European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes thursday August 22, 1991bush from Page 1 orders from coup supporters. A the made Clear to me that he did not consider the military threat was Over a Bush said of Yeltsin. But he said the tide appeared to be turning. In Washington officials said that while the coup appeared to be failing it was too soon to declare it Over. A we  Rule out the possibility although a Low possibility of the use of Force by troops Loyal to the coup leaders said one official. Bush said the russian president told him that the soviet airborne commander has a come Over to the Yeltsin  separately a senior . Military official in Washington said the head of the soviet Navy Fleet adm . Chernavin had declared his support for Yeltsin. Bush emphasized that he was not declaring an end to the coup but he offered something of a postmortem nonetheless. He said he did not yet know who the coupes ringleaders were but added a they underestimated the Power of the people. They underestimated what a taste of democracy and Freedom brings. A they May have bitten off More than they can Chew Here. But time will Tell on that one and i done to want to be proclaim ing this matter solved. A a they be got a lot of troops. They be got a lot of Force that be got a lot of people who look at this in a very hard line  asked what message he would convey to the soviet president if Gorbachev were Able to watch the news conference on television Bush said a stay with your principles stay with your reforms stay with your commitment to democratic process and constitutional Law. Stand shoulder to shoulder with  Bush said that so far As he knew Western diplomats trying to Fly to meet with Gorbachev had not left Moscow by the time his mid morning news conference began. There were reports that Gorbachev himself was returning to1 Moscow. Bush held his news conference after three Days of closely monitoring the stunning developments in the soviet Union All the while urging the restoration of Gorbachev to Power. Bush spoke As the coup appeared to be collapsing under the weight of popular opposition led by Yeltsin massive throngs of Public demonstrators and other leaders of disenchanted soviet republics. Bush said that despite the coup he had seen nothing that caused h in concern Over the Security of soviet nuclear weapons. The president dispatched the new . Ambassador to the soviet Union Robert Strauss to Moscow shortly after swearing him in at a hastily arranged Cere Ziony tuesday. Bush said he spoke to Strauss and a Host of Allied leaders Early wednesday. If you like animals Europe has the zoos where you can see them. See stripes Magazine for  retrial unlikely Oliver North probably will not be tried again for his role in the Iran Contra scandal prosecutors  Page 5smith prosecutors protest prosecutors and the woman who alleges William Kennedy Smith raped her say the judge is giving their Side dirty looks and they want her off the Case. A Page 7bob�?Ts toll climbs to 16 battered residents along the East coast clean up the mess left behind by Hurricane Bob blamed for at least 16 deaths. A Page 8dod Hopes to ease cuts the Pentagon thinks its proposed voluntary separation incentive could eliminate the need for cutting 10,000 to 15,000 mid career service members. A Page 9servicemembers get help the . Army contracting come in Europe has begun requiring that contractors provide proof of third party insurance that could compensate service members caught in disputes Over damage caused by movers. A Page 10salomon chief to testify As Salomon inc. Sought to contain damage from a trading scandal its interim chairman agreed to testify before members of Congress seeking reforms in the government securities Market. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. ._14 comics.14-16 commentary.13 crossword .14 letters. 12 Money matters.17 sports.18-24 to listings.23 weather.11coup from Page 1 had decided to withdraw the hundreds of tanks and troops that had poured into Moscow to enforce emergency decrees after the takeover monday. A 2>/i-mile-Long column of about 180 tanks and 60 trucks was heading out of Moscow kicking up huge Clouds of dust. The soldiers on Board said they were returning to their base. Radio and television broadcasts that were banned during the takeover reappeared on the air and Tass said a decree shutting Independent publications was lifted wednesday. Even before the announcement state run Media dropped the previous official line on the 3-Day-old takeover and began reporting the unfolding events. An announcer on soviet television broke into a Broad smile after Reading a report calling the coup leaders dangerous. A a in a sorry comrades. But in a very excited a he said. Thousands of people kept up their Vigil at the russian parliament building following overnight clashes with soviet troops that left at least four dead. They roared with approval when the announcement of the coup committees departure came Over a Loudspeaker. The plane reportedly carrying the coup leaders was heading to the City of Bishkek formerly called Frunze the capital of Kirghizia 2,100 Miles Southeast of Moscow according to radio Russia. The station Speaks for Yeltsin. It was not immediately known Why the coup leaders would travel to Kirghizia. Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a the coup May be Over but the tour goes on for several . Servic Mem Bers and their families whose trip to the soviet Union happened to coincide with an overthrow attempt of Mikhail s. Gorbachev by communist hard liners. Everyone is having a Good time and wanted to stay until the scheduled Depar soviets dial 2 Frankfurt Germany a the coup situation in the soviet Union has returned radio free Europe and radio Liberty to their pc glasnost Mission a when they were often the Only non official source of information for soviet citizens. Communist hard liners on monday shut Down All Independent Media leaving Only nine officially controlled newspapers operating. The radio said officials of the russian Republic would try to intercept it and have its passengers arrested. But sources at the Airport told the associated press that Only Kab chief Vladimir Kryuchkov was on a plane and that aircraft was headed to the Crimea where Gorbachev reportedly had been placed under House arrest. Kryuchkov reportedly was accompanied by the communist party a no. 2 Leader Vladimir Ivashko. The Republic run russian information Agency said vice president Gennady Kanayev the nominal head of the coup committee was still in his Kremlin office. The report could not be independently confirmed and the discrepancies could not immediately be clarified. President Bush on vacation in Kennebunkport Maine said at a news conference that Yeltsin told him by Telephone that he believed that five of the coup leaders had left Moscow and that one of them prime minister Valentin Pavlov was in the Hospital. Earlier in the Day the russian parliament voted to Send a russian delegation headed by its prime minister to the Crimea to meet with Gorbachev. The German foreign ministry said representatives from Germany the United states France and Britain were also to travel to the Crimea to see Gorbachev. Despite the Force brought to Bear by the coup leaders they were unable to dislodge Yeltsin from the russian parliament where he rallied the opposition. The state of emergency was declared after hard line elements in the military and communist party ousted Gorbachev declaring he was ill. Few believed it. The Junta had seemed unable to Cope with tens of thousands of people no Ture Date sunday said Mario Colantonio a spokesman at the top Tours office in Kaiserslautern that scheduled the tour. After making Contact with the group late tuesday evening Colantonio said he was relieved to hear that everything was going smoothly. He had become concerned while watching violent demonstrations shown on can. The two Munich based radio stations funded by the . Government operated largely unimpeded under soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a policy of glasnost or openness after being jammed and reviled by communist authorities for decades. Correspondents for radio Liberty reported that soviet soldiers stationed near the russian parliament in Moscow were listening to the stations broadcasts said erected barricades around Yeltsin a riverfront stronghold in the parliament. There were also huge anti coup demonstrations in Moscow Leningrad Kishinev and other cities As Well As strikes by Coal miners in Siberia. Columns of tanks and armoured personnel carriers had moved around Central Moscow Early wednesday. One patrol of the armoured vehicles was trapped by furious demonstrators just after Midnight As it tried to break through a barricade. Two people were confirmed shot or crushed to death As the vehicles tried to fight their Way through and witnesses said a third person was killed. A russian Republic official col. Viktor Samoilov told the Independent news Agency inter fax that four people were shot or crushed to death in the clash. There were unconfirmed reports of More deaths elsewhere in the City. Demonstrators disregarded the nighttime curfew in Moscow. The presidents of Many of the 15 soviet republics joined world leaders in demanding Gorbachev a release. In Brussels Belgium Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said wednesday he welcomed reports from Moscow that the soviet Union May be returning to a constitutional  Baker had travelled to Belgium for a nato meeting that had been expected to denounce Gorbachev a ouster. On world financial markets stocks surged while the Dollar and Oil prices fell Early wednesday with the apparent collapse of the coup. On Wall Street the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials shot up 45 Points to the 2,958 level minutes after the opening Bell. Stocks also advanced overseas. But the tour members have not been exposed to any of the violence and their hotel is located on the quiet outskirts of Moscow Colantonio said. On wednesday the group toured the Moscow exhibition grounds and was scheduled to leave that evening on a train to Leningrad where the tourists will depart for Frankfurt on sunday. Radio Liberty director Enders Wimbush. Radio Liberty went live for seven hours monday ending at Midnight. The station usually has one hour of live broadcasting per Day. The soviets stopped jamming radio Liberty at the end of 1988, and the station has since established a network of correspondents throughout the soviet Union. . Tourists undaunted by soviet unrest  stations again