European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 11, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3 nato ponders options in yugoslav Region by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium nato military officials have been considering military Steps the Alliance could take if asked to quell fighting in the former Yugoslavia. Possible actions include enforcing a flight ban Over Bosnia and Herzegovina setting up Safe havens and posting deterrent forces in areas where fighting could spread. Quot nato officials deny any specific decision will come at this weeks meeting of defense ministers or at next week s foreign ministers meeting. However As a senior nato official put it a the pressures Are getting very Strong on the world Community to head off escalating violence in the Region. A a before taking further Steps in the former Yugoslavia nato needs a request from the United nations which is in charge of peacekeeping there. But if they Are asked and if Allied political leaders can agree on an action military officials should be pre pared to respond said norwegian Gen. A Iglick tide chairman of nato s military committee. Quot a a Short of formal planning a which requires a mandate from Allied political leaders. Nato military officials Are a looking at How Best to support other United nations resolutions a hide said t thursday. Options Unider review according to tide include a enforcing compliance of a no Fly zone Over Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since mid october nato radar surveillance aircraft have Only been authorized to Monitor possible violations. A setting up havens for the targets of the so called a ethnic cleansing by serbian forces. A sending troops into areas such As the province of Kosovo that might soon be targets of serbian forces. I he threat to Kosovo has prompted concern among Western leaders who fear that serb movement into the province which is largely populated by albanians could spark a full scale War in the Balkans. Albanian leaders have said they would wage War if serbs attack albanians in Kosovo. Their troops would have to Cross bordering Macedonia for such action Likely pulling that former yugoslav Republic into the fighting. Quot in their opening session thursday. Defense ministers did not specifically address the threat to Kosovo one official said. However Eide said military officials have considered possible actions nato might take to prevent that if directed by political leaders. Trance which is not part of natos military command does not participate in meetings of the defense planning committee. But officials have stressed that no decisions related to peacekeeping could be made without trance a participation. Quot the topic Likely will top the Agenda of the meeting of la foreign ministers late next  Yeltsin Calls for referendum on Rule Moscow apr president Boris Yeltsin called thursday for a National referendum so russians can choose Between him and the hard line Congress which he accused of a a creeping Coupe that would cripple his Reform drive. Yeltsin was striking Back at hard line lawmakers who on wednesday rejected his nominee for prime minister acting prime minister Yegor Gaidar the architect of la ree Market economic reforms. In a Blunt angry speech to the Congress of people s deputies Yeltsin accused the lawmakers of leading Russia a to a dangerous Point beyond which lie destabilization and economic chaos a being pushed toward a civil  he said russians should immediately begin gathering the 1 million signatures necessary to hold a referendum next month. He said the referendum should ask a whom do you entrust with leading the country out of the crisis a the supreme soviet or the president a he said later that if voters supported him elections should be held in March for a new parliament. If voters backed the Congress a presidential election should be held he said. The Congress voted to condemn Yeltsin a speech As a unjustified insults that edged the nation a toward confront  it also said that if a referendum were held voters should be asked whether to hold Early elections for both the president and the parliament. Yeltsin a term is scheduled to end in june 19% and Congress in March 1995. Yeltsin said Gaidar would remain in his Cabinet and continue his reforms. Yeltsin does not need legislative confirmation for an a a acting prime minister Gaidar a title the past six months. A it is no longer possible to work with such a Congress a Yeltsin said. A what they failed to do in August 1991, they decided to repeat now and carry out a creeping coup Quot Yeltsin said referring to the communists failed attempt to overthrow soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The attempt precipitated the collapse of the soviet Union and led to Yeltsin a Rise. The 61-year-old president clearly frustrated by his inability to break the stalemate that has characterized the nine Day Congress evoked the populism that brought him Success earlier in his career. A citizens of Russia during this critical period 1 believe it is my prime task to ensure stability in the state a he said. A i have