European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes tuesday january 7, 1992 Baltic Call for soviet troop pullout Tallinn Estonia apr the three Baltic presidents concerned about the possibility of coups in their newly Independent countries have demanded the immediate withdrawal of former soviet troops from their capitals. In their first joint Appeal to the new Commonwealth of Independent states the Baltic presidents also urged the leaders of its 11 member states to pull out their citizens from the former soviet armed forces in the Baltic. Sundays Appeal was signed by presidents Arnold Ruutel of Estonia Anatolijs Gorbunov of Latvia and vytautas Landsbergis of Lithuania after a meeting of the Baltic Council in Jurmala near the latvian capital of Riga. The Appeal also urged that soviet military hardware be left behind to be used by the Baltic states for their own defense forces the Tass news Agency reported. Baltic leaders have said there Are about 100,000 troops in Lithuania 100,000 in Latvia and 30,000 in Estonia. Since the disintegration of the soviet Union the troops have been put under the control of Russia but Baltic officials fear that russians authority Over the army is weak. A the leaders of these troops have stated on several occasions that they can. Act on their own. It is a Putsch situation a Landsbergis said last month. A a Russia is taking Overall responsibility for the troops Here but we Are getting very mixed signals from Moscow a said Raul Malk a spokesman for Ruutel. In november soviet leaders agreed to pull out All soldiers from the Baltic capitals by dec. 1, but subsequently suspended negotiations on troop withdrawals. Estonia had said it would Cut off food and water to the soviet troops in the Republic on Jan. 1. A they did no to pull their troops out of the capitals and we have been unable to restart the withdrawal talks a Malk said sunday. A but we shall not take any Radical Steps  the Baltic leaders have ruled out even a Small presence of troops in the republics As suggested by some soviet leaders he added. Ukraine forms National guard despite threats a a soviet Soldier signs up for the ukrainian army in Kiev about 1,000 soldiers swore their allegiance on sunday to Ukraine which wants a Force of 600,000. By Mary Mycio the los Angeles times Kiev Ukraine a ignoring warnings from Moscow Ukraine began to swear in soldiers for its new armed forces sunday As members of the old soviet internal Security forces took oaths of allegiance to the new Independent state. With the whitewashed Belfry of the Florovsky monastery As a backdrop 500 volunteers from one of the old soviet Interior ministry a rapid deployment regiments pledged to a defend the ukrainian state and steadfastly guard its Freedom and  before Reading the oath to the soldiers maj. Gen. Volodymyr Kukhar ets commander of the new ukrainian National guard told his troops a we have been Given a historical Mission a defending our Mother  although ukrainian officials had announced plans in november for the 20,000-member internal Security Force the ceremony sunday took on political overtones after soviet air marshal Yevgeny i. Shaposhnikov complained last week about the Hasty division of the soviet armed forces into National armies. A this is not his business a Serhij Kolesnik a member of the ukrainian parliaments military commission said sunday of the republics plans to convert former soviet army units into the new ukrainian army. A no one is being forced to take the ukrainian  russian officials have also warned Ukraine not to take military assets that belonged to Russia such As the Black sea Fleet or to the combined strategic forces of the new Commonwealth of Independent states. The mood was thus one of Defiance As Kukhar ets administered the oath of allegiance to his troops even though they came from the Interior ministry units rather than the soviet army itself. With a Kalashnikov Rifle strapped across his Chest and still wearing his old soviet uniform except for a new Paulet with the initials a in go a a for the National guard each Soldier marched to the front of his platoon to read the oath and then declare a i serve the people of Ukraine a according to National guard spokesmen 8,000 soldiers from the old soviet Interior ministry troops volunteered to take the ukrainian oath sunday. A right now we have More applicants than spaces a major Mikhail Grinuk said. A ukrainian soldiers from others republics Are also asking to serve  of 12,000 