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Show if 6A TV Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, July 24, 1985 White House Considered Air Raids On Nicaragua Base, Say Officials New York Times Service The Reagan administration seriously considered at-- , tacking a base in Nicaragua where it were , believes Salvadoran guerrillas trained, senior administration officials said Tuesday. The officials, who included State , and Defense department aides, said they believed one or more of the involved in the terrorist attack last month in which four Marines and two American civilians were killed had been trained there. The plan, discussed at senior levels in the White House, would have in 1 - - WASHINGTON . volved a surgical air strike one or more training camps the administration says Nicara- agast Nicaragua. gua has set up in the countryside not far from Managua. Harry E. Bergold, the United States ambassador to Nicaragua, delivered the American warning to the Sandinista government last Wednesday. A senior official said Tuesday that the administration had laid down the gauntlet with that warning by stating a second situation would be suff'cient to warrant a limited American military strike. that The officials decided not to carry out the plan but to warn the Nicaraguan government instead of serious consequences" should the administration conclude that it was linked to terroristic acts in the future. Nicaragua has strongly denied that it has either practiced or supported terrorism and has characterized U.S. rebels as support of Soviets Offer Apology ;:In Ramming of Vehicle f - s WASHINGTON n The (UPI) has received what it considers apology from the Soviet Union ver the latest incident involving an fficer of the U.S. military liaison liision in East Germany, adminis-ratio- n officials said Tuesday. In the most recent incident July 13, fhe head of the mission, Col. i Roland Lajoie, suffered a fractured facial bone when a Soviet army truck lammed the vehicle in which he was Pen-jttgo- rn 14-m- tfiding. M ! The officials said the Soviet mili- tgry command in East Germany, in JUrect contact with the U.S. Army, ransmitted the explanation. One of-- k ficial said, The Joint Chiefs of Staff Consider it to be an apology, although the word apologize is not used. the explanation, the Soviets ;;in made it clear that the driver of the f Soviet military truck exceeded his instructions and was not acting with the coordinated authority of the when he rammed the vehicle of the U.S. t f Army. j ' One U.S. official suggested the So- net driver may have been drunk and ? lost control of his vehicle. J ! Pentagon spokesman Fred Hoff- ; r terrorism against state-sponsor- man said, There are indications that the incident may not have been intentional. He said those indications were derived from discussions with the Soviets. The U.S. vehicle was driven by Sgt. Jesse Schatz, the same driver who was with U.S. Army Maj. Arthur Nicholson when he was shot and killed by a Soviet sentry in March in East Germany. Lajoie and Schatz were trying to keep watch over Soviet military maneuvers near the town of Satzkorn, northeast of Berlin when their vehicle was hit. Under the rules covering the liaison missions in East and West Germany, the uniformed officers are permitted to observe, as long as they do not enter a forbidden military zone. The ramming incident did not oc- cur in such a restricted area, officials said. The U.S. Army commander in Germany had protested to the Soviet military command over the incident and the subsequent explanation has apparently closed the incident. A spokesman for the Soviet Embassy in Washington had no immediate Since last fall the administration has said that if Nicaragua acquires fighter planes, like the United States will Soviet MiG-21probably order a surgical air strike to destroy them. The senior official said the White House had decided that any future Sandinista-inspire- d terrorist attacks would constitute another situation like acquiring MiGs. s, term surgical air strike is used to describe a limited attack intended to destroy a specific target and then end without further involvement and The with limited civilian casualities. Some administration officials say the term is probably a misnomer in Nicaraguas case because the Sandinistas would almost certainly respond to even a limited attack, perhaps by attacking the U.S. Embassy in Managua, leading to a more generalized military confrontation. For several years, administration officials have contended that the Sandinistas maintain secret bases where leftist guerrillas from El Salvador are trained, a charge the Nicaraguan government has repeatedly denied. The administration has declined to give detailed information, saying the material is classified. But senior officials who have access to sensitive information about Nicaragua said recent intelligence had led the administration to believe that one or more of the Salvadorans involved in the shooting of the Marines in San Salvador on June 19 were trained at one of the camps near Managua. In addition to the four Marines and two other Americans, seven people were killed in the attack. - Congressman Former (UPI) Rep. Edward Hutchinson, a conservative Republican from Michigan who was one of Richard Nixons staunchest supporters during the Watergate era, has died in Florida, it was announced Tuesday. WASHINGTON The announcement of Hutchinsons deatn Monday night at his retirement home in Naples on the Gulf Coast was made on the House floor by Rep. William Broomfield, a fellow Republican from Michigan. AP Photo Edward Hutchinson Staunch Nixon Ally Hutchinson was first elected to Congress in 1962 from a conservative farming district in southwest Michiseven gan and easily times. When he retired in 1978, he was the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee. While on the House Judiciary Committee, Hutchinson steadfastly voted against every article of impeachment brought against President Nixon during the Watergate crisis, even after other Republicans had given up hope. His successor in Congress was vid Stockman, who went on to Da- -- Women in I Congress have opened another door and this one leads to the to success I House gym. WASHINGTON (UPI) For years banned from the House tra- gymnasium