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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Chinese diplomats at
the United Nations attempted to buy TOW and
Sidewinder missiles and plans for F-14 fighter
aircraft, U.S. authorities alleged in documents
disclosed in court Wednesday.
The disclosure came during a detention hear
ing for Chang-Yao Chi, 65, a New York City
businessman who was arrested Sunday and
charged with conspiracy to illegally export arms.
Chi has links to “high-ranking members of the
United Nations (Chinese) delegation and the
People’s Republic of China,’’ Assistant U.S. At
torney Mark S. Olinsky said.
According to the complaint, all the negotia
tions were with a government undercover agent
and no missiles or plans changed hands.
U.S. Magistrate Stanley R. Chesler ordered
Chi detained without bail after finding him a risk
to flee because of his diplomatic and government
contacts.
The twin-seat F-14, which can fly at twice the
speed of sound, is the Navy’s primary fighter jet
and has never been sold to China.
A Sidewinder is a short-range, air-to-air dog
fighting missile with an infrared guidance system
and can be used on most U.S. fighter jets.
The TOW, a U.S. Army weapon normally
fired from either a personnel carrier, jeep or tri
pod, is the most powerful anti-tank missile used
by the infantry. It also can be mounted on Army
Cobra helicopters.
The complaint filed in U.S. District Court said
the case began last January, when a Qamar Babar
introduced Charles Chang to a Customs Service
informant to discuss the purchase of TOW 11
and Sidewinder missiles, launchers, parts and
training and the aircraft plans. The complaint
gave no further information about Babar.
The complaint, signed by Customs Agent
Frank Ventura, said Chang asked the informant
about prices of the missiles, a launcher, parts and
training.
The informant gave a false name of a supplier,
actually another undercover agent, to verify the
reliability of the missiles.
After several phone calls with the undercover
agent, Babar and Chang met him at Chang’s
business, Abacus Brokerage 8c Realty Ltd., in the
Flushing section of the New York City borough
of Queens.
Chang showed the agent a notebook with
notes in Chinese that Chang said “were written
for him by some generals and engineers
China,’’ the complaint said.
The agent said he could sell 10 stolen TOI
missiles for $250,000.
Chang was arrested in August and agreed
record telephone conversations with Chi.
At a meeting with Chang on Sept. 7, Chi “ini
rated that the buyers of the stolen missiles,«1
are individuals associated with the Chinese*
sion to the United Nations, were beingcautia
about the methods to . . . obtain andtotranspo
these stolen missiles.”
Chi’s attorney, Alan Zegas, said hewasarts
dent of the United States for nine yearsandlivi
in Taiwan for 30 years before that.
Zegas denied that Chi was involved inthepl#
and said a transcript he had prepared of ill
taped conversation, which was in Chinese, varii
significantly f rom the government version.
U.S. Attorney Samuel A. Alito would notcoit
ment on the case. U.S. Customs Service Agti
Richard Merrier said only that the investigatiB
is continuing.
Officials at the Chinese mission to the Unite
Nations had no comment.
10 children, 2 adults die during blaze
in overcrowded house in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (AP) —- One of the
worst fires in the city’s history swept
through an overcrowded two-story
house in a poor neighborhood
Wednesday, killing 10 children and
two adults who were about to be
evicted for failing to pay rent.
Eleven of the dead were found on
the second floor, trapped there
when flames destroyed the main
staircase, officials said. The ages of
the children ranged from 11 months
to 8 years.
Three adults who escaped the fire
also lived in the home, located on
Milwaukee’s North Side, officials
said.
“The children were so friendly,”
said Dottie Brewster, a neighbor
who lived in an adjacent house
which was damaged by the fire.
Lt. Charles Grisham of the Mil
waukee Police Department said the
deaths appeared to be caused by
smoke.
The fire, reported at 4:42 a.m.,
started in the first floor of the house,
apparently in the kitchen, James
Rechlitz, a fire battalion chief, said.
Investigators did not know the cause
immediately, but tentatively ruled
out arson.
“We had enough people but be
cause of the intensity of the fire it
took several minutes to knock it
down before we could begin search
and rescue operations,” Rechlitz
said.
“We never expected to see this
much fire in an occupied home,”
Rechlitz said. “If it was a vacant
building, that was one thing, but this
was full of people.”
The owner of the building, Em
mett Echols, said the residents were
about to be evicted because they
were two months behind on their
rent.
The rental agreement, Echols
said, provided that four people were
to live in the house. He said he
learned there was more than that
number after a workman doing ren
ovations at the single-family, wood-
and-brick home reported seeing sev
eral families inside.
“I didn't know they were alllirai
there,” Echols said. “They had id
many people living in the hoim
They should have never movedin."
