European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 25, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3 Mia photo a fake Vietnam says Bangkok Thailand a Vietnam a state radio has labelled a a groundless a photograph purporting to show that three american fliers missing from the Vietnam War Are still alive. A radio Hanoi broadcast urged . Officials a to ensure that whoever made Public the photograph cooperates with the United states and the vietnamese government to Clear up the  it said whoever released the picture should help determine its authenticity or a it would be Clear evidence of their moneymaking intention in producing the faked  these people should be punished and publicly condemned for prolonging the suffering of families it said. Assistant Secretary of state Kenneth Quinn is to arrive Friday in Bangkok in route to Vietnam and Cambodia to seek information about the picture. The . Embassy says an itinerary is being prepared and that Quinn will probably leave for Hanoi Vietnam and phenom penh Cambodia Over the weekend. Last week the american defense Institute a private group Active in prisoner of War and missing in action affairs made Public a picture of three men it said were american fliers lost during the War. The Grainy photograph obtained from an unidentified source shows the men holding a sign with cryptic numbers and letters. The families of air Force col. John Leighton Robertson air Force maj. Albro Lynn Lundy or. And Navy it. Larry James Stevens insist their relatives Are indeed the men shown in the photograph. But the Pentagon says the three were declared killed in action while flying missions in Southeast Asia in the 1960s, although their bodies were not recovered.  a v relatives say air Force col. John Leighton Robertson is at left with air Force my. Albro Lynn Lundy or. And Navy it. Larry Janies Stevens. It also said it May never be Able to determine the authenticity of the photograph. Radio Hanoi said files Given to Vietnam by the United states show Lundy and Stevens were shot Down Over Laos in 1966 and 1969 respectively and Robertson died when his f-4c phantom crashed in North Vietnam in sept. 16, 1966. A a joint vietnamese american search in february and March last year determined that Robertson had been killed and his remains had been mostly destroyed in the crash a said the tuesday broadcast. A transcript of the broadcast was released wednesday in Bangkok. A some of Robertson a remains collected at the place where his aircraft crashed were returned to the United states oct. 1 Las year a it said. Washington said recently that experts have not been Able to verify whether those were Robertson a remains. A meanwhile Robertson a co Pilot Robert Buchanan had parachuted to the ground and had been captured and later released to the United states a the radio said. A evidently the news about the three american pilots shown in the photograph much publicized in the United states saying that they Are still alive is groundless a it said. A Vietnam has reiterated that All american prisoners of War captured in the Quot Vietnam War were returned to the . Government after the Paris agreement on  the agreement signed in january 1973 ended direct . Involvement in  launch scrubbed after computer failure Cape canaveral Fla. Up trouble with a $4 million engine computer forced Nasa to postpone the planned launch of the shuttle Atlantis on wednesday delaying the $500 million Mission eight to 10 Days to install a new unit. A we have not set a new launch Date yet. There a a lot of work ahead of us a said launch director Robert Sieck. A but it would be sometime no earlier than late next  commander John Blaha 48 co Pilot Michael Baker 37 flight Engineer g. David Low 35 Shannon Lucid 48 and James Adamson 45, All expressed disappointment about the delay but said they supported the decision. A we totally Are behind the Nasa decision to fix the problem a Blaha said. A a that a the right thing to  with Clear says expected engineers had pumped a half million Gallons of  oxygen and liquid Hydrogen rocket fuel into Atlantis huge external tank before Dawn to set the stage for liftoff. But about two hours into the fueling procedure a critical 100-Pound computer unit bolted to main engine no. 3 failed during testing. A similar problem grounded Atlantis for a week in october 1989 a Lucid was a member of that Crew As Well a but in that Case the failure was discovered before explosive Hydrogen had been pumped aboard the orbiter to Power its electrical generators. This time around the fuel must be drained before repairs can begin. The goal of the 42nd shuttle Mission the fourth of six planned for 1991, is the deployment of a $120 million Nasa communications satellite. Soldier unable to fire missile while Powell generals watch Naro Kominsk .s.r. Apas soviet generals looked at one another in embarrassment a Soldier was unable to fire his anti tank missile on tuesday during an elaborate show for . Army Gen. Colin Powell. For 90 seconds that must have seemed an eternity the Anonymous Grunt in a camouflage uniform methodically checked his weapon while a dozen top soviet and american generals stared at him in silence. Finally he got the portable wire guided missile to fire. And scored a bulls Eye on a wooden target 600 Yards away. A a in be been in that position before when the whole world is watching and something goes wrong a Powell told his red faced counterparts at the Naro Kominsk military base 45 Miles Southwest of Moscow. A please give my special congratulations to that Soldier and to the officer who trained  it was an example of the tact that has enabled Powell the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff to build close relations with soviet chief of staff Mikhail Moiseyev and other soviet generals. Before watching the exercises at Naro Kominsk americans top general spent 45 minutes in the Kremlin with president Mikhail s. Gorbachev defense minister Dmitri Yazoo Moiseyev . Ambassador Jack Matlock and Sergei Fakhr Omeyer Gorbachev a military adviser. Powell declined to provide details of the meeting. The state news Agency Tass said Gorbachev stressed that the soviet Union has shifted to a defensive military doctrine As shown by the withdrawal of its troops from Eastern Europe. A in turn Gen. Powell stressed the reductions in the . Armed forces and military budget planned Over the next five years a Tass said. Powell a visit to the soviet Union his fourth comes one week before Gorbachev and president Bush Are to sign a strategic arms reduction treaty at a Moscow Summit. Relations Between the two countries commanding generals have never been better in the Post world War ii Era and they were All smiles tuesday As waitresses served Tea and pastries under Pink umbrellas that had been set up near the firing Range. A just a simple soldiers mess right a Powell said to it. Gen. Anatoly Golov nov Deputy commander of the ii i be been in that position before when the whole world is watching and something goes wrong Gen. Colin Powell Moscow military District. The american generals clearly had fun inspecting soviet weapons ranging from sniper rifles to the red army a Best tank a supercharged t-80u with a top Speed of 45 Mph. A i done to think there a anything Here we did no to know about a said it. Gen. Dennis Reimer vice chief of staff of the . Army. A but its Good to Sec it and get your hands on  later an observation platform Shook under his feet As Powell watched the crack Kont Mirov tank div fire live rounds from tanks armoured personnel carriers and self propelled guns. It Twenty soldiers from the Zamanskaya motorized Rifle div ran through a burning obstacle course firing automatic rifles and then engaged in mock hand to hand combat with bayonets and Short sharpened shovels. Powell said he was a very impressed with the exercises. Throughout the Day the soviet generals patiently answered questions about training budget cuts and troop readiness. Only one subject seemed to nettle them a the performance of soviet made tanks and other weapons used by the iraqi army in the persian Gulf War. A Are you trying to say that our technology was bad absolutely not. It was the hands that operated the technology that were bad a said col. Gen. Anatoly Kleymenov vice chief of the soviet general staff. A a it a not enough to have weapons. You have to know How to use them