GERMANY . . . ALLIES BID FAREWELL

The Russian army finally pulled out of Berlin last week, but the real pomp was reserved for the departure of the U.S., British and French Allied troops today, after a half-century of military presence. "We came to Berlin as occupying forces, we stayed as protecting forces, and we leave as friends," said British Prime Minister John Major, flanked by German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, President Francois Mitterrand of France and Secretary of State Warren Christopher. But crowds were thinner than expected: with so many ceremonies, toasts, speeches and parades to honor Allied and Russian troops in the past two weeks, Berliners are complaining of "nostalgia fatigue."