European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 27, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9canal treaties causing new Waves Panama City Panama apr to the glee of nationalists the . Military is packing up under terms of the Panama canal treaties. Yet some panamanians afraid of the economic Impact Are having second thoughts. Thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in business could be lost by the end of 1999, when All 10,000 . Troops Are to be out. Some panamanians Are calling for the treaties to be renegotiated to maintain at least some . Presence. A the economic situation cannot absorb All of those workers a said Ray Bishop who Heads the Union representing the civilian employees on the bases. A the panamanian people wont realize what they have in these bases until they Are  Bishop whose father worked on the bases before him Ana whose Grandfather helped dig the Panama canal has lobbied hard in Panama and Washington to get Extension talks started. He said overgrown rail Yards full of rusted equipment and sagging buildings on land that has reverted to Panama belie claims that things will be different when Panama gets the remainder of the property. A the Best solution for Panama would be to renegotiate the treaty because this would give us Job Stabi Ity at least until the government develops an Economy that can absorb us a agreed Luis Alberto Rivera who has worked on the bases As a Locksmith for six years. A i would like to see a total withdrawal but that puts our jobs in danger a said Berta Pomare an inspector in the garbage collection division since 1978. The pullout from Panama about 10 percent Complete today is another example of locals losing their cold War dividend in a More peaceful world. Towns around . Bases in Germany and the Philippines have been hit hard by recent pullouts. When panamanians approved the treaties in a 1978 referendum the panamanian army was expected to move onto the bases. But Panama a military was disbanded after the december 1989 . Invasion that ousted dictator Manuel Noriega. The treaties of 1977 were signed by president Jimmy Carter and the late panamanian Leader Gen. Omar Torrijos. Under them the last of the . Bases revert to Panama the Panama canal becomes panamanian property and the . Troops Are to be gone by noon on dec. 31, 1999. The . Military presence in Panama which began in 1911, has both sustained and divided Panama Over the years. Directly or indirectly the bases employ about 12,000 panamanians paying employees Well above what they could make on the local Economy. But the bases have also led to violent anti american outbreaks Over the years. Polls last August and december by the newspaper la Prensa indicated about 63 percent of panamanians favor the bases remaining after 2000.rice Noodle break a woman from the Bulan ethnic group eats a bowl of Rice noodles recently in China a southwestern province of Yunnan. This Region is bordered by Burma Laos and Vietnam. Its business As usual for these . Air Force personnel who Are working on a school in Vcra Nillo Panama. For decades the United states justified the presence of troops in Panama As needed to protect the Panama canal. Those Days said opponents of the bases vanished with the end of the cola War. A close them Down a said Carlos Lopez Guevara a former foreign minister who helped negotiate the 1977 treaties. A president Bush said in his state of the Union message that the cold War is Over and that the United states won it a he said. A there is no other superpower. What a the need a Panama he said can regain the jobs it stands to lose by turning the bases into free Trade zones. The . Position on the canal is one of strict adherence to the treaties. But an american Diplomat speaking on condition of anonymity predicted the Issue will be a major one in Panama a 1994 presidential Campaign. President Guillermo Endara Gall Many was installed by the United states during the 1989 Panama invasion so there is a widely held feeling that it would be unseemly for him to open talks on the american military presence. A there will be another government Between now and the year 2000,�?� said Ruben Dario Carles Panama a comptroller general. Vice president Guillermo Ford said in an interview that programs that should have been implemented by now to convert the bases arc barely in the planning stages. Ford said the old bases should be leased and used for ports or other Industry to replace lost jobs. A the bases Are our Patrimony a he said. A they Are Panama a  Germany halts arms for Turkey Bonn Germany apr in a serious rift Between two nato allies Germany on thursday suspended All arms shipments to Turkey because of turkeys alleged use of German supplied weapons against kurd. Dieter Vogel spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl demanded from Ankara Turkey a a comprehensive reply. As to whether arms supplied by Germany Are being used in attacks against kurd. A there Are first indications of this and the German government takes them very seriously a Vogel said. Vogel reminded Turkey that Germany had agreed to Supply weapons last year exclusively for the defense of a nato partner. Germany began the deliveries when there were fears that Turkey would be attacked by neighbouring Iraq during the persian Gulf War. Vogel said Germany would deliver no More arms to Turkey a so Long As this matter is not completely and satisfactorily  Germany had planned to Send 45 phantom jets to Turkey. Meanwhile the German foreign ministry has asked that the european Community Send a protest to Ankara Over attacks on kurdish civilians. The weapons dispute peaked when sat 1, a private television station in Germany reported that Turkey had used German supplied armoured personnel carriers against kurdish insurgents. Dieter Kastrup the second ranking official at the foreign ministry on thursday called in the turkish charge do affaires and demanded an explanation. A these weapons were recognized in television clips a the foreign ministry said in a statement. It was the third Day of meetings Between the two diplomats Over the fighting in Southeastern Turkey. According to sat 1, Germany sent to Turkey 1.5 billion Marks $900 million in weapons from the Arsenal of former East Germany last year. Poland s catholics reorganized Vatican City apr the Vatican carried out a sweeping reorganization of the roman Catholic Church in Poland on wednesday creating 13 new dioceses and announcing that the primates Post will be moved from Warsaw. Cardinal Jozef Glemp will remain As primate but in the future that title will go to the newly created Post of archbishop of Gnu Zeno an historic Center of the Church in predominantly Catholic Poland the Vatican said. Since the late 1940s, the primate has held the title of archbishop of both Warsaw and Gnu Zeno. The Vatican said it Long sought to erect several of the new dioceses but waited until Poland reached agreement on its Borders with the neighbouring republics of the former soviet Union. The Vatican also said it had reduced the size of the Warsaw and Krakow archdiocese because they had grown too Large in population. The Pope appointed monsignor Henryk Muszynski As archbishop of Gnu Zeno. Muszynski has handled the churches relations with Poland a tiny jewish Community. The Church last year issued a pastoral letter condemning the anti semitism that has tarnished Poland a name for centuries