European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 50, no. 157 tuesday september 17,1991 by Eric Schmitt the new York times Washington a scrambling to adjust to the changing soviet military the defense department is considering giving technical and organizational help to Moscow a armed forces and those of the newly Independent Baltic countries. In a gesture that would have been virtually unthinkable a decade ago Pentagon officials now say they Are prepared to offer a if asked a advice on a How to reorganize shrinking soviet forces. A draft military budgets subject to legislative control. A convert weapons factories into commercial businesses. Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces a broaden exchanges on the command and control of nuclear weapons. The new soviet High command which after last month s failed hard line coup in the Kremlin seems engulfed in creating a new Structure of Republic militias and a Central army has not requested any specific assistance from the Pentagon. The first step could come next month when Deputy defense Secretary Donald j. Atwood jr., a former senior executive at general motors is scheduled to visit soviet weapons plants to assess the military establishment s ability to convert production to civilian goods. Senior american and soviet officers have regularly exchanged visits since 1989, As relations improved and the fall of communist governments in Eastern Europe rapidly thawed cold War tension. C 350 d 8693 a if asked in the weeks since the coup defense Secretary Dick Cheney has congratulated his new soviet counterpart marshal Yevgeny i. Shaposhnikov and invited him to visit Washington. And the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. Colin l. Powell has written his new counterpart Gen. Vladimir Lobov to reaffirm the United states commitment to the military exchanges. Quot to help you Deal with your internal problems we stand ready to assist Quot Powell told a group of senior soviet officers visiting Harvard University last week. A these internal problems Are of course yours to resolve. Only you can devise the proper course of action and execute it. No one can do that Tor you. But we Here in the West Are All ready to How much direct assistance the Pentagon can provide though remains in question. Dod will advise soviet Subic Bay Extension rejected a protester bums the . Flag at a rally monday outside the . Embassy in Manila. Vote of philippine Senate could doom . Presence Manila Philippines a in a vote that could spell an end to nearly a Century of . Military involvement in the Philippines senators refused monday to extend the american lease for the big Subic Bay naval facilities. President Corazon Aquino promised to Call a referendum and use a people Power to overturn the Senate a decision rebuffing arguments from senators and former allies that she would undermine democratic institutions she created after Ferdinand Marcos was ousted in 1986. A i would like to assure the american people that the great majority of the filipino people would like the americans to stay on at Subic Bay a Aquino told Abc to after the vote. Aides said she called a Cabinet meeting for today to plan the referendum. A the fight is not Over yet a said House speaker Ramon Mitra who supports the referendum. In Washington president Bush a chief spokesman praised Aquino a proposal. A we do appreciate her efforts. She s trying to engender Public support for the treaty a said press Secretary Marlin Fitz water. Asked if the . Navy would stay at Subic pending the referendum Fitzwater said a you done to pick up a base the Bush administration had said previously that the Navy would begin dismantling its operations at Subic if the Senate rejected the lease. In an emotional speech sen. Rene a 120� Luzon Subic buy Nav til Bose Manila 125&Quot philippine sea 15&Quot \ Mindoro \ f mar Samar v v x parity 10&Quot Philippines i Sulu sea 100 Miles 100 pm of Quot it i is Quot a Danao \ Quot l. Ltd aps amps Guirag Aquino a former spokesman and longtime adviser begged her to allow the Senate decision to stand. A mrs. President the same Way you accept with Grace setbacks in the supreme court please consider carefully the option of Philus Mically accepting the verdict of one of your restored institutions which you and i solemnly promised the see Subic Bay on Page 2hospital set afire when shells hit croatian City Zagreb Yugoslavia apr a yugoslav air Force plane was reported shot Down monday near the hungarian Border and shelling set fire to a Hospital in the third straight Day of fighting in the croatian City of Osi Jek. The escalating violence came As the european Community s peace negotiator lord Carrington headed to Yugoslavia for a Summit meeting with presidents of rival Croatia and Serbia. In Osisek one nurse was killed and parts of the City s general Hospital were destroyed in overnight artillery attacks croatian officials said. Hospital patients had been moved to bomb shelters earlier. Croatian Media and the republics defense ministry accused Federal troops of firing on the Hospital parts of which were reported still burning monday morning. But a Federal military statement said shells from a croatian mortar barrage hit the Hospital during an at tack on the City a main army Barracks. A croatian defense spokesman later claimed the soldiers had surrendered but military officials in Belgrade denied it. Croatia has lost control of about a third of its territory in 2vi months of fighting during which More than 400 people have been killed. But Over the weekend the Republic stiffened both its political and military stance
