European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 58 500 sunday june 14,1992 c d 8693 a Bush says . Remains Leader on environment cuban president Fidel Castro addresses the Earth Summit in Brazil lie urged nations around the world to Quot pay the ecological debt from wire reports Rio de Janeiro Brazil president Bush insisted saturday that the United states remains the Leader in environmental issues. However the third world continued to ask industrialized nations to provide More Long term assistance. Bush a comments came after Europe offered new Money to developing nations and committed itself to a target for reducing Carbon dioxide emissions that was deleted from a climate control treaty at . Insistence. A a we re the leaders we re not the followers a Bush told a news conference at the gathering of u0 world leaders. A the . Fully intends to be the worlds pre eminent Leader in protecting the world  despite Bush swords Washington has been cast As the villain for weakening the treaty on global warming and for refusing to sign the biodiversity treaty which would protect endangered animals and plants. Bush reiterated earlier announcements to increase . Aid for International forestry conservation by $250 million $50 million of which will go toward the global environment facility. Bush a remarks were punctuated by whistles a the latin american equivalent of a boo a and although the audience clapped politely the applause was perfunctory at Best. In contrast the Friday speech by cuban president Fidel Castro was met with enthusiastic applause and cheers with some listeners leaping to their feet in a standing see Bush on Page 2 Earth Summit soviets held . Fliers in 50s, Yeltsin says Washington apr four Days before his first Summit with president Bush russian president Boris n. Yeltsin disclosed that the soviet Union shot Down nine . Planes in the 1950s and took 12 survivors prisoner. In a letter hand delivered Friday to two . Senators Yeltsin said records show that eight of the fliers were held in prisons or prison Camps in 1953 and four others were in psychiatric clinics run by the Kab secret police. Whatever happened to them a is being investigated a he said. President Bush said saturday that he had asked former soviet president Mik Hail s. Gorbachev about the Issue and a i believe or. Gorbachev denied  a i think its very very credible and very Good that or. Yeltsin is coming Forward with this kind of disclosure a Bush said at a news conference in Rio de Janeiro at the . Earth Summit. Yeltsin a letter was the first Public acknowledgement a other than the shooting Down of Francis Gary Powers Sny plane in 1960 a by either Side in the cold War that the soviets had shot Down . Planes and imprisoned any survivors. A we acknowledged the lost aircraft when they occurred and they Are a mat Ter of Public record a said a Pentagon spokeswoman air Force capt. Susan St Rudnansky. A we did not know one Way or the other about any survivors she said. A Over the years the slate department has made several inquiries to the soviet government which Over the years responded that there were no survivors found or  Yeltsin also disclosed in the letter that the so vets for a a year or More held Crews of . Bombers downed Over Russia or what became soviet bloc territory during world War ii and interrogated 59 . Servicemen taken prisoner in the korean War. The Only information found so far in soviet archives about . Servicemen missing in action in the Vietnam War is that several defectors a were clandestinely moved from the territory of Japan to the territory of the .s.r.,�?� Yeltsin said. Flow Ever he said the records show that they remained in the soviet Union Only a for a Short period of Lime and later went to various european  the letter was delivered to Sens. John of Kerry a mass and Robert c. Smith , chairman and vice chairman see soviets on Page 2 cafes renegotiating contracts for overseas car sales program by George Manes special sections editor the military is renegotiating its contracts with american automakers As part of a retooling of its controversial overseas new car sales program according to cafes officials in Dallas. Cafes would not disclose details of the contract modifications it is seeking but the Agency announced 11 Days ago it would be revamping elements of its warranty service program its internal auditing system for car pricing and its consumer information program. ,. A a a changes Are pending final contract negotiations a spokesman at army and air Force Exchange service Headquarters in Dallas said saturday in a terse written response to a stars and stripes request for specific information about potential contract amendments. Exchange service executives have refused to be interviewed about the new car sales program since they announced that an internal review would Lead to changes in the $250 million a year operation. They agreed however to respond to written questions submitted june 3, the Day of the announcement. Those responses were received by fax from Dallas Early saturday morning. Cafes officials in Dallas were not immediately available for additional comment. In that four Page response cafes declined to give the stars and stripes a copy of its a that cafes answers see Page 10 formal review of the car program. A we have no plans to do so Quot said the statement signed by it. Col. Louis j. Ammirati Trie cafes Public affairs chief of information service. The changes in the program Are part of a periodic review process cafes said in the statement. However they also follow a four Parl stars and stripes series in late March detailing shortcomings in the program including Lack of a Lemon Law protections and consumer dissatisfaction with warranty and customer relations services. The newspapers surveys of prices quoted by salesmen indicated widespread disregard of the see cafes on Page 10german hostages May be released within two Days Beirut Lebanon apr Lebanon a Interior minister said saturday that two German hostages a the last westerners held in Lebanon a would be freed this month and newspapers predicted the release either today or monday. A the hostage file will be closed in june Quot Interior minister Sami Khatib said when asked Aboul reports that the release of German Relief workers Heinrich Striebig and Thomas Kemptner was imminent. A the Issue is proceeding a he added. Giandomenico Picco the United nations special hostage negotiator arrived in Damascus Syria on saturday. Picco was taken to an undisclosed destination immediately after his plane from Frankfurt Germany touched Down said Airport sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The German government said Friday that its see hostages on Page 2