Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 26, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press Friday june defence cutbacks end British reign As world naval Power the balt Moie Sun London Britain is cutting Back sharply on its defence establishment with major reductions in All services and the Royal Navy being hardest hit. The most severe psychological blows to British Pride were in the announce ment that Chatham dockyard founded by King Henry Viii will close by 1984, with the anticipated loss of More than jobs and the severe contraction of Portsmouth the Navy s pre Mier base where Admiral Nelson s flagship . Victory is berthed. The future of the British dockyard at Gibraltar also will be reviewed. World defence Secretary John Nott announced the cuts yesterday in the House of commons but insisted that Britain will emerge from them with leaner More efficient armed forces. Nott was in the United states last week and in West Germany earlier this week to explain to defence officials what the British plans involve. The press association reported that vice president George Bush who arrived yesterday in London said he was not too concerned about the cuts. Bush met with lord Carrington the foreign Secretary and said they discus sed almost every Issue on the except defence. The vice president later dined with prime minister mar Garet Thatcher and is to return to Washington today. Bush said we Are confident that the arrangements will be satisfactory to the United states. We All have prob lems. We Are confident that the relationships will be satisfactory and cause satisfaction to All our successive american administrations have been concerned about the will and ability of the Atlantic Alli Ance countries to meet their commit ments to increase defence spending. Bush said however that nato is probably As Strong and cohesive now As it has been for a Long Brynmor John defence spokesman for Britain s opposition labor party said the tory government is sacrificing everything for the Trident nuclear mis Sile program which he called nuclear he said the next labor government would cancel Trident which will Cost Britain More than billion during the next 10 years. Britain s Fleet of nuclear powered attack submarines will be increased from 12 to 17, Nott said. The defence changes Are the most important for a decade and appear to Mark the end of any Chance that Britannia will Ever Rule the Waves again for the destroyer frigate surface Fleet committed to nato will be reduced from 59 to 50 vessels. The Navy will Bear the Brunt of the manpower with Between and men mustered out by 1986. The army will lose about men and another administrative jobs will go in Germany with the withdrawal to the United kingdom of an armoured division Headquarters one of four in the British army on the Rhine. The Royal air Force was the least hit As Nott announced joint Anglo Ameri can manufacture of the american ver Sion of the harrier jump Jet with 60 planes ordered for the Raf out of a total order of 400 aircraft including the american order. He said this will mean billion in business for British Aero space. The defence review has been under Way for months and has been the subject of Sharp controversy to the Point where Thatcher fired Keith Speed As Navy minister after he complained publicly that the planned cuts would virtually destroy the Royal Navy. Trudeau s trip fails to dispel Summit fears John Freitag s pet Parrot Joe knows How to steal a scene. The Bird 26, and his Salty master were posing in Las vegas for a Polly Wanna Cigar photograph when Joe decided to dispel the notion parrots Only demand crackers so he put the bite on Freitag s Cigar. . Plays major role in Sinai Force the Washington Post Cairo Egypt Israel and the United states yesterday completed months of negotiations for the establishment of a multinational peacekeeping Force to police the Sinai following the withdraw Al next april of israeli forces from the last occupied egyptian territory there. The tentative agreement which must be approved by the israeli and egyptian governments outlines a major file for the United states in assuring a lasting peace Between the two Middle East nations including the permanent stationing of . Troops in the Middle East for the first time. Deputy assistant Secretary of state Michael sterner who led the . Dele looking for a Van look at this 1981 econ line Van 6 Cyl Power steering automatic 2 bucket seats Power brakes gauges blk. Her. 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In announcing the arrests the Fri s new York office said that they would Deal a crushing blow to the terrorist network which the Fri has called the most Vio Lent in the nation. The Fri said the targets were other persons of croatian origin who failed to make extortion payments or who publicly opposed using violence to attain an inde pendent Croatia. Gation told a press conference that one battalion of 700 to 800 . Troops will be included in the multinational Force. Sterner refused to say which other governments have agreed to provide troops but Canada is among nations mentioned in press reports As a Possi ble participant. Sterner said he did not believe the israeli raid on an iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad had any material Impact on the negotiations because both sides had made it Clear that they were an essential part of the peace process that had to continue. Sterner said he expected the agree ment on establishing the Sinai Force to be initiated in the very near future indicating that it would be after the tuesday s israeli elections. Not a treaty he said the . Senate would not be called upon to approve the agreement because this is not a but Congress would have to authorize the participation of . Troops in the Force As Well As the funds to pay one third or More of the