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2The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, November 29, 1989 World and Nation West Germany proposes From Associated Press reports BONN, West Germany Chancel lor Helmut Kohl Tuesday proposed a German federation as part of a sweep ing plan to reunite the two countries after four decades of post-war division. East Germany has increasingly dis cussed the possibility of a confedera tion, but the Communist nation's leader, Egon Krenz, ruled out any talk of reu nification. "A unity of Germany isn't on the agenda," Krenz told West Germany's ARD-TV network in insisting on the continued existence of two "sovereign, independent German states." ' There are fears among Europeans in the East and the West about the politi cal and economic power of a reunified Germany with 80 million people. Kohl, in a speech to Parliament, sought to allay those fears, saying: "The Germans ... will be a dividend for a Europe that is coming together, and never again a threat." says From Associated Press reports ; WASHINGTON President Bush sought to reassure European allies Tuesday about his summit with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, promis ing "I'm not going to surprise them" with any agreement to cut nuclear weapons or reduce U.S. troops over seas. ' Bush said he and Gorbachev may discuss possible military cutbacks "in a general way" when they meet off the coast of Malta on Saturday and Sun day. '. But he added, "In writing, I have made clear to Mr. Gorbachev in my handwriting, so he knows it comes from Bush Vatican plans to offer permanent diplomatic ties From Associated Press reports ROME The Vatican on Tuesday suggested establishing permanent ties with the Kremlin on the eve of the first visit by a Soviet leader. President Mikhail Gorbachev arrives Wednesday for a state visit before meeting with Pope John Paul II on Friday and then flying on to Malta for his summit meeting with President Bush. Although overshadowed by the events immediately following them, the Meet The Baiik Uiiinmioi Opportunity Please join members of our management team to discuss career opportunities in banking at NCNB. The United States favors reunifica tion, and State Department spokes woman Margaret Tutwiler reiterated that position in Washington on Tues day. The Soviet Union has said the idea is "dangerous and unrealistic." Kohl said he had no timetable in mind to carry out his ideas and made it clear it could take years to form a fed eration. He is expected to discuss his proposals with East German leaders at a summit next month. East German government spokes man Wolfgang Meyer said Kohl's plan in general provided "interesting start ing points for negotiations." But writer Stefan Heym and a num ber of other East German artists, clerics and intellectuals rejected reunification, saying they opposed their country "being pocketed" by West Germany. The group said it would start a petition drive in support of its appeal. Kohl's proposals were the most thorough delineation he has made yet arms control not summit topic me, not the bureaucracy that this is not a summit for arms control agree ment." He said it was very important for the allies to know "I'm not going to go off and prematurely jump out there and try to grandstand by committing them to something. That's not the way you keep an alliance strong." After the two-day summit, Bush will fly to Brussels on Dec. 4 to brief NATO leaders on the discussions. The allies were aghast to learn in 1987 that former President Reagan and Gorbachev had come close to a deal at a summit in Reykjavik to abolish all nuclear weapons in spite of the fact that Soviet leader's talks in Italy with Presi dent Francesco Cossiga and Premier Giulio Andreotti are expected to focus on the dramatic changes in Eastern Europe, where Czechoslovakia has joined East Germany, Poland, Hun gary and Bulgaria in breaking away from hard-line communism. At the same time, the Soviet Union's flagging economy has failed to respond to Gorbachev's attempts at reform, and an Italian government spokesman said Italy would like to "help the Soviet That Offer Q Q NCNB Reception Thursday, November 30 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. The Carolina Inn, UNC Ballroom fiV-iV iliV-ir-) A Big Bank Dedicated To Something Even The Individual. of his vision of ending the division of Germany imposed after World War II. Earlier, Hans-Jochen Vogel, the leader of the opposition Social Demo crats, proposed an eventual confedera tion as a step toward unity. In the past, the Social Democrats have cautioned against hastening to ward German reunification; some in the leftist party have flatly opposed it. "We are now standing at the start of a new period in European and German history, a period that points beyond the status quo or the hitherto political struc tures in Europe," Kohl told Parlia ment. "We are prepared ... to develop confederative structures between the two states in Germany in order to create a federation, a federal state in Ger many." A federation is a union of states with a central government; a confederation is an alliance of independent nations for a common purpose. NATO regards some of those arms as vital to deter Soviet attack. Now, with the collapse of hard-line communist regimes