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This is an unclassified CIA broadcast monitoring listing titled "Comlist: Moscow Consolidated", dated 26 January 1991 and approved for release in February 2010. It catalogues the day's Soviet radio, TV and TASS items by topic. Coverage includes the Persian Gulf war, Foreign Minister Bessmertnykh's trip to the United States, unrest in the Baltic republics, the withdrawal of 50 and 100 ruble banknotes, and India's Republic Day. One entry, a repeat from a Korean-language service, notes world interest in the sighting of a UFO.
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CLAS UNCLASSIFIED CLAS UNCLASSIFIED AFSN TB2701131591C SUBJ TAKEALL-- Comlist: Moscow Consolidated 26 Jan 91 Full Text Superzone of Message 1 GLOBAL 1 "panorama" incl kondrashov on situation in baltic states (6 mion, sent); taratuta video report on anti-war sentiments of san francisco public, video showing anti-war demonstrations in city, participants carrying demo slogans (5 min); kondrashov proceeds to say that despite taratuta report public opinion in usa is supporting bush's initiatives in gulf (4 min); s. iezuitov video report from paris on french public's reaction to gulf war (4 min); kondrashov is quoting cheney that war may last longer than first thought, kalyagin video report from washington showing more anti-war demonstrations, this time in u.s. capital and intvw with demonstrators (8 min); zheleznyak video report from romania showing enormous rally and clashes with police in recent past, opposition after revolutin losing support among population, hq of opposition shown, with zhelenyak wondering what part of public it represents (5 min); viktor nogin video report from albania on way life is improving there, incl intvw with chairman of albanian chamber of commerce about possibility of market in albania (3 min). (tv 1458) 2 "point of view": vsevolod mikhaylov on french left-wing disagreement over gulf war, as right want to see france more heavily involved militarily, attacking defense minister especially for his lack of enthusiasm for war (4 min); anon interviews two participants of moscow conference of soviet peace movement. (rpt enginter 251810, item 8 on 25 jan list); "france and belgium as seen by soviet press": pravda publishes roundup of intl reaction, including belgian reaction, to gorbachev's statement on tragic events in lithuania and latvia; pravda reports publication of booklet on gorbachev's visit to france in october '90; izvestiya devotes article to soviet-french open contract concerning processing of foreign raw materials at siberian chemical complex; nedelya reviews work of french contemporary painter exhibiting at pushkin museum (4 min). (frenchinter 251800) 3 "update": soviet press review: gulf dominated press: outrage at iraqi attack on israel but many arab press reports speak of admiration in arab circles for attack; plo executive stated aims of war are changing to include overthrow of saddam; there has been discussion of possible effects of attacks on reactors and chemical plants; soviet dailies underline importance of palestinian issue drawing attention that unsc resolutions on palestinian problem not implemented (6 min); anon gives details of press conference in moscow given by group of soviet writers on various issues affecting country, like ethnic issue for example; concern expressed over nationalities problem but on other hand some writers warned against panic and were optimistic (3 min); boris belitskiy on purpose and implementation of govt measures withdrawing large denomination banknotes from circulation (rpt enginter 242000, item 133 on 24 jan list); anon gives details of decision by moscow branches of two rsfsr parties, the republican and the social democratic, to merge: joint stmts on decision quoted on their reasons being their common goals and policies; spokesman for social Approved for Release 2/2010
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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.