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w AR WAR WAR WAR WAR WAR WAR? AGGIES vs RICE Houston’s finest C&W Clubs In Cahoots & Johnny B. Dalton’s Sponsor A&M Weekend Thurs., Oct. 26-Alumni Party In Cahoots Fri., Oct. 27-Midnight Yell Practice Johnny B. Dalton’s Sat., Oct. 28-Victory Party In Cahoots # Ad Additional Information: 713/784-8251 Thursday, October 26,1989 The Battalion Page 16 Krenz says Berlin Wall will stand Duj Kp 0 date, at $3.00 cover October 28 Costume Contest 1st Prize - $200.00 & 2 Nights guest room accomodations 2nd Prize - $100.00 & 1 Night guest room accomodations More prizes and drink specials Free Champagne throughout the evening at mldni 9 ht COLLEGE STATION HILTON and Conference Center BERLIN (AP) — New leader Egon Krenz said Wednesday he will let East Germans travel abroad more freely but made clear the Berlin Wall, a scar on the city for nearly three decades, will not come down. In further signs the communist nation is mov ing toward at least limited reform, the official news agency ADN carried a series of reports that included a news conference by police to address accusations of brutality and a dispatch quoting a prominent dissident. Tens of thousands of young, skilled workers have fled to West Germany since September and throngs of protesters fill the streets at home to demand democratic reforms in this rigid society. Late Wednesday, about 200 people carrying burning candles marched silently through down town East Berlin. Police first stopped the protes ters but let them proceed after a brief discussion. No slogans were shouted. The marchers joined about 2,000 people at a vigil at a church at Alexanderplatz and later dis persed peacefully. ADN said Wednesday night that about 20,000 people joined in what it called a “march of hope” in the center of Neubrandenburg, a city north of Berlin. The marchers called for a dialogue with au thorities and the city’s mayor, Heinz Hahn, promised talks with citizens, ADN said. With the comment that “no one will be left out of the dialogue,” Krenz indicated Wednesday the new regime’s willingness to discuss reforms may extend to members of pro-democracy groups. He and the party previously rejected talks with the opposition. Krenz, who last week replaced Erich Honecker as Communist Party chief, also said Wednsday he was interested in meeting with Chancellor Hel mut Kohl of West Germany, but “one has to un derstand that I have to first attend to domestic political problems.” He said he planned to discuss a summit date by telephone with Kohl, who said Tuesday he was ready for a meeting. Krenz spoke after meeting with Wolfgang Mis- chnick, parliamentary leader of the Free Demo crats, junior partner in Kohl’s coalition. Mischnick was the first senior West German politician to see Krenz since the ouster of Hon ecker, 77, a hard-liner who ran the country for 18 years and was Krenz’s mentor. Krenz told reporters who accompanied Misch nick that East Germans would be given greater freedom of travel by year’s end. Under a more liberal law proposed by the Communist Party’s ruling Politburo, passports and exit visas would be available for travel to any other country. It also would drop current re quirements that family members remain behind as insurance the travelers would return home, Officials in East Berlin say financial obstacle still must be resolved. East German marksarenof convertible outside the country and officials art unlikely to release much of their hard-currenc reserves for Western travel. Strict curbs on foreign travel have been prime source of complaint by East German! joining with limits on speech and political activiti to propel the mass exodus. A Western reporter asked whether easier travel to the West would make the Berlin Wall obsolete. Krenz replied: “The wall has a very ferent meaning than what is implied in ] question.” His statement was a clear reference to the gov ernment’s long-standing position that the wall has been a stabilizing influence in Europe and necessary to protect East Germany from being “plundered by capitalists.” At the police news conference Wednesday East Berlin chief Lt. Gen. Friedhelm Rausch knowledged officers had used “excess and trans gressions” against demonstrators that have been avoided,” ADN reported. Rausch said 150 people had complained of po lice brutality. “Police have apologized tothoseaf fected and have promised compensation," ADb quoted Rausch as saying. 