European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 re stars and stripes Sund Sfer december 11,1994 at a glance elders Pray at the presidential pal Ace in Grozny the capital of the breakaway russian Republic of Chechnya. With russian troops massed on their Border and rus Sian warplanes in the skies Over the Republic chechen military com Manders declared themselves ready for War. See Story on Page 11. Cia cuts urged the end of the cold War has brought the Chance for Large cuts in the Cia former director William Colby said. Page6 Jailhouse talks o j. Simpson s lawyers want jail House conversations Between him and Rosey Grieto be kept confidential because Grier is now a minister. Page8 off schedule half of All four year College graduates participating in a literacy study could t understand a bus schedule. " " .,-.- page9. Slow but steady the . Economy is expected to slow Down next year but does not appear headed for recession economists say. -.,Page 12 Don t shoot Stone got a problem with natural born khers7 Well Don t shoot the Mes Senger director Oliver Stone said Friday after his movie was shown at the Cairo film festival in Egypt. Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 classifieds. 24-28 commentary. 23 faces n1 places. 20 Horoscope. 26 letters. 22 Money matters. 12-13 Mutual funds. 13-17 sports. 29-36 weather. 21 correction serbs playing musical chairs with . Troops at Sarajevo Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina serbs toyed with the . Peace keeping Mission in Bosnia releasing nearly 200 soldiers held hostage for two weeks but Only in Exchange for other troops in their place. The serbs also blocked distribution of fuel and stopped Aid from reaching the areas where it is needed most Paraje by Bihac in the Northwest and three government controlled enclaves in the East the United nations said saturday. . Officials described the blockade As Tanta mount to a military attack. A . Spokesman it. Col. Patrick Declet said bosnian serbs allowed 187  soldiers to leave weapons collection Points outside Sarajevo where they had been detained for two weeks. The United nations replaced them with new guards who the serbs said can be rotated on regular shifts. The serbs want . Guards at the collection Points located behind their lines at All times As a Protection against nato airstrikes serbs have captured about 70 percent of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Muslim led government forces since the War began in april 1992. Following three airstrikes against ser Bian positions around the Muslim enclave of Bihac last month the serbs severely restricted . Movements in Bosnia. Despite Token concessions that has virtually paralysed the peacekeeping operations. A , spokesman it. Col. Jan Dirk von Merveldt said the fuel crisis was the single most critical area of  . Troops have been forced to patrol on foot exposing them to greater risk. The Lack of fuel to run generators Means a stars and stripes Story saturday in correctly interpreted a statement by a de sense attorney maj. Meredith Charbula at an article 32 hearing thursday for pfc. Nathan d. Looney. Looney is charged with unpremeditated murder. Charbula is seeking a reduction of that charge to involuntary manslaughter. A French embassy worker left gestures saturday As he and a French . Soldier take care of a Sarajean wounded in the capitals sniper  French troops form the largest . Contingent in Bosnia and patrol the most dangerous part of the Alley. Lengthy Power cuts that affect communication von Merveldt said. Serbs did allow an Aid Convoy to reach the Bihac Region Friday for the first time in nine weeks. None trucks carrying 90 tons of food arrived Friday in Cazin just North of Bihac after it Days of delays in serbian held territory in neighbouring Croatia said Salemka Lisinski a spokeswoman for the . High commissioner for refugees. But that amounted to one Day s Supply for the 200,000 people in the Region and the Lack of fuel will make it difficult to distribute the Aid. A 50-truck Convoy carrying 540 tons of food but no fuel had reached a serbian suburb outside Sarajevo Unher spokesman Kris Janowski said in the Cap ital. If it is allowed to proceed it will be the first Aid to reach Sarajevo since nov. 19. Janowski said . Food stocks would be empty by tuesday. Eighty percent of Aid to Sarajevo comes via the Airport which has been closed for two weeks because of the threat of bosnian serbian missiles in the area.,.- Gerr nary rules out ground troops in Bosnia Essen Germany a the United states can count on German help but not ground troops if nato combat units Are sent into Bosnia to evacuate . Peacekeepers Chancellor Helmut Kohl said saturday. If our friends soldiers face serious problems. We would have to decide now we can help Kohl said on television. "  v he said he might offer German Torna do warplanes which have special gear to Tell whether Friendly aircraft have been marked by the enemy for a missile attack. But Kohl said history dictates that no German ground troops will be sent to Bosnia and Herzegovina where the nazis slaughtered hundreds of thousands of serbs during world War ii. The United states has offered about 25,000 service members if the United nations asks nato to evacuate the in military personnel. Also in Essen european Union Lead ers demanded a cease fire in Bosnia on saturday and declared their support for in. Peacekeeping troops who May have to be withdrawn if conditions Worsen. The War in Bosnia is a Large and real danger for Europe Kohl said in sum Ming up the eur Summit s deliberations. Six of the eur s 12 members have Blue helmeted soldiers in Bosnia and the leaders made a plea particularly to the bosnian serbs to Stop harassing and capturing . Troops. All the warring parties were urged to accept a diplomatic solution. Duty from Page 1 Bosnia which the Alliance has been developing since last summer is very Well advanced a nato official said Friday. However the official said the plan will be a plan. Nobody knows if it will Ever be  Strong american support for the plan has boosted the morale of the 16-member Alliance which has faced harsh criticism in recent weeks for its perceived inaction in former Yugoslavia. Clinton s announcement affirmed that America will not leave its allies in the lurch the official said. I think most people just want an insurance  by offering such a Large Force Ameri Ca preempts any discussion on the com Mand Structure he said adding that Strong american leadership would be the Only acceptable option for the United states. Navy cmdr. Ron Morse spokesman for the . European come said he was not aware of any requests for additional american personnel to be sent to the re Gion. Between 20 and 30 . Military members ordinarily serve with . Staffs Jor As Alliance liaisons in Bosnia. Because the plan is awaiting political negotiation and governmental approval Morse said thet command has no Indica Tion that there will be troop deployments within the next two weeks. I Don t think it s Likely the staff Christmas party will be in Sarajevo the bosnian capital Morse said. However he did not Rule out requests for some Mil itary members with technical expertise to deploy. Families Are very concerned about am i going to be Home for Christmas " Morse said adding that the command is aware Many service members already have paid for Holiday vacations. We Don t want to mislead anybody Morse said cautioning that the deploy ment situation could change rapidly. All that s happening is contingency planning and that s All a Western Mili tary official stressed Friday adding that there probably would be Little change in nato air operations in the Region if the Alliance s plan were adopted. We d pretty much need the same package we have now the official said. Nato has More than 100 combat air Craft in Italy and nearby bases that have been flying missions Over Bosnia and the aircraft Carrier Dwight d. Eisenhower is scheduled to be in the Mediterranean for a Holiday port visit by mid december. An increase in the number of aircraft would depend on the intensity of operations the official said. Army officials said thursday that the 1st Arnof div which has its Headquarters in bad Kreuz teach Germany Likely would be the major ground Force participating in the operation. However unit deployment task forces Are typically augmented by members from units across Europe. Morse said the exact nature of the Force would be based on the political and military situation in Bosnia at the time the United nations decided to abandon its posts. Contributing to this report j. King Cruger from Valano Italy and the associated press