European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 23, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 3 sex hostage Terry Waite gives Santa John Hole a donation during a stroll in his  again denies links to North Deal London apr Terry Waite said sunday he knew nothing of the . Arms for hostages Deal and said he was tortured by his suspicious islamic captors. The former hostage in his first interview since his release nov. 18, said attempts to Trade arms for hostages were  but he refused to blame Oliver North the senior . Official who ran the secret project for his Captivity of nearly five years in Lebanon. In the radio interview with the British broadcasting corp., he said Quot there was no Way in which the Church could or would have any dealings whatsoever in arms for hostages nor for that matter in paying Ransom for  asked if he should not at least have been suspicious during his dealings with North Waite said he became a suspicious of nearly  a people Are playing games and governments Are playing games All the time a he added. A you just Are walking through a minefield and one Day you May tread on a mine. I trod on a mine and that a about  Waite 52, was seized in january 1987 while on what was his last Mission to Lebanon trying to secure the release of american hostages. Waite said after he was captured he was brutally interrogated beaten on the soles of his feet and kept chained. He was unable to walk or stand. His captors showed him mock executions and told him that he would be killed. Meanwhile Waite hugged old friends Sang Christmas carols and met Santa Claus on saturday during his first stroll through his Home Village of Blackheath in nearly five years. A a it a great to be Back a he said As he stopped to visit old friends and favorite haunts in this quaint Corner of Southeast London. Military moves in to halt riots in Cambodia capital phenom penh Cambodia apr the military cordoned off the downtown sunday and soldiers filled its streets repeatedly shooting into the air in an Effort to halt anti government rioting in its fourth Day. Reporters saw a Man wounded by gunfire in an area where several hotels Are located. Troops dragged the Man whose condition was unknown into a shop. The unrest has delayed an important meeting of the country s reconciliation body composed of leaders from the government and the three guerrilla factions it fought during nearly 13 years of War. The leaders arc trying to implement a peace Accord. Rioting also forced the government to postpone visits of foreign dignitaries including the chinese laotian and vietnamese foreign ministers said cambodian Deputy prime minister Hor Nam Hong. The military moved armoured personnel carriers and hundreds of heavily armed troops into phenom Penhos downtown area after four Days of unrest. Workers and civil servants protesting corruption and abuse by the vietnamese installed government have joined the protests. At least three people have been killed and 16 wounded by gunfire since saturday evening said doctors at two hospitals. The doctors who spoke on condition of anonymity said Many of the wounds were from ricocheting bullets. A we have requested the military to assist us a Hong told reporters. A i believe these events and turmoil will certainly delay the process of the Paris peace Accord a a 6 p.m.-to-5 . Curfew was imposed starting Sun Day he said. It appeared the military took Over sunday after police were unable to Deal with earlier rioting. Hundreds of rounds of gunfire rang out in the downtown area every hour As soldiers police and other people who appeared to be government Security officers shot weapons into the air to disperse protesters Irvine to gather. 76 at least six armoured personnel carriers were seen at Mam intersections. Most downtown shops were closed. U Arr an associated press photographer i j to barrel of an automatic weapon pressed to her head by militiamen who objected to her taking pictures of them firing above the Heads of civilians on Street Corners. On saturday about 5,000 protesters took to the streets. Police opened fire when about 1,000 demonstrators attacked a police station witnesses said. Under the peace Accord signed in Paris last october the United nations is monitoring a cease fire and will help administer the country until general elections Are held to 1993. Cambodian officials and Western diplomats have urged that . Officials deploy a , peacekeeping Force As soon As possible to help restore peace. A if the situation is not Calm War will drag on War will continue the state radio quoted cambodian prime minister Hun sen As saying in a saturday broadcast. A transcript of inc speech was released sunday in Bangkok Thailand. Cambodia will become a Lawless country with no one listening to anyone and anarchic Quot sen said. North koreans to sign Accord if . Confirms withdrawal Seoul South Korea up a North korean president Kim ii Sung told rep. Stephen Solarz that he wants Washington to confirm the withdrawal of . Tactical nuclear weapons from South Korea Seoul officials said sunday. The Democrat from new York who visited North Korea last week and had a meeting with the North korean Leader met South korean foreign minister Lee Sang Ock at breakfast sunday and briefed him on his talks with Kim it Sung a foreign ministry official said. Solarz quoted Kim As saying that if Washington confirms the pullout of . Nuclear weapons from South Korea North Korea will sign a nuclear safeguards agreement with the International atomic Energy Agency the official said. Kim according to Solarz was not agreeable to a South korean proposal made at a recent Korea prime ministers meeting for simultaneous inspections by the two Korea of their facilities for nuclear verification the official said. Instead Kim told Solarz that North Korea would accept the International Agency a inspection of North korean nuclear facilities at Yon Byon in return for allowing North Korea to inspect its military bases in South Korea the official said. Solarz chairman of an Asia and Pacific affairs subcommittee of the House of representatives planned to meet South korean president Roh Tae woo and hold a news conference today. British leaders take Steps to Rescue woeful Economy political fortunes by William e. Schmidt the new York times London a overwhelmed by a rising tide of mortgage foreclosures the British government moved last week to Rescue vulnerable homeowners and head off further damage to the political fortunes of the governing conservatives in next years National election. The action by the government of prime minister John major taken in league with Banks and mortgage lenders is the latest measure of official alarm Here Over the distressed state of the British Economy. In the last year an estimated 80,000 borrowers have been driven from their Homes because they have not been Able to make their mortgage payments. In initiatives made Over the least two Days Norman Lamont the Chancellor of the exchequer abolished an expensive stamp tax on new Home purchases in an attempt to Spur housing sales. The government also worked out an agreement with Banks and other lenders to furnish up to $1.8 billion in subsidies to homeowners having difficulty making monthly payments. Lamont estimated the measures would Cut foreclosures in half to about 40,000 a  aide urges Japan to relax Auto restrictions Tokyo up a . Undersecretary of state Robert Zoellick met with japanese leaders saturday and urged them to relax restrictions on car imports part of president Bush a drive to press the japanese into opening up their markets. Zoellick met saturday with prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa and foreign minister Michio Watanabe in preparation for Bush a four Day visit Jan. 7-10. Zoellick delivered a personal letter from Bush that called for a review of the .-Japan economic relationship in order further the a global partnership Quot of the two countries a japanese foreign ministry official said. Zoellick and Miyazawa discussed Japan a system of standardization and certification in which All automobiles Are screened to de Termine compliance with certain safety requirements the official said. . Automakers have criticized the regulations As unnecessarily strict the official said. _ Miyazawa told Zoellick his government has set up a budget that would encourage a domestically driven Economy. Washington has asked Japan to stimulate its Domestic demand in order to increase imports and narrow the widening Trade Gap Between the two countries. In his meeting with Watanabe Zoel Hek said Auto and Auto parts Trade would be a major item on Bush a Agenda when he visits Japan. Zoellick and Watanabe scheduled an additional meeting for today