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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, November 6, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday november 6, 19&1 at a glance it a since graduation last year Kristin m. Baker the military Academy a first female brigade commander has slipped into anonymity. See Story on pages 1415.revenge behind rape Case William Kennedy Smiths lawyers Are asserting that his accuser had sex with him and then cried rape after the two got into an argument. A Page 7newspaper magnate dead the body of flamboyant billionaire Robert Maxwell one of the world s Best known publishers was found in the Atlantic Ocean hours after he disappeared from his yacht. A Page 8crocodile and Cache a Crocodile and other animals on the endangered species list weapons munitions and antique artefacts were found in a . Army civilian s apartment in Frankfurt Germany. A Page 10 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. 19 faces no places. 22 letters. 12 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Summit from Page 1 trial to the new nato Security policy the official said. That remark on the desire for a complementary relationship echoes . Officials comments made last month when France and Germany invited West european nations to join in establishing a military corps under the Western european Union. The nine nation we is the Only wholly european organization devoted to defense. In response to the announcement of a plan for a european army defense Secretary Dick Cheney cautioned against moves to give Western Europe a stronger Security role at natos expense. President Bush and other Alliance leaders were gathering in Rome to formally ratify the new strategy of cooperation at a largely ceremonial meeting thursday and Friday. Other aspects of the new nato will include plans to reduce american troops in Europe eliminate Short Range nuclear weapons from the Region Ana create a rapid reaction Force. The strategy a references to Force Structure Are Broad defining instead the various future missions of nato forces in peace crisis and War the official said. A one of the important elements of the new strategy is focused on crisis management a a senior nato official said referring to efforts to defuse problems before they escalate to armed conflict. The alliances planned multinational rapid reaction Force made up of about 70,000 troops is tailored for such crisis intervention. The flexible British led Force would consist of at least four divisions of troops from at least half the nato nations. Within the Force designed to deploy to hot spots in seven Days would be a smaller unit of troops Able to respond within 72 hours of receiving orders. This smaller task Force is modelled after the existing Allied come Europe Mobile Force which includes air and land forces from Belgium Canada Germany Italy Luxembourg the Netherlands the United kingdom and the United states. Such efforts could come into play in Many countries in Central and Eastern proposed nato reorganization the future of nato will be a leaner More nimble Structure with Overall forces Cut by half. Still adhering to the original tasks it will have a broader focus with three types of forces main defense rapid reaction and augmentation. The Centrepiece will be the rapid reaction corps designed for flexibility in smaller conflicts the main defense forces in the Central Region will consist of five corps each containing divisions from at least two separate countries As Well As a danish German Force and a German Home defense Force in Eastern Germany. Rapid reaction corps will contain four or five divisions deployed in the u.k., Germany and the Southern Region Greece Italy or Turkey. Headquarters in Germany. Augmentation forces will be provided by the United states and Canada in times of crisis to fill out main defense forces. Sources miss nato Europe where political ethnic social economic pressures and tensions have the potential to become crises. The Alliance is also watching its Southern Periphery where there Are a areas of instability and concern about for example the proliferation of ballistic missile technology weapons of mass destruction and so on a the official said. It will also continue to keep an Eye on the military potential of the soviet Union and its constituent republics. Whatever happens in the soviet Union with its massive conventional Force the official said a must be a concern for  review of nato strategy was called for at the nato Summit in London last july. France originally abstained from aps amps participating in creating the new game plan which replaces the alliances 1977 strategy of flexible response. However it joined its development Midway through and has largely agreed on its Content the official said. Of the strategy a 60 paragraphs Only three or four Lack agreement by France. The document is expected to be released publicly thursday unusual in natos 42-year history of classified strategies. France has been the leading proponent for making the european Community the primary institution responsible for european Security. It withdrew its forces from natos integrated Force Structure in 1966.klanfrom Page 1 Adolf hitlers birthday last april in the Western German town of Herford. The Magazine also claimed that police found kick stickers during the arrest of three men who allegedly attacked a Home for refugees in Germany. _ in another report the German to Channel Rel plus Early last month showed a Cross burning Kkt rally outside Berlin organized by Dennis Mahon. Der Spiegel Magazine identified Mahon As a Leader of a Small klan group in Oklahoma and Missouri who had been Mak ing a a propaganda tour in Germany in late summer. Forster the chief Federal prosecutors spokesman said investigators were checking the news Media reports. A that is the target of an official investigation a the spokesman said. He said officials want to know whether the klan in Germany forms a a terrorist  Forster stressed that the probe was far from being a formal prosecution adding he could not say How Many members or supporters the klan May have recruited in Germany. A we Are checking whether there san offshoot of the klan Here or whether there a a terrorist organization that they re supporting a Forster added. Chief Federal prosecutor Alexander von Stahl is primarily in charge of pursuing espionage and organized terrorism and does not become involved in routine criminal matters. Forster said the prosecutor routinely investigates news reports indicating organized terrorist activities or spying. Welt am sonntag a respected sunday newspaper reported oct. 20 that Mahon had recruited 15 new klansmen in the town of Konigs Wusterhausen the Berlin suburb where the Cross burning took place. Despite the probe the country a Domestic intelligence Agency said that so far it has not classified the klan As a terrorist group. Correction because of an editing error incorrect information was published oct. 31 about the location of two military Community events in Hanau Germany. A ladies evening takes place at the Mode Naire club on flip terhorst Cavern in Hanau on nov. 15. A fashion show on nov. 16 also takes place at the Mode Naire club in Hanau. For More information on both events Call ets 322-7509.holdupfrom Page 1 have been to go too quickly a he said thus running the risk of erroneously attributing a death to Friendly fire. An army official had said earlier that it was necessary to deviate from regulations concerning notification if prudence demanded it. The Post said it based its findings on military documents obtained through the Freedom of information act. It said that in 33 of the 3c cases of death by Friendly fire in the War army and Marine commanders knew the cause by the end of March. All but one of the families however had to wait until August for official acknowledgement the newspaper reported. An army regulation 600-8-1, requires the service to make immediate and full disclosure of Friendly fire to next of Kin. The Post asserted the army disobeyed its own regulation. It quoted it. Gen. William h. Reno Deputy chief of staff for personnel As saying a i am obliged to comply with my own legs but i am also obliged to deviate from them informally in Many cases where its prudent to do so. A every decision we made with respect to notification of families was made with the motive of care and compassion for the families a he said. An army spokeswoman maj. Barbai Goodno reached by Telephone Mondt night said a the decision was made i someone Reno with the authority l make that decision. A it was within the scope of the dec sic makers authority and it was a dec Isic he made after consultation with his Supi  she said the object of the delays was i avoid creating uncertainty among to families of gis killed in the persian go War by not releasing any of the inform Tion until it was known for certain precisely which soldiers died of Friendly ii and which ones were victims of Enen fire  
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