European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Crying joking Anderson praises Welcome Waite by Gary Pomeroy St Flat writer Wiesbaden Germany a mixing tears with lighthearted comments an emotional Terry Anderson said he was a just stunned by the reception he a received and credited Terry Waite with risking his life to save him. Anderson 44, chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press was freed after 6 i years of Cap related Story on Page 3 Ivity wednesday by pro iranian shiite Muslim kidnappers. He had been the last american held in Lebanon. In opening comments to a news conference at Lindsey air stations theater Anderson said he owed thanks to the a thousands and thousands of people who supported him but a i done to know How to do a i think you know How i feel a he said his voice cracking. He removed his glasses briefly to compose himself. A i did no to expect this. I was Alf Cool and Calm and ready to go and thinking of All the neat things was going to say. And they All just Kinda he credited a nine fellow hostages who were with a me a these men All gave something to me helped me . Reportedly knew hostage Sites at times by the los Angeles times Washington a . Intelligence agencies knew where american hostages were being held in Lebanon at least three times during the past seven years but never had enough detailed information to make a Rescue Mission feasible officials and former officials said thursday. Hostages were spotted at various times in an apartment building in Beirut in a military Barracks in Eastern Lebanon a Bekaan Valley and near the Southern City of Tyre the officials said. But in every Case a Rescue turned out to be impossible a often because the hostages were moved before such a Mission could be planned. A we put a lot of Effort into trying to find these Guys a said l. Paul Bremer a former counter terrorism chief at the state department. A sometimes we did find them. But we did no to have it in sufficient detail to use it operationally. Its not enough to know what building they re in what floor what apartment or even what room. You be got to know see hostage on Page 2 he said. �?o1 Hope they got something in he said Brian Keenan had a a penetrating mind and a the cliche i Irish sense of humor. He had High Praise for Waite. A what can i say about this Man he risked his life for me. When he lost when we finally met him in prison i never heard him express a word of regret or bitterness a not once. Head do it again tomorrow. I know it. He a a very Brave Man also a Man of deep Anderson said he spent six years with Thomas Sutherland chained together most of the time on % single piece of Chain never More than an Arm s length apart. Describing his lowest Point Anderson said a i think the worst Day 1 had was in Christmas 1986.1 was in Soli tary we had no books nothing.�?�. On his attitude to Lebanon where he was kidnapped right after finishing a Tennis game Anderson joked see Welcome on Page 2 More than 90,000 expected for Pearl Harbor anniversary inside Nathanial Watson of fort Myers fla., stands beneath a Riant 1940sera Flag >4 he listens to speeches during Pearl Harbor ceremonies thursday in Honolulu. From wire reports Honolulu a defense Secretary Dick Cheney told survivors of Japan a attack on Pearl Harbor that their sacrifices 50 years ago will not be forgotten and he pledged to keep americans defences Strong. Cheney spoke thursday at a Pearl Harbor survivors association Flag raising ceremony at fort Derussy a beachfront army Reserve Post in the Waikiki Section of Honolulu. More than 90,000 people including president Bush were expected to arrive in Honolulu by Friday. The president was due to arrive aboard air Force one just before Sunset at Hicl Tam fab a key target of japanese bombers 50 years ago. Shortly after Dawn today Bush will attend a survivors ceremony at the National cemetery of the Pacific then of to the battleship Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor or his National address to world War ii veterans and 1 94 Pearl Harbor survivors. Bush a plane was shot Down in the Pacific while he was serving As a Navy aviator in world War ii. The events Are part of a we Klong program commemorating the japanese attack dec. 7, 1941, which Drew the United states into world War ii. In Japan efforts collapsed Friday to pass a parliamentary Resolution of regret for Japan a world War ii aggression. A we wont do it. There were just talks a said Takashi Hasegawa a former Justice minister and senior legislator in the governing Liberal democratic party of prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Hasegawa said he and other lawmakers strongly oppose such a Resolution because a there is no need now for the loser to apologize to the in explaining Why the Resolution failed to gain support Hasegawa said that Japan like the United states should forgo apologies for the War. He praised Bush for saying sunday that the United states will not apologize for dropping atomic bombs on the japanese cities of Hiroshima an Nagasaki which led to a japanese surrender. Although the japanese were trying to agree on a res see Harbor on Page 2 soviet coup fears rising sources say by Michael Parks the los Angeles times Moscow a ominous rumblings from deep within the armed forces have raised fears of another coup against soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Many soviet political observers said the army is increasingly alarmed at the soviet unions breakup the collapse of its Economy and the inability of political leaders to resolve the country s multiple crises. While these concerns Are widespread the conviction is said to be growing among the soviet officer corps that Only the armed forces have the organization the willpower and of course the might to save the nation. Andrei s. Grachev the presidents press Secretary acknowledged the growing discontent in the soviet military this week and said that a coup with its support was a a very real As the crisis deepens and political pressure consequently mounts Grachev told journalists a the army May become an instrument of unconstitutional action of an irresponsible and with traumatic changes ahead As the soviet Union moves to a free Market Economy a the most dangerous period is yet to come a he said. Across the political spectrum the talk is of a coup that would be backed if not led by a military angered by the accelerating disintegration of the soviet Union. A we need hew leaders a Gen. Leonid Koch Endayen of the soviet general staff see soviet on Page 2final Holiday mail deadline Europe to .cards 6 letters dec. 9 source . Postal service
