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~8001F112 Comrade President, I regret to inform you that the funds you allocated will not be sufficient to cover the expected expenses |for -. We have renegotiated the amount and come up with a slightly more realistic figure. I have done as much for you as I can. ~8002F112 Comrade President, squabbling and bickering among the various departments has led me to alter some of our expectations. As a result, we will have to give a larger amount to cover the |expenses for -. I hope we can do better next year. ~8003F112 Comrade President, as hard as I tried I could not hammer out the compromise to get all your budget requests adopted. A larger amount of money will be |going to -, but the situation is certainly better than it might have been. ~8004F112 Comrade President, interference from your opponents prevented me from fulfilling all of your budget requests, most notably |for -. I'm satisfied, however, that the deals I did make are the best ones possible under the circumstances. ~8005F100 Comrade President, I regret to inform you that your budget |for - is not sufficient to let us provide our customary level of service to the state. In negotiation with your Minister of Finance, we have allocated additional funds to ensure adequate service. ~8006F100 Comrade President, while I applaud your efforts to control state spending, the arbitrary limits you have placed on |- are clearly unrealistic. After negotiations with your ministers we have agreed on a new budget level. ~8007F100 Comrade President, the people of my department are fiercely patriotic, and we feel that the |budget set for - will not allow us to serve the state properly. Your Finance Minister has generously allocated us additional funds. ~8008F100 Comrade President, your well intentioned attempts to save the Union some money by allocating such a small amount of money to |- would have led our nation to the brink of ruin. Fortunately, your Finance Minister has approved a more realistic budget. ~8009F100 Comrade President, while the state budget is always a matter of concern, it is unfair to ask my department to bear the cut in |funds to -. The Minister of Finance has instead allocated sufficient funds to keep the department running properly. ~8010F100 Comrade President, No doubt your recent severe cut in | - was a simple oversight. To save you the embarrassment of public exposure of this miscalculation, the Finance Minister has agreed to provide a more reasonable sum, undoubtedly your original intention. ~8011F100 == policy statements Comrade President, you are to be congratulated on a magnificent speech. As a loyal Soviet citizen, however, I feel I should warn you that your shift |in the field of - could cause you major difficulty in the times ahead. I strongly urge you to reconsider. ~8012F100 Comrade President, your words have touched the hearts of the Soviet people, but I must admit that I have trouble accepting your political stance in the |area of -. Reconsider this policy, or the nation may face dire consequences. ~8013F100 Comrade President, you have the good will of the Soviet people in everything you do, but please realize that the opposition will protest the change of policy in |-, which you announced in your recent May Day speech. For the good of the nation, moderate your decisions. ~8014F100 Comrade President, you have the good will of the Soviet people in everything you do, but please realize that some will have trouble accepting the change |of policy in -. ~8015F100 Comrade President, let's not mince words. The change in | - , which you announced in your recent May Day speech is likely to cost you political support and could endanger the entire Union. Must your ideas deviate so radically from your past views? ~8016F100 Comrade President, I am most disturbed by the trends I saw developing in your recent May Day speech. Your policy change |in the area of - is particularly distressing. Change your mind while there is still time. ~8017F100 Comrade President, after reviewing your recent May Day speech, I am greatly troubled by the implications of your abrupt policy change in the area of |-. I foresee great hardship ahead for the country unless you change course at once. ~8018F112 Comrade President, to my great surprise and relief we have convinced your various ministers to accept all of your budget recommendations for the coming year. You are to be commended for your masterful statesmanship. ~8019F112 Comrade President, through hard and bitter negotiations I have persuaded your ministers to accept all your budget recommendations for the upcoming year. Only their respect for you allowed me to succeed. ~8020F112 Comrade President, this year's budget negotiations were some of the easiest I've ever experienced, thanks, no doubt, to your wise suggestions. It is a pleasure to serve you. ~8021F112 Comrade President, I convinced the other ministers to accept your budget suggestions for the coming year, but only by frequently citing the currently difficult financial situation. If you want your agenda accepted next year, I'd suggest you improve your relations with these people. ~8022F114 Comrade President, your May Day speech has stirred people in a way I haven't seen since Khrushchev. I wish you as much luck with the Politburo as you've had with the people. ~8023F114 Comrade President, members of the Politburo may shift uncomfortably in their seats after your masterful May Day address. Whether they agree or disagree, none will dare speak up and risk facing your wrath. ~8024F114 Comrade President, your May Day speech was a political triumph. No one from any faction will speak against you. Of course, you must beware of assuming their silence means consent. ~8025F114 Comrade President, while you certainly have enemies you have temporarily silenced them with your brilliant May Day speech. You walked the political tightrope quite adroitly. You may yet survive your presidency. ~8050N100 ===VOTE OF CONFIDENCE The president narrowly avoided losing a vote of confidence in the Politburo today after arduous negotiations. Rumor has it that members of the opposition were considerably enriched by the experience. ~8051N200 After fierce political infighting within the Politburo, the president rallied supporters to defeat a "no confidence" motion and remain in office. Opponents vowed, however, that the matter would not end here. ~8052N100 Faced with political catastrophe, the president appealed to the will of the people to overcome an opposition motion of "no confidence." Popular support allowed the president to overcome the odds and remain in office. ~8053N300 In a daring display of political courage, the president stood before the Politburo and faced down opposition members who had introduced a "no confidence" motion. The motion was defeated and the president will remain in office. ~8054N200 The world was shocked today by the sudden announcement that the president was resigning, effective immediately. The president's statement merely cited personal reasons for the decision and did not elaborate further. ~8055N100 ======ALL LOSING SCENARIOS In a devastating rejection of the president's policies and administration, the Politburo voted today to oust the president, effective at once. A replacement was scheduled to be announced later this evening. ~8056N100 ===GLASNOST The president today announced the acceptance of a Politburo proposal to introduce glasnost into Soviet society, and appointed a special committee to study how best to implement glasnost. A report was expected within a year. ~8057N200 The president today rejected a Politburo motion in favor of glasnost, saying it would introduce chaos into the Soviet political system by confusing the citizens with contradictory facts and counterrevolutionary opinions. ~8058N100 The president today welcomed the idea of glasnost, saying the Soviet Union should have nothing to fear from its citizens hearing the truth about the Western world. ~8059N300 This afternoon, the president embraced the Politburo's decision to introduce glasnost, saying that only by a free and frank discussion of current problems would it ever be possible for the Soviet Union to solve them. ~8060N100 In a ringing defense of freedom, the president today said, "No subject within the Soviet Union, past or present, should be exempt from the new policy of glasnost. This allows our nation to remove the blanket of lies that has smothered us so long." ~8061N200 ===POLAND Citing the need to preserve order in an allied country, the president sent Warsaw Pact troops to keep the peace in strife-torn Poland. "We will pay any price, fight any battles, to save our allies," the president said. ~8062N100 To help out a troubled neighbor, the president promised to send economic aid to the Polish government so it can deal more effectively with its labor problems. ~8063N300 "The so-called Solidarity movement in Poland is a fraud," the president said today. "It is really a counterrevolu- tionary ploy by the Western capitalists to undermine the true workers' government." ~8064N300 Calling the labor unrest in neighboring Poland an "internal matter," the president pledged today not to interfere in the domestic problems of Soviet allies. ~8065N100 Pointing out that the Soviet Union was founded as a worker's state, the president pledged all possible assistance to "our brothers" in the Polish Solidarity movement. The president's surprise action was sure to spark a firestorm of protest at home. ~8066N300 Taking to the streets to defend their homeland from aggression, the people of Poland repelled the Warsaw Pact troops that the president ordered into Poland to suppress the popular uprisings. ~8067N100 ===ETHNIC WARFARE The president today declared martial law in the strife-torn Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, sending in Soviet troops to keep the peace