European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday jun&i6, 1994 the stars and stripes Pago 5peacemaker Carter visits n. Korea Seoul South Korea apr former president Garter crossed the heavily armed Border with North Korea on wednesday beginning a four Day Effort to defuse nuclear tension on the divided Peninsula. In Seoul meanwhile sirens wailed and traffic came to a halt As authorities staged a civil defense Drill in the City can Ter. To avoid fanning Public fears the Drill was scaled far Back front original plans. Carter accompanied by his wife Rosa Lynn travelled through the truce Village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone that separates the two Korea roughly along the 38th parallel. He did not speak to reporters but waved Back at them from the Northern Side. The trip although private was endorsed by the Clinton administration and is seen As part of a . Effort to convince the hard line communist North that it is on a collision course Over its nuclear program. The Pyongyang government insists its nuclear research is peaceful but its refusal to permit full , inspections in the past 15 months has aroused suspicions it is trying to build nuclear weapons. North Korea on wednesday expressed renewed Defiance. In a speech carried by radio Pyongyang monitored in Tokyo defense minister o Jin u said his country would never again accept inspections because of the a arrogant and insolent attitude of the International atomic Energy Agency the United nations nuclear watchdog. Heightening tension the North an former president Carter left prepares to share a meal with South korean unification minister Lee Long Koo in Seoul on wednesday before Carter headed to North Korea. Noun cd this week that it was withdrawing from the Iaea the United slates South Korea and Japan Are pushing for , sanctions which the North said it would regard As an act of War. In North Korea Carter planned to meet with president Kim 11 Sung. The former . President met with South korean president Kim Young Sam and other lop government officials while in Seoul. Washington has said Carter is carrying no message and was briefed by the state department As a Courtesy before he left. However South koreans state television lbs reported that Carter was carrying an a unofficial package deals from Washington that would offer diplomatic recognition by the United states if North Korea allows open inspections of its nuclear operations. The United states closely Allied with pro Western South Korea has no official ties with the North. North Korea isolated economically and diplomatically is believed to be eager to improve relations with Washington. A it is better for the . To return to the conference table with us and resolve this in a peaceful manner a North koreans , Mission chief Pak. Gil Yon said in new York on tuesday. South korean and , officials Sec the North s decision to leave the Iaea As a possible prelude to ejecting . Inspectors two of whom remain in the North. In recent Days South Korea has taken Steps to improve War readiness including ordering a Check of underground shelters and emergency water supplies. Its military is on High Alert and police Are on special guard against saboteurs and infiltrators. But authorities ate also seeking to Calm Public unease a there is no reason to talk or worry about a War a foreign minister Han Sung Juo said tuesday. South koreans have generally been Calm throughout the nuclear crisis but there were signs of new unease. North koreans announcement that it was leaving the Iaea prompted a Selling wave of the Seoul Stock Exchange tuesday and prices tumbled tuesday and wednesday. The extent of the cutback in the civil defense exercise nationwide was not known but in Central Seoul the Drill was dramatically reduced the exercise was to have mobilized 6,700 reservists six helicopters 10 armoured vehicles and about a dozen firc trucks officials said. But the actual Oxer Cise used Only 2,600 police officers and firefighters and no helicopters or armed  War erupts on by Thomas Hargrove Scripps Howard news service Washington another korean War was fought a few weeks ago a this one at Alabama a Maxwell fab. But who won in the series of computer simulations a which reportedly included a theoretical Exchange of nuclear weapons a is a military secret. A it was an exercise for the air Force War gaming Institute that did occur this academic year a it. Sidney Watson said tuesday. A beyond that All other information about the exercise is  the War games at the base near Montgomery reflect an increasingly gloomy assessment in Washington that 82-year-old Kim ii Sung North koreans self proclaimed a great Leader who started the cold War s first armed conflict in 1950, is unstable and committed to developing atomic weapons Over the strongest objections from the world Community. A a let a Hope the unthinkable a a nuclear Exchange a does not occur. But when you Are dealing with someone who seems to be irrational Well who knows what he would do a sen Richard Shelby d-ala., said tuesday night. A would he unleash in some Way one or two Small crude nuclear bombs As part of an invasion the president has made it perfectly Clear that we will do everything we can to defend South  Shelby a member of the Senate armed services committee said he has visited the air War College at Maxwell several times. A a that a where the ideas for dealing with future air wars possible airstrikes come from. This is the place where the leaders of the air Force of tomorrow Are fortunate to go a Watson said 253 students graduated june 6 from the class that ran the korean War simulation. Among the class members were 41 foreign military officers representing 40 Allied nations. She said the computer Model of How an air War would commence Between North and South Korea is part of the schools ongoing academic Mission to study a variety of possible wars. A i really done to know How Many scenarios they have a Watson said. The College according to air Force publications about the program designs War games that would give a current and future commanders and their staffs the Opportunity to study warfare realistically and to identify problems in peacetime before they face them in actual  the military said the College also a serves As the Lech Nical focal Point for War gaming in the air Force. The War College analyses the logic mathematics and algorithms of War gaming models and produces analytical assessments of All aspects of War gaming a computer simulations for Korea arc especially Deli Cate for Western military planners. North Korea boasts an army of 1,2 million troops and an air Force reported to include 748 combat aircraft a considerably More than the 700,000 troops and 500 warplanes maintained on the Peninsula by South Korea and the United states. But the Pentagon has said for years that should hostilities occur the West would immediately take absolute control of the air. The claim is based almost solely upon the technical superiority of .-built aircraft such As the f-15 Eagle and the f-16 fighting Falcon and the weapons they carry Clinton to visit Baltic As part of european trip Washington apr president Clinton plans to be the first . President to visit the Baltic meeting next month with the leaders of three countries before travelling to Poland Italy and Germany. A White House statement said Clinton accepted an invitation from latvian president Guntis Ulmanis to visit Riga on july 6. Clinton will meet privately with the latvian Leader then jointly with Ulmanis estonian president Lennart Meri and lithuanian president Algirdas Razauskas. From Latvia Clinton plans to travel to Warsaw for a july 6-7 visit with polish president Lech Walesa and prime minister Waldemar Pawlak. His next Stop will be the economic Summit of the worlds seven largest industrialized nations. The july 8-10 meeting will be in Naples Italy. After the group of seven meeting Clinton will travel to Germany for meetings with Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other German of Ciais. Senators approve hearings on limited Whitewater issues Washington apr the Senate voted 56-43 tuesday for a democratic Resolution to begin narrowly focused Whitewater hearings by july 29. The Issue has tied up the Senate since last week. Democrats demanded limited hearings that will not interfere with a special counsels criminal probe while republicans wanted the broadest possible investigation now. The Whitew Ater Resolution was sponsored by majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine who said republicans were interested Only in a a political  Mitchells plan is for hearings to include Only those areas that special counsel Robert b. Fiske or. Will Complete during the initial phase of his probe. The hearings will not inquire into former land investment by president Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in Arkansas a a subject the Senate could probe later Mitchell said. He said gop senators were trying a to damage the reputation of the president and first lady of the United states. That a what this is All about. Raw partisan  sen. Alfonso do Amato of new York the chief Republican supporter of More comprehensive hearings countered that democrats were trying to cover up a scandal., the hearings Are to delve into a communications Between White House officials and banking regulators relating to the Clin tons former Arkansas real estate investment. However the focus would be on the contacts not the investment. A the National Park service police investigation into the death of White House Deputy counsel Vincent Foster who handled some Whitewater matters for the president a a the Way White House officials handled documents in Fosters office after his death