European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a the stars and stripes thursday january 30, 1992yeltsin plans deep cuts in Russia s nuclear arms Moscow apr president Boris n. Yeltsin on wednesday announced deep cuts in russians nuclear arms programs saying that some 600 strategic nuclear missiles have been taken off Alert and that production of Long Range nuclear bombers is being curbed sharply. Yeltsin a first major address on disarmament since the soviet unions demise last month came just hours after president Bush outlined similar cuts and one Day before the russian Leader was to leave on a trip to London and new York. On Friday he is scheduled to participate in a . Security Council session. A nuclear weapons and other mass destruction Means of the world must be eliminated a Yeltsin said in the speech which was broadcast nationwide. As Long As those weapons remain he said a we believe. They should no longer be aimed at corresponding targets in Russia and  he said he has urged the leaders of Belarus Ukraine and Kazakhstan the other former soviet republics with nuclear arms to Institute similar moves. Yeltsin said arms cutbacks could allow Russia to focus on urgent Domestic needs and Reform of its battered Economy. Just hours before Bush offered in his state of the Union address to eliminate 1,500 of 2,000 nuclear warheads on . Land based missiles reduce by one third the number of warheads on sea based missiles and convert some bombers to non nuclear roles. Bush said that he had discussed the offer with Yeltsin and that the russian presidents response had been positive. Yeltsin said the russian land and sea based nuclear missiles taken off Alert carry a total of 1,250 nuclear warheads. �?o1 want to emphasize that we Are not talking about our unilateral disarmament a he said. A the United states is taking parallel Steps in a gesture of Good will. It is now possible and necessary to move much further along this  Bush a offer was conditioned on the former soviet republics agreeing to eliminate their most potent land based missiles which carry a total of 2,460 warheads. It was not Clear How Many of those warheads have actually been taken off Alert. Yeltsin said Russia would be prepared to eliminate All existing sea based Long Range nuclear missiles if the United states agrees to do the same. Bush and Yeltsin Are scheduled to meet saturday at the . Presidents Retreat in Camp David my. Yeltsin in his speech urged that Britain China and France a join the process of All out nuclear  he emphasized that Russia has taken on soviet obligations in the area of arms control and treaties. His comments referred Only to actions by Russia but he urged Ukraine Belarus and Kazakhstan to join the nuclear non proliferation treaty As non nuclear states. Yeltsin asked his own parliament As Well As those of the other three nuclear states in the 12-member Commonwealth of Independent states to quickly ratify the treaty on slashing Long Range nuclear weapons concluded with the United states last year. Yeltsin said Russia has decided to a dismantle the launching systems aboard six nuclear armed submarines. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin Tours the Cruiser moskva with its Captain tuesday at Kovoros sysk. A Stop production of Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95ms Bear heavy bombers. A Stop production of Long Range air based and sea based cruise missiles. A Stop programs to design or modernize several types of Long Range offensive nuclear weapons. Yeltsin also proposed the creation of an International Agency to ensure nuclear arms reduction. The russian president said 130 land based missile silos have been eliminated or Are being prepared for elimination. Yeltsin said that Long Range nuclear missiles stationed in Ukraine will be dismantled within a Shorter period than previously planned and that the number of nuclear armed submarines on patrol would be Cut by half. He said Russia was prepared to Stop such patrols altogether if the United states followed suit. A the measures we Are taking in arms control will by no Means undermine the defense capability of Russia and the Commonwealth states a Yeltsin said. A we Are talking precisely about reasonable minimum sufficiency of nuclear and conventional weapons. A it is our main principle in developing the armed forces. Its implementation will make it possible to save considerable funds. They will be directed toward civil purposes the implementation of reforms. . Navy s recruitment of filipinos suspended from wire reports Subic Bay naval facilities Philippines a the Navy said tuesday that it has suspended a program under which filipinos were allowed to serve in the Navy As a possible step toward american citizenship. Some 35,000 filipinos have served under a provision of the 1947 military bases agreement that expired last year it. Cmdr. Mark Van Dyke said in Washington. The philippine Senate rejected a new base agreement in september and the americans have until dec. 31 to vacate