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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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## UNCLASSIFIED greek 2100 polish 1600 serbo 1700) 144 119 tass parliamentary corrs boris zverev/ivan ivanov on debate continuing during afternoon session on gorbachev's address, quoting remarks by heads of soviet republics. (400 text sent: tasse 1810) 145 120 anon reporter on soviet political situation, analyzing outcome of supsov session. (4-3 min: kor 1100 burm 1030) 146 121 vitaliy gurov on supsov session 16 nov, quoting gorbachev report (1.5 min), noting negative reaction from some speakers, briefly quoting komarov, yeltsin, georgian rep and gorbunov, concluding that session was adjourned until 17 nov. (5-3 min: enginter 2110 engna 2300 portbraz 2200 2300) 147 122 anon on reaction in parliament to gorbachev's state of nation report, noting general mood after report was one of frustration and criticism, quoting mikhail bocharev attacking report for lack of coherence on measures for stabilizing economy, quoting yegor ligachev that present deadlock would remain unless government and political forces combined efforts, quoting andrey plotnikov that it would not be easy to stomach some of gorbachev's answers to burning issues, stressing that passions may cool as deputies reconvene on Saturday but they are unlikely to finish deliberations with no crucial decisionmaking, given pressure from their constituents. (5 min: enginter 2110) 149 123 profile of new chairman of state cmtee for tv and radio broadcasting, leonid kravchenko. (3 min: german 1600) 148 LIFE IN USSR 150 124 report on new political party inaugurated in vladivostok. (3.5 min: mand 152200) 151 125 anon reviewing unemployment problems in ussr. (3.5 min: mand 1400) 152 126 "ussr today": report on georgian supsov session; rsfsr supsov ratifies ownership law; intro to new broadcast commission chmn. (10 min: mand 1300) 153 127 "ussr today": gorbachev 13 nov meets military supsov deputies (5 min); supsov deputies intvwd on econ reform (4 min); mailbox, reviewing letters on various domestic issues (4 min). (13 min overall: mand 0100) 154 128 "events in soviet union": summary pravda report on stmt on cpsu cc meeting on protecting integrity of ussr (3 min); anon on transition to market econ in turkmen republic (3 min). (8 min overall, incl music: turkish 1400) 155 129 "various aspects of life in ussr": intv with sov ppl's dpties on domestic political situation (6 min); anon on state price cmtee officials' press conf on normalizing markets of consumer goods, fighting against blackmarket in ussr (6 min); anon on draft policy on basic activity of soviet communist party (5 min). (kor 0900) 156 130 "mirror". (rpt czech/slovak 061800, item 121 on 7 nov list) (czech/slovak 151800) 157 131 "hour for youth": anon on newly-established political parties, social organizations in ussr, noting ldrs' role in youth movement in ussr (5 min); anon on new publications in ussr on ufo's (5 min); anon stressing importance of social science in development of democratic society (4 min). (kor 1100) 158 132 "youth program": incl job center at siberian univ; moscow daily life. (25 min, incl music: mand 1000) 159 133 youth program": siberian student activities; need for military reform; review moscow daily life. (23 min, incl music: mand 1400)
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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.