home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
| Unknown | 1992-08-28 | 12.5 KB |
open in: 
MacOS 8.1
|
Win98
|
DOS
view JSON data
|
view as text
This file was not able to be converted.
This format is not currently supported by dexvert.
| Confidence | Program | Detection | Match Type | Support
|
|---|
| 1%
| dexvert
| Afterlife game data (archive/afterlifeGameData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| Viacom New Media Sprite Archive (archive/viacomNewMedia)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| GeoWorks GEOS help (document/geoWorksGEOSHelp)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| GeoWorks Writer document (document/geoWorksWriterDocument)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| GeoWorks GeoCalc spreadsheet (document/geoWorksGeoCalcSpreadsheet)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| GeoWorks GeoDraw drawing (image/geoWorksGeoDrawDrawing)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| GeoWorks GEOS background (image/geoWorksGEOSBackground)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| GeoWorks GEOS Data (other/geoWorksGEOSData)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| GeoWorks Writer scrapbook (other/geoWorksWriterScrapbook)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 1%
| dexvert
| GeoWorks directory info (other/geoWorksDirectoryInfo)
| ext
| Unsupported |
| 100%
| file
| data
| default
| |
| 45%
| TrID
| MP3 audio (ID3 v1.x tag)
| default (weak)
| |
| 36%
| TrID
| Atari XE Executable
| default (weak)
| |
| 18%
| TrID
| MP3 audio
| default (weak)
|
|
hex view+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+
|00000000| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000010| 16 09 0c 01 19 00 ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000020| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000030| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000040| ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff | ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff |........|........|
|00000050| 57 4f 52 4c 44 2c 20 50 | 61 67 65 20 32 38 01 01 |WORLD, P|age 28..|
|00000060| 53 4f 56 49 45 54 20 55 | 4e 49 4f 4e 01 01 42 75 |SOVIET U|NION..Bu|
|00000070| 74 20 42 61 63 6b 20 48 | 6f 6d 65 20 2e 20 2e 20 |t Back H|ome . . |
|00000080| 2e 20 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a | 43 68 61 6c 6c 65 6e 67 |. ......|Challeng|
|00000090| 69 6e 67 20 47 6f 72 62 | 61 63 68 65 76 2c 20 59 |ing Gorb|achev, Y|
|000000a0| 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 77 | 69 6e 73 20 70 6f 77 65 |eltsin w|ins powe|
|000000b0| 72 20 69 6e 20 52 75 73 | 73 69 61 20 61 6e 64 20 |r in Rus|sia and |
|000000c0| 73 65 74 73 20 61 0d 0a | 63 6f 75 72 73 65 20 66 |sets a..|course f|
|000000d0| 6f 72 20 73 6f 76 65 72 | 65 69 67 6e 74 79 20 74 |or sover|eignty t|
|000000e0| 68 61 74 20 77 6f 75 6c | 64 20 72 65 64 75 63 65 |hat woul|d reduce|
|000000f0| 20 74 68 65 20 53 6f 76 | 69 65 74 20 55 6e 69 6f | the Sov|iet Unio|
|00000100| 6e 20 74 6f 0d 0a 61 6e | 20 61 6c 6c 69 61 6e 63 |n to..an| allianc|
|00000110| 65 0d 0a 0d 0a 42 79 20 | 42 52 55 43 45 20 57 2e |e....By |BRUCE W.|
|00000120| 20 4e 45 4c 41 4e 20 2d | 2d 20 52 65 70 6f 72 74 | NELAN -|- Report|
|00000130| 65 64 20 62 79 20 44 61 | 76 69 64 20 41 69 6b 6d |ed by Da|vid Aikm|
|00000140| 61 6e 2f 57 61 73 68 69 | 6e 67 74 6f 6e 20 61 6e |an/Washi|ngton an|
|00000150| 64 0d 0a 50 61 75 6c 20 | 48 6f 66 68 65 69 6e 7a |d..Paul |Hofheinz|
|00000160| 2f 4d 6f 73 63 6f 77 0d | 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 |/Moscow.|..... |
|00000170| 20 53 75 64 64 65 6e 6c | 79 2c 20 74 68 65 72 65 | Suddenl|y, there|
|00000180| 20 69 73 20 61 6e 20 61 | 6c 74 65 72 6e 61 74 69 | is an a|lternati|
|00000190| 76 65 20 74 6f 20 4d 69 | 6b 68 61 69 6c 20 47 6f |ve to Mi|khail Go|
|000001a0| 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 2e | 20 46 6f 72 0d 0a 66 69 |rbachev.| For..fi|
|000001b0| 76 65 20 79 65 61 72 73 | 2c 20 74 68 65 20 53 6f |ve years|, the So|
|000001c0| 76 69 65 74 20 50 72 65 | 73 69 64 65 6e 74 20 68 |viet Pre|sident h|
|000001d0| 61 73 20 62 65 65 6e 20 | 70 75 74 74 69 6e 67 20 |as been |putting |
|000001e0| 6f 6e 20 61 0d 0a 70 6f | 6c 69 74 69 63 61 6c 20 |on a..po|litical |
|000001f0| 6d 61 67 69 63 20 73 68 | 6f 77 2e 20 48 69 73 20 |magic sh|ow. His |
|00000200| 72 65 66 6f 72 6d 73 20 | 64 61 7a 7a 6c 65 64 20 |reforms |dazzled |
|00000210| 74 68 65 20 77 6f 72 6c | 64 20 62 75 74 0d 0a 70 |the worl|d but..p|
|00000220| 72 6f 64 75 63 65 64 20 | 6e 6f 74 68 69 6e 67 20 |roduced |nothing |
|00000230| 74 6f 20 69 6d 70 72 6f | 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 6d |to impro|ve the m|
|00000240| 69 73 65 72 61 62 6c 65 | 20 64 61 69 6c 79 20 6c |iserable| daily l|
|00000250| 6f 74 20 6f 66 20 68 69 | 73 0d 0a 70 65 6f 70 6c |ot of hi|s..peopl|
|00000260| 65 2e 20 48 65 20 67 72 | 61 6e 74 65 64 20 67 72 |e. He gr|anted gr|
|00000270| 65 61 74 65 72 20 66 72 | 65 65 64 6f 6d 73 2c 20 |eater fr|eedoms, |
|00000280| 62 75 74 20 74 68 6f 73 | 65 20 6c 69 62 65 72 74 |but thos|e libert|
|00000290| 69 65 73 20 61 64 64 65 | 64 0d 0a 66 75 65 6c 20 |ies adde|d..fuel |
|000002a0| 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 6d | 69 6c 69 74 61 6e 74 20 |to the m|ilitant |
|000002b0| 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e 61 6c | 69 73 6d 20 6e 6f 77 20 |national|ism now |
|000002c0| 74 68 72 65 61 74 65 6e | 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |threaten|ing the |
|000002d0| 66 61 62 72 69 63 20 6f | 66 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 73 |fabric o|f..the s|
|000002e0| 74 61 74 65 2e 20 59 65 | 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |tate. Ye|t in the|
|000002f0| 20 6d 69 64 73 74 20 6f | 66 20 68 69 73 20 66 61 | midst o|f his fa|
|00000300| 69 6c 75 72 65 20 74 6f | 20 69 6e 76 69 67 6f 72 |ilure to| invigor|
|00000310| 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 0d | 0a 65 63 6f 6e 6f 6d 69 |ate the.|.economi|
|00000320| 63 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d | 2c 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 |c system|, Gorbac|
|00000330| 68 65 76 27 73 20 6f 77 | 6e 20 67 72 69 70 20 6f |hev's ow|n grip o|
|00000340| 6e 20 70 6f 77 65 72 20 | 67 72 65 77 20 73 74 72 |n power |grew str|
|00000350| 6f 6e 67 65 72 0d 0a 61 | 66 74 65 72 20 65 76 65 |onger..a|fter eve|
|00000360| 72 79 20 74 65 73 74 2e | 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 77 |ry test.| There w|
|00000370| 61 73 2c 20 65 76 65 72 | 79 6f 6e 65 20 73 61 69 |as, ever|yone sai|
|00000380| 64 2c 20 6e 6f 20 61 6c | 74 65 72 6e 61 74 69 76 |d, no al|ternativ|
|00000390| 65 20 74 6f 0d 0a 47 6f | 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 2e |e to..Go|rbachev.|
|000003a0| 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 | 4e 6f 77 20 74 68 65 72 |.... |Now ther|
|000003b0| 65 20 69 73 2e 20 48 65 | 20 69 73 20 42 6f 72 69 |e is. He| is Bori|
|000003c0| 73 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 | 6e 2c 20 35 39 2c 20 74 |s Yeltsi|n, 59, t|
|000003d0| 68 65 20 53 6f 76 69 65 | 74 20 55 6e 69 6f 6e 27 |he Sovie|t Union'|
|000003e0| 73 0d 0a 6d 6f 73 74 20 | 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 61 6e |s..most |importan|
|000003f0| 74 20 64 65 6d 6f 63 72 | 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 |t democr|atically|
|00000400| 20 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 | 20 70 6f 6c 69 74 69 63 | elected| politic|
|00000410| 69 61 6e 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a | 20 20 20 20 41 73 20 47 |ian.....| As G|
|00000420| 6f 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 | 20 67 72 69 6e 6e 65 64 |orbachev| grinned|
|00000430| 20 63 6f 6e 66 69 64 65 | 6e 74 6c 79 20 74 68 72 | confide|ntly thr|
|00000440| 6f 75 67 68 20 74 68 65 | 20 73 75 6d 6d 69 74 20 |ough the| summit |
|00000450| 6c 61 73 74 0d 0a 77 65 | 65 6b 2c 20 68 65 20 73 |last..we|ek, he s|
|00000460| 75 66 66 65 72 65 64 20 | 68 69 73 20 66 69 72 73 |uffered |his firs|
|00000470| 74 20 6d 61 6a 6f 72 20 | 70 6f 6c 69 74 69 63 61 |t major |politica|
|00000480| 6c 20 6c 6f 73 73 20 61 | 74 20 68 6f 6d 65 2e 20 |l loss a|t home. |
|00000490| 49 6e 0d 0a 73 70 69 74 | 65 20 6f 66 20 47 6f 72 |In..spit|e of Gor|
|000004a0| 62 61 63 68 65 76 27 73 | 20 73 74 6f 70 2d 59 65 |bachev's| stop-Ye|
|000004b0| 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 65 66 | 66 6f 72 74 73 2c 20 74 |ltsin ef|forts, t|
|000004c0| 68 65 20 72 6f 75 67 68 | 68 65 77 6e 0d 0a 53 69 |he rough|hewn..Si|
|000004d0| 62 65 72 69 61 6e 20 70 | 6f 70 75 6c 69 73 74 20 |berian p|opulist |
|000004e0| 77 61 73 20 65 6c 65 63 | 74 65 64 20 63 68 61 69 |was elec|ted chai|
|000004f0| 72 6d 61 6e 20 6f 66 20 | 74 68 65 20 52 75 73 73 |rman of |the Russ|
|00000500| 69 61 6e 0d 0a 46 65 64 | 65 72 61 74 69 6f 6e 27 |ian..Fed|eration'|
|00000510| 73 20 70 61 72 6c 69 61 | 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 54 68 |s parlia|ment. Th|
|00000520| 65 20 74 77 6f 20 6c 65 | 61 64 65 72 73 20 61 72 |e two le|aders ar|
|00000530| 65 20 70 75 62 6c 69 63 | 20 61 6e 74 61 67 6f 6e |e public| antagon|
|00000540| 69 73 74 73 0d 0a 61 6e | 64 20 70 72 69 76 61 74 |ists..an|d privat|
