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with: the West on a freeze
leading | to mutual reduction

‘in’ arms .expenditure, an .
e; already complicated.

e differences a

=calculations,.. .
“The: latest mave by the

" “Boylet. bloc “is: apparently.

(sponaored by Romania, the. -

" pact’s maverick’ member,
which has most often called
. fordiversion of resources to:

“improve living standards ©

and = build .- “up. troubled
” economies such aa .its own. :
“In. Washington, . mean- ”
“while, President . ‘Reagan
offered a new plan almed at
breaking the . 11-year-old |
deadlock“ in the ‘troop-

calculations on the number
ol. troops - they have: in the.
region.

“Washington and its NATO
allies contend the Warsaw
Pade has. at ‘least 160,000
more men in the region than
the’ Soviets acknowledge =
‘something . ‘that has.
_revented, headway on an

A /Sgreement "to Bs
Soviet’: > Union: and” “ity oumbers to.7 ,000 on each “y
:SRBstéin European’ ‘allies © ee

fave proposed negotiations “

wa West | Germany, .

side.’ _ :
allies claim they have about rin i a large
$00,009 men in. East Ger; Western’: -e “im

many, . xperts "
Coechoslcvala,. mediately . cel ‘out, soa

: “proposal. said a ‘three-year,

~ rill et: value. ‘of the from the assumption ‘that
es oometa FREEZE.

:, agreements (on ‘cuts: in -

"The Warsaw. as

carried outin a manner that
would give to all the par:

freeze on arms spending ” ticipants in the agreements -*

increases © would. give a
; pace :, out - their implementation,
: ! said.

in question confidence: in

‘The document said pact.

: the:

“bourg, the Netherlands and
" Belgium at’ 790,000... :
“The two: ‘areas ‘have ‘been ;
the subject: ‘of on-again, ‘OFF.
‘again ' arms. control ‘talks ©

since er nnid 1973. ‘Another
rouhd ; the."

“talks ig: ‘Vienna: is. due to!”
begin March : ‘16, but Us.
‘offictals said itmight | take a
“month to: complete ‘western ©
consultations. -
meantime,, the negotiations
Feduction talks: in ‘Central’ ‘deal
Europe, saying he was |
_ Prepared to ignore previous -
‘Soviet news agency: Tass ..
said Romania circulated the.
“pact proposal Monday to the os

Bucharest‘ enbasales -f pnalysts say many elements ~ ;

In- Modcow, ‘the. ‘official

NATO. members,

‘Bisgeditial, elements cited .
‘by Tats include a ‘call for a -
staall, token cut in imilitary

spending: by every state. in

Practices. lean?

"VICTORIA. . (CP): —
RCMP investigation has a
uncovered “any: criminal
“activity. in. log-scallng
practices, which were
‘oriticized in ‘the om-
" hudsman's. report to the
~ ‘jegislature | last “month,
_ Attorney General Brian .
3 Smiith: said Monday.

_ wever, Smith saidNDP .

Leader ” Dave Barrett is
: - making a “political opera
buffet’”’ out of the ‘issue by
_ feianag ‘that | Ombud-

gman Karl. Friedmann be |

~ called before the legislature

to. explain his report.
A buffet is a table from

vibich people eat too much,

and opera is opera,” Smith

told reporters, “It's a kind
Of, ule

“Smith: told the ‘egislature .
that now. that~ the:-Forest:,:.
Muley elog-measuringn RSs

practices’ ‘werd clearéd vot"

criminal: -. activity, _ the
, government will reply to the

ombudsman’s | report, «

" preented to the legislature

Feb. 160.

The report -accused the
. Forests Ministry of refusing
. to” ‘recover millions “of —
dollars” “in .. uncollected -
timber revenue from B.C. -
Forest Products Lid."

It. * sald — that slipahod
measuring by ministry
- sealers: also had cost six
small independent firms.

about $6 million and forced |. .

them. ‘to ‘the -brink of
financial. disaster.
MINISTRY. FEARFUL |
Friedmann had said, the
ministry did not bill for
‘about .§2 million in fees for
‘tress logged on government
land because it was afraid
of.the company’s reaction.
However, Friedmann did
not suggest any criminal
activity was involved.

