European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 249 35c wednesday december 18,1991 d 8693 Yeltsin Gorbachev agree to Power Transfer by Jan. 1 Moscow a Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev agreed tuesday to dissolve the Central soviet government by year s end and Transfer the. Kremlin and state Bank to russian control soviet Media reported. A Yeltsin spokesman Pavel Vos Cha nov said they agreed the soviet Union will Stop functioning by Jan. 1 and be replaced by Yeltsin a new Commonwealth of Independent states according to the Independent inter fax news Agency said. 8 he said the red soviet Flag bearing a old Hammer and sickle will be taken rom atop the Kremlin on new years eve inter fax said. Gorbachev s spokesman said the soviet president will accept the Commonwealth once the parliaments of the participating republics ratify it and will then decide his own role. A the is not going to fight it politically or in any other Way a presidential spokesman Andrei Grachev told reporters As Gorbachev went into the two hour closed door meeting with Yeltsin. A a he a going to accept the Choice and he will decide accordingly the possibility of his participating in the future structures a said Grachev. Gorbachev a Power has steadily dwindled since he survived a coup in August thanks to forces led by Yeltsin. Gorbachev then failed to persuade republics to adopt a new Union treaty and Yeltsin proposed the Commonwealth plan. Yeltsin in an interview with the italian newspaper la Republica said he secs no role for Gorbachev or soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze in the Commonwealth. In the interview published tuesday Yeltsin suggested that Gorbachev resign by mid january. A Gorbachev just can t quit the presidency by getting out of the room and slamming the door behind him. He has to take responsibility and to put the process see Transfer on Page 2serbia angry Over recognition of 2 republics Belgrade Yugoslavia apr Serbia angrily denounced on tuesday the european Community a decision to recognize croatian and slovenian Independence As a erasing Yugoslavia from the map of the  officials of the two breakaway republics welcomed the Long awaited move. In a meeting that lasted into Early morning foreign ministers of the 12-member european Community agreed to recognize any yugoslav Republic that meets a series of conditions including human rights guarantees for minorities within its Borders. Individual member states can proceed with diplomatic recognition even if the republics fall Short of those standards dec officials said. Later tuesday Germany the driving Force behind the dec decision said it would recognize Croatia and Slovenia on Jan. Is. Chancellor Helmut Kohl made the announcement to a convention of his Christian democratic Union in Dresden. Germany believes that recognizing Slovenia and Croatia will Force Serbia a which is leading the fight against Croatia and has seized a third of its territory a to agree to a truce. But Many diplomats believe wide recognition will aggravate the conflict. Serbia has indicated it would broaden the War if Croatia gets International recognition. A the dec move erases Yugoslavia from the map of the world a Serbia a Deputy foreign minister Dobrosav Jezovic told the associated press. A that is a direct attack on  in the croatian capital of Zagreb croatian foreign ministry spokesman Ante Babic said the dec decision reached in Brussels a confirms definitely that Yugoslavia is  a i think the judge has made a decision for divorce Quot see Serbia on Page 2 bad weather hampers stars and stripes delivery icy roads tuesday disrupted delivery of the stars and stripes throughout Germany and continuing Adverse weather including dense fog was expected to hamper delivery of today s editions As Well. Delivery of the stars and stripes will be made As quickly As possible every Day despite occasional bad weather. Tuesdays editions for example will be on Sale today at stars and stripes bookstores along with today a editions. Sis orc lev Frost clings to the landscape in Lorsch Germany. Parts of Europe experienced freezing rain Early  roads fog wreak havoc in Central Europe England by Vince Crawley Start writer freezing rain and fog spread a Glaze of ice Over Central Europe Early tuesday leaving thick fog in its Wake closing several schools in Germany and England and delaying delivery of the stars and stripes. Tie Good news in Germany is that the weather see More weather news on Page 11 system lifted temperatures above freezing for the first time in More than a week. Icy roads and fog prompted delays and cancelled school bus routes tuesday. School closings included those in numbers Wurzburg Goppinger Ansbach Hillesheim Crail Neim Wertheim Kitzinger and Goppinger. In England which was hit by the weather system a Day earlier the Croughton school District was closed monday. Newspaper deliveries were delayed across Germany because of icy roads in the Frankfurt Darm Stadt area said Bill Hesler director of circulation and sales for the stars and  reports of ice up to an Inch thick after Midnight forced Drivers to wait until highways were see havoc on Page 2