|00000550| 65 20 65 6e 65 6d 69 65 | 73 2e 20 59 65 6c 74 73 |e enemie|s. Yelts|
|00000560| 69 6e 20 63 61 6c 6c 73 | 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 68 |in calls| Gorbach|
|00000570| 65 76 20 69 6e 64 65 63 | 69 73 69 76 65 20 61 6e |ev indec|isive an|
|00000580| 64 0d 0a 61 63 63 75 73 | 65 73 20 68 69 6d 20 6f |d..accus|es him o|
|00000590| 66 20 22 63 6f 6e 74 69 | 6e 75 6f 75 73 20 63 6f |f "conti|nuous co|
|000005a0| 6d 70 72 6f 6d 69 73 65 | 20 61 6e 64 20 68 61 6c |mpromise| and hal|
|000005b0| 66 20 6d 65 61 73 75 72 | 65 73 2e 22 0d 0a 47 6f |f measur|es."..Go|
|000005c0| 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 20 | 63 61 6c 6c 73 20 59 65 |rbachev |calls Ye|
|000005d0| 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 22 70 | 6f 6c 69 74 69 63 61 6c |ltsin "p|olitical|
|000005e0| 6c 79 20 69 6c 6c 69 74 | 65 72 61 74 65 2e 22 20 |ly illit|erate." |
|000005f0| 41 73 20 64 65 20 66 61 | 63 74 6f 0d 0a 70 72 65 |As de fa|cto..pre|
|00000600| 73 69 64 65 6e 74 20 6f | 66 20 52 75 73 73 69 61 |sident o|f Russia|
|00000610| 2c 20 62 79 20 66 61 72 | 20 74 68 65 20 6c 61 72 |, by far| the lar|
|00000620| 67 65 73 74 20 61 6e 64 | 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 69 6d |gest and| most im|
|00000630| 70 6f 72 74 61 6e 74 20 | 6f 66 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 |portant |of..the |
|00000640| 31 35 20 53 6f 76 69 65 | 74 20 72 65 70 75 62 6c |15 Sovie|t republ|
|00000650| 69 63 73 2c 20 59 65 6c | 74 73 69 6e 20 63 61 6e |ics, Yel|tsin can|
|00000660| 20 68 65 6c 70 20 65 69 | 74 68 65 72 20 73 61 62 | help ei|ther sab|
|00000670| 6f 74 61 67 65 20 6f 72 | 0d 0a 73 61 6c 76 61 67 |otage or|..salvag|
|00000680| 65 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 | 68 65 76 27 73 20 65 63 |e Gorbac|hev's ec|
|00000690| 6f 6e 6f 6d 69 63 20 61 | 6e 64 20 70 6f 6c 69 74 |onomic a|nd polit|
|000006a0| 69 63 61 6c 20 70 72 6f | 67 72 61 6d 73 2e 20 49 |ical pro|grams. I|
|000006b0| 6e 20 61 20 79 65 61 72 | 0d 0a 6f 72 20 74 77 6f |n a year|..or two|
|000006c0| 20 68 65 20 6d 61 79 20 | 63 68 61 6c 6c 65 6e 67 | he may |challeng|
|000006d0| 65 20 68 69 6d 20 66 6f | 72 20 6e 61 74 69 6f 6e |e him fo|r nation|
|000006e0| 61 6c 20 6c 65 61 64 65 | 72 73 68 69 70 2e 0d 0a |al leade|rship...|
|000006f0| 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 59 65 | 6c 74 73 69 6e 27 73 20 |.. Ye|ltsin's |
|00000700| 70 72 6f 70 6f 73 61 6c | 73 20 2d 2d 20 61 6e 64 |proposal|s -- and|
|00000710| 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 | 65 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 | they ar|e still |
|00000720| 6e 6f 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 | 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 61 |no more |than tha|
|00000730| 74 0d 0a 2d 2d 20 69 6e | 63 6c 75 64 65 20 74 68 |t..-- in|clude th|
|00000740| 65 20 63 72 65 61 74 69 | 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 61 20 |e creati|on of a |
|00000750| 63 6f 6e 66 65 64 65 72 | 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 |confeder|ation of|
|00000760| 20 22 73 6f 76 65 72 65 | 69 67 6e 22 0d 0a 72 65 | "sovere|ign"..re|
|00000770| 70 75 62 6c 69 63 73 20 | 74 68 61 74 20 77 6f 75 |publics |that wou|
|00000780| 6c 64 20 67 72 61 6e 74 | 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 6c 69 |ld grant| only li|
|00000790| 6d 69 74 65 64 20 70 6f | 77 65 72 73 20 74 6f 20 |mited po|wers to |
|000007a0| 74 68 65 20 63 65 6e 74 | 72 61 6c 0d 0a 67 6f 76 |the cent|ral..gov|
|000007b0| 65 72 6e 6d 65 6e 74 2e | 20 57 68 65 6e 20 47 6f |ernment.| When Go|
|000007c0| 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 20 | 63 68 61 72 67 65 73 20 |rbachev |charges |
|000007d0| 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 | 73 20 61 6d 6f 75 6e 74 |that thi|s amount|
|000007e0| 73 20 74 6f 20 22 61 20 | 63 61 6c 6c 0d 0a 66 6f |s to "a |call..fo|
|000007f0| 72 20 74 68 65 20 62 72 | 65 61 6b 75 70 20 6f 66 |r the br|eakup of|
|00000800| 20 74 68 65 20 53 6f 76 | 69 65 74 20 55 6e 69 6f | the Sov|iet Unio|
|00000810| 6e 2c 22 20 68 65 20 64 | 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 |n," he d|oes not |
|00000820| 6f 76 65 72 73 74 61 74 | 65 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 63 |overstat|e the..c|
|00000830| 61 73 65 20 62 79 20 6d | 75 63 68 2e 20 55 6e 64 |ase by m|uch. Und|
|00000840| 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 59 | 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 63 |er the Y|eltsin c|
|00000850| 6f 6e 63 65 70 74 2c 20 | 65 76 65 72 79 20 72 65 |oncept, |every re|
|00000860| 70 75 62 6c 69 63 27 73 | 20 6c 61 77 73 0d 0a 77 |public's| laws..w|
|00000870| 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 75 70 | 65 72 73 65 64 65 20 53 |ould sup|ersede S|
|00000880| 6f 76 69 65 74 20 73 74 | 61 74 75 74 65 73 2c 20 |oviet st|atutes, |
|00000890| 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 | 72 65 70 75 62 6c 69 63 |and the |republic|
|000008a0| 73 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 0d | 0a 72 65 67 75 6c 61 74 |s would.|.regulat|
|000008b0| 65 20 72 65 6c 61 74 69 | 6f 6e 73 20 61 6d 6f 6e |e relati|ons amon|
|000008c0| 67 20 74 68 65 6d 73 65 | 6c 76 65 73 20 61 6e 64 |g themse|lves and|
|000008d0| 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 | 65 20 4b 72 65 6d 6c 69 | with th|e Kremli|
|000008e0| 6e 20 62 79 0d 0a 66 6f | 72 6d 61 6c 20 74 72 65 |n by..fo|rmal tre|
|000008f0| 61 74 69 65 73 2e 20 50 | 72 69 76 61 74 65 20 70 |aties. P|rivate p|
|00000900| 72 6f 70 65 72 74 79 20 | 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 |roperty |would be|
|00000910| 20 72 65 73 74 6f 72 65 | 64 2c 20 61 6e 64 0d 0a | restore|d, and..|
|00000920| 72 65 70 75 62 6c 69 63 | 73 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 |republic|s would |
|00000930| 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 74 | 61 6c 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 |have tot|al contr|
|00000940| 6f 6c 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | 65 69 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 |ol of th|eir own |
|00000950| 65 63 6f 6e 6f 6d 69 65 | 73 2c 0d 0a 66 69 6e 61 |economie|s,..fina|
|00000960| 6e 63 65 73 20 61 6e 64 | 20 72 65 73 6f 75 72 63 |nces and| resourc|
|00000970| 65 73 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 | 20 20 20 52 75 73 73 69 |es..... | Russi|
|00000980| 61 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 | 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 65 |a, which| produce|
|00000990| 73 20 39 30 25 20 6f 66 | 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 75 |s 90% of| the cou|
|000009a0| 6e 74 72 79 27 73 20 6f | 69 6c 20 61 6e 64 20 37 |ntry's o|il and 7|
|000009b0| 30 25 20 6f 66 0d 0a 69 | 74 73 20 67 61 73 2c 20 |0% of..i|ts gas, |
|000009c0| 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 73 65 | 6c 6c 20 74 6f 20 64 6f |would se|ll to do|
|000009d0| 6d 65 73 74 69 63 20 63 | 75 73 74 6f 6d 65 72 73 |mestic c|ustomers|
|000009e0| 20 61 74 20 77 6f 72 6c | 64 20 70 72 69 63 65 73 | at worl|d prices|
|000009f0| 2c 0d 0a 77 68 69 63 68 | 20 61 72 65 20 61 62 6f |,..which| are abo|
|00000a00| 75 74 20 66 69 76 65 20 | 74 69 6d 65 73 20 68 69 |ut five |times hi|
|00000a10| 67 68 65 72 20 74 68 61 | 6e 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 |gher tha|n those |
|00000a20| 6e 6f 77 20 63 68 61 72 | 67 65 64 20 74 6f 0d 0a |now char|ged to..|
|00000a30| 6f 74 68 65 72 20 72 65 | 70 75 62 6c 69 63 73 2e |other re|publics.|
|00000a40| 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e | 20 73 61 79 73 20 73 69 | Yeltsin| says si|
|00000a50| 67 6e 69 6e 67 20 61 67 | 72 65 65 6d 65 6e 74 73 |gning ag|reements|
|00000a60| 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 | 65 0d 0a 42 61 6c 74 69 | with th|e..Balti|
|00000a70| 63 20 73 74 61 74 65 73 | 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 |c states| would b|
|00000a80| 65 20 61 20 74 6f 70 20 | 70 72 69 6f 72 69 74 79 |e a top |priority|
|00000a90| 2c 20 68 69 6e 74 69 6e | 67 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 |, hintin|g that h|
|00000aa0| 65 20 6d 69 67 68 74 0d | 0a 68 65 6c 70 20 4c 69 |e might.|.help Li|
|00000ab0| 74 68 75 61 6e 69 61 20 | 62 79 70 61 73 73 20 74 |thuania |bypass t|
|00000ac0| 68 65 20 65 63 6f 6e 6f | 6d 69 63 20 62 6c 6f 63 |he econo|mic bloc|
|00000ad0| 6b 61 64 65 20 74 68 61 | 74 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 |kade tha|t Gorbac|
|00000ae0| 68 65 76 20 68 61 73 0d | 0a 65 6e 66 6f 72 63 65 |hev has.|.enforce|
|00000af0| 64 20 74 6f 20 68 61 6c | 74 20 69 74 73 20 64 72 |d to hal|t its dr|
|00000b00| 69 76 65 20 66 6f 72 20 | 69 6e 64 65 70 65 6e 64 |ive for |independ|
|00000b10| 65 6e 63 65 2e 20 54 68 | 65 73 65 20 69 64 65 61 |ence. Th|ese idea|
|00000b20| 73 20 61 72 65 0d 0a 72 | 61 64 69 63 61 6c 20 62 |s are..r|adical b|
|00000b30| 79 20 61 6e 79 20 53 6f | 76 69 65 74 20 64 65 66 |y any So|viet def|
|00000b40| 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 | 61 6e 64 20 70 75 74 20 |inition |and put |
|00000b50| 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 | 64 69 72 65 63 74 6c 79 |Yeltsin |directly|