Barvtett said he wanted to -

know: within 24 hours when
Friedmann and others
involved in the case would

be called -before the
iesistature to explain thelr
actlons

"Serious, allegations of
malfeasance of ad- |
ministration have been

hurled at the government ~

through the minister of

Forests, and nothing has

been. done. about bib Barrett
id.

Smith said an inquiry or
questioning people publicly

in._.the: Jeglalature would 7

serve ‘no ‘useful purpose.
‘He ‘said the Forests

Ministry will, determine it

‘the “allegations have any -
merit: and what corrective’.
action’ will be taken it
necebsary..

Smith | alao renewed ‘his’
attick” on. Friedmann ‘for.
having presented his report: |

to“'the ‘legislature while” |
some of the principals inthe” I

‘allegations, ‘ were. ‘being

inveatigated by the. RCMP’s,

cofamercial erime squad,
NOT. BEST CLIMATE |
He said media attention
onthe case did not create
, the best climate in: which to
conduct an. . investigation.
. Eatlier, Smith - a¢cused
Friedmann of jeopardizing
_ the police: investigation by
‘going public with his report,
saying that the ombudsman

had been highly irrespon-
sible.

: ~ mutual
epee “free. reduction’. :

In. the.

“power “blocs, 2h,

ding by the nuclear powers :
+, om each aide: ‘the Soviet’
, Union as against the United

States, France and Britain.

“The concrete size of the |
‘cut . for “each * of... these |:
: countries must.‘ be’ deter-
:mined: as a share of. the
‘agreed figure in proportion ,
to. ‘the ~ gross - ‘national :

‘products, ” Tass said.
The. Soviet Union
_ estimates “.. its :.defence ©

| spending at: ‘about: aix: per.
* ent of annual government
‘-<" expenditure, or about 2.7

per cent of the Communist

economy’ "4 equivalent ° of

gross national product;
Independent.. _ western

included in western: arms
figures,’ ‘Buch - aé - -military —.

-peseareh and development,
are covered by other figures:

inthe Soviet budget.
U.S. : intelligence -* “has.

suggested that: Soviet -ex- as

penditures may account for

--Iore than 12 per. cent oF

GNP, while calculations are

“maar budgets ° eaigh
‘subsequent. “negotiations,” '
-. The’ statement: algo: ap-

nature of difficulties’ ‘Ukely
to: arisé from attempts ‘to

pears. to recognize ‘- the ©

define: and: verify true cuts.

ta spending:

“Iembers are also prepared. -

“to study proposals on other’
_ measures to freeze ‘and cut”

. spending.
It called for maximuni

efforts. to get talks that

could lead to resulls and
“not to take any actions

"The

Warsaw | ‘Treaty

member _ States _ Proceed them,””

"Roving News

complicated by’ the ar-

“Police News »

TERRACE— A break and entry was reported ‘at Kalum

Tire in the early morning hours of March 5.

A car stereo and speakers were stolen along with a small
amount of cash. -

Police are. continuing the investigation...

Also Montay morning, Glacier Concrete reported abreak -

and enter on its premises, and a amall amount of cash, was
stolen.
Police are continuing the. investigation, a
Department of highways reported that several depart-
mental buildings were broken into over the weekend.
Several vehicles were vandalized. Pollee are continuing

. the investigation, ~

At approximately 8:10 p. m., on March 5, a man stole the -
pear Fund,contribution, container, off, the counter; ‘at.Gim’s.:
ANG preg icy: Jeeuilie 0 sheptsuamnih mies”
nRae suspect ls-known,ta police:and the investigation. is-
being continued, :
~Pollce have recovered two welding cylinders and anyone
_ Missing. the same can claim them at. the Terrace detach-
ment hy Identifying them:

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‘The: Natlonal. Council of Boy Scouts of Canada has ac- >
cepted the motion to open the Venturer program to females. -

This has come after a long study. “Guidélines have been

. established and informations available through all service.
“teams or district councils.’ The: co-ed section is optional: ‘and,
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‘capable of complicating ; | _ .
Western experts. |

said this might ° be an ” described “bath “call as
z ‘oblique call for a. halt -to: propaganda -
* pidiitary spending misst-- “pe " deployment ‘of new U.S. ~ because, they. “nid, the «J

cruise ¢ and -Pershing-2

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“The:

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untries? repeated -; their

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- gestures. ~

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