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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 29, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday May 29, 1991 both Korea to in. Seoul South Korea apr communist North Korea said tuesday that it would apply to join the United nations  with pro Western South Korea possibly this summer. A the announcement is a breakthrough in relations Between the two Korea and could push Forward the dialogue Between the two rival nations. It is expected that if both Korea apply they would each be guaranteed entry. The five permanent members of the . Security Council include the soviet Triton and China both longtime at lies of North Korea. World the soviet Union has recently established ties with the Seoul government. But China has sided with North Korea and speculation has been rampant that China might exercise a veto if Only South Korea applied to join. A we Hope the entry by South and North Korea into the United nations will become a big turning Point in establishing peace and stability not Only in the korean Peninsula but also in Northeast Asia a a South korean foreign ministry statement said. Quot we Welcome North koreans announcement through its foreign ministry statement that it will formally submit an application to join the United nations a the ministry said simultaneous . Membership would be a temporary Mca sure until such time As the two Korea Are United and could join the world body As a single nation. A both Korea have observer status at the United nations. North Korea s foreign ministry said Pyongyang a has no alternative to applying for . Membership because of South koreans announced intentions. North Korea has Long maintained that separate membership would prolong division of the korean Peninsula. Seoul recently said it would seek separate membership with or without the North. It has been seeking support for its application from the United states the soviet Union and other countries. The korean Peninsula was divided after world War ii into communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea. The two nations fought the. 1950-53 korean War and remain enemies. The North korean statement said that unilateral Seoul membership would cause a important issues related to the interests of the entire korean nation to be dealt with in a biased manner. We can never let it go that . Reopens consulate in czechoslovak City from wire reports Bratislava Czechoslovakia a the . Consulate reopened in Bratislava on monday 41 years after it was closed by the communists. A today America is Hack by your Side we support your renewed Alliance with the West a said . Ambassador Shirley Temple Black As the american Flag was hoisted Over the four Story building on Central i Ivie Zdosla Square. The consulate opened in 1948 in the capital of the slovak Republic but was closed by communist authorities in 1950. A in the same Way. As closing the consulate m 1950 was one of the symptoms of emerging communism in. Central Europe its reopening Symbol i is the Retreat or communism from this Region a said Jan Carnogursky Premier of the slovak Republic. / a. A a a a a Thatcher Gorbachev meet Moscow a former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher on a private visit to the soviet Union met monday in the Kremlin with president Mikhail s. Gorbachev the slate news Agency Tass said Thatcher praised Gorbachev a reforms during the closed door session. A she said that if someone had told her at the beginning of her term in office that such changes would of Cir in the soviet Union no one would have believed it a Tass reported. The news Agency. Also said she told Gorbachev that a history will never forgive anyone if All that has Bee achieved in these years is lost .�?T1dirty words targeted Beijing a officials in a Northeast chinese City saying the  vocabulary is giving their town a bad name have launched a Campaign to get citizens to watch their language. A do not say dirty words a warn banners posted in major budding in Dalian a coastal City in Liaoning province according to a dispatch tuesday carried by the official Xinhua news Agency. Noting the City is a popular destination for tourists and business representatives Xinhua reported that some recent visitors a Felt disgusted by  Peoples frequent use of bad  two italian paramilitary policemen stand near the damaged main Entrance to the Spanish embassy in  extremists suspected of bombing 3 Sites in Rome Rome up a bombs apparently planted by Basque extremists exploded outside Spain Sambas by and two other Spanish installations in Rome Early tuesday causing severe damage but no casualties a Spanish embassy spokesman said. R the bombs went off within a few minutes of each other Between 3 30 . And 3 45 ., wrecking the front doors of the Spanish embassy a Branch of the Bank of Bilbao in Central Rome and the main ticket office of the Spanish Iberia airline in the residential Tarioli District. The blasts blew out windows in nearby buildings wrecked shops in the Largo Fontanella i Borghese Square outside the embassy and damaged several parked ears witness reports said. In All three cases the bombs were placed outside the. Locked Street doors of the buildings and apparently set off by timing devices. The streets were deserted at the time of the explosions and no one was Hurt police said. A a several hours after the blasts a Telephone Call to an International news Agency claimed responsibility for the Basque separatist organization Eta which has been waging a terrorist Campaign in Spain for Many years. The caller said he was making the claim in the name of. The a italian Section of Eta and said the attacks were carried out with the assistance of a right Wing italian extremist organization calling itself the armed falange. The armed falange has claimed responsibility for several  attacks against political targets in Rome in recent weeks but police know Little about it. 1a opens on papal Sofia Bulgaria apr Bulgaria opened 30,000 pages of secret Interior ministry files monday to an american researcher trying to unravel the mystery of the attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul ii 10 years ago. A link Between the May 13, 19s1, shooting on St. Peters Square and bulgarians former communist government under Todor Zsivkov has Long been alleged but never proven. The new non communist president Zhenyu Zhelev has pushed for an investigation to improve the Balkan country a image in the West and put its past behind it. Historian Allen Weinstein president of the Center for democracy in washing ton said Zhelev and Interior minister Hristo Danoy had Given him Access to 1.27 volumes of documents collected by the Interior ministry on the assassination attempt. A a a a a a. That encompasses an official investigation. By the former communist government into the allegation of bulgarian involvement and later additions to the files he said. A what i have been offered in my View is a starting Point for an inquiry not the final Point a Weinstein said. A i have been offered it with an absolute ironclad guaranteed commitment from the leaders of the bulgarian government that 1 can receive. Any document in addition to that file that bears on this inquiry. A anything less would be a Whitewash not an inquiry a bulgarian officials arc making copies of the entire file which will be taken to Washington for study by a commission formed by Einstein. Based on what researchers learn the Trail May Lead to files kept in other ministries. The Freer atmosphere of non communist Bulgaria May also encourage those who so tar have stayed quiet to finally talk Weinstein said. He said a report probably would be ready in six to nine months. The w Ould be Assassin is a Turk Meh met Ali Aga. He was sentenced to life in prison in Italy after seriously wounding the Pope on St. Peters Square three turks and three bulgarians were acquitted in 19s6 on. Charges of conspiracy in the papal shooting. The key bulgarian suspect was Sergei Antonov assistant office manager of bulgarians state run Balkan airline in Rome  
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