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This unclassified Central Intelligence Agency message, serial OW1607065991, lists Soviet radio commentaries broadcast in Mandarin and Japanese for 15 July 1991. Most items deal with the G-7 summit in London, Gorbachev's economic reform plan, the Bessmertnykh-Baker arms talks, Cambodia and USSR Supreme Soviet sessions. One USSR Today item includes a four-minute report on a UFO sighting in Krasnoyarsk, alongside a report on an Arctic island that once held concentration camps.
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SERIAL=OW1607065991 *** BEGIN MESSAGE 38 **** CLASS=UNCLAS /TAB UDN=Z(18773) UNCLAS /TAB SERIAL: OW1607065991 PASS: ONLY AG COUNTRY: USSR SUBJ: SOVIET COMMENTARY LIST FOR 15 JUL 1991 TEXT: 1501. GENSCHER ON GORBACHEV'S PLAN PRESENTED TO G-7 COUNTRIES (BRIEF: MAND 142200) 1502. G-7 SUMMIT OPENS IN LONDON 15 JUL, GORBACHEV WILL MEET LEADERS (BRIEF: MAND 0900 1000 1400) 1503. (MYGIN) ON SOVIETS' ENTHUSIASM IN ATTENDING TALK, PREACHES BY FOREIGN PASTORS (4 MIN: MAND 0900) 1504. CURRENT EVENTS, COMMENTARIES PROGRAM: (POGOGIN) > ON, G-7 SUMMIT, ITS AGENDA, GORBACHEV'S MTG WITH LDRS (3 MIN); (SOLTAN) ON OUTCOME OF BESSMERTNYKH-BAKER TALKS (2.5 MIN); (NIKOLAYEV) ON INFORMAL MEETING OF WARRING CAMBODIAN FACTIONS IN BJ 16-17 JUL, HUN SEN'S MTG WITH CHI LDRS, EFFECT OF CHINA'S STANCE ON SETTLEMENT OF ISSUE (3 MIN); STATION REPORT ON SUPSOV'S 5-MONTH SESSION ENDED RECENTLY (2.5) (TOTAL 11 MIN: MAND 1000) 1505. USSR TODAY: REPORT ON GORBACHEV'S PLAN FOR ECON REFORM TO BE UNVEILED AT MTG WITH G-7 LEADERS (3 MIN: MAND 1300) 1506. CURRENT EVENTS, COMMENTARIES: TASS REPORT ON JPN'S AGREEMENT TO HELP SOV REFORM (3 MIN); (SOLTON) ON OUTCOM OF SOV-U.S. TALKS ON STRATEGIC ARMS CUT (2.5 MIN); REPORT ON SITUATION IN SFRY (2.5 MIN); REPORT ON STALEMATE AT CURRENT SESSION OF RSFSR CONGRESS 1507. SUNDAY OUTLOOK PROGRAM, INCLUDES SOVIET UNION TREATY, GORBACHEV'S PLAN, CHINA'S ROLE IN CAMBODIAN ISSUES (9 MIN: MAND 2200) 1508. (GREGORIYEV) IN INTRVW WITH BBC SAYS GORBACHEV'S ECON REFORM PLAN AS PROPOSAL FOR JOINT PORJECT WITH W/NATIONS (1 MIN: JAP 141100) 1509. GUROV REPORT ON GORBACHEV REMARKS IN PRESS CONF ON EVE OF LONDON SUMMIT (4 MIN: JAP 141400) 1510. BESSMERTNYKH-BAKER TALKS CONTINUE 14 JUL (1 MIN: MAND 142200 0200 JAP 141100 141400) 142200 0200 JAP 141100 141400) 1511. BESSMERTNYKH-BAKER MAKE HEADWAY IN START TALKS (1 MIN: MAND 0900 1000) 1512. (KOSHIKIN) ON BESSMERTNYKH-BAKER TALKS, REVIEWING TALKS, NOTING POLITICAL TRENDS, REFERRING TO OTHER TOPICS DISCUSSED (4.5 MIN: JAP 141400) 1513. REPORT ON TASS'S INTERVIEW WITH SOV PROCURATOR-GEN ON PROSPECTS OF COOPERATION (3 MIN: MAND 1300) 1514. KALININ ON JAP MSDF TRAINING IN HAWAII (3 MIN: JAP 141100) 1515. SOVIET PANORAMA PROGRAM ON RSFSR-HOKKAIDO COOPERATION, EXPLAINS POSSIBILITY OF JOINT VENTURES, CITES HOKKAIDO SIDE LDRS DESCRIBING ITS PROGRESS (7.5 MIN: JAP 141100) 1516. RUSSIAN LANGUAGE LESSON (25 MIN: MAND 142200) 1517. SOVIET WEEKLY'S INTVW WITH ECONOMIST ON MISTAKES MADE IN
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