European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 21, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 13 commentary Walter r. Marshard liners Rise Means hard time for . Now comes the test of american policies tied to those of the fallen Mikhail s. Gorbachev by six years of personalized diplomacy that began a new order in .-soviet relations. President Bush said monday night that Gorbachev should be returned to Power but the administration has no Way to enforce the demand. So the Challenge to . Policy makers May be to preserve International gains and internal soviet reforms without Gorbachev. Bush denounced the new soviet regime but said a we have no interest in a new cold War or in the exacerbation of East West  he said that there would be no economic Aid while communist hard liners govern by illegal coup and that the United states would avoid any action that would lend legitimacy to the men who toppled Gorbachev. A reversal that would bring Back the cold War is improbable if not impossible. But the Rise of the hard liners could Dampen prospects for ratification of the strategic arms reduction treaty in 1992, May complicate Senate action on a conventional arms agreement and adds to the problems of arranging the Middle East peace conference Bush and Gorbachev had agreed should be convened in october. Bush had proposed preferential Trade terms for Moscow. That son hold along with other economic gestures the West had hoped would hasten the shift to a Market Economy in the soviet Union. He said the United states and its allies Are committed to fostering Reform openness and democratic change in the soviet Union although there a Little they can do about it beyond saying so. The new Moscow leadership assured the administration that it intends to continue social economic and political reforms a but the Kremlin hard liners obviously did not take Over from Gorbachev in order to stick to his course. Administration critics accused Bush of tolerating repressive moves by Gorbachev in Lithuania and other breakaway republics in order to avoid a rift when soviet backing was essential to the. Alliance against Iraq in the persian Gulf War. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said six months ago that with the soviet Economy collapsing military planning had to Factor in the danger of civil War in the Only nation with the capability to destroy 1965 a pravda ag0rbm3ev 1988 pravda 1991 a pravda the United states. A Cheney said Early in the Bush administration that the defense budget  be slashed on the Assumption that Gorbachev would succeed. He guessed then that Gorbachev a would ultimately fail and was chastised for the forecast. Bush said Gorbachev represented a the Best Opportunity to see Reform go Forward a and administration foreign policy had been based on that judgment. But the president said there Are other democratic forces at work in the soviet Union now and they will not tolerate a reversal to the old ways. Bush a statement monday night could be read As a Call to the soviet people to rally against the new regime As reformer Boris n. Yeltsin urged with a tank As his platform. Yeltsin president of the russian Republic urged a general strike against the new rulers. Lithuania a president did too. The new soviet government threatened to use military Force to maintain order and Power. Bush like Ronald Reagan before him got along with Gorbachev. They dealt with him at nine summits a series that began with Reagan in Geneva in 1985, and continued to the july meeting in Moscow where Bush and Gorbachev signed Start and agreed to push Middle East peace talks. Gorbachev was Bush said at the Moscow Summit a Man who inspires Confidence. He said that Gorbachev had built a foundation for Progress and that he was convinced the soviet people wanted to Sec it continue. He also noted that coups sometimes fail and can be reversed. Nevertheless the United states As Bush observed has had to work with hard line soviet regimes before. A a Hartline governments in the past adhered to certain treaties that were enacted a he said. But Bush said he docs Ndoc tend to work with this one. It is a measure of the change in the soviet system and in . Attitudes that the president denounced the new government for taking Power through illegal a extra constitutional means.�?�. Not Long ago attic american Assumption was that a Power grab was the Only Way to become Boss in the Kremlin. C the Assoc Atod pro Saleon Daniel conservatives see the War returning to cold predictably the Ultra conservative we told you so Wing of the Republican party sees the overthrow of soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev As the Start of cold War ii. A now the United states must move quickly to keep the pro democracy movement alive and defend our own country against a newly hostile soviet Union a said Richard Viguerie chairman of United conservatives of America. A Many in the West put All their chips on their idol Gorbachev an unelected communist who was trying to hold together a collapsing Empire. Now we re All going to pay the Price for that  Viguerie said conservatives a Are once again in the sad position of being Able to say a we told you  this is one of those times when you would rather be proven wrong.�?�. The Washington based Center for Security policy also was sharply critical of the administration headlining its statement a a Bush a soviet chickens come Home to  the Center said the soviet Cut up a demonstrates the bankruptcy of the policy president Bush and other Western leaders have pursued so assiduously a one of massively Over investing in the Gorbachev  by comparison the reaction of former president Reagan who once branded the soviet Union the a evil Empire a was restrained. A i can to believe that the soviet people will allow a reversal in the Progress that they Nave recently made toward economic and political Freedom a Reagan said. A based on my extensive meetings and conversations with him i am convinced that president Gorbachev had the Best interest of the soviet people in mind. I have always Felt that his opposition came from the communist bureaucracy and i can Only Hope that enough Progress was made that a movement toward democracy will be  diverse groups in the West were Quick to View with alarm the replacement of Gorbachev with Gennady Kanayev who when elected vice president described himself As a a communist to the Depths of my  the federation of american scientists founded by Manhattan project atomic scientists after world War ii to work for peace threatened a scientific Boycott of the soviet Union if Gorbachev is muzzled. The federation said it Hopes the coup will be reversed but a if All else fails a Gorbachev should be permitted to leave the soviet Union so a this voice could still be heard throughout the  the anti defamation league of by Nai by Rith said the toppling of Gorbachev could have a grave implications for jews in the soviet Union. The league credits Gorbachev with allowing thousands of jews to emigrate and practice their religion freely. 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