European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday August 25, 1991 coup in the Kremlin the stars and stripes Page 3no Aid to soviets yet Bush says president Bush leaves the clubhouse before playing a round of Golf with legend Arnold Palmer. Kennebunkport Maine apr president Bush said saturday the United states eventually May be Able to provide Cash to the beleaguered soviet Economy but not before reforms take hold and he knows a who we re dealing with in these  Bush a Golf Outing with Arnold Palmer was twice interrupted by Calls conveying the latest unconfirmed report a which was confirmed later saturday a that soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev was quitting his Post As general Secretary of the communist party. But Bush reiterated his earlier assessment that a fall of these developments. Appear to be working in the favor of the United  the drama unfolding in Moscow kept intruding upon Bush a vacation even with Palmer As his partner on the Cape Arundel Golf club course a few Miles from Bush a Seaside Home. National Security adviser Brent scowcroft playing in a foursome behind Palmer and the president hopped aboard a Golf cart to Brief Bush on the 11th Hole about the latest developments. Bush also fielded a Call on the ninth Hole. Bush who has offered the soviets technical help and partial membership in Western lending agencies such As the world Bank said he sees no immediate need to step up Aid for Moscow As it struggles to get its government and Economy in order. A the position of the United states is Well known. We want to help. Eventually there May be a Way we can help with Money. But before that we be got to see reforms in the soviet Union a he said. A a we be got to know who we re dealing with in these ministries. There a just a lot of things that have to happen before we can move Forward a he said. Bush who will entertain the leaders of Canada and Britain at his walkers Point Retreat this week said he feels no pressure from allies to boost Aid to the soviets. A i have not been contacted by any single member of the g-7 group of seven with that in mind. Nobody has suggested that to me a he said. Gorbachev under pressure from russian federation president Boris n. Yeltsin who helped thwart the coup has purged hard liners atop the Kab military Interior ministry and other agencies. The Ukraine declared its Independence from the Kremlin on saturday and Yeltsin reportedly moved to recognize Estonia a Independence. Russia has previously recognized Lithuania a Independence. The three Baltic states a Lithuania Latvia and Estonia a formally asked the state department on thursday for recognition. The United states supports their bid for Independence but has stopped Short of formally recognizing their governments. A i feel under no pressure today on the Baltic Bush said. A a we re going to see what happens  Bush reiterated that he Hopes the changes in Moscow will a accelerate the economic reforms. I Hope that it would enable them to take some of the Steps that perhaps they Haven to taken. A the very fact that this coup has taken place now in my View removes some of the roadblocks to economic Reform a he said. Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney was to arrive sunday for an overnight stay at Bush a vacation Home. British prime minister John major is coming wednesday for two nights. Major indicated saturday that Britain May be moving closer to providing More economic help to the soviet Union. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has called for other countries especially Japan and the United states to provide More  predicts hard soviet Winter Paris apr former soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze predicted Ai hard Winter in the soviet Union and said saturday that Mikhail s. Gorbachev deserves some blame for the failed coup against him. A a it a going to be a difficult Winter a Shevardnadze said ctn a interview from Moscow with the French radio network Rel. A the Harvest is bad production is in free fall and inflation is going to  he contended that the soviet president who returned to Power after the coup against him by right Wing politicians generals and secret police officials failed bore at least partial blame. A the never should have left Moscow for his vacation Home in Crimea Shevardnadze  a Liberal who quit Gorbachev a government last december Shevardnadze urged the West to invest in the soviet Economy particularly in the Oil Industry and a a military Industrial process under going  a the conditions Are favourable enough a he said. A there Are buildings Well trained staff workers engineers builders very qualified  former Gorbachev adviser Alexander n. Yakovlev meanwhile said in an interview in the French newspaper liberation that he was a a disappointed with Gorbachev a first Post coup appearances. A during his first press conference the president showed he did not understand what really happened a Yakovlev a principal architect of Gorbachev a reforms was quoted As saying. A maybe he understood the facts but he did no to see the people mobilize he did no to want to distinguish immediately Between those officials in important posts who conducted themselves Well and who betrayed him a Yakovlev was quoted As saying. Yakovlev and Shevardnadze had warned that a right Wing coup or a dictatorship would try to take Power in the soviet Union and undermine the democratic reforms launched by Gorbachev. Yakovlev dismissed speculation that Gorbachev had a hand in the coup but said that a we done to yet have established and incontestable  Gorbachev and russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin whom Yakovlev described As a courageous determined brilliants for rallying the anti coup forces must work together he  surround soviet coup Leader s death Moscow apr a top aide to Mikhail s. Gorbachev on saturday described searching for hard line Interior minister Boris Pugo the Day after the failed coup a and finding him at Home in bed dying of a gunshot wound. The aide Grigory Zavlinsky also raised questions about the circumstances of the death thought to have been a suicide. Pugo considered to be one of the driving forces behind the failed coup died shortly after being found by officials thursday morning. The other seven main conspirators Are in custody. Zavlinsky said that he along with russian federation Kab chief Viktor Ivanenko russian Deputy Interior minister Viktor Erin and russian Deputy prosecutor Evgeny Lisov searched for Pugo after the coup crumbled. He said Ivanenko telephoned Pugo at Home and told him he wanted to talk with him and the four showed up at Pugol a apartment building in downtown Moscow a Short time later. After they rang the Doorbell repeatedly the door was opened by Pugol a father in Law. Walking into Pugol a bedroom they found the Interior minister lying on his Side in bed a pistol on the bedside table. His wife was slumped on the floor next to him her face covered with blood. Three spent shells were on  a taking into account How Pugo was lying it would have been very difficult for him to put the pistol Back on the bedside table a Zavlinsky said. A the table was behind his head so in order for him to put the pistol Back he would have had to have either turned around or shot himself Over his shoulder a he said. Lisov said Pugo was shot in the Mouth but was still breathing when the four arrived. He died less than 15 min _ utes later after paramedics arrived and tried to revive him using cardiopulmonary resuscitation he said. Pugol a wife was shot through the right Temple a Lisov said adding that her injuries made her a Cinco Herent and unable to  she is reportedly in the Hospital. Lisov de  was a murder. A i  draw any premature conclusions yet. We should wait for the results of the autopsy a he said. Asked if the father in Law could have been responsible he replied that the old Man was too senile to realize what was going on. A the came up to the body eight times during the time we were there a he said. A each time he looked surprised As if he were seeing it for the first time.�?�. Pugo 54, was appointed Interior minister by Gorbachev late last year. He replaced Vadim Baratin who was criticized by hard liners for allowing authorities in secessionist republics to take control of their own police forces. Last month Pugo is believed to have ordered the execution style shootings of six Border guards in Lithuania while president Bush was in Moscow for a Summit with Gorbachev officials in Washington and the Baltic republics said