European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Communist soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev shrugs in response to a question from one of the russian parliaments deputies during a special session the soviet Leader held with russian president Boris Yeltsin on  foreign minister fired Moscow apr president Mikhail s. Gorbachev fired foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh on Friday accusing him of acting improperly and of trying to a Ama Neuvert during the hard line communist coup. In a speech to the russian federation parliament Gorbachev said of Bessmer Nyoh a this morning i got information that at least he was trying to Man Euver or worse during the coup attempt. A i have now relieved him of his duties a Gorbachev said. His announcement came after the foreign ministry announced Bessmer Nyoh resigned. Bessmer Nyoh 57, was the latest official to step Down or be removed following the failed takeover. He was not seen publicly after the coup began and he did no to re emerge until the coup leadership began to collapse. He said illness prevented him from speaking out against the coup. A replacement for Bessmer Nyoh was not immediately announced. In Washington White House spokesman roman Popadiuk said Bessmer Nyoh notified Secretary of state James a. Baker 111 of his resignation. Baker and Bessmer Nyoh worked together to Complete the landmark strategic arms reduction treaty to slash Long Range nuclear arsenals and they also worked to bring about a Middle East peace conference scheduled for october. Moscow apr in a historic realignment of Power Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin teamed up Friday to strike at the heart of communist authority stripping the party of some of its key Power bases and replacing hard liners with reformers. In a series of rapid lira decisions parly offices were closed the party was banned from the Kab army and National police its printing plants were seized and its hard line chapter in the russian Republic shut Down. Even its telephones were Cut off. As City officials sealed the party a Moscow Headquarters protesters outside chanted Quot Down with the communist party a the moves came two Days after the collapse of a 63-see related stories on pages 3 and 17 go hour coup led primarily by communist hard liners most of whom Are now under arrest. Yeltsin the russian republics president who led resistance to the coup appeared Friday to be acting As at least an equal with the soviet president. The two agreed on the replacement of old guard officials by new reformers and Gorbachev announced he and Yeltsin had also agreed to assume each others duties in Case one became incapacitated. Gorbachev said the new Power sharing agreement was aimed at preventing a paralysis of Power in situations like this week s attempted takeover in which coup leaders a including vice president go Nncy Kanayev a ordered Gorbachev a detention at his vacation Home in the Crimea. A we need a major regrouping of political forces. We need a reliable government Quot Gorbachev said in an address to the russian Republic s parliament. He provided no other details and did not say whether the Power sharing measure was to be temporary or no remanent. Gorbachev also threw out foreign minister Alex see Yeltsin on Page 2army finding few cases of Gulf combat stress by Vince Crawley Nairn Borg Bureau. Army psychiatrists say they have treated Only a handful of Europe based soldiers for combat stress in the persian Gulf War and they expect to see few cases of Post traumatic stress syndrome. The episodes of Battle fatigue or War related mental turmoil Are isolated a clinical vignettes a not the beginning of a trend said or. It. Col James a. Martin who commands a medical research team in Heidelberg Germany. Although he a written preliminary reports Martin cautioned that its still too soon to reach firm documented conclusions about the emotional aftermath of the fighting. A we have a lot of presumptions and a lot of impressions and we re beginning to gather some data Quot Martin said. Troop cuts might skewer medical findings another doctor said. Europe based Gulf  being shipped to the states so fast that its difficult to do follow up work said or it. Col Marylin Ordeniz Schneider who served at the 12th evacuation Hospital near the front lines. She treated 300 psychiatric patients Between dec 30 and mid april. She said a i did no to see anybody with combat stress or Battle  of the half million people deployed to the persian Gulf Between aug. 2, 1990, and aug. 2, 1991, Only 7,228 were evacuated to army medical facilities in Europe according to a draft medical report. Quot of this number Only 467 were evacuated for psychiatric reasons and almost All of these were non combat related cases a the report said. Doniz Schneider sent Only seven patients out of the Middle East theater and some of those were already being see army on Page 2 a amps Vince Crawley or. It. Col Mary Lin Ordeniz Schneider served near he front lines