European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The so Send it Pes vol. 50, no. 232 monday december 2,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35$ d 8693 a Hopes Rise As kidnappers say Cicippio to be released israeli backed militia releases 25 arabs Beirut Lebanon apr shiite Muslim kidnappers said sunday that they plan to free american hostage Joseph Cicippio within 48 hours. In South Lebanon an israeli Allied militia released 25 Arab prisoners to support . Hostage efforts. A statement from the revolutionary Justice organization was accompanied by a photograph of Cicippio 61, acting comptroller of the american University of Beirut when he was kidnapped from Campus sept. 12,1986. A it looks real. I Shallah god willing it will be True a said Cicippio a lebanese wife Ilham. Asked about her plans Ilham Cicippio the realities. A maybe tomorrow a she added indicating her husband might be released today. About three Public affairs specialists arrived at the joint information Bureau at Lindsey air station in Wiesbaden Germany on sunday afternoon to pref it Are for a potential american hostage release. Senior airman Charles w. Ramey said that the Bureau was not officially open yet but that they were awaiting word of the next release. Most released american hostages opt for a medical checkup at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden before they return to the United states. The arabic language communique a 4 a a f go a my win  us said a right now in a waiting to pick up delivered to a Western new Agency in Beirut a praised . Efforts to end the hostage crisis and said the United nations agreed to push Israel to free More Arab detainees. A in Damascus Syria . Envoy Gian Domenico Picco met sunday with foreign minister Farouk Al Sharaa to deliver a message thanking Syria for its help in freeing Western hostages in Lebanon the official syrian Arab news Agency ref it sorted. Picco arrived in the Middle East ate last week. In South Lebanon 25 detainees left the Khiam prison in israelis self declared Security zone the South Lebanon army a radio station said. The voice of the South said 21 former prisoners were being a a deported from the zone and see freed on Page 2 Joseph Cicippio optimistic ukrainians vote on Independence referendum Kiev .s.r. Apr brimming with Hope for the future ukrainians voted sunday in their first popular presidential election and a referendum on Independence that Many believe will bring Prosperity to their Republic. All sue candidates in the race including front runner Leonid Kravchuk have said the election will Lead to full Independence for the Ukraine and have vowed not to sign soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a proposed Union treaty. The polls opened at 7 . And were scheduled to close at 8 . Turnout was expected to be heavy As voters arrived at the republics 34,000 polling stations on a Clear relatively warm Day. Preliminary results will not be available until this afternoon election officials said. At polling precinct no. 1 in Kiev a Shevchenko Region Kravchuk dropped his two paper ballots a one Tor the referendum one for the elections a into a Light Blue Box in front of a Blue and yellow ukrainian Flag. A i am voting for an Independent Ukraine a a smiling Kravchuk said. Although he vowed not to sign the Union treaty Kravchuk said the Ukraine might join other republics in associations without a Central government. He gave two examples a possible pact Between Russia the Ukraine Kazakhstan and byelorussian on joint control of nuclear weapons and a possible agreement with Russia and byelorussian for the continuing cleanup of the 1986 chernobyl nuclear disaster. A in my Conception there is no Center Only a coordinating Organ that will regulate some relations a Kravchuk said. A there is no elected Central state Organ that will stand Over the  opinion polls indicated Ukraine a 37.5 million voters would vote 3-to-l in favor of secession in a wave of nationalism and economic discontent in the Industrial powerhouse of 52 million people. A if the Center no longer takes a big slice of Ukraine a see vote on Page 2 for rent to James Bond types Moscow office space at Kab Hamburg Germany apr a newspaper on sunday said that the soviet Kab is offering to rent office space in its Moscow Central Headquarters to Western intelligence agencies. The Hamburg based Bild am sonntag newspaper said the Kab secret police had already reserved rooms in its Moscow Headquarters on la Biljana Street for Germany a intelligence services. Citing an interview with Kab spokesman Gen. Alexander Karba Inov Bild am sonntag said the soviets expect a Trade off by also posting representatives in Western countries. A we naturally then want a permanent representative also in Germany a the newspaper quoted Karba Inov As saying. The report said the Kab already had worked out such arrangements with the Central intelligence Agency in the United states. Karba Inov told the newspaper that the Kab no longer works for the communists. A we no longer serve any party a Bild quoted Karba Inov As saying. A instead we concentrate on human rights. We want above All to hinder violence in the  Karba Inov said that an Exchange of representatives Between the Kab and other nations would permit Western observers to convince themselves on the soviets human rights activities the newspaper said. According to the report especially the germans would Benefit because they could determine on their own that no former East German secret police Are still working with the Kab. The report quoted Karba Inov As saying the Kab has been a highly overestimated a in the West