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This Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) record, dated 5 November 1990, is an unclassified commentary list covering Soviet radio broadcasts in Mandarin and Japanese. It gives 24 items with short descriptions and running times. Topics include Primakov's Persian Gulf talks, Baker's Mideast visit, unrest in Moldavia, the RSFSR 500-day economic plan and Japanese journalist Toyohiro Akiyama's training for the Mir space station. One 8.5-minute item covers the Soviet magazine "UFO and Us."
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CLAS UNCLASSIFIED CLAS UNCLASSIFIED AFSN 0W0611071290 SUBJ Soviet Commentary List for 5 Nov 1990 Full Text Superzone of Message 1 0501. (shederov) on baker's mideast visit, noting decrease in support for war (3 min: mand 1400) 2 0502. anon on coming all-european summit in paris (4 min: mand 1000) 3 0503. "rambling talk with listeners" prog: featuring music, poems, answers to listeners' questions on ussr-prc reform, others (26 min: mand 0700) 4 0504. anon on results of primakov talks with husayn, solton on baker's mideast tour (6.5 min: jap 041200) 5 0505. newsltr on situation in india (3 min: mand 1400) 6 0506. anon on primakov assessment of his persian gulf trip (3.5 min: mand 0100) 7 0507. half an hour with wang xiao prog: sov weekly digest, disputes between ussr supsov, rsfsr supsov, czech cp congress, sov sinologist on chinese cultural relics, others (30 min: mand 1300) 8 0508. mailbag prog: reading jap listeners' ltrs on jap cultural week in moscow, freer speech in moscow rdio programming, others (28 min with music: jap 041200) 9 0509. intvw with toyohiro akiyama of tbs, to be first jap journalist to board sov space ship mir, reviewing training he received (6 min: jap 041200) 10 0510. gorbachev, lukyanov, ryzhkov hold talks with moldavian ldrs (1.5 min: jap 041200) 11 0511. ussr today prog: report on intl movt activities in moscow, intvw with moscow writer on his new literary magazine (12 min: mand 1300) 12 0512. special prog "cultural life of various sov nationalities": featuring discussion of meaning of culture, music, opera (22 min: mand 1000 1400) 13 0513. current events, commentaries prog: kurov/anon on situation in moldavia (4.5 min: mand 1000; 3.5 min: mand 1400) 14 0514. current events, commentaries prog: sulovyev on gosr celebrations (4 min: mand 1400; 3.5 min: mand 1000) 15 0515. anon on sov magazine "ufo and us" (8.5 min: mand 0700) 16 0516. intvw with sov sociologist on transition to market eco, equal social rights (8.5 min: mand 0700) 17 0517. yeltsin attends mass prayer at red square (1.5 min: mand 0700) 18 0518. special prog on traditional customs of soviet ethnic group in siberia (25 min: mand 0100) 19 0519. anon on sov defense ministry spokesman's remarks on safety aspects of ussr's nuke tests (5.5 min: mand 0100) 20 0520. (mirkovnikov) on rsfsr 500-day eo plan (6 min: mand 0100) 21 0521. intvw with rep of sov trade union on protection of laborers' rights (13 min: mand 042200) 22 0522. anon on sov agri, criticizing former sov agri policy which caused waste, food shortage (7 min: mand 042200) 23 0523. moldavian president meets gorbachev on local riots (1.5 min: mand 042200)
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