European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 53 wednesday june 6, 1990 a a a 25� daily and sunday Good Morin d 8693 a i soviets plan to withdraw 1,500 nuclear warheads Copenhagen Denmark apr the soviet Union said tuesday it plans to withdraw 1,500 nuclear warheads and other tactical Short Range nuclear weapons from Eastern Europe by the end of the year. See related Story on Page 9. Soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze who made the announcement said that a a very Small amount relatively a of soviet Battlefield nuclear weapons will remain in Europe after the withdrawals. A this is going to be a very substantive amount a said Shevardnadze who is in Copenhagen for a 35-nation human rights conference. . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii also at the conference was cautious in his assessment of the announcement. A we Are still in the process of taking a look at it analysing it a Baker said. He said the extent of the withdrawal was not Clear and it was not Clear whether the soviets would destroy or simply remove the weapons. Also Baker said it was not Clear whether the arms Shevardnadze spoke about would have been withdrawn in any event with the soviet troops currently being pulled out of Eastern Europe. Shevardnadze and Baker Are meeting during the human rights conference to push ahead with issues discussed during the Washington Summit Between soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev and president Bush. A Central Issue was the military future see soviets on Back Page a file Eduard a. Shevardnadze soviet ethnic clashes leave 11 dead ethnic riots in soviet Central Asia Central Asia area erupts Moscow apr ethnic uzbeks and kirghiz clashed tuesday Over a land dispute in the Central asian Border City of Osh leaving 11 people dead and prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency soviet Media reported. More than 200 people were reported injured in the rioting that flared monday night Between the two predominantly moslem ethnic groups in Osh a Western Kirghizia City near the Uzbekistan Border. Of the 200 Hurt 111 were hospitalized some with Bullet wounds according to the official soviet news Agency Tass and inter fax which is affiliated with state run radio Moscow. Twenty one of the injured were police officers. The fighting continued on tuesday in Osh Between 200 and 600 people inter fax said. A master sergeant of the Interior ministry troops and a police Cadet were among the dead it reported. Set ablaze monday night Tass and inter fax said. The clashes the latest in a series of outbreaks of ethnic unrest across the soviet Union came As president Mikhail s. Gorbachev headed Home from the Washington Summit meeting to face an array of Domestic woes. At least 51 people were arrested and a 10 p.m.-to-6 . Curfew was imposed on Osh and adjacent areas with Interior ministry troops patrolling the streets setting up roadblocks and guarding Industrial Sites Tass and inter fax said. Maj. Gen. Viktor Goncharov the Interior minister of Kirghizia was appointed military commander of the Region they said. The dispute reportedly entered Over plots of land claimed by both sides near the City which has Central asians largest silk factory. Kirghizia lies in the Tien Shan and Pamir mountains and Borders Western at least seven houses and eight cars were China. Eisenhower a fateful a Well go echoes at tribute in England by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Southwick England a the weather had turned foul that june Day in 1944, and the great amphibious invasion of Allied forces from England to Normandy was postponed. The assembled armies and navies Hung in the balance Between the hazards of the storm and the dangers of further delay. A one single Man pressed by fatigue and by the forces of nature by the Fate of a million trusting men by the very future of the free world listened to the reports made to him paused and said a Well  and the invasion went Forward a said . Carlisle . Trost the . Chief of naval operations. A one Man. One decision. The hinge of history. Of such quiet courage to act is greatness made. On such courage shall the destiny of free men always  Trost of course was referring to Gen. Dwight e. Eisenhower supreme commander of the Allied forces honoured tuesday in this Small Village in Southern England where he made that fateful decision 46 years. Trost made the remarks tuesday at has dryads Southwick House Eisenhower a wartime operations Center where he uttered his now famous go ahead. Historians have repeatedly noted that had the landings been delayed until the next favourable tide several weeks later Gale Force winds could have prevented the invasion and altered the course of history. On tuesday a gathering of British and . Dignitaries that included Trosty a counterpart for the British Navy sir Julian Oswald paid tribute to Eisenhower As part of the we Klong series of event continued on Page 3gorbachev made friends of former foes san Francisco apr Mikhail s. Gorbachev celebrating the end of the cold War embraced former Archenemy South Korea thrilled crowds of Ordinary americans won the applause of . Businessmen and then flew Home to his deeply troubled nation. In a major speech on the last Day of a five Day . Visit the soviet president proclaimed a the cold War is now behind us. Let us not Wrangle Over who won  later monday speaking to leaders of More than 100 major . Companies the Kremlin chief earned Praise with promises to Speed up the Exchange of rubles for dollars streamline the soviet bureaucracy and turn his land into a new Frontier of capitalism. Gorbachev a presentation monday to business leaders in California reassured executives wary that the soviet unions course depends Only on Gorbachev s see Gorbachev on Back Page