European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday january 11, 1994 nato Summit the stars and stripes Page 5 Clinton gives Kohl round greeting by the associated press Brussels Belgium president Clinton greeted Chancellor Helmut Kohl by jovially noting the German Leader s sizable Girth. I was thinking of you last night Helmut because i watched the sumo wrestling Clinton quipped grasping Kohl s arms teasingly. It May not have been the most diplomatic thing to say but Clinton quickly covered his tracks to include himself in the description. Referring to his own continual Battle against extra pounds Clinton explained you and i Are the biggest people Here and we re still 100 pounds too the two appeared to be on familiar bantering terms As Clinton met with members of the German delegation. As officials were identifying themselves to the president Kohl interjected himself with a smile and said and i m the German Jogger turns Heads some bleary eyed belgian commuters did a double take during Rush hour Early monday an american president jogging on the inside Lane. Some even slammed on the brakes when they recognized the figure in the All White outfit creating something of a bottleneck for belgians getting into Brussels. President Clinton took his presidential limousine to the Leafy Bis de la Cambre Park at Daybreak jogging half an hour circling the Park s Lake. Twice. Pause refreshes Secretary of state Warren Christopher unintentionally provided some comic Relief for hundreds of spectators outside the belgian capital s City Hall who were watch Reg a telecast of president Clinton s speech inside. The giant outdoor screen transmitted the presidential address live but the crowd s attention wavered As apparently did Christopher s. Midway through the speech there was muffled laughter among the crowd when the screen showed Christopher seemingly dozing. When the cameras entered again on the Secretary of state the crowd no longer had any doubt he was napping and erupted in laughter. Drinking in culture president Clinton strolled across Brussels most famous Square sunday evening then took an unscheduled walk Down a nearby memory Lane for Coffee and a Chat in a restaurant. After addressing 250 Young europeans at the belgian capital s City Hall Clinton walked across the grand place the Centra Square that i lined by centuries old gabled buildings i came Here a student. I came Here As governor of my state Clinton told a crowd of several Hundred in the flood lighted Square on a Chilly evening. I never imagined i would actually be Here As on the nearby place do grand sablon the president entered the a Vieux Saint Martin restaurant where he was served a cup of Coffee and spent about 30 minutes chatting with diners. We had a full House about 100 people. He just walked in and sat Down among my customers started talking to them and after a while moved from table to table said restaurant owner Philippe Niels. He said Clinton wanted to know the reaction of us Brux Ellois to americans. He wanted to see if we were still Clinton raises Specter of War Avert chaos in East or else he warns both u.s., Europe Happy talk president Clinton and belgian prime minister Jean Luc do acne walk out of the City Hall in Brussels on sunday the Day before a nato Summit began. Allies meet in and health Brussels Belgium a presi Dent Clinton s first meeting with the nato allies provided a Stark contrast of sick and robust leaders. Greek prime minister Andreas Papandreou 74, showed his age and frail health As he shuffled into the nato Headquarters monday waving weakly to reporters. French president Francois Mitterrand 77, ambled inside the Glass doors looking wan in the Bright camera lights. Both were met by nato Secretary general Manfred Worner 60, who has undergone at least two operations since doctors discovered he had intestinal can cer in april 1992.by contrast Clinton who is 47, was up before the Sun Rose jogging for 25 min utes in a Park near his downtown hotel. Later at the sprawling nato Complex on Brussels Eastern outskirts he had no trouble spotting German Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl 62, a Man with a robust Girth who looked his Ruddy cheeked self. On the advice of a new York doctor Worner has been on a Low fat diet. He has lost much weight lately drinks Carrot juice and eats nuts and fruit but no meat. Worner is telling his staff that he has beaten cancer said one nato official who asked not to be named. But his travel schedule has been really reduced and he gives far fewer speeches than Mitterrand has undergone surgery for prostate cancer and won t run for a third consecutive term in 1995. Papandreou underwent a triple bypass heart operation in 1988. He has been in bad health since but that did not prevent him from leading his socialist party to an election Victory last october. His party had been in Power from 1981 to 1989. By Doyle Mcmanus los Angeles times Brussels Belgium president