Rosella Ramthun, the mother!
one survivor, Jill Schreck, said Ik
daughter wa due in court Wedna
day to fight the eviction notice,l»
the residents nonetheless were pit
paring to leave the house.
“They had everything pacM
said Ramthun, who lives down Ik
street from the house. “They wei
going to move.”
Ramthun said the residents con
plained about faulty wiring in ik
home, but Echols said the electric
system was safe.
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False alarm in Manila
sets off rumors of coup
MANILA, Philippines (AP) —Sol
diers backed by tanks encircled Ma
nila on Wednesday to block any fur
ther attempt to topple President
Corazon Aquino, but they withdrew
after the military said no mutineers
tried to enter the city.
Col. Emiliano Temple, chief of
staff of the .Capital Regional Com
mand, said hundreds of battle-ready
soldiers and marines rushed to the
edge of the city late Tuesday after
receiving reports “that rebel soldiers
were coming to Manila.”
But Templo said Brig. Gen. Ra
mon Montano, commander of a new
“anti-coup” force, ordered the
troops back to the barracks about 18
hours later after no mutineers
showed up.
Wednesday’s alert came nearly
five weeks after a bloody Aug. 28
coup attempt. At least 53 people
were killed in the military mutiny
and hundreds were wounded.
The latest coup scare set in mo
tion a chain of rumors about “unau
thorized troop movements” that
highlighted command and control
problems within the divided, poorly
trained armed forces.
Intelligence sources at Camp Oli
vas, the Constabulary headquarters
for central Luzon, said the alert fol
lowed reports that the leader of the
Aug. 28 coup attempt, Col. Gregorio
“Gringo” Honasan, had joined
forces with three other renegade of
ficers for a new strike on the capital.
Despite the alert, one of the rene
gade officers, Lt. Col. Reynaldo Ca-
bauatan, managed to slip into Ma
nila and meet with more than 20
reporters late Tuesday. Cabauatan
announced formation of a “national
ist provisional” junta to overthrow
Aquino.
He denied any alliance with Ho
nasan but said he expected the colo
nel’s support “when we strike.”
Mine scare in Persian Gulf
detours commercial ships
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A
new mine scare Wednesday sent
commercial shipping on a circui
tous route through the northern
Persian Gulf as two U.S.-escorted
convoys steamed north and south
through the waterway.
The latest reported danger
zones were near Farsi Island, a
stronghold of Iran’s Revolution
ary Guards. Gulf-based shipping
executives said several possible
sightings had been reported by
ships sailing to and from Kuwait.
British Royal Navy mine
sweepers spent a second day
searching waters off the southern
gulf where possible sightings of
mines were reported, but they ap
parently found nothing.
The 46,723-ton Gas Prince,
one of nine reflagged Kuwaiti
tankers sailing under the Stars
and Stripes, steamed south
through the gulf on its second
outbound voyage since the con
voy operation began in mid-July.
Pentagon spokesman Maj
Larry Icenogle said another cou
voy moving north consisted o(
two U.S. Military Sealift Coni'
mand ships carrying supplies,ap
parently to Bahrain for the U.S.
Navy’s Middle East Force.
The convoy’s appearance cre
ated a stir among maritime ob
servers, who speculated that tbe
absence of reflagged Kuwaiti
tankers indicated an expansion of
the U.S. escort operation.
“This is a routine resupply op
eration . . . there is nothing new
about this,” Icenogle said. He
identified the ships as the 39,000
ton transport oiler Gus Darnell
and the motor vessel Patriot.
The United States began to es
cort 11 U.S. registered Kuwaiti
tankers in July to protect them
from attack by Iran, which con
siders Kuwait an ally of Iraq in
the seven-year Iran-Iraqwar.
Commerce Department reports rise in economic gouge 1
WASHINGTON (AP) — The
Commerce Department said
Wednesday its chief economic fore
casting gauge rose 0.6 percent in
August, signaling continued growth
for a recovery set to claim the record
as the longest peacetime expansion
in U.S. history.
It marked the seventh consecutive
increase in the department’s Index
of Leading Indicators, which had
risen a smaller 0.3 percent in July. It
was the longest string of monthly ad
vances in the forecasting gauge since
21 consecutive gains beginning in
late 1982 as the nation was pulling
out of the 1981-82 recession.
In another report, the Commerce
Department said new-home sales
climbed 2.7 percent in August to a
seasonally adjusted annual rate of
688,000 units as buyers rushed to
close home deals before mortgage
rates went higher.
Private economists said the gain in
the leading index, while not spectac
ular, indicated continued steady eco
nomic growth with falling unem
ployment through the rest of this
year and 1988 as well.
This forecast is certain to boost
the spirits of Republicans hoping to
hold onto the White House next
year.
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enters its 59th month onlhursdi
breaking the old record of 1 ^
months for the longest peace® ■»
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