European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes Friday january 31, 1992 at a glance Ottn chef Fml Waits a knt to ditch the Salt sad Pepper sad lasted ase Hobs mad a poses la prepare lag dishes. See Story m pages 14 and 15.high-tech exports to Iren the Commerce department allowed . Companies to sell Iran $60 million in High tech products with potential military use even As the Cia was warning against Iran a support of terrorism and its nuclear weapons program. A Pageda viral time bomb the Michelangelo virus could erase data from hard disks erf hundreds of thousands of computers around the world on Michelangelo s birthday March 6. Pages arc lied to Congress nuclear regulatory commission staff members misled Congress about safety reviews at the sea Brook n.h., nuclear Power Plant the Agency a inspector general said. A Page 7boot Camps going coed men and women recruits Wilt train and work together and sleep in the same Barracks in a Pilot Navy program beginning next month at the service s largest Boot Camp. A Page 10exports bolstered Economy the . Economy barely grew in the final Quarter of last year As a surge in demand for american exports kept the nations production of goods and services from actually shrinking the Commerce department reported. A Page 17 a raw by no Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. .19 faces a no places a. 18 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. 11 Cheney from Page 1 very imprudent for us to Start pulling numbers out of the air to come up with a new plan every Day. The current base Force plan is a Good concept a solid concept with a strategic underpinning to it to bring the Force Down in a balanced Way a Powell said. Cheney said almost All the significant hardware cutbacks contained in the budget Stem from the single fact that the former soviet Empire is in ruins and poses a far less credible threat than it Aid two years ago. The budget Calls for ending procurement of b-2 bombers at 20 planes scrapping the midget Man single warhead intercontinental ballistic missile program and ending pro eviction of the advanced cruise missile and warheads for submarine launched icbms. Other strategic nuclear cutbacks axe a possibility if rum and the other former soviet republics agree to several reciprocal cuts in their own forces outlined by president Bush. Quot we can now afford to be More deliberate in the Pace at which we modernize Quot Cheney said. Quot and the emergence of democracy in the former soviet Union presents an historic Opportunity to make further reductions in the worlds strategic nuclear Arsenal. Overall the plan would Cut $50 billion in defense mending Over the next five years. In addition to a Cap on b-2 procurement the Navy a sea Wolf submarine program would end after the completion of the first submarine now under construction. Additionally the army will scrap production of its Comanche Light helicopter National defense budget dollars in billions 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 a Pentagon budget pre state of Union address 283.0 279.1 273.3 274.6 278.5 a budget after state of Union address 282.6 272.8 267.4 267.9 270.9 273.6 a Doe budget . Warheads 12.6 13.1 13.6 14.1 14.9 15.5 total defense spending 295.2 285.9 dept of Energy programs that affect the Pentagon spending 281.0 282.0 285.8 289.1 program now in development. The Comanche is an example of a new Pentagon weapons buying strategy that follows through on research and development but delays production until there is a a definitive need for the system said Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood. Funds for Comanche research and development Are requested at part of the budget Jet Only a few prototype helicopters will be built and fielded Cheney said. The budget asks for Money for some systems that Are As controversial As those or ii Cut it asks for almost $3 billion in fool _ 1993 for the c-17 heavy transport plane $2.2 trillion for the f-22 advanced tactical fighter and $3.5 billion for the new Arreigh Burke class of destroyers. In what is sure to be one of the More contentious items the funding request for the strategic defense initiative is $5.4 billion in fiscal 1993, compared to about $4 billion this year. Support for sd1 and its spinoff a ground based missile intercept system Biown As global Protection against limited strikes is crucial to . Security Cheney said. Quot we think its very important to move Forward and deploy defences against ballistic missiles Quot be said. A we think its in the russian interest to move that Way As  in what has become a tradition at the annual budget briefing Cheney took Light shots at his former colleagues in Congress for trying to solve the nations woes by skinning the defense budget. A i am always reminded that the people who yell the loudest about cutting the defense budget deeper and faster Are the ones who never supported us in the first place Quot Cheney Stria. A some lawmakers have wanted to solve All their problems by cutting the defense budget Quot he said. A but you Are not going to solve the nations Long term deficit problem by dealing with Only 16 percent of the Federal budget and that is All defense will be taking by the time this plan is implemented in 1995. A if they Are still worried about the Federal deficit i would say to my friends on Capitol Hill that sooner or later you la have to look at the other 84 percent of the budget Quot Yeltsin encourages China Britain France to join nuclear arms cuts London apr Boris Yeltsin on his first foreign trip since the soviet Union collapsed urged Britain France and China on thursday to follow american and russian pledges for deep cuts in nuclear arms. The russian president looking cheerful during an arrival ceremony in heavy fog at Heathrow Airport also brushed aside rumours of ill health and heavy drinking. A i follow the remark of Mark Twain the famous american author who said rumours of my death Are slightly exaggerated Quot he joked during a Brief Airport news conference. Twain actually said a greatly  Yeltsin was driven in a motorcade straight to prime minister John majors 10 Downing St. For talks and lunch. His Call for nuclear cutbacks was Likely to be brushed aside by Britain a conservative government. A the gestures that have been made by president Bush and myself first of All had to do with the nuclear forces of our two countries Quot Yeltsin said at the Airport. A but of course we shall be calling upon other nuclear Powers a great Britain China and France a to follow  major was Adamant on the eve of Yeltsin a arrival that he will not be drawn into the drastic plans for nuclear disarmament announced by Bush in his state of the Union address tuesday night and by Yeltsin a few hours later. Britain has promised Yeltsin a Friendship treaty and possible help in dismantling nuclear weapons. But major has said Britain a new . Trident missile for its nuclear submarine Force remains essential. Both Britain and France whose arsenals together amount to less than 6 percent of the number of . And soviet nuclear weapons say they have too few weapons to reduce. They also argue that russian president Boris Yeltsin left and his wife Naina in London thursday with British prime minister John Mitor and his wife Norma. It will take More than a decade for the . And soviet pledges to be fulfilled. Bush said the United states would a eliminate 1,500 of 2,000 nuclear warheads on . Land based missiles. A reduce by one third the number of warheads on sea based missiles. For his part Yeltsin said Russia a would Stop production of Long Range air based and sea based cruise missiles. A had taken strategic missiles off Alert. Yeltsin a Short London visit marked the Start of a trip to the United nations in new York Washington to meet with president Bush and the Canadian capital of Ottawa. British officials released in Advance the outline of a joint declaration to be signed by major Ana Yeltsin on thursday. The 10-Point declaration pledged among other things cooperation m getting and of russian nuclear weapons Ana British support for russians application to join the International monetary run British officials also hinted that major would announce new financial Aid Ana offer to share with the russians technology on the transport and storage of nuclear weapons to Speed up the destruction of  warheads in the forme soviet Union