European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Theses monday september 2,1991 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 8693 Amajor has Moscow talks1st Western Leader to visit since coup from wire reports Moscow a British prime minister John major arrived in Moscow on sunday and rushed into meetings with soviet and Republic leaders to discuss the looming breakup of the country and to discuss Western Aid for the republics. Major whose Jet touched Down just before 3 . At Moscow a Vnuk ovo Airport was accompanied by hissed related stories on Page 3 wife Norma and foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. They were met by a delegation that included russian prime minister Ivan Ilayev and economist Gregory Zavlinsky. A we have been watching with enormous excitement the events of the past few Days. We Are delighted that the forces of Reform Are in control a major told Ilayev. Major then headed to a Kremlin meeting with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev the first by a Western Leader since the aug. 19-21 coup that briefly toppled Gorbachev and hastened the country a disintegration. Repercussions of the Short lived coup have shaken the Kremlin Power Structure and once almighty com see Moscow on Page 2 dancers in traditional russian costumes perform saturday in downtown Moscow during a Moscow Day  troops come first in draw Down 888 Effla Bathen maj. Gen. William m. Boice by Vince Crawley Niernberg Bureau Ansbach Germany a the commander of the shrinking 1st army div says he could ship out All his troops in six weeks if he wanted to. It would be easy to Transfer everyone into other units maj. Gen. William m. Boice said a if i done to care about hurting Peoples feelings or causing them All sorts of  instead much of the apparent delay in the european draw Down is caused by the army a concern for its soldiers personal lives Boice said. Trying to take care of people particularly their families and personal belong Ings has turned the draw Down into a one of the most Complex problems in be Ever confronted a the 50-year-old texan said in an interview thursday. When he took Over the a old Ironsides division in mid july he was told to pack out most of his people by Christmas and to close Down the divisions Ansbach Headquarters by feb. 15. The uncertainty of the draw Down is causing a an awful lot of anxieties among the soldiers said Boice whose own household goods arrived just last week. Most soldiers he has met a just want to get on with it a and the delay of waiting for their turn to move is having an effect on morale he said. A the threat to our Mission is Low morale and bad attitudes. That a the  from a peacetime population of 17,000 a plus an extra 5,000 during the persian Gulf War a the Ansbach Roll books had dwindled to just under 6,000 by the end of August. Most military members vanished in a mid june paperwork Drill when their units were re flagged under different commands. But those who remain Are destined for draw Down. Officially the division Isnit being inactivated. Another unit in Germany the 8th inf div in bad Kreuz Nach will eventually get 1st Armda a name flags and my see general on Page 2 Turkey launches search to find 5 captives including 3 americans 5 kidnapped Ankara Turkey apr Turkey has launched a military operation in five Southeastern provinces to find five foreigners kidnapped by kurdish guerrillas a regional official said sunday. Kurdish guerrillas kidnapped three americans a briton and an australian who believed they had found the biblical Noah Sark the official said. It was the second abduction of westerners by kurdish rebels in a month. The five All men were kidnapped by about 10 kurdish gunmen near Elma i Village in Bingol province on Friday evening. A the search continues around the clock a the official said noting the Effort was extended to a Large area in the rough mountainous terrain. Local authorities said 2,500 soldiers and police were involved in the search operation which involved Bingol and its four neighbouring provinces of Elzig mus Tun Celi and Diyarbakir. The rebels stopped about 10 vehicles travelling on a Mountain Road forced the foreigners out and took off with them local sources reported. The three americans and the australian were travelling in a minibus they had hired in the Eastern province of Erzurum earlier on Friday according to the local sources. They said the briton was travelling on another bus. Police were questioning the Driver of the minibus and a turkish Hitchhiker on the vehicle at the time of the abduction a regional official said. The minibus Driver remained under detention on sunday. The americans were identified As Ronald Eldon see captives on Page 2 a in. Turkey a user \ a v Bingol % a Xvi Quot Iran Diyarbakir \ Adan a a Cyprus c3 1nsyr,a Lebanon Iraq Lebanon Mediterranean sea  a or Baghdad Jordan 400 Kmap a amps