between Azerbaijanis and the ethnic Armenians who constitute the majority in the area. ~8068N300 The president today dispatched a team of top-level negotiators to work on settling the long-standing ethnic disputes between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Nagorno- Karabakh. ~8069N100 Hoping that prosperity will improve the chances for peace in a troubled region, the president today announced plans to boost economic aid to Nagorno- Karabakh. ~8070N100 ===PERESTROIKA Claiming that it was an affront to everything our fathers and grandfathers worked so hard for, the president flatly rejected the idea that the Soviet Union should abandon centralized planning in favor of a free market economy. ~8071N100 "Changing a system that has endured for 70 years cannot be done lightly," the president said today. The president then announced a special committee to study the consequences of decentralizing the Soviet economy. ~8072N200 Accepting the need for economic reform in the Soviet Union, the president nonetheless urged caution. "Let us avoid radical solutions that will cause mass suffering," the president insisted. ~8073N200 Announcing plans to radically restructure the Soviet economy, the president warned that hard times lie ahead. "There will be much hardship for the first year," the president warned, adding that conditions would improve greatly later. ~8074N300 ===VISIT TO THE POPE The president today flatly rejected the concept of visiting the Pope. "Marx taught us that religion is 'the opiate of the masses,'" the president lectured. "It's not fitting for a Soviet leader to recognize its legitimacy." ~8075N100 Rumors were flying in Moscow that the Pope had invited The president to visit the Vatican, but the Foreign Ministry refused to confirm this and the president could not be reached for comment. ~8076N100 In a major move toward world peace and tolerance, the president agreed today to accept the Pope's invitation to visit the Vatican. This will mark the first meeting ever between the Pope and the leader of the Soviet state. ~8077N200 ===CHERNOBYL The Ministry of Energy confirmed today that a slight accident occurred at one nuclear power station, but insisted that the problem was purely an internal matter and was totally under control. ~8078N300 Calling the nuclear accident at Chernobyl an environmental catastrophe, the president appealed to the Western world for humanitarian and technological assistance in cleaning up the problem. ~8079N100 In calling for humanitarian and technological aid from the West to help with the cleanup of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the president admitted that six other Soviet nuclear plants were just closed because of faulty design and construction. Trade experts predicted a dropoff in orders for Soviet- made goods. ~8080N300 In addition to cleaning up the disastrous effects of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, the president pledged to start major offensives in both public health and environmental issues. Demand for Soviet-made goods is expected to decline. ~8081N100 ===WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN Vowing to fight on with the same Soviet determination our nation showed in World War II, the president said the Soviet Union would keep its commitment to the Afghan government. The military budget will be expanded to fuel the effort. ~8082N100 With Soviet objectives so nearly reached in Afghanistan, the president said yesterday that the nation's military commitment to the government of Afghanistan could be significantly reduced without ill effects. ~8083N100 Citing a tragic waste of lives, effort and money, the president has declared that the Soviet Union will unilaterally pull out of Afghanistan. ~8084N200 Negotiations between the world's two superpowers yesterday signaled an end to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. The U.S. agreed to discontinue aid to the Afghan government in coordination with the Soviet withdrawal of troops. ~8085N300 ===MINERS' STRIKE Declaring that the nation would not be held up by counterrevolu- tionary extortionists, the president today ordered Soviet troops in to break up the Siberian coal miners' strike. ~8086N300 The president, claiming that national security was at stake, yesterday ordered Soviet troops into Siberia to replace the miners who went on strike to protest their abysmal working conditions. ~8087N200 The president refused to deal with the problem of the Siberian miners' strike yesterday, saying that the Soviet Union was strong enough to survive the disruptions caused by a minority of malcontents. The workers meanwhile showed no signs of coming back to work. ~8088N200 Saying that "a nation founded by the workers cannot ignore the workers' plight," the president sent a top level team of Soviet labor officials to negotiate with the Siberian miners, with specific orders to settle the strike at any cost. ~8089N100 Soviet troops met stiff resistance in Siberia as they tried to move against the striking mine workers. "The troops were reluctant to fire on their fellow citizens," the president explained. ~8090N100 ===FREE ELECTIONS Saying that the proposal would be expensive and meaningless, the president vetoed the concept of allowing candidates other than those selected by the Communist Party to run for seats in the Congress of People's Deputies. ~8091N200 Candidates within the president's political faction were given a boost yesterday when the president authorized the transfer of emergency funds from the budget to assist in their campaigns. ~8092N300 The president promised to do everything possible, including endorsements and personal campaigning, to ensure that key candidates win in the upcoming elections. ~8093N200 Certain key candidates within the president's political faction will be receiving both campaign funds and personal endorsements from the president to help them win in the upcoming campaign, according to Kremlin sources. ~8094N100 The president has decided to remain neutral in the current election for the Congress of People's Deputies. "This vote is for the citizens to decide, not me," the president declared. ~8095N200 ===TIANANMEN SQUARE The president yesterday praised the Chinese leaders for their forceful handling of the chaos in Tiananmen Square. "The state cannot allow itself to be held hostage by reactionary elements promoting chaos," the president said. ~8096N100 Saying that the violent treatment of the students in Tiananmen Square is a betrayal of communist ideals, the president condemned the Beijing leadership for the military suppression of the popular Chinese movement. ~8097N200 While regretting the deaths of students in Tiananmen Square, the president refused to get involved, saying, "This is an internal matter for our Chinese comrades to deal with themselves." ~8098N100 ===BALTIC UNREST The president declared martial law in the Baltic Republics yesterday, saying that the Union must not be allowed to disintegrate. Soviet troops were moved into the area and a strict curfew was imposed on Baltic residents. ~8099N300 Soviet troops were ordered to take up positions along the borders of the Baltic republics to enforce the economic sanctions imposed by the president. "I regret the need for this action," the president said, "and I hope we can reach an agreement quickly." ~8100N200 The president departed yesterday for a tour of the Baltic republics to negotiate with their leaders on a formula to grant the republics more political independence while maintaining their economic and social ties to the Soviet Union. ~8101N200 In a speech that stunned the Soviet government, the president recognized that the Baltic republics had been absorbed into the Union against their will, and promised them a special election to decide on full independence. ~8102N300 Even the declaration or martial law and the presence of Soviet troops could not break the spirit of the Baltic people. ~8103N200 ===FORMATION OF OTHER PARTIES The president said yesterday that "the Communist Party is the backbone of the Soviet state. Any other parties are bound to have counter- revolutionary leanings and will not be tolerated." ~8104N300 Giving tacit approval to the formation of parties other than the Communist Party, the president said yesterday, "The Soviet ideal of democracy and glasnost allows the free expression of many divergent views." ~8105N100 ===NONINTERFERENCE POLICY Respecting the wishes of our defense partners, the president announced yesterday, "I agree with the principle that no Warsaw Pact nation has the moral right to interfere in the internal affairs of any other." ~8106N300 Denouncing the recent Warsaw Pact proposal as a subversive strategy meant to divide the alliance, the president said the Soviet Union stood ready to help its partners whenever they were troubled by internal dissension. ~8107N200 The Soviet Union refused to vote yesterday on the Warsaw Pact proposal for a noninterference policy. The president asked for more time to study the matter before making a decision. ~8108N100 ===WARSAW PACT BREAKUP Soviet troops and artillery rolled into the capitals of our military allies. The president explained the move, saying, "Our partners requested our help in dealing with disruptive elements in their societies." ~8109N300 The president announced a policy of economic sanctions against those nations threatening to leave the Warsaw Pact. "We cannot allow the security of the communist world to be endangered," the president explained. ~8110N200 As the Foreign Minister departed on a tour of the Warsaw Pact nations, the president explained his mission by saying, "We may be dissolving our military alliance, but we wish to maintain strong economic ties with our old friends." ~8111N100 "We deeply regret our allies' decision to break with their partners," the president said in a speech yesterday, "but we