European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 31, 1994 the Star and stripes Page 5 co i m ret r n i n g to cuban s to res Washington a one week after More than 3,200 cuban boat people headed for . Snores in a single chaotic Day a series of encouraging developments has Clinton administration officials breathing somewhat easier. . Officials attribute a Sharp drop inthe numbers of boat people in the last few Days to a combination of bad weather. And round the clock appeals for cubans growing numbers of cubans under stand that they will not come to the United states if they Are picked up in the Straits of Florida undersecretary of state Peter Tarnoff said monday night. By then Only 118 cubans had been intercepted by the . Coast guard throughout the Day. The final tally for monday was 295. / Tarnoff also said cuban authorities have begun to take some Small Steps to counsel cubans not to flee by boat. Until now the authorities did nothing to Dis Suade cubans from leaving so Long a they did so in their own vessels in addition cuban president Fidel Castro has ordered that any vessel with minors aboard be prevented fron leaving cuban shores. By \ x  Panama s incoming foreign min ister Gabriel Lewis Galindo has said his country is willing to receive up to 10,000 cuban refugees for six months if the United states houses them at american military bases along the Panama canal and takes responsibility for them. Another encouraging sign Tarnof said is that about 225 cubans of the More than 13,000 taken to the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba have asked for permission to return , interviewed on pcs Macneil Lehrer news hour said arrangements forthe refugees return will be discussed with cuban officials today or thursday  migration talks resume in new York. The last such talks were he Din december.  Michael Skol the second ranking offi Cial in the state department s latin America Bureau will head the . Delegation he  joined by Justice department  officials. The administration Hopes the talks will facilitate Safe and orderly arid Legal migration White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said. Rafael Dauza a spokesman at the cuban diplomatic Mission had no info Haiti in on the makeup of the delegation or Cuba s goals for the talks. You can be sure we will be free total about any subject Dauza said. Cuba wants wide ranging talks with the United states but has agreed to limit the initial phase to immigration  Clinton administration has said the talks will be restricted to that Issue. One administration goal is to expand opportunities for Legal emigration from Cuba. The number of Legal migrants i relatively Small partly because Many cuban exiles have not become . Citi Zens. Noncitizens have fewer opportunities than citizens under . Immigration Law to arrange for relatives abroad to join them in the United states. With about 14,000 haitian boat people remaining interned at Guantanamo Bay and the cubans flowing in More than2,200 family members of american personnel on the base Are to be flown Backoo the United states beginning today so water and electricity can be diverted to . Marine 1st it. Pete Mitchell of Sarasota fla., introduces Paul Misc civic the refugees. Tian refugee to the military look at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Apa Hai h n n a f o i ivs jew i Al Belfast Northern Ireland a Theira s leading political ally says he believes conditions Are Ripe for ending conflict in Northern Ireland raising Hopes that the outlawed organization was about to Lay Down its  British government said tuesday that there had been no new concessions to the Iris Republican army but some protes Tants in Northern Ireland said the doubted the Ira would cease fir unless it thought it had won. Britain and ire land in a joint declaration in Decem Ber offered sinn fein the Ira s political Arm a role in negotiations on Northern Ireland Adams Only if Ira Vio Lence stopped. The government agreed there would be no change in Northern Ireland s status without the consent of a majority of its people. In Dublin prime minister Albert Reynolds met with his Cabinet. Unconfirmed news reports said the Irish government had been informed of the terms of an Ira cease fire announcement Gerry Adams president of the sinn fein party said monday that he had met with Ira leaders to give pm assessment of recent peace Maneu vers. He said the Ira promised a speedy  "1 have always argued that a changed political Chute could break the political.  and military stalemate and create the potential to eradicate the Ulm citing causes of conflict. " european Union is Amone birr by Sally Jacobbsen the associated press Brussels Belgium at this time of year when american French German and japanese tourists crisscross Western Europe there is a common lament when of when will Europe get a single currency the answer not before 1999 at the earliest. With a dozen different currencies in the european Union it s hard for travellers to keep track of their Hodgepodge of Money As they hopscotch from one nation to another. Some stuff Bills into crumpled envelopes frantically searching for the right envelope in the right country. Others neatly separate coins into plastic containers. Others simply give up mixing the Money together. Near Brussels famed Central Square the grand place Joseph Burke a businessman who recently moved Here from lower Gwynedd. Pa., said a single currency would be an excellent  added his Friend Fred Kammerer of Cincinnati that would make Good  a few blocks away a japanese student Akiko Tsuda of Osaka brightened at the thought of one currency. We would t have to change Money in another coun try said Tsuda on a two week trip to Belgium. France Holland and Germany. The eur has pledged to form a monetary Union by the end of the Century creating a joint Central Bank that would Issue a single currency. A year ago the dream of a common Money appeared dead. Under speculative pressure eur finance chiefs effectively suspended the european monetary system that had kept currencies relatively stable is. One another. They widened the ranges so most currencies could move up and Down in value by a hefty 15 percent. In doing so they chased away speculators who had been betting that monetary authorities in 1 Ranee Den Mark Belgium and other countries a Zouki be forced to lower the value of their currencies. Smote last August in a the battered Curre Noci  renamed sic nth and the Inions con use Rue pulled out of Tecsi   in dec in i with the to f 1  sul in Hope  ?.� Deit has a Good Chance of moving ahead said Niel Thygesen an economics professor at the University of Copenhagen in  has been a quiet revival of determination to form the currency Union he said. The Union is the Centrepiece of the group s treaty on european Union which went into effect last november to forge closer economic and political ties among the nations. Under the treaty a monetary Union could be formed As Early As Jan. 1, 1997, if a majority of nations met Tough criteria of Low inflation and interest rates stable currencies and healthy Public finances. With or without a majority of nations the Union must begin no later than Jan. 1, 1999. Thygesen predicted Belgium France Ireland Ger Many Luxembourg and the Netherlands could be ready in 1997. Denmark and Britain already have opted out of the project. Greece Italy Portugal and spam would join later. Under that optimistic scenario Thygesen said a com Mon Money could be in circulation in 1999. That is still feasible he said. That would probably be the earliest Date others Are More sceptical. Stephen King an economist at the London brokerage James Capel & co., said Strong opposition in Germany could derail the plan for years. Germany has the a frs largest Economy and strongest currency / the Unity treaty Calls the it future Money the european currency unit or ecu variously pronounced he Koo or he Cue. The ecu already is used  an accounting unit and for some payments although no notes or coins Are in circulation yet. German officials have said the name is Suil up in the air. A the doing of Chr single currency also is on the draw ing Board. 1 he 5t 7 seat i european parliament the m 1  my.  set rim fed a contest for the Hess uni Keg Money reflecting i bronc i . 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