Soviets Replace Top Officer in E. Germany
From Reuters
EAST BERLIN —
The commander of the Soviet Union’s 400,000 troops in East Germany, Gen. Mikhail Zaitsev, has been replaced in the second major change in the Soviet military hierarchy in a year, the official ADN news agency said.
It said Zaitsev, a powerful figure long regarded as a possible future supreme commander of Warsaw Pact forces, was leaving his post along with Gen. Alexei Lissichev, a senior member of his staff. No successor was named.