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PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND TANKS WERE HEADED THERE, TOO.  TRAFFIC STOPPED.
CROWDS CHEERED YELTSIN, AND OLD WHITE BLUE RED RUSSIAN FLAGS WERE HOISTED.
THAT NIGHT, KRITSKY AND FRIENDS RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM BORIS YELTSINS
HEADQUARTERS THE RUSSIAN WHITE HOUSE, WHERE AN AMATEUR STATION WAS BEING
SET UP.  THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE MILITARY JUNTA WOULD CUT OFF PHONE
SERVICE, LEAVING NO MEANS OF COMMUNICATIONS.  AMATEURS USED CALL SIGNS R3A
AND R3B AT THE STATION AND TRANSMITTED YELTSINS DECREES THAT DECLARED THE
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JUNTA UNLAWFUL AND THAT ANYONE SUPPORTING ITS ACTION WAS A CRIMINAL.  COUP
LEADERS ISSUED THEIR DECREES VIA BROADCAST SERVICES, WHICH THEY CONTROLLED.
THE R3A OPERATORS ADVISED OTHER AMATEURS IN THE COUNTRY TO WEIGH THE RISKS
OF GETTING ON THE AIR.  TRANSMISSIONS FROM R3A WERE FED TO LOCAL
NEWSPAPERS, RADIO, AND TELEVISION IN TOWNS AROUND THE COUNTRY.  AMATEURS
SET UP STATIONS AT LOCAL MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT SITES.  PILEUPS OF CALLS CAME
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