in Eastern Europe, and massive budget deficits in the United States, the Bush administration is considering major cutbacks in troops and weapons. Gorbachev is facing similar pres sures at home. However, Bush said, "There are no arms control proposals" for the sum mit. "So the surprise will be, if you're looking for a surprise, there won't be a surprise. That may come as a surprise." He said there had been "frantic specu Union overcome this embarrassing situ ation." The spokesman, Pio Mastro buoni, noted that more than a dozen accords are to be signed during the visit. A top Vatican official said the pope plans to ask Gorbachev to forge perma nent ties between the Kremlin and the Holy See, which has had occasional contacts since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. After the Communists came to power, they tried to abolish religion but Bigger: J (reunion Kohl also said reunification must be "bedded in the pan-European process and in East-West relations. The future structure of Germany must fit into the whole architecture of Europe." He said his proposal could only be carried out if East Germany holds free elections, as it has promised. The chancellor proposed creation of joint governmental and parliamentary committees for "permanent consulta tion' ' between the Germanys. He also suggested such committees to deal with economic, environmental, cultural and scientific matters, and he said they could be set up soon after free elections in East Germany. Kohl said West Germany was pre pared to offer "concrete assistance" to embattled East Germany. B ut he said massive assistance would be contingent on East Germany "irre versibly" setting into motion "a funda mental change of its political and eco nomic system." lation" and "hyped speculation" that the superpowers would reach a deal on arms or troops. "Now if we want to talk in a general way with the Soviet leaders about our aspirations for how a defense system will look 10 years from now, of course, we'll do that, we want to do that,' ' Bush said. In particular, Bush said, he would like to talk with the Soviets about cur tailing their defense spending. "But that's not what I'm referring to when I talk about euphoric expecta tions of some deal," Bush said. "There isn't going to be such a deal. It takes two to make a deal." succeeded only in forcing several sects, including 4 million Ukrainian Catho lics, underground. Gorbachev's meeting with the Polish-born pontiff will be the first be tween a leader of the world's Roman Catholics and a Soviet Communist Party chief. The last supreme Russian leader to visit the Vatican was Czar Nicholas I in 1845, and no Soviet party chief has ever visited Italy. "The Holy See is asking for the possibility of a type of permanent, stable relationship," said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro, indicating the issue would be among the top items on the agenda for the private talks between Gorbachev and the pontiff. Soviet government spokesman Gennady Gerasimov welcomed the "Your future in school looks very, very bright." Now's the time to The IBM Personal System2 helps you meet the future with added confidence. With it, you can organize your notes, write and revise your papers, and create smart-looking graphics. And that's only part of the story. Now you can get special student prices on select models of PS2 s already loaded with easy-to-use software. What's more, when you buy a PS2, you will get a mouse pad, a 3.5 -inch diskette holder, and a power strip all free. 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There was sustained fire from machine guns and assault rifles be tween 4 a.m. and 5 a.m., following about an hour of sporadic firing ac companied by the thud of mortars. Flares blazed in the northern sky. It was the first time this week the fighting went beyond brief exchanges between government troops and reb els. Calm returned as dawn broke. Lebanese general fired BAABDA, Lebanon The gov ernment fired Michel Aoun as army commander Tuesday, and the Syri ans sent more troops and tanks for a possible showdown with the stub born Christian general who has tried to drive them out of Lebanon. Aoun does not recognize new President Elias Hrawi, a Maronite Catholic like himself, and has re fused to leave the shell-battered presi dential palace at Baabda, east of Beirut. Syria, which had 40,000 sol diers in Lebanon before the rein forcements, supports Hrawi. An aide to Aoun said the general was "determined not to give in. We'll fight to the end." France tried to avert more blood shed in the 1 4-year-old sectarian civil war. thaw in Vatican-Kremlin relations but did not comment specifically on a possible exchange of envoys or other formal arrangement for continuing the dialogue. In a statement signaling the Kremlin's desire for a rapprochement, Gerasimov said, "Christian values are human values, and they are the same as socialist values." Navarro said it was premature to discuss what form continuing relations might take, but he noted the United States was represented at the Vatican by a personal envoy of the president before formal diplomatic relations were established in 1983. Also on Tuesday, the giant Fiat auto mobile company announced the sign 1-11-1 bright, buy a PS2. 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