recognize each nation's right to determine its own path for itself." ~8112N300 Even the use of force could not prevent the Warsaw Pact nations from seceding, as local citizens fought successfully against Soviet tanks. "We just didn't have enough troops or tanks to cover so vast an area," the president explained. ~8113N100 ===GERMAN UNIFICATION The president yesterday came out firmly against the notion of a unified Germany. "Germany has been the cause of two world wars this century," the president told reporters. "We cannot risk letting them start another." ~8114N200 An agreement was made today that cleared the way for the reunification of East and West Germany. The German government agreed to assume the full burden of cost of the Soviet withdrawal of troops from East Germany. ~8115N100 At an international meeting on the future of Germany, the president announced that the Soviet Union would withdraw its military forces from German soil unconditionally and make no objection to the reunification of East and West Germany. ~8116N100 ===OPEN EMIGRATION The Soviet government today announced a new policy of open emigration. "We want people who are going to share our dream," the president said. "If they will be happier elsewhere, then let them go there." ~8117N300 "Mother Russia, as all mothers, loves her children," said the president, explaining the government's new emigration policy. "She knows that some may leave the nest one day, but she hopes they will all choose to stay." ~8118N100 While the Soviet government has declared an open emigration policy, "that doesn't mean we want people to leave," the president said. "People of greater value to the state will find themselves rewarded proportionately if they stay." ~8119N200 Workers with skills and knowledge vital to the security of the state will be excluded from the new policy of open emigration, but the president hastened to assure people that they will be better paid to make up for it. ~8120N300 The president announced yesterday that there would be no immediate changes in the government's policy toward emigration. ~8121N100 ===PERSIAN GULF WAR The president today ruled out any possibility of the Soviet Union's joining the United States' alliance against Iraq, saying "The Iraqis have long been our friends, and we will not throw that friendship away like a fistful of sand." ~8122N200 The Soviet Union announced yesterday that it would remain strictly neutral regarding the threatened hostilities about to occur in the Persian Gulf. ~8123N100 The Soviet Union yesterday joined a long list of nations condemning Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, but the president doubted whether Soviet troops would be needed if hostilities broke out in the area. ~8124N300 The Soviet Union yesterday agreed to join the U.S.-led alliance against Saddam Hussein's naked aggression. "Our troops will fight side by side with Americans," the president pledged. ~8125N100 ===HARD-LINE COUP The president yesterday signed a decree declaring a state of emergency in the Soviet Union and, citing recent ill health, turned most of the government's functions over to a newly formed State Committee for the Emergency. ~8126N200 The president startled the world yesterday with a surprise resignation, turning control of all government functions over to the newly-formed State Committee for the Emergency. ~8127N300 Amid rumors of an attempted hard-line coup, the president was seen in the halls of the Kremlin yesterday making concerted attempts to reconcile with conservative leaders and retain the office of the president. ~8128N100 The Kremlin was astir yesterday as the president made clandestine telephone calls from an undisclosed location and tried to rally support to defeat an attempted hard-line conservative coup. ~8129N200 On a videotape that was smuggled into a Moscow TV station and broadcast nationwide, the president admitted being held prisoner by hard-line conservative traitors and called on the general public to resist the rule of the usurpers. ~8130N100 ===CITIZEN REVOLT Armed Soviet troops were sent into the streets yesterday to try to calm the rioting citizens. "I know conditions are hard and getting worse," the president said, "but that is no excuse for uncivilized behavior." ~8131N100 In an effort to turn around an intolerable situation, the president dismissed the entire Cabinet and promised to find replacements more attuned to the needs of the Soviet people. The rioting citizens seemed to be temporarily satisfied with these measures and called off the revolt. ~8132N200 The president met with political figures from all sides of the political spectrum yesterday in an attempt to hammer out new policies that will meet the current demands of Soviet society. The rioting citizens gave support to the meetings by calling off the protests until the policy changes are announced. ~8133N300 Eyes filled with tears, the president resigned the office of president yesterday, saying the Soviet Union needed a new leader who could command the full respect of his people. ~8134N100 Soviet troops refused to fire on their fellow citizens yesterday, bringing to an end the president's attempt to end the revolt using military force. The president was forced to resign. ~8135N100 ===MATHIAS RUST "The success of a mere student in defying our air defenses shows our inherent weakness," the president said yesterday. "The military budget must be increased if we are to defend our homeland adequately." ~8136N300 "Young Mathias Rust has taught us a valuable lesson," the president said at a press conference yesterday. "We must free ourselves of this lazy and bloated military establishment that drains our money and gives us nothing in return." ~8137N200 "This incident has demonstrated the incompetence of our top military leaders," the president declared angrily. "I have demanded the immediate resignations of our highest officers." ~8138N100 ===MEDIUM RANGE MISSILE TREATY The president agreed yesterday to sign the INF Nuclear Treaty with the United States. Calling it a major step toward peace, the president added, "This is the first time any two nations have agreed to actually reduce the number of their nuclear weapons." ~8139N300 The president refused to endorse the INF Treaty yesterday, saying that "any peace treaty is just a sham until the U.S. decides to cut its funding for 'Star Wars.'" ~8140N200 "The Soviet Union doesn't need to weaken itself before its enemies," the president declared yesterday. "A strong defense has always been at the center of the Soviet economy." ~8141N100 ===LONG RANGE NUCLEAR TREATY In agreeing to sign the START Nuclear Treaty, the president noted that the world would become a safer place for all nations, and that the budgets of both East and West would benefit from a "peace dividend." ~8142N300 Although the president agreed yesterday to sign the START Treaty, rumors were flying that another top secret project had been funded to placate the military leaders. ~8143N200 The president said yesterday that the Soviet Union would refuse to sign the START Treaty unless the United States significantly cut back on the funding for its "Star Wars" program. ~8144N200 ===PRIVATE PLOT FARMING The president today agreed to greatly expand the amount of private farming that individual Soviet citizens could perform, in the hopes of increasing food supplies in the stores and markets. ~8145N100 Agreeing in principle with a plan developed by the Ministry of Agriculture, the president said that a scaled down version of the plan should be tried as an experiment to see whether it would increase food supplies. ~8146N300 When asked yesterday about the plan from the Ministry of Agriculture to encourage private farming, the president appeared indifferent and refused to comment on it. ~8147N300 Saying that it violated the principles of a socialist state, the president rejected the Ministry of Agriculture's plan to increase the amount of private farming that would be allowed. ~8148N300 "I am furious that any official in a socialist state could even propose such a capitalistic plan," the president said, commenting on the Agriculture Ministry's proposal to increase private farming. The president then hinted there would be an imminent shakeup within the ministry hierarchy. ~8149N200 ===FOOD IMPORTS At the Prime Minister's suggestion, the president told the Foreign Minister to open trade talks with the United States aimed at increasing Soviet food imports and relieving the chronic food shortage. ~8150N100 Saying that it was time to encourage Soviet self- sufficiency, the president refused to even consider increasing import trade with the West. ~8151N200 ===FOOD RIOTS Soviet troops were ordered into the cities yesterday to stop the rioters and looters who wanted more food. "Times are certainly bad," the president admitted, "but that means we should all band together, not abandon the principles of civilization and behave like wild animals." ~8152N100 Realizing that the rioters had been driven to desperation by chronic food shortages, the president appealed to Western nations for aid to relieve the starvation. ~8153N300 Saying that such food shortages should not occur in a nation as developed as the Soviet Union, the president promised to investigate corruption in the food distribution industry and told the nation the shortages would end quickly. ~8154N100 Chaos spread throughout the Soviet Union yesterday as the troops the president summoned to quell the food riots refused to fire upon their fellow citizens and, in some cases, actually joined the side of the rioters. ~8155N100 ===UNION VS. COMMONWEALTH The president acknowledged yesterday that there was widespread dissatisfaction with current conditions in the Soviet Union, but added that new programs would improve people's lives to the point that they'd forget about these minor differences. ~8156N200 The