European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ripes monday july 22, 1991 25-member . Team Hunts for mias in vietnamese areas Bangkok Thailand up1 a a . Military team accompanied by vietnamese experts conducted searches in Vietnam on sunday for evidence of missing americans. Meanwhile the vietnamese government agreed to investigate a photograph allegedly showing service members who had been listed As missing or killed in action during the Vietnam War official Media reported. Vietnamese officials also called for the punishment of those involved in producing the photo if it is proved to be a fake. Hanoi radio in a broadcast saturday night said the 14th joint search for missing . Service members began saturday and is expected to last until aug. 10. It said the search is being conducted in Northern and Central Vietnam. The 25-member team is one of the largest . Teams to participate in such efforts. The Brief radio item did not say whether the investigation would investigate the picture. The radio said Vietnam has returned 452 sets of remains believed to be americans and will continue to cooperate. The Vietnam news Agency however said the government is concerned about the mysterious photograph that made headlines in the United states last week when it was made Public by the american defense Institute a private Agency that investigates the Fate of service members missing in action from the War. The fuzzy Black and White picture shows three men holding up a sign with a cryptic message that says among other things 25-5-1990, which is believed to be the Date. May 25, 1990. Relatives said they Are sure the men in the picture Are their loved ones who have been missing for More than 20 years. Although the origin of the picture is unclear and its authenticity has yet to be determined the photo has sparked renewed interest in the Fate of the More than 2,300 americans still missing in action. Vietnam s foreign ministry sent a formal letter to the . Government saying it was prepared to cooperate with the United states to resolve any questions raised by the photograph and asked that those who produced the picture also help with the investigation the news Agency said. A if they refuse to cooperate and the investigation shows that the picture was fabricated for Money making purposes they must be punished and condemned for deliberately prolonging the sufferings of the Mia families a the letter said. The letter cited . Records provided to Vietnam As showing that two of the men identified by relatives a maj. Albro l. Lundy or. And it. Larry j. Stevens a were killed in action. It said a joint .-vietnamese investigation showed that the third Man col. John l. Robertson was blown up with his f-4 fighter. The letter said Robertson a co Pilot Hubert f. Buchanan survived the crash and became a prisoner of War who was later released after the signing of the Paris peace accords. It said vietnamese specialists recovered Robertson s partial remains and turned them Over to the United states. A . Spokesman however said the remains were not positively identified. A Vietnam affirms that All . Prisoners of War captured during the Vietnam War were turned Over to the . Government after the Paris agreement on Vietnam a the letter said. Laos and Cambodia have also officially denied any knowledge that the men identified in the photograph Are still alive and repeated their insistence they hold no american prisoners. Page 2 b the stars and army Roth officials plan to use the programs period of cuts As an Opportunity to increase Cadet Quality. Sec Story pages 14 and 15. Crews Battle herbicide Crews attempt to dilute about 12,000 Gallons of herbicide dumped from a derailed train into California s largest  Page 4 secret data demanded attorneys for Manuel Noriega Are fighting for secret documents that the former panamanian dictator says outline his work for . Intelligence  Page 6 air Force improves radar the . Air Force begins to deploy new radar equipment in Germany that will enable tactical air weapons controllers to work faster and More  Page 9 records still segregated a Rural county in Alabama still practices a pre civil War custom of recording marriages by race in books marked a White Quot and  Page 10 . To assist conversion the . Department of defense is prepared to help Eastern Europe retool its arms heavy industries to. Serve civilian needs Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood says. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line .16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword. 19 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11peace from Page 1 Ling dervishes ritual dancers who performed to the accompaniment of a Small ensemble playing a Lute and oud. Bush in discussing Mideast peace prospects acknowledged a a there a some sticking Points with Israel on the question of settlements. The president said he had underscored . Opposition to new settlements in a conversation in recent months with israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. A a we re asking that there be positive responses from All the parties a Bush said. A and our policy is Well known with Israel on settlements. We Haven to changed one  from Page 1 Middle East and in Battle that could be applied to Usa eur training programs. A and what 1 wanted to know was what things did you get Down there and you did them Well As a result of the Way we train in in the old Days a return of forces to Germany or reformer exercise had All the sound and fury of real War heavy armoured vehicles rumbling across wide open wheat Fields pitched tank Battles in the Woods and fighter jets screeching Over housetops. And like real wars. Reformers would also cause millions of dollars of damage to the German Countryside. Quot so beginning with the most recent reformer in january 1990, simulated tanks and tracked vehicles began replacing the real ones in the Field. And most of the Battle was fought on computer screens. Computer simulation protected the environment hut it also allowed commanders Baker is trying to arrange a conference involving Israel Arab nations and the palestinians under soviet and american auspices with the United nations As an observer. Israel would conduct negotiations with Arab countries on the one hand and separate talks with palestinians on the other. Bush praised saudi Arabia for its offer to lift a 43-year-old economic embargo saying a a we re hearing positive things out of the saudis. And All that is  earlier in a joint press conference with Baker Jordan a King Hussein said a we Are Happy it the peace conference will be a comprehensive  Baker already has lined up Egypt Syria and Lebanon for the peace talks and saudi Arabia said it would participate in subsequent related talks on issues like water shortages in the Region. Usa eur. And what things do we need to change a wed be crazy not to adjust based on what we  but Many things that happened in the Gulf War Are unique to the Middle East or not applicable to Europe Saint said. A it gave some very Good Battle experience a he said a i think the jury a still out. We re still collecting a lot of information. But i think surely in some of the operations and some of the weapons systems to conduct More complicated a and realistic a Maneu vers than they could get away w Ith on German roads and property. In effect reformer began resembling real War a without All the sound and fury. The reformer �?T91 exercise in september will build on what began in 1990, said Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of the . Army in Europe. Like Centurion shield in 1990, there will be no tanks in this years reformer Saint said. A Are forgery a going to change because it is not acceptable to take tanks out a heavy vehicles a and do grievous damage to the Countryside a Saint said. A for the last three or four years we be a i am very hopeful of course that we will continue to make Progress As this journey continues today a Baker said. A i think i happen to believe that its the genuine desire on the part of All for peace and its really a question of How we Best get  Baker also will be talking to palestinians who live in the territories. Hussein has said he is willing to form a delegation of jordanian and palestinian representatives to a peace conference with Israel in an attempt to meet israelis objections to dealing directly with the Palestine liberation organization. Hussein who held More than three hours of talks with Baker also said that he supported the Boycott settlements proposal. A when the dynamics of the situation can be worked out i would lift the Boycott a Hussein said. And some of the coordination activities they did very Well based on their training and  the review is covering both operational and support aspects of the War he said. A a in a say it includes How we run our command and control system Over Long distances. We have to determine if it applies in any other location. Its How we organize our logistics. Those kinds of  been working at computer simulation and we re getting More refined at  reformer �?T91, which will be called certain shield will take place in Northern Germany with the Northern army group which includes Germany Belgium the United kingdom and the Netherlands. There Are 28,000 troops participating. That includes about 8,800 . Troops from the 111 corps based at fort Hood Texas the 4th inf div based at fort Carson colo., and the 10th Mountain div., from fort drum . . Troops will have about 500 wheeled vehicles in the exercise but fewer than a dozen tracked vehicles a and no tanks said a Usa eur spokesman. At a glance reformer 91 will be quiet affair