European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 30, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9official says . Won t normalize ties with Vietnam until Mia Issue resolved Bangkok Thailand a the United states will not normalize relations with Vietnam until the Issue of americans missing there is settled and a cambodian peace Accord is signed a senior . Government official said sunday. A your National policy is that the process of normalization will formally begin on the Day there is a signing in Paris of the cambodian peace Accord a assistant Secretary of state Richard Solomon said. Solomon reaffirmed that the United states would not consider normalizing relations with Vietnam separately from a solution to the War in Cambodia. Vietnamese officials Are expected to attempt to separate the two issues arguing that recent Progress toward a peace settlement in Cambodia makes the Issue no longer relevant to .-vietnamese relations. A the three primary issues for normalization Are a solution to the cambodian problem the Mia pow Issue and the people still held in re education Camps in Vietnam a Solomon said. Mia pow refers to missing in action and prisoners of War. Solomon was in Bangkok for discussions with vietnamese Deputy foreign minister be Mai. The two were expected to meet tuesday. Solomon said Washington was concerned about a creating an environment where you can have normalization with All the states of  the recent release of a Grainy photo purporting to show americans still being held captive in Indochina has renewed the debate on 2,274 americans still unaccounted for from the wars in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia. American officials have cast serious doubts about the authenticity of the photo but a vocal lobby in the United states contends that the vietnamese continue to hold american prisoners. Kenneth Quinn a Deputy assistant Secretary of state travelled to Vietnam and Laos last week to investigate the photo. A senior . Government official familiar with Quinn stalks in Hanoi said a the vietnamese Are clearly going out of their Way to open up in a Way they Haven to done in the past. This is a positive aspect of this picture. It May make it easier to make Progress on this pow Mia Issue. A the vietnamese really do want to move Forward with us. They Are scared of the effect of this photo on normalization a said the official who insisted on anonymity. A the Way they have responded in the last week makes it very Clear that they Are going to handle this in a Way to Stop this picture Issue from harming the process of  before release of the photograph analysts said vietnamese-. Relations were improving with Hopes High for a solution to the cambodian problem and Progress on the Resolution of the Mia Issue. The United states and Vietnam now Are carrying out their 14th joint search for americans missing in Vietnam. The United states was to formally open an Mia Liaison office in  lambasted Bush for using race As Issue by the los Angeles times Washington sen. Bill Bradley d-n.j., hitting hard at racism a Likely Central Issue for the democrats in the 1992 presidential Campaign blasted president Bush again sunday for a willingness to take a a divisive positions on civil rights and racial matters. Following up on a widely publicized speech critical of Bush a handling of the civil rights Bill and his 1988 campaigns use of the negative symbolism of a Black criminal who was released on furlough from prison Bradley urged Bush not to a go Down that Road again during the 1992 presidential race. A i can to speak about president Bush personally. I mean i done to think he a a racist that a for sure a Bradley said on the no cd a meet the press. A i do think however that he Hasni to been above using race to get votes in a divisive Way in a number of Points in his  in his aggressive attack sunday Bradley was returning to a theme that has struck a raw nerve with the White House. It appears that Bradley and other democrats now May believe that racism has the potential to become Bush a Achilles Heel in 1992. An earlier speech by Bradley from the Senate floor Drew an angry rebuke from Bush. In his first speech Bradley charged that the president had stuck the a a quota Label on the civil rights legislation now before Congress in order to draw on the same deep seated racial resentment among White voters that he tapped during his 1988 Campaign. During that Campaign Bush commercials focused heavily on Willie Horton a Black who went on a crime spree after being furloughed from a Massachusets prison while Michael s. Dukakis the democratic presidential candidate was governor of the state. Bush Campaign advisers insisted at the time that the Horton ads were Only meant to depict Dukakis As soft on crime. But democrats repeatedly charged that the real aim of the television spots was to connect Blacks a and Black criminals a with their party. Bradley said sunday hat Bush As president a has a unique role and that role should be  Bradley charged that Bush a record on civil rights and racial issues has been poor throughout his Public career and that he has failed to improve it since winning the White House. So far this year Bradley charged Bush has not indicated any willingness to Compromise on civil rights legislation. Rather Bradley said a the called off american business leaders when they were seeking to get an agreement on the Bill. Bush has opposed the democratic backed civil rights Bill saying that it would establish hiring  sen. Robert Dole r-Kan., appearing with Bradley argued that Bush remains committed to civil rights. A a president Bush has told me As recently As last week that he wants to sign a civil rights Bill a Dole said. A a. With the nomination of Clarence Thomas the Black conservative nominated to the supreme Courland with his willingness to sign a civil rights Bill i think his records pretty  Forest Burns in France Clouds of dense smoke form the backdrop for a Rural area near Brignole in Southern France where a fire destroyed More than 3,500 acres of Forest land Over two Days this past weekend. Air planes and helicopters helped 600 firefighters bring the Blaze under control by sunday  soviet jets to be at shows Moscow apr two of the most advanced soviet fighter planes the Mig-29 and Mig-29ub, will be on display at air shows in North America next month a soviet news Agency reported monday. The twin engine combat planes will make up the Goodwill air show to demonstrate soviet aviation technology the Independent inter fax news Agency said. Foreign currency profits earned from the shows will be used to Purchase foreign aviation equipment and electronics for the soviet aircraft Industry inter fax said. The Mig-29 is an attack plane comparable in size to the . F/a-18 Hornet. The cities that the planes Are scheduled to visit include Anchorage Alaska Cleveland Mankato Minn. Topeka Kan. Fort Worth Texas and Harrisburg a. In Canada the show will visit Comox British Columbia and Winnipeg Manitoba. Dates were not Given. Suspects in army colonel s slaying arrested Manila Philippines apr police have arrested three communist guerrilla leaders suspected of plotting the slaying of a . Army colonel and the kidnapping of a japanese businessman officials said monday. The three a Rolando Abiog Virgilio Maceda and Antonio Lacaba a were arrested separately monday and sunday in suburban Manila said Wilfredo Cruz a National police official. The three Are members of the general command of the rebel new Peoples army Cruz said. The Trio allegedly masterminded the april 1988 assassination of col. James a a Nick Rowe who was slain on his Way to work at the joint . Military assistance group in Quezon City. Cruz said the three Are also suspected of kidnapping the director of the philippine Branch of a japanese trading firm in november 1986. The director was released unharmed three months later reportedly after his company pad a $2 million Ransom. Gerardo Flores police director for intelligence said the arrest of the three rebel leaders would destabilize the communist leadership. Flores said spies led authorities to the rebel leaders. He said he expected a bloody purge of rebel ranks in search of informants