European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes wednesday november 13, 1991gorbachev confirms coup warning soviet Leader says he ignored Bush message Moscow apr president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has acknowledged he ignored a warning from president Bush that a coup was brewing in the soviet Union. Speaking at a news conference tuesday unveiling his Nook about the abortive August coup Gorbachev said Bush had telephoned him with the warning. He did not say when the Call took place but implied it was Well before the aug. 18-21 Putsch. The soviet president pointed out that the coup did not take place immediately after the Call. He said there had been Many rumours of a coup but he did not give them much credence because he believed that Only a maniac would try to overthrow the government. Gorbachev also said he believed some of the conspirators had bugged a critical conversation he had with trusted advisers shortly before the coup. They Learned from the conversation that he was planning major personnel changes and their fear of losing their jobs prompted them to act when they did he said. Gorbachev did not specify who did the bugging. But the Likely suspects would include former Kab chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov and Valery Boldin the presidents former chief of staff both of whom Are facing treason charges for their role in the Hartline coup attempt. The failed coup led to convulsive changes in the soviet Union ultimately dealing a death blow to the communist party and drastically altering the relationship Between the Central government and the republics. It also made the russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin who Jed opposition to the coup the most powerful figure in the nation ahead of Gorbachev. The new Book the August coup the truth and the lessons does not mention the warning Call from Bush. Gorbachev said most of the people at the news conference including top officials and aides were hearing about it for the first time. He referred to a recent report in the soviet Magazine novye Eremya that Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii had warned then foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh that . Intelligence information indicated a coup was in the works. A a novye Eremya recently wrote that Gorbachev the president through Bessmer Nyoh the minister of foreign affairs were warned by Baker of the possibility of a Putsch a Gorbachev said. He added a yes and there was a Call from the president of the United states himself when he said that a information has reached us i apologize but i must Tell you i cannot just ignore this  a Gorbachev added a maybe you Are All hearing this for the first time except perhaps presidential aide Anatoly Che Mayev. And i said that the . President  worry. Everything a  the soviet president confirmed reports that he will receive at least $500,000 for his Book from its English language publisher Harper Collins. A a that a Good a he said with a smile. A it shows the process has started toward a Market  Berlin guards decided on their own to open Wall sex officer testifies Berlin apr East German Border guards Felt their work was futile and decided without official orders to open the Berlin Wall As a huge crowd gathered on nov. 9, 1989, a former secret police officer testified monday. The detailed background to the dramatic opening of the Wall which soon led to the collapse of East Germany a communist government and contributed to the end of the cold War in Europe has Long been unclear. A government official that night had made Public a vague measure to end travel restrictions on East germans. But it was not Clear that the Border would open immediately until thousands of people pushed through the Wall without resistance from armed Border troops. Bernd Berger a former secret police Captain who monitored morale in Border units told a court trying four guards for the last known killing of an Escapee that there had been no instructions from National leaders that night. Faced with growing crowds of people demanding to pass the Border troops finally decided on their own to let people through the Wall Berger testified. Months before the drama of nov. 9, 1989, Berger testified he had told his superiors that a a it a not the fault of the Bor Der troops if a mass of people come to the Border and want to  Early in 1989, Border troops reported a we done to know anymore what we should do a he said and they were working in a catastrophic conditions without political guidance. Berger said he knew a no one who was  his testimony supports the Contention of the four accused guards that none of them shot to kill Chris Gueffroy a 20-year-old East Berliner who died in an escape attempt feb. 5, 1989. Gueffroy a companion Christian Gaudian 22, was wounded. The guards face up to 15 years imprisonment if convicted on manslaughter charges. More than 200 people Are believed to have died in attempts to escape Over the Berlin Wall into West Berlin or while crossing the barbed wire Border area Between the two Germany. The Wall stood for 28 years As the Symbol of a divided Europe. Its opening climaxed a peaceful Peoples revolution in East Germany As thousands were escaping the police state by travelling through neighbouring Czechoslovakia into Hungary and on to then West Germany. Unknown gunman stalks Mideast emigres in Sweden Stockholm Sweden apr immigrants from Middle Eastern countries said monday that they fear new attacks by an unidentified assailant who has shot five foreigners at random in Central Stockholm. A look at my dark complexion. I feel Damn nervous a a Young turkish Man told a television reporter. The swedish press has dubbed the attacker a the laser Many because witness t reports indicate his weapon is equipped Selwyn Benjamin right and Henry Cortez guide a 12-foot-tall, 2-ton Section of the with a laser sight which emits a red Ray Berlin Wau to a trailer for transportation to Rice University in Houston. The Wall was of Light to facilitate shooting at night donated to Rice to Mark the second anniversary of the Walls collapse nov. 9,1989. The spate of shootings come at a time Berlin Wall in Texas when anti immigration sentiment is on the Rise in Sweden which has a Long tradition of Liberal refugee policies. In the general elections last september a right Wing party advocating a reduction in third world immigration won seats in parliament for the first time. The attacker has shot and injured four people since july. The fifth attack which came Friday killed a 24-year-old iranian outside his Home. Police have said that the assailant apparently does no to know his victims but picks foreign looking people at random