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Gorbachev: Soviets plan for Afghan pullout in May
MOSCOW — Mikhail S. Gorbachev said
Monday that the Kremlin would begin pulling
its troops out of Afghanistan on May 15 and
complete the withdrawal within 10 months if
U.N. -brokered talks on the conflict reach a
settlement.
Gorbachev also said his country wants no
say in who governs Afghanistan or its politics
after the estimated 115,000 Soviet troops bat
tling Afghan guerrillas come home.
“The Afghans themselves will decide the
final status of their country among nations,”
Gorbachev said. Afghanistan’s future “is none
of our business.”
Gorbachev’s remarks left the future of
Afghanistan’s Marxist president, Najib, in seri
ous doubt.
The Soviet leader’s statements were the
clearest indication yet that he is moving rapidly
to extricate his country from the conflict he has
termed a “bleeding wound.”
The Kremlin sent troops, tanks and military
hardware into Afghanistan on Dec. 27, 1979,
and presided over the replacement of one
Marxist ruler by another.
The invasion has been a major irritant in
Soviet relations with the United States and has
soured Kremlin relations with many Moslem
and third world countries.
It also has been opposed at home as Soviet
casualties have mounted. Western diplomats
estimate as many as 1(),(X)0 Soviet soldiers
have been killed in the war and that tens ol
thousands have been maimed. The cost ol the
Soviet involvement is thought to total billions
of rubles.
Monday’s statement was the first mention
by Gorbachev of a specific date for the with
drawal of the Red Army units in Afghanistan
that prop up INajiD s government against a
widespread insurgency.
Gorbachev said the date of May 15 was fixed
for the beginning of the Soviet pullout based on
the assumption that U.N. sponsored negotia
tions in Geneva will reach an agreement no
later than March 15.
White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater
said Gorbachev’s statement “sounds like a
positive step and we hope it is, but we need to
sec the fine print (to sec if there are any
conditions). We’ve got to know what it means.”
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Contras to delay peace talks
MIAMI — Contra leaders an
nounced Monday they will delay
peace talks with Nicaragua’s Sandin
ista government in the wake of con
gressional rejection of their aid pack
age.
Contra director Alfredo Cesar said
neither the rebels nor Roman Catholic
Church leaders mediating the negotia
tions would be able to attend a meet
ing scheduled for Wednesday in
Guatemala.
The delay will be for only “a few
days or a couple of weeks,’ said
Cesar, who said that Wednesday’s
meeting date had been tentative in
any case.
The Contra leadership also an
nounced a formal fund-raising drive
that has already received $500 from
presidential candidate Sen. Bob Dole,
R-Kan., and $4(X) from Sen. John
McCain, R-Ariz.
But Director Adolfo Calcro said
“private funds can never replace the
aid’’ turned down by Congress.
Navy plans exercise near Korea
WASHINGTON — The United
States will conduct naval exercises
off the South Korean coast next fall as
part of a campaign to deter North
Korea from disrupting the Olympic
Games in Seoul, administration offi
cials said Monday.
The officials, who agreed to dis
cuss the matter only if not identified,
refused to characterize the moves as a
military buildup.
The presence of at least one and
perhaps two aircraft carriers off the
Korean peninsula during the games
will be “just a little overt warning that
we’re watching them,” one source
said.
The administration believes the
recent announcement by the Soviet
Union that its athletes will participate
in the games has reduced the possibil
ity that North Korea will take any
military action during the contests,
the sources said.
Weeks before the games start,
aerial and satellite reconnaissance of
the region will be stepped up to keep
close track of military movements in
communist North Korea, the official
said.
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Panel concludes Waldheim knew of atrocities
VIENNA, Austria—President Kurt Waldheim knew of Nazi atroci- j
tics during his German army service in the Balkans and did not try to stop ;
thcrrl, but there is no proof he committed war crimes, a panel of |
investigation historians said Monday. .
“To deduce that knowledge constitutes some kind of crime is simply
not correct,” Waldheim said after a meeting with the commission.
“Every person who served in the war knew about the events — not
about everything, one person knew more, the other less....From today’s |
time, it is perhaps easier to criticize if you don’t know the surroundings
of the time then.”
He told Austrian television “I am happy” there was no proof of his
participation in war crimes.
Noriega says Poindexter told him of invasion
NEW YORK — Former national security adviser John Poindexter
told officials of Panama that the United States planned to invade
Nicaragua, indicted Panamanian leader Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega
said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
Noriega, who faces U.S. charges that he trafficked in drugs, said on
CBS'“60 Minutes” that Poindexter told him in a Dec. 17,1985,/neeting
that the United States wanted Panama’s cooperation in the invasion.
Strong earthquake shakes Mexico City
MEX ICO C ITY, Mexico — A strong earthquake shook Mex ico City
Monday, causing downtown buildings to sway and creak. There were
no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
The 7:52 a.m. quake lasted for at least 30 seconds, with an intensity
of 6.0 on the Richter scale, the National University of Mexico’s Tacu
baya Scismological Institute reported.
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Pressures develop and trouble starts immediately
Bones move against bones
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SYMPTOMS OF FAULTY FOOT FUNCTION
localized foot pain
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