European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 169 sunday september 29,1991 authorized unofficial publication for to in  Akeld forces 50c d 8693 . Slashing nuclear Arsena history of nuclear weapons level the Start treaty signed july 31, was the first Ever commitment to Cut Long Range nuclear weapons arsenals. 12,000 10,000 May 1972 Salt i signed june 1979 Salt ii signed june 1982 june 1991 Start talks before signing begin of Start 1999 Start reductions Complete Bush Hopes soviet Union will follow with similar cuts aps amps from wire reports Washington president Bush announced Friday night that the United states would immediately i withdraw Short Range nuclear weapons from Europe Call Long Range bombers off their 24-hour Alert and abandon support for a Mobile intercontinental missile As the first Steps of a sweeping plan to curtail the 42-year  nuclear rivalry. Bush outlined a blueprint for a Post cold War world where nuclear arsenals would be dramatically reduced and dangerous multiple warhead systems would be eliminated altogether. The plan was presented As the most sweeping change in . Military strategy since 1957, when the Pentagon began putting part of its Long Range nuclear Force on 24-hour Alert to be Able Quot to attack the soviet Union at a moment s notice. Under the plan the president said the world could move away from the constant crisis state of previous superpower  we can now take Steps to make the world a less dangerous place than Ever before in the nuclear age Quot Bush said in a rare Oval office address. I he administration said its unilateral reductions which would remove Short Range nuclear weapons from . Army bases in Europe and Asia and Navy vessels around the world without any negotiation with Moscow Are being made in the Hope that the soviet Union would respond in kind a and could be reversed if that did not Hap pc. I he soviet Union on saturday suggested it would join the United states in new nuclear weapon reductions and Fiance said it would hold a Summit soon with the the United Stales the soviet Union Anil Britain on reducing nuclear arsenals. Britain announced saturday it was Fol see Arsenal on Page 2more patriots in route to saudi Arabia Manama Bahrain apr . Transport planes flew More Patriot missiles Back to saudi Arabia on Friday under a shroud of secrecy imposed by the saudi government and . Military officials in the kingdom. The joint information Bureau for . Forces in Dhahran saudi Arabia declined comment. But capt. Toni Kemper an air Force spokeswoman at Rhein main a Germany from where the first units departed on wednesday confirmed the movements. She declined to elaborate in a Telephone interview. President Bush ordered the patriots transferred after the White House expressed concern that Iraq still has hundreds of scud missiles and might use them if the allies attacked again to Force compliance with . Weapons inspections program. It is expected to take at East a week for 96 of the anti missile missiles to arrive. Two Patriot units from Germany deploying to saudi Arabia Are the 1st in 7th air defense regt 94th brigade from Kaiserslautern and the 5th in 7th air defense regt 108th brigade from bit Burg a. A total of about 1,400 Crew members and support personnel Are being sent. Exact schedules Are secret for Security reasons. A c-5 Galaxy transport landed at Dhahran air base on thursday signalling the Start of the flow. That is the main air base used by the United states in saudi Arabia. About 10,000 army troops Are still there shipping Home gear used during the persian Gulf War. Also at Dhahran Are 200 . Warplanes with about 5,000 accompanying  turn up for a act s Germany rally by Gary Pomeroy staff writer Frankfurt Germany a fewer than 20 people took part in a March saturday designed to focus attention on possible civil rights violations in the military in Europe. The 90-minute March that started in downtown Frankfurt and ended at plate Strasse housing area was organized by the National association for the Advance saudi officials privately have welcomed the redeployment of the patriots to bolster defences against any threat from iraqi president Saddam Hussein. But government influenced Media have made no Public mention. The patriots played a key part in the War in deterring the scores of scud Nus Sites that the iraqis fired at saudi arabian cities and Israel. Jane s defence weekly reported in its latest Issue that the saudis would like to Purchase the missiles that Are being sent. The saudis have bought other patriots but delivery is not expected to begin until november 1993, the Magazine  related stories on Page 3 ment of coloured people s european conference of branches. The March was staged despite . Military announcements earlier in the week that . Servicemen Bers were prohibited from participating in demonstrations in foreign countries. The March saturday was see rally on Page 2 a a i a a. Is amps Dutu Stdio. Arc its carry signs and the american Flag during a rally held by the european a act in downtown Frankfurt