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This Central Intelligence Agency document, dated 21 December 1990 and approved for release in 2010, is a consolidated list of Soviet radio, television and TASS items monitored from Moscow that day. It summarizes coverage of Shevardnadze's resignation, the Congress of People's Deputies, the Persian Gulf, and the ROK president's visit, among other topics. A single science item notes a Radio Moscow answer on circles in British fields, mentioning speculation about UFOs and changing Soviet attitudes toward UFOs.
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rejecting shevardnadze's claims about looming dictatorship. (120 text sent: tasse 0848 tassr 0834) 104 83 aldo romero reads interfax intvw with several soviet congressmen, politicians, and high-ranking officials on their rejection of shevardnadze's resignation. (3 min: spancuba 0130) 105 84 igor yefimov/georgiy shmelev kremlin report on reaction to shevardnadze's resignation sources close to him. (300 text sent: tassr 0913) 106 85 vladislav kozyakov on shevardnadze's resignation and its effect on soviet foreign policy and in particular soviet-u.s. relations. (3 min, sent: engna 2300) 107 86 roundup stmts by congress deputies on reaction to shevardnadze's resignation, quoting aleksandr yakovlev (1.5 min), teymuraz stepanov, shevardnadze's aide (2 min), and arkadiy murashev, ldr interregional parliamentary group (one min). (5 min: engaf 1700 1830) 108 87 report on briefing given to journalists by foreign ministry spokesman today in moscow on shevardnadze's resignation. (3 min: greek 2100) 109 88 irina chayko report on intvw with mayor of leningrad, also mbr soviet parliament, on shevardnadze's surprise resignation. (4 min: bulgarian 1700) 110 89 tass roundup reports of reactions to shevardnadze's resignation. (approx 700 words: tassr 0915) 90 running summary 21 dec proceedings of 4th congress of ussr ppl's deputies, chaired by lukyanov, session opens with various deputies discussing procedural discipline, quoting chelyshev on behalf of interregional group, reading stmt expressing concern about possible winding down of democratic process (2 min, sent), session resumes debate on concept of new union treaty, quoting some speakers and then khasbulatov on idea of examining union set-up (11 min, sent), also quoting sobchak referring to shevardnadze's warning (8 min sent), palagnyuk speaks re moldavian national history (7 min sent), nishanov takes floor to conclude debate, answers questions raised by deputies (26 min), lukyanov says that resolution is virtually complete and should be circulated tomorrow, announces interval; lukyanov addresses floor on law on amendments to ussr constitution (40 min), debate continues on legislative and executive powers, quoting chernyak re creeping reactionzry rightwing coup d'etat in country in which shevardnadze, yakovlev and bakatin have already fallen victim (7 min, sent), other deputies quoted stating that shevardnadze should remain as foreign minister until ratification of soviet-german treaty, quoting dpty korshunov echoing a previous speaker and saying mbrs of congress have personal responsibility for state of country, session ends. (4 hr, excerpts sent: home 1600) 112 91 lukyanov addresses 21 dec session on draft law on changes and additions to ussr constitution. (40 min, sent: tv 1307) 113 TB2212120590TAKE6 114 92 polozhentsev video report on 21 dec debate on union treaty, citing various speakers, noting most spoke in favor of preserving ussr, nishanov summed up results. (9 min: tv 1530) 115 93 polozhentsov video report on 21 dec congress of deputies, listing various speakers in debate on new union treaty with nishanov summing up results, also quoting lukyanov address on changing role of soviet of federation, quoting others speakers in evening session. (18 min: tv 1800) 116 94 lyudmila semina on 21 dec session of 4th congress of people's deputies,
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 10 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.