53 HEADS OF STATE TO GATHER FOR MOSCOW V-E CELEBRATIONS

MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti) - 53 heads of state, the United Nations Secretary General, the UNESCO Director General, and the European Commission President have confirmed their intention to celebrate the 60th V-E anniversary in Moscow, May 9, Vladimir Kozhin, Kremlin chief of staff, announced to a news conference. Confirmations have not come for today only from Georgia's President and the British top, said Mr. Kozhin, who leads the organizing committee for essential galas.

The Lithuanian and Estonian presidents refused to come, he added.

World War II veterans from among former heads of state will appear at the Moscow celebrations-in particular, Wojciech Jaruzelski, once Poland's President; King Michael of Romania, the only surviving Order of Victory winner for today; and Glavkos Clerides, former President of Cyprus.

Many WWII veteran delegations will gather in Moscow, among them, Warsaw and Slovak anti-nazi insurgents, and pilots of the Normandie-Niemen air squadron and of the Arctic convoys.

Roughly 6,000 journalists are for now accredited in Moscow for gala coverage. Hotel Russia, in the city's heart, will house an international press center. A majority of foreign reporters will put up there, too, Kozhin said.