European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                =3 Gulf related stories and photos pages 2, 3 and 28 tace St Wjk ipes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good Moran vol. 49, no. 228 wednesday november 28, 1990 2 and sunday a 8693 a Britain s major wins it All Thatcher s Choice inherits posts of tory Leader prime minister Don apr John major who was endorsed by v it Silhi London apr John major who was endorsed by prime minister Margaret Thatcher As her successor was elected tuesday As Leader of the conservative party and will become prime minister. Major fell two votes Short of the necessary majority but his opponents immediately conceded defeat and conservative party officials declared him elected. Major 47, is the fast rising British Leader of the 20th Century and the youngest to be elected prime minister since the 19th Century. He won 185 votes two fewer than required. Former defense Secretary Michael Heseltine had 131 votes and foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd had 56 votes. Thatcher intended to submit her resignation to Queen Elizabeth ii at Buckingham Palace once a new Leader was elected. Major would then be called to be confirmed As prime minister and first lord of the Treasury. Major was elected to parliament in 1979, was appointed foreign Secretary and then Chancellor of the exchequer last year. He moved up quickly in a five Day Campaign for the leadership after Thatcher announced last thursday that she would resign rather than continue a leadership fight it pm Kef Heseltine Hurd against Heseltine. A by the weekend opinion polls showed that major was nearly As highly regarded by the Public As was Heseltine who has been prominent for a decade. Major attracted support from prominent figures on the right Wing of the conservative party though his see Britain on Back Page Chancellor of the exchequer John major just before the conservative party leadership vote. . Gets support for anti Iraq Resolution United nations a the United states has won the backing of the soviet Union China Britain and France for a . Resolution threatening to use a fall necessary Means to drive Iraq from Kuwait if it does not leave by january. At the urgent request of Kuwait the Security Council was meeting tuesday to hear accusations of iraqi terror torture imprisonment and summary executions in the emirate. Some kuwaiti refugees were to Tell the Council their stories. Meanwhile 18 foreigners arrived in the jordanian capital tuesday after being freed by iraqi officials. The freed foreigners comprise three americans 10 britons and five germans. The americans were released after their relatives went to Baghdad to plead for their Freedom. They Are John Steven son of Panama City Fla. Fred Harrington of Bellevue Wash. And Clyde Jesse of Buffalo Grove 111. _ but the focus was on Security Council action anticipated later in the week. With mondays agreement on the use of Force measure among the five permanent members the Broad coalition the United states has mustered against Saddam Hussein crossed a crucial threshold. There had been speculation the soviets and chinese might abstain on the Resolution which the 15-member Council is expected to take up thursday. Secretary of state James Baker has travelled the Globe for weeks seeking support from Security Council members for the use of Force Resolution. Soviet ambassador Yuli Vorontsov said monday he was a enthusiastic about the new measure. The Security Council has already passed 10 resolutions condemning iraqis aug. 2 seizure of Kuwait and imposing Trade sanctions. This May be the last Resolution on the persian Gulf crisis Vorontsov said a because we All Hope that after this a peaceful settlement will be  King fahd of saudi Arabia where most of the multinational Force is deployed has appealed to Saddam to a let reason prevail and withdraw unconditionally from Kuwait. A we do not want to see a tragedy befall Iraq a the saudi Monarch said. Saudi arabians foreign minister Prince Saud Al Faisal arrived in Moscow on tuesday for talks with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and the soviet foreign minister the official Tass news Agency reported. Gorbachev met with iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz in the Kremlin on monday after telling lawmakers the Alliance against Iraq would not be broken and said aggression should be  another soviet official foreign ministry spokesman Vitaly Churkin accused Iraq of preventing hundreds of soviet citizens from leaving Iraq. It was the first time Moscow had charged that Baghdad was keeping its citizens against their will. Under the draft . Resolution Iraq would have to release All foreign hostages withdraw its troops and restore Kuwait a government by Jan. 1 or Jan. 15. The Security Council members have not yet fixed a Date and the draft contains both dates As options. Meeting in basement reshaped military s role by John m. Broder los Angeles times the two most powerful men in the american military sat across from each other in the basement War room deep inside the heavily guarded saudi arabian ministry of defense compound in Riyadh. Around the room were maps showing the detailed disposition of the hundreds of thousands of ., Allied and enemy troops thousands of tanks and hundreds of aircraft in the Region. Key strategic targets a airfields missile launchers Oil installations weapons plants command centers a were highlighted on another set of charts. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff following established protocol spoke first. A the president and the Secretary believe that we need additional assets in the Region said Gen. Cohn l. Powell. Aides who attended the oct. 23 meeting said Powell did not need to explain How president Bush and Secretary of defense Dick Cheney had reached that conclusion. Satellite and aircraft reconnaissance showed that Iraq had tripled its forces in Kuwait and Southern Iraq and dug them deep into reinforced earthen bunkers. The . Embargo was having a frustratingly slow Impact on iraqi militant capabilities and no apparent effect on iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein a intention to keep his Rich prize on the persian Gulf. Bush was losing patience. A what do you need Norm a Powell asked. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf the . Commander in chief in the Middle East responded quickly a a what a the Mission sir a a the president Hasni to decided what he is going to do but be wants the forces in place to pursue All options a including a full bore land sea and air assault on the 430,000-Man iraqi army in and near Kuwait and a drive toward Baghdad Iraq Powell said. A then ill need More a lot More a said Schwarzkopf who already commanded the largest expeditionary Force that the United states had assembled since a Day a 240,000 soldiers sailors airmen and marines. He ran Down his wish list a full armoured corps a More than two divisions and 1,000 tanks with All continued on Page 3