European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday september 21,1989 soviet hard liners Call for crackdown Moscow a communist Hani liners supported president Mikhail s. Gorbachev s warning about anarchy and ethnic separatism by calling for a crack Down on groups seeking More Freedom from the soviet government in Moscow reports said wednesday. Abs mat Masal Icv communist party chief of the Central asian Republic of Kirghizia told a meeting of the parly s policy making Central committee that the time has come. To bring to order those who openly speak out against our Structure our Unity sabotage perestroika and abuse Masal Icv said that Calls to turn the party into a Union of Independent groups and demands for a Multi party system arc an extremely dangerous and destructive his comments and those of other party leaders were made tuesday and distributed wednesday by Tass. The official soviet news Agency. The Central commit tee continued its work wednesday and Tass said it debated a blueprint for ethnic relations offered by Gorbachev As part of his Reform policies. The president opened the meeting on tuesday by olt Cring the 15 soviet republics More Power to decide economic issues. But he said the Kremlin would not tolerate anarchy or what he called separatist demagoguery Kohnic disputes have become one of the most Complex and serious problems in this land of More than 100 nationalities since Reform policies were initiated by Gorbachev. Ethnic unrest has resulted in More than 200 deaths in the past is months the virtual blockade of one Republic and Calls for Independence from the Kremlin. Gorbachev urged soviets not give in to demagogues with slogans served under the pleasant sauce of Independence secession he recounted How the Kremlin has tried to bring peace to the caucasus republics of Armenia and Azer Baijan where soviet officials say the current situation is More tense than at any time during an 18-Mqnlh standoff Over control of the Magorno Karabash Region. The Kremlin has imposed direct Rule on the Region to no Avail and Gorbachev said the party is contemplating Resolute saying. We cannot allow anarchy let alone even As he spoke Tass reported that two soviet policemen had been killed by a mob in an azerbaijani Village located on a blocked Road to Magorno Kara Bakh a predominantly armenian enclave in Azerbaijan. Addressing demands in Latvia. Lithuania and Esto Nia to Recagni a that they were forcibly absorbed by dictator Josef Stalin As world War ii broke out Gorbachev said that Stalin s policy was wrong but that the Baltic republics joined the soviet Union voluntarily rather than face Adolf Hitler s nazi forces alone. Yuri a Elchenko. A Secretary of the ukrainian communist party said a series of Independent formations have Clear anti socialist platforms the basis of which often lies in Bourgeois he said such groups were especially Active in the Western Ukraine and he accused the Nardoni Rush grass roots political movement of seeking to seize Power from the communist party. Zelchenko said legislation must be passed to Dis Perse what he called nationalistic or chauvinistic organizations and local party leaders said they support plans to give them More control Over their economies. They complained that since Many of the factories and offices in their republics now Are under the control of National ministries in Moscow they pay Little in the Way of local taxes. Moscow weekly declares attack on Yeltsin a joke Moscow a the Moscow news said an article in the communist party daily wednesday that accused political Maverick Boris n. Yeltsin of boor ish behaviour on a . Lour was a joke in poor the feisty weekly in an unusual slap at i Ravda. Dismissed the Story of Yeltsin s alleged drinking and shopping spree As irrelevant and criticized the soviet press for ignoring most of what y Cutsin said on his . Lecture tour. On the morning of his return to mos cow monday pravda reprinted a scathing article that appeared in the italian daily la re Publica depicting Yeltsin As leaving behind a Wake of catastrophic prophecies insane expenses interviews and. Above All the perfume of Jack Dan Iel s Black Label whiskey. Yeltsin called the article garbage and accused pravda of seeking revenge for the fact that americans received us with organizers of Yeltsin s tour and re porters who covered it said the 58-year old opposition legislator who became a hero to Many soviets by criticizing Spe Cial privileges for party and government officials did not appear drunk during his speeches and interviews. In its editorial written by Deputy chief editor Vitaly Tretyakov. Moscow news did not Challenge the accuracy of the la Republica account but said pravda failed to Tell its Rentiers whether the report was reliable. It s difficult to take the article from la Republica As anything but a joke in poor Moscow news said. As it appeared in pravda the article described the tour As a Holiday a stage a bar 5,000 Kilometres Long and said that in the first five Days of his visit Yeltsin downed four bottles of Jack Dan Iel a two bottles of Vodka and countless cocktails at official receptions. Yeltsin was delivering lectures gave seven interviews every Day and talked with the . President for 15 minutes. But. In the soviet press Only a few Short articles appeared Moscow news said. Noting that the soviet press practically never tells readers which of their Lead ers drink or about their shopping habits abroad the editorial said about Yeltsin we now know. Pity that such a leap Forward in the sphere of glasnost was made by the soviet press not on its own but with the help of ital Ian Moscow news said Yeltsin should be seen As a political Leader and what he May have drunk or bought in the United states was not important. Yeltsin the former communist part chief of Moscow was stripped of the Job almost two years ago by Gorbachev who criticized him As politically immature and Overly ambitious. But. In a remarkable political comeback the populist won 89 percent of the Vole when he ran against an establishment candidate to represent Moscow in the Congress of people s deputies. World today South Korea to Purchase Canadian nuclear reactor Seoul South Korea a South Korea told Canada on wednesday it will buy an advanced Ca Nadian built nuclear reactor that will Cost up to $1.2 billion the Trade and Industry ministry said. Officials said the decision was conveyed wednesday when Canadian International Trade minister John Crosbie met with South korean Trade and Industry minister Han Sung Soo for Trade talks in Seoul. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. And the state run Korea electric Power co. Arc expected to begin negotiations soon on Supply terms the officials said. Atomic Energy of Canada backed by the Canadian government has been working for years to sell a pressurized heavy water reactor to Korea electric. The Canadian company sold one of. The reactors with a678,000-Kilowatl capacity to South Korea in 1984. Iran now manufacturing missiles newspaper says Athens Greece up Iran has begun manufacturing a Type of ground to ground missile for the first Lime a report reaching Athens tuesday said. The Tehran Iran newspaper Kayhan copies of which reached Athens said the manufacture of a Type of ground to ground missile has begun in our the newspaper did not mention the missile s Range or give other details. Kayhan quoted an official of the ministry of reconstruction jihad holy War As saying the missile was being manufactured through the efforts of experts of the research Center of the ministry. Iran fired several scores of ground to ground mis Siles at Baghdad and other iraqi cities during the eight year Gulf War. Iraq last year said it was manufacturing two types of Roumi to ground missiles each capable of hitting Tehran from a launch site inside the iraqi Border. " tank of Champagne wearing camouflage greenery a Leopard 2 main Battle Day of joint French German Cham tank from West Germany rumbles past a War memorial pagne 88. The exercise which lasts through saturday in a abrupt la mongols France tuesday on the first will bring together 30,000 soldiers
