European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday december 15,-1993 a at a glance a second witness has testified that adm. Frank a Kelso ii saw some of the debauchery at the 1991 Tail Hook convention. See Story on Page 6. A insurance Snag . Military officials say they Are no closer to resolving the Issue of whether 5,000 enlisted members in Italy hold valid Auto insurance. A Page 4boulders kill 30 thirty people were killed tuesday when a Mountain face collapsed in Cairo Egypt. A Page 5trade Deal reached the United states and european Union reach agreement on the big Gest Ever Trade Reform package. A Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers 24 classifieds. 25-27 comics 22-24 commentary. Crossword. 24 faces a places. .21 focus. 17-20 Horoscope. .27 Jumble. 27 letters. 14 Money matters. .16 sports. 31-36 to listings. A a a 35 weather. .13 on Washington a amps Gen. John m. Shalikashvil the nation s top military commander expressed Confidence tuesday that the combined military forces of South Korea and the United states could repel an invasion from communist North Korea. But the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff stopped Short of guaranteeing that Allied forces could prevent North Korea from initially overrunning Seoul the South korean capital in his first news conference since being sworn into his new Post oct 25, Shalikashvil said he is a very confident Quot of the ability of the South korean forces reinforced by . Troops to Stop an incursion from the North despite the communist regime s numerical superiority a i am not alone in the military judgment. That we could Stop a North korean attack far Short of reaching their War objective Quot of re unifying the country under communism he said. He also said there is a a very Good likelihood Quot that Allied forces could repel an attack on Seoul. A however there Are also Many imponderables that you simply can not  talk of War on the korean Peninsula has been fanned recently by escalating Clinton administration rhetoric regarding North Korea s drive to build nuclear weapons. Despite North Korea s nuclear nation efforts Shalikashvil said . War plan ners have seen no indications that North Korea is planning an attack on its neighbor to the South. On other issues Shalikashvil said a he will travel to Somalia on saturday to discuss preparations for . Troop withdrawals from that nation. All but a Small number of support troops Are due to leave the War torn nation by March 31. A the Issue of extending full nato Security guarantees to East european states is  however he said a consensus is developing within nato that the notion of expanding the roster of Alliance members is a no longer a question of whether it a question of when and  Page 1 cording to incomplete returns. With More than two thirds of the election districts reporting on sundays parliamentary elections the Liberal democratic party was leading with 24,5 percent of the vote. The Liberal democrats appeared to have an unbeatable Lead government officials said. Russia s Choice the main a roup of president Boris n. Yeltsin was in second place with nearly 14 percent. The communist party Haa just More than 11 percent the anti Yeltsin agrarian party Nad nearly 9 percent and the populist women of Russia bloc followed with about 8 percent. A Mirinovsky rejected the labels that have been slapped on him such As a fascist Quot and a anti semite Quot and declared that his party was in the russian political mainstream. A we Are hot anti semites a a Mirinovsky said going to great pains to shirk the Label that follows him and his party. A but our voters have asked us to change something. They Are tired of seeing so Many non russian announcers on television so they Are asking us to remove them to replace them with some russian slavic races who can speak a Good russian language without any accent. So in this re Victor from Page 1 in russian affairs. A if i was sitting in the Kremlin the germans would pay for All this meddling Quot he was quoted As saying a i  hesitate to use nuclear weapons. We would make new Hiroshi Mas and  but in the interview a Mirinovsky portrayed himself As a great Friend who wanted a new version of the Hitler Stalin pact under which the soviets and nazis divided up Poland Ukraine and the Baltic in 1939. A peace on our continent can Best be defended when the two great Powers a Russia and Germany a learn the lessons from their history and return to their Csc traditional Friendship Quot he said. Lie called for the withdrawal of All american troops from German soil. A Germany is no protectorate but an evident Power Quot he said a Mirinovsky dented he is a fascist a i have As Little to do with fascism As you a namely absolutely nothing Quot he Saia in the interview with Gerhard Frey publisher of the National Zeitung and Leader of the far right germ an Peoples Union. Frey who has expressed doubt that the holocaust occurred wants Germany to kick out foreigners and reclaim the former territory of East Prussia lands East of the Oder and Neisse Rivers that were divided among Poland and the soviet Union after world War ii he went even further at an oct. 2 meeting of Frey a party in the bavarian City of Passau saying that Germany and Russia should Divide up territories in Poland