European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes thursday january 16, 1992 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 Appeal for mercy the Mother and sister of two alleged guerrilla fighters appealed tearfully for efforts to save them and a companion from a cuban firing squad. A Page 10 retail sales Flat in 91 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. Commentary. Crossword. Faces no places 14 letters. Money matters. 18 sports. To listings. 23 weather. 11 nuke from Page 1 coordination with our allies in nato a according to the statement. Meanwhile american officials remain concerned about the control and safety of an estimated 30,000 soviet nuclear weapons. In october then 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  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 and brought to a department of Energy atomic weapons Plant in Amarillo Texas to be dismantled. Neucom would not respond to questions about How the weapons would be transported to the United states. However German Law strictly regulates How nuclear weapons May be transported within its Borders. A spokeswoman for the transportation ministry in Bonn said 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 vehicle. The Neucom statement released by Navy capt. Gordon Peterson the commands director of Public affairs 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 such As the c-141b 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 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. Staff writer de Reavis contributed to this report Iraq from Page 1 Plecity about the scope and intent of its nuclear weapon  a German foreign ministry official said tuesday in Bonn that Centrifuge magnets and casing materials were supplied to Iraq by five German firms some of which Are under criminal investigation according to the associated press. Bush a report said Iraq had collaborated with . Efforts to inspect and clean up storage Sites for Poison Gas weapons. It is believed Iraq needed outside assistance for that monumental task. The report said Iraq May begin this year under . Supervision to destroy the chemical agents. A total of 62 ballistic missiles 18 launch pads 33 missile warheads 127 missile storage Racks and substantial amounts of rocket fuel have been destroyed by the . Special commission on Iraq the report said. But it added that a questions remain about a secret iraqi capability to make scud Short Range missiles or develop a new Long Range missile. The report said that a commission established to process iraqi payments to victims of Iraq s 1990 invasion of Kuwait has completed its preliminary administrative work and set a july 1992 deadline for All claims. But Iraq has not agreed to finance the claims a nor the continuing work of the special commission a by Selling its Oil under International supervision. As a result the a shortage of funds readily available to the. Commission has become acute a Bush said. Dec from Page 1 peacekeepers arrived tuesday to try to ensure its Success. If the truce does not collapse the United nations will Send up to 10,000 peacekeepers. Some dec member states worry that recognition of Croatia and Slovenia could fuel serbian Militancy in trying to hold on to serbian enclaves in other republics. The dec nations spurred by Germany agreed last month to recognize those yugoslav republics found to guarantee respect for human and minority rights and Promise to resolve Border disputes peacefully. In the croatian capital of Zagreb on wednesday storefront windows in the Cen trial Jelacic Square displayed slogans that read �?o15 Jan. 1992 a the Long awaited Day of Croatia a International recognition.�?�. A this is a Day that will go Down in the history of the croatian people As a major event a croatian radio declared. Croatian to aired a newly released pop Melody called Dank deutschland a thank you Germany a in acknowledgement of that county s efforts to rally International support for Croatia a recognition. In the slovenian capital of Ljubljana foreign minister Dimitrij Rupel and Germany a special emissary Klaus Peter Klaiber signed the protocol establishing diplomatic relations. A similar document was to be signed in Zagreb later in the Day. But the mood in the croatian capital was generally somber. A Why should i celebrate does this mean we will get our Homes Back a asked Tomislav Braun a refugee from the Eastern City of Vukovan which was heavily damaged in fighting before falling two months ago to serbs. Thousands of people have been killed in the fighting and serb led forces have captured nearly a third of Croatia a territory. Dec officials in Brussels said Croatia was recognized but not without a commitment from Tadjman to respect the rights of minority serbs. The dec members Are Belguim Germany Denmark Greece spam France Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal and Britain. . Denies report of Aid to Turk rebels by the stars and stripes the . 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 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 Quot said maj. Bruce Gillman a . Combined information Bureau spokesman. 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. Gillman said operation provide Comfort flights have been providing food and clothing to kurdish villages in Northern Iraq but he could not say if or where the flights went on Jan. 10. However a . Information service spokesman said wednesday that an operation provide Comfort flight on Jan. 10 landed in Northern Iraq and unloaded supplies and returned to Diyarbakir Turkey. A report in a leading turkish newspaper Sabah stated that a helicopter flying a .-led operation provide Comfort 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 kept. A the main Issue is that we have been accused by Sabah of aiding this terrorist organization Quot said the spokesman 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 that the Aid shipments for the iraqi kurd were to have been dropped was very close to territory held by the turkish rebels