European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes saturday april 11,1992eucom paves Way for new democracies by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany the . European come will play the Lead role in helping some former Warsaw pact countries restructure their military forces to resemble those of the West air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice said Friday. For now the United states and its nato allies Are primarily interested to helping the fledgling democracies bolster their people programs rather than their weapons systems Rice said during a luncheon sponsored by the Ramstein Council on International relations. About ,160 people attended the luncheon at Ramstein a. The gathering Rice occurred on the first Day of a we Klong european tour by Rice that will include visits to Berlin great Britain St. Petersburg Russia and various air Force installations. Quot they have the Broad strokes Down pretty Well Quot Rice said of the Eastern european countries Quot but they need a great Deal of help on the details on a variety of structures that we take for  policies within the former Eastern bloc countries military regarding such Basic issues As women a roles pay recruitment Firo motions retirement military Justice Amily support and legislative politicking Are lacking Rice said. Secretary of defense Dick Cheney has established at a bilateral level a team of officials that is working with Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary and to a lesser degree Bulgaria in an Effort to help these countries restructure and Reform their military forces. Quot one or two of them have even asked us about chaplains Quot Rice said. Quot these Milit Aries have no  Rice announced at the luncheon that Neucom would Host a seminar in the Spring to discuss air traffic control and air defense and that Poland Czechoslovakia and Hungary would attend. The conference is Rice said Quot a was to move the relationship Forward and frankly to hold it at Arm s length Quot As the countries continue to forge a new relationship with the United states and its Western allies. Poland and Hungary for example have expressed an interest in obtaining f-16 fighting Falcon Jet fighters but the United states has no plans to sell any to those countries. Quot they re All anxious to drink from the fire Hose at whatever Pace they can stand a Rice said. The air traffic control seminar is scheduled for May but details have yet to be finalized said army maj. Freda Brame a Neucom spokeswoman after the luncheon. Such a subject was picked Rice said because it involves the civilian sector As Well As the military. It also will not re quire a tremendous investment in time manpower technology and Money. The military to military relationship the West is formulating with Central and Eastern european democracies is also taking hold but to varying degrees with Russia Ukraine the Baltic states and a few of the other former soviet republics. Quot today a Rice said Quot there Are few countries in the world that done to want to deepen and extend Security ties with the United states and Western  Rice reiterated the Bush administrations commitment to keeping . Forces in Europe. The size and scope of that presence will be dictated by Quot Security and Alliance realities a Rice said. At this Point Rice said there is not a Strong consensus in Congress for the administrations policy of maintaining a Force level in Europe of 150,000 after 1995. But he added that among lawmakers there is generally Quot a widespread consensus that there should be a continuing presence in Europe. Doing the wave soldiers of the Canadian forces Europe in Lahr Ger train station. They were embarking on a . Peace Many wave thursday As they depart from the Lahr keeping Mission in breakaway republics of Yugoslavia. Strike could create traffic chaos at opening of euro Disney Park by the new York times Paris a the Long simmering cultural clash Between the left Wing of the French labor movement and the eminently capitalist Enterprise of euro Disney appeared Likely to culminate in a rail strike sunday that would severely disrupt the opening of the $4 billion theme Park. Robert Fitzpatrick the president of euro Disney said in an interview thursday that he expected the strike to occur this weekend and that it would be Quot a considerable  he added that he believed the general confederation of labor whose French initials Are Cut was behind the move. Quot the Cut has a certain anti american Bias a he said referring to the communist led Union Quot and we Are a perfect american  Pierre Verbrugghe the Paris police chief predicted traffic chaos if the strike went ahead. He issued a statement saying that a government Survey indicated As Many As 90,000 cars would head Down the single freeway to the Park where parking is available for Only 11,500 cars. The Park which is one fifth the size of Paris is opening on schedule after six years of work. Unprecedented in scope it is seen by Disney As the first stage of a project that will eventually include one or two further Parks a film and television production studio and 13,000 hotel rooms beyond the 5,200 Al ready built. Further investments of at least $3 billion Are already planned. The projects very conspicuous Ness makes it an easy target for labor protest. The general confederation is among unions that have threatened to strike sunday on the specially built commuter line that links Paris with the 4,800-acre Park 20 Miles to the East. The labor unions contend that the increased pressures posed by working on the extended line mean they should receive a pay increase. The line had been expected to bring Many of the tens of thousands of visitors expected to attend the Park sunday As Well As much of Disney a 15,000-member staff. Fitzpatrick said he was organizing special shuttle buses for employees. Michel Dubois a spokesman for the Paris Region rail transportation system said that a although this is dressed up in terms of a pay fight its really directed against euro  nobody in the general confederation press office was available for comment. Relations Between the Union and Disney have never been Good. But they worsened last september after the company began recruiting and its strict dress code became known. Disney a stipulations on a appropriate undergarments a limited use of makeup and the length of fingernails and hair were lambasted by the Union As a an attack on individual  reverting to Germany by fall of 93 by Kevin Robinson staff writer the . Air forces in Europe will turn Over virtually All of Hahn a to the German government by oct. 1, 1993, officials announced Friday. But according to Hahn spokesman master sgt. Bob e. Tobias the air Force will retain the 74 family units in Hahn a Sohren housing area and support buildings for three communications antennae after the turnover. Tobias said construction of housing at the Sohren site is continuing and is expected to be completed by june 1993. It should provide an additional 74 units. Sohren houses airmen and their families assigned to Hahn Morbach a munitions storage Are Kusch Heim a radar control Are Graben tra Bach Home of a weather unit and metro tango an electronic communications unit based five Miles from Hahn Tobias said. The Active duty population assigned to the Sites outside Hahn a Morbach Graben Trabach Wirscheim and metro tango a is _ about 900, Tobias said Friday. Tobias said he expected that responsibility for the Sites to be transferred to another base once Hahn is turned Over and its Host unit the 583rd air base group inactivates. Tobias said that As far As he was aware there will be no exchanges or commissaries in the area once Hahn is turned Over. A the local Economy should be Able to meet the subsistence needs of the people living in Sohren a Tobias said. In addition Tobias said two uhf and one microwave communication antennae situated on the base will remain under air Force control. The antennae will be used for Norma communications and weather a Safe spokesman said. With the antennae a number of support buildings will also remain. Tobias said a Safe task Force is expected monday to begin work on a schedule for turning Over Hahn to the German government. The task Force will also decide How Many of Hahn a 1,100 airmen 63 . Civilian employees and 254 German National employees will be needed to support the three antennae. Tobias also confirmed that Hahn a was identified for turnover because of draw Down measures and its consistent bad visibility for pilots. Hahn once Home to the 50th tac fighter Wing lost its three squadrons of f-16 fighting Falcon Jet fighters when the Wing inactivated last september. Tobias said the unit reactivated Jan. 30 As the 50th space Wing at Falcon fab colo., 15 Miles East of Colorado Springs