European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse A o pm do a Ren fast. A Igor Muradian one of the organizers of he of Inte protest movement addresses a huge crowd in armenian capital of Yerevan. Armenia How a test of Freedom turned into revolt by Felicity Barringer and Bill Keller new York Timsit to years ago Igor Muradian. A Young i Conger rest living in Yerevan Jom cd with a Smalt group of armenian intellectuals Lor what they took to be an exercise in democracy inspired by Midha if s Gorbachev s Lalk of Irio Fui grass Mots political initiative they decided to Elilion the soviet government Foi Vedross of an old grievance the separation or Iho predominantly armenian Gomo Kara aka Region from the armenian they funded a Commilles to Gathor signatures and Nur Toifl their cause through the mile used machinery of the Popup Cir will they trave Foch to Moscow to of gig their cause vim party qfitt3lsh go of a through All the proper end Minnil Rai Rac an whose faulty Comoa irom 1ho disc ii o Region hic i now belongs la Tho neighbouring a Chri i do Public Limo Rcd As Tacq Ratip s Leader mini Indian seems a git overwhelmed by the Slot t-.,i Hcan unloaded by those Makyi inic Nonni la be Cale civil . Muffi ii to in tical quandary a i to Tif Oil Willod .1 Toi Jol uns tug Muradian from the chugs Olma a or Omufil Linker and ethnic if Jefic a Pojl Hatt locked in k i Ufa a Shalt pow Dob it hah begun to emerge about a hit democracy inc Hsii a glib Schev a Sovi it Union then Norvat ivc View Laid Down Masl i i Vit she ethnic crisis Wai Ine Woik of eur Ernie. Typed on by Western Tadio voices to acts of Civi disobedience sufi if re of a or discipline u it ii Culi Komsomol a a Piatta. In an extensive relatively sympathetic seconal Duclion of the Etc nos asserted the crisis arose when Well meaning people Wero forced into acts of protest because heir genuine grievances had been ignored by of Licals Al All Levels. Solution Moo responsive government n willingness to Compromise. Gorbachev has embraced Deloera ligation As the vital spin of his program As a Way to animate a numbed populace and Spur economic revival the press discussion confirms thai the struggle bal icon Hose who interpret this As a Call Lor sweeping liberalisation and those who favor a More limited View of democracy extends into the highest ranks of Tho communist parly. Meanwhile so Ikea to proles Iho Kremin s refusal to Moel demands by ethnic armenians Lor Boundary changes have brought All but essential industries to a Ball in Magorno Karabash. Based on Telephone interviews Wilh Many of the principals and imports irom muscovites who have managed to reach the area in is possible to to construct some of Iho Etc nos that led to the worst ethnic division and possibly Tho worst crisis of Gorbachev s three your j is soviet Leader. It 13 a Story Al head on con lick Between the a pee lations raised by pm Buchys s prompts of Moio open government and the commit Joist party s Lead 1 onal in the Ajeff Bijani and russian not armenian languages come irom Baku the rail and communications censers continued on Page 17
