European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 8, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3stuttgart to become 2 communities by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany a the . Army Europe plans to split Stuttgart into two military communities this Spring to better serve the remaining population. Army officials will Start meeting this week to draft the reorganization of the Only surviving Community still under Vii corps control. A a reorganization is coming no doubt resulting in a split Between Neucom . European come and the rest of Stuttgart a Community spokesman George Huet Tig said adding that april 1 is a tentative target Date for the change to take effect. One Likely result of the division is that troops and civilians assigned to Patch Barracks and Panzer Cavern now on the Community a Southwest rim would have easier Access to Community services. But Community and Vii corps spokesmen offered no Concrete examples of How the change would Benefit residents saying such details have yet to be worked out. Stuttgart has lost about half its . Military population of More than 30,000 and is scheduled to lose More. Nonetheless the expected result of the meetings and subsequent . Army Europe decisions is that Stutt Gart will become a at least temporarily a two military communities. Vii corps which is helping plan the change officially relinquished control of the Niernberg military Community to v corps on Jan 1. Niernberg is scheduled to absorb the Ansbach Community in two weeks. The Only other remaining Vii corps Community popping in is on the verge of closing. The european come staffed by members of All four military service branches is headquartered at Patch Barracks located in the City a Vaihinger District. The Post now constitutes a Stuttgart military sub Community. Until last week an army unit called the Neucom support activity operated the Post. The activity a commander was a colonel who answered to the 6th area support group commander whose office is across town at Robinson Barracks. The first Concrete change occurred wednesday when the activity changed its name to Neucom area support group. The group will take charge of both Patch Barracks and nearby Panzer Cavern in Bobingen Home of 1st in 10th special forces group since last year. Gradually it will develop a Community Structure and absorb 6th area support group responsibilities and personnel at the two posts according to a Neucom group source who asked not to be identified. In the meantime the 6th area support group will shrink to a size appropriate for administering the rest of the Stuttgart Community. Its chief Mission will be closing incl Lingen Barracks in Ost Wildern and smaller ludwigs Burg area posts that the army has designated for return to the German government. When those tasks arc finished the Neucom group will assume control of whatever Stuttgart area facilities remain the Neucom group source said. Because of Legal obligations to the local German works Council army officials said they can to release specific information yet about the anticipated size or configuration of the future military Structure the source said. That leaves several questions unanswered such As what will happen to Robinson Barracks Kelley Barracks and several smaller posts. Even though the corps is about to disappear most government housing units at Kelley Barracks Are occupied corps spokesman it. Col. James Gleisberg said. Some troops who live there work at Patch Barracks which is Only about seven Miles away. Shevardnadze wants Georgia in new setup Moscow a Eduard Shevardnadze says his native Georgia should join the new Commonwealth now that the republics president has been ousted in what the former soviet foreign minister called a a democratic  Shevardnadze said in an interview with the associated press that he would like to play a role in rebuilding Georgia and would not Rule out running for its vacant presidency. President Oviad Gamsa Hurdia who fled to neighbouring Armenia on monday was a a a dictator who ignored human rights and kept Georgia out of the Commonwealth of Independent states Shevardnadze said. During the bloody two weeks that led to Samsak Hurdia a ouster Commonwealth leaders said Georgia could not join until its Power struggle was resolved. A great harm was done by this Gamsa Hurdia regime. Because Georgia was isolated economically politically morally a both Here in the framework of the Commonwealth and in Europe the whole world a Shevardnadze said. Gamsa Hurdia who was overwhelmingly elected in May in Georgia a first popular vote has alleged that Shevardnadze masterminded the Campaign to oust him. Opponents say Gamsa Hurdia. Became dictatorial after taking office. Shevardnadze 64, said he was creating an International fund to help Georgia recover from the brutal Power struggle that took More than 70 lives and devastated downtown Tbilisi the capital. In a written Appeal to his countrymen he expressed sympathy for the families of those who died but welcomed Samsak Hurdia a ouster by rebel troops. A the forces of Unity democracy and Freedom have gained Victory Over the dictatorship. A democratic revolution has triumphed. I congratulate you on this historic event a he wrote. Shevardnadze quit As soviet foreign minister in the fall of 1990, warning of an impending dictatorship then returned to the Post for the final month of the soviet unions existence. Shevardnadze now his Only position is head of the foreign policy association a