president stationed troops at trouble spots throughout the Soviet Union, saying that the Union would be preserved at all costs, even if force was necessary to do it. ~8157N300 The president acknowledged yesterday the republics' dissatisfaction with central authority and promised there would be a new Union Treaty signed shortly, granting greater political autonomy to the republics while maintaining strong economic ties between regions. ~8158N100 Saying that the old Union was a failed experiment that should be relegated to the past, the president declared that the republics should become independent states, but that they still might want to band together in a loose commonwealth to protect their mutual interests. ~8159N200 The threat of Soviet troops was not enough to stave off a collapse of the Soviet Union yesterday as republic after republic challenged the president's orders and declared they would soon be issuing statements regarding their status as nations. ~8160N100 ===RELEASE BANNED BOOKS Saying that the process of glasnost must be accelerated if conditions in this country are to improve, the president signed a decree yesterday releasing the bans on virtually all prohibited literature. ~8161N200 In an effort to shore up support among the hard-line faction, the president said yesterday that the concept of glasnost did not include releasing books that had earlier been declared harmful to the public. ~8162N300 RELEASE ANDREI SAKHAROV Declaring a true commitment to the principles of glasnost, the president yesterday ordered the release of Andrei Sakharov and other political dissidents. "No one should be imprisoned for having different political views," the president said. ~8163N200 The president signed an order yesterday releasing noted physicist Andrei Sakharov from exile. "Sakharov is the conscience of our nation," the president said. "Our conscience may not always be right, but it never hurts us to listen to it." ~8164N100 "Andrei Sakharov is only interested in being a troublemaker," the president declared yesterday while refusing to grant the physicist a release from exile. "We don't need his help to run the country properly." ~8165N300 ===ANTI-ALCOHOLISM CAMPAIGN Taking aim at "the insidious evil that saps our national strength," the president declared war on alcoholism by imposing harsh laws against public drunkenness and limiting the amount of alcohol people were allowed to buy. ~8166N300 Saying that something must be done to curb the public's demand for alcohol, the president yesterday raised the state prices for alcohol, both to produce increased revenues and, hopefully, to curb consumer demand for it. ~8167N200 "Alcohol is certainly a silent menace to Soviet society," The president declared yesterday, "but at the moment there are more pressing concerns that must occupy the government's attention. This is a matter best dealt with on a personal level." ~8168N300 EARTHQUAKE IN ARMENIA Saying that more than 25,000 decent people had died in the earthquake, the president appealed for international aid from the West to help alleviate the terrible tragedy in Armenia. In response, the U.S. is conducting a full-scale relief effort. ~8169N100 "We will show the world that the Soviet people can take care of themselves," the president said yesterday in Armenia while touring the scene of this tragic earthquake. "As we have done many times before, we shall rise from the ashes to become better and stronger than we were before." ~8170N300 The Soviet military today detected a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk flying from Finland toward Moscow today. The pilot, a West-German youth, was ordered to land and later interrogated by the KGB. It is still unclear why he attempted the journey. ~8171N200 The U.S. today flatly rejected a Soviet Proposal for a unilateral withdrawal from Afghanistan. U.S./Soviet relations have been strained lately and the U.S. claimed that they could not trust the Soviets in such an endeavor. ~8173N100 At the direction of the Union President, loyal Soviet forces today seized all government buildings in Kiev, capitol of the Ukraine, replacing insurgent extremists with a legitimate government. ~8174N100 Soviet forces today withdrew from the center of Kiev as a preliminary to future negotiations for greater Ukrainian autonomy, as the President of the Soviet Union has long urged. ~8175N200 A successful Soviet blockade of the Ukraine's Black Sea ports has led Ukrainian secessionists to call for negotiations on the future of relations between Moscow and Kiev. ~8176N200 Russian attempts to bring the Ukraine back into line through a blockade of Black Sea ports were cancelled today because of the success of small Ukrainian blockade runners and because of unsettled conditions among blockade crews. ~8177N300 Ukrainian nationalist leaders today agreed to delay their projected timetable for complete independence while they negotiate the details of a new relationship with the Soviet leadership in Moscow. ~8178N300 Talks between Russian and Ukrainian leaders broke off today. "Nothing less than complete independence is acceptable to our people," stated Ukrainian Foreign Minister Olga Kerzjuk. ~8179N100 At the urging of the Soviet President, the Ukrainian Republic has agreed to accept complete responsibility for its own administration. All parties agree that the traditional brotherhood between the Ukrainian and Russian peoples will continue forever. ~8180N200 Following a secret military trial late last night, former Romanian strongman Nicolae Ceaucescu and his wife Elena were executed by firing squad. Moscow has withheld comment on this latest dramatic turn of events. ~8181N100 At the request of the Romanian authorities, two units of Soviet paratroops have been sent to Bucharest to help restore order. Soviet soldiers entering the city were greeted with noisy demonstrations of love and affection by the populace. ~8182N300 Units of the Soviet army sent to Romania to strengthen the regime have not been allowed to land at Bucharest airport. The National Salvation Front has requested Moscow to recall its troops. ~8183N100 The Union President today hailed "the victory of genuine Socialist forces over the bloody regime of the crypto-capitalist tyrant" in Romania and offered medical aid to those injured in the continued struggle between the citizenry and embattled Securitate assassins. ~8184N200 The Prime Minister last night reaffirmed British support for the joint American-Korean surgical strike that, according to preliminary reports, severely crippled North Korea's potential ability to wage nuclear war. Moscow has not yet made any comment on this operation. ~8185N100 The President last night declared that the Soviet Union could not tolerate such unilateral acts as the American bombing of a Korean research facility. "Are we, then, to consider ourselves justified in taking similar steps to remove South Korea's ability to wage nuclear war?" he asked. ~8186N300 The Soviet Union has delivered a stiff note of protest about the recent U.S.-Korean bombing of a nuclear weapons research center near Pyongyang. ~8187N100 The President, commenting on the recent American-South Korean attack on a research facility in Democratic Korea, deplored the action but stated that he fully understood the fear of continued nuclear proliferation that caused it. ~8188N300 The Soviet Union has as yet made no comment on the rumors, supported by data from an American Vela satellite and by radiation detected in the air near Shenyang, that a nuclear explosion has occurred in Siberia. Meanwhile, the Port of Nakhodka has been closed to foreign traffic. ~8189N200 The Soviet Union, confirming reports of a major nuclear accident near the city of Nakhodka, has asked for Western financial and technical help in cleanup operations. ~8190N100 Western reports of a nuclear accident affecting the city of Nakhodka on the Pacific coast are greatly exaggerated. A small nuclear device was accidentally triggered, but damage was minor and quickly contained. The military acted in accord with its long tradition of considering safety above all. ~8191N300 Last night's clash in the streets of Riga left five Latvians and seven ethnic Russians dead. Reaction from Moscow is expected momentarily. ~8192N100 Soviet troops sent to Latvia have succeeded in containing the recent unrest between Russian citizens of the country and ethnic Latvians. At the request of the Latvian government, Russia has taken on the task of temporarily administering the small Baltic state. ~8193N200 A Soviet armored column was stopped today at the Latvian border by a contingent of border guards backed up by a full unit of the Latvian national guard. Moscow has ordered its troops to withdraw into Russia. Meanwhile, disturbances continue in Riga. ~8194N100 Direct negotiations between our President and the Prime Minister of Latvia have led to the guaranteeing of full citizens' rights for all Latvians of Russian descent. The Latvian government has promised to suppress those irresponsible elements who have led the recent rioting. ~8195N300 With the failure of Russo- Latvian negotiations, the next step in the current attempt to restore order in the small Baltic country may have to be inter- vention by the European Community. ~8196N100 "While the well-being of the Russian people, in whatever part of the world, is our prime concern, the current situation in Latvia seems to be strictly an internal matter," the President today stated. ~8197N400 Heroic Islamic soldiers from Iran have won yet another battle in the ongoing jhad against Western atheism and secularism by expelling the last vestiges of Soviet domination from Baku and helping our Azeri brothers establish a truly religious state. ~8198N100 Soviet troops recently sent into Azerbaijan to counter aggression from the south have succeeded in driving the Iranian fanatics back across the