Documents / FOIA release
This Central Intelligence Agency release is a monitoring list dated 7 November 1990. It catalogs Soviet radio, television and TASS broadcasts from Moscow for that day. Most items cover the 73rd anniversary of the October Revolution, including Gorbachev's Red Square parade address, the alternative demonstrations and celebrations in the union republics. Other items deal with the Persian Gulf crisis, Cambodia, Afghanistan and the Soviet economy. One brief item notes a new Moscow almanac, 'We and UFOs', about alleged contacts with UFOs.
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135 111 intvw with anatoliy (yeshelev), supsov human rights commission rep, on guaranteeing human rights during transition process, citing analysts expecting palpable improvements for spring 1991 following possible tough winter. (5 min: german 1600) 136 112 intvw with moscow writer (anatoliy slovin), literary magazine editor, first professional writer to receive permission to publish private magazine. (3 min: spanish 2100) 137 113 anon on reelection of mayor of soviet city about 400 km from moscow. (7 min: korean 0900) 138 114 anon citing tass report on saints' day celebrated by orthodox church. (rpt spanla 062300, item 129 on 6 nov list) (spancuba 0130) 139 115 (malena negrin)/(francisco rodriguez) intvw with (irina prokhorova), deputy director of bolshevik revolution museum in moscow, on museum's artifacts and importance of october revolution. (11 min: spanla 0200) 116 "soviet panorama": anon on nizhniy novgorod trade fair, describing its history, quoting director of fair association on enthusiasm generated by fair's revival (5 min); anon on new almanac published in moscow entitled 'we and ufos', detailing alleged contacts with ufos (3 min). (enguk 2000) 141 117 "ussr today": report on construction of free trade zone in altay kray (4.5 min); report on development of civilian products at military research institute (5 min); report on more foreign tourists coming to ussr (4 min). (mand 0100) 142 118 "people's deputies answer your questions": replies on issue of crime in soviet union and measures to fight it, black market problem. (arabic 1600) 143 119 "night talks": marta and anatoliy discussing 73d anniv gosr, also discussing letters they received from listeners re radio moscow programs, some of which have been broadcast for more than 15 years. (27 min, incl music: spancuba 0130) 144 120 "know more about ussr": feature on soviet achievements in science and technology. (13 min: somali 1600) 145 TB0811151290TAKE8 146 121 "mirror": incl intvw with engineer from magnitogorsk, cpsu congress delegate, on gosr and other political issues; report on plans to build memorial to totalitarian regime's victims; report on white raven association, outlining its aims. (czech/slovak 061800) 147 122 "on moscow's wavelength": incl report on what sort of constitution does russia need; historical reminiscences re first performance of 'golden rooster' opera in 1917; latvia and soviet union - a look into future; exhibitions in moscow; new almanach on ufos. (hungarian 2000) 148 123 "mailbag": incl new letters acknowledged; problems of agriculture discussed; role of peasant party explained; visit to informal theater in moscow. (19 min overall: frenchinter 061800) 149 124 misc internal ussr items: 31: soviet 5 democ 2 eur 3 latam 2 mideast 1 afr 2 asc 3 asnc 8; linked to gosr: latam 5 150 UNPRO: korean 1330 151 POOREST: portafr 1900 152 P00R: finnish 051630 mand 1300 153 PART MISSED: engafr 062000 154 DROPPED: beng 1200 (endall) 7 Nov 90 155 TB0811151390TAKE9
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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.