European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 50, no. 69 Friday june 21, 1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the  armed forces 35c d 8693 Ait s Berlin Over Bonn Bonn Germany apr lawmakers voted thursday to return Germany a seat of Power to Berlin its historic Home and strip Bonn of the status it has held since the end of world War ii. Lawmakers in the bundestag parliaments decision making lower House chose Berlin Over Bonn by a 337-320 vote. Under the proposal approved thurs Day the chancellors ministries and the bundestag will move to Berlin. The move is to be completed in 10 to 12 years. Parliaments upper House the bundus a at will remain in Bonn. The bundesrat will vote july 5 to ratify the bundestag a decision but it is unlikely to Block the lower House. Even though ministries and their Lead ers will move to Berlin thousands of ministry workers and other bureaucrats will remain in Bonn to preserve jobs and the regional Economy. Germans have argued for weeks Over the future site of Germany a government. Berlin once the Center of the third Reich has been portrayed As a cosmopolitan Symbol of a new More integrated Europe by those who favor the move. Bonn supporters have  concern that Berlin would become too powerful if it again became the seat of government and have spoken of the City s nazi past. They also say  suffer economically. Debate dragged on for hours thursday see Berlin on Pago 10 getting the guided tour . Defense Secretary Dick Cheney left escorts Boris Yeltsin recently elected president of the russian Republic on a visit thursday to the Pentagon. Yeltsin who arrived tuesday on a four Day trip to the United states held talks with president Bush later in the Day. Accord ing to final results published in soviet newspapers thursday Yeltsin won 57,3 percent of the vote in the soviet republics june 12 election becoming russians first popularly elected president in its 1,000-year history. See related Story on Page 2. Arms treaty still in limbo after meeting Berlin apr Secretary of stale James a. Baker Iii -and��.soviet.foreign. Minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh met for two hours thursday but were unable to resolve remaining problems on a treaty slashing Long Range nuclear arsenals. V Baker said no Date for a Summit Between president Bush and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev would be set until an agreement was reached on the strategic arms reduction treaty. He said three issues remained to be resolved by technical experts working in Geneva undersecretary of state Reginald Bartholomew will travel to Switzerland next week to meet with soviet experts in an Effort to resolve the remaining Points of disagreement Baker said. , the treaty would for the first time Cap and reduce soviet and american arsenals of Long Range missiles bombers and submarines that can reach each others . A a \ Bessmer Nyoh standing at bakery a Side said the meeting had achieved a a significant Progress on the arms control treaty but did not  stubborn outstanding issues have been under discussion since last december. These pertain to definitions of new types of missiles allowed under the treaty the number of warheads permitted and the sharing of data from missile testing. Many arms control experts say the. Problems would be easy to resolve if there was a political will to do so. Baker said prospects for an Early Summit meeting h id not improved. A i think we Are right where we were a lie said after the meeting at the . Ambassadors residence in Berlin. A both presidents want a Summit in Moscow at the e lilies to possible Opportunity but. At a time they can conclude a s tart  a letter Exchange Between Bush and Gorbachev earlier this month on the treaty had a a served to close the. See treaty on Page 10dod releasing by Chuck Inch Washington Bureau Washington a Pentagon officials have begun releasing eligibility rules for benefits that will be offered to service members separated before retirement under the current draw Down plan. The guidelines come eight months after Congress approved the transition package. The services have until Early August to report their plans for implementing the programs but Overall guidelines were set by Pentagon manpower chief Christopher Jehn in a june 7 memo. However the benefits outlined in that memo a which touches on such areas As health care education and employment assistance a Are Only one part of the package that will eventually be in place. Details of the packages other aspect w hich deals with separation pay Are still being worked out but see related charts on Page 10 Pentagon officials Are reportedly close to a final Deci. Sion. Sources said the criteria for full separation pay will require personnel to have at least six years of service be on a second or subsequent enlistment and be honorable discharged. I Pentagon sources said a major Holdup in finalizing the benefits package has involved separation pay guidelines for service members who Are discharged under other than honorable conditions. A there has been considerable discussion and great differences of opinion among the services on this Issue a said one source who spoke on condition of anonymity. For most categories of personnel the Issue of separation pay is fairly Clear Cut. Service members whose Dod on Page 10