European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lend wins australian open again page21 Autho Pitico Uno Mici a Fri lotion Fourki . Decd Coucci vol. 48, no. 287 monday january 29, 1990 Good morning d 8693 a Gorbachev s Job secure official says Moscow a foreign mini scr Eduard  said there is no danger of Mikhail s. Gorbachev being toppled from Power but that Western nations worry about it because they want his reforms to succeed. I believe that this particular preoccupation Stem from sincere feelings from sincere support for the pro Cess of Pyrc Stroika thai is under Way in the  Shevardnadze told the associated press in a rare on on on inter View. He was the one who spearheaded this arduous but holy  the soft spoken White haired official from soviet Georgia acknowledge that there is some Seg ment of the population that is definitely disappointed by president Gorbachev s efforts at re form. But he said Gorba Chev and the political leadership of this country Shevardnadze on the whole do enjoy the support of the bulk of the soviet people in spite of the fact that we arc experiencing great difficulties. We have c.-, shelves in tense moment romanian soldiers aimed with ak-47 assault rifles guard the Headquarters of the interim government sunday in Bucharest where thousands of protesters gathered to demand a new coalition government. Set Story on Page 2. Stores. We have a Host of other social economic   Shevardnadze a member of he ruling politburo and close ally of Gorbachev said the soviet Leader s opponents do not really constitute a  discussing soviet economic problems in a set of separate written responses Shevardnadze said. For All the difficulties of economic conditions in our coun try the situation is not such that we need the last Straw " a russian expression Akin to grasping a straws. We have vast reserves he said. And the purpose of perestroika is to mobilize those  in addition to the face to fact interview  offered written answers to a separate set of questions that had been submitted in Advance. His russian comments in the fact to face interview were translated into English by the associated press. Shevardnadze provided his own English translation to the written answers. Communist party sources speaking on condition of anonymity say the party is becoming More polarized. Hard liners arc expected to mount a Challenge to Gorbachev s leadership when the Central committee meets in Moscow on feb. 5. A progressive faction also has formed and sources see Gorbachev on Back Page Mandela today an artist s drawing of Nelson r. Mandela reflects some of the 27 years he widely respected anti apartheid Leader has spent in jail in South  Are no recent photos of Mandela 71, who was sentenced to life for sabotage but is expected to be released in the next few weeks. Story on Page 3. Soviets propose pullout of troops in Europe by 95 by the Washington Post Vienna Austria the soviet Union is willing to withdraw All of its troops from Eastern Europe within five years if All . And Allied foreign troops arc re moved from Western Europe within the same period a senior soviet official said. The proposal by ambassador Oleg Grinevsky mos cow s chief negotiator on conventional Force reductions goes further than any previous soviet offer on troops and would essentially scrap a major feature of his country s defense policy for the past 45 years. By proposing a Complete East West troop withdraw Al by 1995. The soviet negotiator was apparently trying to fend off demands by at least three East european countries for a unilateral withdrawal of soviet troops from their territories. They arc calling for the withdrawal to take place within one to two years possibly before a new conventional arms treaty can be implemented. We arc ready for All soviet troops to leave East Ern Europe by 1995 in the second stage of the negotiations on reductions in conventional forces Finato withdraws its stationed troops in Europe Grinevsky said at the soviet embassy in Vienna. Grinevsky s proposal is intended to bring the Issue of troop cuts Back to the East West negotiating forum which has been virtually eclipsed by Calls from Hun Garian czechoslovak and polish leaders for a swifter and More extensive soviet withdrawal than required i current nato and Warsaw pact proposals. By making the agreement conditional on the West unlikely consent to remove its own foreign troops the proposal appeared calculated to Block the forced elimination of Moscow s military presence by newly emboldened governments resentful of their postwar occupation. Grinevsky said the hungarian and czechoslovak demands created a very delicate situation in the current conventional Force negotiations in Vienna. The idea of negotiating a Complete withdrawal of foreign troops after the signing of an initial treaty later this year is intended to make the withdrawal process More gradual he added. The proposal May create a delicate political Situa Tion for Washington officials who once wanted troop cuts included in the negotiations to reduce Moscow regional military presence. Now they May get the same result by sitting on their hands and watching East european countries perform the task. Some Western officials worry that support for .troops in West Germany could be undermined by a new conventional forces Accord closely linking the presence of . And soviet units. They question whether the West should continue to pursue its proposal or a 10 percent Cut in . Troops and a 54 percent Cut in soviet forces which would leave 275,000 on each Side. The current Warsaw pact proposal in contrast would apply to All foreign troops stationed in Europe and limit each Side to 300,000. That would require roughly 40 percent reduction by the West and a 48 percent reduction by the East. Much steeper negotiated troop cuts were suggested Jan. 18 by hungarian representatives to the Vienna talks who argued that Moscow would be More Likely to meet their demands if similar compensating reductions were taken in the West. They also want a new East West Accord to ensure that Moscow cannot Rede ploy its forces later in Eastern Europe. . Officials say they expect a similar proposal from czechoslovak president Vaclav Havel during a Washington visit in mid february. We re not Likely Mohave an answer for him one . Official said citing the need for More study