European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday March 21, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9pullout units sport new stress breaker a amps Ken Clauson soldiers from the 2nd in 66th Armor race with a litter during sports week at Lucius d. Clay Cavern in Karlstedt Germany. By Ken Clauson Bremerhaven Bureau Karlstedt Germany a sweats were the duty uniform this week for most soldiers at Garl Stedt a Lucius d. Clay Cavern. A Post wide sports week gave most of the 2nd army div soldiers a Chance to lift their noses from the draw Down Grindstone have some fun and take a break from the Pace of packing up the Post before . Troops Are scheduled to vacate the facility in september. A the draw Down is still a priority but its balanced with the sports competitions a said sgt. Robert Harris a Bradley fighting vehicle commander from cod 1st in 41st inf. A compared to the last few weeks its been very relaxing. I think when we go Back to work Well be a Little More focused because of this break we be had. The morale has been very High because of All the different competitions and events. It have come at a better time. The last few weeks we be been pretty much working six Day weeks. Its been quite units that were turning in vehicles and equipment this week did both sports and work but the intent was to concentrate on sports. The 15 events held at eight locations around the Post ranged from traditional sports a such As volleyball Flag football and 10-Kilometer runs a to military events like marksmanship medical lit Ter races and tracked vehicle pulls. But the Competition was designed so that perennial pos league sports powerhouses such As the 4th in 3rd Field arty and 1st in 41st inf have a lock on taking Overall honors. A a it a designed with so Many events so Superior athletes can to play All the events and win a said col. David Weis Man 3rd brigade commander. A this is a very stressful time for everybody and this is a Way to let off some steam. The Guys Are working really hard. This is our last major event 3-66 Armor 3rd in 66th Armor Only has 180 folks left and be gone the sports week began with a relay race with teams of colonels and sergeants major and ended Friday with final competitions in basketball Flag football push Ball soccer softball racketball and volleyball. A this is great timing for this a said spec. Iafeta Sao a Tanker assigned to he and he co 2nd army div. A a it a a break from All the stress especially for a whole week. There Are a lot of people coming out to support the teams and its a great feeling. I done to think this has happened before in this brigade and its working out troop concentrations worry Poland Warsaw Poland up Poland is concerned Over a Large concentration of russian troops in the Kaliningrad Region at the Northern polish Border polish defense minister Jan Parys said Friday. A we Are concerned with the Disporto namely Large concentration of former soviet troops in the Region a Parys said during a meeting with polish officers at Drasko Pomorski in Northern Poland. A Why Are so Manv foreign troops so close to the polish Border a according to the polish news Agency Pap Parys did not say How Many former soviet troops were deployed in the Region a russian enclave that Borders Poland and Lithuania. Before perestroika the Region was considered top secret and no foreigners were allowed to visit the area including the chief City of Kaliningrad. The City was named Konigsberg when it was German during world War ii and Krol Wiec when it belonged to Poland two centuries ago. Open skies treaty would allow air surveillance Over 3 continents Vienna Austria a the 48 members of the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe have reached a last minute agreement allowing reconnaissance flights Over three continents. The open skies treaty reached thursday is the first arms control agreement that will cover North America Europe and the former soviet Union. Overflights permit better verification of arms accords. The treaty takes effect in 1993. Previous treaties under the organizations auspices included soviet territory Only up to the ural mountains which Divide the european from the asian part of Russia. The new treaty Marks a Radical break with past soviet practice of jealously guarding its airspace even As the country became increasingly cooperative in signing arms control agreements. In 1960, the soviets shot Down u-2 Pilot Gary Powers while he was on a spy flight. In 1983, the soviets downed a korean Airliner with 269 people on Board As it flew Over the soviet far East. Both the United states and the former soviet Union had for years used satellites to spy on each other. But surveillance from High flying jets is More flexible less costly and More accurate. Agreement on the treaty came after a dispute Over Cyprus was settled said diplomats who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. The 200-Page treaty which was to be presented to reporters Friday by German ambassador Rydiger Hartmann and his russian counterpart Yevgeny Golovko should have been signed last monday. But nato member Turkey rejected any suggestion that Cyprus be allowed to sign the pact. Turkey does not recognize the right of the divided Island to sign such treaties. A Compromise suggested by Germany will allow Cyprus which has applied to join the Csc to accede to the treaty at a later Date the diplomats said. Costs technical equipment and questions of which nations planes overfly other states also presented problems diplomats said. But they did not provide details. Negotiators Are to initial the treaty in Vienna today. Countries of nato and the former Warsaw pact began negotiating the treaty in 1989, which will be valid for All Csc states after the foreign ministers of those nations sign the treaty at a meeting next week in Helsinki Finland. The negotiations grew out of president Bush a reworking of a proposal first made More than 30 years ago by president Dwight Eisenhower Camp sought at nuke test site Papeete Tahiti a Greenpeace announced plans to try to set up a a peace campy on a French nuclear testing atoll to halt the testing program but authorities reiterated Friday that outsiders Are banned from the area. The environmental organization said thursday that it also plans to take samples for analysis from three atolls in French polynesia Morroa the main French testing site Fang Taufa and Here Erette. Tie Greenpeace Mission was expected to leave Papeete soon. Capt. Joan Guitart a spaniard said Greenpeace a Rainbow 2 vessel was expected to reach the 12-mile exclusion zone around the atolls 650 Miles from Papeete on tuesday. Frances 1992 testing period is to Start in May with four to six underground explosions in the South Pacific Region
