sermersheim Giessen Grafen Wuhr Hanau Heidelberg Mannheim Heilbronn Kaiserslautern Karlsruhe Leipzig Miinster Munich Nimberg Oster Holz Shambeck and so gel. ., european Community adopt solidarity7 declaration Brussels Belgium up a the United states and the european Community on Friday adopted a sweeping trans Atlantic declaration pledging cooperation on Trade the Economy and the environment. A similar declaration was adopted thursday night Between Canada and the 12-nation dec. A trans Atlantic Solidarity has been essential for the preservation of peace and Freedom and for the devel Billy idol s Rock concert in Wurzburg cancelled Munich Germany a Billy idol fans in Wurzburg Germany will have to take a Back seat to his followers in Brussels tonight. The Wurzburg show was scrubbed so idol could play a Brussels concert that had to be cancelled last week because idol was suffering from an inflamed Cornea. A it is not possible to postpone the Wurzburg Date and the concert had to be stricken completely from the tour schedule a promoter Wolfgang Risager said. Wurzburg tickets can be used at idols concerts in Munich a Olympia Halle on dec. 2 or Mannheim a Mai mar Thalle on dec. 5. Special windows will be set up at these Halls where ticket holders can Trade in their tickets. Tickets also can be returned for refunds at the ticket outlets where they were purchased. Ozment of free and prosperous economies a says the ec-. Declaration. The dec and the United states agreed earlier this year to twice yearly meetings of their presidents in addition to regular ministerial meetings. Other areas covered by the declaration include human rights transportation policy telecommunications preventing terrorism and Money laundering and curtailing the spread of nuclear and biological weapons. Initially a single trans Atlantic declaration was planned encompassing dec relations with both the United states and Canada. Officials hoped the declarations could be adopted at the Summit in Paris of the 34-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe but the drafting was not completed. The declarations Are carefully worded on free Trade saying they a support further Steps toward liberalization transparency Ana the implementation of Gatt general agreement on tariffs and Trade principles concerning both Trade in goods and services and  the United states and the dec Are locked in a bitter Battle Over the current round of Gatt talks which is due to end in Brussels on dec. 7.  Officials say four years of Gatt negotiations will fail unless the dec agrees to substantially curtail agriculture subsidies. An dec official said that the dec and the two North american nations will hold separate biannual  Page 1 against Iraq. A we Haven to Given up on the peaceful solution at All. We have been very very patient. We be gone to the United nations for 10 separate resolutions and indeed there will be another Resolution a Bush said. But he added a i do feel we have the authority to do what we have to do. But we have tried very hard to work within the . Confines of the Security Council. And i have Confidence that we will be successful in the Security  he also defended his decision to meet with the Leader of Syria a country that the United states still considers to be supportive of terrorism. A a they re on the front line standing up against aggression a Bush said. He said he would work with countries that can enhance the Prospect of driving Iraq from Kuwait. For his part Mubarak said Syria which has sent about 5,000 troops to the military buildup confronting Iraq was a one of the gltcur65 a a 3nd we should not new i done to know if he Felt left out but he a a5, coalition partner a Bush added referring to Assad. Mubarak in opening remarks at a news conference stressed the importance of re Johnng the palestinian Issue. Bush reit us position offering to be a catalyst for peace but insisting that the dispute be resolved apart from the per is a i showdown. In particular Bush said i want to see a solution to the  of the West Bank a which Al seized from Jordan in the 1967 War. Bush is the first . President since Jimmy Carter in 1977 to meet with Assad. The United states has denounced Syria As a terrorist state and an oppressor of human rights. Bush said the meeting does not represent a turning Point in relations with Syria. A a we be still got big differences with Syria a Bush said. Secretary of state James Baker was frustrated on thursday in efforts to get Yemen the Only Arab nation on the 15-member . Security Council to support such a Resolution