University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, February 9, 1988
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U.S. cautiously welcomes Soviet withdrawal offer
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The United States yesterday cautiously welcomed an offer by General Secretary Mikhail S. Gorbachev to withdraw Soviet troops from Afghanistan over 10 months if United Nations-sponsored negotiations succeed by March 15.
"It sounds like a positive step and we hope it is, but we need to see the fine print. We've got to know what it means," White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told reporters flying with President Reagan to a speech in Durham, N.C.
"We'll wait to see what the conditions are," Reagan said later as he returned to the White House.
The Red Army's occupation of the neighboring country, and its eight-
year war with Mostem guerrillas in which the Soviets have suffered an estimated 25,000 casualties, is one of the main points of friction in U.S.-Soviet relations.
Gorbachev, in a statement carried by the Soviet news agency Tass, offered to begin the withdrawal May 15 if negotiations between Pakistan and the Soviet-backed Kabul government produced a settlement.
The Soviet leader said a large percentage of the 115,000 troops might leave the country in the first stage of a pullout. Also, Gorbachev announced he could begin sooner if a settlement were reached before March 15.
"We welcome Gorbachev's apparent willingness to address this question," said State Department spokesman Charles E. Redman.
Waldheim says he knew of atrocities
The Associated Press
VIENNA, Austria — President Kurt Waldheim knew of Nazi atrocities during his German army service in the Balkans and did not try to stop them, a panel said yesterday. Waldheim admitted knowing, but said knowledge was not guilt.
mitted war crimes.
The international commission of historians that investigated his war service said it found no proof that the former U.N. secretary-general com-
After meeting with the panel, Waldheim declared: "To deduce that knowledge constitutes some kind of crime is simply not correct.
"Every person who served in the war knew about the events — not about everything — one person knew more, the other less. From today's time, it is perhaps easier to criticize if you don't know the surroundings of the time then," he said.
Bork says foes caught him off guard
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Robert H. Bork, beginning to speak out on the opposition that crushed his Supreme Court bid, said yesterday that he once urged the White House to work harder to counter the massive "political campaign" against him.
the Senate rejected his nomination 58-42 on Oct. 23, Bork said both he and the Reagan administration were caught off guard by the intense advertising campaign opposing his confirmation.
In his first news conference since
Bork said that opponents distorted his record.
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WASHINGTON — The Reagan administration yesterday denied allegations by Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega that the United States had sought his cooperation in a plan to invade Nicaragua, calling the claims the "idle charges of a man indicted for drug-running."
White House denies invasion rumor
"It was not our policy or our plan to invade Nicaragua," said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. Vice President George Bush, campaigning in Des Moines, Iowa, called the accusation a "pure fabrication and a lie." The State Department called the claim "simply false."
Noriega, head of Panama's Defense Forces, said he learned of the alleged plan during a Dec. 17, 1985 meeting with Rear Adm. John Poindexter, who at the time was head of the U.S. National Security Council.
And President Reagan said of Noriega, "He's been indicted. Now the court will take its course."
In another development, a spokes-
PANAMA CITY, Panama — Opposition leaders yesterday urged that Gen. Manuel Antonio Norlage resign as chief of the Defense Forces and face federal drug charges against him in the United States.
Sunday, the state-run Radio Nacional said Panama had recalled its ambassadors to the United States; the Organization of American States and the United Nations to discuss U.S. relations.
done it was because Panama was in the way, and that all they wanted was Panama to get out of the way and allow them to continue with their plans," Noriiga said, speaking through a translator.
But there was little likelihood that Noriega would be brought to trial in U.S. courts. He repeatedly has denied the charges and the Panamanian constitution prohibits
Capt. Moises Cortizo, a Panamanian graduate of West Point also interviewed, said Poindexter told Norgiea that he wanted Panama to find a pretext to invade Nicaragua
The demand for Norrega's resignation was issued by the National Civic Crusade, a coalition of about 180 political parties, business associations, labor and student unions, and professional groups formed in June to campaign for his ouster.
"They wanted Panama forces to go in with American forces, but we'd go in first," Cortizo said. "Then we'd get the support from the American troops that would be taking part in the invasion."
"They were going to invade Nicaragua, and the only reason they hadn't
man for the Drug Enforcement Administration acknowledged that DEA Administrator John C. Lawn had praised Noriega over the years for his "vigorous anti-drug trafficking policy."
Noriega cited the letters from Lawn in seeking to ridicule his indictment on drug-trafficking charges
In an interview on CBS-TV's "60 Minutes" program Sunday night, Noriage said Poindexter told him on Dec. 17, 1985, that the United States wanted Panama's cooperation in the purported invasion.
Fitzwater, traveling with President Reagan to an anti-drug conference in Durham, N.C., said Noriega's comments lacked credibility.
"Noriega's willing to say anything at this point," he said. "He's trying to come up with all kinds of charges to deal with his drug indictment. Noriega is lashing out in response to his drug indictment. These are just the idle charges of a man indicted for drug-running."
last week in Miami.
his extradition.
Noriega resignation urged
The Associated Press
News Roundup
OLYMPIC SECURITY: The United States will conduct naval exercises off the South Korean coast in the fall as part of a campaign to deter North Korea from disrupting the Olympic Games in Seoul, administration officials said yesterday. The presence of at least one and perhaps two aircraft carriers off the Korean peninsula during the games will be "just a little over warning that we're watching them," said an official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
MEXICO CITY QUAKE: People rushed from buildings, traffic stopped and some panic was reported among morning commuters yesterday when a strong earthquake shook Mexico City. But authorities said no injuries or damage were reported. The Tacuabay seismological institute of the National Autonomous University said the quake measured 6.0 on the open-ended Richter scale.
CRASH KILLS 21: A commuter airliner was struck by lightning and crashed yesterday in Muelheim, Germany, killing all 21 people aboard, authorities said. Witnesses said a wing fell off just before the craft crashed in a rural area near Muelheim about seven miles north of its destination, the Duesseldorf airport.
CAPTIVES TO BE FREED: U.N. and Palestine Liberation Organization officials held daylong secret talks yesterday seeking the release of kidnapped Scandinavian employees of the United Nations, and a spokesman for a dissident Palestinian group said the captives would be freed soon. "The kidnappers are now well known to everybody. We expect the release of the two captives within hours without resorting to violence." Wald Khaled, spokesman for Abu Nidal's Fatah-Revolutionary Council told reporters.
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DRUG SMUGGLER ARRESTED: For the third time in a week, a person has been arrested after attempting to smuggle drugs to the United States aboard a military airplane flying out of Panama, the Pentagon said yesterday. The latest incident occurred Saturday and involved a man who attempted to board a Military Airlift Command flight from Howard Air Force Base in Panama to Gulfport, Miss., said Capt. Nancy LaLuntas, a spokeswoman.
FORD WORKERS STRIKE: More than 32,000 Ford Motor Co. workers went on strike yesterday in London, shutting down virtually all of the automaker's British operations and threatening to send layoffs rippling through Europe. The walkout that began at midnight Sunday also sparked a drop on the London stock market and is expected to cripple small British parts suppliers.
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