European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday april 30, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3yeltsin issues slap in face to if says Russia won t be dictated to despite loan by t. Elaine Carey Cox news service Moscow a a Day after his nation was granted membership in the International monetary fund president Boris Yeltsin said tuesday that Russia will not Bow to its dictates on How his nation should manage its Economy. The tune was starkly different in Washington however where president Bush told Yeltsin a chief architect of economic reforms that the russians must create a stable political and economic environment to attract foreign investment. And world Bank president Lewis t. Preston made Clear that a huge bailout package for the former soviet states remains contingent upon an effective program of privatization and Market econ omy reforms in Russia and other former soviet states. Yeltsin a comments apparently were intended to appease Domestic critics who believe it is insulting for the once mighty superpower to have to join the if in search of billions of dollars of Loans to help keep the russian Economy afloat. A we do not intend to work under the direct orders of the if a the inter fax news Agency quoted Yeltsin As saying. A we do not agree completely with this organizations viewpoint and we will stick to our Point of on sunday the United states and other major Western nations endorsed a $24 billion Aid package for Russia and the other former soviet republics. The Money will largely be channelled through the if and the world Bank. However Russia must follow stringent guidelines set by the if for achieving economic Reform in order to get the Money. The if and world Bank accepted Russia As a member on monday with the understanding that it would accept such prescriptions for its Economy. As full members of the two organizations the former soviet republics will receive More than $6.5 billion in Bank Loans Over the next year and will be eligible for additional billions beyond that provided they follow the conditions for economic Reform. Even As Yeltsin was issuing what appeared a on the surface at least a to be a slap at the if his minister in charge of economic Reform Yegor Gaidar was in Washington promising to follow the if conditions. In a 20-minute meeting at the White House president Bush stressed to Gaidar the need for Russia to attract foreign investment and emphasized the role the russians themselves must play in creating the stable political and economic climate conducive to that rebels take control of afghan capital Kabul Afghanistan apr the people of Kabul cautiously returned to the streets wednesday after Rad Cal rebels surrendered their last stronghold bringing to an apparent end a fierce four Day Battle for control of the capital. About 260 fighters of the strict fundamentalist Hiob i islami group were being held prisoner wednesday after abandoning the Interior ministry Complex tuesday night said a guerrilla commander Loyal to the Fiew government. The Complex was captured just hours after the triumphant arrival of a Convoy carrying thousands of Muslim guerrillas and their leaders whose various factions had battled a succession of soviet backed governments for 14 years. Wednesday morning Allied militiamen captured a Man inside the Complex whom they suspected of being an agent of the khad or former secret police. They beat him then executed him in the Street leaving his body beside a buried out building. Only scattered isolated explosions and gunfire could be heard wednesday and capital residents began returning to the streets to shop for food. Electricity and water were out in most of the War scarred City. The gunfire and artillery exchanges during the three hour Battle for the Interior ministry was heavy but the guerrilla commander who identified himself Only As mohair said Only one of his fighters was wounded. He said there were no casualties among the Hiob i islami fighters. There was no word wednesday from their Leader Gul Buddin Hematyar the Only significant rebel Leader to resist cooperation with the new 20-member provisional Council. After the rebel Mujaheddin or islamic holy warriors flooded into the City unchallenged on saturday Hek mat Yard a partisans began battling the moderate guerrilla coalition forces of Ahmed Shah Masoud. The red Cross said at least 15 people were killed and nearly 300 wounded by tuesday morning but the actual toll is thought to be much higher. Masoud and Hematyar Are personal enemies from different ethnic groups split on their visions of the government that should succeed soviet installed president Najibullah who was toppled april 16. Hematyar favors strict imposition of islamic Law while Masoud holds with the moderate line taken by the governing coalition. The Council on tuesday declared an islamic government led by sing Atullah to rebels with sing Atullah Mojaddidi Stop to say their prayers while travelling to Kabul Afghanistan on monday. Jadidi the head of a smaller rebel group. Its challenges Are formidable. The War left 2 million dead 5 million homeless and Laid waste to the Countryside which remains poisoned with thousands of. Mines. President Mojaddidi met with Kabul a diplomatic corps wednesday and thanked the United nations and other countries including the United states for their support during the civil War. A we Are poor people but we Are sincere people. We Hope to keep our Good relations with All free countries a the Muslim Leader said. As the coalitions fighters fired glowing tracer bullets and flares into the night sky tuesday in Celebration of the new government their comrades fought to bring Hekma Tyars a holdouts to Heel. But As was often the Case after rebels moved into Kabul on saturday chaos seemed to Rule fighters from at least two Mujaheddin groups were operating together but not always in tandem. At times no one appeared to be in command. As fighters scurried Down the Street toward the Interior ministry some emptied the magazines of their assault rifles aimlessly into Brick Walls or in the air. The threat of injury from Friendly fire seemed far greater than the fire from inside the compound. Although the capital was virtually in control of coalition forces wednesday Hekma Tyars a partisans May still retain some positions in the City and surrounding Hills. Pictures of Hitler sent to teachers in nyc on nazi Leader s birthday new York apr pictures of Adolf Hitler with the caption a when i come Back no More or. Nce Guy a were mailed to 28 teachers on Hitler s birthday police said. The mailing to teachers at Stuyvesant High a Public High school for gifted students was classified As an anti semitic Bias crime by police. Mayor David Dinkins said it was a an intolerable act of bigotry and the teachers were of various ethnic and religious backgrounds police said. The Long Island newspaper new Day quoted an unidentified source As saying most had jewish sounding surnames. The letters were postmarked april 20, the 103rd anniversary of hitlers birth. They bore the return address of the jewish educational Center a synagogue that runs a pre school program. George Solomon a worker at the Center called the mailing a shocking scary Solomon said whoever did it apparently got the centers name out of the phone Book. Ilyse Levine assistant director of the new York regional office of the anti defamation league said the mailing was particularly disturbing because it came shortly before today a holocaust memorial s Smith won t run for 6th term in House Washington a Florida Democrat Larry Smith who wrote 161 bad checks at the House Bank and was under scrutiny for alleged misuse of Campaign funds said tuesday he would not seek a sixth term in Congress. Smith made the announcement in a two Page news release issued by his Washington office. A Washington does no to work anymore and the Public Arena is increasingly frustrating and bitter a Smith said. But he also acknowledged his own political problems. A the truth is those who hold Public office Are not perfect. Surely in a not. In be made mistakes and 1 regret