costs estimated at Proba Bly below million annually he said. The . Also is committed to picking up a disproportionate share of the Start up costs estimated at something like he said. As described by sterner this is How the peacekeeping Force will be constituted and operate it will have three lightly armed infantry battalions two in the North stationed at Rajah and one South at Sharmel Sheik with a total size of not More than troops. There will be additional support units such As aviation and logistics raising the Over All troop total to Between and the Force will have a civilian . Director general in Over All charge but a non american Field commander Cho sen by the director with the approval of both Israel and Egypt. Each contingent will have its own National commander. There will also be a . Team of 70 observers. Whether the Force is authorized to use arms was not Clear he said. Bonn up prime minister tru Deau headed to London today after a diplomatic doubleheader yesterday failed to dispel suspicions that leaders of the world s seven wealthiest coun tries will fail to come up with Many Concrete solutions at the economic Summit in Canada. Despite Trudeau s recent world trav Els aimed at increasing chances of consensus a Canadian official warned reporters in Bonn not to expect any drastic Bottom lines from the two Day Summit which opens july 20 in Montebello que. The Summit was t the Only topic discussed yesterday when the prime minister met French president fran Cois Mitterrand Over lunch in Paris and then dined in the German capital with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Trudeau apparently got a Promise that France s new socialist Leader will not interfere in the ongoing tussle Between Ottawa and Quebec. Returning the favor the prime min ister said Mitterrand s appointment of four communists to his cab inet will not affect relations Between France and Canada a different stand from that of the United states which expressed concern about the move. Trudeau likened the communist appointments interpreted As a move to unify the French left and stifle Possi ble communist opposition to his own attempts to forge a coalition with the new democratic party after the 1980 Federal election. Possible Alliance he was referring to discussions with nip Leader de Broadbent about a possible Alliance aimed primarily at giving the majority government More representatives West of Ontario where the liberals won Only two seats. After giving the proposal some thought Broadbent turned it Down. Canadian officials who sat in on the meetings with Mitterrand and Schmidt along with Trudeau one of the few Summit veterans said the leaders avoided specific proposals. Instead they concentrated More broadly on the wide Range of issues to be discussed at the Summit to be at tended by the leaders of Canada the United states France Britain Ger Many Italy and Japan. The Canadian official in Bonn predicted the Summit will be difficult because four of seven leaders Are new Comers and because economic and political situations around the world have grown More tense since last year s meeting in Venice. He said the leaders will get to know each other better and Advance debate on some issues for future International meetings. But they May not find solutions to Complex problems such As the so called North South dialogue which centres on looking for ways to Cut disparities Between Rich countries and poor ones. For example the three leaders agreed yesterday on the importance of discussing such proposed solutions As an Energy affiliate of the world Bank to help Cut poor countries Reliance on imported Oil and global negotiations to restructure International institutions. Trudeau Host for the first time of the seventh such Summit has visited More than a dozen countries in the last seven months to try to Lay the grounds for agreement. Global negotiations but there Are roadblocks. The ., Britain and Germany have been Cool to the idea of global negotiations. And several european countries including Germany and France have indicated their top priority will be to Cut High . Interest rates which Are having Nega Tive effects on their economies. In Paris Trudeau called his three hours of talks with Mitterrand their first meeting since the 64-year-old socialist was elected president May 10, a very Good the prime minister said they agreed . Interest rates would be an important topic at the Summit. High . Rates Force other countries to keep their own rates High to prevent an outflow of capital in effect slowing development at Home and putting a downward pressure on their own cur . Views irritate France daily Telegraph London Paris relations Between France and the United states took a turn for the worse yesterday when Claude Chesson the French foreign minister expressed Sharp irritation at hostile american reaction to the inclusion of communists in president Francois Mitterrand s new government. In a radio interview following the departure from Paris of . Vice president George Bush Chesson said the . Government had made an error of evaluation in its assessment of the new political situation in France. Television reports Chesson was particularly angered by . Television reports that Mitter Rand had Given president Reagan a written Assurance that communist ministers would not be involved in governmental discussions on Security and defence. Describing the report As James Bond Chesson emphasized that the communists were Only in Mitterrand s government on Sufferance and that they would play no sensitive role in policy making. What we would like to explain to the americans or to the paraguayan or anybody else is the Structure of our Chesson said. It is like that of a business and in a business the Guy who runs errands is not a courant with the direction of the enter Ria video taper 4 portable radios ;