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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . Sunday october 31,1993 report of pos in .s.r. De Washington a a Pentagon official says there in t one shred of Evi Dence that american paws from the korean War were transferred to the so Viet Union. A government report alleging that a . Airman was taken from the North korean Battlefield to the soviet Union has been misconstrued As proof of such transfers Edward Ross Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for pow Mia affairs said Friday. The report titled the Transfer of . Korean War pos to the soviet Union was produced by Pentagon analysts and presented to russian government officials by a state department official in Early september. Ross oversees the work of the analysts who Are career civilian and military personnel. The unclassified report which the government has refused to make Public does not purport to prove such transfers but it represents the first Effort by the . Government to confront the russian government with a comprehensive argument and summary of existing evidence that some american pos disappeared in the soviet Union. The soviets transferred several Hun dred . Korean War pos to the .s.r. And did not repatriate them the report said citing Broad and com Pelling evidence including statements by former soviet military and intelligence officers. A copy was obtained by the associated press and after publication of an a Story about it sept. 27, the defense department stamped the report an inter Nal working paper not subject to Public release under the Freedom of information act. Ross who attended the meeting in Moscow last month during which the re port was presented to the russians said its intent was to elicit or provoke some reaction from the russians who have steadfastly denied that any american prisoners in North Korea were forcibly moved to soviet territory. He said the re port contained opinion that could not be backed up by facts. He declined to say what if any response the russians have provided since the meeting. Another meeting on the subject is scheduled for Early december in Moscow Ross said. A Central argument in the report is that the soviets tried and probably succeeded in capturing one or More air Force f-86 jets to copy some of the Jet s advanced technological features such sits gun sights. The report identified 31 f-86 pilots who Are among the More than 8,100 .servicemen still unaccounted for from the 1950-53 korean War. It said some of the pilots May have been taken by the soviets for interrogation on the plane s capabilities. There in t one shred of evidence that any one of those individuals was Ever taken to the soviet Union Ross said. He said the . Government was being careful not to raise the expectations of relatives of the missing . Airmen. Sex Marine spy s prison sentence Cut to 20 years Quantico a. A an sex Marine convicted of spying for the soviet Union is eligible for parole after military judge shaved five years off his 25-year sentence. But that does t mean his lawyer was pleased. That and 50 cents will buy you a cup of Coffee Lee Calligaro who represents Clayton j. Lonetree said after it. Col. . Anderson reduced his client s sentence Friday. Calligaro had said an appropriate sentence would be something close to the nearly seven years Lonetree has already served since his 1986 arrest. The new sentence makes Lonetree eligible for parole immediately because he has already served a third of the20 years said maj. Ron l. Rodgers the government prosecutor. Lonetree 31, told Anderson that his great est sorrow was never being allowed to Wear the Marine corps uniform again. He was the first Marine Ever convicted of spying against the United states. There is no one in the world who abhorred my con duct More than myself he testified. Lonetree was convicted in 1987 of espionage and other charges related to his duties As a guard at the . Embassies in Moscow and Vienna Austria. The . Court of military appeals upheld Lonetree s conviction last year but set aside his sentence and or dered a new hearing. Calligaro introduced documents Friday indicating that Lonetree s spying caused Little harm. Officials at fort Leavenworth kan., where Lonetree is serving his sentence testified that he is a Model prisoner. Lonetree testifying in the same Quantico Marine base courtroom where he was convicted told of a child Hood during which he was bounced Back and Forth be tween his parents. Calligaro asked Lonetree if his parents both of whom were present for the hearing gave him love. Very Little Lonetree said. But when he joined the marines and went to the . Embassy in Moscow he met a soviet translator Violett Sanni and fell in love. I became pretty much obsessed with her Lonetree said. I thought of her All the  evidence at Lonetree s court martial indicated Sanni introduced him to a Kab agent known As  Lonetree gave the agent blueprints of certain areas of the Moscow embassy and the identities of . Intelligence agents in Vienna. The Case against Lonetree was built largely on his confession. Any Witch Way a p re hallo Ween cruise apparently was too much for this Witch who appears to be impaled on a Utility pole South of Berthoud colo., on Friday following an Over night snowstorm. Motorists in northeastern Colorado also were forced to Battle poor visibility and hazardous conditions on roads. Injured biker found 4 Days after crash Pittsburgh a the buddies of missing biker Art Jackson had Only one clue As they searched for him on dozens of Miles of lonely Road. A waitress said Jackson of Fairview told her he was heading for nearby Erie on an old Harley Davidson he had gotten two weeks earlier. That narrowed the search enough for Jackson s friends to find him thurs Day evening hidden by Brush just 12 feet from a Road. Unable to move from an Accident four Days earlier he was near death from dehydration and exposure. It s the Luckiest break this Guy s Ever going to get said co worker Rich Vanhoozer one of 10 people who looked for Jackson for hours among the tiny towns just Southeast of Erie. Jackson was in serious condition Friday at Hamot medical Center in Erie. Doctors treated his dehydration head wounds out of joint shoulder and broken right ankle. Jackson a friends knew something was wrong when the 34-year-old welder missed three Days of work at american sterilizer co. Without calling in. His brother in Law dutch Home broke into Jackson s House wednesday night and found three Days Worth of mail. The next Day cruising neighbourhood searchers finally spotted Blue jeans and a Flash of Chrome where Jack son s Learley had sailed off a Bend in the Road. Oklahoma gop seeks to impeach guilty governor Oklahoma City a House republicans demanded a special session to impeach gov. David Walters a move a democratic Leader dismissed As cheap political  House minority Leader Larry Ferguson said the democratic governor basically lied for three years by denying any wrongdoing in his 1990 Campaign. Walters pleaded guilty to a Misdemeanour oct. 21, admitting that he urged a contributor to give More than the state limit on Campaign donations. In return prosecutors dropped eight felony counts that alleged he conspired to break Campaign Laws and lied on state Campaign finance reports. A 27-member gop House caucus voted unanimously Friday to give the democratic legislative leadership until 5 . On nov. 5 to move on calling the special session. Otherwise the gop leadership in both houses where republicans Are outnumbered 2-to-l, will seek the necessary signatures of two thirds of the 149 Law makers to Call the special session said Ferguson. Also on Friday five democratic House members sent Walters a Handwritten note urging him to resign. The five wrote that the first term governor has admitted that he has broken Faith with the citizens of Oklahoma. Therefore he should resign  state democratic party chairman Michael c. Tur pen confronted the republicans As they filed into their meeting. Turpen and Ferguson argued when Turpe charged that republicans were Only hoping to help unannounced Republican gubernatorial candidate fran Cis a. Keating ii. If you can t beat the Guy at the ballot Box. You come up Here and you try cheap political tricks like this Turpen said later. They know it s better to put i behind  democratic leaders in both houses say they do not have the authority to Call a special session for impeach ment. The republicans would have to go the petition route democratic House speaker Glen Johnson said. Skeleton discovered in Pond after 9 years Homestead. Fla. A for nine years Irene Garza did t know if she had been widowed or abandoned. Police divers inadvertently solved the mystery when they found Conrado Garza s Skeleton inside a Van at the Bottom of an algae covered Pond less than a mile from his Home. I figured someone had done something to him because he never called or sent mail or anything said Irene Garza who has since remarried. Now we know and we can have some peace in our minds and our  Conrado Garza s remains were found thursday in 15feet of water after police were asked to Check on tire tracks leading to the Pond. The tracks turned out to be from a boat trailer but after about 30 minutes in the water divers found Garza s Moss covered Van with a Skull and Bones inside. Irene Garza identified the shoes a piece of Belt and material from a pair of pants  
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