European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes saturday february 1,1992 at a glance is Nisi the euro Disneyland theme Park has come under fire from the French. See Story on Page 9. Kerrey criticized two democratic rivals accused sen. Bob Kerrey of misrepresenting their views on health care while gop hopeful Patrick Buchanan said president Bush is Only pretending to be conservative. A Page 4 military payroll probed military authorities confirmed that investigators Are looking into a possible payroll scam involving hundreds of thousands of dollars overpaid to soldiers during the buildup for the persian Gulf War. A Page 5 release of Juk files a dozen lawyers from the Warren commission joined former president Ford in calling for disclosure of Cia files and All other government records on the assassination of John f. Kennedy. A Page 6 palestinian causes juror the French government detained George Habash at a Paris Hospital after firing three officials who allowed the palestinian guerrilla Leader to enter France for treatment of a stroke. A a Page 8 Twa files for chapter 11 Twa became the sixth big . Airline to seek Sanctuary from creditors under chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 faces no places. 18 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Warsaw pact War strategy included 35-Day Blitzkrieg Bonn Germany apr in Case of War the soviet led Warsaw pact had developed a Blitzkrieg style strategy aimed at overrunning most of Western Europe in 35 Days with the help of tactical nuclear arms the government said Friday. Gerhard Stoltenberg Germany a defense minister said the Bonn government discovered the strategy while examining 25,000 once top secret documents that had belonged to the East German military. Military analysts were Able to piece together the strategy even though Many East German documents were destroyed just before unification Stoltenberg said. Stoltenberg said the documents show a the armed forces of the former East bloc were organized such that there was an option for an invasion Stoltenberg said Warsaw pact troops Maneu vers were based on such a possibility. The strategy envisioned an attack against nato forces on several fronts rolling across Denmark Germany the Netherlands Belgium and France within 35 Days Stoltenberg said. Battlefield nuclear weapons were an integral component of the plan foreseen As an instrument to smash through nato defenders Stoltenberg said. Stoltenberg said that in one Man Euver recorded by the documents Warsaw pact troops pretended to use 76 atomic weapons against Schleswig Holstein a state in Northern Germany. After Mikhail s. Gorbachev a Rise to Power in 1985, the pacts Battle strategy incorporated defensive elements but the invasion concept was not fully abandoned Stoltenberg said. Stoltenberg also gave a breakdown on the huge mostly soviet made Arsenal United Germany inherited from the East German military. The weapons include 1,583 t-55 tanks 549 t-72 tanks 251 Mig-21 fighter jets More than 5,000 armoured personnel carriers nearly 2,000 Strela z anti aircraft rockets some 1.1 million Light weapons 49 Mi-24 helicopter gunships and 24 Mig-29 fighter jets. Stoltenberg said Germany plans on keeping Only about 17 percent of the arms including the Mig-29s, considered one of the worlds Best fighter jets. More than a million of the arms including the tanks the other jets and Light weapons will be scrapped Stoltenberg said. Bush from Page 1 Bush promised to work toward arms control. A we will continue the search for common ground on this vitally important Issue Bush said. He and Yeltsin were to meet at the presidential Retreat in Camp David md., today to discuss separate proposals that would Cut deeply into . And russian nuclear arsenals. Bush a plan would reduce the . Strategic nuclear Arsenal to Between 4,500 and 5,000 warheads Yeltsin pro posed cutting Long Range nuclear War Eads to Between 2,000 and 2,500. Bush Lent his support to a More vigorous peacemaking role for the United nations acknowledging its role in promoting peace in a Host of conflicts around the world from Al Salvador to Yugoslavia. He said the . Stood at a a moment of new beginnings a and pledged the United states would do its utmost to support the world organization. Bush was meeting later in the Day with chinese Premier i Peng trying to nudge the communist Leader toward a modern human rights policy. I is making his first visit to the United states since the bloody crackdown against pro democracy demonstrators in Beijing in 1989. Bush said the United nations must stand firm against iraqis efforts to build a nuclear weapon. Moreover he said the world should make Clear a to the people of raq that no normalization is possible As Long As Saddam Hussein remains in Power. Bush also said the United nations must keep pressure on Libya until it turns Over two officials indicted in the bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Scotland. Addressing the role of the United nations Bush said the world body had changed dramatically from the Days when it was a caught in a cold War Cross fire and a when polemics displaced Bush a speech was part of a Campaign to boost British prime minister John major the . Councils president who faces re election in the Spring. The Council is expected to conclude its Summit with a declaration calling on . Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali to make recommendations on strengthening the . Capacity for a preventive Bush began the Day meeting with president Carlos andr6s Perez of Venezuela Indian prime minister Narasinha Rao and French president Francois Mitterrand All members of the Council. But his Long string of meetings with world leaders Over two Days was to be dominated by a session late Friday with i his first since the Premier oversaw the june 1989 crackdown on pro democracy demonstrators in Beijing. A senior . Official said thursday the late aft Moon meeting would focus on human rights Trade and non proliferation of nuclear weapons. Sources in Washington said i was expected to formalize a pledge to abide by an International agreement to curb the spread of ballistic missiles. This could be a vital contribution to . Peacemaking efforts in the Middle East since Syria is hoping to acquire modern missiles from China. If i makes such a commitment the Bush administration could lift a ban on the Export of High technology to China. Other sanctions were imposed after China suppressed the pro democracy movement. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said terms of the agreement that might Lead to a lift in the High tech sanctions were a still being worked on and worked a if the chinese follow through on what they said they were going to do we will certainly follow through on what we said we were going to do a Baker said. . Officials say China appears to be continuing to sell missile components to Syria and Iran despite promises to refrain from doing so. Cheney from Page 1 must provide a sufficient rationale for the size of the Force beyond saying it was the Force planned two years ago. A it May be that the base forces Are the right size for the Force for the future but it has to have a whole lot More analysis and logic behind it than that a sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the armed services panel said wednesday. Powell said the United states must maintain a Force in Europe because a your new friends in Central Europe want it and ignoring the Region in the past resulted in two world wars. A i want to Comfort our friends and i want to chill any potential aggressor a Powell said. A a you la Only chill a potential aggressor if he sees a ready Force that has the ability to fight if need be and certainly the ability to just deter by its the chairman also said slashing the number of troops will increase the unemployment Rolls. A if you Cut the Force Structure in a giving you unemployment and in a giving you unemployment among Young people who suffer with the highest rates and in a giving you unemployment that a 25 percent minority a Powell said. Warner said lawmakers calling for cuts also must take into account the nature of the military which is composed of volunteers. A How can we break Faith with an Al Volunteer Force a Warner Page 1 Down will be made by officials in Washington. Bamberg Bundlach and Feucht Are the Home bases for More than half of Nairn bergs a 2nd army Cav regt a 5,000-member combat unit that will disappear by Early summer unit members say privately. The remainder of the regiment s soldiers Are in Amberg and Niernberg. Unit members say that Amberg will be mostly empty by March 15, and Nurnberg Smer Rell Barracks has already appeared on previous lists. Soldiers in Northern Germany have been discussing the departure of the 2nd army div for months. At least half of the divisions tanks have permanently left the area and its Home base Lucius d. Clay Cavern was on thursdays list. Frankfurt a Mcnair Cavern also named on thursdays list is Home to about 1,300 soldiers from 22nd signal brigade a v corps unit. Another battalion from the 2,000-Soldier brigade is based at ludwigs Burgos Krab Belloch Cavern. Hero base near Niernberg was once Home to More than 1,000 troops but unit pullouts have reduced this to about 600. The base was mentioned for reduced operations thursday and members of the one remaining artillery battalion say they re being transferred to Warner Barracks in Bamberg. Warner Barracks is actually two caverns divided by a Highway. The 900 cavalry troops on the North Side of the Road Are pulling out by summer but about 2,000 soldiers remain in artillery and Engineer outfits on the main Post and More Are being sent in. In its heyday the Bamberg Cavern housed nearly 10,000 soldiers