no doubt that you esteemed voters will make your Choice at the referendum and adopt a decision worthy of the people of  a a . Brightener a curbs on military shopping disturb visitors to Germany spectators View the Capitol Christmas tree wednesday night just after its vast array of bulbs sprang to Light. The big tree furnished by the . Forest service was brought in from  schedules appliance sales on 2 Days Hanau Germany a defense re utilization and marketing office officials have announced the following sales this week in Germany. A ludwigs Burg washers dryers refrigerators and ranges will be sold today and saturday in a fest tent on osterholz Allee near the defense re utilization and marketing office building. The sales will be open on both Days from 8 to 9 . For id card holders and from 9 . To noon for the Public. Appliances Are 220 Volt. All items must be purchased in Cash with dollars or Marks. Merchandise must be removed the Day of the Sale. By Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau a terrible ludicrous and stupid Are How some . Service members and civilians in Belgium and the Netherlands describe the army a recent move to prevent them from shopping in . Military exchanges and commissaries in Germany. Officials with the . Army Europe recently confirmed that . Personnel and their families assigned outside Germany can Only shop in military stores in Germany when on leave or temporary duty. And they must hold papers to prove it. Air Force and army officials in Europe say the policy is not new tracing its origin to a 1953 agreement Between the United states and Germany. But most people a including those who have shopped in Germany for years a say they be never heard of it. Customs agents of the 14th my brigade recently began enforcing the Rule by scouring store parking lots in Germany looking for car License plates that reveal that the owner is stationed outside the country. Some shoppers were told to return their purchases to the stores. A spokesman for the brigade which is the primary customs unit for . Forces in Europe could not say thursday Why brigade members began enforcing the Rule in recent weeks. Army Europe officials in Heidelberg Germany on thursday were unable to provide additional details on the crackdown. This Lack of guidance has left supervisors and Community officials with no answers. Quot i can to believe that they would actually turn somebody away a said Michele Ladwig who lives in Brussels Belgium with her three daughters and army staff sergeant husband. A i think that that a terrible. We Are . Id card holders and we have the privilege to shop in commissaries worldwide. We should be Able to shop  since moving to Belgium almost three years ago Ladwig and her husband have travelled monthly to bit Burg a to pick up certain snack items and new products not available at smaller commissaries in Belgium or Holland. Ladwig said she could understand such a Rule if out of country shoppers were taking goods from the people assigned there. A but its not like that a she said. A they have enough supplies for everyone and from what i can see they have a wonderful  a in addition the Tours office at Oesterberg a Netherlands sponsors bus trips to shopping complexes at Ramstein a and nearby Vogel Weh. About 300 people so far this year have participated in the bus trips said Jennifer Guinty Tours assistant. A we try to do it every two or three months or whenever people ask for it which is a lot a Guinty said of the Daybreak to Midnight excursion.  a senior master sgt. Steven Voltaire called it a a ludicrous to demand leave orders of shoppers in Germany. Requiring temporary duty orders makes More sense he said As that puts personnel Quot under the Guise of being assigned to Germany temporarily. But leave status is  Voltaire who is chief of the bases management engineering team said he and his wife and daughter travel to Germany to shop at the Ramstein and Vogel Weh exchanges about every three months. Still in question for Voltaire and others thursday a whether service members must be on leave to shop in Germany or whether they can be on pass status. Basses do not deduct Days from annual leave. A what forms must be issued to civilian employees and whether they must be on leave on their Normal Days off. A what documents family members must provide and whether they will be allowed to shop in Germany without their sponsors. Brig. Gen. Harold e. Burch commander of rates Europe sent a message to All stores monday said Exchange spokeswoman Barbara Kirsch. In it Burch told managers that . Personnel from outside Germany on leave status Are entitled to rates shopping privileges. T hey will be admitted to the facilities upon presentation of the appropriate valid id card. A leave form is not required. A this policy is based on acknowledgement of a Liberal leave and pass policy in effect under existing Dod guidelines and Federal personnel Law a Burch wrote in the memorandum. Similarly commissaries Are continuing to admit shoppers based on their presenting an id card Only said Denise Gomes spokeswoman for the defense commissary Agency a european Region