YELTSIN’S SLIM REELECTION PROSPECTS SPARK FEARS OF PROVOCATIONS.

Officials around Russian president Boris Yeltsin are urging himto use his powers to invoke a state of emergency as a way of stayingin power, Moskovsky komsomolets reported August 30. Asa result of his slim support among the population, that may bethe only way he can remain in office, and many reformers now fearthat Yeltsin will listen to his advisors and back the stagingof some sort of provocation to justify taking the steps they urge,the paper said.

State Control Seen as Salvation for Military-Industrial Complex.