European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes Friday april 12, 1991 Moscow up a former foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze said wednesday he resisted pressure by hard liners to use military Force to Stop German  a v v .7 a a Quot some of our opponents suggested putting divisions or even starting the tank engines to prevent the germans. That would have been putting the country on the Brink of War and i would even say world War 111,�?� he told the weekly Litera Turnay Gazita newspaper. Shevardnadze who resigned dec.,20 after five years As foreign minister in the face of a conservative backlash indicated that his reasoned approach let reunification proceed unmolested. A Quot any forceful resistance with participation of the troops would have been extremely risky in Central Europe with its concentration of weapons and military forces a he said. The revelation shocked the interviewer Fyodor Bur Latsky a respected journalist and former close foreign policy aide of Nikita Khrushchev who went through the cuban missile crisis of 1961 with the late soviet Leader. Quot this is a very serious pronouncement a Burlatskiy said. A i hear it for the first  a 7 Shevardnadze agreed Quot i have never made this announcement before but believe me it was caused by serious analysis and backed up by solid  Shevard Nazca a wife Nikuli said in a separate interview in Ogonek Magazine that her husband believed there was a plot against him by highly placed conservatives to make him the Scapegoat for German Unity. A the was proud and he quit a she said. A the could not understand Why he should be criticized for a just  in his firc and Brimstone resignation speech on dec. 20, Shevardnadze mocked his detractors As a impudent boys in colonels  earlier during the diplomatic buildup to German Unity Shevardnadze revealed that his brother had died during the nazi invasion of the soviet Union on june 22, 1941, the first Day of world War ii for the soviet Union. Shevardnadze a wife said her husband wanted to resign after the Tbilisi massacre two years ago in his native Georgia when soviet troops used Poison Gas and entrenching tools to disperse a peaceful Independence rally in the georgian capital leaving 21 people dead. Quot but i convinced him not to resign then a she said. Shevardnadze said conservatives seized on foreign policy As an excuse to strangle the democratic multiparty Experiment at Home a attacks on International policy was not the reason for my resignation a he said. Quot for me it is a symptom of the consolidation of reactionary forces which Are striving of abandon the values of human rights and substitute them for the ideas of class struggle. A an unrepentant Shevardnadze who now Heads an Independent foreign policy think tank also said he feels justified in quitting to warn the nation of a looming dictatorship. Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev who raised him from obscurity to foreign policy chief in 1985, himself warned of the dangers of dictatorship recently in comments about the Coal miners strike now in its second month Shevardnadze said. Shevardnadze said he believes that another massacre in the lithuanian capital of Vilnius on Jan. 13 might have been even More deadly than its 14 victims if he had not chosen to warn the w orld by quitting a my decision to resign was Correct a he said. A i do not regret it. It was not in vain. The events in january might have been  end of the Road in a symbolic Funtal act workers from the Awe car factory in Eise apr Germany decorate a Wartburg the last of its kind to Roll off the Assembly line. The Wartburg was sold in nearly All of the East bloc states before the fall of the Iron curtain. When the Awe factory closes about 50,000 workers will lose their jobs. Agreement to open world Wannee Villa to become to Loca ust memory a i from wire reports Berlin a a half Century after nazi leaders set out to annihilate Europe a jews Germany will create a holocaust memorial in the secluded Villa where the murderous plan was devised. For Many people the wan see Villa is a Symbol to it of the genocide that scarred Europe under the direction of Adolf Hitler and his followers. The sprawling House in one of berlins prettiest neighbourhoods was the site of a solemn ceremony held last May by the world jewish Congress. �?����.7 7 7- 7 a 7.7 7-,. "v/7 a for years officials have debated what to do with the mansion which was used for a time after world War ii for Berlin school outings. The City government on tuesday approved a plan to turn the House into a memorial with exhibitions seminars and films about the horrors of the  Stop Jat flights Belgrade Yugoslavia at airlines Yugoslavia a National Carrier thursday cancelled All of its Domestic and International flights original ing in the country As about 1,000 workers went on strike demanding the resignation of the company a general manager and his Deputy a strike committee official said. A we Are asking for the resignation of the Gen Cral manager and his aide because Jat is near an economic collapse. The managers have not done anything to pull us out of the crisis. We blame them for mismanagement a said the official. A a Lufthansa to buy planes Hamburg Germany a Lufthansa airline announced wednesday it will buy 60 new air planes this year for about $2 billion increasing its Fleet to More than 200 jets for the first  chairman Juergen Weber said Lufthansa will acquire five Boeing 747-400 jets 34 Boeing 737 planes and 12 Airbus a320s to rejuvenate and increase its Fleet. 7 7 he said Lufthansa will spend about 3 billion German Marks $2 billion for the new planes but will earn about 1 billion Marks $665 million in the Sale of 30 older , Marcos files suit Manila Philippines a seeking to return from exile Imelda Marcos on wednesday filed a $3.57 million lawsuit against the foreign Secretary and two other officials for refusing to Issue her a passport. .7 mrs Marcos widow of the late president Ferdinand Marcos claimed foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus blocked her. Constitutional right to travel. She said Mang Lapus violated the country a anti graft Law by causing her a unnecessary injury Quot in denying her a passport. Lawyers for mrs. Marcos filed a complaint before the government ombudsman. The lawsuit also named solicitor general Francisco Chavez and David Castro chairman of the presidential commission on Good government. Earlier this year mrs. Marcos said she was considering running for president of the Philippines in 1992. The Marc oses fled to Hawaii in 1986 after a revolt toppled Marcos 20-year Rule. Marcos died in Hawaii in september 1989. In Minsk . A leaders of a strike in the byelorussian capital of Minsk voted. Thursday to end their walkout by some 2 h ,000 workers after Republic leaders agreed to discuss the economic and political demands. Workers on the second shift in several Minsk area factories were reporting for work As usual thursday afternoon strike leaders said. The first shift workers had walked off the Job in the morning follow ing wednesday s Daylong strike at scores of factories and plants. The strike triggered by Steep Price increases  effect nationwide april 2, was called to demand higher pay and sweeping changes in the Republic and National governments. Strike Leader Georgi Mukhin said the agreement to suspend the strike was reached with byelorussian vice president Stanislav Shushkevich and the first Dep Uty prime minister Vladislav Filuta Mukhin said All of the strike committees economic and political demands remained open for negotiation. A the main Victory for us is that the people now understand that they cannot live in the old Way any longer Quot Mukhin told 1 he associated press Mukhin said the agreement brought dignity and respect to the workers so that byelorussian could live a not like Ani Mals but like human  after word of the agreement was reached thousands of protesters who Hud gathered in Central Lenin Square approved it with a show of hands strike leaders said the Square then began emptying. The Square was the scene of a mass rally on wednesday when tens of thousands of people streamed out of their workplaces and joined a strike for higher wages following the Price increases