European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 22, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5kazakhstan agrees to nuclear treaty James a. Baker Iii in the stars and stripes 10 years ago May 22,1982 a an american defense specialist said the United states and nato should begin shaping plans for the gradual withdrawal of most . Ground forces from Western Europe Over a period of 15 to 20 years. 20 years ago May 22, 1972 a a Hammer wielding australian immigrant claiming to be Jesus Christ battered Michelangelo a famed statue of the Pieta in St. Peter s Basilica in Rome breaking an Arm and knocking chips out of the Madonna. 30 years ago May 22,1962 a the nationalist chinese government announced that it will accept All refugees who want to go to Taiwan from Hong Kong. 40 years ago May 22, 1952 a France conferred its highest Honor a the Medaille Mil Taire a on Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower in a last Farewell tribute. 50 years ago today 22 May 9 4 2 Mexico declares War on Germany Italy and Japan agreeing to join the United states and the other allies in the global fight against the Axis Powers. On new Guinea in the Pacific the allies move reinforcements a mostly australian soldiers and native volunteers a to the Wau area to defend the Bullio Valley against japanese attacks. Washington Apall differences with Kazakhstan on the strategic arms reduction treaty have been resolved and Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii Hopes to wrap up the agreement in talks with russian and belorussian officials this weekend . Officials said wednesday. Afterwards Baker probably will go to Georgia the former soviet Republic that has promised elections in late fall a . Official said. There Baker would meet with Eduard a. Shevardnadze the former soviet foreign minister who Heads a governing Council in his Homeland. Baker and Shevardnadze worked together on arms control and economic and political Reform before the soviet Union disintegrated last december. Kazakhstan a president Nur Sultan a. Nazar Baev gave president Bush a Promise on tuesday to give up All of the country a 1,040 nuclear missile warheads under the strategic arms reduction treaty and sign the 1968 non proliferation of nuclear weapons treaty which binds the participants not to acquire or Export nuclear weapons. Ukraine a president Leonid Kravchuk gave Bush similar assurances two weeks ago. Only the approval of Russia and Belarus the two Otner nuclear states of the former soviet Union is required to wrap we Are satisfied there Are no remaining differences. A Maraaret d. Tutwiler state department spokeswoman up the treaty. The treaty was signed last july by Bush and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. But it had to be revised to include the four nations with nuclear missiles to assure their adherence. The treaty requires the elimination Over seven years of about 38 percent of what was the soviet Arsenal of Long Range bombers missiles and surr Rines. The United states would trim about 30 percent of its Force. A we Are satisfied there arc no remaining differences Between the United states and Kazakhstan a said Margaret d. Tutwiler the state department spokeswoman. As a result she said a hopefully we will be in a position to put this to bed in Lisbon this  Baker is going to Portugal a capital to participate in a conference with european and other nations on assisting the former soviet republics. In Lisbon he intends to meet with officials from Russia and Belarus to seek their approval of the treaty protocol arranged with Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Meanwhile Nazar Baev said Kazakhstan May keep russian missiles on its soil. A whether they will be deployed will be determined by the circumstances a he said at a news conference. A this problem does not exist Between Russia and the United states a he said. Later a . Official declining to be identified said Nazar Baev was referring to the seven year period during which missiles were eliminated. After that the official said Nazar Baev agreed with Bush that no russian nuclear missiles would be retained in Kazakhstan. The nonproliferation treaty docs not prohibit deploying another nations nuclear missiles. West Germany for instance took on . Missiles during the cold War. Wrapping up the strategic arms reduction treaty which took More than nine years to negotiate would set the stage for the administration to pursue Senate ratification As Well As a negotiations with Russia on deeper cuts in Long Range nuclear weapons. Bush raps broadened Urban Aid Bill source 2194 Days of War. W h Smith publishers inc a Washington a president Bush termed a not acceptable a $1.5 billion Urban Aid proposal before the Senate that would finance summer schools jobs and other programs in cities. Bush stated his opposition wednesday As the Senate debated the proposal which has bipartisan support and would greatly expand a House approved Bill giving emergency Aid to riot torn los Angeles. The Senate put off a vote on the Bill As senators rushed Forward with unrelated amendments seeing the Opportunity to attach favored legislation to a Bill Likely to win passage. The Bill would provide for up to $822soviets weaker than Cia said chief admits Washington a the director of the Cia conceded that . Intelligence portrayed the soviet Economy As stronger than it was. But he insisted that the spy Agency accurately predicted the soviet collapse. A the Public should know that it was Well served on such a critical Issue by its intelligence services a Robert Gates said. Gates speech wednesday to the foreign policy association in new York was a response to critics who argue that despite its tremendous assets and secret sources . Intelligence failed to foresee the soviet demise. Citing several classified estimates dating to 1989, Gates said that in May 1991 the Agency concluded that a the current political situation is highly volatile and could quickly  but in an admission that confirms academics suspicions Gates vaulted the Cia statistics on the soviet Union that had been provided for years. A your statistical analysis. Described a stronger larger Economy than our own analysis portrayed and than existed in reality a Gates said. These faulty statistics say critics  As the underpinning fur the Mili million in Loans and Grants to rebuild los Angeles and flood damaged Chicago As already approved by the House and backed by Bush. The Senate version adds $1.45 billion for immediate summer jobs head Start education and other National programs. A declaration by Bush of a budget emergency for those programs would permit the additional Money to flow without offsetting cuts elsewhere in the budget by adding to the Federal deficit. Most of the additional Money would be divided according to existing program formulas targeted to disadvantaged areas. One of the amendment accepted in the Robert Gates. Says Cia predicted soviet collapse tary buildup that peaked in 1985 under president Reagan. At a 1991 workshop economists concluded the Cia made a a major methodological error by Basing its figures on dollars rather than rubles. The military Burden estimated by the Cia in 1980 at 12-14 percent of the soviet Gross National product should have declined to about 10 percent in 1982 prices but was instead increased to 15-17 percent said i rank hol Man of Tufts University. Senate would waive requirements that local governments provide 20 percent Matching Money for transportation projects in the current fiscal year permitting stalled projects to begin. Another would prohibit Loans or Grants from going to anyone charged in the los Angeles rioting. The Senate rejected an amendment that would have required All the Money to come from cuts elsewhere in the Federal budget. Congressional leaders of both parties meanwhile met with White House budget director Richard Darman and chief of staff Samuel Skinner in a negotiating session on longer term proposals for Urban Aid. They agreed to meet  May soon Register by mail from wire reports Washington the Senate voted 61-38 wednesday to make voter registration easier by allowing people to Register by mail and As they renew their Drivers licenses. The measure known As the a motor voters Bill would replace the Patchwork of registration procedures that exists from state to state. It would require states to allow eligible citizens to Register to vote at the same time they obtain or renew their Drivers fishing or Hunting licenses. The House is expected to take up the matter again in a few weeks. Republican senators say the Bill will encourage vote fraud. But democrats say republicans fear that increasing the number of registered voters would add millions of democrats to the Rolls. In other congressional decisions a a House Senate conference committee voted wednesday to save one of two sea Wolf submarines president Bush had hoped to Cut from the budget and to set aside an additional $550 million toward building either a second sea Wolf or a smaller submarine. A the House added a plan to boost the number of new nuclear Power plants to a comprehensive Energy Bill. One provision a which was adopted without any objection a would create a streamlined one step licensing process for the siting of new standardized nuclear Power plants