border. ~8199N400 Islamic troops recently sent into Azerbaijan to restore genuine morality to that nation have succeeded in driving the Russian atheists back across the border. ~8200N200 The Soviet ambassador to Iran today delivered to the Teheran government a protest against recent Iranian incursions into the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. The Iranian president announced that the protest will be "considered" by the majlis in full session. ~8201N300 The Security Council of the United Nations will today take under consideration the Soviet Union's recent call for a UN peacekeeping force to counter Iranian aggression in Azerbaijan. Moslem nations may insist that the matter be taken up by the full Assembly. ~8202N200 Mounting unrest against Communist oppression in East Germany today took the form of major mass demonstrations in Leipzig and Dresden. Meanwhile, more young Germans crossed the Berlin Wall while Vopo guards looked on and refused to fire on them. ~8203N100 At the request of the authorities in Democratic Germany, the Soviet Union today strengthened its forces in that nation, to protect it and its loyal citizens against aggression from the West. ~8204N200 Soviet plans to strengthen its presence in East Germany and support the unpopular Communist government there against mounting unrest were frustrated today when a Soviet armored column was unable to pass through Poland. ~8205N300 The President of the Soviet Union made it clear today that the Soviet people were dead set against attempts by extremist elements in any state to change a popular government "by voting in the streets," as he put it, referring to recent demonstrations in Germany. ~8206N200 The Soviet President, in an on-the-record aside at a news conference, today dropped a bombshell by announcing that he supported reforms in Communist East Germany. "A corrupt Socialist government is a contra- diction in terms, and cannot be allowed to continue in power," he stated. ~8207N400 Brave Afghani fighters for freedom and Islamic morality and justice cheered today as Iranian volunteers arrived to aid in driving the Satanic worshippers of wealth and the minions of the atheists in Moscow from the holy precincts of Kabul. ~8208N100 To the unstinting cheers of the rejoicing populace, the first units of Soviet army troops arrived in Kabul today, their mission -- to once and for all drive the hashish-crazed fanatics of Iran from the land and guarantee an independent and Socialist Afghanistan. ~8209N200 The Soviet army suffered another in a long history of severe reverses today when the first units to cross the border into Afghanistan were pounded by well-armed mujahedeen and Iranian "volunteers." ~8210N300 The Soviet ambassador to Iran today delivered a strong complaint about the use of Iranian troops in Afghanistan, and received a promise that all such persons would be withdrawn within a period of no more than three weeks. ~8211N400 The President of Iran today declared before the majlis that all baseless Russian slanders against the Islamic Republic would be treated with the contempt they deserve. "Shall we let our sleep be disturbed by the barking of dogs?" he asked. ~8212N100 The Soviet Union rejoices in the recent apparent successes in the struggle for freedom in Afghan- istan, and wishes to reiterate its own well- known respect for that youngest of the world's great religions, Islam. ~8213N200 The U.S. today firmly rejected any notion that they would include cuts in their "Star Wars" defense system in any arms agreement with the Soviet Union. ~8214N200 The U.S. today turned down a Soviet request for emergency food supplies saying that there were many others far more needing and deserving of such aid. ~8215N100 The president's promise of improved economic conditions was not enough to stave off a collapse of the Soviet Union yesterday as republic after republic ignored the president's final plea and declared they would soon be issuing statements regarding their status as nations. ~8216N300 As Romanian police, following the Romanian army into formerly independent Moldavia, today closed down the last bastions of resistance in the short- lived "Dneister Republic" enclave, Foreign Minister Alexander Korzhenkov in Moscow announced that the situation is "being followed closely at the highest levels." ~8217N100 Russian military units today guaranteed the continued sovereignty of the legitimate government of Moldavia over its own territory. Romanian invaders were unceremoniously ejected from the country. ~8218N200 Tiny Romania today held its own against the Russian bear by dealing a knockout blow to the disheartened and demoralized troops sent by Moscow to try and recover Moldavia from Romanian occupation. ~8219N300 Responding to Russian protests about the recent occupation of Moldavia, the Romanian government today announced a pullout of troops from that tiny country in return for Russian support for Moldavian "territorial integrity." ~8220N100 The Romanian government vowed today to continue its illegal and bloody occupation of the independent Republic of Moldavia. Reports of mass executions of ethnic Russians throughout the country continue to be received here. ~8221N100 The President said today that the recent incorporation of Moldavia into Romania was "the culmination of a long process whose avowed purpose was the restoration of the historic tie between Romania and Romanians in Moldavia." ~8222N300 The fate of Russia's last Baltic naval base was left hanging today as Moscow sources said that Lithuanian demands for the transfer of administration of Kaliningrad "were under study." ~8223N100 Two Speznaz units were moved into the Kaliningrad naval enclave today as part of a routine personnel rotation program. Western conjectures that this operation is somehow "extraordinary" are based on a faulty reading of the situation. ~8224N300 Lithuanian and Polish border guards today barred the passage of Russian military units through those nations' territories, while the governments in Vilnius and Warsaw announced that Russian flights into Kaliningrad would be "strictly monitored." ~8225N300 Brussels was called upon today to help come up with a formula by which Lithuania and Russia could resolve their differences relating to sovereignty over the Russian enclave at Konigsberg (Kaliningrad). ~8226N200 Yet another piece of former Soviet territory was chipped away today as Russian commissioners in Kaunas handed over administration of the big Russian military complex at Kaliningrad (henceforth Konigsberg) to the Lithuanian government. ~8227N200 The Soviet Union today made its first comment on the recent American proposal to put Soviet strategic armaments, now in a heavily decentralized state, under international supervision to prevent a nuclear incident. Soviet Defense Minister Gennadi Sidorov stated that the matter "is now under study." ~8228N200 In a typical display of Soviet intransigence, the Soviet President today rebuffed the U.S. President's recent peace initiative by declaring that Soviet nuclear weapons would remain under Soviet control. "This is not even a matter for negotiation," he stated. ~8229N100 The President today declared that "peace with honor may be at hand" if the United States is willing to accept restrict- ions similar to those it has proposed for the USSR. "We are willing to meet the Americans halfway," the President said. "It remains to be seen whether they, too, can take that first step." ~8230N300 Violence in the smoldering war between Azerbaijan and Armenia escalated today with Armenian guerilla attacks in the suburbs of Baku and carbomb explosions in Erevan. Experts say that the recent Soviet distancing of itself from the fighting has not helped matters. ~8231N100 Once again, Soviet forces have been called upon to resolve ethnic conflicts which were formerly impossible under the peace and harmony of the greater USSR. At great risk to them- selves, young Russian soldiers have accepted the thankless task of separating and calming Azeri and Armenian extremists. ~8232N300 The governments in Erevan and Baku today rejected Soviet military intervention in the growing violence over Nagorno- Karabakh. "It is the only thing on which we can agree," said Armenian Prime Minister Georgios Dukmedjyan, while Azerbaijani President Memmedov is quoted as saying, "In this, we are as brothers." ~8233N100 Our mediators, meeting with Armenian and Azeri represent- atives in Samarkand, report a great success in the struggle to terminate hostilities in the Caucasus. Soviet commiss- ioners will help establish a joint Azeri-Armenian suzerainty over Nagorno-Karabakh. ~8234N200 It now appears that Soviet attempts to mediate conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia have only made a bad situation worse. Talks in Samarkand broke down last night, after what was euphemistically described as a "frank" exchange between Soviet mediators and Armenian representatives. ~8235N400 Soviet characterization of the Azeri defense of their homeland as an "internal affair" is a tacit recognition of Azeri sovereignty over Nagorno- Karabakh. Attempts to break up the land of Azerbaijan by Armenian Christian extremists and fanatics are obviously doomed to ultimate failure. ~8236N300 Romanian troops today recaptured the strategic center of Cluj in Transylvania, thus beginning a new stage in the weeks-long civil war that has raged there between ethnic Romanians and ethnic Hungarians. Moscow remains silent about the conflict. ~8237N200 The dispatch of Russian troops to troubled Transylvania apparently marks a half-hearted return to the discredited practice of interventionism in those states that were formerly satellites of the great Eurasian power. Any thinking person can see that Soviet claims that it is trying to "calm the situa- tion" are only a cover for a new policy of expansionism. ~8238N100 