European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 28, 1992 Baker pledges . Aid to destroy soviet arms Page 8 b the stars and stripes Yeltsin departs Moscow abruptly raising questions a Moscow apr russian president Boris n. Yeltsin abruptly cancelled appointments monday and dropped from sight refuelling rumours of illness or a drinking problem. But a top official said he simply needed time to prepare for an overseas trip. Russian television showed file footage of Yeltsin kissing schoolchildren and swimming outdoors but did not say when the film was made. Yeltsin was last seen publicly on Friday with lawmakers. His chief spokesman Pavel Vos Chanov acknowledged that Yeltsin had left Moscow but did not say where he was. Vos Chanov gave no reason for the cancellations or Yeltsin a departure but said there would be a statement today. He called rumours about the 60-Ycar-old siberians excessive drinking  a a he a in More than Good health. He is in excellent sports condition a said the spokesman. Russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev said russians president was preparing for his trip thursday to new York for a . Security Council session. Yeltsin also plans to Stop in London in route and Canada on the Way Home. A the has a lot to do with his foreign trips a Kozarev told reporters who asked about the cancellations. Vos Chanov said those trips were still on. Wooldall soviet combat troops to leave Poland by nov. 15 Warsaw Poland a All red army combat troops will leave Poland by nov. 15, with a smaller contingent remaining until the end of 1993 to help supervise the transit of forces still on German territory the troops commander says. Gen. Viktor Dubynin said sunday that just 6,000 of the 45,000 troops of the former soviet Union remaining in Poland will stay through next year the Pap state news Agency reported. Those troops belong to transport and signals units he was quoted As telling a news conference at the soviet base in the Northwestern City of Legnica. Still unresolved Are questions about How much the soviets owe the poles for the buildings they used during their Long stay As legions of a domineering ally. The poles also want compensation for extensive environmental damage caused by the  Secretary visits Bulgaria Sofia Bulgaria a selected bulgarian military personnel will undergo training in the United states . Air Force Secretary Donald b. Rice said monday. Rice who is touring Eastern european was on a one Day visit at the invitation of the bulgarian defense minister Dimitar Lud Thev. Rice told a news conference that some bulgarian military personnel would be sent to american military schools. Quot before coming to Bulgaria 1 was in Hungary Poland and Czechoslovakia. While our defense relationship with each of them is further along we have also come a Long Way Here. I think the relationship Between the . And Bulgaria has a future a he said. The air Force Secretary said a senior bulgarian military delegation would visit the United states this Spring. The bulgarians also have invited defense Secretary Dick Cheney to pay a visit but Rice said there has been no official commitment so  crash kills tourists Nairobi Kenya a a Light aircraft crashed in a Southwest kenyan game Reserve killing seven people including two japanese diplomats and their wives police and embassy officials said sunday. The single engine aircraft crashed on Landing saturday in the Masai Mara one of kenyans largest and Best known wildlife sanctuaries a police of Lucial said. Moscow apr Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said monday that Progress has been made in eliminating soviet Battlefield nuclear weapons and that the United states was willing to Send technicians to help dismantle More arms. Baker made the comments As he met russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev shortly after arriving in Moscow to attend a two Day Middle East conference. A we think Good progess has been made a in scaling Back tactical nuclear weapons Baker told reporters. He said the United states a a absolutely would contribute technicians to help destroy the weapons. A you have to collect them store them and disable them. Then you can go about the business of destroying them a Baker said. Russian president Boris n. Yeltsin told Abc news in an interview broadcast saturday that Russia would Stop targeting . Cities with its Long Range nuclear weapons. But he did not address the Issue of russian missiles pointed at . Military targets. Asked about that monday Kozarev said russian officials still were discussing How to change their military doctrine to fit their new political philosophy. Kozarev said Russia already was destroying some weapons. A a it a a technical problem but we be begun some already a he said. A we will Welcome cooperation in this  in Washington White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater praised Yeltsin a remarks and said a we believe him a but he added that the United states has not Londonderry Northern Ireland apr children carrying Black flags led thousands of marchers commemorating the 20th anniversary of a bloody sunday a when British soldiers killed 13 people in a civil rights Parade. Relatives of the dead carrying White crosses bearing the names of those killed Jan. 30, 1972, took part in a procession that snaked peacefully through the roman Catholic Creggan and bog Side areas to a rally outside the City a Guildhall. Twenty years ago the marchers demanding civil rights for catholics were trying to get to the Guildhall when they were halted and fired on by paratroopers. The soldiers claimed they had been shot at by gunmen during the illegal March. Thirteen people were shot to death that Day and a Man who was wounded died months later his name was included on a memorial to the dead. An official changed its targeting of nuclear weapons on the former soviet Union. A we cannot. Ignore the fact that the size of the Arsenal in the former soviet Union has not yet changed substantially and the targeting for those weapons cannot be independently verified a he said. Earlier a senior . Official flying with Baker to Moscow said the former soviet republics were exceeding expectations in dismantling Battlefield weapons. Some of the artillery shells land mines air defense missiles and naval weapons have been gathered and stored within the new states while others Are being shipped to Russia to be disarmed the official said. A we have some real responses to the concerns that we had a said the official speaking to reporters aboard bakery a plane on the condition of anonymity. A they Are making More rapid headway than would have been  he called the Overall performance a very Good news Quot but said there has been some lag in destroying the weapons after they Are dismantled a a move that ensures the weapons never could be reassembled. The delay is caused by a Lack of technology however not a shortage of Good will the official said. As a result the Bush administration will begin an Exchange of technicians shortly using a $400 million congressional appropriation the official said. American experts will go to Russia and other states to give instruction in destroying nuclear weapons and the former republics will also Send technicians to the United states to learn the techniques he said. Inquiry later ruled none of the people shot were armed. On sunday police mounted a Strong Security cordon around the City and used dogs to Check Guildhall Square for bombs before the crowds arrived. At the Square Gerry Adams Leader of the Irish Republican army Slegal political Wing sinn fein told the gathering a bloody sunday was not a mistake. It was the British governments answer to the reasonable demands for civil rights. It was premeditated designed and executed with deadly  the invitation to Adams to speak caused some controversy and not All the families of the dead attended the commemoration. Some complained it had been hijacked for propaganda purposes by the Ira which has been fighting a bloody Campaign to drive the British out of Northern Ireland and unite it with the Irish Republic. Marchers in Londonderry Northern Ireland carry pictures of some of those killed in a civil rights Parade in 1972.thousands March in memory of bloody sunday killings