European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes saturday june 22, 1991last of . Civilians leave Subic Bay naval facilities Philippines up a the United states on Friday finished evacuating some 20,000 american civilians from Subic Bay naval facilities. The first troops approximately 4,500, boarded an aircraft Carrier the Midway while officials debated whether to ship them out of the Volcano ravaged Region. Americans cited a a critical conditions at Subic including food shortages. Most its. Personnel stationed at nearby Clark a were packed into Subic As mount Pinatubo roared to life june 9. Philippine officials reported a toll of 228 dead. The 4,500 airmen about 60 percent of the personnel assigned to Clark during its shutdown began boarding the Midway shortly after its arrival Friday evening said Stanley Schrager a . Embassy spokesman. If they Are shipped out they would be the first serv Iceme pers evacuated out of the country because of the emergency. The movement has raised questions about . Intentions amid negotiations with the philippine government to extend the leases expiring this year on Subic and Clark. Rear adm. Thomas a. Mercer commander of Subic Bay had said thursday that the departure of the airmen was a temporary measure Ana that he expected they would return a full Force in about a month. Later the Pentagon said it had no information on whether non essential personnel from Clark would depart leaving 2,500 airmen As Well As the regular Force of 7,000 Navy and Marine personnel at Subic. Friday evenings Schrager said the service members had begun boarding the Midway pending a a final determination of their status by the Pentagon. In Washington a Pentagon spokesman said no orders had been Given for the ship to move. He said pending further decisions moving the personnel on Board the Midway was a Way to get them off of the land and away from the volcanoes Wrath. Earlier Friday the aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln ferried some 3,q00 americans to the Central City of Cebu a staging area for the Airlift of the americans being sent to Guam and the United states. Schrager said 20,000 american civilians including dependents and civilian workers had been evacuated from Subic. Bush Gorbachev hold 40-minute talk. A fila photo out of the race austrian president Kurt Waldheim announced Friday he wont seek a second six year term next year. His first term has been clouded by allegations that he covered up his service with a German army unit linked to world War ii atrocities. Reagans burial site Ventura Calif. A former president Reagan and his wife Nancy have gained approval to make the grounds of the $40 million plus Reagan presidential Library their final resting place. The Ventura county planning commission voted 3-2 to approve the reagans request for a burial site on the grounds of the 153,000-Square-foot Complex in Simi Valley. The 100-acre Library site is about 50 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles. The commissions decision is final unless it is appealed within 10 Days to the Ventura county Board. Of supervisors. The Reagan presidential Library is scheduled to be dedicated nov. 4. It will be the repository for an expected 62 million papers. Cautionary speech Washington a the House armed services chairman said thursday the persian Gulf War Victory was due to better military people organization and technology but he cautioned against Over enthusiasm for . Weapons. A we should understand the War with Iraq was made for our High technology systems a rep. Les Aspin d-wis., said in a speech to the Center for strategic and International studies. The Gulf Region was dry Flat with Little or no vegetation and no place to hide for the enemy he noted. He pointed out that the f-117 stealth. Fighter a huge Success in the War did no to fare As Well Over Panama a vegetation covered terrain. Washington a president Bush talked for 40 minutes on Friday to so a Viet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev discussing the . Visit by russian president Boris n. Yeltsin a superpower Summit and other topics the White House said. The two leaders talked about the Long delayed superpower Summit to be held in Moscow a but no dates were discussed a presidential spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said in a statement. Gorbachev initiated the late morning Call. Concerning Yeltsin a visit to the United states the White House statement said a the president stated he had a Good discussion with Yeltsin entered on the current political and economic reforms taking place in the soviet Union. Bush gave Yeltsin a Gorbachev a political rival a a full blown Welcome to the White House on wednesday but at the same time made Clear he had no intentions of undercutting Gorbachev. Fitzwaters statement said that Bush told Gorbachev he was pleased that both the soviet president and the newly elected Leader of the soviet unions largest see related stories on Page 3 Republic seem to be cooperating a in moving the Reform process  Bush a emphasized to president