European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes Friday april 19, 1991 Tokyo a Quot soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev budged on a territorial dispute that has Long soured relations with Japan but fell far Short thursday of making the concessions needed to win major japanese Aid for the faltering soviet Economy. Gorbachev and prime minister Toshiki Kaifu met for More than an hour and a half late thursday to work out final details of a joint statement capping Gorbachev a four Day visit the first by a soviet Leader to Japan. The two leaders then moved to another room of the Rococo style state guest House in Central Tokyo to sign the joint communique As. Well As 15 documents on topics ranging from japanese technical assistance Lor restructuring of the soviet Economy to Aid for victims of the chernobyl nuclear  Gorbachev strip which began tuesday it has been Clear that he and Kaifu could not reach a comprehend Sivc settlement on ownership of four tiny islands off Northern Japan. Talks on the joint statement focused on the dispute Over the Kuril islands seized by the red  in the closing Days of world War ii but still claimed by  japanese have withheld massive economic Aid to the soviet Union be Japan cause of the territorial dispute. At the insistence of Japan the joint communique referred to an unfulfilled 1956 agreement under which the soviets promised to hand Over the two smallest , the communique did not commit Moscow to handing the two islands Back. It did however commit the two nations to working harder toward agreeing on a peace treaty formally ending the world War ii hostilities. Such a treaty would include a settlement of the territorial dispute Moscow also proposed allowing Japa nose to visit the disputed islands without visas arid reducing the soviet military presence there estimated at 11,000 soldiers. It a. A a a in addition the communique said the two countries agreed to a promote Mutual relations in Trade and other economic areas but did not specify How much Aid the soviets would receive from Japan the worlds no. 2 economic Power. A the occasion is a great pleasure for me a Kaifu said after the signing ceremony. A a we la do our Best to improve Mutual relations based on the joint communique and the other  a the joint communique was hammered out at a late night Summit the third meeting Between Gorbachev and Kaifu that Day and their sixth during the soviet leaders visit. The frantic Lase minute diplomacy forced Gorbachev to delay or cancel Many of his scheduled activities and left his planned trip Friday to the ancient capital of Kyoto in doubt. Tokyo has Long demanded that Moscow agree to hand Back All four islands before a peace treaty officially ending world War la hostilities can be signed or substantial Aid can be offered to boost the ailing soviet Economy. Japanese Media earlier reported that Tokyo might provide up to $28 billion in Aid if Moscow returned the islands. But for lesser concessions the soviets could receive Loans to help them repay about $450 million in debts to japanese companies. Japan might also provide guarantees for Trade with the soviets according to Media reports. Earlier thursday a senior foreign ministry source requesting anonymity said Japan demanded that the soviet Union at least agree to negotiate the future of All four islands or face the collapse of the Summit. A this is the one and final offer. If the soviet Side does no to like it that a the end sea of okhotsk 200 Mas Kuril islands Northern territories of the talks but i done to think the soviet Union can afford to make this Lego Tia Tion a failure a said the senior source apparently referring to Moscow a desperate need for japanese financial Aid. Gorbachev is tinder intense pressure Back Home not to give up any of the motherland. His political rival russian federation Leader Boris Yeltsin has warned that no Deal can be made on the islands without his republics  from Page 1 Sci cd at silo i necessary personnel arc airlifted to the refugee groups according to a news release. A there  provide needed supplies while educating the refugees on How to provide for themselves nutritionally me d Cully a n d a n i t a Rily  t i i to Mora by refugee Camps can be established in Northern Iraq a the news release said. The goals of the assessment operation Are to expand the Relief efforts currently under Way and to provide information for . Military personnel to set up temporary Camps in Northern Iraq where Relief supplies can safely and efficiently be made available in Large quantities. Getting supplies to the refugees has been made difficult by their location High in rugged mountains where they fled to escape forces Loyal to iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Lack of Safe drinking water forced fens of thousands of kurd to climb to the snowline where they could get Snow to melt for drinking cooking and washing. Much of the area where the kurd Are is above the Timber line. Jagged peaks top 11,000 feet and Many a of the kurd huddle at 6,000 feet and 7,000 feet above sea level temperatures plummet Well below freezing at night. The terrain is Rocky and Barren. \ a there is no Wood to Burn. A a assessment teams Are equipped with Small  for self defense should the need arise a the news release stated. Operation provide Comfort was preparing to move Friday