|00000b60| 20 6f 6e 0d 0a 61 20 63 | 6f 6c 6c 69 73 69 6f 6e | on..a c|ollision|
|00000b70| 20 63 6f 75 72 73 65 20 | 77 69 74 68 20 47 6f 72 | course |with Gor|
|00000b80| 62 61 63 68 65 76 2e 0d | 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 57 |bachev..|... W|
|00000b90| 68 69 6c 65 20 74 68 65 | 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 71 |hile the|re are q|
|00000ba0| 75 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 | 20 69 6e 20 57 61 73 68 |uestions| in Wash|
|00000bb0| 69 6e 67 74 6f 6e 20 61 | 6e 64 20 65 6c 73 65 77 |ington a|nd elsew|
|00000bc0| 68 65 72 65 20 61 62 6f | 75 74 0d 0a 59 65 6c 74 |here abo|ut..Yelt|
|00000bd0| 73 69 6e 27 73 20 69 6e | 74 65 6c 6c 65 63 74 75 |sin's in|tellectu|
|00000be0| 61 6c 20 64 65 70 74 68 | 20 61 6e 64 20 73 74 61 |al depth| and sta|
|00000bf0| 62 69 6c 69 74 79 2c 20 | 68 65 20 69 73 20 75 6e |bility, |he is un|
|00000c00| 64 6f 75 62 74 65 64 6c | 79 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 6d |doubtedl|y..the m|
|00000c10| 6f 73 74 20 70 6f 70 75 | 6c 61 72 20 70 6f 6c 69 |ost popu|lar poli|
|00000c20| 74 69 63 69 61 6e 20 69 | 6e 20 74 68 65 20 53 6f |tician i|n the So|
|00000c30| 76 69 65 74 20 55 6e 69 | 6f 6e 2e 20 47 6f 72 62 |viet Uni|on. Gorb|
|00000c40| 61 63 68 65 76 27 73 0d | 0a 70 72 65 73 74 69 67 |achev's.|.prestig|
|00000c50| 65 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 | 65 6e 20 64 72 6f 70 70 |e has be|en dropp|
|00000c60| 69 6e 67 20 73 74 65 61 | 64 69 6c 79 2c 20 61 6e |ing stea|dily, an|
|00000c70| 64 20 68 69 73 20 61 70 | 70 72 6f 76 61 6c 20 72 |d his ap|proval r|
|00000c80| 61 74 69 6e 67 0d 0a 69 | 6e 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f |ating..i|n the po|
|00000c90| 6c 6c 73 20 68 61 73 20 | 6e 6f 77 20 64 69 70 70 |lls has |now dipp|
|00000ca0| 65 64 20 62 65 6c 6f 77 | 20 34 30 25 2e 20 41 6c |ed below| 40%. Al|
|00000cb0| 74 68 6f 75 67 68 20 59 | 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 72 |though Y|eltsin r|
|00000cc0| 65 6d 61 69 6e 73 0d 0a | 61 20 63 6f 6d 6d 75 6e |emains..|a commun|
|00000cd0| 69 73 74 2c 20 68 65 20 | 63 61 6c 6c 73 20 68 69 |ist, he |calls hi|
|00000ce0| 6d 73 65 6c 66 20 61 20 | 73 6f 63 69 61 6c 20 64 |mself a |social d|
|00000cf0| 65 6d 6f 63 72 61 74 20 | 61 6e 64 20 68 61 73 20 |emocrat |and has |
|00000d00| 65 6d 65 72 67 65 64 0d | 0a 61 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 |emerged.|.as one |
|00000d10| 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 | 65 63 6f 67 6e 69 7a 65 |of the r|ecognize|
|00000d20| 64 20 6c 65 61 64 65 72 | 73 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |d leader|s of the|
|00000d30| 20 63 6f 75 6e 74 72 79 | 27 73 20 6e 61 73 63 65 | country|'s nasce|
|00000d40| 6e 74 0d 0a 64 65 6d 6f | 63 72 61 74 69 63 20 66 |nt..demo|cratic f|
|00000d50| 6f 72 63 65 73 2e 20 48 | 65 20 77 6f 6e 20 74 68 |orces. H|e won th|
|00000d60| 61 74 20 70 6f 73 69 74 | 69 6f 6e 20 62 79 20 74 |at posit|ion by t|
|00000d70| 61 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e | 20 74 68 65 20 72 75 6c |aking on| the rul|
|00000d80| 69 6e 67 0d 0a 65 73 74 | 61 62 6c 69 73 68 6d 65 |ing..est|ablishme|
|00000d90| 6e 74 20 62 65 66 6f 72 | 65 20 69 74 20 77 61 73 |nt befor|e it was|
|00000da0| 20 74 68 65 20 66 61 73 | 68 69 6f 6e 61 62 6c 65 | the fas|hionable|
|00000db0| 20 74 68 69 6e 67 20 74 | 6f 20 64 6f 2c 0d 0a 64 | thing t|o do,..d|
|00000dc0| 65 6e 6f 75 6e 63 69 6e | 67 20 63 6f 72 72 75 70 |enouncin|g corrup|
|00000dd0| 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 6e 64 | 20 70 72 69 76 69 6c 65 |tion and| privile|
|00000de0| 67 65 20 77 68 69 6c 65 | 20 64 65 6d 61 6e 64 69 |ge while| demandi|
|00000df0| 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 72 | 65 74 75 72 6e 0d 0a 6f |ng the r|eturn..o|
|00000e00| 66 20 70 6f 6c 69 74 69 | 63 61 6c 20 70 6f 77 65 |f politi|cal powe|
|00000e10| 72 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 | 20 70 65 6f 70 6c 65 2e |r to the| people.|
|00000e20| 20 41 6c 6f 6e 67 20 74 | 68 65 20 77 61 79 2c 20 | Along t|he way, |
|00000e30| 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 0d | 0a 74 75 72 6e 65 64 20 |Yeltsin.|.turned |
|00000e40| 68 69 6d 73 65 6c 66 20 | 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 20 67 |himself |into a g|
|00000e50| 65 6e 75 69 6e 65 20 62 | 6c 75 65 2d 63 6f 6c 6c |enuine b|lue-coll|
|00000e60| 61 72 20 68 65 72 6f 2e | 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 |ar hero.|.... |
|00000e70| 41 6c 74 68 6f 75 67 68 | 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 68 |Although| Gorbach|
|00000e80| 65 76 20 69 73 20 6e 6f | 74 20 61 20 6d 65 6d 62 |ev is no|t a memb|
|00000e90| 65 72 20 6f 66 20 74 68 | 65 20 52 75 73 73 69 61 |er of th|e Russia|
|00000ea0| 6e 20 72 65 70 75 62 6c | 69 63 27 73 0d 0a 70 61 |n republ|ic's..pa|
|00000eb0| 72 6c 69 61 6d 65 6e 74 | 2c 20 68 65 20 74 68 72 |rliament|, he thr|
|00000ec0| 65 77 20 68 69 6d 73 65 | 6c 66 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 |ew himse|lf into |
|00000ed0| 61 20 66 65 77 20 77 65 | 65 6b 73 20 6f 66 20 63 |a few we|eks of c|
|00000ee0| 61 6d 70 61 69 67 6e 69 | 6e 67 0d 0a 62 65 66 6f |ampaigni|ng..befo|
|00000ef0| 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 76 | 6f 74 65 20 74 6f 6f 6b |re the v|ote took|
|00000f00| 20 70 6c 61 63 65 2e 20 | 48 65 20 73 74 72 6f 64 | place. |He strod|
|00000f10| 65 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f | 72 72 69 64 6f 72 73 20 |e the co|rridors |
|00000f20| 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0d 0a | 47 72 61 6e 64 20 4b 72 |of the..|Grand Kr|
|00000f30| 65 6d 6c 69 6e 20 50 61 | 6c 61 63 65 2c 20 62 75 |emlin Pa|lace, bu|
|00000f40| 74 74 6f 6e 68 6f 6c 69 | 6e 67 20 44 65 70 75 74 |ttonholi|ng Deput|
|00000f50| 69 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 | 75 72 67 69 6e 67 20 74 |ies and |urging t|
|00000f60| 68 65 6d 20 74 6f 0d 0a | 76 6f 74 65 20 66 6f 72 |hem to..|vote for|
|00000f70| 20 22 75 6e 69 74 79 2e | 22 20 54 72 61 6e 73 6c | "unity.|" Transl|
|00000f80| 61 74 69 6f 6e 3a 20 65 | 6c 65 63 74 20 61 6e 79 |ation: e|lect any|
|00000f90| 62 6f 64 79 20 62 75 74 | 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e |body but| Yeltsin|
|00000fa0| 2e 20 48 65 0d 0a 6c 69 | 73 74 65 6e 65 64 20 74 |. He..li|stened t|
|00000fb0| 6f 20 63 61 6d 70 61 69 | 67 6e 20 73 70 65 65 63 |o campai|gn speec|
|00000fc0| 68 65 73 20 61 6e 64 20 | 65 76 65 6e 20 67 61 76 |hes and |even gav|
|00000fd0| 65 20 6f 6e 65 2c 20 61 | 20 62 69 74 74 65 72 20 |e one, a| bitter |
|00000fe0| 62 6c 61 73 74 0d 0a 69 | 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 |blast..i|n which |
|00000ff0| 68 65 20 61 63 63 75 73 | 65 64 20 59 65 6c 74 73 |he accus|ed Yelts|
|00001000| 69 6e 20 6f 66 20 22 74 | 72 79 69 6e 67 20 74 6f |in of "t|rying to|
|00001010| 20 65 78 63 6f 6d 6d 75 | 6e 69 63 61 74 65 20 52 | excommu|nicate R|
|00001020| 75 73 73 69 61 0d 0a 66 | 72 6f 6d 20 73 6f 63 69 |ussia..f|rom soci|
|00001030| 61 6c 69 73 6d 2e 22 20 | 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 27 |alism." |Yeltsin'|
|00001040| 73 20 69 6e 74 65 6e 74 | 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f 20 67 |s intent|ion to g|
|00001050| 72 61 6e 74 20 6c 6f 63 | 61 6c 20 64 69 73 74 72 |rant loc|al distr|
|00001060| 69 63 74 0d 0a 63 6f 75 | 6e 63 69 6c 73 20 74 68 |ict..cou|ncils th|
|00001070| 65 20 61 75 74 68 6f 72 | 69 74 79 20 74 6f 20 6f |e author|ity to o|
|00001080| 76 65 72 72 69 64 65 20 | 61 20 72 65 70 75 62 6c |verride |a republ|
|00001090| 69 63 27 73 20 6c 61 77 | 73 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 0d |ic's law|s could.|
|000010a0| 0a 63 61 72 72 79 20 74 | 68 65 20 74 68 65 6f 72 |.carry t|he theor|
|000010b0| 79 20 6f 66 20 73 6f 76 | 65 72 65 69 67 6e 74 79 |y of sov|ereignty|
|000010c0| 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 | 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 6f 66 | to the |point of|
|000010d0| 20 61 62 73 75 72 64 69 | 74 79 20 61 6e 64 0d 0a | absurdi|ty and..|
|000010e0| 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 | 49 66 20 69 74 20 77 61 |.... |If it wa|
|000010f0| 73 20 63 6c 65 61 72 20 | 77 68 6f 20 47 6f 72 62 |s clear |who Gorb|
|00001100| 61 63 68 65 76 20 77 61 | 73 20 61 67 61 69 6e 73 |achev wa|s agains|
|00001110| 74 2c 20 69 74 20 77 61 | 73 20 6c 65 73 73 0d 0a |t, it wa|s less..|
|00001120| 63 65 72 74 61 69 6e 20 | 77 68 6f 20 68 65 20 77 |certain |who he w|
|00001130| 61 73 20 66 6f 72 2e 20 | 52 75 73 73 69 61 6e 20 |as for. |Russian |
|00001140| 70 72 69 6d 65 20 6d 69 | 6e 69 73 74 65 72 20 41 |prime mi|nister A|
|00001150| 6c 65 78 61 6e 64 65 72 | 0d 0a 56 6c 61 73 6f 76 |lexander|..Vlasov|
|00001160| 2c 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 | 72 74 79 20 63 61 6e 64 |, the pa|rty cand|
|00001170| 69 64 61 74 65 2c 20 77 | 61 73 20 77 69 74 68 64 |idate, w|as withd|
|00001180| 72 61 77 6e 20 62 65 66 | 6f 72 65 20 74 68 65 20 |rawn bef|ore the |
|00001190| 66 69 72 73 74 0d 0a 72 | 6f 75 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 |first..r|ound of |
|000011a0| 62 61 6c 6c 6f 74 69 6e | 67 2c 20 61 66 74 65 72 |ballotin|g, after|
|000011b0| 20 68 69 73 20 69 6e 65 | 70 74 20 64 65 6c 69 76 | his ine|pt deliv|
