European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Sills 1942-1992 vol. 51, no. 61 350 50 years of service a a Quot metres. Wednesday june 17,1992 cramp jeep Tiff Fez. S to ,. I d 8693 Yeltsin admits . Pos May be on sex soviet soil Washington a russian president Boris Yeltsin said tuesday there s a Chance american War prisoners May still be alive in the former soviet Union and pledged to a hand Over any information on their whereabouts. President Bush welcoming Yeltsin to the White House for a Summit praised the russian Leader for the information and said it symbolized the new openness Between the two nations. A i have every Confidence that what he says Here is True that they will get to the Bottom of it and if any single american is unaccounted for they will go the extra mile to see that that person is accounted for a Bush said. A i think that a what the american people need to know and i think that a what president Yeltsin has clearly pledged to do a he added. During a picture taking session in the Oval office after Yeltsin a formal greeting on the South Lawn the russian Leader was asked if there were any pos still in what was formerly the soviet Union. A it is possible a he answered. Yeltsin said an investigating commission is working in Russia and a Many things have been revealed in an a examination of the archives of the Kab and Oliie Central committee of the communist  he said the investigation also is going on in a places where the pos  a we shall try to investigate each individual Case and All the information will be of course handed Over to the american Side a Yeltsin said. He noted that the see pos on Page 2 president Bush Waves As he and russian president Boris a Yeltsin review troops at the White House on tuesday.., Russia reach historic nuclear pact from wire reports Washington a the United slates and Russia on tuesday agreed to slash their arsenals of nuclear weapons in what president Bush called a a tribute to the new relationship Between the two former adversaries. Bush and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin agreed to reduce Levels set by the strategic arms reduction treaty making the new pact a major arms control achievement unmatched in history. Bush said both countries would Cut their nuclear warheads to no More than 5,000 to 3,500 each. White House spokesman Marlin pit water said Yeltsin and Bush resolved rough disputes after a morning meeting their first Over two Days. Both leaders were to see pact on Page 2weinberger indicted in Iran Contra Case Washington a former defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was indicted tuesday on felony charges he concealed his knowledge of secret . Arms sales to Iran and Aid to the nicaraguan contras. Weinberger is the highest ranking government official to be charged in the Iran Contra scandal that stained the Reagan administrations last years. Weinberger was charged by a Federal grand jury with two counts each of perjury and false statements and one count of obstruction. Weinberger a attorney Robert Bennett said the indictment was a a moral and Legal  Iran Contra prosecutors began focusing on Weinberger after they obtained his personal notes last november from the Library of Congress. The notes reportedly contained numerous references to the Type of arms being shipped to Iran in 1985. Sources familiar with the investigation last Spring that Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh was concentrating on Reagan s role in a possible Iran Contra cover up. However the sources said lawyers for Weinberger and former Secretary of stale George Shultz told prosecutors their see Iran on Page 2watergatecounting the costs after 20 year see pages 14 16 German hostages still marking time before final turnover heading Home Beirut Lebanon apr the final Steps to Freedom for the last two Western hostages in Lebanon hit a Snag tuesday but negotiators professed optimism the two German Relief workers would soon be heading Home. The release of Heinrich strip big and Thomas Kemptner the last of 92 foreigners abducted in Lebanon since 1984, started monday night when their shiite Muslim captors announced they had been turned Over to Security authorities. The Transfer was confirmed by several sources in Beirut. The men were in the hands of a joint lebanese syrian committee by midday tuesday the official syrian news Agency said. But when German government envoy Bernd Schmid Bauer went to the residence of lebanese president Elias Herawi to receive his countrymen he was disappointed. After a 45-minute meeting with Herawi Schmidbauer told reporters a i Hope to be leaving with both hostages in the next 12 hours. A in Germany a Luftwaffe spokesman said relatives of the Striebig and Kemptner left Bonn on an air Force plane tuesday afternoon. The foreign ministry reported the plane was bound for Crete. There was no explanation of what was holding up the release. Giandomenico Picco the Veteran . Hostage mediator spent tuesday meeting with various officials in see hostages on Page 2