Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 31, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press wednesday May staff photos a mime artist entertains passers by tuesday at Portage Avenue and through the construction which has been confusing both motorists main Street. He was hired by the Bank of Montreal to direct people and pedestrians at the arrests precede Brezhnev visit czech police gag the dissidents Prague Reuter cheering czechoslovak brought out in organized groups welcomed soviet president Leonid Brezhnev Here tuesday while police seized leading human rights activists to prevent hostile demonstrations. Dissident sources said the police swoop started at Dawn and at least 11 members of a human rights movement were known to have been arrested. The arrests All in the Pra gue area were completed shortly before Brezhnev arrived at Prague s Duzyne Airport to a Bear hug and kisses Welcome from Gustav Husak czechoslovak presi Dent and communist party Leader at the Start of a four West uniting on Africa question Washington a the United states France and West Germany have agreed to co operate in what is emerging As an organized Western response to soviet and cuban involvement in Africa. . President Carter met staff photo Rolf Drescher slides a Cheque for s1 million into his Wallet lottery Winner expects to make banker smile Winnipeg Ger Rolf Drescher discovered monday night while Reading the free press in his living room that he was a millionaire. He and his wife Edith discovered one of their ticket numbers. 4132507. Was one of the three million Dollar tickets in sunday night s Western Canada lottery foundation provincial draw in Toronto. Drescher 49, of 841 Gilmers Avenue said he has t made any plans yet what to do with the Money except just make my banker Drescher president of a furniture manufacturing company and owner of eight racehorses which be runs at Winnipeg s Assiniboia Downs has been buying the lottery tickets for six months in blocks of 10, and this is the first time he s won anything substantial. With West German Chancel Lor Schmidt on tuesday and . State Secretary Cyrus Vance talked with Hans die Trich Genscher the West German foreign minister. Afterwards West German spokesman Juergen Sudhoff told reporters that the two governments had agreed that the West should help african countries to pursue their Independence and sovereignty against outside aggression. The .-West German agreement followed an informal Accord reached Between Carter and French president Giscard d Estwing when they dined privately last week at the White House French diplomatic sources said tues Day. The sources said Carter and Giscard d Estwing agreed that the French and americans would assist if the african countries could devise a joint defence arrangement to protect areas like Zaire s Shaba province which has come under attack twice in the last 14 months from secessionist soldiers. France will be Host for a meeting in Paris next week of Western countries with african interests to discuss a joint response in More detail. French sources said Canada Britain and West Ger Many will attend. Day visit. He was Given a noisy and Good Humoured reception orchestrated by cheerleaders along the 12-Kilometres route to hrad Cany Castle Husak s official residence. Many of the Flag waving spectators were allowed time off from work to line the streets in warm Sunshine. The official czechoslovak news Agency news Agency said tens of thousands joined the welcoming festivities while other estimates put the crowds at about 000. The arrested dissidents were All supporters of the so called "charter-77" human rights movement formed in Czechoslovakia last year mostly by former communists. The movement has been under steady attack by the government dissident sources said leading activists held by police included Ladislav he Banek one of three spokes men for the charter-77 move ment actor Pavel Lan Dovsky music critic Ivan Medek and former journalist Lubos Dobrovsky. Charter-77 organizers claim their original human rights Appeal has been signed by supporters but the movement s hard Core is believed to consist of Only 40 to 50 activists. Under czechoslovak Law detainees normally can be held without charges for 48 hours. Brezhnev s visit his first to Prague in five years is seen As a major boost for Husak who replaced Liberal communist Alexander dub Cek in 1969 following a so Viet led invasion by Warsaw pact forces to crush dub Cek s reformist government. The visit takes place three months before the 10th anniversary of the invasion personally sanctioned by Brezhnev in August 1968, As Essen tial to safeguard the gains of Husak has been holding an uneasy balance Between moderates and hard liners in the ruling 11-Man communist party presidium in formed sources said and in february was reported to have triumphed in a serious factional struggle. The Brezhnev visit com ing soon after the reported Hierarchy showdown is seen As a firm commitment to the 65-year-Oid Husak who is regarded As As centrist. Brezhnev 71, looked strained at times Aad walked Stowey alongside us Brishc stepping Hasak As they inspected Fri Pitary Patri of of car fee Airport he Fem answer fee ra3 tic fend feg ramp and government defence policy questioned by opposition by Victor Mackie staff correspondent apparent contradiction Between the Canadian government s optimistic assessment and the United states alarm with regard to soviet military threat was the subject of Sharp question ing in the commons tuesday. While prime minister Pierre Trudeau is attending the nato Summit meetings in Washington Deputy prime minister Allan Maceachen endeavoured to explain the government s defence policy in regard to nato. His explanations were however dismissed As Flim Flam by opposition maps. Leading off the questioning was progressive conservative Leader Joe Clark who said he was disturbed by the contradiction Between the policy of the Canadian government and that of the american government concerning nato policies which in each Case Are based on different interpretations of the same