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 Full Text Superzone of Message
 1    GLOBAL
 2    1 account of 25 jan soviet foreign ministry briefing given by vitaly
 churkin on besmertnykh's forthcoming working visit to usa; meeting between
 bessmertnykh and abbas and abd rabbuh, mbrs of plo exec committee, soviet
 policy in kuwait crisis.  (450 text sent: tassr 1555 tassr 1838)
 3    2 "international situation: questions and answers": with valentin
 guberenatorov, Igor surguchev, viktor levin and sergey pravdin:
 gubernatorov talks with surguchev who states that Iraq's seizure of kuwait
 has nothing to do with Israel's occupation of arab territories and that it
 is absurd to think saddam husayn occupied kuwait in order to help
 Palestinians (5 min); kaliningrad oblast listeners asks how druzhba oil
 pipeline and mir power grid is now being used and-where east european
 countries purchase oil, gubernatorov replies (4 min, sent); 18-year old
 student from komsomolsk-on-amur asks until when towns with names of type
 georgiu-dezh, tolyatti, will exist in ussr, noting that to romanians name
 of gheorghiu-dej has same effect as Ceausescu and perpetuating his name in
 this way was not at all source of joy, viktor levin admits that ancient
 town of liski of course deserves to regain its old name but takes issue
 with suggestion that name of town of tolyatti should be scrapped as it
 arose virtually on an empty place where vaz was built with very vigorous
 cooperation of Italians and togliatti was indeed an outstanding figure in
 Intl communist and workers' movement (one min); pensioner gudkova from
 sverdlovsk notes that with withdrawal of soviet troops from hungary and
 number of other countries question of monetary compensation for structures.
 left behind after withdrawal arises very frequently, gudkova suggests that
 no-one asked soviets to build houses there so why not leave behind all
 structures as a gift (1.5 min); great patriotic war veteran kuzmich wants
 to know in greater detail why kaliningrad oblast will be handed over to
 germany and why it is being done on the quite, levin replies that no one
 intends to hand over kalfningrad oblast to germany (one min); letter by
 viktor weber refers to an isga broadcast in July 1990 in which levin
 expressed anxiety as to whether germany's nationalism could somehow revive
 if two german states were unified, levin reiterates that while there are
 some grounds for concern about emergence of nationalism in germany it
 should not be exaggerated (one min); listener from tver oblast asks what
 position communist parties of countries of eastern europe are in now,
 gubernatorov replies that communist parties and Ieft-wing parties there
 are now going through difficult  period and find themselves under heavy
 propaganda fire, citing meeting of leaders of left-wing parties of eastern
 european countries held in moscow on 14-15 now 1990, which analyzed new
 situation in region (2.5 min); muscovite veshnikov asks for what purpose
 was so-called "right of veto" introduced in unsc, who can institute it and
 how is it used?  pravdin elaborates (3 min); fourth year students of first
 medical institute would like to know why in usa there has been such
 tempestuous, lengthy and acute polemics around right to abortus, pravdin
 replies, with gubernatorov asking additional questions (2.5 min); listener
 gppravedifor Release
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 from volgograd Oblast wants to know about situation of pensioners in
 china, gubernatorov replies that this year pension system will be reformed
 (one min); petr demidenko from village in altay kray wants to be told
 about differences between orthodox and Catholics and protestants and also
 what the differences are between sunnites and shites, gubernatorov obliges
 (4 min).  (home 1130)
 4   3 "top priority": irina tkachenko, sergey plekhanov and andrey kortunov
 discuss gulf war and events in baltic republics.  (18 min, excerpts sent:
 enginter 2300)
 5   4 "focus on asia and pacific": mikhail mayorov on un consultations
 fallowing call by five crab counries for unsc debate in attempt to resolve
 gulf conflict (rpt enginter 241210, item 38 on 24 jan list); (aleksey
 kondrashov) on results of visit by Japan's foreign minister to moscow (rpt
 enginter 241210, item 77 on 24 jan list) oleg aleksandrov looks at
 soviet-Chinese relations, deputy foreign minister rogachev recently told
 rmi that last year two nations greatly expanded ties, hoping for further
 expansion (2.5 min); arkadiy petrov on improving thai-Cambodian trade
 relations, overcoming hindrance of civil war in Cambodia, noting that
 premier has done much to improve situation (2.5 min); anon on plans for
 cooperation between kabul and soviet war veterans, in georgic afghan
 wounded in continuing war will receive treatment, leonid zhukov reports on
 plans for soviet afghan war veterans in republic to help, following
 contacts made a year ago, local veteran describes some of the projects
 they have helped with (4 min).  (enginter 0610)
 6   5 "Current events, Commentaries": academician (kachicha) interviewed on
 gulf war (3 min); anon on Indian forpol on national day (4 min).  (7 min:
 mand 1000 1400)
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 8   6 yevgeniy ivanon compares events in baltic states and persian gulf,
 contending while Britain condemns events in baltic states one should view
 them in context with influx of alied forces in persian gulf andh attempts
 by soviet forces to quell nationalistic unrest in baltic republics,
 stressing however need to find peaceful settlement of both conflicts.
