…AND MEETS WITH GROMOV.

In a move likely to fuel further speculation of an impending change atop the Defense Ministry, Yeltsin also conferred yesterday with his new military favorite, former deputy defense minister Boris Gromov. A presidential spokesman said that the two discussed Yeltsin’s reelection campaign, a tour of Russia for Gromov as Yeltsin’s representative, and issues related to military reform. The half-hour conversation was said to have been conducted "in a very warm and friendly atmosphere." (Interfax & Russian TV, "Vesti," May 23)

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