European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday March 22, 1991 Brussels Belgium apr president Vaclav Hayel of Czechoslovakia noting that East european nations Are slipping into a Security vacuum urged nato on thursday to forge closer ties with the former communist regimes. Havel the first Leader of an East european country to make an official visit to nato urged the Western Alliance to one Day open its doors to the new Democrat Ticson the Eastern half of the european continent. A the West bears a tremendous responsibility a he told foreign ministers and other officials of the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization a it cannot be indifferent to what is happening in countries that a encouraged by Western democracies have shaken off totalitarian  / East european nations ruled by communists for four decades until late 1989, will not be Able to recover without massive foreign Aid. Yet Large amounts of assistance have been slow in coming he said. As a result he said a your countries Are dangerously sliding into a political economic and Security  a the old imposed political economic and Security ties have collapsed. Yet new ones Are developing slowly and with difficulty if at Alt a he said. At a news conference nato Secretary general Manfred Worner said the Alliance was not indifferent to the Security situation in Eastern Europe however he offered no Hope of immediate membership. In welcoming remarks Worner underscored the significance of Havers visit to nato for Many years an enemy of Czechoslovakia. A the hand of Friendship has been grasped a he said. He said Havel a dissident playwright who became his nations president in december. 1989, after mass protests swept communists from Power a perhaps More than any other living figure symbolizes the new beginning Quot in Eastern Europe. Nine foreign ministers including Hans Dietrich Genscher of Germany and Roland Dumas of France listened to the speech. . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii did not attend. Havel said he understood the Western Alliance could not now accept new members. But he said a an Alliance of countries United by the ideals of Freedom and democracy should not be forever closed to neighbouring countries that Are pursuing the same  nato officials have ruled out full membership or even associate status for East Europe s infant democracies. They argue that extending the Western Security czechoslovakian president Vaclav Havel right walks with nato Secretary general Manfred Worner. Umbrella would be unsettling for the soviet Union. The soviets in the midst of their own serious political turmoil have already lost influence with the dissolution of the Warsaw pact the once mighty East bloc military Alliance. Havel said the Kremlin s troubles were worrisome. A we immediate neighbors of the soviet Union can be hit by the Impact of disruption of the Economy and social frustration there harder than anyone else a he said. A a \ ���.�?��. A a. He said however that the soviet Union should not be isolated from Europe and should be part of building a future Security Structure for the continent. Havel said Eastern Europe a transition to full democracies with Wester style Market economics would take longer than expected. A the democracies established there Are very fragile and can be easily Hurt As everything in them is undergoing a fundamental transformation Quot he said. At a july Summit in London nato1 invited soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and other East european Heads of state to address the Alliance. List of former Stasi workers a Berlin up a a German weekly die Andere published the names wednesday of 2,000 former top employees of East Germany a state Security police. Known As the Stasi they spied on citizens of the sex stalinist state. A we want to make it possible for the armchair culprits to be brought to Justice a said die Andere publisher Klaus Wolfram. Bonn officials have refused to publish the names fearing that citizens May be tempted to take Justice into their own hands. Die Andere said the list was taken from stasis payroll. On top is sex Stasi chief Erich Mielke 83, who reportedly earned about 550.000 yearly. He is imprisoned in Berlin awaiting trial. The weekly said it plans to publish t he Nam is of a 11-s t As i o of incr s who earned More than 30,000 East German Marks about $19,000 annually. The Stasi disbanded in late 1989. It had More than 85,000 full time employees and an estimated 500.000 part time informers. Officials Greet inquiry cautiously citing reluctance to by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a nato officials greeted czechoslovakian president Vaclav Havel with a firm handshake thursday but kept a wary Eye toward soviet reaction to the event. Havel As the first head of a former Warsaw pact state to visit nato acknowledged in a speech to Alliance foreign ministers that a for a number of different reasons our country cannot become a regular member of nato for the time being a nato officials acknowledged that a pan european Security system is still evolving and that they have Little Mancu vering room at the moment. One of the main reasons the Alliance can ofter no formal membership or Security guarantee is that natos policy toward Eastern Europe seeks to avoid Iso lating he soviets. A we Are not closing the door a said belgian foreign minister Mark Eyskens. A but we say that their Security has to be put in the context of a formula which should not cause unnecessary provocation or misunderstanding with the soviet Union. The margin is at the moment very narrow a Eyskens said. Another senior nato official said wednesday a the worst thing we can do is to drive the soviet Union out of Europe to push it Oyer the rim of Europe so to speak. So membership or even associate membership Are not topics of current discussion.�?�. In fact nato officials wanted soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev to be the first Warsaw pact head of state to visit nato. One of the first Steps taken at the London nato Summit last july was to extend a personal invitation to the soviet Leader to visit nato Headquarters. In other words we have made this offer in particular to the soviet Union As needless to say the major former adversary a said a nato Diplomat. A the Hope was that he Gorbachev would be the first to  Havel whose country Borders the soviet Union said in his remarks that he also had no a wish to isolate the soviet Union from Europe and to move the Iron curtain to its  but during his speech Havel also expressed concern that economic and civil unrest in the soviet Union could spill Over into Czechoslovakia a we the immediate neighbors of the soviet Union can be hit by the Impact of disruption of the Economy. And social frustrations there Are harder than anywhere else As we Are still economically dependent on the user and ill prepared for contingencies such As massive migration or possible discontinuation of the Supply of essential sources of  but he stopped Short of criticizing the alliances a no membership policy toward Eastern Europe. Instead he said the political cooperation with the Alliance that would be strengthened and deepened Over time a by itself constitutes a sort of guarantee or at least a political signal which Means something and which guarantees something a Havel said. Just How far and deep relations Between nato and Eastern Europe will go without alienating the soviets soon May be tested on several other fronts including arms exports. A a senior nato  wednes Day that Eastern european countries had expressed interest in diversifying their weapons purchases. The bulk of the weaponry now comes from the soviet Union. But the official said that nato was approaching the Issue cautiously. He added that Only a exploratory talks had Ihus far taken place