the Subic Bay base their last military installation in the islands. # it is not known How Many filipinos currently serve in the Navy. Officials said Only 200 were accepted out of 200,000 who applied to join in 1990. Acceptance does not mean automatic citizenship although filipinos often apply for citizenship when they retire after 20 years of service. James Jones of the Navy a Public affairs office said it was unclear whether the suspended program would Ever resume. A Van Dyke said More than 30categories of jobs in the Navy were open to filipinos from mess attendants and dental aides to Gas Turbine  tourist killed Bangkok Thailand a a German tourist was hacked to death by robbers in his rented House in the resort town of Battaya police said tuesday. Klaus Heins Woodford 43, was killed Friday. Neighbors contacted police who found the body in a closet of the House sunday a police officer said. The officer who according to custom requested anonymity said four men attacked Woodford with hatchets and knives. Valuables including Gold chains were missing from the House. The officer said two women were arrested monday at a House they shared with a gang of homosexuals who preyed on foreign tourists. He said police found some of the victims valuables in the House along with bloodstained clothing believed to belong to the killers. The women were charged with collaborating with the murderers. Woodford of Konstanz was in the import Export business. He had frequented Battaya for the past two years police  flight arrives port a Prince Haiti a a cargo plane carrying More than 30 tons of humanitarian Aid including powdered milk and Medicine arrived at the main Airport tuesday evening. Haiti is under a Trade embargo imposed by the organization of american states shortly after a sept. 30 military coup that ousted president Jean Bertrand Aristide. The embargo has devastated Haiti a Economy. The 34-nation organization is trying to broker an agreement for Aristide to return from exile in Venezuela. The powdered milk will be distributed to 45,000 children in the capital port a Prince and in the provincial towns of Cayes and gon Aives the Oas said. It was the largest Aid shipment delivered to Haiti since the imposition of the embargo and the first arranged by the  vow to meet arms schedule official says by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a officials in the former soviet republics say they can destroy their Battlefield nuclear weapons on the timetable set by former president Mikhail s. Gorbachev even without outside help a senior . Defense official said tuesday. The official who recently visited the former soviet Union and who spoke on the condition of anonymity said russian president Boris n. Yeltsin has repeated Gorbachev a commitments to a schedule. The soviet general staff also has vowed to meet that schedule the official said. A they say  meet it even without assistance a he said. A clearly one objective of assistance is to see whether we can help them expedite that  the unilateral commitment made by Gorbachev Calls for destroying All the soviet unions nuclear artillery shells nuclear mines ground launched nuclear missiles and a fraction of the country a air defense and naval tactical nuclear weapons. Since Gorbachev announced the cuts last fall the soviet Union has disintegrated and Gorbachev has resigned prompting worldwide concern about the control and safety of weapons there. Western nations led by the United states have been looking at How they can assist the newly formed Commonwealth of Independent states in speeding the destruction of these weapons. Western officials have discussed the possibility of helping Commonwealth members in transport and temporary storage of weapons and components along with offers of technical assistance in dismantling them. Congress has already earmarked $400 million for such technical assistance. The official estimated that it could take the economically strapped Commonwealth As Long As a decade to eliminate the soviet tactical nuclear Arsenal. Despite reports to the contrary the official said there was a very Good cooperation on the part of All the republics regarding the removal of these weapons. Its a not just unilateral on the part of  some reports have suggested that certain republics such As Kazakhstan have been reluctant to give up certain weapons. Currently weapons Are being transported from locations throughout the republics to Russia where they will be destroyed. The official said the world should respond quickly to the so called brain Drain or threat of nuclear proliferation caused by other countries employing now jobless soviet nuclear weapons scientists. He called the scientists a an economically valuable asset to commercial Industry and expressed Hope that private companies might employ them. A it ought not necessarily be the business of governments to subsidize these scientists a he said. A it May come to that but there a plenty of non governmental opportunities to employ these really talented