European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes thursday january 16, 1992nuke from Page 1 the statement. Meanwhile american officials remain concerned about the control and safety of an estimated 30,000 soviet nuclear weapons. In october than soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev announced plans to destroy thousands of Short Range nuclear weapons. Subsequently the soviet Union disintegrated and Gorbachev resigned. . Officials have expressed growing concern in recent weeks that in the current political chaos of the former soviet Union nuclear weapons could fall into unfriendly hands. A top level . Arms control team arrived in Moscow on wednesday to talk with leaders of the four former soviet republics that currently have nuclear weapons. They will discuss issues of safety Security and proliferation As Well As the disabling and dismantling of the weapons according to a state department spokesman. The four republics that will be visited by the . Team Are Russia Ukraine Belarus and Kazakhstan. Congress has appropriated $400 million to help the republics accomplish the task of dismantling the weapons. There Are fewer questions surrounding the ultimate disposition of the . Nuclear weapons which will be transported to the United states. The warheads will ultimately be brought to a department of Energy atomic weapons Plant in Amarillo Texas to be dismantled. Neucom citing Security reasons would not discuss its method for transporting the weapons to the United states. A we will ensure the warheads Are moved in the safest possible Way a the command stated in a written answer adding a the . Military has extensive experience in handling these weapons and has achieved an impeccable record of Safe  Neucom also said that As part of previous operations to reduce Levels of . Nuclear weapons in Europe a More than 500 other weapons have been removed since 1988.�?� command officials however would not elaborate on the types of weapons re move i _ or whether they were Short Range or intermediate Range weapons. German Law strictly regulates How nuclear weapons May be transported within its Borders. A spokeswoman for the transportation ministry in Bonn said a the Law Hasni to changed. Nuclear warheads May Only be transported in Germany on water rail or by air not by truck or other land bound  the Neucom statement said a draw Down transport and related logistic considerations will be carried out carefully to ensure that the removal of All weapons will be accomplished in the shortest time possible consistent with the need for maximum safety and  for the most part defense experts agree that there should be Little risk associated with the draw Down. A these things have been moved in the past for inspections for example a said col. Andrew Duncan an analyst with the International Institute for strategic studies in London. Duncan also dismissed the possibility that the weapons could be intercepted in transport. A a you a have to mount a pretty big operation to intercept one of these convoys and who a going to do it a said Duncan. A i would have thought it was a pretty unlikely thing but you obviously can to Rule it  Ottfried Nassauer with the Berlin information Center for transatlantic Security a defense think tank said nuclear weapons Are normally transported by helicopter and by transport aircraft in Germany. A they have been transported for years for maintenance purposes a Nassauer said. Although it has never happened a crash involving an air plane carrying nuclear weapons could expose the weapons to great risks because of the violent Impact and the intense heat he said. Nassauer said he believed that the reason Germany does not want nuclear warheads moved with ground transportation is to avoid the possibility of a terrorist attack and to minimize the Public Impact of moving nuclear weapons in a densely populated country such As Germany. A the More you transport these weapons visibly the More problems you get with the population a he said. Slat writer de Reavis contributed to this report 1 at a glance where do you go for Sunshine if the european Winters leave you cold see stripes Magazine for ideas on vacation hot spots. Move to open Juk files rep. Henry b. Gonzalez a Texas says he will propose that the government immediately open secret files on the assassination of president Kennedy that Are now sealed until 2029. A Page 4 car method improved a new method for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation May significantly increase the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest a study says. A Page 6 clerk arrested for murders a Beefy Stock clerk was charged with two of the 19 killings of women that have haunted Riverside county since 1986. A Page 7 republics recognized members of the european Community began recognizing Croatia and Slovenia hastening the disintegration of the yugoslav federation. The Federal government protested. A Page 10 retail sales Flat in �?T91 the Commerce department confirmed that the 1991 Christmas Selling season was not so hot and the year As a whole was one of the worst in three decades. