European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b the stars and stripes Friday june 19, 1992bosnians reportedly eating grass hunger grips suburb As . Attempts to open Airport Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Muslim defenders recovered thursday from a Multi pronged serbian attack on Sarajevo and the commander of a pummelled suburb said hungry people in his District were eating grass. As the fear of hunger intensified in the besieged bosnian capital . Officers met with the rival factions on opening its Airport to Relief flights. A . Spokesman said an agreement was near that would allow planes to Fly in desperately needed food and Medicine for the 300,000 people still in the City. In Belgrade the serbian and yugoslav capital . Embassy staff members and their families formed a Convoy of cars in preparation for a journey to Hungary. Just 35 embassy personnel were expected to stay after the evacuation. The United nations imposed sanctions on Yugoslavia which now consists Only of Serbia and Montenegro on May 30 after accusing it of encouraging the fighting in Bosnia. Sunrise brought a Lull in Sarajevo. Gunfire was heard occasionally but the sounds of Battle were lighter than overnight when serbian attackers and Muslim defenders fought with artillery machine guns and rifles. Thirty . Vehicles slipped into Sarajevo during the Calm bringing 60 Airport monitors and food and Medicine. Serbs seemed to make some gains in the latest fighting for Sarajevo. But croats appeared to tighten their control of Mostar a key City 60 Miles to the West. Croatian radio said that �?o80 to 90 percent of Mostar with its mostly Muslim and croatian population had been recaptured from serbian fighters after Days of Battle. Residents of Sarajevo scurried to find what food remained in the City which has been surrounded for weeks by serbs seeking to make part of Sarajevo the capital of their own Independent Republic. In Dobrija a Western suburb partially overrun by tanks for the memories soldiers take a break during the loading of . Tanks at 32 tanks in the 6th in 40th Armor left the German capital berlins Teltow train station on wednesday. The first 16 of As part of the units inactivation. Serbian fighters on wednesday the commander of the suburbs defenders said its 35,000 people were receiving sparse rations and would run out of food in a Days maybe a  a we Are eating every kind of grass that grows in Dobrija Parks a said the commander who spoke by Telephone and on condition of anonymity. A the adults get bread and water or if there a no electricity flour and water. But the kids get More Macaroni and  he said serbian attackers on wednesday used women and children hostages As Shields to move into the High Rise suburb once the athletes Village for the 1984 Winter olympics. . Spokesman Adnan Abdel Razek said Brig. Gen. Lewis Mackenzie the chief . Officer in Sarajevo secured agreement thursday from bosnian president Alija ize Begovic on reopening the Airport. The Deal was to be signed separately later in the Day by the bosnian government and serbian leaders he said. . To Cut Philippines Aid by 60% Washington a the Bush administration is greeting the Philippines next president with a 60 percent Cut in Aid and Congress is planning further cuts next year. The . Share of a multinational assistance plan once championed by the Congress has been halved once and is being Cut in half again As Congress prepares the fiscal 1993 budget. The slashes come amid strained relations Between the United states and the Philippines created after that nation rejected lease renewals for once critical . Military bases. At the same time other rising democracies Are asking for dwindling . Foreign Aid. The administration has reduced 1992 philippine Aid from its originally requested $559 million to just less than $220 million in its final allocation according to the state department. Last fiscal year the Aid totalled $568 million. The Philippines is expected to install Fidel Ramos the sex defense Secretary and former military commander As president june 30, succeeding Corazon Aquino. Ramos has not yet been declared Winner of the May 11 presidential race but a congressional committee says its Survey of votes shows he  pullout corps group moves to Germany by Rosemary Sawyer and Joseph Owen Staft writers it seems unlikely that an army corps Headquarters would move to Germany permanently now. After All a corps Headquarters left the country in april. But less than a month after Vii corps cased its colors in Stuttgart in april 111 corps he fwd started trickling into Karlsruhe. The inconspicuous unit has Only about 100 soldiers. And they Arentt moving far the unit has been in maastricht Netherlands since 1980. The Forward Headquarters took formal leave of to pin Cavern in maastricht at a ceremony wednesday afternoon. One of its support units the 5th aviation det inactivated at the same time. The relocation of the Headquarters to Smiley Barracks in Karlsruhe is expected to be completed in july. A a we re part of the consolidation of All the usar Lur units. And in a sure they want to get us closer to Heidelberg a it. Col. William a. Gearing or. Said referring to the site of the army a european Headquarters. Actually Only about half the soldiers who had been assigned to maastricht Are moving to Karlsruhe said gearing assistant chief of staff for the corps civilian military Liaison Section. The rest Are returning to the United states and their replacements Are going directly to Karlsruhe. Many troops departing from maastricht regret leaving he said because the City is located in the Only part of the Netherlands that was liberated by . Forces during world War ii. Mindful of history the local dutch were genial hosts he said. Also the unit shared Tapin Cavern a a nato facility a with belgian British dutch and German units. A a it a a hard place to leave. Its very International a said gearing who has been in Karlsruhe preparing the transition. The i corps planning Headquarters was set up in 1980 after nato officials decided that the defense of Central Europe required More backup from reserves. T he United states agreed to make troops of Iii corps headquartered at fort Hood Texas available if the commander of Allied forces Central Europe based nearby in Brun sum needed them. The planning cell originally was called he accent Reserve corps fwd. It boasted nearly 300 members by 1984. It was renamed Iii corps fwd in 1988. The Forward Headquarters has tested its plans during Many exercises Over the years. In 1987, it helped carry out the largest deployment of . Forces to Europe since a Day. More than 35,000 soldiers from Iii corps units throughout the United states participated. None of Iii corps 22,000 combat troops is stationed in Europe. The corps major subordinate commands Are 1st Cav div and 3rd army Cav regt both at fort Hood 4th inf div at fort Carson Colo. And 5th inf div at fort Polk la. Some corps units took part in operations desert shield and desert storm. The Forward Headquarters is one of several units moving to Karlsruhe this year replacing other units said Harry Connors an army spokesman in Karlsruhe. A we expect them to have minimum Impact on the Community because they re not bringing any major equipment with them a Connors said of the corps planning cell. The 5th aviation det has supported the corps Forward Headquarters since 1984. The unit which flew Utility helicopters from maastricht a Beek Airport provided administrative and logistical courier service. It would have had a command and control Mission in wartime. The detachment has been shut Down and started up again at least four times since its founding in 1956