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Virtually everyone I've talked to here complains that the U.S. has been slow to recognize, and support, what is happening to the U.S.S.R. "We understand that George Bush wants to save Gorbachev," says Vladimir Grinyov, an ethnic Russian and ex-Communist, who is both Kravchuk's deputy and his rival. "But to concentrate on Moscow is harmful to the devolution of power and the spread of democracy...
...sober Boris Yeltsin took the capital by storm, impressing Congress and many Americans -- if not quite Bush himself. "He used to be a loose cannon," said Senator Robert Dole, the minority leader. "Now he's a big gun." Said Bush: "Let's not forget that it was President Gorbachev's policies" that ended the cold...
George Bush could hardly fault Yeltsin for that, or deny the electoral legitimacy that distinguishes him from Gorbachev. But while Bush appreciated the "new" Yeltsin, promised him some economic help and gave him 100 minutes in the Oval Office, he had no intention of undercutting the unelected Soviet leader. Bush said he had been "heartened and encouraged" by Yeltsin's victory, "but at the same time -- I want to be very clear about this -- the U.S. will continue to maintain the closest possible official relationship with the Soviet government of President Gorbachev...
Yeltsin emphasized that his relations with Gorbachev were now "businesslike." As long as the Soviet President pursued reform, Yeltsin would side with him. But flashes of the old, direct Boris could not be repressed. On television he admitted, "To a large extent, I don't like...
...Mikhail Gorbachev's crackdown in the Baltics has not stopped two other republics from defying the Soviet military. A U.S. analyst monitoring the U.S.S.R. says there is virtually an open border between Iran and the Central Asian state of TURKMENISTAN and parts of AZERBAIJAN. Bowing to popular pressure, border guards have deserted their posts, allowing a free flow of goods and people in both directions...