European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 2, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3master plan to save former e. Bloc urged Geneva apr an internationally coordinated master program similar to the Marshall plan is needed to halt the slide of East european nations and the soviet Union into even greater political and economic disorder according to a new . Report. The report issued sunday said economic problems Are deepening in Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Romania. Chaotic relations Between the different republics is hindering any recovery in the soviet Union. Only Hungary Poland and Eastern Germany Are expected to Start pulling out of the economic mire in 1992. It said that if governments continued with Tough restructuring measures and the population is willing to suffer More hardship then general recovery might Start in 1993. But the limits of popular endurance Are already a dangerously close a and More social unrest is Likely next year. A in most countries much of the initial enthusiasm and support for Radical reforms has waned Over the past year being pushed aside by disappointment frustration and populist tendencies a the report said. The 124-Page document was published by the economic commission for Europe the main . Economic forum consisting of european and North american countries. The report said Western nations should immediately remove restrictions on key exports from Eastern Europe. Although the West had granted some Trade concessions important products such As textiles and farm goods were usually exempt it said. A the reluctance of the Western countries to the rapid dismantling of their import barriers to Eastern products is in Sharp contrast to their recommendations to the transition economies to liberalize As quickly As possible a it pointed out. On an institutional level the Ece experts called for a new Type of Marshall plan similar to the one that helped tackle the economic crisis in Western Europe after world War ii. The report said 24 donor nations and at least seven International institutions were trying to help the new East european democracies move to a Market Economy but there was Little coordination. As a its Christmas in a big Way three onlookers Admire what is believed to be the world s largest lie. Berlin artist Michael de Maiziere a creation which Marks Advent Calendar on the facade of Berlin s Palace of the re pub the Days leading to Christmas covers 5,600 Square feet. Israel still mane vering to delay talks Jerusalem a Israel on sunday publicly stuck to its demand that the next round of Middle East peace talks be pushed Back by five Days from the Start Date of wednesday. But senior israeli officials left open the possibility of some Compromise and the foreign ministry said several Low level officials have been dispatched to Washington to prepare for the talks. Israeli  radio said some of these officials May participate in the talks beginning wednesday with the bulk of israelis delegation joining in Only on the following monday a the Date Israel wanted the talks to Start. But a top aide to prime minister Yitzhak Shamir Yossi Ben Aharon said that notion was a completely untrue. An  however Ben Aharon indicated a Compromise on timing was still possible. A now there Are negotiations going on in the United states a he said. A what has to happen is the United states coming to us with proposals in response to what we  the israeli decision to keep calling for a delay came at a Cabinet meeting sunday. Israel  radio said most of the ministers supported Shamir but also indicated a split was developing. Foreign minister David Levy for one argued that Israel would Only a close Points in an argument about the Date it said. Result efforts were duplicated and resources wasted. A what appears to be required is a credible and effective master program which would incorporate the efforts of All the providers of International assistance within a framework that also articulates the needs of the transition economics a the report said. It urged the creation of a task Force to draft such a recovery program which would then be endorsed at an intergovernmental conference. The report said Short term prospects for All East european countries were Bleak. In the soviet Union it said disintegration of authority confusion and delays in the Reform process were to blame for much of the economic deterioration. Stressing the unreliability of statistics the report said Gross output had fallen by 12 percent in the first nine months of this year. The decline in consumption was Likely to be much greater. Food Supply problems were worsened by what amounted to regional and local Trade wars it said. Budgetary and monetary policies were in a extreme disarray. . Envoy in Belgrade for Parley Belgrade Yugoslavia a -. Special envoy Cyrus Vance arrived in Belgrade on sunday for talks on deploying peacekeeping forces to halt Yugoslavia a War. Serbia a foreign minister reportedly said peacekeepers could be in place by mid do Cembor. Fighting which flared saturday on the sixth Day of the first .-Brokcred truce in Croatia appeared to have died Down by sunday. Croatian defense ministry officials reported Only sporadic shelling in the area around Osieck East Croatia a largest City. On saturday at least five people were killed there by artillery fire from serbian dominated Federal forces and serbian irregulars. Croats fear that before peacekeepers arrive serbian troops want to capture Osieck a City of 140,000 in peacetime and capital of Fertile Oil Rich Eastern Slavonia. However a senior Federal  commander in Croatia contradicted that View a the War is Over a Gen. Marjan cad was quoted As saying in the Tan Jug news Agency. Vance seemed less upbeat. He was cited by the Belgrade based Tan Jug As saying there had 1>een Little Progress on the deployment since the signing of the truce nov. 26. He said a a pressure would be put on the Federal  and others involved in the conflict but did not elaborate. Vance also expressed dissatisfaction with the Pace of  withdrawals from Croatia a non combat  stores damaged by suspected Ira bombs London apr firebombs believed to have been planted by the Irish Republican  damaged several stores in Central London Early sunday and hundreds of people were evacuated from their Homes police said. No injuries were reported. Firefighters put out blazes at the world of leather shop the reject shop and habitat Home furnishing store along Tottenham court Road one of London s main shopping streets about 3 . Another suspicious fire was at discount furniture Ltd. In Islington North London a police statement said. Shortly before 9 ., a suspect device was discovered at heals another Home furnishing store next door to habitat. A we believe that they were planted by members of the provisional Ira a said commander George Churchill Coleman head of Scotland Yards anti terrorist Branch. Tottenham court Road which runs North from the main shopping thoroughfare Oxford Street was closed for several hours while police searched for other devices. Those evacuated were later allowed to return to their Homes. Scotland Yard said damage ranged from slight to severe. In Northern Ireland a firebomb that ignited Early sunday caused 300,000 pounds $530,000 in damages to a budget Day discount store in Newtownabbey on the Northern outskirts of Belfast police said. A Short distance away another do it yourself store b and a was slightly damaged in another firebomb attack police said. Police and troops searched Many stores in the Center of Belfast on saturday following a series of Ira bomb alerts that sent Christmas shoppers scurrying for safety. A shoe shop in the City Center was gutted and a pub slightly damaged when a device partially exploded police said. The fires followed the discovery late saturday of a stash of weapons in northeastern London that police said May be linked to the Ira a terrorist group that seeks to oust the British from Northern Ireland. The anti terrorist squad found the  Cache durin a search following an incident involving a suspect terrorist Friday night the sunday times said. The sus elect panicked when spotted by police and dropped a a of guns in the Street before fleeing. Police retraced his Steps and found the stash of weapons in a garage next to a Home for the elderly in northeastern London the report said