The unsettled situation in Tran- sylvania has calmed to such a degree that the President has recalled those troops that were originally intended to be sent into Romania. Continued reports of fighting between Romanian and Hungarian forces are greatly exaggerated. Western claims that Soviet peacekeeping forces were rejected by both sides are patently false. ~8239N100 The President today appealed to the United Nations to intervene in violence-wracked Transyl- vania. His words revealed the emotions that course through the heart of every Soviet citizen: "Our brothers in the south are suffering. The world must do what it can to end that suffer- ing. We ourselves are prepared to lay down our lives to that end." ~8240N200 In what was apparently a reference to Western peacemaking efforts, the Soviet President today claimed that the violence rocking Transylvania is "purely an internal affair," and warned "outside forces" against "fishing in these troubled waters." ~8241N300 The Slovak secession crisis escalated today as crowds demonstrated against possible Czech intervention before the parliament buildings in Bratislava. Experts are at a loss to explain Moscow's continued silence. ~8242N200 Slovakia's decision last night to accept aid proferred by Moscow is a step in the wrong direction, experts in Prague told our correspondent. "This intervention by Moscow only exacerbates the situation," warned Czechoslovakia's President Urban. ~8243N300 A Soviet offer of a financial and military aid package to Slovakia was rejected last night during an extraordinary meeting of the secession- minded Slovak cabinet in Bratislava. "While we appreciate this offer, we would prefer to follow our own path," a Slovak spokesman said. ~8244N200 In a rare show of political good sense, the Kremlin has intervened in the Slovak secession crisis on the side of the legal government in Prague. Sources in the Czech capitol foresee a quick end to the crisis now that Slovakia no longer has hope of outside support. ~8245N300 Saying that "this is a Czechoslovakian internal matter, better handled without outside aid," Czech President Urban today rejected the USSR's offer of support against secessionist Slovakia. ~8246N300 The USSR today announced its decision to keep clear of the ongoing crisis in Czecho- slovakia. "When your neighbor and his wife start flinging the crockery," the Soviet President said at a news conference, "you don't stick your head in through their window." ~8247N200 The newly-independent Ukraine today flexed its political muscle by demanding that the Soviet Black Sea Fleet be turned over to Ukrainian control. Moscow has as yet made no reply to this demand. ~8248N100 The President today replied to Ukrainian demands for control of the Black Sea Fleet by pointing out that the Fleet was built with Russian money and is manned by Russian seamen. Defense Minister Sidorov reports that control over all ships of the fleet has been secured. ~8249N300 Following Ukrainian demands for control of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, reports of fighting aboard some ships have arrived in Zurich. The Soviet President has stated that the Fleet will not be surrendered, but it is not clear at this time just where actual control lies. ~8250N100 Soviet and Ukrainian negotiators meeting in Kharkov have hammered out an arrangement defining who controls what part of the Black Sea Fleet. "We all recognize that Russian and Ukrainian interests in this matter, if not identical, are at least compatible," stated Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kerzjuk. ~8251N300 Negotiations on the future of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet are reported to have been suspended. Both sides have returned to their respective capitols to receive new instructions. "The Russians, as usual, behave as though they own the world," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kerzjuk. ~8252N200 Bowing to Ukrainian demands, the Soviet President today informed the Council of Deputies that the Soviet Black Sea Fleet was being turned over to the new Ukrainian government. "Since we still retain the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets, to which Ukraine contri- buted, this seems like an equit- able division," he declared. ~8253N200 The U.S. today turned down a Soviet request for emergency earthquake relief funds. The president offered his condolences to those suffering in Armenia but maintained that they could offer no help during these troubled times. ~8254N300 The East German government today rejected a Soviet proposal for reunification which would have them pay for the full cost of the withdrawal of troops from East Germany. Thus, the question of reunification lingers on. ~8255N300 In a surprising move the U.S. agreed to cut back on research involving their SDI defense program as part of the START Nuclear Treaty. The president signed the treaty and earned great praise for his skillful handling of the negotiations. ~8256N200 The Japanese government continues to press Moscow for a reply to its recent demand that the Kuril Island chain be returned to Japanese admin- istration. A Russian spokesman stated: "Such matters require time for study." ~8257N100 Our President today announced that the recent Japanese demand for cession of the Kuril Islands has been rejected. "We consider the Japanese to be our friends," he said, "but the Kuril Islands, and their people, are part of the Motherland, now and forever." ~8258N200 Japanese Foreign Minister Umeda and Russian Foreign Minister Korzhenkov today signed a treaty of friendship and joint economic development. By the terms of the treaty, administration of the Kuril Islands reverts to Japan, while Japanese firms will be given the go-ahead to help develop Siberian gas and timber resources. ~8259N200 Japanese Foreign Minister Umeda and Russian Foreign Minister Korzhenkov both flew home from Vladivostok today after talks broke down on the possibility of trading the Kuril Islands for Japanese participation in Siberian economic development. ~8260N100 The President today announced the unconditional transfer of administration over the Kuril Islands to the Japanese government. "This is not really a surrender of our territory to a foreign power," he said, "since we are all one family in our common Eurasian home." ~8261N200 Chinese troops pushed further northeast in the Amur River Basin today as Premier Guo Yang-ming explained that "China's goal is simply to rectify boundaries forced on us by the Tsarist government more than a hundred years ago." Moscow has withheld comment. ~8262N100 The President has announced that tactical nuclear devices have been used to neutralize military staging areas out- side the Chinese cities of Harbin and Huehuehot. "While this was strictly a surgical military operation," the President said, "a certain level of corollary civilian damage was unavoidable." ~8263N100 The President today announced that seven battalions of crack troops are being deployed from the Western border to the Far East, to counter the recent Chinese incursion near Birobidjan. "This is to demonstrate that we are not going to roll over and play dead for every gang of bandits," he said. ~8264N300 Soviet Foreign Minister Korzhenkov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wei today signed protocols that will strictly define the Soviet-Chinese boundary along the Ussuri River, thus ending the recent Amur Basin conflict. "Justice and brotherhood have prevailed once again," Korzhenkov said. ~8265N200 YELTSIN CONTROVERSY In a surprising move, the president threw support to Boris Yeltsin after stormy session of Politburo had conservatives rallying against him. The move will win the president some popular support, but he has completely alienated the hardline faction. ~8266N300 The president attempted to calm conservatives in Politburo today who were calling for the resignation of Boris Yeltsin. The conservatives were none too pleased to see the president condoning such radical outbursts. ~8267N200 Boris Yeltsin resigned from Politburo today after being cornered by conservatives and criticized by the president. Yeltsin was scorned for his "feudal revolutionary talk" and described as a man who put his own personal ambitions above the needs of his country. ~8268N300 The president called for the resignation of Boris Yeltsin from Politburo today in response to his attack against conserva- tive members. "Open debate is necessary if this country is to survive", said the president, "but it must be done in a cons- tructive manner". ~8269N100 ASSASSINATE YELTSIN The nation was shocked and dismayed today by the news that Boris Yeltsin was shot and killed while making a speech in Red Square. The police say they have no clues and have no idea who would commit such a horrible crime. ~8270N200 A rally in which Boris Yeltsin was scheduled to speak was interrupted today as an unident- ified gunman was apprehended by members of the KGB. The man was said to be disoriented and confused. ~8271N200 A. Dichenko, the provincial chief of the KGB was dis- missed today by KGB chairman Viktor Chebrikov. No explana- tion was given. ~8272N200 The coal miners' strike ended today as the dejected workers realized that their government would sooner let them starve than improve their working conditions. ~8273N200 Eurocomm ionospheric sounding stations today confirmed that portions of the northern hemi- spheric ozonosphere have been reduced to less than 10% of normal ozone density. Russia and Canada are particularly hard hit. Moscow has not yet commented. ~8274N100 The President today announced that Russia will repair the damage caused to the planetary ozone layer over the past few years. "This is not our fault, but it is our problem," the President said. ~8275N100 Damage to the ozone layer caused by years of Western carelessness has led to severe increases in