|000011c0| 65 72 79 20 6f 66 20 61 | 6e 20 61 6e 6e 75 61 6c |ery of a|n annual|
|000011d0| 0d 0a 72 65 70 6f 72 74 | 2e 20 48 69 73 20 72 65 |..report|. His re|
|000011e0| 70 6c 61 63 65 6d 65 6e | 74 2c 20 49 76 61 6e 20 |placemen|t, Ivan |
|000011f0| 50 6f 6c 6f 7a 6b 6f 76 | 2c 20 77 61 73 20 73 6f |Polozkov|, was so|
|00001200| 20 68 61 72 64 2d 6c 69 | 6e 65 20 74 68 61 74 0d | hard-li|ne that.|
|00001210| 0a 6d 61 6e 79 20 47 6f | 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 20 |.many Go|rbachev |
|00001220| 73 75 70 70 6f 72 74 65 | 72 73 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 |supporte|rs could|
|00001230| 20 6e 6f 74 20 76 6f 74 | 65 20 66 6f 72 20 68 69 | not vot|e for hi|
|00001240| 6d 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 68 | 65 20 6c 6f 73 74 0d 0a |m, and h|e lost..|
|00001250| 74 77 69 63 65 2e 20 56 | 6c 61 73 6f 76 20 77 61 |twice. V|lasov wa|
|00001260| 73 20 74 72 6f 74 74 65 | 64 20 6f 75 74 20 61 67 |s trotte|d out ag|
|00001270| 61 69 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 | 74 68 65 20 74 68 69 72 |ain for |the thir|
|00001280| 64 20 72 6f 75 6e 64 2e | 20 4f 6e 20 74 68 65 0d |d round.| On the.|
|00001290| 0a 6e 69 67 68 74 20 62 | 65 66 6f 72 65 20 68 65 |.night b|efore he|
|000012a0| 20 6c 65 66 74 20 66 6f | 72 20 74 68 65 20 73 75 | left fo|r the su|
|000012b0| 6d 6d 69 74 2c 20 47 6f | 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 20 |mmit, Go|rbachev |
|000012c0| 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 61 | 20 6d 65 65 74 69 6e 67 |called a| meeting|
|000012d0| 0d 0a 6f 66 20 73 6f 6d | 65 20 34 30 30 20 44 65 |..of som|e 400 De|
|000012e0| 70 75 74 69 65 73 20 61 | 74 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 |puties a|t the pa|
|000012f0| 72 74 79 20 43 65 6e 74 | 72 61 6c 20 43 6f 6d 6d |rty Cent|ral Comm|
|00001300| 69 74 74 65 65 0d 0a 68 | 65 61 64 71 75 61 72 74 |ittee..h|eadquart|
|00001310| 65 72 73 20 61 6e 64 20 | 73 75 67 67 65 73 74 65 |ers and |suggeste|
|00001320| 64 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 | 68 65 79 20 76 6f 74 65 |d that t|hey vote|
|00001330| 20 66 6f 72 20 56 6c 61 | 73 6f 76 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a | for Vla|sov.....|
|00001340| 20 20 20 20 4d 61 6e 79 | 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 | Many| of the |
|00001350| 44 65 70 75 74 69 65 73 | 20 6f 62 65 79 65 64 2c |Deputies| obeyed,|
|00001360| 20 62 75 74 20 65 6e 6f | 75 67 68 20 62 75 63 6b | but eno|ugh buck|
|00001370| 65 64 20 47 6f 72 62 61 | 63 68 65 76 20 74 6f 0d |ed Gorba|chev to.|
|00001380| 0a 65 6c 65 63 74 20 59 | 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 62 |.elect Y|eltsin b|
|00001390| 79 20 61 20 66 6f 75 72 | 2d 76 6f 74 65 20 6d 61 |y a four|-vote ma|
|000013a0| 72 67 69 6e 20 69 6e 20 | 74 68 65 20 31 2c 30 36 |rgin in |the 1,06|
|000013b0| 30 2d 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 | 0d 0a 70 61 72 6c 69 61 |0-member|..parlia|
|000013c0| 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 22 45 | 6c 65 63 74 69 6e 67 20 |ment. "E|lecting |
|000013d0| 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 | 77 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 |Yeltsin |was the |
|000013e0| 6f 6e 6c 79 20 77 61 79 | 20 74 6f 20 70 72 65 73 |only way| to pres|
|000013f0| 65 72 76 65 20 74 68 65 | 0d 0a 74 72 75 73 74 20 |erve the|..trust |
|00001400| 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 | 65 6f 70 6c 65 2c 22 20 |of the p|eople," |
|00001410| 73 61 69 64 20 4d 6f 73 | 63 6f 77 20 44 65 70 75 |said Mos|cow Depu|
|00001420| 74 79 20 56 69 6b 74 6f | 72 20 53 68 69 6e 6b 61 |ty Vikto|r Shinka|
|00001430| 72 65 74 73 6b 79 2e 0d | 0a 22 54 68 69 73 20 62 |retsky..|."This b|
|00001440| 75 79 73 20 75 73 20 73 | 6f 6d 65 20 74 69 6d 65 |uys us s|ome time|
|00001450| 2e 22 20 4f 74 68 65 72 | 73 20 62 6c 61 6d 65 64 |." Other|s blamed|
|00001460| 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 68 | 65 76 20 66 6f 72 20 62 | Gorbach|ev for b|
|00001470| 75 6e 67 6c 69 6e 67 0d | 0a 74 68 65 20 63 61 6d |ungling.|.the cam|
|00001480| 70 61 69 67 6e 20 62 79 | 20 61 74 74 61 63 6b 69 |paign by| attacki|
|00001490| 6e 67 20 59 65 6c 74 73 | 69 6e 20 73 6f 20 6d 75 |ng Yelts|in so mu|
|000014a0| 63 68 2e 20 22 57 65 27 | 72 65 20 72 65 73 70 6f |ch. "We'|re respo|
|000014b0| 6e 73 69 62 6c 65 0d 0a | 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 76 |nsible..|to the v|
|000014c0| 6f 74 65 72 73 2c 20 6e | 6f 74 20 74 6f 20 47 6f |oters, n|ot to Go|
|000014d0| 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 2c | 22 20 73 61 69 64 20 56 |rbachev,|" said V|
|000014e0| 6c 61 64 69 6d 69 72 20 | 49 73 70 72 61 76 6e 69 |ladimir |Ispravni|
|000014f0| 6b 6f 76 2c 0d 0a 61 20 | 44 65 70 75 74 79 20 66 |kov,..a |Deputy f|
|00001500| 72 6f 6d 20 4f 6d 73 6b | 2e 20 22 57 68 65 6e 20 |rom Omsk|. "When |
|00001510| 74 68 65 20 70 61 72 74 | 79 20 61 70 70 61 72 61 |the part|y appara|
|00001520| 74 75 73 20 6c 65 61 6e | 73 20 6f 6e 20 59 65 6c |tus lean|s on Yel|
|00001530| 74 73 69 6e 2c 0d 0a 69 | 74 20 6f 6e 6c 79 20 68 |tsin,..i|t only h|
|00001540| 65 6c 70 73 20 68 69 6d | 2e 22 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 |elps him|.".... |
|00001550| 20 20 49 74 20 69 73 20 | 6f 6e 65 20 6f 66 20 74 | It is |one of t|
|00001560| 68 65 20 72 69 63 68 65 | 72 20 69 72 6f 6e 69 65 |he riche|r ironie|
|00001570| 73 20 6f 66 20 53 6f 76 | 69 65 74 20 70 6f 6c 69 |s of Sov|iet poli|
|00001580| 74 69 63 61 6c 20 6c 69 | 66 65 0d 0a 74 68 61 74 |tical li|fe..that|
|00001590| 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 68 | 65 76 20 69 6e 69 74 69 | Gorbach|ev initi|
|000015a0| 61 6c 6c 79 20 73 65 72 | 76 65 64 20 61 73 20 59 |ally ser|ved as Y|
|000015b0| 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 27 73 | 20 70 61 74 72 6f 6e 20 |eltsin's| patron |
|000015c0| 61 6e 64 20 6d 65 6e 74 | 6f 72 2e 0d 0a 44 75 72 |and ment|or...Dur|
|000015d0| 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 | 31 39 37 30 73 2c 20 59 |ing the |1970s, Y|
|000015e0| 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 77 | 61 73 20 70 61 72 74 79 |eltsin w|as party|
|000015f0| 20 73 65 63 72 65 74 61 | 72 79 20 6f 66 20 53 76 | secreta|ry of Sv|
|00001600| 65 72 64 6c 6f 76 73 6b | 0d 0a 28 70 6f 70 2e 20 |erdlovsk|..(pop. |
|00001610| 31 2e 34 20 6d 69 6c 6c | 69 6f 6e 29 2c 20 38 35 |1.4 mill|ion), 85|
|00001620| 30 20 20 6d 69 6c 65 73 | 20 65 61 73 74 20 6f 66 |0 miles| east of|
|00001630| 20 4d 6f 73 63 6f 77 2c | 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 75 | Moscow,| and thu|
|00001640| 73 20 63 61 6d 65 20 74 | 6f 0d 0a 6b 6e 6f 77 20 |s came t|o..know |
|00001650| 47 6f 72 62 61 63 68 65 | 76 2c 20 68 69 73 20 63 |Gorbache|v, his c|
|00001660| 6f 75 6e 74 65 72 70 61 | 72 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 |ounterpa|rt in th|
|00001670| 65 20 63 69 74 79 20 6f | 66 20 53 74 61 76 72 6f |e city o|f Stavro|
|00001680| 70 6f 6c 2e 20 57 68 65 | 6e 0d 0a 47 6f 72 62 61 |pol. Whe|n..Gorba|
|00001690| 63 68 65 76 20 62 65 63 | 61 6d 65 20 70 61 72 74 |chev bec|ame part|
|000016a0| 79 20 73 65 63 72 65 74 | 61 72 79 20 69 6e 20 63 |y secret|ary in c|
|000016b0| 68 61 72 67 65 20 6f 66 | 20 61 67 72 69 63 75 6c |harge of| agricul|
|000016c0| 74 75 72 65 20 69 6e 0d | 0a 31 39 37 38 2c 20 74 |ture in.|.1978, t|
|000016d0| 68 65 20 66 72 69 65 6e | 64 73 68 69 70 20 62 6c |he frien|dship bl|
|000016e0| 6f 73 73 6f 6d 65 64 3b | 20 77 68 65 6e 65 76 65 |ossomed;| wheneve|
|000016f0| 72 20 74 68 65 20 74 77 | 6f 20 6d 65 74 2c 20 59 |r the tw|o met, Y|
|00001700| 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 0d 0a | 6c 61 74 65 72 20 72 65 |eltsin..|later re|
|00001710| 6c 61 74 65 64 2c 20 22 | 77 65 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 |lated, "|we would|
|00001720| 20 65 6d 62 72 61 63 65 | 20 77 61 72 6d 6c 79 2e | embrace| warmly.|
|00001730| 22 20 49 6e 20 31 39 38 | 35 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 |" In 198|5 Gorbac|
|00001740| 68 65 76 0d 0a 74 61 70 | 70 65 64 20 68 69 6d 20 |hev..tap|ped him |
|00001750| 74 6f 20 62 65 20 74 68 | 65 20 63 6c 65 61 6e 20 |to be th|e clean |
|00001760| 62 72 6f 6f 6d 20 6e 65 | 65 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |broom ne|eded to |
|00001770| 73 77 65 65 70 20 6f 75 | 74 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 63 |sweep ou|t the..c|
|00001780| 6f 72 72 75 70 74 69 6f | 6e 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 |orruptio|n in the|
|00001790| 20 4d 6f 73 63 6f 77 20 | 63 69 74 79 20 70 61 72 | Moscow |city par|
|000017a0| 74 79 20 6f 72 67 61 6e | 69 7a 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e |ty organ|ization.|
|000017b0| 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e | 0d 0a 68 61 6e 64 6c 65 | Yeltsin|..handle|
|000017c0| 64 20 74 68 65 20 74 61 | 73 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 |d the ta|sk with |
|000017d0| 73 75 63 68 20 76 65 72 | 76 65 2c 20 70 6f 6b 69 |such ver|ve, poki|
|000017e0| 6e 67 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 | 74 68 65 20 63 6f 72 6e |ng into |the corn|
|000017f0| 65 72 73 20 6f 66 0d 0a | 70 75 62 6c 69 63 20 73 |ers of..|public s|
