1.   Early in the war Soviet southern troops were put on high alert.

2.   Electricity was in the air, because the Soviet troops could step in at any time.

3.   Soviet troop withdrawals Talks involving Col.-Gen.

4.   Food for the ordinary Soviet troops and NCOs was very poor.

5.   In addition to the Gulf crisis, they addressed questions concerning the modalities of Soviet troop withdrawals from East Germany, and plans for a German-Soviet treaty.

6.   He also said that there were no plans to send Soviet troops to the Gulf to enforce UN sanctions.

7.   Tension between the republican leaderships and the military had risen in recent weeks over conscription and the stationing of Soviet troops in the republics.

8.   The report, ordered by President Mikhail Gorbachev in January, exonerated Soviet troops of blame for the deaths.