European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. January 12, 1994 world Don t cancel Trade barriers against Hanoi legion pleads Hanoi Vietnam athe Ameri can legion s National commander has or dered 16,000 posts across the United states to begin letter writing and Tele phone campaigns to Stop the . Government from lifting the 19-year-old Trade embargo against Vietnam. In a statement released in Washington and Hanoi the commander Bruce thie sen called for a no holds barred Call in every Chip twist every Arm Campaign by the 3.1 million member veterans group the largest in the United states. It s ghoulish that american business in a thirst for making a Buck will be Al Lowed to make the final decision on the Fate of 2,238 servicemen missing from the Vietnam War Thiesen said from Washington. Economic pressure is the Only lever age we have to move Vietnam toward a full accounting of our missing Vietnam will spend billions of dollars to rebuild Over the next 10 years. At least 35 american companies have opened offices in Vietnam to do re search test the Market and build up contacts for the time when the embargo i lifted. Anticipating that president Clinton May act soon to relax or lift the embargo veterans organizations have been lobby ing against such a move. Clinton has made the fullest possible accounting of americans missing in action a condition for lifting the embargo. . Officials have said the vietnamese have been very cooperative in the current search for the missing americans. The latest american legion Campaign came after sen. J. Bennett Johnston d la., chairman of the Senate Energy and natural resources committee and four members of the committee visiting Hanoi urged Clinton on sunday to quickly lift the embargo. The United states broke relations with Vietnam in 1975, when North Vietnam Ese forces overran the South and eventually reunited the country. The stars and stripes Page 11 a mexican Soldier on monday guards the City Hall in Aua Mirano that was heavily damaged by rebelling indians. B i of co i on Mexico City a people Are getting jumpy now. Bombings and bomb scares in Mexico City and Acapulco Mexico now has them. ". -. The bombings apparently Are tied to an Indian uprising that began Jan. 1 in Chiapas one of Mexico s poorest states. The rebels of the Zap Atista army for National liberation occupied towns in Chiapas for several Days saying they were fighting for better living conditions and an end to the exploitation and oppression of Mexico s native indians. They battled the army before withdrawing into hideouts in the state s Jungle covered mountains. Officials say 107 people have died in the uprising. The rebels top Leader Deputy com Mander Marcos said in his first Public statement since the uprising began that he is willing to talk to the government if a cease fire is declared the statement dated Jan. 6 and delivered to the offices of Al Riempp newspaper on monday said the army must Stop indiscriminate bombing of communities withdraw air troops now occupying communities and return the troops to their prospective Barracks. Chiapas was generally quiet monday. But the recent bombings which wounded one woman and rebel threats of a wide War prompted officials in mexi co City to tighten Security in government and other Public buildings and in Banks. More police officers were assigned to streets subways and other crowded Gath ering places in the City said Griselda Garcia a spokeswoman for the prosecutor s office. Bombs have exploded in Mexico City in the resort of Acapulco and at Power lines in Rural areas. Mexico City mayor Manuel Aguilera Gomez rejected Calls for soldiers to patrol streets but set up military Check Points on highways. In addition mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari has shaken up his Cabinet in an Effort to defuse the uprising replacing a Veteran politician with a human rights activist As Interior minister. He also named a skillful political conciliator to try to bring rebel leaders to the negotiating table. The new Interior minister is Jorge car Pizo Mcgregor the attorney general and one time head of the government human rights commission. His Job is the most powerful in the Cabinet and include oversight of internal Security. Carpizo urged that the Chiapas conflict be settled through dialogue con Cord and strict application of the he succeeded Patrocinio Gonzalez Garrido who had been accused of inflexibility in dealing with the crisis of tolerating rights abuses and corruption and of disregarding the poor when he was Gover nor of Chiapas Day Stothe Jan. 14-17 Call for info 06202-53767. . Senators set conditions for closer ties with n. Korea Seoul South Korea a North Korea must pledge to renounce terrorism and halt missile sales As Well As resolving suspicions Over its nuclear program be fore normalizing relations with the United states a . Senator said tuesday. Sam Nunn chairman of the Senate armed services committee warned of the danger of a nuclear armed North Korea but said the problem must be handled without endangering peace on the volatile korean Peninsula. North Korea must satisfy All Iaea International atomic Energy Agency inspections Nunn told a news Confer ence outlining conditions for improved ties Between Washington and Pyongyang. Sen. Richard g. Lugar Rind a Mem Ber of the Senate foreign relations committee told the same news Confer ence that the North s compliance with an inter korean Accord for a nuclear free korean Peninsula also is a prerequisite. The two senators left for Home tues Day after a four Day visit that included talks with president Kim Young Sam and top South korean officials on nuclear and other Security issues. They visited Russia and Japan before coming to Seoul. The United states closely Allied with pro Western South Korea has no formal ties with the communist led North. Washington has expressed a willingness to improve ties with the North if it accepts full nuclear inspections. Nunn said the Issue could be resolved satisfactorily if the United states Japan and South Korea worked together in close consultation with Russia and China. The Challenge we face together must be met with a sense of firmness a sense of determination and a sense of Calm Ness he said. He said All contingencies must be considered in efforts to avoid nuclear proliferation on the korean Peninsula but it is time to concentrate on diplomatic efforts to resolve the Issue. Nunn said the North must allow inspections of All seven of its declared nuclear facilities As Well As two Sites that it says Are not part of its nuclear program. . Officials believe that the two undeclared Sites adjacent to the North s main nuclear Complex of Yon Byon 31 Miles North of Pyongyang the North s capital Are nuclear dump facilities. The North denies this. Last week North Korea agreed to re open the seven declared Sites to inspections. 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