|00001800| 65 72 76 69 63 65 73 20 | 61 6e 64 20 66 69 72 69 |ervices |and firi|
|00001810| 6e 67 20 68 61 63 6b 73 | 20 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 |ng hacks| by the |
|00001820| 68 75 6e 64 72 65 64 73 | 2c 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 |hundreds|, that h|
|00001830| 65 20 77 61 73 0d 0a 61 | 70 70 6f 69 6e 74 65 64 |e was..a|ppointed|
|00001840| 20 61 20 6e 6f 6e 76 6f | 74 69 6e 67 20 6d 65 6d | a nonvo|ting mem|
|00001850| 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 74 | 68 65 20 70 61 72 74 79 |ber of t|he party|
|00001860| 20 50 6f 6c 69 74 62 75 | 72 6f 20 69 6e 20 31 39 | Politbu|ro in 19|
|00001870| 38 36 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 54 68 65 |86......|. The|
|00001880| 20 65 6e 6d 69 74 79 20 | 73 74 61 72 74 65 64 20 | enmity |started |
|00001890| 77 68 65 6e 20 59 65 6c | 74 73 69 6e 20 62 65 67 |when Yel|tsin beg|
|000018a0| 61 6e 20 74 6f 20 64 69 | 73 70 6c 61 79 20 61 0d |an to di|splay a.|
|000018b0| 0a 63 61 6c 63 75 6c 61 | 74 65 64 20 69 6e 64 69 |.calcula|ted indi|
|000018c0| 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 | 20 74 6f 20 70 72 6f 74 |fference| to prot|
|000018d0| 6f 63 6f 6c 20 61 74 20 | 50 6f 6c 69 74 62 75 72 |ocol at |Politbur|
|000018e0| 6f 20 6d 65 65 74 69 6e | 67 73 2e 20 41 73 0d 0a |o meetin|gs. As..|
|000018f0| 61 20 63 61 6e 64 69 64 | 61 74 65 20 6d 65 6d 62 |a candid|ate memb|
|00001900| 65 72 2c 20 68 65 20 77 | 61 73 20 65 78 70 65 63 |er, he w|as expec|
|00001910| 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 | 68 6f 77 20 70 72 6f 70 |ted to s|how prop|
|00001920| 65 72 20 72 65 73 70 65 | 63 74 20 66 6f 72 0d 0a |er respe|ct for..|
|00001930| 68 69 73 20 73 75 70 65 | 72 69 6f 72 73 2c 20 65 |his supe|riors, e|
|00001940| 73 70 65 63 69 61 6c 6c | 79 20 47 65 6e 65 72 61 |speciall|y Genera|
|00001950| 6c 20 53 65 63 72 65 74 | 61 72 79 20 47 6f 72 62 |l Secret|ary Gorb|
|00001960| 61 63 68 65 76 2e 20 49 | 6e 73 74 65 61 64 0d 0a |achev. I|nstead..|
|00001970| 68 65 20 63 68 6f 73 65 | 20 74 6f 20 74 72 65 61 |he chose| to trea|
|00001980| 74 20 74 68 65 20 72 69 | 74 75 61 6c 69 7a 65 64 |t the ri|tualized|
|00001990| 20 6d 65 65 74 69 6e 67 | 73 20 61 73 20 61 20 73 | meeting|s as a s|
|000019a0| 65 74 74 69 6e 67 20 66 | 6f 72 0d 0a 73 65 72 69 |etting f|or..seri|
|000019b0| 6f 75 73 20 64 65 62 61 | 74 65 2e 20 49 6e 20 74 |ous deba|te. In t|
|000019c0| 68 65 20 73 75 6d 6d 65 | 72 20 6f 66 20 31 39 38 |he summe|r of 198|
|000019d0| 37 20 68 65 20 62 6f 6c | 64 6c 79 20 6f 66 66 65 |7 he bol|dly offe|
|000019e0| 72 65 64 20 61 20 6c 6f | 6e 67 0d 0a 6c 69 73 74 |red a lo|ng..list|
|000019f0| 20 6f 66 20 6f 62 6a 65 | 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 74 | of obje|ctions t|
|00001a00| 6f 20 61 20 72 65 70 6f | 72 74 20 47 6f 72 62 61 |o a repo|rt Gorba|
|00001a10| 63 68 65 76 20 70 6c 61 | 6e 6e 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |chev pla|nned to |
|00001a20| 70 72 65 73 65 6e 74 20 | 6f 6e 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 |present |on..the |
|00001a30| 37 30 74 68 20 61 6e 6e | 69 76 65 72 73 61 72 79 |70th ann|iversary|
|00001a40| 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 | 4f 63 74 6f 62 65 72 20 | of the |October |
|00001a50| 52 65 76 6f 6c 75 74 69 | 6f 6e 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |Revoluti|on. The |
|00001a60| 70 61 72 74 79 20 63 68 | 69 65 66 0d 0a 73 74 6f |party ch|ief..sto|
|00001a70| 72 6d 65 64 20 6f 75 74 | 20 61 6e 64 20 6c 65 66 |rmed out| and lef|
|00001a80| 74 20 74 68 65 20 6f 74 | 68 65 72 20 6d 65 6d 62 |t the ot|her memb|
|00001a90| 65 72 73 20 73 69 74 74 | 69 6e 67 20 73 69 6c 65 |ers sitt|ing sile|
|00001aa0| 6e 74 6c 79 20 66 6f 72 | 0d 0a 68 61 6c 66 20 61 |ntly for|..half a|
|00001ab0| 6e 20 68 6f 75 72 20 62 | 65 66 6f 72 65 20 68 65 |n hour b|efore he|
|00001ac0| 20 72 65 74 75 72 6e 65 | 64 2e 20 41 74 20 74 68 | returne|d. At th|
|00001ad0| 61 74 20 6d 6f 6d 65 6e | 74 2c 20 59 65 6c 74 73 |at momen|t, Yelts|
|00001ae0| 69 6e 20 73 61 69 64 2c | 0d 0a 22 47 6f 72 62 61 |in said,|.."Gorba|
|00001af0| 63 68 65 76 20 73 69 6d | 70 6c 79 20 68 61 74 65 |chev sim|ply hate|
|00001b00| 64 20 6d 65 2e 22 0d 0a | 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 49 6e |d me."..|.. In|
|00001b10| 20 4f 63 74 6f 62 65 72 | 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e | October| Yeltsin|
|00001b20| 20 74 6f 6c 64 20 61 20 | 43 65 6e 74 72 61 6c 20 | told a |Central |
|00001b30| 43 6f 6d 6d 69 74 74 65 | 65 20 70 6c 65 6e 75 6d |Committe|e plenum|
|00001b40| 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 | 0d 0a 77 61 73 20 72 65 | that he|..was re|
|00001b50| 73 69 67 6e 69 6e 67 20 | 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 |signing |from the|
|00001b60| 20 50 6f 6c 69 74 62 75 | 72 6f 20 61 6e 64 20 77 | Politbu|ro and w|
|00001b70| 65 6e 74 20 6f 6e 20 74 | 6f 20 64 65 6e 6f 75 6e |ent on t|o denoun|
|00001b80| 63 65 20 74 68 65 0d 0a | 73 6c 6f 77 20 70 61 63 |ce the..|slow pac|
|00001b90| 65 20 6f 66 20 65 63 6f | 6e 6f 6d 69 63 20 72 65 |e of eco|nomic re|
|00001ba0| 66 6f 72 6d 20 75 6e 64 | 65 72 20 70 65 72 65 73 |form und|er peres|
|00001bb0| 74 72 6f 69 6b 61 2e 20 | 50 61 72 74 69 63 75 6c |troika. |Particul|
|00001bc0| 61 72 6c 79 0d 0a 67 61 | 6c 6c 69 6e 67 20 74 6f |arly..ga|lling to|
|00001bd0| 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 68 | 65 76 20 6d 75 73 74 20 | Gorbach|ev must |
|00001be0| 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 | 6e 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 |have bee|n Yeltsi|
|00001bf0| 6e 27 73 20 6f 62 73 65 | 72 76 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 |n's obse|rvation |
|00001c00| 74 68 61 74 0d 0a 74 68 | 65 72 65 20 77 61 73 20 |that..th|ere was |
|00001c10| 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f | 74 20 61 20 22 67 6f 6f |still no|t a "goo|
|00001c20| 64 20 61 74 6d 6f 73 70 | 68 65 72 65 22 20 61 74 |d atmosp|here" at|
|00001c30| 20 74 68 65 20 74 6f 70 | 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 0d | the top| of the.|
|00001c40| 0a 70 61 72 74 79 2e 20 | 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 |.party. |Yeltsin |
|00001c50| 64 69 73 61 70 70 72 6f | 76 65 64 2c 20 68 65 20 |disappro|ved, he |
|00001c60| 73 61 69 64 2c 20 6f 66 | 20 74 68 65 20 22 69 6e |said, of| the "in|
|00001c70| 63 72 65 61 73 65 20 69 | 6e 20 77 68 61 74 0d 0a |crease i|n what..|
|00001c80| 49 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 6e | 6c 79 20 63 61 6c 6c 20 |I can on|ly call |
|00001c90| 61 64 75 6c 61 74 69 6f | 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |adulatio|n of the|
|00001ca0| 20 47 65 6e 65 72 61 6c | 20 53 65 63 72 65 74 61 | General| Secreta|
|00001cb0| 72 79 20 62 79 20 63 65 | 72 74 61 69 6e 0d 0a 66 |ry by ce|rtain..f|
|00001cc0| 75 6c 6c 20 6d 65 6d 62 | 65 72 73 20 6f 66 20 74 |ull memb|ers of t|
|00001cd0| 68 65 20 50 6f 6c 69 74 | 62 75 72 6f 2e 22 0d 0a |he Polit|buro."..|
|00001ce0| 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 57 69 | 74 68 20 47 6f 72 62 61 |.. Wi|th Gorba|
|00001cf0| 63 68 65 76 20 6c 65 61 | 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 |chev lea|ding the|
|00001d00| 20 61 73 73 61 75 6c 74 | 2c 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 | assault|, Yeltsi|
|00001d10| 6e 20 77 61 73 20 73 61 | 76 61 67 65 64 20 61 74 |n was sa|vaged at|
|00001d20| 0d 0a 74 68 61 74 20 6d | 65 65 74 69 6e 67 20 61 |..that m|eeting a|
|00001d30| 6e 64 20 61 74 20 61 20 | 6c 61 74 65 72 20 73 65 |nd at a |later se|
|00001d40| 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 | 20 74 68 65 20 4d 6f 73 |ssion of| the Mos|
|00001d50| 63 6f 77 20 70 61 72 74 | 79 0d 0a 63 6f 6d 6d 69 |cow part|y..commi|
|00001d60| 74 74 65 65 2e 20 49 6e | 20 68 69 73 20 62 6f 6f |ttee. In| his boo|
|00001d70| 6b 20 41 67 61 69 6e 73 | 74 20 74 68 65 20 47 72 |k Agains|t the Gr|
|00001d80| 61 69 6e 2c 20 59 65 6c | 74 73 69 6e 20 72 65 70 |ain, Yel|tsin rep|
|00001d90| 6f 72 74 73 20 74 68 61 | 74 0d 0a 47 6f 72 62 61 |orts tha|t..Gorba|
|00001da0| 63 68 65 76 20 70 68 6f | 6e 65 64 20 6c 61 74 65 |chev pho|ned late|
|00001db0| 72 20 74 6f 20 6f 66 66 | 65 72 20 68 69 6d 20 74 |r to off|er him t|
|00001dc0| 68 65 20 64 65 70 75 74 | 79 20 63 68 61 69 72 6d |he deput|y chairm|
|00001dd0| 61 6e 73 68 69 70 20 6f | 66 0d 0a 74 68 65 20 53 |anship o|f..the S|
|00001de0| 74 61 74 65 20 43 6f 6e | 73 74 72 75 63 74 69 6f |tate Con|structio|
|00001df0| 6e 20 43 6f 6d 6d 69 74 | 74 65 65 2c 20 77 68 69 |n Commit|tee, whi|
|00001e00| 63 68 20 68 65 20 61 63 | 63 65 70 74 65 64 2e 20 |ch he ac|cepted. |
|00001e10| 47 6f 72 62 61 63 68 65 | 76 0d 0a 74 68 65 6e 20 |Gorbache|v..then |
|00001e20| 74 6f 6c 64 20 68 69 6d | 20 68 65 20 77 6f 75 6c |told him| he woul|
|00001e30| 64 20 70 65 72 6d 61 6e | 65 6e 74 6c 79 20 62 65 |d perman|ently be|
|00001e40| 20 62 61 72 72 65 64 20 | 66 72 6f 6d 20 70 6f 6c | barred |from pol|
|00001e50| 69 74 69 63 73 2e 0d 0a | 57 72 69 74 65 73 20 59 |itics...|Writes Y|
|00001e60| 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 3a 20 | 22 49 74 20 64 69 64 20 |eltsin: |"It did |
|00001e70| 6e 6f 74 20 6f 63 63 75 | 72 20 74 6f 20 68 69 6d |not occu|r to him|
