European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday Way 27, 1991 the stars and stripes \ b. Page 17money matters i i. F w mar or to. A Fin and Arcell Var Tiri Tiu Ici mtr 1 n ii into a it i a inter a it or it Omri. Him. O mro Orn Terr Rater die nor up non. A Vona Iier i thru Vii Ink Are term run a it i Renier. Gift it uni r evil re Quot it Ecer . Vim inn Kerr trim refer i vain numans it lie car Ivair Vitam Tva to tvs a of or rare pm a crier. Ltd co it a. Men a or he x Tolar it Uher e Pirr a Art n lax to he unjust Urril or her it Ramaer. N Cri cum. >.i,- 0 a Tern so i a a v tit i -,&.�?it to Jama i a "1 a us she. A is tsp a Iutuk. -z6 �?T"5c. 2 0 a Sci a. Sis of 1�?T Csc .��,34. Quot a a or be fews. if Job. Tio j Ujj Solh Jasaa i nor a a i4_ 7 Bxs Hixi i amp a. 4e i Sirmai Ushii Irner. 5 a i a / a Ltd Torii Tom it a f a to Nix. Iao Turere Ira Iiah. rate a i. A a it to Eccl to it tick Uci of tracer. Vici san Brtva it a a i l a it it amp il1ju4?y r Tiu. 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Ait Force officials said the notice was used Iti late March after the service became concerned that the Douglas unit Long Beach was not putting sufficient Effort into solving the problems. Force officials and Douglas spokesmen said the 75 defects do not represent major technical problems that would Iti realer the 531 billion program. But the full extent of some problems is still under study including analysis of whether the Airframe will Wear out prematurely. A we weren t seeing enough activity these areas and we did no to want them to be last minute col. Charles Siefert the Deputy program manager said interview. A a we have had our fill of Siefert said the letter reflects air a Force concern that Douglas was putting its full Energy into achieving the first flight of the 17 a which the company Las scheduled for june a but was less attentive to other aspects that would be More important the Long run. There were Manv other items that needed to be addressed. We put it All to gather and dropped them a he said the list was accompanied by a cover letter that demanded a corrective action plan 45 Days a period that expires mid june. The air Force w hich plans to buy 121 of the four engine cargo jets told Douglas a this letter is issued with the understand ing that it will not result increase funding allotted to the contract or a change to Price schedule or any other contractually specified the program is already significantly behind schedule and estimated $500 million Over its contract ceiling Douglas spokesman James Ramsey downplayed the letter saying that the defects Are All minor and that Many have already been corrected. But Ramsey declined to discuss the specific defects or identify which had been fixed. Ramsey said the company has responded to the demand for a corrective action plan but he declined to describe the response. A none of the items mentioned affect the Cost safety or performance or would Impact our ability to safely achieve first flight a Ramsey said. The list of problems includes1 the notation that the 17s cockpit a does not present acceptable habitable Compart Nicot for crash conditions. All risks with this hazardous condition have nor been reduced to acceptable separately it was Learned Friday that Douglas agreed to provide a $14 million rebate to the air Force the first six 17s because the aircraft will fail to meet its required Range. The cargo Jet for instance. Cannot Fly 2,400 nautical Miles with 167,027 pounds of payload. That deficiency along with four others will be resolved the next 17 production contract Siefert said. The Page list of deficiencies touches almost every aspect of the cd 7. A the 17 s main Landing gear a does not meet ultimate Load strength the list said. A the Airframe of the first aircraft designated to a docs not meet the two lifetime design Siefert said the air f orce is still studying whether subsequent planes will also fail to meet the airframes must withstand double the specified 30,000 hours of living . Such a a double Liley requirements arc typical the aircraft Industry. A air f orce officials expressed concern about the 17�?Ts ability to land winds that blow perpendicular to the Landing path of the aircraft. 50,000 a Washington a the soviet unions biggest Republic is paying a Washington lobbyist $50,000 a month to Mieir Snag the Western Aid it wants to re Snape its Economy. Eirc Pineur attorney Roy Chalk is Mim tie Lee a a High one even by Wash Tuioi standards a a two year contract a to Tii russian Republic. I is associates a or c i Ting additional total of $200,000 met according to documents filed s i tin Justice department. Quot a Nave neen keeping a Low key front he Oei Cuil the scenes i Busy a Chalk. I anus. He declined to elaborate of ii. Arrangement. A or of Uei Cate subject matter a said ctr a tie. of a russian immigrant Impi made pm Lions Ness Ork real is Taie anti Carmean airlines. A i dealing Satin sen important people and Don t . To step their due of Thouc people is Ivan s. Silav tip. Russian Republic s Premier who december signed the contract with Chalk it Moscow. A Souier r Gregors a. Zavlinsky us Siscot to russian Republic president Bon and architect of the a Loi dus plan for rapidly converting 5osict Union to a Market system y Sims is a been the United Stales . for Aid recently a Viking a new soviet Rescue plan with a group of Harvard University economists with the encouragement of soviet president Mikhail s,.gorbachev. T he group will visit Washington this week to present president hush a administration with its Quot grand bargain Quot a a plan to finance soviet economic Eloim with a heavy influx of Western Aid. Zavlinsky 39, is a co chairman of the intr National privatization / fund Chalk s brainchild Chalk is the other co chairman. A a it a a Beautiful plan Quot Tarasov a first Secretary at the soviet embassy. to promote it with All the resources we have a. Calls for setting up two huge joint ventures Between the russian Republic and the soviet Union a $2 billion food processing corporation Anil a $3 trillion Industrial corporation according to documents obtained by the associated press the.$5 billion would come from the intr National privatization fund which would he financed by Aid from other governments. �?o1 am confident that the intr National privatization fund will to a civic Lull cooperation and consideration from the . Government. A Chalk to write off half of Egypt s debt .a1 Greet r Lucar Tir cd. A r Lowe. Group of creditor the Cance half of Deot to Western a citation for the a Elnior against Iraq announced leading Arab Mem a. Force the per Torr. $34 billion to Government and Aid c o., the a a Eilund by the egyptian Central Bank a governor Salah Hamed and representatives of the Paris club of creditor nations following three Days of talks egyptian ambassador Ahmed Sidky said. The Paris club is informal group of Western creditor nations that includes the United states and other members of the so called group of seven Industrial nations. A the debt will be written off two states coming months. The remainder of Egypt a $10.1 billio debt to foreign governments will be re scheduled Sidky said. Before the War Egypt owed about $4 billion foreign debt which include Loans by governments and Banks. Last year the United states forgave about $6.7 billion of Egypt a Militar debts gratitude for its role the Wai wealthy Arab states the coalition Alsi wrote off $7 billion owed by Egypt