Clinton s Appeal for a new Post cold War partnership Between the United states and Europe entered on two pointed messages of fear one aimed at americans and one at europeans. To americans Clinton issued a warn ing the collapse of Russia or other East european democracies could Dray the United states into War just As earlier crises pulled the nation into world War i and world War ii. To europeans he cast the warning in the form of a plea join the United states in stepping up Aid and Trade with the a Lions of the East despite the pain of the recession now racking Western Europe lest Russia s chaos spreads. For the Peoples who broke communism s chains we now see a race Between rejuvenation and despair Clinton warned sunday pitting the heirs of the enlightenment who seek to consolidate Freedom s gain. Against the grim pre tenders to tyranny s dark the North Atlantic treaty Organiza Tion he added must continue to defend the West As Long As the dream of Empire still Burns in the minds of some who look longingly toward a brutal his words were foreboding and his tone was grim. But among the president s aides there was satisfaction. After a year of uncertainty they believe they have found a convincing new Mission for the Alliance holding Back the tide of nationalism in the troubled East. I analysis ironically they owe that new clarity in part to Vladimir a a Mirinovsky the us tra nationalist who surprised the West and Shook the East with his unexpected strength in Russia s parliamentary election last month. Even before the election Clinton and his aides had worked out a proposal to extend nato s defense cooperation gradually and gingerly into Eastern Europe a plan they have dubbed the partnership for peace.". But to bring Home his concern sunday Clinton appeared to have taken the advice Given president Truman in 1947 that he should scare hell out of the american people to rally support for the containment of the soviet Union. Clinton s aides said they intended this speech to be As historic As those Truman gave at the opening of the cold War. Five years from now we Hope this is Rea cambered As the Day the president de fined a new Security framework for Europe said his National Security adviser Anthony Lake. This time Clinton said the Security of Western Europe and the United states must be protected by making sure that Russia and its neighbors succeed in their political and economic reforms and by keeping nato military defences ready in Case they fail. We want to prepare for the worst and Hope for the Best a senior Clinton aide said. Key issues in the partnership for peace plan nato leaders offered to former foes what s the offer unprecedented cooperation Between former soviet bloc nations and the 16 allies of nato. Links would be built to increase exchanges of military information pooling of forces in joint exercises or humanitarian operations and consultations on How to handle crises. Nato s new partners would get to set up delegations at nato Headquarters in Brussels Belgium. Who s in the proposal Likely will be offered to All former soviet republics an Warsaw pact nations. The countries must meet standards of democracy human rights and respect for Borders. Neutral nations such As Sweden and Finland May also be invited. Although the plan is not supposed to discriminate Between partnership nations Poland Hungary Slovakia and the czech Republic Are expected to build closest links to nato. So everybody s Happy not quite. Eastern europeans want More a timetable for full nato membership with its guarantees of Protection if they Are attacked. Russia warns against that idea and nato nations Are anxious not to arouse nationalism in Moscow. The poles czechs and others Hope the plan will be a step toward membership and not a Means to exclude them. Many in the West agree hoping that partnership will show just How Well the former foes can work together in a sort of trial membership. President Clinton will try to sell the idea to Russia and Eastern eur Rae when he flies on to Prague and Moscow after the Summit. Is blast shakes defense College from wire reports Rome a Small bomb exploded Early monday in the Garden of the nato defense College Only a few hours before a two Day nato Summit began in Brussels Belgium. No one was injured. A caller to a radio station claimed responsibility and said the attack was part of the armed struggle against Ameri can imperialism the Agi news Agency reported. The caller did not identify who planted the bomb. The blast blew out windows in the col lege building and in a six Story apart ment and office Complex facing it. The defense College is a permanent nato study Center that trains officers and civilians for High nato posts. In a statement from the Summit in Brussels prime minister Carlo Ciampi said the explosion showed that terrorists and enemies of Freedom Are always wait ing in ambush and that the free Atlantic Alliance continues to be a great bulwark against their
