The World - News from May 23, 1985

A training manual discarded by a U.S. serviceman indicates that the U.S. Army plans to deploy more than the 108 Pershing missiles NATO agreed to install in West Germany, Stern magazine said. An article in the West German weekly said the 230-page manual reveals plans to stockpile extra Pershings in a secret depot. It asserted this is why the Pentagon ordered 258 Pershing 2s from the Martin Marietta Corp. instead of just the 108 scheduled for West German deployment. In Washington, an Army spokesman denied the report but acknowledged that more than 108 missiles will be built--for testing, practice and as spares.