European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The vol. 50, no. 267 350 tuesday january 7,1992 d 8693 . Should restructure military from Bottom up Aspin says Washington up rep. Les Aspin chairman of the House armed services committee called monday for creating a new . Military Force a from the Bottom up to face Post cold War threats. He said that just making it smaller is not the proper response for the future. The Wisconsin Democrat said that cold War priorities determine the shape and size of today s military and that a scaled Down version would be inadequate to meet the needs of the 1990s. A a Force that is merely smaller would still replicate an outdated Structure a he said. A the new Force must be created from the Bottom up not just by subtracting some amount from the old cold War Structure. A the demise of the soviet Union Means the old basis for sizing and shaping our defense is simply gone a he said. Aspin delivered his paper at a gathering of the Atlantic Council a think tank. It is the first of three papers Aspin plans to release As a base for planning Post cold War changes. The next two will Deal with nuclear forces and conventional forces. Aspin said Iraq s invasion of Kuwait showed that a american lives and interests can still be held at risk. We will continue to want military forces to have the option of fighting for those lives and interests when other Means  to do this Aspin said the United see Aspin on Page 2 president Bush Speaks during a news conference monday in Seoul As South korean president Roh Tae woo  appears cooperative As Bush Heads for Tokyo talks Seoul South Korea apr president Bush heading for a Trade showdown in Tokyo said monday that political foes in the United states were trying to trip him up with unrealistic expectations. With pressure building in both Tokyo and Washington there were fresh signs that Japan was readying Trade concessions to try to make Bush s trip a Success. He has billed his visit As a bid to find jobs for americans by tearing Down japanese Trade barriers. Japanese prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa said monday his country must be a a Friend in need to an economically struggling United states. Before flying to Japan Bush concluded a visit to South Korea where the administration revealed it had privately approached North Korea about holding talks within a week or two on the Issue of Pyongyang a nuclear weapons potential. North Korea replied that it was interested but wanted a delay officials said. Bush joined South korean president Roh Tae woo in offering to cancel an annual joint .-South korean military exercise a which North Korea views As an act of aggression a in Exchange for Pyongyang s willingness to follow through on a commitment to Seoul to permit nuclear inspections. Bush told South korean lawmakers that North to see talks on Page 2georgia chief flees capital for Armenia from wire reports Tbilisi Georgia a president Oviad Gamsa Hurdia fled his government building monday after a bloody two week siege by opposition fighters and fled to Armenia seeking Asylum. With his loyalists providing cover with heavy gunfire Gamsa Hurdia left the capital before Dawn monday leaving the opposition in control of the georgian capital Tbilisi. Mikhail Martirossian an official of the armenian Mission in Moscow said Gamsa Hurdia had been offered Asylum in Armenia during a mediation Effort in Tbilisi on dec. 31. Gamsa Hurdia refused the offer at the time and it was unclear if Armenia would still Grant permanent Asylum. The rebel leaders who ousted Gamsa Hurdia had set up a ruling military Council last week and said monday they would try to form a civilian government that could Call new elections As Early As april. Hours after Samsak Hurdia s pre Dawn departure one of the main Gamsa Hurdia rebel leaders Dehaba Iose Liani said the military Council would seek to bring him Back for a possible trial. Gamsa Hurdia initially went to neighbouring Azerbaijan and then travelled to Armenia. Iose Liani also a raised the possibility of establishing a constitutional monarchy. He said some members of the bagration family the former georgian Royalty have expressed interest in returning. A welcomed participation in a new government by see chief on Page 2 Moscow s beef Over meat leaves donor with bad taste Moscow a Moscow a bureaucrats had a beef with 188 tons of donated British meat. So they shipped it to the Arctic Circle City of Murmansk which eagerly unloaded it within hours of its arrival monday. Although muscovites often find their meat stores empty the capitals health inspectors Over the weekend rejected the plan Load of beef from Britain because of fears it was infected with Bovine spongiform encephalopathy or mad cow disease. British authorities assured Moscow health officials that the Frozen beef a the first part of a planned 2,200-ton food Aid package from the european Community a was free of the disease that infects cows and not humans. A it s something that we would consume ourselves a British embassy spokesman Noel Jones said monday in Moscow. The beef meets All european Community health standards and a a it a not something that we would not wish others to eat a he said. Bull said Moscow health inspectors who refused to allow it to be unloaded saturday at Sheremetyev Airport. British and russian officials eventually agreed to Send the beef to Murmansk where there is less livestock and looser veterinary regulations. According to the Tass news Agency the beef was unloaded and processed within hours of Landing in Murmansk. Michael Emerson european Community ambassador to Moscow said shipping the meat up North was a tidy solution to the standoff. A Murmansk was really quite a plausible place to Send this stuff a big City right up in the North with poor food supplies a a place we have a lot of sympathy for a Emerson said in an interview with bbl to. Britain has imposed strict regulations see beef on Page 2