71. Still, he retains influence among the military brass, and any call he might make to rally pro-Milosevic forces could be problematic for the new regime. 72. Talk of another potential military coup swirled in Ankara as meetings between the president and top military brass intensified last week. 73. The concession, agreed to by President Ernesto Samper, was strongly opposed by military brass, who saw it as an embarrassing show of weakness. 74. The efforts have met stiff resistance from the top military brass. 75. The incident cost many military brass their jobs, but Kornukov retained his post. 76. The interview published by the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti signaled that the military brass was willing to negotiate with civilian authorities who fired them over the weekend. 77. The military brass basically ignored orders from Yeltsin earlier this spring to stop fighting. 78. The military brass can be expected to step up its opposition to cooperation with the West in arms control. 79. The military brass says it would need a large increase in spending to make contract military service financially attractive enough for volunteers to join up. 80. The radio said the joint military command should only be formed once all forces on both sides had been quartered and military brass had negotiated final terms. |