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This Central Intelligence Agency record dated 19 January 1991 is a commentary list for Moscow International Service's Korean-language broadcasts from that day. It lists news items and commentaries from three broadcasts, covering the Persian Gulf situation, Gorbachev's contacts with Bush and Arab leaders, Laos-China cooperation, and a Soviet vice premier's visit to Seoul. The 1330 GMT broadcast included a 20-minute anonymous item on the world media's interest in unidentified flying objects.
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## UNCLASSIFIED CLAS UNCLASSIFIED CLAS UNCLASSIFIED AFSN SK1901145791 DDAT 910119 SLIN Moscow International Service in Korean 19 Jan 91 SUBJ Commentary List -- Moscow International Korean Full Text Superzone of Message 1 moscow international service in korean 0900 gmt 19 jan 91 (fair) 2 1. news 3 a. gorbachev, bush discuss persian gulf situaiton in telephone conversation 4 b. gorbachev sends letter to leaders of arab nations on situation after iraq's missile attack on israel 5 2. commentary by commentator (leonid lasagain) on persian gulf situation (12 min) 6 3. anon on visit of laos supreme pple's assembly deleg to china noting cooperation between laos and china expanded (4 min) 7 4. radio magazine "various aspects in soviet life" 8 a. anon on publication of magazine on future socialism in russian noting it is new, internationalist publicaiton on leftist idea in europe (5 min) 9 b. anon on publications of (dowril popov), soviet pple's deputy and economist, noting they are popular books among pple (6 min) 10 moscow international service in korean 1100 gmt 19 jan 91 (fair) 11 1. moscow radio military commentator (aleksandre yakovlev) on persian gulf situaiton noting it is expanding along tragic direction (4 min) 12 2. program "focus on asia" 13 a. anon on upcoming visit of japanese foreign minister to moscow to hold talks with new soviet foreign minister (4 min) 14 b. anon on pravda article on peasants' life and agri policy in vietnam (3 min) 15 c. asian news. a) news of persian gulf situation b) soviet vice premier, now on visit to seoul, conveys personal letter of gorbachev to no tae-u (1.5 min) c) referring to pyongyang radio, izvestiya reports on rok warships' infiltration into dprk waters (1 min) 16 3. music program 17 moscow international service in korean 1330 gmt 19 jan 91 (fair) 18 1. anon on interest of world media in unidentified flying object (20 min) LR611901.25 19/1458z Jan BT #1169 NNNN
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