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers 15 comics.15-17 commentary.13 crossword .15 faces a no places .14 letters .12 Money matters.18 sports.19-24 to listings.23 weather.11strike from Page 1 embargo must Stop because it makes innocent iraqi civilians suffer. The Telephone poll of 1,004 adults was taken Jan. 2-5 by ice Survey research group of Media a. The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 3 percentage Points. The poll found 65 percent approval for president Bush a decision to go to War a year ago. This approval rate was Down from 74 percent a week after the War began and 73 percent six months after Dollar from Page 1 Marks before pulling Back said Yvan Weill manager of foreign Exchange and assistant vice president of merchants Community Bank in Frankfurt Weill said that throughout wednesday by Ron Mckinney staff writer the United states has a verified beyond a doubt that a . Helicopter did not drop off any supplies to the turkish kurdish rebels last week As reported wednesday by the up a combined information Bureau spokesman said wednesday a up report published in the stars and stripes wednesday stated that food and clothing meant to Aid kurd in Northern Iraq was accidentally dropped in territory held by the guerrillas from the turkish workers party or pkg in Southeastern Turkey. However american officials deny that report. A the combined task Force has verified beyond a doubt that at no time did any . Helicopter drop any supplies to the pkg or at any place in Turkey a said maj. Bruce Gillman a . Combined information Bureau spokesman at incur the bombing began. However the disapproval rate 25 percent has not risen significantly. Approval dropped because More people said they done to know their position or refused to answer the question. If High approval continues this election year Bush could Benefit politically especially among men who Are about a third More Likely than women to Back the decision to go to War. But the poll also shows weak spots in the Public a approval. A about two thirds or 67 percent of those surveyed said the United states should have continued fighting to Force Saddam from Power. Just As in an a poll six months ago less than a fourth of there had been a lots of speculations and rumours and Hopes that the interest rates will get softer in Europe a he said. There has been pressure on the German government particularly by the americans to lower the High German interest rates. Weill said it was rare for the Dollar to soar five pfennig in one Day. A it happens More often that it Falls  the Dollar will probably not Rise above Lik a Turkey. Gillman said the information was passed on to the turkish general staff two Days after the alleged Jan. 10 incident. Turkish Interior minister Ismet Sezgin who acknowledged the accidental Airdrop in the up report was unavailable to answer questions wednesday. Turkeys prime minister Sulayman de Mirel said a . Helicopter dropped in the wrong place food Aid meant for kurd in Iraq but implicitly denied there were kurdish rebels in the area the Istanbul newspaper Hurr yet reported wednesday. Gillman said the Jan. 10 operation provide Comfort flight provided food and clothing to Bah Nuna a kurdish Village isolated by heavy Snow near the turkish Border in Northern Iraq. A report in a leading turkish newspaper Sabah stated that a helicopter flying a .-led operation provide Comfort americans agree with Bush a decision to Stop Short of overthrowing the iraqi president. Most republicans polled wanted Saddam ousted but 71 percent of republicans still rated the . Military Effort As successful. A slim majority of both democrats and independents said the War was Only somewhat successful or not at All successful. Overall among americans 16 percent said the us. Military Effort was completely successful 36 percent said it was mostly successful 36 percent said it was Only somewhat successful and 9 percent said it was not at All successful. 1.65 in the near future predicted David Simmonds of the Midland Bank of London. A the Market is going to wait and see if the . Economy really recovers Simmonds said. A we will want to see evidence of the eco Mony really  the decline of the Mark eased pressure on the British Pound which has faced Calls for devaluation Over its recent poor performance. Sortie dropped 27 bags of food and clothing on the Bisi plateau held by pkg guerrillas on mount Audi in Southeastern Turkey. Mount Audi is about 20 Miles North of Zakhoo Iraq where the operation provide Comfort supplies Are stored. A the main Issue is that we have been accused by Sabah of aiding this terrorist organization a said a . Information service spokeswoman who asked that her name not be used. The . Information service spokesman said that the . Government has never provided assistance of any kind to the terrorist pkg organization and that it has repeatedly condemned the a Kkt a activities. Sezgin said in the report that the area where the Aid shipments for the iraqi kurd were to have been dropped was very close to territory held by the turkish rebels. Wire reports contributed to this Story . Denies report of Aid to Turk rebels