European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 15, 1990 the stars and stripes a a int sight it and stripes a Page 9galvin praises Gorbachev s vision Moscow Rapi a natos Sanrom. Inva  Moscow apr natos supreme Allied commander in Europe praised soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev on tuesday As a courageous Man of vision but said he still had some concerns about soviet military might. . Gen. John r. Galvin told a news conference he was optimistic Gorbachev a reforms would succeed and said he received indications soviet military production was easing. Both Galvin and norwegian Gen. Vileik Eide chairman of natos military committee said they were confident a treaty reducing conventional forces in Europe would be signed in Paris later this month and that it would form the basis for further cuts. Galvin said after meeting Gorbachev on tuesday a i came away from that meeting feeling that i had seen a Man of courage and a Man of vision. A there is no doubt that the Road ahead for the soviet Union is Rocky and difficult but i personally think for what that a Worth that its the right Road a Galvin said. A a in a upbeat. In a  Galvin and Eide arrived in the soviet Union on sunday guests of defense minister Dmitri Yazoo. It was the first such visit by High ranking nato military offi a vials. A your presence Here must be seen As a Clear demonstration of the changing times a Eide said. He said the two generals had a very open and productive conversations with their soviet counterparts. Eide refused to comment on reports of a last minute hitch in negotiations for the conventional forces treaty scheduled to be signed monday by 22 nations. A we know that there have been some last minute negotiations a he said. A that is Normal and that should be expected. I am confident and i also sense the feeling Here that we will have a conventional forces agreement signed in a few Days  Galvin asked whether soviet tanks and other heavy arms have been moved East across the ural mountains out of reach of the european treaty said he was concerned about such reports but not sufficiently to a raise enough flags to scuttle the treaty. I have been provided. With some interesting and a a Quot is Ltd a Eide a of Norway left and in my View partially satisfying answers a he said. Galvin also said he received a a indications from soviet officials that production of military equipment was decreasing. I see some important changes Here in terms of the possible turndown of production and i think it is what a going to happen a he said. A i think there will still be enough production in the soviet Union to provide for a High Quality Force. I am concerned with the Overall size even after the rationing of Staples urged to Avert hunger in Leningrad agreement a Eide said there is Broad East West agreement to resume conventional arms control talks in Vienna Austria after the conventional forces treaty is signed aimed at deeper cuts in the present equipment categories maybe identifying other categories and also. The question of  the treaty would limit the number of tanks artillery pieces armoured combat vehicles aircraft and helicopters that nato and the Warsaw pact could maintain in Europe. Re Moscow apr Leningrad Starmist mayor urged the City Council on tuesday to ration eggs flour meat and other necessities saying it is the Only Way the City will get through the Winter without hunger and unrest. The entire country is introducing ration cards and we unfortunately can to said u either a mayor Anatoly Sobchak soviet television showed shoppers in Leningrad the country a second largest City waiting in lines 500 Yards Long for Olate 3ry a Toms Uke butter milk and Choc citizens standing in queues since morning want their representatives to and most of All More decisive ions the television announcer said. I us re already rationed in be nmn k new a and if adopted rating a Ine the most comprehensive rationing plans in the country. Nmn officials said the Council would Likely make a decision thursday. Ine Enki a su88ested that without ration Danior n an Ger Over shortages could in political reforms. Mikhal a s Gorbachev s Hesiod ?c?isfac.in8 a hungry Winter a survive pts a crucial for democracy to is to i nth Winter. The Only solution i see introduce ration cards  Clear put a ready rationed sugar and. Is smiting residents to 4.4 per person�?Tinovemben8015 of cd a irettes or Panda to a Ity a Uncas expected to Gutter Anvi in system to include meat a Resi local officials in other cities have rationed meat Vodka butter and similar Staples. In some regions particularly in Northern Russia where supplies grow even More scarce in Winter limited rationing has been in effect for years. But it is becoming More and More widespread. In Leningrad the City a 4.8 million residents already receive monthly ration coupons for 4.4 pounds of sugar one bottle of Vodka and two bottles of wine. A commission headed by Marina Salye a prominent reformist politician has recommended new limits of 1.1 pounds of Chicken 2.6 pounds of other meat and 2.2 pounds of sausage. In addition each resident would be allotted 10 eggs 1.1 pounds of butter 2.2 pounds of Cereal or pasta 1.1 pounds of flour and two thirds of a Pound of vegetable Oil. Leningrad residents also would receive monthly coupons for five packs of cigarettes. The threat of widespread hunger is a particularly sensitive Issue in Leningrad where Many still remember the nazi siege of september 1941 to january 1944, when thousands died of starvation. Leonid Dobrovolsky Deputy chairman of the Leningrad food Supply commission opposed the rationing proposal. He told the Council that state owned plants might not be Able to Supply even the limited amounts of food the Council had in mind. A in 1991, none of the food factories in Leningrad will be Able to guarantee the manufacture of foodstuffs or make plans because their suppliers Are not meeting their obligations and have not signed new contracts he was quoted As saying by Maxim Korz havin a free Lance soviet journalist who spoke to the associated press by Telephone from Leningrad. Poland Germany resolve festering Border dispute Warsaw Poland apr Poland and Germany have formally settled one of the last disputes of world War ii signing a treaty wednesday confirming their Long questioned Border on the Oder and Neisse Rivers. The treaty was signed by foreign ministers Hans Dietrich Genscher of Germany and Krzysztof Skubiszewski of Poland at the Council of ministers building seat of the polish government. Genscher said the loss of historically German lands confirmed by the pact was the fault of the a criminal system in Germany during world War ii. In a speech after the signing he called the treaty a a decisive step Between both our countries and for the future of Europe a step of historical  he said the pact shows the desire of the newly United Germany to establish a firm basis of Friendship with Poland. Polish prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki and his assembled Cabinet stood by As the two Page document was signed. Final agreement on the treaty was reached at a Border meeting thursday Between Mazowiecki and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. In the pact Germany Abandons claim to 40,000 Square Miles of its former territory in East Prussia Pomerania and Silesia that was added to Poland after the War. The addition made up for a much greater expanse of land in the East that the soviet Union took from Poland. The formerly German lands account for about one third of today a Poland. Winning unequivocal German acceptance of the Border has been one of Poland a chief foreign policy goals. The achievement is seen As a boost for Mazowiecki who is waging an Uphill Campaign for president against Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa. Genscher was to meet with both Mazowiecki and Walesa during his one Day visit As Well As with departing president Wojciech Jaruzelski and Cardinal Jozef Glemp Leader of Poland a powerful a roman Catholic Church. At the Potsdam conference in 1945, soviet Leader Josef Stalin urged that the Border be the Oder and Neisse Rivers and Britain and the United states accepted. By that time the soviets had installed an obedient government in Poland and were occupying Eastern Germany. As a result millions of germans fled or were roughly expelled from lands that had been germanic for centuries. In their Stead came millions More poles from the East whose former Homes had fallen within the expanded Borders of the soviet Union. By insisting the Border be moved so deeply into former German territory Stalin partly compensated the poles for his own land seizures punished Germany for the War and bound Poland to Moscow As the ultimate guarantor of its Western Frontier. What was once communist East Germany recognized the Oder Neisse line in 1950, and the former West Germany disavowed any territorial claims in 1970. For decades however German conservatives and politically influential associations of exiles pressed to regain All or part of the lost territory