Subject: POSTFACTUM NEWS 04.10.93
From: Relis <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 93 17:56:35 +0200
Newsgroups: relcom.politics

POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  17.50 					  
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     EXPRESS ISSUE
     4:30  p.m.  The telephones have been switched off at the Mir
hotel,  because  the  telephone exchange   was using accumulators
due  to  no  electricity  in  the  building,  which have now been
exhausted. 
     The hotel building has taken over under control of the Taman
division  units,  all  the  civilians  including  the journalists
evacuated, and the lower stories barricaded. People living in the
nearby  buildings  are recommended from the troops' megaphones to
leave  their  homes,  because  of  the danger to their lives. The
people are promised help in finding temporary lodging.
     Snipers  are in some buildings near to the White House, who,
if  found,  are  shot to kill, also by high-caliber machine guns.
One  sniper  was  in a high-rise building in Novy arbat, and shot
upon people in Sadovoye koltso.
     The White House is still being shelled. To drive the curious
people  out  of  the adjacent territory, the Tula and Samara riot
police units have arrived.

     4:30   p.m.   According  to  PostFactum  news  agency  radio
interception  service,  the  area  around the White House started
being   searched at 4:00 p.m. by the internal ministry units. The
purpose  of  the  operation  is not to allow the arms to be taken
outside the cordon, and to discover snipers.
     An order has been issued to set up a special corridor to for
the  White  House defenders. The troops are given orders to shoot
to  kill everybody leaving the White House without a white flag. 
     POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  17.51 					  
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     EXPRESS ISSUE
     16.55.  According  to  the radio interception service of the
PostFactum  news agency, two government regiments are approaching
the  White  House  to  support  units  of  the  government troops
situated at the ground and first floors.
     17.00.  Twelve soldiers of the Dzerzhinsky division who were
among  those  who had gone to the side of the Supreme Soviet left
the parliament building.
     17.00.  The  Supreme  Soviet  supporters  made an attempt to
break  the  ring  of  the  government  troops near Door No 8. The
government  troops  have  received  an  order  to  shoot  with an
intention  to  hit. Fierce machine-gun shooting is heard from the
House of Soviets.
     17.00.  Intensive  shooting  is  held  near  the Zoo and New
Arbat.     POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  17.52 					  
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     17.15.  The  building of the PostFactum news agency was shot
at.  The  Supreme  Soviet  supporters are retreating along Ulitsa
1905 Goda street.
     POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  17.55 					  
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     EXPRESS ISSUE
     
     17.20.  According  to  the radio interception service of the
PostFactum news agency, at present shooting is carried out in the
garden  at  Ulitsa  1905 Goda. The commanders are ordered to stop
shooting  and  "to  clear  up  the situation with the personnel".
Servicemen are ordered to shoot only at visible targets.
     POSTFACTUM DAILY NEWS 04/10/93  17.55 					  
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     EXPRESS ISSUE
     4:50  p.m.  According  to  the  PostFactum news agency radio
interception service, the Mayor's office sends buses to the White
House  to  take  buses  led  out of the building through the back
entrance. The troops are given orders to take the deputies only.
     4:52  p.m. A machine gun was found on the roof of a building
at No.11, ulitsa Krasnaya presnya, Entrance 3.