private research Center he founded in Moscow. He said he would continue to cooperate with and be a Friend of former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Since resigning last month Gorbachev has been on vacation. But Shevardnadze said Gorbachev a has not left politics entirely and probably will set up a research foundation of his own. Shevardnadze led the georgian communist party from 1972 until Gorbachev came to Power in 1985. He played a key role in Gorbachev a a reforms helping to end the cold War reducing nuclear weapons and allowing communist regimes in Eastern Europe to collapse. Magazine names 9 resorts to avoid like the plague London up nine of the worst Holiday resorts in the world with problems from pollution to excessive aircraft noise were named monday by the Consumers associations Magazine Holiday which the resorts which the Magazine urged tourists to avoid a like the plague a include some of the most popular destinations sold by major travel companies such As British airways and Thomson. The nine resorts which the association said a just might be the worst resorts in the world a were brought to the notice of the association by being the most frequently mentioned in 1,200 letters to the association in 1991. The letters were followed up by visits by association staff. The resorts Are Battaya Thailand sunny Beach Bulgaria Al Arenal also known As Playa de Palma Majorca la Grande Motte France Kano in Corfu Nabell Tunisia qua Teira Portugal gezira Malta and Gumbert Turkey. The report also said that thousands of Holiday makers were in danger every year from unsafe Mediterranean resort hotels with Only four out of 42 hotels in Ben dorm and the Algarme rated As a acceptably  Holiday which inspectors said they discovered locked fire escape doors and exits open and unprotected stairways useless fire alarm systems poor escape signposting dangerous swimming pools and playgrounds and balconies that could be hazardous to children. The report criticized the resort of Battaya in Thailand saying it had badly polluted beaches and was second Only to the thai capital Bangkok for sleaze. It had a fall the panoply of the sex Industry a Massage Parlours Blue movie bars and cd  Nabell Tunisia was described by one holidaymaker in a letter As a filthy strewn with litter and bordered by stinking open  the report said the sea contained human excrement. One in 10 readers reported thefts or robbery in bulgarians sunny Beach. A the Eastern bloc Sun sea and Sand resort of spartan Barrack like Concrete hotels fell prey last summer to marauding gangs of thugs adopting classic lager out behaviour with theft and mugging commonplace a the Magazine said. Kanoni next to Corfu town was highlighted because it is situated at the end of the islands runway and with the noise described As a absolutely  gezira an Annex of Sliema the most popular British resort in Malta was described in the Holiday which report As a the worst slum in  it Nas no Beach. A a Gumbel in Turkey is scruffy and unappealing with its dry dirty Hillside covered in an unattractive rash of half finished Concrete boxes a said the  letters to Juk suggested detente by Norman Kempster the los Angeles times Washington a former soviet Leader Nikita s. Khrushchev referring often to the thermonuclear War that had just been averted urged president Kennedy to join him in taking advantage of the end of the cuban missile crisis to solve All remaining .-soviet problems especially the status of Berlin newly declassified letters indicated monday. The state department and Russia jointly made Public 12 previously secret communications Between Kennedy and Khrushchev in the aftermath of the october 1962 missile crisis. The exchanges included memos on two conversations found in soviet but not american archives. The letters dated Between oct. 30, 1962, and dec. 19, 1962, All were written after the now famous exchanges in which Kennedy demanded and Khrushchev ultimately accepted removal of medium Range nuclear missiles from Cuba. The earlier letters were mostly made Public in 1973. The latest communications contain no dramatic disclosures. Most of them concerned a . Demand for removal of aging soviet Il-28 bombers from Cuba. Although Khrushchev insisted that the 12-year-old aircraft posed no danger to the United states he agreed to take them out. But in the aftermath of the disintegration of the nuclear superpower that Khrushchev once commanded the letters give some insight into the earliest discussion of .-soviet detente. It was a wary courtship with each Side accusing the other of failing to carry out fully the obligations accepted to end the crisis. All of the newly released letters were written after the november 1962 midterm elections in which Kennedy a democratic party scored impressive victories. Khrushchev expressed his Delight at the outcome which he said cleared the Way for six years of Khrushchev Kennedy relations. As it turned out of course neither Man was around that Long. Khrushchev was deposed in a Kremlin Palace coup oct. 15,1964 Kennedy was assassinated nov. 22,1963. In the earliest of the newly declassified letters dated oct. 30, Khrushchev called for new negotiations on a Range of topics ranging from nuclear testing to overseas military bases. He placed the greatest stress on Berlin then the most pressing .-soviet irritant. In his replies Kennedy concentrated on the specific issues left Over from the cuban crisis. He never referred to any of Khrushchev a More ambitious suggestions