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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Sunday february 28,1993 Clinton urges . Allies to open markets Washington a president Clinton . Allies in Blunt terms Friday the United states is getting its economic House in order and they should re Spond by opening markets to american products. The United states will compete not Retreat on International Trade he pledged in his first presidential speech on the International Economy. A prosperous America is not Only Good for americans. It is absolutely essential for the Prosperity of the whole world Clinton told an audience at american  an activist Agenda Clinton urged the other Industrial democracies  working at Cross purposes and to harmonize interest rates and other economic poli cies. He also called for a reassessment of International financial institutions to ask whether they Are serving our interest in this new  and he suggested that the world will suffer unless the United states and its economic allies support eco nomic and democratic reforms in Russia with targeted financial Aid. On the eve of a meeting in London of financial officials of the world s seven biggest economic democracies Clinton said recovery of the . Economy is crucial to the rest of the  we set a new direction at Home we can set a new direction for the world As Well Clinton said. At the saturday session in London Treasury Secre tary Lloyd n. Bentsen was expected to go Over Clinton s economic package with finance ministers from Japan Germany Britain France Canada and Italy. The president repeatedly pointed to his deficit reduction plan in his speech Friday noting trading partners had Fong been pressing the United states to do some thing about its suffocating budget deficit. The future of the american dream and the Fate four Economy and much of the world s Economy hangs in the balance on what happens in this City in the next few months he  president s plan is a package of tax increases and spending cuts that seeks to reduce the deficit by $325 Bil lion Over four  said he Hopes Congress will have passed the major elements by july when he goes to Tokyo for the annual economic Summit of those seven nations. And if that is so i will be Able to say to my counterparts. We have done it for ourselves we have done it for you now you must work with us in Germany and Japan Ancl other nations to promote global growth " wearing a Blue academic Robe Clinton was Given a honorary degree the president said his administration would follow a More assertive policy on Trade than pre Vious Republican administrations. And so i say to you in the face of All the pressures Todo the reverse we must compete not  our exports Are especially important to us headed contending healthy exports kept the recent recession from being even worse. Clinton said 20 of the world s 24 developed nations had increased Trade barriers in recent years instead of lowering them and he called that a powerful testament to the difficulty of trying to maintain a High wage High growth  recent Days Clinton has renewed his commitment to protect . Companies against what he views Asun fair european subsidies. The administration also has suggested that it would like to see More International cooperation to strengthen the japanese yen which would make . Products More competitive. . Trade representative Mickey Kantor told report ers Friday that Clinton s speech was an assertion of american leadership in global growth. It goes Way beyond  president Clinton with american University president Joseph Dulcy Waves As he receives an honorary degree. Clinton invites world leaders to White House visits Washington president Linton has invited key world leaders to the White House Over the coming weeks including the leaders of France Ger Many Israel and Egypt the White House announced Friday. The meetings Are All separate. A White House statement said Clinto would meet with nato Secretary Gen eral Manfred Werner on tuesday French president Francois Mitterrand on March 9,.israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin on March 15, exiled haitian presi Dent Jean Bertrand aristids on March 16, Irish prime minister Albert Reynoldson March 17, German Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl on March 26 and egyptian president Hosni Mubarak on april6. These meetings along with others Tobe announced in the coming weeks will enable the president to develop working relationships with key foreign leaders and to identify and address areas of Mutual concern in a timely and effective Man Ner said the statement by White House communications director George Ste thanopoulos. So far Clinton has met As president with three foreign leaders Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney turkish president Turgut Ozal and British prime minister John major. In addition the White House announced earlier in the week that Clinton would meet with russian president Boris. Yeltsin at a site yet to be determined but not in the United states or Russia. Mitterrand s visit was first announced in Paris by the French government. Earlier Friday Mitterrand invited Clinton to visit France next year for the 50th anniversary of the a Day invasion of Europe at Normandy on june 6, 1944, which began the Allied liberation of Europe during world War ii. The White House has not said whether Clinton will attend. Of to pull Azacs from Iceland Japan Washington a in a further sign of the cold War s demise the air Force announced Friday that it is bringing Home Azacs warning and control planes from bases in Iceland and Japan. The 960th airborne warning and control so at Nas Kef Lavik Iceland is being inactivated or taken out of operation and its one Azacs plane will return to tinker fab okla. The 158 military jobs associated with the Kef Lavik Squadron also will be transferred to tinker the air Force said. Also one of three Azacs planes at Kadena a Japan will be returned to tinker along with 75 Mil itary jobs. The two other planes will remain at Kaduna spokeswoman maj. Barbara Claypool said. An air Force statement said the moves were a result of the decreasing world  the planes a military version of the Boeing 707 commercial Airliner carry a rotating radar dome on top that permits surveillance of other planes flying at Low and High altitudes. It can detect identify and track aircraft As Well As provide . Or Allied attack planes with Battle management information. It also can help attack planes distinguish Between Friendly and hostile aircraft. The air Force began flying Azacs planes in 1977. Man admits passing along secret information Alexandria a a a 44-year-old Man pleaded guilty Friday to passing classified information about terrorist activities to the philippine  g. Brown who has lived in the Philippines since 1985, faces a maximum prison term of 10 year when he is sentenced by . District judge Albert v. Bryan or. On april 30. Court documents said Brown illegally obtained documents from a Cia officer in Manila. The Cia officer Virginia Baynes pleaded guilty Toan espionage offence last May and was sentenced to 41 months in prison. The classified documents were described in court papers As dealing with worldwide use of briefcase bombs by iraqi terrorists and a list of political officials including the american ambassador targeted for assassination by a philippine terrorist insurgent group the communist new people s army. Brown then passed the documents to the Manila government according to . Attorney Richard Cullen the Compromise of these documents threatened United states National defense interests by among other things exposing critical Covert sources and endangering the lives of sources and United states government officials Cullen said in a statement. Court documents said Brown admitted giving on document to the foreign government. Rafael Alunan Iii Secretary of the philippine department of the Interior and local government told the Washington Post that he received documents fro Mbrown concerning iraqi terrorism but nothing else. He said Brown was not hired As a spy. The Fri lured Brown Back to the United states i december with an offer to be a martial arts instructor for the Cia. He was arrested As he arrived at washing ton s Dulles International Airport. Tyson accuser falsely claimed rape in 89, Boxer s attorney says Indianapolis a the woman whose rap claim landed Mike Tyson in prison had falsely accused one of her High school classmates of rape Tyson s at Torney said in a motion filed Friday with the Indiana court of appeals. Tyson s attorney Alan m. Dershowitz said his client deserved a new trial because of newly discovered Evi Dence that Desiree Washington had falsely accused Wayne Walker of raping her in october 1989. One of Washington s attorneys Reginald Lindsay said the motion was intended More for the Media than the  he said Walker s claims weren t True. Tyson the former heavyweight boxing Champion was convicted last March of raping Washington in july 1991 while she was the Rhode Island contestant in the miss Lack America pageant held in Indianapolis. Tyson who is serving a six year sentence at the Indi Ana youth Center West of Indianapolis already has appealed the conviction on the grounds of improper procedure. The motion filed Friday is part of a second Appeal claiming new evidence has come to Light since the conviction. Among the documents filed Friday was an affidavit signed by Walker now 21, in which he claimed he and Washington were friends at Coventry High school. In october 1989, Washington s father Donald called Walker s Home and said his daughter claimed Walker raped her according to the affidavit. Walker said he and his Mother convinced Donal Washington the allegations were false and police were never called. The next Day in school the affidavit says Desiree Washington told Walker she concocted the Story to cover   
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