European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 138 thursday August 29,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the  forces c 350 d 8693 a new . In from staff and wire reports Washington a the United states is extending its military Protection of Kuwait by sending in a fresh wave of Germany based troops to replace those leaving the. Persian Gulf emirate. The administration had indicated that All . Combat forces would leave Kuwait by september although it held out the possibility of extending the deployment. The decision relieved jittery kuwaitis who Are still shaken by the iraqi invasion of their country on aug. 2, 1990. The seven month occupation ended feb. 26 with the liberation of Kuwait by .-led Allied forces. Tuesdays announcement came As the 3,700 soldiers of the 11th army Cav regt which has been in the persian Gulf nation since mid june began returning to its Home base in Germany. They Are being replaced by sol Diers from the 8th and 3rd inf divisions. The first of the 3,700 members of the 11th army Cav regt began leaving on sunday and Lead elements of the new task Force arrived in Kuwait on monday said Pete Williams the chief Pentagon spokesman. The 8th inf div portion of the 1,500-Soldier task Force includes the following units based in Mannheim see Kuwait on Page 2soviets charge 13 with High treason Moscow apr one week after the collapse of the coup that briefly toppled president Mikhail s. Gorbachev 13 men accused of plotting the takeover were charged wednesday with High treason the russian prosecutors office said. They could face the death penalty if convicted. Those charged included the seven surviving members of the coup committee. An eighth member Interior minister see related Story on Page 3 Boris Pugo was found dead after the coup either slain or a suicide. Gorbachev also ordered an investigation into the activities of the Kab the secret police Agency that terrorized the soviet population for decades. A committee was appointed to examine the role of the Kab in the coup that kept Gorbachev captive for three Days the official Tass news Agency reported. It also will write a restructuring plan and legislation to regulate the Agency s future activities Tass said. In another move to punish the coup backers Gorbachev wednesday asked the supreme soviet legislature to dissolve his Cabinet of ministers Many of whose members were implicated in the plot against him last week. Later wednesday the supreme soviet passed a no Confidence motion against the Cabinet of ministers because of its involvement in the attempted coup. The Cabinet of ministers which has see treason on Page 2 s # f a boy stands by the anti communist Graffiti at the Lenin Monument in the ukrainian capital of Kiev on tuesday. . In dark on Security of soviet nuclear arms Washington a the soviet Union has Given the Bush administration no direct assurances about the Security of its far Flung nuclear weapons Arsenal since last weeks failed coup a senior Pentagon official said tuesday. Pete Williams the chief Pentagon spokesman said . Officials have not pressed the soviets on the Issue one that was raised repeatedly by defense Secretary Dick Cheney and other military leaders prior to the attempt by communist hard liners to overthrow Mikhail s. Gorbachev. The rapid disintegration of the soviet Central government since the coup collapsed aug. 21 has raised questions about who controls the estimated 27,000 soviet nuclear weapons More than one third of which Are targeted at the United states. Most soviet nuclear weapons Are based in the russian Republic but a significant number including ballistic missiles and bombs carried on aircraft Are in the Ukraine and other republics that Are seeking to leave the Union. Williams comments came As Gorba Chevy a science adviser told the Washington Post that the International Community should help determine who shall control soviet nuclear weapons. A what we need now is to quickly answer the question put to us by the International Community the question of control Over nuclear weapons a the adviser Yevgeny Pelikhov told the Post in an interview published in wednesdays editions. A it requires special study by a body which the International Community would appoint and which would also be approved by our society a Pelikhov said. The Post also reported wednesday that while last weeks coup was under Way the commander of soviet strategic rocket forces moved Mobile ss-25 nuclear missiles from the Field to garrisons. Gen. . Maksimovs decision apparently disregarding coup leaders reduced soviet nuclear capabilities during the crisis sources told the newspaper. . Intelligence was aware of the moves the see Security on Page 2