71. Pressure for greater unity amongst anti-apartheid forces in South Africa was urged by the Organization of African Unity. 72. BSP leader Aleksandur Lilov blamed fascists and reactionary forces in the political opposition. 73. Many of the units to be withdrawn were expected to be sent to join US forces in the Gulf region. 74. The incident followed several days of intermittent sniper attacks on Israeli forces in the area, claimed by Fatah Uprising, a Syrian-based Palestinian group. 75. Boris Gromov, the well-respected former commander of Soviet forces in Afghanistan, as First Deputy Interior Minister. 76. A night curfew was in force in cities, all demonstrations were banned and the universities remained closed. 77. The Yemen Socialist Party, which had been the dominant political power in South Yemen prior to unification, remained a force in the unified Republic. 78. He added that it was up to the Europeans whether they wished to provide their own forces in circumstances where NATO would not or could not act. 79. This review was reportedly to determine whether a US general should continue to exercise overall control of NATO forces in Europe. 80. A similar proposal to reduce forces in the Asia-Pacific region had been mooted by Soviet officials in November. |