Administration officials will also watch Yeltsin’s speech to his Parliament this week. They want Yeltsin to condemn the assault on Chechnya and fire the military hard-liners responsible for the debacle. Unless he indicates regret for the operation soon, the officials say, they may delay a U.S.-Russian summit in Moscow planned for May. Top Kremlin officials say Yeltsin is taking his time with “very difficult personnel decisions,” and predict he will stick to a firm line on Chechnya.
