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1 i tor-Bulletin (Advertiser Si-Ji Tl 6M(i3)(Dlsmd ipsks ikm9 He charges CIA is conspiring to topple Soviet Union ship has taken a decisive turn toward authoritarian tactics. In his resigna-' tion speech Thurs day, Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze warned of a return of dictatorial rule. In the Latvian capital, Riga, yesterday, more than 500 Soviet officers in the Baltic military command issued a declaration saying that if the fnncrrpcc fails tn talro force us in the Baltics to take all possible measures up to and including martial law to defend our rights and honor." "The army is the only power to preserve the (Soviet) Union," said one of the Baltic military leaders, Gen. Valentin Filatov, according to the Baltic News Service. The officers also pledged that any attempts to cut off supplies to army bases would result in the army "taking direct control of all the energy and electrical systems, water and heating sources." Also yesterday, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who has warned that he is prepared to institute direct presidential rule in the country's eth nic "hot spots," said he would give the Russian and Gagauz ethnic minorities in Moldavia 10 days to end their division with the republic.

Otherwise, he said, he would take "necessary steps." The Russian- and Turkic-speaking minorities have tried to establish independent republics, but Gorbachev declared those actions invalid. He also said the Romanian-speaking majority in Moldavia must reconsider legislation that the two minority populations have called discriminatory against them. Kryuchkov yesterday angrily accused the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies of increasing their espionage activities, trying to derail the Soviet economy, gathering information on workers' movements, funding "anti-Soviet organizations" such as Radio Liberty, aiding secessionist groups in the republics and "inspiring" the mass emigration of scientists, artists and other intellectuals. He also accused the West of selling spoiled grain to the Soviet Union. "Exploiting our own mismanagement, they supply the Soviet Union with weedy and sometimes contaminated grain and foodstuffs with higher radioactivity and harmful chemical admixtures," Kryuchkov said, adding See Soviet, Page A4 By David Remnick Washington Post Service MOSCOW The head of the KGB warned yesterday that this country must be prepared to "accept the possibility of bloodshed if we are to bring about order" in the rebellious republics, and he accused the CIA and other Western intelligence agencies of helping to "mastermind" the collapse of the Soviet Union.

KGB secret-police chief Vladimir Kryuchkov's hard-line speech at the Congress of People's Deputies struck many liberal lawmakers as a return to the rhetoric of the Cold War and further evidence that the Soviet leader Kryuchkov concrete measures "establishing public order and political stability" in the country, "you will IPS' ir HAWAII Miff few Damp holiday "Christmas forecast?" "Rain, dear." I Page A3 OK mffleeded. to atteck Iraq Says U.S. forces ready to strike c10 minutes from now' THE WORLD AT' I II 1 if 1 I ''It Critic at the Pentagon The public must demand that Congress stop conspiring with the Pentagon to buy costly and ineffective weapons at the expense of troop readiness, says one of the Defense Department's leading in-house critics I I i PageA19 yi crisis Mideast FOCUS it i 1 1 ifv. 4 fi fi AT A GLANCE: Shevardnadze's despair His break with Gorbachev Is a political tragedy Page CI 2 Ju- 4 SPORTS wm It 0 President Bush says he's -prepared to order strike against Iraq without congressional OK. Investigators probe capsizing of chartered ferry that killed at least 19 American sailors.

Iraqi parliamentary speaker says his nation would use its chemical weapons arsenal if war erupted. Turkey is sending 12,500 more soldiers to its border with Iraq. Some Soviet technicians resist leaving Iraq, preferring to stay rather than return to their unsettled homeland. Advertiser News Services President Bush said yesterday it would be "nice" to have congressional approval for a military strike against Iraq but he is prepared to proceed without it if force proves the only way to drive Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait. And the president said U.S.

forces in the Persian Gulf would be ready to strike "10 minutes from now" if Iraq provoked a conflict. Maintaining his stern daily warnings to Saddam, Bush countered a top Army general's candid acknowledgment that U.S. troops will not be fully combat-ready for perhaps a month after the United Nation's Jan. 15 authorized date for use of force. "If there was some clear provocation 10 minutes from now, the allied forces are ready to respond vigorously," Bush said.

But the president also said he would discuss U.S. readiness with Defense Secretary Richard Cheney and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell tomorrow when they return from a trip to the gulf region. "I'd love to see Congress say this minute that we fully endorse the United Nations resolutions and that the president should fully implement them," Bush said, referring to the U.N. demand that Iraq withdraw from Kuwait by Jan. 15 or face forcible ejection.

"Because I'm determined to do that," he continued, "and it would be very nice to send that solid signal out to Saddam Hussein." OGnGLG iSMohzfBowl Aloha showdown Coaches Dick Tomey of Arizona and Dick MacPherson of Syracuse look ahead to Tuesday's Aloha Bowl Page B1 But if Congress proves unwilling or unable to endorse such action, Bush indicated he would go ahead anyway. "I know the powers of the presidency and I've had a chance to discuss that with key members of the Congress," he said at a joint press conference at Camp David with British Prime Minister John Major. See Mideast, Page A4 Advertiser photo By Carl Viti The Drill Team Hawaii precision dance troupe hoofs it down Kalakaua Avenue oblivious of Jack Frost make that Frosty the Snowman nipping at their heels during yesterday's 1990 Eagle Bowl Christmas Day parade. Float handlers had to maneuver their floats over, under and around Kalakaua's street signs to keep them from getting snagged. WEATHER DEATH OF A COMMUNITY TONIGHT TODAY A beloved village died day by day Honolulu: Mostly cloudy, with showery periods through tomorrow; some heavy showers likely, with isolated thundershowers.

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I I I YEAR IN REVIEW I By Hugh Clark Advertiser Big Island Bureau HILO, Hawaii This was the year the town of Kalapana died and the famed Black Sand Beach at Kaimu disappeared, two more victims of lava from Kilauea Volcano's record-duration eruption. In a fitful three-month rampage in the spring, molten rock obliterated Kalapana, turning what once was proudly described as "the last Hawaiian place" into a smoldering black wasteland. Between April 3 and June 26, 86 homes in Kalapana village and Kalapana Gardens, a growing subdivision, were destroyed. Lost, too, were the Kalapana Mauna Kea Congregational Church and the Kalapana Store and Drive Inn. The historic Star of the Sea "Painted" Church was removed before the beachfront site where it had stood for almost 60 years was THE INDEX 8 sections, 210 pages Arts G8 Books G6 Classified ads H5-32 Crossword puzzle G6 Editorials C2 Focus section C1-3 Health Science PI -3 Home section HI -4 Horoscope G1 Money section C4-8 Obituaries A33 People column A2 Restaurants Dining Out Sports section B1-10 TV schedules TV Week Today section 1 -1 3 Travel section D1-8 obliterated.

The church now sits unused, next to the state highway a few miles away (see story on Page A8). The lava sometimes speeding along, other times barely crawling didn't stop at Kalapana. It destroyed nearby "Drain Pipes," which had been considered the Big Island's best surfing break, then covered one of Hawaii's most picturesque attractions, Kaimu Black Sand Beach, and kept going east. The eruption has destroyed 178 See Volcano, Page A6 4 Advertiser file photo Lava from Kilauea Volcano engulfs Kalapana Playground..