European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 50, no. 68 thursday june 20,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 350 d 8693 Yeltsin seeks closer . Ties abcs Ted Koppel left talks with Boris Yeltsin before the night inc program. Army cancels for some Europe Frankfurt Germany a amps some army units that had been marked to deactivate As part of troop reductions in Europe will instead stay together and be reassigned to stateside bases the . Army in Europe commander said in a television interview. Washington al4 Boris n. Yeltsin who began his visit Here with a slap at soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said wednesday lie wants to forge closer relationships Between the United states and his russian Republic. Yeltsin the republics popularly elected president came to Capitol Hill the Day after his arrival to meet with democratic and Republican leaders. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., told Yeltsin that lawmakers hoped to a engage in More direct contacts with the Republic a rather than with the Central government headed by Gorbachev. A i Hope you make that Point Clear to president Bush a Dole said. A this is what we have come Here for a responded Yeltsin who kicked off his meetings by seeing Dole and Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine. Then lie joined about half the Senate for an hour Long meeting. When Mitchell asked Yeltsin How lie was getting along with Gorbachev the russian replied their relations arc a a Businesslike a but Good since the two held talks in late april. Yeltsin smiled broadly and chatted with the mob of Capitol reporters. Earlier Yeltsin complained that Gorbachev is inconsistent and bends under pressure. ,. Yeltsin a slap at Gorbachev came just a few hours after he had praised him on tuesday for making possible his Victory in russians first democratic. Presidential election. A to a Large extent i done to like him a Yeltsin said in an interview with fed Koppel on Abc tvs a night Linch program. . 1 be has strength for a period of time and1 then under pressure from other forces he May change his. Decision. That Isnit a Good  Yeltsin speaking through an interpreter criticized Gorbachev for what he called the soviet leaders a halfhearted decisions changing his position he goes first to the right then to the left. These perhaps Are the main qualities which i done to like about him.�?�. Recently however after being warned that continued military crackdown in the Baltic and a Retreat from the reforms lie started would Lead to demands for his resignation Gorbachev realigned himself with the reformers Yeltsin said. A since then i would Call our relations balanced. Pragmatic a the russian populist said. A a there a nothing personal in this at  Gorbachev brought Yeltsin into the top ranks of the communist party and then fired him three years ago after he. See Yeltsin on Page 10 units soldiers who Are in those units and have already received orders for individual assignments will have those orders cancelled Gen. Crosbie e. Saint said in an interview that aired wednesday on an. The decision to transplant some whole units was made by the department of the army. About 30,000 troops Are expected to leave the com in stripes tomorrow Pentagon officials Jive begun releasing eligibility rules for various benefits allowed service members whose careers will end Short of retirement in the current Force draw Down. See the stars and stripes tomorrow for a preview of those rules and benefits a financial and others a that May be available. Mand by october. Individuals affected by troop reductions and restructuring will be notified Saint said. He added that soldiers who Haven to heard anything can assume they re not affected. Whether individual soldiers stay in Europe or Are assigned to the states depends on the time remaining in their Tours and whether they hold critical Job skills Saint said. He estimated that about 30 percent of the soldiers from deactivating units will remain in the command. Saint also addressed the question of units returning from the persian Gulf without their equipment. Units with equipment that has been shipped but has not yet see units on Page 10 Allied combat forces leaving Iraq Zak Jio Iraq apr Allied officers acknowledged for the first time wednesday that combat forces Are leaving Northern Iraq. And coalition military sources said the allies Are con see related Story on Page 2 is during a plan to base up to a brigade size rapid re action Force in Southern Turkey to protect the kurd air inst abuses by Saddam Hussein. The plan dubbed operation poised Hammer still needs turkeys approval the sources said. If approved by Turkey and Western capitals the Mission is expected to last through the fall. . Army it. Gen. John m. Shalikashvil commander of the operation to Aid the kurd said he w Ould a not be surprised if the allies a at a level above mine in coalition capitals were considering a plan to see Iraq on Page 10 last to leave s4.s Chuck Robert soldiers from the 3rd army div step onto German soil wednesday at Rhein main a Germany for the first time since deploying to saudi Arabia seven months ago. They Are the last combat unit to leave the persian Gulf among those originally deployed from Germany and the United states according to a division spokesman