nato document regarding growth of the soviet threat. President Carter on the basis of that document has said the military Lead the West once enjoyed has been Clark pointed out. Yet the prime minis Ter presumably on the basis of the same document said he does not think alarm Over the threat is supported by the information before the nato ministers. Maceachen said the . President was apparently referring to the growth in the military capability of the soviet Union. He believed Trudeau was discussing the political atmosphere and whether there would be a return to the cold War Atmo sphere. The opposition charged the prime min ister with saying one thing in interviews on television and something different in official statements. The advantage of this is that the inter National Community is now getting accustomed to what we have had to put up with in Canada for a Long said Clark. He asked Maceachen if he would clarify to the House if it is the official position of the Canadian government that the soviet arms build up in Central Europe does not indicate the soviet Union is moving to wards a harder line in dealing with the West. Is it the government s position that there is nothing in the soviet build up for Canada to be concerned asked Clark Maceachen said the position of the Ca Nadian government would be that any build up in soviet strength would be a very serious it is for that reason that Canada has within the past several years taken a number of important decisions in order to maintain its contribution to nato at a High level he added. Half of what we promised interjected George Hees former Mem Ber of the John Diefenbaker tory Cabinet and my for Prince Edward Hastings. There is now before the Summit leaders at the nato meeting in Washington a Long term review which had been previously put before a meeting of the de Fence ministers. The military analysis is one with which Canada will concur in a statement to be made by prime minister Trudeau in Washington said Maceachen. Liberal backbench ers heckled Clark when he sought More information. The opposition Leader said the liberals Are not worried about Canada and its role in nato but the opposition was worried. He asked Maceachen what Canada would do in the face of the serious Bussian build up. The Deputy prime minister said Canada has continued to give its support to the nato Alliance As an indispensable deter rent one that is necessary for Canada s Security. Opposition maps suggested Maceachen was making up policy on the floor of the House. Maceachen said the prime minis Ter would give the same views in washing ton at the nato meetings. Photo at tuesday s nato Summit meeting in Washington Are left to Secretary of state for external affairs Don Jamieson prime minister Trudeau and Canadian ambassador to nato j. E. G. Hardy. An interview pm stresses disarmament Washington up prime minister Trudeau said tuesday night that nato allies should place greater emphasis on disarmament efforts than president Carter has done so far. In an interview taped and broadcaster this morning on the ctr program. Canada am Trudeau agreed with the presi Dent s Call for strengthening nato forces in Europe but expressed a desire for new disarmament efforts. I Don t disagree with Carter s approach. I just think that greater importance and greater emphasis should be nut on the disarmament Trudeau made Clear that his Call for disarmament initiatives included the strategic As Well As the european balance of Force. Recalling his recent United nations a peal for bans on testing nuclear War Heads or nuclear delivery vehicles and for halting the spread of fissile material the prime minister said if my advice is taken i believe we will Stop the arms the prime minister however refused to take a specific position when asked if the United states should deploy Neutron warheads in Europe if the soviet Union fails to respond positively to Carter s decision to defer such action. That is a hypothetical question in its very form and i am hopeful that the gesture of president Carter will get a positive response from the because negotiations Between the two Jades on nuclear questions Are very Deli Cate i think it Woad be Wise to avoid saying what we will do if the other Side does t do Ceria be said. The take of Trudeau s com rents in the Canadian television interview was noticeably different Tram Bis earlier to the nato or Jeeten is Wasi Sgroe. La that speech be cuffed tar Dinar Taraesa set aves. But it a Tab wan Nae tint xat0 Mast the forces a fact wuss we Swiet we cannot wait for the soviet Union to develop such a preponderance of military capability that the balance will swing strongly in its favor enabling it to achieve Security on its own he told nato leaders. The soviets Assurance of Complete Security cannot be bought at the Cost of our incapacity to protect ourselves. That would be no basis either for Security or for in the interview the prime minister was asked to reconcile his optimism on disarmament with his acceptance of a nato East West study that depicts the soviet Union As having shown no inclination to change its menacing posture in Europe i Don t disagree basically with the Static View which was presented in that East West study. But i do think that it is our role As governments to change what some might describe As inevitable. I Don t believe in the inevitability of War or in the inevitability of the arms race. I believe that it can be when asked about the warnings of Mili tary officials that the soviet Union s preponderance of conventional forces in Europe is a serious threat Tendean re plied i think that the important sequence. The important order of things is to make a political analysis first and that the Mili tary analysis to me is secondary to the political in response to another Cru estion the prime minister agreed that there is some contradiction Between disarmament of fonts and nato s move to build its forces bet said there were differences Between nato and soviet armament plans. We Are As an affianced defensive we Don t need great armies to defend oar Ewi Pires or to internal ;