European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 5, 1993 a it accused spy issued warning the stars and stripes a Page 9 Manila Philippines a a Cabinet official said monday that he received information on possible iraqi terrorist activities from an american who was charged last week in the United states with espionage. A r a a a a a a a a a Interior and local government Secretary Rafael Aunan said the american to Seph Garfield Brown did not pass on documents but just told him verbally and casually about terrorist plans in the Philippines. Brown 44, was arrested dec. 27 at Washington s Dulles International Airport As he arrived on a flight from Japan. He was charged with passing secrets to philippine government officials the Fri said. Brown a former member of the . Air Force had worked As a Tae Kwon do instructor for Security personnel at the department of tourism when Junan was tourism Secretary. Browne a military record was unavailable. Alunan said he had asked the Tae Wondo association of the Philippines to provide an instinct Orland it sent Brown. Quot he was very helpful trying to see How to help the department of tourism Quot Aunan said. Quot it was just casual. He said hey iraqis will be Fielding terrorists worldwide and some will come Here so you a better prepare watch out Quot Alunan said Brown was aware of the effects of terrorism on tourism in the Philippines after the botched bombing by iraqis of the . Thomas Jefferson cultural Center in August 1990. One iraqi was killed and. Another was wounded in that bombing attempt Quot so he knew we were so worried about the iraqi problem Quot Alunan said. He said his aides passed on the1 information to the office of the defense Secretary Fidel Ramos who now is president. Brown allegedly received classified information from Virginia Jean Baynes a Cia employee at the us embassy in Manila who enrolled in his Tae Kwon do class in april 1990. Baynes admitted that Brown asked her to get Cia information about assassinations planned by an insurgent group in the Philippines. She said that on feb. 5,1991, she gave two secret documents to Brown. Baynes pleaded guilty last May 22 to one count of unauthorized Transfer of classified information and was sentenced to 41 months in Federal prison the Fri said. In an affidavit unsealed dec. 28 at Browne a court appearance in Alexandria va., Brown admitted passing at feast one classified document to a philippine official. The documents from Baynes were . Government intelligence reports based on information from Covert sources the affidavit said. One was about the use of briefcase bombs by iraqi terrorists Anc atthe other list cd political officials including the . Ambassador in the Philippines targeted for assassination by communist rebels. Alunan said he did not receive any information about rebel assassination plans. Fri special agent Richard g. Harrison1 has said release of the information Quot threatened grave consequences to United states National defense interests including expos ing critical Covert sources and endangering the lives of sources and United states government officials Quot Harrison said the document about Brief Case bombs warned that its disclosure to unauthorized people would endanger the tics of the source and the sources family in Tokyo up1 a japanese ship carrying a controversial Loaa of plutonium was to return Home with its lethal cargo Early today sparking demonstrations by environmentalists. Quot we have come to Japan to show that there is Strong International support for a halt to the plutonium program of the japanese government a said Tom Clements a spokesman for the environmental group Greenpeace International. Environmentalists Are calling for an end to plutonium shipments from Europe. Breaking an official silence on the movements of the ship government sources said sunday that the 4,800-ton Akatsuka Maru would enter Tokai port Between 7 and 8 this morning. The port is located in Ibaraki prefecture 85 Miles East of Tokyo. Latest reports placed the Akatsuka Maru 240 Miles East of Hachijo Jima Island late sunday. The vessel was expected to be about 90 Miles off Tokai by Sunset monday. Quot there is no need to conceal the schedule for Docking Quot the government source said. The vessel was arming in Japan after a nearly two month voyage from the French port of Cherbourg. The ship s Load of 1.7 tons of plutonium is designated for Japan a fast breeder. Reactor program and is the Centrepiece of Long Range plans for greater Energy Independence. It was accompanied by the maritime safety Agency patrol vessel Shi Kishima. The journey generated widespread concerns about the risk the ship posed As a terrorist target and As. A potential source of vast environmental