TAJIK CONFLICT THREATENS TO EXPAND.

Moscow media gave extensivecoverage July 5 to clashes between Russian and Tajik governmentforces, on the one hand, and the Tajik opposition, on the other.And Russia wire services cited various officials to the effectthat yesterday’s fighting presages even more bloodshed in thefuture: Tajikistan´s deputy security minister, Maj. Gen.Shamsullo Dzhobirov, said his forces were preparing an offensive,while Lt.Gen. Pavel Tarasenko, commander of Russian border troopsin Tajikistan, said that he believed the Tajik opposition wasconcentrating its forces near the Afghan border for a possibleoffensive.

Uzbek Opposition Party Meets in Moscow.