European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 5, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3 Galvin past shows by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Mons Belgium a nato s participation in recent world events should answer Many questions about its future relationship to other institutions in Europe and to its former enemies said Gen. John r. Galvin commander of the alliances forces. The end of the cold War has triggered much speculation on what role the North Atlantic treaty organization will play in an increasingly Independent Western Europe and a less threatening Eastern Europe. After natos More than 40 years of being virtually the sole synonym for the Security of Europe the dissolution of the communist threat has tossed it among an acronym soup of groups interested in european  cooperation nato other groups can work together he says consequently just How the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe the european Community Western european Union North Atlantic cooperation Council and United nations will fit together has become everybody a guess and question. The Man who leads natos military command in Europe said Friday that one need Only look at recent operations for answers. He cited provision of Relief to kurd in Northern Iraq humanitarian Aid to the former soviet Union and a peacekeeping Force to Yugoslavia As examples of joint efforts. A we  look at this As something that will happen in the future Quot Galvin said in an interview Friday. Nato units have already joined the United nations in Yugoslavia the Western european Union in the persian Gulf the european Community in the former soviet republics and an Alliance Mission in Turkey during the persian Gulf War he said. And All of these efforts received support from the 51-Membcr conference on Security and cooperation in Europe the european institution with the widest membership. �?o1 could not be specific about How these structures will interlock or How and when and under what conditions military forces will be used a Galvin said. Quot i think we have to be prepared for All of the possibilities and that a what in a trying to do in the training and readiness of Allied come  Galvin welcomed opportunities to train with sex Warsaw pact Milit Aries and pointed out that the erstwhile enemies had already progressed one step farther. A a we re already going to be in joint operations a let alone training a in Yugoslavia where the russians will have some military forces and  be Side by Side with forces of the Alliance Quot he said. A so we be already gone past the question of merely  earlier last week. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said at a meeting of the North Atlantic cooperation Council that the former adversaries might at some Point train together and even share defense plans. The 35-Mcmber Council draws inc allies together with the Baltic states Central and Eastern european countries and the former soviet republics. Galvin pointed out that Allied representatives already observe military exercises in the former East bloc and vice versa. A i done to Sec anything but profit to be gained by such activities Quot he said. Cap on local National pay in t realistic general says by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a capping funds to pay the salaries of foreign National employees is a misguided approach to forcing the Burden sharing Issue among the allies that Only hurts the overseas commands a military official said thursday. A the work done by local nationals must go on and they must be paid a said it. Gen. Clifford Rees jr., vice commander of . Air forces in Europe. A withholding appropriations to pay local nationals Only forces us to Drain Money from other already underfunded operations and maintenance  some lawmakers have seized upon the Issue of local National workers As an example of How the allies take advantage of the United states in negotiating Host country agreements. Various initiatives have come out of Congress in the last two budget cycles to Cut the number of local National employees As Well As the amount of Money in the funding accounts used to pay them. A a it a True that Safe employs twice As Many foreign nationals As we do . Citizens a Over 3,000 in Germany alone a but we do that for Good reason a Rees said. Foreign nationals work in a wide variety of duties As translators Legal advisers customs experts and in various trades a fall positions requiring their particular expertise a Rees said. A a typical foreign National might be an electrician or plumber. This employee has More than Likely grown up in the local area received his schooling and served his apprenticeship there and earned the required licenses to do the  equally important Rees said local nationals understand the unique technical specifications of their jobs and can Converse in the Host nation language to Deal with off base agencies. A could an american be trained to do this Job sure a but not As efficiently or As Well and the Cost would be significantly higher a he said. Rees noted that some lawmakers have used the foreign National pay Issue As a lightning