damage. Critics also charged that the japanese Effort worsens a world oversupply of nearly bomb Grade plutonium. Upon the ships arrival 13 plutonium containers were to be unloaded and transported to a Complex in Tokai. The Complex is run by the Semi governmental Power reactor and nuclear fuel development corp. Soldier struck killed in autobahn Accident Frankfurt Germany a a 5th finance group Soldier was killed on a German expressway dec. 29 near Butzbach v corps officials said monday. Staff sgt. Janet v. Jones a finance specialist with the 503rd finance support unit in Giessen was on her Way to the Frankfurt International Airport to pick up her Fiance when her car broke Down according to a v corps news release. She left the autobahn on foot and called her unit for help. Jones was struck and killed about 7 30 . By a Ger pan Motorist while attempting to return to her car v corps said. A German doctor pronounced Jones dead about 8 . A memorial service was held thursday at the Giessen Chapel. A Jones who lived in West Palm Beach fla., is survived by her 12-year-old son Joseph and 11 year old daughter Jamie. The children Are currently with Jones parents Joseph and Arlene Brenner in West Palm Beach. Criminal investigation Corrid authorities and German police Are investigating the policeman found dead in his Home Span Dahlem a Germany a 24-year-old Span Dahlem Security policeman was found dead in his military family housing quarters sunday night a base spokeswoman said. Authorities have ruled out foul play in the death of staff sgt. Robert f. Gonzales said tech sgt. Sandra Whipps. The cause of death is under investigation and an autopsy was planned for today. ,. Gonzales body was found in his Home in bins Feld about 10 45 . Sunday by his wife Whipps said. There were no signs of external wounds on the body she added. Air Force authorities would not elaborate on the death explaining it is still under investigation. Gonzales was a Security supervisor with Spang Dahlem a 52nd Security police so. A six year Veteran of the air Force Gonzales died a year to the Day after his arrival at Spang Dahiem. His Home of record is Brooklyn . Kills 6 Paris apr freezing siberian air parked Over France for the past two weeks has killed at least six people and doctors demanded More action from the government monday to Deal with the cold wave. For the first time this season Paris kept a subway station open to the homeless All night sunday. The government announced a toll free number for the homeless and education minister Jack Lang called on school affy University administrators to throw open their doors for overnight lodging. The efforts came too late for 72-year-old Jean la blot who froze to death sunday in his plastic shelter in Coumon a Village in Brittany. He became the sixth person to die from the cold spell. Paris shivered in 18-degree weather monday morning and forecasters said the siberian chill that brought freezing temperatures since just before Christmas was to lift later in the Day but they expected the. Worst to come in february. The head of my a coins do Monde doctors of the world said monday that the French government s actions were feeble and late Gilles Brucker called the cold wave deaths Quot intolerable and he told Rel radio that it is Quot unacceptable that there not be an emergency plan Quot to help the homeless when the cold hits. Rony Brauman president of made coins sans fron litres doctors without Borders group calling for military action to Stop the Civi War in Bosnia also questioned the French governments measures. A Brauman told France inter radio that he agrees Quot shelter should be provided to those who done to have it but added that he did not think Lang a proposal was the right answer. \ Lang Scall for schools to House the homeless overnight also ran into resistance within the government. Rend Teu Lade social affairs minister visited homeless in the old Saint Martin subway station in Central Paris after it was opened overnight sunday and said there was no re Aspri to dramatize. There Are numerous centers with unused Quot there Are More than 30,000 spaces for the homeless in France 5,000 of them in the government spends 1 billion francs about $180 million a year for a i 4 it _ fir r t % t a a v or w v f i a homeless parisian sleeps inside a phone Booth on the champs amp Fysel a Early monday As temperatures dropped to 18 degrees in the City. It a Hie said acknowledged a Lack of publicity about the centers and announced a toll free number for information. But he also said some homeless people were turned away because they refused to Shower or leave alcohol at the door. Activists for the homeless estimate 200,000 people in the Paris Region alone have inadequate housing or Are homeless
