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This Clinton Presidential Library release holds NSC cables in a folder filed under "Flying Saucer or UFO" and dated February 1995 to May 1996. The withdrawal sheet shows three cables were withheld, among them "UFO Sighted" and "Paranormal Phenomena". The released cables include a US Embassy Baku media roundup and an FBIS summary of Peruvian television that mentions a UFO congress in Curitiba. An FBIS translation of Cuban radio reports a landed oval object near Torriente, Matanzas, and three objects seen over Sancti Spiritus in October 1995.
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BECAUSE OF THE ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT AND THE BLOCKADE OF NAXCIVAN BY ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN BEGAN TO USE THE RUSSIAN SATELLITE.） 21. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BREAK IN TELECASTS, LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED THAT THE AZERBAIJANI MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS STARTED NEGOTIATING TO USE TURKEY'S NEW "TURKSAT" SATELLITE AND A MINISTRY OFFICIAL IS NOW IN TURKEY. HE WILL ALSO DISCUSS TURKSAT'S POTENTIAL TO ESTABLISH SATELLITE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS WITH NAXCIVAN, ACCORDING TO ANOTHER MINISTRY SOURCE, WHO ADDED THAT TURKSAT'S ANNUAL FEE FOR USING THE SATELLITE IS USD ONE UNCLAS SECTION 05 OF 05 BAKU 000451 ## USIA USIA FOR EEN:SIGMUND/JACOBS/KENNEY, B/VOA, B/VOA/M, B/TVPA, B/N:BELL, I/GEEN, D/G, R/MR, R/RUC STATE FOR EUR/ISCA, S/NIS, EUR/PPA, PA, DRL WHITE HOUSE PASS NSC FOR FORSYTHE USVIENNA FOR USDEL OSCE EMBASSY VIENNA FOR RPO BONN FOR NPSU MUNICH FOR B/NM; PLEASE PASS RFE/RL E.O. 12356: N/A TAGS: PROP, PHUM, SCUL, AJ SUBJECT: BAKU MEDIA TIDBITS MILLION. IN EXCHANGE FOR LOWERING THAT PRICE, THE TURKS MAY REQUIRE THAT "TRT-1," TURKISH RADIO AND TV'S FIRST TV CHANNEL, BE AIRED THROUGHOUT AZERBAIJAN (TRT-1 NOW IS AIRED ONLY IN BAKU). 22. MEANWHILE, SINCE FEB 1 RELAYS OF BOTH RUSSIAN TV CHANNELS IN AZERBAIJAN HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED FOR VARYING PERIODS. AZERBAIJAN USED TO RECEIVE THE RUSSIAN TV PROGRAMS VIA CHECHNYA AND DAGESTAN. WHEN THE RELAY SYSTEM IN CHECHNYA WAS DESTROYED IN THE ONGOING HOSTILITIES THERE, AZERBAIJAN STARTED RECEIVING THE RUSSIAN TV PROGRAMS VIA THE GEORGIAN CITY OF RUSTAVI, SITE OF A RESERVE RELAY STATION. HOWEVER, GEORGIA HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. AZERBAIJANI-IRANIAN MEDIA TIES --- 23. DURING A DECEMBER VISIT BY ALI LARIJANI, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING COMPANY (IRIB), AN AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION WAS SIGNED BETWEEN IRIB AND AZERBAIJANI RADIO AND TV. THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT CALL FOR EXCHANGES OF PROGRAMS, JOINT PROGRAM PRODUCTION, TRAINING FOR AZERBAIJANI TV TECHNICIANS, ETC. 24. ANOTHER AGREEMENT WAS RECENTLY SIGNED BETWEEN THE IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY (IRNA) AND AZERTAC, THE OFFICIAL AZERBAIJANI WIRELESS SERVICE, AT THE INITIATIVE OF SAMIL
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Official release, from the nara 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. 35 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.