from phase one providing immediate Relief into phase two a sustained Relief Effort. Intermediate support bases and air sea Orts of debarkation have been established and the . Government is contracting for truck transport and for bulk food supplies. Several truck convoys have already left in Ciurlik on Supply treks expected to last at least 24 hours each Way. Most of the trucks Are headed for silo i. Plans Call for a tent City to eventually House As Many As 200,000 refugees at silo i where a Large prepared site already exists for pilgrims on their Way to Mecca. The first group of 20,000 refugees is being bused and trucked there this week from the Steep Mountain slopes around Isik Ocren Turkey where conditions Are among the worst. The site at silo i was used in 1988 to Harbor fleeing kurd arid again last year when bangladeshi and vietnamese workers fleeing Iraq stayed there before going Monte. A a a a. A the first phase of provide Comfort started april 7 with Airdrop of emergency Relief supplies. Food and water As Well As Coats tents and blankets have been dropped by air Force c-l30s. Army Navy and Marine helicopters joined the Effort this week. . It. Gen. John m. Shalikashvil Deputy commander of . Army Europe and 7th  arrived in Turkey on wednesday to take charge of the . European Cornde a Relief Effort. The airlifts Are being conducted mostly from in Ciurlik a Diyarbakir and silo i As Well As from three ships of the Mediterranean amphibious readiness group 1-91, anchored at Iskenderun Turkey. In Ciurlik which was used to carry out air assaults against Iraq during operation desert storm is usually Home to 2,000 military  in Vienna Austria Iraq handed Over a letter to the International atomic Energy Agency on thursday in connection with the . Resolution ending the Gulf War that demanded Baghdad give details of its Cache of nuclear material an Iaea spokesman said. Iraqis permanent Mission to the International atomic Energy. Agency handed key Sites in the provide Comfort Effort Turkey k . Ift an a. Diyarbakir a Ciurlik As Iskenderun Quot Quot r a. Cyprus Mediterranean sea Syria j Iraq Lebanon a. A -.j0rdar4 i 1v-�?�/-v 400 Miles is feel . Ujj. Of pm a in Ciurlik a and Diyarbakir Sites from where Airdrop efforts Are being launched. # Iskenderun port to which supplies Are being delivered. Aps amps Over the letter around 9 . Get less than 24 hours before the u. N. Deadline expired said Iaea spokesman Hans Friedrich . The associated press contributed to this report. A Bill from Page 1 \ american railroads said that As of about 8 ., 95. Percent of the nations picket lines were disbanded. A the strike is Over a Lang said. The Law establishes a new emergency Board to re solve the remaining disputes and impose a settlement songwriter who wrote Happy Days is dead springv1lle, , up Jack Yellen who was one of the nations most successful song lyricists with such songs As a Happy Days Are Here again a died wednesday at his Home outside of Buffalo. Yellen 98. Over four decades provided the words for More than 130 popular songs including a will he seeing you a a brain or Shine and Quot a ainu to she  in 1929 Yellen and the late Milton Ager combined to write a Happy Days Are Here  in 65 Days. The legislation was approved late wednesday under special parliamentary procedures in  lawmaker had called the Bill a a second Chance Quot at challenging recommendations of an earlier presidential emergency Board. Union leaders con planned those  would Lead to More than 20,000 Job losses. A. A. A a. The Law puts into effect a 3-percent pay increase in july another 4 percent in 1994, various Lump sum payments and a requirement that rail workers Start contributing to their health care insurance costs. Both the unions and the railroads will have to accept whatever the new panel recommends if they cannot agree among themselves. Unions cannot resort to another strike and railroads cannot engage in a lockout. During the 65 Days the emergency Board has to Craft a new settlement neither Side can change the working conditions of members of the eight unions that put up picket lines wednesday new contracts involving three other unions that earlier reached agreement with the companies will be allowed to go into effect. The government intervened after unions and freight carriers were unable to reach a new contract despite three  negotiating. A a we re Happy that the thing is resolved and we can get our people Back to work a said Paul Thompson vice president of the United transportation Union. The. Walkout was the nations first coast to coast rail strike in nearly a decade. Amtrak spokeswoman Renee Banks in Washington said Early thursday that passenger schedules should be Back to Normal within a Day. _ Steve Fitzgerald spokesman for the 30,000-Membei  of locomotive engineers said the Union was disappointed that a management manipulated Congress to  Vii corps group returns from duty in Gulf Sturr Gart Germany a amps a an Advance party of the Vii corps he landed wednesday afternoon m Stuttgart As part of a group of 440 soldiers returning from duty in the persian Gulf. The group also included an Advance party of the 2nd corps spokesman Gunther Icnatz. He. Vii corps party headed by corps Deputy chief of staff cot. Edwin w. Simpson will be responsible Tor preparing for the arrival of other Vii corps troops and Headquarters personnel