the Baltic and Ukraine. Adolf Hitler and Josef statin did that in the secret 1939 pact that preceded the outbreak of world War ii. Hitler abrogated the pact in 1941 and invaded Russia. Frey whose party has seats in three state Legislatures and about 26,000 members in Germany sent a Mirinovsky a congratulatory Telegram monday. A overjoyed i Send you Tny deepest Best wishes for your overwhelming Victory Quot he said. A East Prussia will now once again become the crystallization Point in a pioneering German Russ Tan  Frey 59, is. Not the Only right Wing Radical in Germany who has made Coucnon cause with Ultra nationalists in Russia. Spect we would like to help our  he has his Eye on countries accused of mistreating russians such As the Baltic notably Estonia where new citizenship Laws have denied a sizable russian population the right to vote. A Mirinovsky said he would Cut off Trade and close the Border. A we Promise a new foreign policy Quot a Mirinovsky said. A at the very first stage we d like to Stop helping our neighbors since they have made the Choice to become free countries. Let them build up their own forces their own economies and everything that corresponds to the attribute s of a modern state. A let them try their Independence Quot he added certain that they jul fall into War and chaos and come running to  Page 1 Lar organizations have ties to the right Wing groups responsible for the slayings of 30 people in Germany Over the last three years and the attacks on thousands More. Freeh was in Wiesbaden on tuesday to meet with German Law enforcement officials. His trip started in Italy to promote International cooperation in the fight against organized crime. A there will be a sea change in German american Law enforcement relations Quot Freeh predicted. A the world for organized crime u a global Village and methods of communication Between Fri the German Federal criminal office and the drug enforcement Agency will be improved to meet the Challenge Quot Freeh said. Such changes Are necessary he said because organized crime is changing its Quot playing Field everyday. Freeh named of the threat posed by nuclear weaponry in the former soviet Union International Money laundering and the emerging organized crime groups. He said Germany is important to organized crime because of its banking  from Page 1 Reserve units a will have to make do with older weapons becoming in effect a second class army incompatible with the belter equipped contingency corps Quot the study says. The study also says future logistics and transportation capabilities will be a inadequate for Force projection and sustainment of the follow on forces. The study predicts shortages of such vital equipment As fuel pumps portable pipelines amphibious barges for unloading gear on undeveloped coastlines and even scanners for Reading bar codes on ammunition containers. A i think the pain is really starting to show Quot said an army colonel who is familiar with the study a conclusions. A it Means that we re starting to come apart that you re not Able to equip the Force with what it would take to be top line across the  some Independent analysts suggested that the services problem is not so much fiscal As structural. Instead of trying to preserve a Force of 10 Active divisions and roughly 500,000 soldiers they said the army should accept a smaller Force in return for fully modernized hardware and sufficient funds for training and operations the army has shrunk from 790,000 troops in 1990 to about 570,000 today. Maj. Mark Samisch an army spokesman described the study As a a subjective analysis Quot that does not necessarily reflect the views of the army chief of staff Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan whose Public statements on the future of the army have been somewhat More sanguine. The study however appears to reflect widely held views within the army leadership. Contributors included commanders of the services major combat schools planners m the army operations directorate and the military a regional commanders. The study was sent to army Headquarters in mid november and is due to be completed feb. 15, according to a schedule furnished with the draft the study attempts to forecast the effects of the Clinton administration s planned spending cuts on army research Devi Ozment and acquisition programs from 1996 through 2010. The study is generally optimistic on the prospects for the so called contingency corps such As the 82nd airborne div r Glt As a the most technologically advanced most capable five division combat Force in the world Quot but the study is somewhat less positive about the army a other main components categorized As Force package two mostly units based in Europe and South Korea Force package three .-based divisions not in the contingency corps and Force package four National guard and army Reserve units. The study said a that Force package two is a closing its close combat Edge Quot and becoming Quot incompatible Quot with the contingency corps. A that Force package three is Quot not maintaining land Force dominance Quot and is a difficult to project and  a and that Force package four is Quot not maintaining the Edge in any area. Force will have Little relevance except in opera Tiosh other than War or total mobilize