European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Slavic slates form Alliance Gorbachev Central government excluded Moscow a Boris n. Yeltsin on monday confronted Mikhail s. Gorbachev with the powerful new Commonwealth of Russia the Ukraine and byelorussian which ignores what is left of the Central government and excludes the soviet president. The meeting also included kazakhs influential president Nur Sultan a. Nazar Baev whose vast resource Rich Republic was left out of the Commonwealth declared sunday by the leaders of the three slavic republics. \ the new political Union named so Druz Hestro in russian is open to any of the nine remaining soviet Union republics that want to join. In forming the Commonwealth ukrainian president Leonid Kravchuk byelorussian Leader Stanislav Shushkevich and Yeltsin the russian president said the soviet Union had a ceased to  the mechanics and duties of the Commonwealth Are Only vaguely described at this Point but the initial declaration says the states will take on some military responsibilities will create a joint Bank and official currency and will guarantee Freedom of religion. The Commonwealth also would work to Ward dismantling All nuclear weapons under International treaties said the soviet news Agency Tass and the documents. The Independent news Agency inter fax said leaders of other republics were to join Yeltsin Gorbachev and Nazar Baev at a meeting later monday. Gorbachev a efforts to reconstitute the see Alliance on Page 2return remains of . Hostages Anderson urges from wire reports Wiesbaden Germany a Terry Anderson said monday he wants kidnappers in Lebanon to return the bodies of two americans who died in Captivity Marine it. Col. William Higgins and William Buckley. Earlier in the Day the freed american hostage said he will Fly to the United states today and that Freedom is sweeter than he Ever imagined. In a Telephone Call to a network news in Washington Anderson said he Hopes two germans still held in Lebanon Are soon released. He made the Call from the . Military Hospital in Wiesbaden where he is staying. German Aid workers Heinrich Striebig so and Thomas Kemptner 30, were seized in May 1989 and Are believed to be the last Western hostages in Lebanon. Anderson also urged Israel to free lebanese prisoners it is holding. A i Pray that the two germans Are released very quickly. I Pray that the lebanese. Are released a Anderson said adding he also Hopes for a the return of the bodies of those men who unfortunately did not make it  he was referring to Higgins and Beirut Cia Bureau chief Buckley who both died in Captivity in Lebanon. Higgins was abducted in 1988, and Buckley four see hostages on Page 2 its Only an exercise special forces members Parachute onto All Al onto the destroyed air base from seven c-141 Star Salem Airfield near Kuwait City on sunday during a lifter transport planes after an 18-hour flight from joint .-Kuwait exercise. The paratroopers jumped Hunter army Airfield near Savannah  Summit talks aimed at uniting Europe begin maastricht Netherlands a Western european leaders opened a landmark Summit monday seeking to resolve remaining disputes Over monetary Union and to tackle the Hornier issues of political Union and a common foreign policy. Britain is hesitant but the rest of the european Community is ready to take a major step toward establishing a currency that could be used by decades end from the North sea to the Mediterranean. The two Day Summit in this Southern dutch town is the most significant since the 12-member nations took a major step toward closer Union in 1986 by removing barriers to Trade and travel with an Eye toward creating a single Market by 1993. The most influential advocates of a Strong federation Are Germany France and Italy. They Are Bent on turning the Community of 338 million people into an economic and political Power rivalling the United states and Japan. They Are backed by the Netherlands which holds the eco a rotating presidency Belgium Greece Spain and Luxembourg. Only Ireland Denmark and Portugal share some of the reservations of Britain the most hesitant dec country about diminishing National sovereignty. The most far reaching change Likely to be agreed on is economic and monetary Union providing for the establishment of a joint Central Bank and a single currency by 1999. Britain is expected to exempt itself from the currency agreement. In a year of negotiations leading up to the Summit it was agreed that Britain would not be required to accept the currency unless its parliament approved. Soviet interviews of pos reported by the new York times Washington a soviet agents interrogated american service members captured in Indochina during the Vietnam War current and former officials of the Kab say. Some of the interrogations took place after the War ended in 1975 and after Hanoi said All american prisoners had been returned the soviet agents said on australian 60 minutes which is modelled after the lbs program. Some of the americans May have been taken to the soviet Union on regular Supply flights from Vietnam the report said. The agents said the interrogators goal was to learn about . Equipment. The program was broadcast oct. 27, but its assertions were not publicized in the United states until the san Diego Union printed an article about the documentary last week. Bob Hall a spokesman for the defense department said the Pentagon was looking into the allegations. But Hall said interviews with american prisoners who returned after the War had turned up no evidence of interrogation by soviet agents. Agents interviewed for the program said they believed that americans who had been interrogated see Iowa on Page 2