Gorbachev How important this is to the Overall process a the White House statement said. Gorbachev gave Bush an overview of the current situation in his debt troubled country fitzwaters statement said. Both leaders also talked about the july 15-17 economic Summit in London of the seven largest industrialized democracies a and the economic issues that face the International  Gorbachev has been invited to deliver his Appeal for economic Aid from the West to the leaders of the so called group of seven a the United states Japan Britain France Germany Italy and Canada a on the final Day of the economic Summit. Bush and Gorbachev also talked about efforts to Complete work on a strategic arms limitation treaty which Bush in the past has suggested is a prelude to a Moscow Summit. Efforts to Complete the pact which would limit the number of Long Range nuclear warheads for both sides have been bogged Down. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and soviet foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh failed to reach agreement on major outstanding differences at a session this week in Berlin. . Hopes to sell migs to Israel Paris a the soviet Union is prepared to sell Israel its most advanced fighter plane the Mig-31, As soon As diplomatic ties Are restored the soviet air Industry minister said thursday the minister Apollon syst Sov commented at the Paris air show after showing one of the planes to israeli defense minister Moshe Arens. The soviet Union broke relations with Israel in 1967, but relations have improved markedly in the past few years. Syst Sov said All sorts of transactions including arms sales would be possible after the rapprochement is completed. Arens asked about the possible Deal replied a everyone knows you done to sell planes Here at the show within several minutes 1 the soviets also announced they will jointly produce an executive Jet the Astra 4, with Israel. The plane is to have a Range of 3,975 Miles enough to Cross the Atlantic. A a it a Only the beginning stage but f Hope something will come out of it a Arens said. Kurd from Page 1 be More specific about these ongoing discussions a said air Force tech. Sgt. Scott Hyland a Neucom spokesman when asked by the stars and stripes about . Plans for a residual Force in Turkey to deter further iraqi government aggression against the kurd another 10,000 , troops will remain in Turkey As part of the refugee assistance Effort. But Pentagon officials have said that All . Troops Are expected to be out of Northern Iraq by july 4. Officials said that Baker Hopes to mobilize a Force that would look much like the 12-nation coalition now conducting operation provide Comfort in Turkey and Northern Iraq. But the Force would operate entirely from inside Turkey making it a vital partner in the negotiations. A while officials said there was widespread support for bakery a concept among european allies participating in the operation substantial issues must be negotiated including the size and composition of the Force and the financial contributions that participants will make. According to some reports the Force could number As Many As 2,000 troops or roughly a brigade. The allies also were expected to debate the circumstances under which the Force would be disbanded. A . Official said the Bush administration had not finalized its position on the vital Issue. But the official acknowledged that the United states a certainly wants to see Saddam Hussein go a and added that if a successor less hostile to the kurd were to come to Power the administration could rethink its support for the Force. In Berlin Baker discounted reports that Britain France and Italy had taken the Lead in urging the United states to postpone its withdrawal from the Region. Baker promised that the United states would keep its military Force in the kurdish Region of Iraq fas Long As it is necessary to do the Job that we came to  a we Are very concerned about the future safety of the kurd a said Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams. A we at the same time have made it very Clear that . Forces Are going to leave Northern Iraq.�?�. In discouraging any iraqi moves against the kurd such a Force would serve to bolster other . Sanctions officials said. A India Gulf of Mannar f $ a s Fri -t"1 a a a v it it a /  v India 1 / \ a v sri Lanka sri Lanka \ v Colombo v \ �50 mites 50 pm bomb explosion Indian Ocean blast a from Page 121 suicide bomb assassination of Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi whose death in the South Indian state of tamil Nadu also has been blamed on sri lankan tamil rebels. Indian authorities have arrested a Hal dozen sri lankan and Indian tamils on conspiracy charges in relation to the murder of Gandhi who had tried to broker a peace Between the sri lankan government and the tamil rebels in 1987. The rebels reneged on the pact. The tamil tigers launched their Campaign for a separate Homeland in northeastern sri Lanka in 1983. More than 17,000 people have died since then in massacres guerrilla warfare and army offensives