eye problems and skin cancer in our nation, as well as declining crop yields, the President announced today, as he outlined a three-point plan by which hoped-for Western reparations will help solve the crisis. ~8276N300 Travelers from Moscow report that while the Kremlin appears to remain in the hands of government supporters, the rest of the city is firmly under martial law. Radio Moscow continues to broadcast an extended program of classical Russian music. ~8277N100 At the President's orders, certain treasonous elements in the military officer corps, responsible for yesterday's turmoil, have been arrested or declared to be fugitives from justice. ~8278N100 Our glorious armed forces today removed from power the malicious and incompetent clique that for some years have been leading our country down the road to mili- tary and economic ruin. The former president and his lackeys have been placed under arrest, and will be tried as they deserve. ~8279N200 Tanks rolling into Moscow at first light this morning were stopped by armed citizens at barricades formed of auto- mobiles, concrete blocks and odds and ends of timber. After conferring with the citizens, the military forces quickly withdrew. It is not known what has happened to the rebellious commanders, but the government seems to be in firm control. ~8280N300 In the face of mounting mili- tary pressure, the Russian President today resigned his office. The presidency has been temporarily assumed by the coup leader, General Yu. S. Dvorets, who promises new elections "shortly." The fate of the pres- ident is not known, but various rumors have him either shot or arrested en route to Vnukovo Aerodrome. ~8281N100 The Kremlin tonite is in the hands of a faction of Hard- liners who appear to have pulled off a successful coup. The president reportedly attempted to deal with the faction by promising them more power and greater concessions to their policies. The Hardliners turned down the presidents offer and will be holding a press conference later this evening. ~8282N200 The president is being held hostage tonite as the Kremlin has been overtaken by a Hardline coup. The president reportedly called on his supporters in the politburo to defeat the coup, but at this time there seems to be no organized effort to oust the Hardliners. ~8283N300 Small groups of protestors who had attempted to defeat the coup were easily turned back by the military as long columns of tanks lined the streets of Moscow today. One citizen who stayed indoors during the skirmishes remarked, "Why should we risk our lives for an administration that has done nothing for us". ~8284N100 Leaders of the citizen revolt rejected the president's offer to replace his entire ministry to appease the protestors. The leaders released a statement saying that the president must take personal responsibility for the situation and offer his resignation. ~8285N200 Protest Leaders rejected the president's proposal to have a committee address their demands and forced him to resign today. It is unclear at this time what sort of administration will arise from this chaos. ~8286F114 MATHIAS RUST Comrade President: Certainly the incident with the German youth was alarming, but don't let it affect your judgment. You are letting a fluke event destroy the careers of many loyal lifelong supporters. ~8287F114 Comrade President: Your attempts to destroy the fabric of the Soviet Union are nowhere more apparent than in your firing of good, loyal officers whose only "crime" was in not guarding against a trivial, statistically inconsequential event. We will neither forget nor forgive this spiteful action. ~8288F114 MEDIUM-RANGE MISSILE TREATY Comrade President: This is madness! We have been offered a chance to reduce our bloated military spending program and you have thrown it back in the West's face. For the sake of our social programs, we must stop the arms race. ~8289F114 WITHDRAWAL FROM AFGHANISTAN Comrade President: Our country is being bled dry, the citizens are upset, and troop morale is at an all time low - all because of this accursed war. Don't allow this to continue. You must show the moral courage to lead us out of it, or we'll face social catastrophe. ~8290F114 Choice c. Comrade President: Not only would you have us abandon our allies in Kabul, setting a bad precedent for our other friends, but you are also exposing our own soldiers to attack from guerrilla forces. Don't let our soldiers die in ignoble retreat. ~8291F114 PERSIAN GULF WAR Comrade President: It is a serious mistake to align ourselves with an obvious aggressor who is bound to be on the losing side of the war. Regardless of our previous relations with Iraq, the stance you've chosen will lead us to a terrible foreign policy debacle. ~8292F114 Choice d. Comrade President: It's one thing to refuse support to an ally who has made a wrong move. It's quite another to fully support our archenemy against a potentially valuable ally in a sensitive region of the world. We risk Soviet lives and money, and only the United States can end up gaining anything. ~8293F114 PRIVATE PLOT FARMING Comrade President: To dismiss such well-meaning and honorable people for the sake of ideological purity is both shortsighted and dangerous. Our people need food to eat. If they don't get it, distinctions between capitalism and communism will mean very little to them. ~8294F114 PERESTROIKA Comrade President: Closing your eyes to our future will not make it go away. Our nation is in serious trouble, and the old methods for dealing with it will no longer work. Indeed, those methods have caused some of the trouble in the first place. We must restructure our society NOW, while there's still time. ~8295F114 Choice d. Comrade President: In your eagerness to please the rabble, you are tossing away decades of Soviet tradition. Do not toss away a proven system in favor of some wildeyed theories that can only harm our nation. ~8296F114 POLAND Comrade President: My comrades and I were shocked when we heard about your massive betrayal of the Revolution's ideals to the counter- revolutionary forces of Solidarity. Your capitulation can only mean the imminent demise of the international socialist alliance. ~8297F114 BALTIC UNREST Comrade President: My colleagues and I have long suspected your ultimate goal was the dissolution of the Union, and now we are sure of it. Can the rest of the Union emerge unscathed when you have given away some of our finest warm- water ports? ~8298F114 GERMAN UNIFICATION Comrade President: Your thoughtless bargain with the West has assured all of Europe, if not the world, untold catastrophe in years to come. Not only is a united Germany a serious threat to Soviet interests, but you refused to even demand repayment of the money we invested in the GDR. ~8299F114 UNION VS. COMMONWEALTH Comrade President: Your foolish decision to preserve the old Union by force if necessary totally ignores the modern trends toward more localized control. The people will not tolerate old, outdated solutions. I predict bloodshed and disaster if you continue on this path. ~8300F114 FREE ELECTIONS Comrade President: Just as a child grows up and can no longer be ordered about by his parents, so have the Soviet people matured and will no longer be bossed by their Party. They want a voice in their future, and their voice will only grow louder the more you refuse to listen. ~8301F114 ANTI-ALCOHOLISM CAMPAIGN Comrade President: I understand your zeal to transform Soviet society into an ideal productive state, but you must realize how strongly the people need the release of alcohol to escape the dreariness of their lives. Don't alienate the very people whose support we need by proclaiming unpopular crusades like this one. ~8302F114 RIOT SQUAD MESSAGE Comrade President: I have to admit that I and a number of your other friends and supporters were shocked to hear of the decision you just made to send troops into this troubled situation. Our party is devoted to helping the common worker, not to squashing him beneath the boot heel of oppression. ~8303F114 REFORMISTS/NATIONALISTS TO HARD-LINER Comrade President: Your decision to send troops against ordinary citizens shows a heartless disregard for the workers you claim to represent. The people are crying out to you in anguish, and all you can think to do is kick them in the teeth. ~8304N100 After years of agitation from Solidarity and other nationalist labor groups, Poland has split itself off from the Eastern Bloc and declared itself free of Soviet domination. ~8305N200 Citing dissatisfaction with Soviet domination dating all the way back to the 1956 uprising, the government of Hungary today has chosen to divorce itself from its close ties to the Soviet Union. ~8306N300 Yugoslavia, ruled for many years by the late Marshall Tito, has always taken an independent socialist path, and today made an even more complete break from what its leaders called "the hegemony of the Soviet Union." ~8307N100 The German Democratic Republic today announced that it was casting off its ties to the Soviet Union in an attempt to reconcile with the West German government and form a united Germany for the first time since the end of World War II. ~8308N200 With the fall of its president, Nicolae Ceausescu, and his wife, the government of Romania today announced it was breaking free of the Soviet orbit and seeking closer ties to the capitalist West. ~8309N300 In a surprising move, the normally stodgy Bulgarian government has cast off its ties to the Eastern Bloc in favor of a more independent role on the world stage. There were predictions, however, of future ethnic violence between native Bulgarians and minority Turks. ~8310N100 Claiming they were merely completing the revolution begun by Alexander Dubcek back in 1968, the liberal leaders in Czechoslovakia broke their Warsaw Pact ties and indicated they wanted to travel