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This Central Intelligence Agency (FBIS) item summarizes the SABC TV 1 English-language evening newscast from Johannesburg, broadcast at 1800 GMT on 9 July 1991. It lists the program's segments and their running times. Most items cover South African political and sports news, including the country's readmission to the International Olympic Committee and the possible lifting of US sanctions. Item 10 was a two-minute video report on a UFO sighting in Johannesburg, which the summary does not describe further.
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UNCLAS 8Z *** BEGIN MESSAGE 35 *** SERIAL=MB0907184691 UDN=Z(11131) CLASS=UNCLAS 8Z UNCLAS 8Z WARNING: FOLO--DUE TO COPYRIGHT OR OTHER RESTRICTIONS, THIS ITEM IS INTENDED FOR USE ONLY BY U.S. GOVERNMENT CONSUMERS WARNING: A VIDEOTAPE OF THE NEWSCAST SUMMARIZED BELOW CAN BE ORDERED FROM THE FBIS TV CENTER. VIDEOTAPES MAY BE ORDERED DIRECTLY FROM FBIS BY CALLING THE FOLLOWING TOLL-FREE NUMBERS: AND IN VIRGINIA TAPES NOT ORDERED WITHIN 30 DAYS WILL BE ERASED. TAPES NOT ORDERED WITHIN 30 DAYS WILL BE ERASED. SERIAL: M90807184681 SERIAL: MB0907184691 PASS: ATTN TV CENTER COPY TO MOD (2), (2) COUNTRY: RSA SUBJ: TELEVISION PROGRAM SUMMARY 091800: JOH 91-196 SOURCE: JOHANNESBURG SABC TV 1 NETWORK IN ENGLISH 1800 GMT 9 JUL 91 TEXT: // ((SCHEDULED NEWSCAST)) 1. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON THE DECISION TAKEN BY THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE IN SWITZERLAND TO READMIT SOUTH AFRICA TO THE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING REACTION FROM SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL EDUCATION MINISTER LOUIS PIENAAR AND A SOUTH AFRICAN COUNCIL ON SPORT SPOKESMAN. (6 MIN) 2. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON A DECISION TAKEN BY THE BRITISH ACTORS UNION EQUITY TO RETAIN ITS BAN ON THE SALE OF RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS TO SOUTH AFRICA. (2 MIN) 3. ANNOUNCER-READ REPORT ON THE POSSIBLE LIFTING OF SANCTIONS BY THE U.S., INCLUDING TELEPHONIC REPORT FROM SABC WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT ON THE SITUATION IN WASHINGTON. (3 MIN) 4. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED CABLE NEWS NETWORK VIDEO REPORT ON REACTION IN THE U.S. TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE LIFTING OF SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. (2 MIN) 5. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON A MEETING BETWEEN BRITISH MINISTER DOUGLAS HURD AND INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY LEADER MANGOSUTHU BUTHELEZI IN DURBAN FOLLOWING A TOUR OF BLACK TOWNSHIPS. (2 MIN) 6. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON THE REMOVAL OF SQUATTERS AT THE IVORY PARK SQUATTER CAMP IN MIDRAND BY THE TRANSVAAL PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION. (1 MIN) 7. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON A MEETING OF HEALTH MINISTERS FROM INDEPENDENT STATES CHAIRED BY NATIONAL HEALTH MINISTER RINA VENTER, TO DISCUSS THE AIDS CRISIS FACING SOUTH AFRICA. (2 MIN) 8. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON THE IMMINENT RELEASE OF A SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN PRISONER IN IRAQ. (2 MIN) 9. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN YUGOSLAVIA. (1 MIN) 10. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON A UFO SIGHTING IN JOHANNESBURG. (2 MIN) 11. ANNOUNCER-INTRODUCED VIDEO REPORT ON A DOG PARTICIPATING IN INTERNATIONAL SHOWS. (1 MIN) Approved for Release 2/2010
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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. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.