European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 61 350 wednesday june 17,1992 d 8693 Yeltsin admits . Pos May be on sex soviet soil Washington a american prisoners of the Vietnam War were transferred to the soviet Union and some still could be alive said russian president Boris n. Yeltsin in Washington for a Summit meeting tuesday with president Bush. Yeltsin a spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikova said monday night that 2,800 . Citizens a found themselves on soviet soil after world War i world War ii and Vietnam and a Many were held in  a most of them have died a he said. Asked if any have survived he added a a it a not  earlier monday Yeltsin was asked by Abc to during his flight to Washington if the rumours about . Pos in the former soviet Union were True and if any were alive there. A your archives have shown that it is True. Some of them were transferred to the territory of the former .s.r. And were kept in labor Camps a Abc quoted Yeltsin As saying through an interpreter. A we done to have Complete data and can Only surmise that some of them May still be  state department spokesman Joe Snyder said late monday that if accurate Yeltsin a disclosure would be a major revelation. . Authorities have in the past asked the soviets for information about Vietnam Era pos he said. A i certainly have never heard any russian or soviet admit it Quot he said. However he said he had no information regarding Yeltsin a comments or any new see pow on Page 2sides Hustle to produce arms treaty Washington apr russian president Boris n. Yeltsin and president Bush Are looking for an arms control treaty to Crown their first full fledged Summit. But prickly problems remain to be worked out. . And russian negotiators were making last minute efforts to produce a pact As the two leaders prepared for a full Day of meetings tuesday. Bush and Yeltsin also hoped the three Dav visit would break a congressional impasse on a $24 billion Aid package that the United states and other Western countries have pledged to Russia and the other former soviet republics. Robert Strauss . Ambassador to Moscow said tuesday a it seems to me that we have never had really Secretary of state James a. Baker id applauds russian president Boris n. Yeltsin at Andrews fab md., on monday. See treaty on Page 2mexico halts anti drug cooperation with . Mexico City a Mexico banned All activities by . Drug enforcement agents monday to protest a . Supreme court decision allowing authorities to abduct suspects abroad for trial in the United states. Mexican agents in the United states will also suspend All activities according to a statement by the department of foreign affairs. The move virtually severs All cooperation Between the two countries in the War against drugs. The statement called the courts decision in Washington a invalid and unacceptable and warned that Mexico will consider any attempt to capture suspects a a criminal  it said Mexico will also seek a revision of the extradition treaty with the United states but gave no details. The statement however also called for talks Between the two countries to avoid conflicts and establish Clear Cut rules for cooperation in the drug fight. Drug enforcement administration agents Are stationed in the . Embassy and . Consulates in Mexico. Mexican agents carry out similar activities in mexican consulates in the United states. But the Powers of both Are limited to exchanging information and technology and cannot directly participate in anti drug operations. Both nations also participate in surveillance operations along the Border. A idea see Mexico on Page 2 1nsidk i it it i it  the20 years seepage14-16 two German hostages released to joint lebanese syrian committee Beirut Lebanon a the last two westerners held hostage in Lebanon were handed Over to a joint lebanese syrian committee tuesday after being freed by their shiite Muslim captors syrians official news Agency reported. The Agency reported initially that the German hostages were turned Over to a German envoy but then said that Exchange would not happen until later Lues Day. The freeing of the two German Relief workers ends the eight year kidnapping Campaign by pro iranian shiite extremists that spelled terror and torment for nearly 100 foreigners. The government run syrian Agency said Heinrich Striebig 51, and Thomas Kemptner 30, were released to a a joint syrian lebanese Security coordination committee at 12 20 . It said the two germans would officially be delivered to Bernd Schmidbauer personal envoy of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl sometime in the afternoon at the presidential residence in Beirut. Schmidbauer drove to the mansion on the Mediterranean coast about 4 ., but there was no immediate word on whether he had gotten custody of his countrymen. The two German Relief workers were kidnapped in May 1989. Journalists could not verify the syrian report. Leb see germans on Page 2