From: Justin Burke (JBurke@sorosny.org)
Date: Tue May 23 2000 - 10:55:31 EDT
NEW KAZAKH ACTING CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF APPOINTED
Deputy Chief of General Staff Malik Saparov has been promoted to
acting chief of General Staff, Interfax reported on 22 May,
citing the Kazakh Defense Ministry. He replaces Bakhytzhan
Ertaev, who was appointed commander of the first army corps
in Semipalatinsk last week. Ertaev had been tried and
acquitted earlier this year on charges of arranging the
illegal sale of 40 decommissioned MiG fighters to North Korea. LF
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