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VLADIMIR LOBOV, CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR, DISCUSSES THE POLITICAL CHANGES THAT HAVE AFFECTED THE SOVIET ARMED FORCES. THESE INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN RELATIONS BETWEEN THE USSR AND THE WEST; DRASTIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE LEADING TO THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE WARSAW PACT; THE GULF WAR; IMPORTANT ARMS-CONTROL AGREEMENTS IN THE AREAS OF STRATEGIC AND CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS; AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY SOME FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS. THESE CHANGES NECESSITATE REFORMS IN THE SOVIET MILITARY STRUCTURE AND DOCTRINE. LOBOV DISCUSSES VARIOUS AREAS OF REFORM INCLUDING: SEPARATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MILITARY MANAGEMENT; DEFINITION OF THE MILITARY-ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY; MODIFICATION OF THE ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL STRUCTURE; MODIFICATION OF THE INDUCTION SYSTEM OF THE ARMED FORCES; AND SPECIFICATION OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGY POLICY.

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