European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 250 350 thursday december 19,1991 d 8693 Yeltsin s Russia called chaotic country has no democracy aide asserts Moscow a Boris Yeltsin a vice president has mounted a stinging attack on his Boss charging that the russian government is a rudderless disorganized a hotbed of  the attack by Alexander Rutski widened the split in the top russian leadership and threatened the stability of Yeltsin a government As he tries to found a new Commonwealth of Independent states to replace the soviet Union. Rutski stepped up his criticism of Yeltsin a Radical economic Reform program and told Nezah Samaya gazeta the Independent newspaper that he has not been Able to talk frankly with the russian president for six months. The vice president an Afghanistan War hero with wide support in the military and among former members of the now banned communist party accused Yeltsin of trying to run the russian government single hand edly. A there is no governing Power and no democracy in Russia today a he was quoted on wednesday As saying. He said there was a a switch Hunt against former communist party officials Banning them from russian government jobs. But he said he has no plans to resign As vice president. Yeltsin and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev agreed tuesday to dissolve the soviet Union by years end soviet Media said. It was decided that the soviet Central government ministries and departments will either be dismantled or be give re to Russia. It reportedly was agreed that the Kremlin a the ancient fortress in the heart of Moscow a would be transferred to russian jurisdiction As would the soviet state Bank. Even the soviet Flag is to go the reports said. Yeltsin said in an interview published in tuesdays editions of the italian newspaper la re Publica that a there will be no More red  but Yeltsin a plan to base a pared Down version of the 27,000-Warhcad nuclear Arsenal entirely in Russia ran into opposition tuesday from the president of Kazakhstan the second largest soviet Republic. Nur Sultan Nazar Baev said that if Russia keeps nuclear weapons a a it a not acceptable that Kazakhstan should give up its entire nuclear Arsenal. But Nazar Baev who met in his capital Alma Ata on tuesday with Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii did say that the four republics where nuclear weapons Are based a a Russia Kazakhstan the Ukraine and byelorussian will sign an agreement to provide centralized control of the Arsenal. He also said russians bid for the soviet see Russia on Page 215,000 White Collar workers May lose pm jobs Jerry Brown is a Symbol of troubled times in Detroit. But things will Worsen if pm carries out massive layoffs. Detroit apr general motors corp. Will close two plants employing 6,400 hourly workers in Texas and Ohio and plans to Lay off up to 15,000 White Collar employees next year to offset record losses a newspaper reported wednesday. However a Union contract negotiated last fall will protect almost All of the pay of Blue Collar workers if they lose their jobs. Pm will shut plants in Arlington Texas and Moraine Ohio the Detroit free press reported citing sources it did not identify. Each Plant employs 3,200 hourly workers. The automaker also plans to close a Plant in Oshawa Ontario after 1994, the Detroit news reported wednesday. That Plant employs 3,800 hourly workers. Gmys North american operations arc losing about $15 million a Day a $5 billion to $6 billion a year a and pressure has been building to Cut costs and reduce factory capacity. Pm chairman Robert Stem pc planned a satellite broadcast to employees wednesday and a news conference to announce the cuts ending weeks of speculation. Company spokesman John f. Mueller refused to comment Early wednesday. United Auto workers president Owen Bicker said tuesday that pm had not discussed its restructuring plan with him. A Call to a Law spokesman a Home was not returned Early wednesday and a Call to Law Headquarters in Detroit went unanswered. Pm Stock on tuesday closed Down 62 i cents to s27.87vjt, on the new York Stock Exchange. A week before it hit a four year Low at $27.62v$ a share. Pm the worlds largest automaker has More than 300,000 Active hourly workers and about 94,000 salaried employees in the United states. A Law contract negotiated last fall requires that Laid off workers get payments supplementing unemployment checks to bring their benefits to 95 percent of their Normal take Home pay. After 36 weeks the work see pm on Page 2south Korea nuclear free Roh declares inside today s paper Seoul South Korea apr president Roh Tae woo said in a nationwide broadcast wednesday that South Korea is nuclear free an announcement aimed at increasing pressure on North Korea to abandon nuclear arms development. His televised speech signalled that All . Nuclear weapons have been removed from South Korea an important step in the Campaign to persuade communist North Korea to agree to nuclear non proliferation. A at this moment not a single nuclear weapon exists in our country Roh said. He said a pledge made nov. 8 not to pro Duce possess or deploy nuclear weapons has been realized and he challenged North Korea to do the same. Roh urged the North to unconditionally accept International inspections of its secretive nuclear facilities and to dismantle nuclear reprocessing and uranium enrichment facilities. His speech came five Days after the two Korea signed a historic Accord calling for peaceful coexistence after 46 years of division. The agreement Laid a framework for reconciliation but did not Deal with nuclear issues which has threatened imme Diate ratification by South koreans parliament. A the two Korea have produced a charter of peace that will end a dark period in their history a Roh said. A a yet we cannot successfully build peace and National reconciliation without first resolving the nuclear  there was no immediate reaction from North Korea which has denied its nuclear program is weapons oriented. But intelligence reports indicate the North is close to building its first atomic bomb. The average North korean could not see nuclear on Page 2a stars and stripes Magazine touring the Vosges St. Nicholas comes to town