RUSSIA TO CALL-UP FEWER CONSCRIPTS IN THE FALL.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 3 Issue: 140

The target for Russia’s next military draft — to be held from October through December — will probably be 20,000 to 25,000 lower than the 214,000 inducted in this year’s spring campaign, according to Defense Council secretary Yury Baturin. (Russian agencies, July 17)

Yeltsin to Visit China.