TURKEY DEMANDS MORE U.S. AID FOR USE OF BASES

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• Publication Date: May 9, 1979
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THE WASHINGTON POST ? ~'
9 May 19 19 ,-, n, : i 5-
r ~ Demands
More Ua . "
were allowed to resume operations
temporarily last September after the
embargo vas lifted. - .
The Turks set a one year deadline i
for working out a permanent agree-
e t covering the bases. to include in-
Turkey and assistance in setting up {
its own arms industry so that it would
United
th
e
no longer be. dependent on
States for weaponry
The Turks say. they need a total of
$15 billion in :Western, rants, credits
and investment- over the next- five
ti ears to rebuild Turkey's shattered .
economy. "and reequip its armed.
forces. ortuon'.of.this_
They expect a large p
from the United States, partly.
through the new defense cooperation
agreement covering?the bases..
e~ense:cannot be?-separated fiom
economic issues;' Sukru Elekdag, Tu...
key's ambassador-designate - to Wash-
gton, told Christopher in an airport .
in
arrival statement."tye believe cooper-
,
atio_l- between ....the ?. two countries.
should. -include: economic as well-. as
cthe.fields ".:'
, [The Senate Foreign Itela,tions Com-
mittee:Yesterday left intact $100 mil-
lion in military- aid far.TurkeY' white'
trimming_$109.9 million from the Gar-'`
ter adm'inistration's, total request.I
That $1.00 million is in addition to the i
$50 million in. military credit sales ap-
proved last week to bolster the Turk-
ish armed forces.
[The -United States makes no bones
-about the, reason for giving military
assistance""t4-Turkey. In a justifica-
tion to Congress for selling $111 mil-
lion of military equipment to Turkey,
the Pentagork said, the sale "allow"s
for operation of valuable U.S. in-
telligence and communications faci-
lities" 1 '
Although Christopher gave Turkey
no firm commitments on increased
U.S. economic aid, Ecevit said the U.S.
official promised to try to speed up a
plan by Western powers to provide
some crash aid to Turkey to help it"
out of its immediate difficulties.
Such a plan' was approved in princi-
ple by the leaders of the United
States, West Germany, France and
Britain following the loss of American-.
bases in Iran, but so far nothing ha&
come of it. - -
The loss of the Iranian bases has in-
creased the strategic value of U.S. in-
stallations in Turkey- By far the most-
important of these are the ones at.]
.'
Soviet
Pirinclik, 180, miles from the. border, where-radar antennas pick up:
Soviet missiles on test. flights, azid at
Sinop, on the Black Sea, where listen- i
in; devices monitor ,Soviet military
communications missile test data..
e
the United
only when :it,-needs bases, but fails
to consult with them.on: general-de,2?
fense rma..ers.:?
DIoreover, tlic+:Turks .feel they ?are^
not.considered'kn economic partner of
the Western.powers and. have not. re-
ceived enough help-durlne?ahe?' 'worst-
economic crisis in their history.. .:.;^ The The military bases, which, were shut'a
do%vn -by the Turks id August..1975 in-.
retaliation to~'the-'U.S.'concrressionaI
army embargo lkpplaem%Wd kR a
.lowing its;1974 invasion,,:of ;.GyPrus,y
These bases have become-increas?
in,ly important. since-the closing 'of-
sophisticated monitoring stations in
-Iran that allowed the United States
to keep tabs on the Soviets. The Car-
ter administration is anxious to re-1
place the Iranian stations with some.
in Turkey-including two with special
scanning equipment--to assure Con
-dress that the Soviets will not get
away with cheating on the SALT II
agreement that is expected to be sign-
ed next month,. between
Four hours of talks today
Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit
and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Warren Christopher failed to settle
the U.S.-Turkish differences about the
base agreement, which expires in Oc?
tober.
American officials expressed opti-
mism that an agreement eventually
would be reached despite the present
differences. Ecevit said his talks with
Christopher should help iron. Put
"'technical"? difficulties. , ., .:.-. `? `._??
... [State Department officials in Wash-
ington said Christopher . did not
expect to walk?awaTfrom his -visit to
Turkey with a. base agreement . If one
is not signed by October, U.S: officials:
expect the deadline to be waived'"I
don't think- the. Turks -want, to, close
the bases- down"age,'-' a U.S. diplo,,
mat
Underlyin>?'the dispute is.-a: deep'
seated Turkish resentment about what
officials viewas U.S. slights over the
years. Turkish ' officials complain that-
s cares about them
St t
By John Lawton
baecial to The washtnston Post
IS'#:ANBUL, May 8 - Turkey de-
mal:ded increased American economic
and military aid today in exchange for
extending an agreement that allows
the United. States to use bases in this
country to - monitor Soviet missile
tests