European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse 1 crisis in the Gulf related stories and photos pages 2, 3, 6,16 and 17 authorised Uno Niclai publication for thu. Aft Mio forces -3?-Jscil. 44kvv a r .<-.ni4 a a a a a St if Tajn a a d Fri Fry Tyrl i j �?�1 a vol. 49, no. 257 Friday december 28, 1990 a a ?5 of Jiffy and sunday d 8693 a soviet vice president of d conformist Nomi Nee con firmed after Gorbachev requests 2nd vote vice president Gennady i a Nancv Moscow apr the Congress of people s deputies confirmed president Mikhail Gorbachev s nominee for vice president thursday of a second ballot after Gorbachev implored the lawmakers to approve someone he trusted. Earlier thursday the legislators rejected the nominee Gennady 1. A Nancv by 31 Voles prompting Gorbachev to request a second vote. The state news Agency Tass citing a provisional results Quot said Kanayev won the second round. The Independent news Agency inter fax also reported the Victory saying Kanayev won Quot about 1,240&Quot votes in the secret ballot. The confirmation by the 2,239-member coir it Ress Means Kanayev a relatively obscure 53-year-old com munis bureaucrat will assume the newly created office of vice president in a reorganized Federal government Hierarchy. A a Kanayev was the Only candidate for the vice presidency it neither the new plan a adopted by legislators wednesday a nor soviet officials defined the vice presidents Powers apparently leaving them for Gorbachev to decide. A constitutional amendment says the vice president Quot replaces the president of the ,. In Case of his absence and inability to carry out his duties Quot the first vote thursday by the country s highest legislative body was 1,089 for Kanayev and 583 against the elections commission announced. Kanayev needed at least 1,120 votes a simple majority of the 2,239 registered deputies _ Gorbachev had said it was important the vice president be someone in whom he had Complete Confidence Bush that troops Aren t Washington apr president Bush indicated thursday that . Forces Are fully ready for combat in the persian Gulf. Quot in a very comfortable.,. I had a very Good briefing from Powell and Cheney. I feel that the situation is exactly where 1 was told it was going to be at this time a he said referring to the report he got monday from defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff on their tour of . Forces in the Gulf. The new York times said they told him of a View widely held by military officials that the ult a forces will not be ready to attack Iraq troops by Jan. 15. The United nations set that Date As the deadline for Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait which it invaded on aug. 2.Bush downplayed those reports in an off the cuff Exchange with a few reporters in a White House hallway. The president was in Washington for a Day after interrupting his Christmas vacation at Camp David my Bush returned to meet with National Security adviser Brent scowcroft but White House spokesman Steve Hart said the Gulf crisis did not prompt the move. Asked what Powell and Cheney had told him about military preparedness Bush said a a in a not going to Tell you what they said but in a going to Tell you done to believe these reports you re Reading. Quot its under control. In be got total Confidence in the chairman of the joint chiefs and the Secretary of defense and our commander out there to whom i talked Over the a. He dismissed reports that he was briefed on troop unread Ness As Quot rumours of what somebody is alleged to have told 1 a. Bush also said he received a message from soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev relayed by ambassador Alexander Bessmer Nyoh on thursday morning at the White House. V 1. Bush aides said they did not know the contents of the message which came amid Domestic political Turmo inn the soviet Union. Gorbachev is battling opposing elements Over the Structure of his government. Asked about prospects for the proposed meeting be to Vyleen Secretary of state James Baker and iraqis president Saddam Hussein Bush said Quot there a nothing going on on that the two countries have been unable to agree on a Date for the meeting to seek a peaceful Resolution to the standoff. Meanwhile a group of iraqi diplomats began returning to their overseas posts Saddam told them he is Quot ready for a serious and constructive dialogue to Avert War in the Gulf iraqi officials said. But Iraq denied it is forming a new peace initiative. See Bush on Back Page and urged further debate on Kanayev s candidacy. Quot the fact that Only 5s3 deputies or 25 percent of the Congress Voi e d against Comrade y a nay e v be r Suad is die. T o ask the Congress to vote again Quot he said. Lawmakers said Kanayev was initially rejected because he was not Wei known and had Loo Many lies to the communist party and its youth organization the Komsomol Radical economist Oleg Bogomolov said during a break in the Congress that Kanayev was Quot a representative of the p a r t y the a d e r sit i p a n d be n t r Al co or m i 11 e e a apparatus. He a very obedient very y u Rika i tiny Kph cd a i pm a n o f t it e j u r i s i re d e Nee co m Niit tee said Many deputies wanted Quot someone with experience in Industry and nevertheless after the Renom Inalien several Law makers r of e to p r a is e y a n a e v in d to u re s u p p o r t for Gorbachev. A a a. A a. A. Nur Sultan a a Nib Aye president of the a a Kazakhstan Republic said. R \ Quot Comrade deputies i suggest that we demonstrate n of Only t o l he Congress. A n d t he w Hole Cou n t by a t t h i s critical period but to the whole world our support for our v i m a r s h a 11 Serge i f. A Kab Roni Eye a a p r e s i de n t i a i and v Tser and former armed forces chief of staff urged All Dep a a ulies to vote in the second round. one lawmaker attempted to criticize Gorba Chov his Nigero phone was promptly switched off by Coil Gross chairman Anatoly had been considered a Quot Safe Choice for the vice presidency in these turbulent limes of Bare grocery a see vote on Back Page of calling up Washington not the air Force has quietly begun calling to Active duty hundreds of reservists and members of the National guard to Fly and maintain combat planes in the persian Gulf the Crews for attack and fighter jets would be among the first Reserve units from any of the ices to be sent to the Gulf to perform combat missions rather than support jobs v several thousand Marine reservists have been deployed to saudi Arabia in recent weeks. It is Vij. Clear How Many of these m Arii ies Are combat troops a and How Many Are in supporting roles. More than 15,000 army National guard menu Bers in combat units Are to begin Field training in the Mojave desert in California next month the Pentagon has said it May Send some of the units to saudi Arabia or have them fill in for Active duty units in the United slates that were sent to the Gulf. In a the air Force vice chief of staff Gen. John m. Loh said that Quot several full see reserves on Back Page