801 University Drive East, College Station, Texas 77840 409/693-7500 Israel: PLO involved in terrorist attacks <¥ MSC MBfl/mW COMMITT€€ presents the MBR/IRUJ SYMPOSIUM See Vou at the Top Keynote Speakers Tom Fitzhugh III - Fitzhugh and Assoc. Jonnifer McGrath - UUharton MBA Graduate Other Speakers Tommy Richards - Harvard M8R Graduate Steven Smith - Hoelscher, Lipsey, Elmore, and Smith Gloria Smith - President Black LUomen lauuyers Rssociation- Houston Saturday, October 28, 8:30-5:30 pm 2nd Floor MSC and Rudder Touuer Admission $5 in advance; $8 at the door Register ot MSC, Blocker and Zochry JERUSALEM (AP) — An official report made available Wednesday said Yasser Arafat’s guerrilla faction had ordered 12 bombings and at tacks on Israeli civilians since the PLO chairman promised in Decem ber to abandon terrorism. Groups affiliated with the Pales tine Liberation Organization carried out 18 infiltrations or rocket attacks across Israel’s borders in the same period, the report said. Yigal Garmon, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir’s anti-terror adviser, prepared the report and provided a copy to the Associated Press. It comes at a time when Israel and the United States are at odds over PLO involvement in peace efforts and coincides with a campaign against the U.S. dialogue with the PLO begun 10 months ago, soon af ter Arafat renounced terrorism. In his report, Garmon said the at tacks “are a violation of the commit ment Arafat gave to the United States and shows he can’t be trusted and that you can’t do business with him.” Israel defines the PLO as a terror ist organization and refuses to deal with it. Thomas Pickering, then the U.S. ambassador, gave Israel a pledge a day after the U.S.-PLO talks began Dec. 15 in Tunis that “no American administration can sustain the dia logue if terrorism continues by the PLO or any of its factions,” the re port said. Washington told Israel it expected the PLO to condemn any act of ter ror and discipline the guerrillas re sponsible, Garmon’s report said, and added: “Not only has the PLO failed to fulfill these requirements, but Ar afat’s own Fatah organization in par ticular has itself engaged in terrorist acts . . . and it has, furthermore, en couraged and lauded these attacks even in the midst of these talks.” Anat Kurz, head of a terrorism re search group at the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, expressed a contrasting opinion. She said Arafat had restrained militants in order to preserve his diplomatic initiative, but the PLO had difficulty controlling organiza tions that sprang up during the 22- month-old revolt in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. “Generally speaking, terrorism in Israel did not decline since the start of the intefadeh (uprising), although most of what we call terror activities have been conducted by locally affil iated elements and unorganized groups,” Kurz said. Sources said one reason U.S. offi cials remain unconvinced by Israeli claims of Fatah involvement is tin they are based on interrogatioi The credibility of such informatioi was diminished after a 1987 invest gation revealed the use of torturek the Shin Bet security service. Garmon said PLO factions unde Arafat’s umbrella were responsi for nine attacks across the borderi: the past 10 months, many aimed settlements near Lebanon, inwhid no civilian casualties were reportei! He said the other raids were by pro Syrian groups opposed to Arafat. Mexico, U.S. discuss trade policies McALLEN (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Clay ton Yeutter, meeting his Mexican counterpart for the second time, Wednesday asked Jorge de la Vega to speed up the dismantling of Mexico’s protectionist poli cies. Yeutter lauded Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari’s program that has done away with many trade barriers, but added there are some instances in which the United States wants to see Mexico hasten its compli ance with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT. trade considerably in the last year under Salinas, butil can only move so fast, jda only “We’ve been encouraging the government of Mexico to phase out import licensing for a lot of products com ing into Mexico, industrial as well as agricultural,” Yeutter said. “Mexico has an obligation to do that un der the GATT rules.” Specifically, Yeutter said he wants Mexico to ease im port restrictions on oil seeds, soybean products, apples, peaches and nectarines. De la Vega emphasized that Mexico has opened its “Today I’m going to have the opportunity to with Mr. Yeutter in terms of the bilateral arrangement! we will need in order to promote better understanding between both countries in terms of agriculture and live stock,” de la Vega said. De la Vega said Mexico would consider approving additional cattle inspection stations. Texas cattle ducers have complained of delays and expense export ing cattle to Mexico because it only allows cattle in spected at the five Texas Departrpent of Agriculture stations. Yeutter, de la Vega and U.S. Rep. Kika delaGarza were in McAllen for the 49th Annual State Meetingo( District Directors of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts. “Some day we’re going to see huge advances in eco nomic activity between these two countries,” said Yeut ter, who negotiated the free trade agreement between the United States and Canada. 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