European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 24, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9bush, Kohl Echo need for Trade pact Washington a president Bush and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl wrapped up a weekend of informal talks sunday by reiterating their resolve to break the deadlock on global Trade talks. Kohl said a new general agreement on tariffs and Trade is a of Paramount hypo trance for the world  but alluding to the  dispute Over agricultural subsidies Kohl said a obviously when we talk about Compromise it Means both sides have to  Kohl said he hoped the new global trading rules can be completed a at the very latest by the end of  the two leaders in a two Day Retreat at Camp David md., also reviewed the troubles inside the former soviet Union. A we agreed that As Russia and other new democracies adopt Reform programs we and the rest of the g-7 group of seven countries should take the Lead in expanding financial support through the International financial institutions a Bush said. Kohl said they discussed a coordinated Western approach to providing a self help to the former communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. Noting Relief packages that both the United states and Germany have extended to the former soviet republics Kohl said Quot obviously we cannot go on doing this kind of thing  Kohl said Russia and Ukraine must end their dispute Over control of nuclear weapons. A this subject will indeed play a role when we discuss Aid to these former soviet republics a he said. The 6-year-old Trade talks have been Hung up primarily on disputes Between the United states and the european Community Over european agricultural subsidies. At their joint news conference in the East room of the White House Bush got what amounted to an unabashed re election endorsement from Kohl who said the dramatic changes in Europe and elsewhere would not Nave taken place a had president George Bush not proved to be such a Strong  stroll an unidentified woman left walks around the chilean embassy compound in Moscow on monday with former East German Leader Erich Honecker and his wife Margot. Honecker is seeking Refuge to avoid trial in Germany for giving shoot to kill orders against people fleeing his former communist  opens Trade with rival Iraq Oil weekly says Nicosia Cyprus apr Syria has opened two Border Crossings with Are rival Iraq to allow limited Trade the Middle East economic Survey reported monday. The Trade would seem to violate . Trade sanctions. The Survey a respected Oil weekly said iraqis Trade with Syria appeared to have started in december with a shipment of petrochemical products Worth about $15 million to the syrian Market. Most of the Trade via the two Border Crossings so far consists of exports to Iraq from Syria and Lebanon a whose goods have been increasingly evident in iraqi markets lately a the Survey reported. The weekly said without citing sources that the Trade was through the syrian Border posts of Al Walid and Abu Kamal. Syria and Iraq arc ruled by a rival faction of the Arab baath socialist party and their respective leaders presidents Hafez Assad and Saddam Hussein Are bitter enemies. During the persian Gulf War that drove iraqi troops from Kuwait Syria sent troops to fight on the Side of the  anti Iraq coalition. The economic Survey said the opening of the syrian iraqi Border posts followed decisions by Jordan and Tunney to crack Down on Trade with Iraq. It noted that Jordan issued specific orders in late december detailing Steps to be taken to limit Trade with Iraq to items approved by the . Security Council such As food Ana  socialists suffer record loss in regional vote Paris apr in the worst Rebuff of its history the governing socialist party won less than 20 percent of the vote in regional elections that saw Frances two environmental parties and the far right National front gain clout. An Alliance of two mainstream conservative parties established itself in sundays vote As the favorite for 1993 parliamentary elections by winning about one third of the votes according to nearly Complete returns monday. But the Alliance like the socialists lost support to fringe parties and was unsure where to look for help in seeking Majori ties on Many of the 26 regional councils. A confusion reigns when so Many protest votes go to a divided ecology movement and a dangerous demagogic extreme right a said conservative Leader Jacques Chirac. A paralysis and impotence Are Likely in a number of  the results confirmed the socialists Steep decline since the last regional vote in 1986, when they won 29 percent. The party was formed in 1971 and won the presidency behind Francois Mitterrand in 1981. It had never before gained less than 20 percent in any National election. In nearly Complete official returns the socialists had won 18.3 percent of the vote nationwide. In the Paris and Lyon regions they placed third trailing the National front. A a it a a real fall a acknowledged government spokesman Jack Lang. He blamed the results on a a sort of erosion he said All parties face when they have ruled for an extensive period. The Alliance of the rally for the Republic and the Union for French democracy won about 33 percent notably lower than the 39 percent they got in 1986. Two rival environmental parties shared 14 percent of the vote the National front got 13 percent and the communists received about 8 percent. Mitterrand who won a second seven year term in 1988, was expected to retain Premier Edith Cresson whose deep unpopularity is among the reasons for the socialist decline. The pugnacious Jean Marie be pen said his extreme right National front could have fared better if his Campaign rallies had not been disrupted by sometimes violent protests. He predicted continued growth for his party next year characterizing the socialist showing As a a  sex Fiancee Calls de Klerk s son wimp London apr a woman who was engaged to the son of South african president . De Klerk says that her former fianc6 was a a a wimp who would not stand up to his parents the mail on sunday reported. Erica Adams 25, was quoted As saying she believes the de Klerks did not approve of her relationship with Willem de Klerk because she is a a coloured a or of mixed race. A i hate to say it but he was a weakling and my friends started to tease me for going out with a wimp. We were in love and we did not part As enemies but he could never take decisions Lite a Man a she was quoted As saying. The de Klerk family has consistently refused to comment on the relationship calling it a personal matter. Adams said the stress became apparent feb. 8 when she returned from a vacation. A the said that during my absence he had finally reached the conclusion he could no longer Cope with our relationship because of the pressure from his parents a she said. A yet i was having to Bear similar stresses and pressures too. So that night i decided that if he  face up to stress like a Man there was no Point in remaining  she said she had been summoned to the presidents official residence in december 1990, where Adams Marike de Klerk said that a As a Mother she just Felt it would not work  a but i believe her concern was purely.  of 3 . Airmen located Vietnam reports Bangkok Thailand up a vietnamese searchers found the remains of three american airmen believed lost Over Central Vietnam nearly 29 years ago the official Vietnam news Agency reported monday. A remains of three american airmen have been found and turned Over to proper authorities a the Agency said. It said the remains believed to be those of americans missing in action since the Vietnam War were found in the Central province of Kon Tum about 500 Miles South of Hanoi Vietnam. The remains were turned Over to the . Mia office the report said