a more capitalistic road. ~8311N200 Albania, once the most hard-line of Moscow's allies, announced today it is leaving the Soviet fold. "We must take our nation into the twentieth century before the twenty-first century overtakes is," one leader was heard to remark. ~8312N200 With the recent large cuts in Soviet sugar subsidies, the Cuban government has said it can no longer afford its ties to Moscow at the expense of its relations to the rest of the world. "Our people are still starving and impoverished," one official said. "This is not what our revolution was about." ~8313N100 Mongolia, which has had a Communist regime and strong Soviet ties since 1921, announced today that it wished to pursue a more independent course in the future. An ally of the Soviet Union in its dispute with China, Mongolia has asked an end to their mutual protection pact and removal of Soviet soldiers from its soil. ~8314N200 Estonia, the northernmost of the three Baltic republics, today officially declared its secession from the Soviet Union and a restoration of the independence it had held between the two World Wars. The Soviet navy will sorely miss the use of the port of Tallinn. ~8315N300 Latvia officially seceded from the Soviet Union today after a long struggle to regain the independence it lost at the beginning of World War II. Latvia was one of the most urbanized republics, and its key port of Riga will be sorely missed by Soviet vessels. ~8316N100 Lithuania, the largest and perhaps the most politically radical of the Baltic republics today declared its secession from the Soviet Union and its establishment of an independent state. Dancing was reported in the streets of Vilnius, the capital city. ~8317N200 The republic of Byelorussia, which was largely rebuilt from the ashes after World War II, announced today that it was going to secede from the Soviet Union and form its own independent nation, to be named Belarus. The former republic was a charter member of the United Nations and already has its own seat in the General Assembly. ~8318N300 The republic of Ukraine today announced it was seceding from the Soviet Union. It had been the Union's second most populous republic, and the loss of its agricultural and industrial production will be sorely missed. The former republic was a charter member of the United Nations and already has its own seat in the General Assembly. ~8319N100 Moldavia, the second smallest republic in the Soviet Union, announced today that it has chosen to secede. Moldavia joined the Soviet Union during World War II. The small nation reportedly plans to change its name to Moldova, and may seek reunification with Romania. ~8320N200 The predominantly Moslem republic of Azerbaijan today announced plans to secede from the Soviet Union. Experts predicted trouble and bloodshed ahead for the new nation, however, as many ethnic clashes have already occurred in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, where Christian Armenians make up 80% of that district's population. ~8321N300 The Central Asian republic of Uzbekistan today announced that it was seceding from the Soviet Union. The predominantly Moslem Uzbeks were the largest non- Russian nationality throughout the Soviet Union, and Uzbekistan is the world's third-largest cotton producer. ~8322N100 The Caucasus republic of Georgia announced today its withdrawal from the Soviet Union, though internal political factions promised the new nation a painful birth. Georgia is noted as a producer of raw materials, and 95% of the tea in the Soviet Union comes from this mountainous land. ~8323N200 Armenia, the smallest Soviet republic flexed its political muscles today and announced that it is seceding from the Union. The country is heavily industrialized, but it is also land-locked and will depend on the good will of its neighbors - Turkey, Iran, Georgia and Azerbaijan - for its continued international commerce. ~8324N300 Things are looking grim in the Soviet Union as news spreads that Kazakhstan, the second largest republic in the Union, has seceded. The Union will lose its space launching facilities at Baikonyr, and Soviet missiles on its territory will make Kazakhstan the third greatest nuclear power in the world. ~8325N100 The Central Asian republic of Kirghizia announced today that it would be leaving the Union to become an independent nation. Man-in-the-street polls found that hardly anyone in the rest of the Union cared. ~8326N200 The rapidly growing Central Asian republic of Tajikistan announced today that it was planning to secede from the Soviet Union to form its own nation. Concern was voiced throughout the Union because nearly half the population of Tajikistan's capital city, Dushanbe, is Russian. ~8327N300 The Soviet Union's southernmost province, Turkmenistan, today declared it was breaking away from the Union to become an independent state. Most Soviet citizens were not terribly concerned about the loss, since nearly all of Turkmenistan is desert, anyway. ~8328N200 BALTICS NEGOTIATIONS FAIL Negotiations with the Baltic Republics broke off abruptly today and it seems most likely that they will secede. The president remarked that the Baltic representatives were unwilling to compromise and gave him no leverage. ~8329F114 HARDLINE COUP NEGOTIATIONS SUCCEED Comrade president, We apologize if our actions have ruffled your feathers, but we must look after our own concerns. We were reassured by your willingness to compromise under pressure, but please keep our interests in mind so that we don't have to go through with this again. ~8330F114 APPEAL TO FACTIONS SUCCEEDS Comrade president, Congratulations on your impressive show of support and welcome back into power. Keep in mind that we cannot always come to your rescue and try not to sit with your back to the door. ~8331F114 APPEAL TO PEOPLE SUCEEDS Comrade president, Your people have resisted the military and overthrown the traitors. Now it is up to you to lead them through these troubled times. ~8332N100 Citizen Revolt, Drink Tea Rioting citizens overran the Kremlin last night and took control of the floundering Soviet Empire. The president made no apparent attempt to defeat the overthrow. His whereabouts are unknown at this hour. ~8333N200 Union vs. Commonwealth, Negotiations fail Despite the president's attempts at negotiation the republics voted today to disband the Union in favor of a Commonwealth. The president will retain a nominal position as president of the commonwealth. ~8600L216 Nationalists Gaining Strength Comrade President, The Nationalists have recently gained an alarming amount of power in the Politburo. They are no longer a faction which we can easily ignore. If you do not make concessions to their party line soon there will most likely be a takeover attempt. ~8601L216 Reformists Gaining Strength Comrade President, The Reformists have recently gained an alarming amount of power in the Politburo. They are no longer a faction which we can easily ignore. If you do not make concessions to their party line soon there will most likely be a takeover attempt. ~8602L114 Hardliners Gaining Strength Comrade President, Despite your reforms, the Hard- liners have maintained a maj- ority vote in the Politburo and are still gaining in influence. As you know, they control the military and would not hestitate to attempt a coup if they don't get their way. We recommend that you make some compromises soon. ~8603L114 HardLiners Desperate Comrade President! The HardLine faction has dwindled in strength and now has little say in policy decisions. However, they still have control of our military and thus pose a very real threat if they become desperate enough. Try not to anger them too much with your policies. ~8604F216 Coup Notice Comrade President! We have taken control of your military and have you surrounded. There is a guard unit waiting outside your door to apprehend you. Now you have no choice, you must give in to our demands! ~8605L114 IMPLIED VS STATED Comrade President, I can't help but notice great discrepancies between your stated policies, and those which you follow in your actions. Beware, your prestige suffers from this lack of consistency. ~8606F114 HARDLINECOUP - DRINK TEA A surprise takeover attempt led by members of the Hardline faction and backed by the military appears to have succeeded in ousting the current regime. The president has not been heard from since the coup was announced and his whereabouts are unknown. ~8607F114 Mathias Rust Caught A German teenager was caught flying a single-engine Cessna Skyhawk into Soviet Airspace. The youth was forced to land and later questioned by the KGB. No details of the interogation were revealed. ~8608P214 Comrade president, We have noticed a great deal of strange activity going on amongst the Nationalists. They have been seen cavorting with our military leaders. Now that they hold a majority vote in Politburo we must keep an eye on them. We may be too late. - Y. Ligachev ~8609P214 Comrade president, We have noticed a great deal of strange activity going on amongst the Reformists. They have been seen cavorting with our military leaders. Now that they hold a majority vote in Politburo we must keep an eye on them. We may be too late. ~8610P114 Comrade president, We have noticed a great deal of strange activity going on amongst the HardLiners. As you know, they are not at all happy with your Reformists tendencies. Now that they hold a majority vote in Politburo we must keep an eye on them. We may be too late. ~8611P114 Comrade president, We have noticed a great deal of strange activity going on amongst the HardLiners. As you know, they are not at all happy with your Reforms. Now that they have lost all of their power in Politburo, they might try something desperate. We may be too late. ~1999ææææ LAST LINE æææææææææææææææææææææææææææææææææææææææææææææ 1261 -- formerly 865 ~9999 ENDENDENDEND