European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                President s return to Moscow Moscow apr soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev was planning to head Back to Moscow on wednesday to reclaim Power after the hard line communist coup against him collapsed and its leaders reportedly fled. Outside the russian republics parliament rejoicing crowds cheered and waved flags As the coup ended. Soldiers their withdrawing tanks strewn with Flowers waved at television cameras. The parliament building served As the Headquarters for resistance led by Boris n. Yeltsin. Gorbachev a plane was scheduled to leave the Crimea where he was vacationing at the time of mondays coup at 7 19 . For the two hour flight to Moscow said a Deputy to russian defense minister Konstantin Kobets. Yeltsin but the flight was apparently delayed and his new arrival time is Uncertain. The soviet Leader in a statement for radio and television said that he was in command of the situation and that the coup leaders would Bear a full responsibility for their actions. The 59-hour coup one of the most tumultuous developments in recent soviet history unravelled during Swift and dramatic developments wednesday a tanks and armoured personnel carriers moved away from the russian parliament scene of the worst Vio see related stories photos on pages 3,4,17. Lence of the coup. A 2v-mile-Long column of tanks and trucks headed out of Moscow. A the leaders of the National legislature demanded Gorbachev a reinstatement. The full legislature nullified the coup leaders emergency decrees. A press restrictions were lifted. A soviet to announcer grinned broadly after he was allowed for the first time to criticize the coup leaders actions and then said a a in a sorry comrades. But in a very  a the communist party apparently seeking to Salvage its own image denounced the takeover. A the soviet prosecutor general a office opened a criminal investigation of the coup leaders actions. A in the secessionist Baltic republics which had borne the Brunt of the Post coup crackdown some soviet troops began returning to their permanent  Power on Page 2 flight of some of the coup leaders a soviet lieutenant colonel Waves a White Flag in front of an armoured personnel Carrier captured by protesters. A it s a very Good Day jubilant Bush declares ap/s4s Kennebunkport Maine a president Bush said wednesday that the coup leaders in Moscow a underestimated the Power of the people Quot and he predicted a a Gigantic leap Forward for democracy in the soviet Union with the coupes collapse a a it a a Good Day its a very Good Day Quot he said after speaking by Telephone at midday with Mikhail s. Gorbachev apparently on his Way to being restored As president. Bush said it also was a an emotional Day Quot noting his own personal relationship with Gorbachev. Bush said that it was not his role to de Clare the coup Over but that reports from Gorbachev from russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin and from others All pointed to that conclusion. The coup leaders Bush said Quot bit off More than they could Chew. They underestimated what a taste of democracy and Freedom  the president who also spoke with Yeltsin by Telephone earlier in the Day lavished Praise on the russian leaders a Superb Quot performance in rallying the resistance. Cyl sin the one time politburo Mem see Bush on Page 2