European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cheney defends Holdup in listing Friendly fire dead German officials probing reports of klan activity Berlin apr Germany a chief Federal prosecutor is investigating reports of two Kun flux klan rallies and a recruiting drive seeking possible links to terrorism a prosecutors spokesman said monday. However Hans Jirgen Forster emphasized the probe of the klan is at a very preliminary phase. Some members of the violent american White supremacist group have said they Are trying to make inroads in West european countries German officials say. German authorities grappling with a wave of Neo nazi violence were alarmed by reports of klan activities last month in this country. The prestigious Der Spiegel Magazine said oct. 14 that the  klan is recruiting members among Neo nazis and other extreme rightists in Germany. German authorities have information indicating the Kkt has followers in Eastern and Western Germany Spiegel said. There reportedly Are 100 klan members just in the area of the Western German City of Bielefeld. Spiegel reported the klan sponsored a rally marking the 102nd anniversary of nazi dictator see klan on Page 2 Washington apr defense Secretary Dick Cheney on tuesday defended the Pentagon a go slow approach on identifying . Troops felled by Friendly fire in the persian Gulf saying it would have been wrong to notify their families too quickly. A the Friendly fire incidents Are a very serious matter for any military organization a Cheney told a Senate panel. A it is not a conclusion you can draw  Cheney was called to testify about . Government efforts to account for missing . Military personnel see related Story on Page 7 from the Vietnam War. He was asked about a published report that the army had waited several months to notify relatives of soldiers killed by Friendly fire in the Gulf conflict. The Washington Post reported tuesday that the army broke its own rules by not providing families immediately with full information on How their relatives died. Initial army reports from the persian Gulf listed a a enemy As the source of fire in All but two of the services 21 fatal cases of Friendly fire the Post said. In 11 cases it said there was Strong immediate evidence that . Forces had inflicted losses on themselves. Cheney did not deny the posts account. Neither did he detail the number of such incidents. He said the army conducted a a very thorough investigation of such re Cheney ports. He said notification was easier when investigators could Tell by the residue of certain munitions that a Soldier could not have been killed by enemy fire. A i think the worst thing we could have done would see Holdup on Page 2 the great dig out at bundled up residents of Duluth minn., tackle a record 36.9 storm. With help from winds the White stuff piled up As High inches of Snow monday a the result of a major weekend As 8 feet in places. See related Story on Page 11.Rome Summit will unveil new nato by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a a new nato that awaits formal unveiling by Heads of the 16 Alliance nations this week in Rome is expected to complement other european Security structures and focus on crisis management senior nato officials said monday. A the transformation is so far reaching that it can be called after Rome a a new nato a a a senior official said of the evolution of an identify for the Alliance in Europe a Post cold War environment. Politically nato will continue to enhance relations with Eastern european countries and the Baltic states and sup port strengthening a european defense pillar. Militarily nato will reduce its armed forces and change its Force Structure to respond to lower level risks the official Saia. A we no longer face the threat of a massive attack against nato territory but there remains a potential uncertainty and unpredictability which might Lead to instability tension and risk to the european Security,1�?o the official said. Such challenges a cannot be comprehensible addressed by one institution alone a the official said. The future the official said will be a the new euro Atlantic Security architecture a in which nato the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe the european Community the Western european Union and the Council of Europe will complement and interact. Dialogue and cooperation will he Cen see Summit on Page 2