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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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moscov parade with gorbachev and other leaders on mausoleum, gorbachev delivers his speech at parade followed by national anthem, also describing yazov receiving report from col-gen kalinin, who leads military parade, corr gennadiy kalenov intvws kremlin military school cadet then describes preparations for parade, yasov and kalinin return to mausoleum after inspecting troops, march past commences, further interviews take place during march past, mention made of SS-25 ballistic missiles taking part in parade for first time, gorbachev and other leaders leave mausoleum to lead parade and lay wreaths at mausoleum, presenter notes significance of this untraditional move, female presented speakers of need for unity and accord in country then intvws historian (butenko) about significance of revolution, introducing corr reports from celebrations in other cities, incl alternative demonstrations, quoting moscow corr on guests' platform noting negative nature of many banners carried by marchers, presenter describes ending of parade. (2 hr 20 min: home 0650) 11 summaries gorbachev address at 7 nov gosr anniv parade. (1,200 text: tasse 1113; 400 text: tasse 0944; 150 words approx: tassr 0930; 2-1 min: enginter 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 german 1600 1700 spanish 2100 arabic 1500 1600 persian 1500 greekcy 1730 greek 2100 polish 1600 serbo 1700 czech/slovak 1800 mand 1000 1300 1400 camb 1100 lao 1030 1300 viet 1000 1400 burm 1030 1430 hind 1130 1400 urdu 1300 tamil 1400 malay 1000 1200 indo 1300 thai 1100 tagalog 1300; brief: enginter 2100 enguk 2000 portuguese 2100 finnish 1630 turkish 1830 engaf 1700 2000) TB0811150590TAKE1 12 tass corr report from red square on military parade touching on gorbachev address, describing parade and noting SS-25 ballistic missiles prominent in parade. (300 text sent: tasse 0839) 13 gennadiy gavrilenko/ivan ivanov report on gosr anniv parade, quoting gorbachev address (brief), pointing to alternative parades which also took place. (400 text sent: tasse 0748) 14 gorbachev speech at festive reception in kremlin following gosr anniv parade. (450 text sent: tassr 1545; 250 text: tasse 1631; one min: tv 1800; brief: enginter 2100 2200 engna 2300 enguk 2000 portuguese 2100 greek 2100 hungarian 2000) 15 roundup reports on alternative meetings which took place in moscow organized by democratic russia movement, other parties and moscow voters' association, noting mbrs of ussr and rsfsr ppl's deputies and leaders of a number of political parties spoke at meeting, quoting boris yeltsin (30 words). (350 text sent: tassr 1355; attrib mikhail ivanov/igor peskov, 400 text sent: tasse 1700; attrib aleksandr korshunov, 4 min, sent: home 1600; attrib sergey omelchenko, 3 min, sent: mayak 0940 home 1600; anon: 3.5 min, sent: mayak 0917 amharic 1500) 16 video program devoted to celebrations in moscow, incl report of official red square celebrations concentrating on ppl/workers participation; roundup video reports on alternative meetings and march held in staraya ploshchad (old square) in moscow, listing various parties and organizations taking part, also noting that yeltsin and popov participated, highlighting banners carried by various organizations. (34 min sent: tv 1550) 17 reports on how gosr anniv was marked in moscow and in capitals of union republics. (6-4 min sent: enginter 1210 1510 engna 2300 enguk 2000 german 1600 portuguese 2100 spanish 2100 finnish 1630 arabic 1500 persian 1500 dari 1500 greekcy 1730 greek 2100 turkish 1400 1830 amharic 1500 swahili
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