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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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1700 engaf 1700 bulgarian 1700 romanian 1700 polish 1600 serbo 1700 viet 1400 lao 1300 indo 1300 1500 tamil 1400 hind 1400 urdu 1300 burm 1430 tagalog 1300) 20 18 compilation on occasion of anniv gosr, summarizing festive events in various parts of ussr, briefly quoting lukyanov's festive speech 6 nov. (14-10 min: hungarian 2000 romanian 1700 mand 1300) 21 19 roundup reports on celebrations marking gosr anniv. (8 min: somali 1600) 22 20 koryun khumaryan report on ways in which gosr was marked in armenia. (3 min: mayak 1424) 23 21 tass report on gosr celebrations in soviet far east, highlighting events in khabarovsk, vladivostok, chita, other cities. (300 text sent: tasse 1232 tassr 1110) 24 22 corr ivanovo dispatch quoting intvw with yuriy voronov, former chmn of leninskiy raykom, discussing raykoms dissolved, highlighting popular front participation in gosr demonstration. (3.5 min, sent: mayak 1338) 25 23 corr nizhniy novgorod dispatch on low profile given to gosr demonstration here. (4 min, excerpt sent: mayak 0928) 26 24 heimar lenk report on how gosr anniv marked in estonia, noting no parades took place as oct rev is no longer a state holiday in estonia. (3 min, sent: mayak 0946) 27 25 vladimir lyashko lvov dispatch on gosr celebrations in ukraine. (4 min sent: mayak 1410) 28 26 anatoliy golia/aleksandr tanas kishinev dispatch on gosr festivities in moldavian capital. (300 text sent: tasse 1331 tassr 1201) 29 27 roundup reports on how gosr anniv was celebrated in union republics. (350 text sent: tassr 1031 tasse 1324; adding 400 text sent: tassr 1439) 30 28 mikhail mayorov on gosr anniv and future of socialist idea in east europe, contrasting stalinist model with that of lenin. (3.5 min, sent: enginter 1210 1510 1810 2110 portbraz 2200 german 1600 enguk 2000 spanish 2100 portuguese 2100 finnish 1630 persian 1500 dari 1500 greek 2100 turkish 1400 swahili 1700 bulgarian 1700 polish 1600 hungarian 2000 serbo 1700 viet 1400) 31 29 valeriy (bilov) on anniv of gosr rev and efforts to slander revolution. (7 min: turkish 1400) 32 TB0811150690TAKE2 33 30 roundup talks and features pegged, highlighting significance of gosr in influencing developments in various underdeveloped countries around world, quoting intvws with prominent politicians, students, others. (20 min: kor 1100; 6-3 min: engaf 1700 bulgarian 1700 Viet 1000 1400 camb 1100 lao 1030 1300 tamil 1400) 34 31 intvw with soviet dpty on this year's gosr anniv celebrations. (7 min: mand 0700) 35 GLOBAL 36 32 yevgeniy nikitenko intvw with (brad durem), editor english version of commersant. (rpt enguk 262000, item 6 on 26 oct list) (engna 2300) 37 33 report on intl students soire at moscow friendship university, music, dancing, films were shown, arab students spoke favorably of the occasion. (arabic 1500) 38 34 "new market." (rpt enguk 042000, item 6 on 4 nov list) (engna 0000) 39 35 "update": incl anon on moscow conf of representatives of russian speakers from soviet republics where they are minority and their rights must be protected, participants give their views on rights of repression
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