Rod for increased Burden sharing by Allied governments. But he said the state department is making Progress in persuading Host nations to take on a larger share of the defense Burden including paying foreign nationals who work for the . Military As Japan currently docs. He said the overseas commands Are also pushing innovative Burden sharing arrangements tailored to the respective Host nations. In the Netherlands for example the dutch government contributes nearly $3 million a year for property maintenance work at Oesterberg a Rees said. Additionally dutch workers who Are not paid by the . Government provide Many essential base support services such As air traffic control fire Protection air base Security and hazardous waste disposal he said. A in the near term however it Isnit realistic to place arbitrary Caps on foreign National pay As a Means of forcing the Burden sharing Issue because the loser in that scenario is Safe a he said. . Chemical group Heads to Iraq Manama Bahrain a a . Team of Chemi Al weapons experts will head to Iraa today and another group that will demolish iraqis Al atheer Industrial Complex will leave later an official said saturday. Initially the nuclear team was to enter Baghdad today. Its Mission has been widely characterized As the crucial test of iraqis willingness to cooperate with the Security Council after a showdown last month with Deputy Premier Tariq Aziz. The . Special commission regional chief alas Tair Livingston based in Bahrain said the eight member chemical team led by briton Ronald Manley would proceed even though Iraq will be celebrating the three Day Muslim feast of eid Al aha. Manley steam to remain until april 13, will discuss with the iraqis the destruction of its massive Arsenal of chemical weapons mainly amassed at the Muthana facility Livingston said. He said the nuclear team i j be headed by Dimitri per Ricos of the International atomic Energy Agency will be much larger and will proceed to Baghdad on tuesday. The commission headquartered in new York supervises enforcement of the Security councils persian Gulf War cease fire Resolution passed a year ago. The Resolution stipulates that Iraq eliminate its nuclear chemical and biological weapons programs and its Long Range ballistic missiles. Commission chairman Rolf ekes talking to reporters in new York on Friday did not appear satisfied with iraqis Good Faith on the process. After briefing the Security Council in private ekes said the ambassadors representing the Council nations had expressed dismay about iraqis a continued concealment of missiles. Ekes was reporting to the Council after a . Team of ballistic missile experts verified that Iraq was telling the truth when it said after the showdown with Aziz that it unilaterally destroyed 92 Long Range scud  prompts Baker to Fly commercial by the los Angeles times Washington a Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii hoping to insulate himself from the growing uproar Over Washington Perks began Friday using commercial airliners for personal trips in the United states instead of far More costly air Force jets. State department spokeswoman Margaret d. Tutwiler said Baker was shocked by a still unpublished audit showing that his private trips aboard military jets have Cost the taxpayers More than $300,000 since the first Days of the Bush administration in 1989. Although president Bush has specifically authorized Baker Secretary of defense Dick Cheney and attorney general William p. Barr to use government planes on All trips because of Security requirements and because they must stay in continual touch with Washington Tutwiler said Baker has decided to use commercial flights for personal trips instead to save Money. The Pentagon said Cheney would continue to use military aircraft for All travel. Like Barr and Baker he is required to make partial reimbursements for private trips. Pentagon spokesman capt. Sam Grizzle said Cheney is in the military Chain of command and a that requires that he have secure communications at All  a spokesman for Barr said he had never taken a personal trip on a government aircraft. State department Security officials expressed some doubts about bakery a decision but said they would not object if the commercial trips were Brief and there were no unusual threats to his safety. Even on commercial flights Baker will be accompanied by bodyguards whose tickets will be paid by the government. Tutwiler said Baker decided to change his method of travel after he was shown a draft audit by the general accounting office that indicated it had Cost the air Force More than $350,000 to operate a Small executive Jet on 11 personal trips most of them to his Home in Houston or to Pinedale wyo., where he owns a ranch. She said Baker reimbursed the government Long before the audit for $38,453 of that Cost a rate based on the value of a full fare coach ticket plus $1 for him and family members who accompanied him. Sen. David Pryor d-ark., chairman of the Senate Ted i Al services subcommittee called on other executive Branch i it facials to follow Baker s Lead. James a. Baker i will Fly commercial in the states