Documents / FOIA release
This is an unclassified Central Intelligence Agency monitoring list of Moscow media broadcasts dated 25 January 1991, released in 2010. It summarizes Soviet radio, TV and TASS items on the Persian Gulf war, the unrest in the Baltic republics, the withdrawal of 50 and 100 ruble banknotes, and Soviet foreign relations. Its only UFO reference is a science program answer to a Kenyan listener. That answer confirmed there has never been an official statement on the capture of a UFO.
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explains that cmtee was set up 18 months ago and is engaged in defending interests of ppl who are opposed to bourgeois system in lithuania and lithuanian secession, quoting regina (velicenskiene) that she hopes soviet union supports them and prevents lithuania from seceding, claiming russian speaking population is being penalized in lithuania, stressing that a non-lithuanian can become a lithuanian citizen only if he swears on oath of loyalty to landsbergis government. (5 min: mayak 1630) 120 96 yeltsin 21 jan address to rsfsr supsov session. (c/r mayak 211100, item 101 on 21 jan list) (brief: enginter 0000 frenchinter 241800) 121 97 vyachelsav solovyev on failure of rsfsr parliament to approve report by yeltsin. (rpt enginter 241810, item 114 on 24 jan list) (enginter 0000; anon: spanla 0000) 122 98 stv 25 jan interview with rsfsr premier ivan silayev, on creation of innovation council. (3 min: tv 0601) 123 99 parliamentary corr a. ruvinskiy updating work of rsfsr supreme soviet, where meeting of committees and commissions are underway, with discussions examining food deliveries to union republican fund. (4 min: home 0900) 124 100 intvw with rsfsr cmtee chmn on legal affairs cmtee work. (4 min: mand 252200) 125 101 anon on rsfsr supsov meeting discussing latvian situation. (3 min: korean 0900) 126 102 tass corr yerevan dispatch quoting intvw with maj-gen artush arutyunyan, armenian republic's military commissar, noting callup of servicemen for active military sergice in republic of armenia is taking place in a complicated social and political situation. (200 text sent: tassr 1142) 127 103 valeriy demidetskiy kishinev report on upcoming moldovan comparty conference, quoting press conf remarks by petr luchinskiy, first sec moldovan cpcc, on topics to be discussed. (200 text sent: tassr 1251) 128 TB2601113691TAKE7 129 SOVIET ECONOMY 130 104 stepanyuk video intvw with golik, chmn ussr supsov cmtee for law and order and fight against crime, on effect of banknote exchange on shadow economy. (rpt tv 241800, item 130 on 24 jan list) (tv 1530) 131 105 tass corr vitaliy makarchev geneva dispatch, quoting interview with un expert at un economic commission for europe, peter hess, on withdrawal of high denomination bank notes aimed at restoring balance between money and goods available. (450 text sent: tasse 1454) 132 106 report on removal from circulation and exchange of old 50 and 100 ruble banknotes for new ones coming to a close in ussr, stressing measure, along with temporary limits on withdrawals, is aimed at improving money circulation and removing enormous sums of money circulating in shadow economy, as well as those smuggled from ussr. (300 text sent: tasse 1839) 133 107 tass news analyst andrey orlov on gorbachev's decree on withdrawal of 50 and 100 ruble banknotes, analyzing motives for such a move. (400 text sent: tasse 1551 tassr 1227) 134 108 tass news analyst andrey orlov intvw with viktor gerashchenko, chmn of ussr state bank board, stating that bank hopes to withdraw from circulation 10 t0 15 billion rubles, incl money illicitly taken abroad, denying claim that decree by gorbachev was meant only to confiscate money. (400 text sent: tasse 1811) 135 109 telephone interview with state bank chairman viktor gerashchenko, clarifying three-day period earmarked for exchange of high denomination
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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. 11 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.