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...President of the union, Gorbachev is still commander in chief of nearly 4 million troops and an arsenal of almost 30,000 nuclear weapons. Yet the central command faces an uncertain future. Last week's interim agreement between the Kremlin and 10 republics raised more questions than it answered about what kind of state will emerge. Even if they accept Moscow as the capital of a loose confederation, the republics are sure to demand a high degree of control over forces on their territory...
Moscow's short, hot summer is threatening to bring an early autumn chill to Kabul. Facing economic and political collapse at home, the Kremlin is reviewing its largesse abroad. Boris Yeltsin openly opposes continuing aid to Afghan President Najibullah, and Mikhail Gorbachev, who discovered several proponents of continued support among those who plotted to overthrow him, is likely soon to pull the plug...
After four days of pitching their hastily improvised vision of a loosely knit union of sovereign states to wary Soviet legislators, Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin tried to sell an equally skeptical audience on the viability of their new enterprise. In an extraordinary live broadcast orchestrated by ABC television that linked U.S. viewers with the Kremlin's St. George's Hall, the Soviet and Russian presidents sought to allay American fears that there would be any backsliding toward communism...
...That model has failed," concurred Gorbachev. "I believe that this is a lesson not only for our people, but for all peoples...
Playing up their new partnership, the two leaders smiled and quipped before the cameras, alternately deferring to each other. But as they fielded American viewers' questions, the underlying tension in their respective agendas was palpable. While Gorbachev repeatedly stressed the need for "cooperation" between the republics and for a new central order, Yeltsin preferred to press the interests of his Russian state...