SHEVARDNADZE TO CONFRONT SOURCES OF INSTABILITY.

Georgian leader Eduard Shevardnadze, who survived an assassination attempt August 29 and will run for president in the elections scheduled for November, told an interviewer that his candidacy is meant to protect Georgia against three internal threats to its existence: from Georgian "ultranationalists whose actions have shattered the country, from politicized criminal groupings who have plundered it more than any conqueror, and from Bolsheviks of all shades." Shevardnadze expects to receive a strong endorsement from a public eager for domestic stability. 13

Japanese Lending in the Region.