soldiers in the old soviet internal Security units 1,084 declined to take the oath of allegiance to Ukraine largely out of preference to serve in their own republics. They will be airlifted to Moscow St. Petersburg and Nezhny Novgorod in Russia this week. The rest of the soldiers about 3,000, have not yet made a decision. But not All the russians Are leaving. Col. Valery Makarov an ethnic russian decided to remain in Ukraine and took the oath of allegiance sunday. A Ukraine a he said a is my second  Marcos aide claims . Tricked Leader into exile Manila Philippines apr a longtime aide to Ferdinand Marcos says in a new Book the United states deceived Marcos into believing he would be transported to the Northern Philippines during the 1986 uprising that propelled Corazon Aquino into the presidency. Marcos and his family were instead taken to Hawaii where Marcos died in 1989. The aide co. Arturo Aruiza who followed Marcos to Hawaii makes the claim of . Deception in his Book Ferdinand Marcos Malac Anang to Lakiki. The title refers to the philippine presidential Palace and the part of Hawaii where the Marc oses took up residence. According to the Book after Marcos left the presidential Palace on feb. 25, 1986, he and his family were taken to Clark a 50 Miles North of Manila where maj. Gen. Gordon Williams and Brig. Gen. Ted Allen discussed arrangements to Fly the former first family to his Home province Locos Norte. The Marc oses were to leave Clark for the North the following Day Aruiza wrote. That night however Allen the commander of the joint . Military assistance come told the Marc oses they would be flown to Guam because communist rebels were threatening the base Aruiza said. A we scoffed at the american fabrication that the communists were outside the main Gate a Aruiza wrote he said . Ambassador Stephen Bosworth Hac changed the destination at the request of co razor Aquino. Marcos loyalists have Long maintained Thal Marcos never a a fled the Philippines but was a a kidnapped by the americans. Aruiza said he confronted Williams the Clark commander about the reason for changing the destination. A apologetically he admitted there was great pressure from a higher Headquarters to Fly us out of the Philippines a Aruiza said. Dispute May delay Sas flights Copenhagen Denmark apr passengers flying with Sas can expect delays and cancellations this week due to a dispute Between pilots and the airline s management news reports said on monday. T he pilots refuse to work More than 42 hours per week while Sas demands that they Fly up to 46 hours and 35 minutes per week det Fri at Felt newspaper said. Fill Kragh president of the danish Pilot s association said Sas had rescinded All its working time agreements with the pilots starting Jan. 1 and had adjusted flight schedules to correspond with the longer hours. A we have told Sas that we will Fly As we have done up until now and if Sas wants to introduce new rules they Are Welcome to do so but we simply wont obey them a Kragh was quoted As saying. Kragh predicted delays and flight cancellations for Domestic and International routes. Scandinavian airline systems is jointly owned by Sweden Norway and Denmark. Kragh accused the airlines management of taking unilateral action against the pilots and refusing to negotiate on working hours. 9,700 colombians nabbed abroad for drug smuggling paper says Bogota Colombia apr More than 9,700 colombians were arrested abroad on drug trafficking charges in 1991, a Bogota newspaper reported sunday. The most arrests were in the United states where 4,136 colombians were detained for allegedly smuggling drugs the Al Tiempo newspaper said citing a National police report. Venezuela and Spain were the next biggest detainees of colombians Al Tiempo said. In All 9,714 accused colombian drug traffickers were arrested abroad or about 27 a Day according to the report. The report said 1,520 persons were arrested for drug trafficking inside Colombia during 1991, or about 56 percent less tha the previous year. No one was available to comment Sui Day at National police Headquarters. Information in Al Tiempo Colombia biggest Selling newspaper is usually Relk ble. Colombians powerful Cali and Medellin cocaine cartels Supply most of the cocain consumed in the United states and i rope. A colombian who manages to smuggle a kilogram of cocaine into Europe or the United states can earn about $5,000 More than four times the colombian min mum wage of about $1,200 Peryear