|00001e80| 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 | 20 68 61 64 20 63 72 65 | that he| had cre|
|00001e90| 61 74 65 64 0d 0a 61 6e | 64 20 70 75 74 20 69 6e |ated..an|d put in|
|00001ea0| 20 6d 6f 74 69 6f 6e 20 | 61 20 73 65 74 20 6f 66 | motion |a set of|
|00001eb0| 20 64 65 6d 6f 63 72 61 | 74 69 63 20 70 72 6f 63 | democra|tic proc|
|00001ec0| 65 73 73 65 73 20 75 6e | 64 65 72 20 77 68 69 63 |esses un|der whic|
|00001ed0| 68 20 68 69 73 0d 0a 77 | 6f 72 64 20 61 73 20 47 |h his..w|ord as G|
|00001ee0| 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 20 53 | 65 63 72 65 74 61 72 79 |eneral S|ecretary|
|00001ef0| 20 63 65 61 73 65 64 20 | 74 6f 20 62 65 20 74 68 | ceased |to be th|
|00001f00| 65 20 77 6f 72 64 20 6f | 66 20 61 20 64 69 63 74 |e word o|f a dict|
|00001f10| 61 74 6f 72 2e 22 0d 0a | 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 48 69 |ator."..|.. Hi|
|00001f20| 73 20 72 65 70 75 74 61 | 74 69 6f 6e 20 61 73 20 |s reputa|tion as |
|00001f30| 61 20 64 61 72 69 6e 67 | 20 6d 61 76 65 72 69 63 |a daring| maveric|
|00001f40| 6b 20 73 65 63 75 72 65 | 64 2c 20 59 65 6c 74 73 |k secure|d, Yelts|
|00001f50| 69 6e 20 77 61 73 0d 0a | 69 6e 76 69 74 65 64 20 |in was..|invited |
|00001f60| 74 6f 20 73 70 65 61 6b | 20 61 74 20 68 75 6e 64 |to speak| at hund|
|00001f70| 72 65 64 73 20 6f 66 20 | 74 68 65 20 70 6f 6c 69 |reds of |the poli|
|00001f80| 74 69 63 61 6c 2c 20 63 | 75 6c 74 75 72 61 6c 20 |tical, c|ultural |
|00001f90| 61 6e 64 0d 0a 6c 61 62 | 6f 72 20 63 6c 75 62 73 |and..lab|or clubs|
|00001fa0| 20 74 68 61 74 20 68 61 | 64 20 73 70 72 75 6e 67 | that ha|d sprung|
|00001fb0| 20 75 70 2e 20 48 69 73 | 20 63 6f 6e 74 69 6e 75 | up. His| continu|
|00001fc0| 65 64 20 70 6f 70 75 6c | 61 72 69 74 79 20 74 75 |ed popul|arity tu|
|00001fd0| 72 6e 65 64 0d 0a 69 6e | 74 6f 20 62 61 6c 6c 6f |rned..in|to ballo|
|00001fe0| 74 73 20 61 74 20 74 68 | 65 20 4d 61 72 63 68 20 |ts at th|e March |
|00001ff0| 31 39 38 39 20 65 6c 65 | 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 66 |1989 ele|ctions f|
|00002000| 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 6e | 65 77 20 53 6f 76 69 65 |or the n|ew Sovie|
|00002010| 74 0d 0a 70 61 72 6c 69 | 61 6d 65 6e 74 2e 20 49 |t..parli|ament. I|
|00002020| 6e 20 73 70 69 74 65 20 | 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 |n spite |of the p|
|00002030| 61 72 74 79 27 73 20 61 | 74 74 65 6d 70 74 20 74 |arty's a|ttempt t|
|00002040| 6f 20 6b 65 65 70 20 68 | 69 6d 20 6f 75 74 2c 0d |o keep h|im out,.|
|00002050| 0a 68 65 20 77 6f 6e 20 | 68 69 73 20 73 65 61 74 |.he won |his seat|
|00002060| 20 77 69 74 68 20 38 39 | 25 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | with 89|% of the|
|00002070| 20 76 6f 74 65 2e 0d 0a | 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 41 66 | vote...|.. Af|
|00002080| 74 65 72 20 77 69 6e 6e | 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |ter winn|ing the |
|00002090| 6c 65 61 64 65 72 73 68 | 69 70 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |leadersh|ip of th|
|000020a0| 65 20 52 75 73 73 69 61 | 6e 20 46 65 64 65 72 61 |e Russia|n Federa|
|000020b0| 74 69 6f 6e 20 6c 61 73 | 74 0d 0a 77 65 65 6b 2c |tion las|t..week,|
|000020c0| 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e | 20 73 61 69 64 20 68 65 | Yeltsin| said he|
|000020d0| 20 69 6e 74 65 6e 64 65 | 64 20 74 6f 20 73 65 74 | intende|d to set|
|000020e0| 20 61 73 69 64 65 20 70 | 65 72 73 6f 6e 61 6c 0d | aside p|ersonal.|
|000020f0| 0a 61 6e 69 6d 6f 73 69 | 74 69 65 73 20 61 6e 64 |.animosi|ties and|
|00002100| 20 62 75 69 6c 64 20 72 | 65 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 | build r|elations|
|00002110| 20 77 69 74 68 20 47 6f | 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 2c | with Go|rbachev,|
|00002120| 20 22 6e 6f 74 20 6f 6e | 0d 0a 63 6f 6e 66 72 6f | "not on|..confro|
|00002130| 6e 74 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 | 62 75 74 20 6f 6e 20 61 |ntation |but on a|
|00002140| 20 62 75 73 69 6e 65 73 | 73 6c 69 6b 65 20 62 61 | busines|slike ba|
|00002150| 73 69 73 2e 22 20 41 6c | 72 65 61 64 79 20 69 6e |sis." Al|ready in|
|00002160| 20 43 61 6e 61 64 61 2c | 0d 0a 47 6f 72 62 61 63 | Canada,|..Gorbac|
|00002170| 68 65 76 20 72 65 73 70 | 6f 6e 64 65 64 20 74 68 |hev resp|onded th|
|00002180| 61 74 20 68 65 20 74 68 | 6f 75 67 68 74 20 68 65 |at he th|ought he|
|00002190| 20 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 77 | 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 | could w|ork with|
|000021a0| 20 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e | 0d 0a 69 66 20 68 65 20 | Yeltsin|..if he |
|000021b0| 77 61 73 20 77 69 6c 6c | 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 63 |was will|ing to c|
|000021c0| 6f 6f 70 65 72 61 74 65 | 2e 20 42 75 74 20 69 66 |ooperate|. But if|
|000021d0| 20 22 68 65 20 69 73 20 | 69 6e 64 65 65 64 20 70 | "he is |indeed p|
|000021e0| 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 0d 0a | 61 20 70 6f 6c 69 74 69 |laying..|a politi|
|000021f0| 63 61 6c 20 67 61 6d 65 | 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 77 |cal game|, then w|
|00002200| 65 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 | 20 69 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 |e may be| in for |
|00002210| 61 20 64 69 66 66 69 63 | 75 6c 74 20 74 69 6d 65 |a diffic|ult time|
|00002220| 2e 22 20 54 68 65 0d 0a | 6e 65 78 74 20 64 61 79 |." The..|next day|
|00002230| 20 61 74 20 61 20 70 72 | 65 73 73 20 63 6f 6e 66 | at a pr|ess conf|
|00002240| 65 72 65 6e 63 65 2c 20 | 59 65 6c 74 73 69 6e 20 |erence, |Yeltsin |
|00002250| 65 6c 61 62 6f 72 61 74 | 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |elaborat|ed on th|
|00002260| 65 0d 0a 64 65 74 61 69 | 6c 73 20 6f 66 20 68 69 |e..detai|ls of hi|
|00002270| 73 20 70 72 6f 67 72 61 | 6d 20 6f 66 20 73 6f 76 |s progra|m of sov|
|00002280| 65 72 65 69 67 6e 74 79 | 20 61 6e 64 20 65 63 6f |ereignty| and eco|
|00002290| 6e 6f 6d 69 63 20 72 65 | 66 6f 72 6d 2c 20 74 68 |nomic re|form, th|
|000022a0| 75 73 0d 0a 65 6e 73 75 | 72 69 6e 67 20 66 75 72 |us..ensu|ring fur|
|000022b0| 74 68 65 72 20 63 6c 61 | 73 68 65 73 20 77 69 74 |ther cla|shes wit|
|000022c0| 68 20 47 6f 72 62 61 63 | 68 65 76 2e 20 48 65 20 |h Gorbac|hev. He |
|000022d0| 69 6e 63 72 65 61 73 65 | 64 20 74 68 65 0d 0a 74 |increase|d the..t|
|000022e0| 65 6e 73 69 6f 6e 20 61 | 6e 6f 74 68 65 72 20 6e |ension a|nother n|
|000022f0| 6f 74 63 68 20 62 79 20 | 6d 65 65 74 69 6e 67 20 |otch by |meeting |
|00002300| 77 69 74 68 20 4c 69 74 | 68 75 61 6e 69 61 6e 20 |with Lit|huanian |
|00002310| 50 72 65 73 69 64 65 6e | 74 0d 0a 56 79 74 61 75 |Presiden|t..Vytau|
|00002320| 74 61 73 20 4c 61 6e 64 | 73 62 65 72 67 69 73 20 |tas Land|sbergis |
|00002330| 61 6e 64 20 70 72 6f 6d | 69 73 69 6e 67 20 74 6f |and prom|ising to|
|00002340| 20 22 63 6f 6f 70 65 72 | 61 74 65 20 66 75 6c 6c | "cooper|ate full|
|00002350| 79 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 | 68 65 0d 0a 42 61 6c 74 |y with t|he..Balt|
|00002360| 69 63 20 72 65 70 75 62 | 6c 69 63 73 2e 22 0d 0a |ic repub|lics."..|
|00002370| 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 41 73 | 20 63 68 61 69 72 6d 61 |.. As| chairma|
|00002380| 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 | 20 52 75 73 73 69 61 6e |n of the| Russian|
|00002390| 20 70 61 72 6c 69 61 6d | 65 6e 74 2c 20 59 65 6c | parliam|ent, Yel|
|000023a0| 74 73 69 6e 20 69 73 20 | 6e 6f 74 20 61 6e 0d 0a |tsin is |not an..|
|000023b0| 65 78 65 63 75 74 69 76 | 65 20 70 72 65 73 69 64 |executiv|e presid|
|000023c0| 65 6e 74 2c 20 61 6e 64 | 20 77 69 74 68 20 6f 6e |ent, and| with on|
|000023d0| 6c 79 20 61 20 66 6f 75 | 72 2d 73 65 61 74 20 6d |ly a fou|r-seat m|
|000023e0| 61 6a 6f 72 69 74 79 2c | 20 68 65 0d 0a 77 69 6c |ajority,| he..wil|
|000023f0| 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 | 6f 20 62 61 72 67 61 69 |l have t|o bargai|
|00002400| 6e 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f | 6d 70 72 6f 6d 69 73 65 |n and co|mpromise|
|00002410| 20 69 6e 20 6f 72 64 65 | 72 20 74 6f 20 70 61 73 | in orde|r to pas|
|00002420| 73 0d 0a 6c 65 67 69 73 | 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 |s..legis|lation. |
|00002430| 4f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 65 | 76 65 20 6f 66 20 68 69 |On the e|ve of hi|
|00002440| 73 20 65 6c 65 63 74 69 | 6f 6e 2c 20 69 6e 20 61 |s electi|on, in a|
|00002450| 20 73 68 72 65 77 64 20 | 6d 6f 76 65 20 74 6f 0d | shrewd |move to.|
|00002460| 0a 62 72 6f 61 64 65 6e | 20 68 69 73 20 61 70 70 |.broaden| his app|
|00002470| 65 61 6c 2c 20 68 65 20 | 70 72 6f 6d 69 73 65 64 |eal, he |promised|
|00002480| 20 74 6f 20 66 6f 72 6d | 20 61 20 70 6f 77 65 72 | to form| a power|
|00002490| 2d 73 68 61 72 69 6e 67 | 0d 0a 63 6f 61 6c 69 74 |-sharing|..coalit|
|000024a0| 69 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 | 20 74 68 65 20 6d 6f 72 |ion with| the mor|
|000024b0| 65 20 63 6f 6e 73 65 72 | 76 61 74 69 76 65 20 66 |e conser|vative f|
|000024c0| 61 63 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e | 20 48 65 20 73 61 69 64 |actions.| He said|
|000024d0| 20 68 65 20 68 61 64 0d | 0a 6c 65 61 72 6e 65 64 | he had.|.learned|
