Relatives of Nazi-fighters
invited to rites at Bitburg
BONN, West Germany (AF)
— President Ronald Reagan and
Chancellor Helmut Kohl tried
Thursday to blunt criticism of
their plans to lay a wreath at a
German military cemetery by
inviting relatives of Nazi
resisters to join the ceremony.
The three-week-old uproar
over Reagan's planned journey
to the Bitburg gravesites on
Sunday raged on as the leaders
of seven nations dined at
Schloss Falkenlust. a castle
built in 1733, on the eve of a
two-day economic summit
meeting.
The leaders remained divided
on sensitive issues, such as the
starting date for new interna
tional trade talks; what, if any,
action to take to curb fluctua
tions in the value erf the U.S.
dollar; and European participa
tion in Reagan's "Star Wars"
missile defense research
program.
The decision to bring
relatives of Nazi resisters to Bit
burg was announced by Peter
Boenisch. spokesperson for the
Bonn government, after a
50-minute meeting between
Reagan and Kohl, the West Ger
man chancellor
West German leaders hailed
Reagan’s courage in resisting
pressure from the United States
to cancel the visit.
A West German official,
speaking on condition a{ not be
ing identified, said the idea was
“to make Bitburg more
popular.”
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trade embargo against Nicaragua continue to
come bom around the globe.
Nicaragua said Thursday that the trade
embargo is an act of war and that it will lodge a
protest with the World Court.
And the Soviet Union said Thursday that
President Ronald Reagan has a “pathological
hatred” for the Sandinista government.
Algeria predicted that the embargo will
reinforce the determination of Nicaragua’s lef
tist rulers to radicalize their revolution.
President Chadli Benjedid of Algeria
recently paid his first visit to Washington, a
sign of warming relations between the United
States and the north African nation.
Venezuela said both the embargo and the
current tour of Communist nations by
Nicaragua’s president, Daniel Ortega, could
harm regional peace efforts in Central
America.
“We lament that on both sides, actions or
unwmiwun .. .
(peace) process." Foreign Minister Simon
Alberto Consalvl told reporter*.
Nicaragua ha* appealed to the Soviet
Union for economic aid, and Vice President
Sergio Ramirez said he will seek help from all
quarters in an effort to ease the embargo’s
effect.
In the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, of
ficials and businessmen said the economic
blockade might ruin the national airline,
damage agriculture and cripple transportation
and communication.
Service to the United States by Aeronica,
Nicaragua’s national airline, will be suspend
ed as part of Reagan’s package of economic
sanctions. The embargo also affects travel to
the United States by Nicaraguan-flag ships.
Ortega said Reagan's action would “most
likely be accompanied by military action.”
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famine victims evicted from an
emergency camp are sick or
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marches through cold mountain
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