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This unclassified Central Intelligence Agency message, dated 16 November 1990, is a consolidated list of Moscow radio, TV and TASS items monitored that day. It lists reports on Gorbachev's 16 November address to the USSR Supreme Soviet, the Persian Gulf crisis, Soviet-Canadian talks, nuclear tests, East European party leaders' meeting, and the Soviet economy. One Korean-language youth program item notes new Soviet publications on UFOs.
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129 106 a. paulyus report over video interviewing male and female collective farmers about their position, also intvws with members of collective farm which its chief economist confirming dividends will be paid. (3 min: tv 0930) 130 107 anon on press conference in soviet state committee for prices, on increase in price of luxury goods. (3 min: german 1600) 131 108 anon on plans to introduce rationing of essential commodities in moscow and leningrad, noting that it is third time in 73 years of soviet govt that rationing has been introduced. (4 min sent: engna 2300) 132 USSR SUPSOV 133 109 vitaliy gurov previewing supsov session in moscov scheduled 16 nov. (rpt enginter 151210, item 130 on-15 nov list) (frenchinter 151800 spanla 0200 albanian 151600) 134 110 tass parliamentary news analyst andrey orlov on his expectations from upcoming ussr supsov session 16 nov. (rpt enginter 151810, item 133 on 15 nov list) (spancuba 0130 spanish 152100 portuguese 152100 finnish 151630) 135 111 running summary of 16 nov proceedings with lukyanov in chair, gorbachev delivers his address (1 hr 26 min sent), dpty komarov proposes structural changes in presidential council and ussr council of ministers (5 min), yeltsin addresses floor (12 min sent), various other republican reps speak, afternoon session ends; evening session continues with debate on gorbachev address, quoting various speakers, lukyanov winds up day's session, states debate will continue on 17 nov. (5 hr 56 min, excerpts sent: mayak 0938) 136 112 summaries gorbachev 16 nov address. (900 text sent: tasse 1055; 300 text sent: tassr 0820; 200 text: tassr 0936; 150 text sent: tasse 0854; 120 text: tasse 0757; 8-3 min: enginter 1210 1510 1810 enguk 2000 german 1600/twice/ 1700/twice/ arabic 1500/twice/ 1600 persian 1500 dari 1500 greek 2100 turkish 1400 portaf 1900 albanian 1600 bulgarian 1700 romanian 1700 polish 1600 tagalog 1300 urdu 1300 tamil 1400 burm 1030 1430 hind 1400 malay 1000 1200 viet 1000 1400 camb 1100 1230 mand 1000 1400 kor 0900; 2-1 min: enginter 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 2100 engna 2300 enguk 2000 engaf 1700 2000 turkish 1400 1830 tagalog 1300 burm 1030 hind 1130 urdu 1300 tamil 1400 indo 1300 1500 thai 1100 malay.1200 viet 1000 1400 camb 1100 1230 kor 0900; brief: enginter 2200) 137 113 summaries yeltsin speech at 16 nov session. (one min: enginter 2100 enguk 2000 engaf 1700 2000; brief: engna 2300) 138 114 ruvinskiy giving outline of 16 nov proceedings, paraphrasing gorbachev address and debate that followed. (3 min received, fyi'd, part missed: home 0900) 139 115 tass parliamentary corr on 16 nov supsov session deliberations following gorbachev's address, quoting yeltsin (200 words) and other republican speakers. (1,600 text sent: tasse 1127) 140 116 lyudmila semina report on 16 nov supsov session highlighting discussions on situation in country, touching on gorbachev's report, quoting reactions from various speakers at session. (5 min: home 1000) 141 TB1711120690TAKE7 142 117 stepanyuk video report of 16 nov supsov session, listing those present, briefly quoting gorbachev address. (3 min: tv 1530 1800) 143 118 reports on supsov 16 nov proceedings quoting gorbachev address (2-1 min), also quoting yeltsin (brief), rounding up debate on gorbachev address and briefly quoting prime ministers of ukraine, moldova, and georgian rep. (3.5 min: enginter 1500 1700 1700 1800 1900 greekcy 1730
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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.