|000024e0| 20 74 68 65 20 22 76 61 | 6c 75 65 20 61 6e 64 20 | the "va|lue and |
|000024f0| 69 6d 70 6f 72 74 61 6e | 63 65 20 6f 66 20 70 6f |importan|ce of po|
|00002500| 6c 69 74 69 63 61 6c 20 | 63 6f 6d 70 72 6f 6d 69 |litical |compromi|
|00002510| 73 65 2e 22 20 41 73 0d | 0a 61 20 72 65 73 75 6c |se." As.|.a resul|
|00002520| 74 2c 20 68 65 20 77 69 | 6c 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 |t, he wi|ll have |
|00002530| 74 6f 20 62 65 20 64 69 | 70 6c 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 |to be di|plomatic|
|00002540| 20 61 6e 64 20 63 6f 6e | 63 69 6c 69 61 74 6f 72 | and con|ciliator|
|00002550| 79 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 | 0d 0a 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 |y, which|..is not|
|00002560| 20 68 69 73 20 6e 61 74 | 75 72 61 6c 20 73 74 79 | his nat|ural sty|
|00002570| 6c 65 2e 20 48 69 73 20 | 72 61 64 69 63 61 6c 20 |le. His |radical |
|00002580| 72 65 66 6f 72 6d 20 70 | 61 63 6b 61 67 65 2c 0d |reform p|ackage,.|
|00002590| 0a 74 68 65 72 65 66 6f | 72 65 2c 20 69 73 20 6e |.therefo|re, is n|
|000025a0| 6f 74 20 6c 69 6b 65 6c | 79 20 74 6f 20 62 65 63 |ot likel|y to bec|
|000025b0| 6f 6d 65 20 72 65 61 6c | 69 74 79 20 61 6e 79 74 |ome real|ity anyt|
|000025c0| 69 6d 65 20 73 6f 6f 6e | 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 |ime soon|..... |
|000025d0| 20 42 75 74 20 59 65 6c | 74 73 69 6e 20 68 61 73 | But Yel|tsin has|
|000025e0| 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 74 | 20 62 65 79 6f 6e 64 20 | thought| beyond |
|000025f0| 74 68 61 74 2e 20 41 73 | 20 61 20 63 65 6e 74 72 |that. As| a centr|
|00002600| 61 6c 20 65 6c 65 6d 65 | 6e 74 0d 0a 6f 66 20 68 |al eleme|nt..of h|
|00002610| 69 73 20 63 61 6d 70 61 | 69 67 6e 2c 20 68 65 20 |is campa|ign, he |
|00002620| 76 6f 77 65 64 20 74 6f | 20 70 75 73 68 20 66 6f |vowed to| push fo|
|00002630| 72 20 61 20 6c 61 77 20 | 65 73 74 61 62 6c 69 73 |r a law |establis|
|00002640| 68 69 6e 67 20 61 20 74 | 72 75 65 0d 0a 70 72 65 |hing a t|rue..pre|
|00002650| 73 69 64 65 6e 63 79 20 | 69 6e 20 52 75 73 73 69 |sidency |in Russi|
|00002660| 61 20 61 6e 64 20 74 6f | 20 72 75 6e 20 66 6f 72 |a and to| run for|
|00002670| 20 74 68 65 20 6f 66 66 | 69 63 65 20 69 6e 20 61 | the off|ice in a|
|00002680| 20 70 6f 70 75 6c 61 72 | 0d 0a 65 6c 65 63 74 69 | popular|..electi|
|00002690| 6f 6e 20 77 69 74 68 20 | 6d 75 6c 74 69 70 6c 65 |on with |multiple|
|000026a0| 20 63 61 6e 64 69 64 61 | 74 65 73 2e 20 54 68 61 | candida|tes. Tha|
|000026b0| 74 20 77 61 73 20 73 75 | 72 65 6c 79 20 6f 6e 65 |t was su|rely one|
|000026c0| 20 66 61 63 74 6f 72 0d | 0a 69 6e 20 68 69 73 20 | factor.|.in his |
|000026d0| 76 69 63 74 6f 72 79 3a | 20 44 65 70 75 74 69 65 |victory:| Deputie|
|000026e0| 73 20 77 65 72 65 20 69 | 6d 70 72 65 73 73 65 64 |s were i|mpressed|
|000026f0| 20 62 79 20 68 69 73 20 | 77 69 6c 6c 69 6e 67 6e | by his |willingn|
|00002700| 65 73 73 20 74 6f 0d 0a | 73 75 62 6d 69 74 20 74 |ess to..|submit t|
|00002710| 6f 20 61 6e 20 65 61 72 | 6c 79 20 62 61 6c 6c 6f |o an ear|ly ballo|
|00002720| 74 2d 62 6f 78 20 72 65 | 66 65 72 65 6e 64 75 6d |t-box re|ferendum|
|00002730| 20 6f 6e 20 68 69 73 20 | 6c 65 61 64 65 72 73 68 | on his |leadersh|
|00002740| 69 70 2e 20 49 66 0d 0a | 68 65 20 72 75 6e 73 2c |ip. If..|he runs,|
|00002750| 20 68 69 73 20 66 65 6c | 6c 6f 77 20 52 75 73 73 | his fel|low Russ|
|00002760| 69 61 6e 20 70 6f 6c 69 | 74 69 63 69 61 6e 73 20 |ian poli|ticians |
|00002770| 73 61 79 2c 20 74 68 65 | 72 65 20 69 73 20 6e 6f |say, the|re is no|
|00002780| 20 64 6f 75 62 74 0d 0a | 74 68 61 74 20 68 65 20 | doubt..|that he |
|00002790| 77 69 6c 6c 20 62 65 20 | 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 2e |will be |elected.|
|000027a0| 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 | 54 68 65 79 20 61 6c 73 |.... |They als|
|000027b0| 6f 20 6e 6f 74 65 20 74 | 68 61 74 20 59 65 6c 74 |o note t|hat Yelt|
|000027c0| 73 69 6e 27 73 20 65 6c | 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 70 |sin's el|ection p|
|000027d0| 6c 65 64 67 65 20 63 6f | 6e 74 72 61 73 74 73 20 |ledge co|ntrasts |
|000027e0| 77 69 74 68 0d 0a 47 6f | 72 62 61 63 68 65 76 27 |with..Go|rbachev'|
|000027f0| 73 20 61 70 70 72 6f 61 | 63 68 20 74 6f 20 74 68 |s approa|ch to th|
|00002800| 65 20 53 6f 76 69 65 74 | 20 70 72 65 73 69 64 65 |e Soviet| preside|
|00002810| 6e 63 79 2c 20 77 68 65 | 72 65 20 68 65 20 6f 70 |ncy, whe|re he op|
|00002820| 74 65 64 0d 0a 6f 75 74 | 20 6f 66 20 70 6f 70 75 |ted..out| of popu|
|00002830| 6c 61 72 20 65 6c 65 63 | 74 69 6f 6e 20 69 6e 20 |lar elec|tion in |
|00002840| 66 61 76 6f 72 20 6f 66 | 20 61 70 70 72 6f 76 61 |favor of| approva|
|00002850| 6c 20 66 6f 72 20 61 20 | 66 69 76 65 2d 79 65 61 |l for a |five-yea|
|00002860| 72 0d 0a 74 65 72 6d 20 | 62 79 20 74 68 65 20 53 |r..term |by the S|
|00002870| 6f 76 69 65 74 20 70 61 | 72 6c 69 61 6d 65 6e 74 |oviet pa|rliament|
|00002880| 2e 20 48 65 20 68 61 73 | 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 62 |. He has| never b|
|00002890| 65 65 6e 20 65 6c 65 63 | 74 65 64 20 74 6f 0d 0a |een elec|ted to..|
|000028a0| 61 6e 79 74 68 69 6e 67 | 20 62 79 20 70 6f 70 75 |anything| by popu|
|000028b0| 6c 61 72 20 62 61 6c 6c | 6f 74 2e 20 49 66 20 68 |lar ball|ot. If h|
|000028c0| 65 20 69 73 20 73 74 69 | 6c 6c 20 50 72 65 73 69 |e is sti|ll Presi|
|000028d0| 64 65 6e 74 20 63 6f 6d | 65 20 31 39 39 35 0d 0a |dent com|e 1995..|
|000028e0| 61 6e 64 20 68 65 20 77 | 61 6e 74 73 20 61 6e 6f |and he w|ants ano|
|000028f0| 74 68 65 72 20 74 65 72 | 6d 2c 20 47 6f 72 62 61 |ther ter|m, Gorba|
|00002900| 63 68 65 76 20 77 69 6c | 6c 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 |chev wil|l have t|
|00002910| 6f 20 66 61 63 65 20 61 | 0d 0a 67 65 6e 65 72 61 |o face a|..genera|
|00002920| 6c 20 65 6c 65 63 74 69 | 6f 6e 2e 20 48 65 20 6d |l electi|on. He m|
|00002930| 61 79 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 | 68 61 76 65 20 74 6f 20 |ay also |have to |
|00002940| 66 61 63 65 20 59 65 6c | 74 73 69 6e 2e 20 49 66 |face Yel|tsin. If|
|00002950| 20 74 68 61 74 0d 0a 68 | 61 70 70 65 6e 73 2c 20 | that..h|appens, |
|00002960| 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6e 20 | 77 68 6f 6d 20 47 6f 72 |the man |whom Gor|
|00002970| 62 61 63 68 65 76 20 68 | 65 6c 70 65 64 20 63 72 |bachev h|elped cr|
|00002980| 65 61 74 65 20 61 6e 64 | 20 74 68 65 6e 20 74 72 |eate and| then tr|
|00002990| 69 65 64 20 74 6f 0d 0a | 64 65 73 74 72 6f 79 20 |ied to..|destroy |
|000029a0| 63 6f 75 6c 64 20 62 65 | 63 6f 6d 65 20 68 69 73 |could be|come his|
|000029b0| 20 73 75 63 63 65 73 73 | 6f 72 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d | success|or......|
|000029c0| 0a 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |._______|________|
|000029d0| 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________|________|
|000029e0| 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f |________|________|
|000029f0| 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f | 5f 5f 5f 5f 5f 0d 0a 59 |________|_____..Y|
|00002a00| 45 4c 54 53 49 4e 2f 47 | 4f 52 42 41 43 48 45 56 |ELTSIN/G|ORBACHEV|
|00002a10| 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 | 20 20 45 43 4f 4e 4f 4d |...... | ECONOM|
|00002a20| 49 43 20 52 45 46 4f 52 | 4d 3a 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 |IC REFOR|M:.... |
|00002a30| 20 20 59 45 4c 54 53 49 | 4e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 | YELTSI|N.... |
|00002a40| 20 46 61 76 6f 72 73 20 | 6d 6f 76 69 6e 67 20 71 | Favors |moving q|
|00002a50| 75 69 63 6b 6c 79 20 61 | 77 61 79 20 66 72 6f 6d |uickly a|way from|
|00002a60| 20 61 20 74 69 67 68 74 | 6c 79 20 63 65 6e 74 72 | a tight|ly centr|
|00002a70| 61 6c 69 7a 65 64 0d 0a | 65 63 6f 6e 6f 6d 79 20 |alized..|economy |
|00002a80| 74 6f 20 61 20 6d 6f 72 | 65 20 6d 61 72 6b 65 74 |to a mor|e market|
|00002a90| 2d 6f 72 69 65 6e 74 65 | 64 20 6f 6e 65 2c 20 62 |-oriente|d one, b|
|00002aa0| 75 74 20 73 74 69 6c 6c | 20 77 61 6e 74 73 20 74 |ut still| wants t|
|00002ab0| 6f 20 6b 65 65 70 0d 0a | 6d 61 6e 79 20 69 6e 64 |o keep..|many ind|
|00002ac0| 75 73 74 72 69 65 73 20 | 69 6e 20 73 74 61 74 65 |ustries |in state|
|00002ad0| 20 68 61 6e 64 73 2e 20 | 48 65 20 6f 70 70 6f 73 | hands. |He oppos|
|00002ae0| 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 69 | 6e 74 65 72 69 6d 20 70 |es the i|nterim p|
|00002af0| 72 69 63 65 0d 0a 69 6e | 63 72 65 61 73 65 73 20 |rice..in|creases |
|00002b00| 61 6e 6e 6f 75 6e 63 65 | 64 20 6c 61 73 74 20 6d |announce|d last m|
|00002b10| 6f 6e 74 68 20 61 6e 64 | 20 73 61 79 73 20 50 72 |onth and| says Pr|
|00002b20| 69 6d 65 20 4d 69 6e 69 | 73 74 65 72 20 4e 69 6b |ime Mini|ster Nik|
|00002b30| 6f 6c 61 69 0d 0a 52 79 | 7a 68 6b 6f 76 20 73 68 |olai..Ry|zhkov sh|
|00002b40| 6f 75 6c 64 20 72 65 73 | 69 67 6e 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a |ould res|ign.....|
|00002b50| 20 20 20 20 47 4f 52 42 | 41 43 48 45 56 0d 0a 0d | GORB|ACHEV...|
|00002b60| 0a 20 20 20 20 41 64 76 | 6f 63 61 74 65 73 20 61 |. Adv|ocates a|
|00002b70| 20 73 6c 6f 77 65 72 2c | 20 73 74 65 70 2d 62 79 | slower,| step-by|
|00002b80| 2d 73 74 65 70 20 6d 6f | 76 65 20 74 6f 77 61 72 |-step mo|ve towar|