by dition, the congresswomen, led by sucI .Rep. Barbara Boxer, ceeded this week in gaining access to J male-dominat- the sacred working-ou- t place A separate changing room will also be added, and plans are in the works to start regular aerobics classes. Boxer said the women, including Reps. Patricia Schroeder, used and Olympia Snowe, humor and a song parody to address what they considered a serious Dalai Lama. Chinese troops took active role in blocking Tibets Buddhist religion. Tibet Freedom Struggle a Dream? By Rick Gladstone Associated Press Writer After 35 years LHASA, Tibet of Chinese Commuaist control of Tibet, most Tibetan rebels are dead, jailed, underground or in exile. Peking dismisses the struggle for Tibetan independence as a pipe dream, but keeps at least 100,000 troops in the strategic Himalayan plateau. Refugee activists enter Tibet from India and Nepal; disaffected Tibetans pass notes to foreign visitors. I thought Tibetan young people would be communists, but I have found just the opposite, said Tibetan Phintso Thonden, former New York representative the Daof Tibets leader-in-exillai Lama. The people are politically conscious, there is a strong feeling of independence, Phintso told reporters in Lhasa, where he was visiting relatives after a absence. Nationalist sentiment has been a chief target of Chinese propagandists in the period before the 20th anniversary Sept. 1 of the founding of the Tibetan autonomous region. The state has been pouring millions of dollars into preparing Lhasa for a celebration attended by party leader) from Peking. There has been no mention of Oct. 7. That date is more significant to most Tibetans because it marks the 35th anniversary of e, when 84,000 Chinese troops surged across the Yangtze River into Tibet. That day heralded the end of Tibets status as an isolated Buddhist kingdom and the beginning f what Tibetan exiles call Chinas systematic annihilation of their culture and people. Some historians claim that more than 1 million Tibetans died fighting the Chinese or from starvation after the Chinese army requisitioned food. When China crushed a 1959 uprising, the Dalai Lama fled to India with 100,000 subjects and established what is now a thriving exile community in Dharamsala. Its call for Tibetan independence has remained a persistent embarassment and irritant to Peking, which contends Tibet historically has been part of Chinese territory. We have heard about this independence movement for a long time. We resolutely oppose it, Tibets Communist Party secretary Wu Jinghua told reporters. Tibet is one of Chinas five autonomous regions. What kind of independence do they want? he said. This is their pipe dream. This is impossible. Wu, a member of one of 55 ethnic groups in China, was appointed June 8. There was no explanation why a Tibetan was not chosen. We are all communists and have the same feelings, said Wu. Chinese officials disclose little about the independence movement but say there are fewer than 100 activists in jail. Occasional reports of sabotage are blamed on poisonous elements, and a recent Tibetan-lan-guag- e radio broadcast warned of possible thefts of explosives. At least six Tibetans reportedly were executed in 1983 for agitation. The state-ru- n took the unusual step of depress nying the reports but admitted some Tibetans had been executed for murder and other violent crimes. Chinese let Tibetans possess photoguphs of the Dalai Lama: but ban foreigners from distributing them. Customs officers have g seized photos of the at the border. There is little open defiance of Chinese domination among Lhasa's 150,000 people, but those interviewed in the capital said they want the Dalai Lama to return as their leader. Some thrust dissident notes into the hands of foreign visitors. Tibet belongs to Tibetans. Help to kick out foreign Chinese from Tibet, said one note written , in English, slipped into a photographers pocket in central Lhasa. We want independence. Long live his holiness the Dalai Lama.-Wwant the right to We are the masters of Tibet, but we have no rights, no equality and no liberty. We are sufferers, read the note. anti-Chine- god-kin- e be- come President Reagans budget director. Broomfield described Hutchinson as an expert in constitutional law who helped draft Michigans current state constitution as a vice president of the Michigan Constitutional Convention in 1961-62. Congresswomen Swing Open the Gym Door I' Tibetan woman and Chinese soldiers pause on Potala roof, once the palace of A ar Edward Hutchinson Is Dead; Ex-Michi- gan Assoc)oed Press Loser photo She said the gym, which houses a variety of exercise equipment is a welcome refuge for representatives seeking to relieve stress after days in seemingly endless committee meetings. But Boxer, used to working out several days a week in her native California, was irked by the restriction against women. Soviet Fleet Flexes Muscles and Heads Home Reuter News Agency BRUSSELS, Belgium The Soviet Unions Northern Fleet headed home Tuesday after a simulated strike deep into the sealanes of the Atlantic Ocean the biggest, most abitious exercise in Soviet naval history, NATO naval sources said. The sources described the maneuvers as a sea control exer-thdemonstrated Moscow's ability to project maritime power farther southward into the Atlantic than ever before. The Northern Fleet defeated a North Atlantic Treaty Organization a role played by amphibious force full-sca- le at off northern Norway, Soviet ships the sources said. In the mock sea battle, a Soviet airtask force led by the 43,000-to- n craft carrier Kiev surprised the amphibious group by using modern targeting. NATO experts said the exercise, monitored closely by NATO ships, submarines and aircraft, showed the increased sustainability and ambition of the Soviet navy. RESIDENTS OF The exercise, involving at least 100 combat and auxiliary vessels, has lasted 12 days so far, whereas previous Soviet wargames at sea have lasted less than a week, the experts said. They usually practice a quick megapunch and go home. Their task is really only sea denial. But this was a sustained sea control operation, one naval expert said. SLT LKE COUNTY Dont miss . . . iilG AD IN TODAYS PAPER! 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