European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 27, 198b the stars and stripes Page 9 top soviets admit errors under Brezhnev Moscow api from the Mili tary s chief or staff to a Deputy foreign minister lop soviet officials admitted saturday serious mistakes were made in foreign policy under the late Kremlin Chick Leonid Brezhnev. The officials speaking Al a news Eon Fern acc said the soviet Union allowed itself to be provoked by the West did t consider political options before resort ing to Force in conflicts and mishandled Public relations. We were Loo carried away by polemics scoring Points polemic Points propaganda Points. Indeed inc propaganda proponent very often was in the Way of real  said Yuli m. Vorp Tsoy who was a top official in the foreign ministry and ambassador to India and France under Brezhnev before rising to become first Deputy foreign minister in 1986. The unusual self criticism came at a news conference to discuss foreign policy issues on the Agenda for tuesday s 19th All Union party conference a meeting of 5,000 communist party members who will review Sovil Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev s programs. A British reporter asked what foreign policy mistakes the Sovil Union made during whal soviet officials refer Loas the period of stagnation the latter years  s 1964-1982 Rule. Leonid Brezhnev blamed for soviet Union s period of stagnation during that period the soviet Union sent troops into Czechoslovakia to crush reforms responded Lonato s deploy ment of medium Range missiles in Europe by deploying its own missiles and sent troops into Afghanistan. In the 70s and the Early 80s we used to be too forthright in our reaction to the Amis race pursued by inc West said marshal Sergei f. Fakhro Moyco who held top military posts under Brezhnev and was made chief of staff and Deputy defense minister in 1984. But he added the West should share the blame for inc arms race. It was the Reagan administration that started Liat in the Early 80s. I think we had to show More initiative in find ing political solutions political ways of Reading to inc dizzying growth of the military budget in the United states Akrom Cycz told reporters. Since coming to Power in March 1985, Gorbachev has made an about face on several of Brezhnev s foreign policy moves signing an Accord with the United Stales to eliminate medium Range missiles worldwide and starting the Wilh drawl of soviet troops from Afghani Stan. He has nol directly criticized the invasion of Czechoslovakia but he has said each socialist country has the right to develop independently. The Brezhnev doctrine the policy the Kremlin used to justify the czechoslovak invasion holds that the soviet Union has the right to inc Rene in a threatened socialist country. Gorbachev under his policy of Glas nost has encouraged a re examination of soviet history 10 Correct mistakes of the past Andrei a. Gromyko now the soviet president was in charge of soviet foreign policy As foreign minister for All of Brezhnev s Rule. Vorontsov was asked at saturday s news conference if Gromyko was to blame for foreign policy mistakes bul he declined to criticize the 78-year-old Diplomat mistakes shortcomings drawbacks in our foreign policy at the Lime of slag nation certainly were related to people and inc Overall spirit that reigned supreme at that time Vorontsov said. All of us who worked at the foreign office at the Lime to different varying extents depending on our responsibilities arc to blame for the mistakes and shortcomings of that  Yevgeny m. Primakow head of the Institute of world Economy and International relations said the major draw Back in Brezhnev Era soviet foreign policy was nol considering enough of Lions before a decision was Lakin. Joust another stunt in a scene reminiscent of centuries so two Medie Val knights engage in a Battle with lances a a Lour num tit in Paris. The exhibition of Chin Lilc combat featured stunt men in the Central roles. Crimean profess broken up rough Moscow a a Moscow dissed Cal reported that thousands of crimean tatars massed sunday in a Sovil Central asian City to protest the Kremlin s Deci Sion denying them a Homeland and that they were brutally dispersed by club wielding police. Valery Senderak said Telephone reports from the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent said up to 20,000 pc Pic look part in the demonstration that began Al noon in front of communist party Headquarters. The demonstration was broken up roughly up by militiamen who kicked the participants and beat them with clubs Senderov said in a Telephone interview. He said reports telephoned from the scene said hundreds May have been injured. The demonstration in Tashkent some 1,600 Miles Southeast of Moscow was called to protest a Gover men decision earlier this month thai denied the Cri mean tatars i hair own Homeland Senderov said. On june 9, a government commission headed by president Andrei a. Gromyko ruled that there were no grounds for establishing a crimean  that announcement was a major setback for the tatars who for decades have been demanding a return to i hair ancestral Homeland on the Black sea. I Cipior Josef Stalin deported the tatars from the Crimea Dur ing world War ii for allegedly collaborating with the nazis. The crimean tatars who today number from 250,000 to 300,000, were absolved of the War collaboration charge in 1967, but they were still not allowed to return in Masse to the Crimea. Iran May try to Sway vote report says Beirut Lebanon