European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 17, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9over Here Sas  i Mil Vera Zachova left runs a general store in nearby miso where soviet soldiers shop. Anne and Karel Pajk right stand outside their Home in  tiny Boro no czechs and soviets savor the Calm by Randy Pruitt staff writer Boro no Czechoslovakia a it is late afternoon and several czech men gather in this villages Only pub to polish off a few boilermakers. They Arentt alone. Five soviet soldiers a All officers a sit drinking together at a Corner table. The czechs done to speak russian and the soviets done to speak czech but fortunately the word for a a Beer sounds identical. Pivo. These czechs and soviets share something else As Well. They Are neighbors. Yet they hardly know each other. The soviets live a secluded life on a former czech military base deep in the body Forest. Rarely do they venture into this Community of 124 inhabitants or the nearby town of miso population 105. In a few weeks they will be leaving As part of a soviet plan to withdraw a red army troops from Czechoslovakia. When they depart the towns plan no celebrations. No tears will be shed either. Life will go on As usual just As it did before Warsaw pact forces invaded in 1968, just As it did before recent freedoms ripped Down the Iron curtain. Change comes slowly to the Countryside. In these two clean neat towns that fact  be More apparent. While Many other area communities dressed up in red White and Blue for the 45-year anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia from nazi occupation Only the colourful paper streamers from a May tree flitted in the Breeze m Boro no. No flags of any flavor flew. A the people Are very conservative and still afraid of communism a one Man volunteered on a Village Street. A fall cooperative farms Are still led by communists so the rest of the people Are still  another Man who refused to give his name because he worked As a civilian employee of the czech army agreed. A according to the newspapers everything is amps Susan Harris changed but not really a afraid to  he said. A people Are still Pavel orly a cooperative Farmer in miso in t afraid. He remembers the Prague Spring of 1968, but added a the Guys soldiers who Are Here Are Good ones not the ones who caused the trouble. In be been Here eight years and heard no complaints about the  Only officers Are allowed to leave the Garrison and visit the Village he said although soldiers have gone to the Fields sometimes to help Harvest potatoes. Still orly said hell be glad to see them go. A every Soldier should take care of his own country a he said. Vera Zachova who runs the general store in miso said the soviet soldiers have caused no problems unlike the czechs who once manned the base. The soviets rarely shop at her store she said. A sometimes they done to have enough Money to pay for merchandise a she said. For 13 years Kovel Welas 82, has lived in a House in Boro no that belongs to his daughter in Prague. For a while he was unaware the soviets were nearby. A i  have moved Here if id known a said the former employee of the ministry of foreign Trade. The soviets however have always behaved properly he said. Lately though residents wonder aloud about what the soviets Are doing As they prepare to evacuate the base. For the past month thick Black smoke has been Drifting from the secluded area. Residents who like to boast that their air is the cleanest in the Region Are aware the soviets have been criticized for polluting areas they have occupied during the past 1 2 years. A they even refused to let civic forum inspect the base a one resident said. Civic forum is a social and human rights group credited with leading the recent push for More democratic reforms across the country. For most nearby residents the base remains a mystery shielded by tall Trees. Signs in czech posted along the Highway warn against trespassing. Back in the pub the soviet soldiers who ranged in Ages from 24 to 37, wore civilian clothes and could have blended in anywhere in Europe or America. Their Homes though arc in Moscow c Khabarovsk. Donock. Voronezh and Samarkand. None spoke English. The men said they have been treated Well by the czechs but will be glad to return Home. Now they live with their wives and children on the base. All said they support the reforms proposed by Gorbachev. They referred to their Leader As a a Good  a with perestroika in the soviet Union. In a sure there will be plenty of work a said the oldest Man who was obviously in charge. A question about the size of the base chilled the otherwise Friendly conversation. A we can t talk about that a said the senior officer who declined to give his name. In parts of the country the soviet departure is bringing out pent up hostility. A so Long. Ivan and other epitaphs have been scrawled on Walls. Soviet memorials have been defaced. One Brazen sign in lust Nice Northeast of Prague reflected the sentiments of Many Quot fish and guests smell after 3 Days. So do you alter 21  but the country people of Boro no and miso  dare be so impolite.  continue to pitch Hay feed their chickens and wait patiently for their Good neighbors to  to end radio free Europe panel advises Washington apr plans should be made to prepare for the end of radio free Europe which has been broadcasting to Eastern Europe for 40 years a government advisory panel said in a report released tuesday. A the goals of some surrogate broadcasting services will be achieved if democratic trends in Eastern Europe Are sustained a said the . Advisory commission on Public diplomacy a bipartisan group reporting to both con Gress and president George Bush. The commission found a reduced need for programs to Poland and Hungary in contrast to radio Liberty which broadcasts in russian and 11 other languages spoken in the soviet Union. Re also broadcasts to Romania Bulgaria Czechoslovakia in the languages of the three Baltic countries moving toward Independence from the soviet Union. Both operate from Munich West Germany. Communist governments jammed and denounced them for decades calling them espionage centers and charging re with responsibility for the failed hungarian uprising of 1956. Many people in Eastern Europe depended on them for news of their own country As Well As the world in general. Some say it played an important role in last years overthrow of the communist government in Romania. The report said establishment of free Media and democratic institutions in a country should be among the criteria used to decide on reducing or ending re services. It also suggested making plans for transferring re assets to the voice of America. It said the Voas worldwide Mission to broadcast news and information about the United states would continue. Re was set up in 1950 and radio Liberty in 1951 with Cia funds