European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dec. 10 is the Christmas mailing deadline for letters and cards to the states the Simand amp of Fries authorized unofficial publication Fob Thi . Armed forces. Good morning vol. 49, no. 236 thursday december 6, 1990a a 25< daily and sunday d 8693 Iraq agrees to talk with .Bush says he won t negotiate Over . Terms Washington apr Iraq has accepted president Bush a offer to Nola talks on the persian Gulf crisis the state department said wednesday. A we Are engaged with them on dates and arrangements for the two meetings a the department said. Bush had proposed that iraqi president Saddam Hussein Send his foreign minister Tariq Aziz to Washington. Then Bush said in making the offer last Friday Secretary of state James Baker would go to Iraq. In Buenos Aires Argentina wednesday Bush said any talks would be mandated by in. Security Council resolutions that have been adopted since the crisis began. A a a a a that Means no Concession of territory. That Means Freedom of innocent people that Are held against their Willand that Means the eventual Security and stability of the Gulf although that a not specified by the Resolution a Bush said. His comments came before the state department announced that Iraq had accepted the offer to hold talks. Earlier wednesday Baker told the Senate foreign relations committee that he would not negotiate with Saddam Hussein on the trip and added a new warning a if Force must be used it will be used suddenly massively and  bakery a appearance came As lawmakers stepped up demands for a role in any decision to attack iraqi troops. Many on Capitol Hill have also been pressing _ see Bush on Back Page sch Sun Sand and Santa chief warrant officer 2 Randall auder made the tape tuesday at the desert son is dressed up a or rather dressed world recreation Center in saudi Ara Down a to tape a Holiday greeting for Bia his wife sent him the Santa outfit folks Back Home in Swainsboro a he fit for the Sands see Story Page 3 on 3 supervisors of stealth Washington a the Navy said tuesday it is forcing out the three top overseers of its classified a-12 stealth aircraft program including two admirals for their failure to disclose serious flaws in the aircraft a development. The extraordinary action by Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii was announced by the service As the Pentagon released an internal Navy report that outlined a startling breakdown in government and Navy supervision of the 6-year-old tactical aircraft program. R the a-12 Avenger is the Navy Stop aircraft priority. The Carrier based plane is scheduled to begin replacing the Navy a aging Fleet of a-6 intruder attack planes in 1995 and to serve As a mainstay Well into the next Century. Controversy Over the planets development now More than a year behind schedule and at least 20 percent Over the planned $4.7 billion Cost heated up in Une when the contractors general dynamics and Mcdonnell Douglas told the Navy they could not produce the first plane on time. They also said that costs were escalating and that certain performance standards for the aircraft could not be met. A a a just a few weeks earlier defense Secretary Dick Cheney had announced after a High level review of the a-12 program that the project was fully on track. In a memo to Cheney dated nov. 29, Garrett wrote that the Navy a a-12 program supervisors failed to make Clear to top Navy and Pentagon leadership that the aircraft a development was faring much worse than the contractor claimed. Garrett told Cheney he was forcing vice adm. Richard c. G Entz commander of naval air systems come to retire by feb. 1. He also said he was reassigning the program executive officer for tactical aircraft programs rear adm John f. Calvert and the a-12 program manager capt. Lawrence a Elberfeld. Calvert and Elberfeld also received letters of censure from the Navy Secretary although Garrett said he would not Stop a Elberfeld a scheduled promotion to rear Admiral. Attempts to reach the three officers were unsuccessful. Calls to Gentzy a office were not answered an aide in Elberfeld a office said he was out of town and could not be reached and an aide to Calvert said his Boss would not comment. A statement issued in Cheney a name tuesday said he was troubled by the conclusions of a separate a-12 investigation by the Pentagon s inspector general Cheney ordered Deputy defense Secretary see stealth on Back Page by John a Broder los Angeles times Washington a an increasing number of . Officers fear that the huge mobilization for operation desert shield has created an unstoppable momentum toward a bloody and perhaps unnecessary War. More than a score of interviews with senior and mid level officers Many of them directly involved in the operation also reveal widespread unease Over the Ever shifting rationales cited for it. The officers consented to be interviewed on condition that they not be identified some of their4fears were Given voice last week by two former chairmen of the joint chiefs of staff a retired adm William l Crowejr and retired air Force Gen i it avid it Jones. They testified before Congress that the Bush administration appeared to be Rushing into conflict without giving economic sanctions time to work. The current chairman Gen. Colin Powell bitterly dismissed the sex chairmen a complaints As the carping but their concerns Are shared by Many current Raili see officers on Beck Hagemo Kozme