|00002b90| 64 20 61 20 6d 61 72 6b | 65 74 0d 0a 65 63 6f 6e |d a mark|et..econ|
|00002ba0| 6f 6d 79 2e 20 4c 69 6d | 69 74 65 64 20 6f 77 6e |omy. Lim|ited own|
|00002bb0| 65 72 73 68 69 70 20 6f | 66 20 70 72 6f 70 65 72 |ership o|f proper|
|00002bc0| 74 79 20 69 73 20 6e 6f | 77 20 70 65 72 6d 69 74 |ty is no|w permit|
|00002bd0| 74 65 64 2e 20 54 68 65 | 0d 0a 67 6f 76 65 72 6e |ted. The|..govern|
|00002be0| 6d 65 6e 74 20 68 61 73 | 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 |ment has| called |
|00002bf0| 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 | 65 76 65 6e 74 75 61 6c |for the |eventual|
|00002c00| 20 74 72 61 6e 73 66 65 | 72 20 6f 66 20 36 30 25 | transfe|r of 60%|
|00002c10| 20 6f 66 20 73 74 61 74 | 65 0d 0a 65 6e 74 65 72 | of stat|e..enter|
|00002c20| 70 72 69 73 65 73 20 74 | 6f 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 |prises t|o the pr|
|00002c30| 69 76 61 74 65 20 73 65 | 63 74 6f 72 2c 20 62 75 |ivate se|ctor, bu|
|00002c40| 74 20 69 6e 74 65 6e 64 | 73 20 74 6f 20 72 65 74 |t intend|s to ret|
|00002c50| 61 69 6e 0d 0a 77 69 64 | 65 2d 73 63 61 6c 65 20 |ain..wid|e-scale |
|00002c60| 72 65 67 75 6c 61 74 6f | 72 79 20 70 6f 77 65 72 |regulato|ry power|
|00002c70| 73 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a | 20 20 20 20 53 4f 56 45 |s.......| SOVE|
|00002c80| 52 45 49 47 4e 54 59 20 | 46 4f 52 20 52 55 53 53 |REIGNTY |FOR RUSS|
|00002c90| 49 41 3a 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 | 20 20 20 59 45 4c 54 53 |IA:.... | YELTS|
|00002ca0| 49 4e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 | 20 20 42 61 63 6b 73 20 |IN.... | Backs |
|00002cb0| 61 20 66 6f 72 6d 20 6f | 66 20 61 75 74 6f 6e 6f |a form o|f autono|
|00002cc0| 6d 79 20 66 6f 72 20 74 | 68 65 20 52 75 73 73 69 |my for t|he Russi|
|00002cd0| 61 6e 20 72 65 70 75 62 | 6c 69 63 20 74 68 61 74 |an repub|lic that|
|00002ce0| 20 77 6f 75 6c 64 0d 0a | 67 69 76 65 20 69 74 20 | would..|give it |
|00002cf0| 61 62 73 6f 6c 75 74 65 | 20 63 6f 6e 74 72 6f 6c |absolute| control|
|00002d00| 20 6f 66 20 69 74 73 20 | 6f 77 6e 20 72 65 73 6f | of its |own reso|
|00002d10| 75 72 63 65 73 20 61 6e | 64 20 66 69 6e 61 6e 63 |urces an|d financ|
|00002d20| 65 2c 0d 0a 69 6e 63 6c | 75 64 69 6e 67 20 69 73 |e,..incl|uding is|
|00002d30| 73 75 69 6e 67 20 69 74 | 73 20 6f 77 6e 20 63 75 |suing it|s own cu|
|00002d40| 72 72 65 6e 63 79 2e 20 | 48 65 20 69 6e 73 69 73 |rrency. |He insis|
|00002d50| 74 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 | 52 75 73 73 69 61 6e 0d |ts that |Russian.|
|00002d60| 0a 6c 61 77 73 20 73 68 | 6f 75 6c 64 20 74 61 6b |.laws sh|ould tak|
|00002d70| 65 20 70 72 65 63 65 64 | 65 6e 63 65 20 6f 76 65 |e preced|ence ove|
|00002d80| 72 20 74 68 6f 73 65 20 | 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 53 |r those |of the S|
|00002d90| 6f 76 69 65 74 20 55 6e | 69 6f 6e 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a |oviet Un|ion.....|
|00002da0| 20 20 20 20 47 4f 52 42 | 41 43 48 45 56 0d 0a 0d | GORB|ACHEV...|
|00002db0| 0a 20 20 20 20 48 61 73 | 20 70 72 6f 70 6f 73 65 |. Has| propose|
|00002dc0| 64 20 61 20 6e 65 77 20 | 63 68 61 72 74 65 72 20 |d a new |charter |
|00002dd0| 72 65 64 65 66 69 6e 69 | 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 4b |redefini|ng the K|
|00002de0| 72 65 6d 6c 69 6e 27 73 | 0d 0a 72 65 6c 61 74 69 |remlin's|..relati|
|00002df0| 6f 6e 73 68 69 70 20 77 | 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 |onship w|ith the |
|00002e00| 31 35 20 72 65 70 75 62 | 6c 69 63 73 2c 20 62 75 |15 repub|lics, bu|
|00002e10| 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 69 6e | 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 74 |t one in| which t|
|00002e20| 68 65 20 63 65 6e 74 65 | 72 0d 0a 77 6f 75 6c 64 |he cente|r..would|
|00002e30| 20 72 65 74 61 69 6e 20 | 74 68 65 20 62 61 6c 61 | retain |the bala|
|00002e40| 6e 63 65 20 6f 66 20 70 | 6f 77 65 72 2e 0d 0a 0d |nce of p|ower....|
|00002e50| 0a 0d 0a 20 20 20 20 54 | 48 45 20 42 41 4c 54 49 |... T|HE BALTI|
|00002e60| 43 53 3a 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 | 20 20 20 59 45 4c 54 53 |CS:.... | YELTS|
|00002e70| 49 4e 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 | 20 20 53 75 70 70 6f 72 |IN.... | Suppor|
|00002e80| 74 73 20 4c 69 74 68 75 | 61 6e 69 61 2c 20 4c 61 |ts Lithu|ania, La|
|00002e90| 74 76 69 61 20 61 6e 64 | 20 45 73 74 6f 6e 69 61 |tvia and| Estonia|
|00002ea0| 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 69 | 72 20 61 74 74 65 6d 70 | in thei|r attemp|
|00002eb0| 74 73 20 74 6f 0d 0a 73 | 65 63 65 64 65 20 66 72 |ts to..s|ecede fr|
|00002ec0| 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 75 | 6e 69 6f 6e 2c 20 62 75 |om the u|nion, bu|
|00002ed0| 74 20 68 61 73 20 63 61 | 6c 6c 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 |t has ca|lled on |
|00002ee0| 74 68 65 6d 20 74 6f 20 | 73 75 73 70 65 6e 64 20 |them to |suspend |
|00002ef0| 74 68 65 69 72 0d 0a 69 | 6e 64 65 70 65 6e 64 65 |their..i|ndepende|
|00002f00| 6e 63 65 20 64 72 69 76 | 65 73 20 73 6f 20 74 68 |nce driv|es so th|
|00002f10| 61 74 20 6e 65 67 6f 74 | 69 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 |at negot|iations |
|00002f20| 77 69 74 68 20 4d 6f 73 | 63 6f 77 20 63 61 6e 20 |with Mos|cow can |
|00002f30| 74 61 6b 65 0d 0a 70 6c | 61 63 65 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a |take..pl|ace.....|
|00002f40| 20 20 20 20 47 4f 52 42 | 41 43 48 45 56 0d 0a 0d | GORB|ACHEV...|
|00002f50| 0a 20 20 20 20 47 72 75 | 64 67 69 6e 67 6c 79 20 |. Gru|dgingly |
|00002f60| 63 6f 6e 63 65 64 65 73 | 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |concedes| that th|
|00002f70| 65 20 74 68 72 65 65 20 | 72 65 70 75 62 6c 69 63 |e three |republic|
|00002f80| 73 20 68 61 76 65 20 74 | 68 65 20 72 69 67 68 74 |s have t|he right|
|00002f90| 0d 0a 74 6f 20 73 65 63 | 65 64 65 20 62 75 74 20 |..to sec|ede but |
|00002fa0| 73 61 79 73 20 74 68 65 | 79 20 6d 75 73 74 20 64 |says the|y must d|
|00002fb0| 6f 20 73 6f 20 6f 6e 6c | 79 20 75 6e 64 65 72 20 |o so onl|y under |
|00002fc0| 61 20 6e 65 77 20 53 6f | 76 69 65 74 20 6c 61 77 |a new So|viet law|
|00002fd0| 0d 0a 74 68 61 74 20 72 | 65 71 75 69 72 65 73 20 |..that r|equires |
|00002fe0| 61 20 72 65 66 65 72 65 | 6e 64 75 6d 2c 20 61 20 |a refere|ndum, a |
|00002ff0| 6c 65 6e 67 74 68 79 20 | 6e 65 67 6f 74 69 61 74 |lengthy |negotiat|
|00003000| 69 6f 6e 20 70 65 72 69 | 6f 64 20 61 6e 64 0d 0a |ion peri|od and..|
|00003010| 66 69 6e 61 6c 20 61 70 | 70 72 6f 76 61 6c 20 62 |final ap|proval b|
|00003020| 79 20 74 68 65 20 53 6f | 76 69 65 74 20 70 61 72 |y the So|viet par|
|00003030| 6c 69 61 6d 65 6e 74 2e | 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 20 20 |liament.|...... |
|00003040| 20 20 43 4f 4d 4d 55 4e | 49 53 4d 27 53 20 46 55 | COMMUN|ISM'S FU|
|00003050| 54 55 52 45 3a 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 59 45 4c |TURE:...|. YEL|
|00003060| 54 53 49 4e 0d 0a 0d 0a | 20 20 20 20 52 65 66 65 |TSIN....| Refe|
|00003070| 72 73 20 74 6f 20 68 69 | 6d 73 65 6c 66 20 61 73 |rs to hi|mself as|
|00003080| 20 61 20 73 6f 63 69 61 | 6c 20 64 65 6d 6f 63 72 | a socia|l democr|
|00003090| 61 74 2e 20 22 54 68 65 | 72 65 20 61 72 65 20 6d |at. "The|re are m|
|000030a0| 61 6e 79 0d 0a 6d 6f 64 | 65 6c 73 20 6f 66 20 73 |any..mod|els of s|
|000030b0| 6f 63 69 61 6c 69 73 6d | 3a 20 53 77 65 64 69 73 |ocialism|: Swedis|
|000030c0| 68 2c 20 53 6f 76 69 65 | 74 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 74 |h, Sovie|t and ot|
|000030d0| 68 65 72 73 2e 20 54 68 | 65 20 71 75 61 6c 69 74 |hers. Th|e qualit|
|000030e0| 79 0d 0a 6f 66 20 73 6f | 63 69 61 6c 69 73 6d 20 |y..of so|cialism |
|000030f0| 64 6f 65 73 20 6e 6f 74 | 20 64 65 70 65 6e 64 20 |does not| depend |
|00003100| 6f 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e | 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 |on the n|umber of|
|00003110| 20 74 69 6d 65 73 20 79 | 6f 75 20 6d 65 6e 74 69 | times y|ou menti|
|00003120| 6f 6e 0d 0a 69 74 22 20 | 69 6e 20 73 70 65 65 63 |on..it" |in speec|
|00003130| 68 65 73 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a | 20 20 20 20 47 4f 52 42 |hes.....| GORB|
|00003140| 41 43 48 45 56 0d 0a 0d | 0a 20 20 20 20 22 49 20 |ACHEV...|. "I |
|00003150| 61 6d 20 61 20 63 6f 6d | 6d 75 6e 69 73 74 2c 20 |am a com|munist, |
|00003160| 61 20 63 6f 6e 76 69 6e | 63 65 64 20 63 6f 6d 6d |a convin|ced comm|
|00003170| 75 6e 69 73 74 2c 22 20 | 68 65 20 61 63 6b 6e 6f |unist," |he ackno|
|00003180| 77 6c 65 64 67 65 73 2e | 0d 0a 48 65 20 68 61 73 |wledges.|..He has|
|00003190| 20 63 72 69 74 69 63 69 | 7a 65 64 20 59 65 6c 74 | critici|zed Yelt|
|000031a0| 73 69 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 | 66 61 69 6c 69 6e 67 20 |sin for |failing |
|000031b0| 74 6f 20 74 61 6c 6b 20 | 61 62 6f 75 74 20 73 6f |to talk |about so|
|000031c0| 63 69 61 6c 69 73 6d 0d | 0a 69 6e 20 68 69 73 20 |cialism.|.in his |
|000031d0| 73 70 65 65 63 68 65 73 | 2e 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d |speeches|........|
|000031e0| 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a 0d | 0a 0d 0a 0d 0a |........|..... |
+--------+-------------------------+-------------------------+--------+--------+