 (3.5 min: enginter 2000)
 9   7 info on Intl listeners club of moscow radio.  (4 min: Berman 1600)
 10   DISARM/PEACE
 11   8 anon interviews two participants of moscow conference of soviet peace
 movement, people's artist yevgeniy simonov, artistic director of theater
 of friendship of peoples in moscow and metropolitan vladimir of rostov and
 novocherkassk, giving their impressions of conference and stressing user
 needs peace as never before.  (3 min: enginter 1810 2110 portbraz 2300
 spanla 2300 Berman 1600 greek 2000 polish 1600 serbo 2000)
 12   t)NITED STATES
 13   9 report on 24 jan kremlin meeting between gorbachev and michael
 armstrong, president ibm Corp, with gist remarks exchanged.  (c/r tassr
 241528, item 10 on 24 jan list) {2 min: tv 1530)
 14   10 vladislav kozyakov on coming bessmertnykh-baker meeting.  (3 min, sent:
 enginter 1810 2110 2300)
 15   11 Olga bobrova on festival of u.s. music underway in moscow, recalling
 earlier festival of soviet music in Boston, organizer of festival quoted
 at moscow gress conference.  (4.5 min, incl music: enginter 1810 2110;
 attrib trofimova: portbraz 2300 spanla 2300)
 16   AMERICAS
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 17   12 anon intvw with director soviet magazine america latina, on activities
 marking 500th anniv of discovery of american continent.  (rpt spanla
 242300, item 14 on 24 jan list) (spanla 0000)
 18   13 "letters from brazil" feature: .letters from brazilian listeners
 praising programs, asking for reading material, etc.  (3 min: portbraz
 2300}
 19   14 first part of vladimir stigneyev intvw with Cuban vice foreign minister
 raul roa, who compares perestroyka with current process in Cuba.  (6 min,
 sent: spanla 2300)
 20   15 "rhythms of friendship" feature: anon on letters received from Cuban
 listeners, details of contest.  (25 min, incl music: spancuba 0130)
 Zl   GERMANY
 22   16 epsu cc secretariat greetings to participants to frg social democratic
 congress.  (cov pmu) (50 text: tassr 1513)
 23   17 "topical subject": boris melnichenko on forthcoming party congress of
 pds in berlin 26-27 jan.  (5 min: Berman 1700)
 24   18 info on current moscow exhibition about former berlin wall.  (6 min:
 Berman 1600)
 25   19 info on most recent moscow exhibition kosum export 91, including
 interview with representative of saxonian firm robotron.  (3 min: Berman
 1600)
 Z6   WEST EUROPE
 27   20 "good evening, austria": incl report on participation of austrian fim
 (pro system) at moscow exhibition konsum expo 91, incl intvw with firm rep
 {4 min); intvw with vienna administration officer dr, (breiner) and a rep
 of moscow city soviet (name indistinct) on end of vienna relief action for
 moscow (4 min): info on recent austrian art exhibition in moscow (8 min);
 report on third moscow sacred music festival, incl intvw with austrian
 music historian (wuerzinger) on this festival (9 min}; info on mozart's
 effect on russia (3 min):  (34 min, incl music: germaust 1925)
 28   21 izvestiya on kgb revelations of rsfsr land deal with british company.
 (3 min: engna 2300)
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 30   22 sergey sayenko on lamot's opposition to attempts to speed up
 introduction of common european currency, quoting his speech in
 parliament.  opinion polls show most britons want economic and financial
 integration with europe but. oppose any restrictions on britain's
 sovereignty.  some experts warn major that if pound is still tied up with,
 for one, the Berman mark even in 1992 Britain will not be able to cope
 with its economic recession.  (3 min: enginter 2000)
 31   23 sergey bogoslovskiy interviews alistair robertson, export coordinator
 of coats viyella, about his firm's dispaly at consume expo '91 exhibition
 in moscow and about his firm's contacts with user and its plans for future
 cooperation.  (7.5 min: enginter 2000)
 32   24 "program for france and Belgium": round up of events marking 125th
 anniversary of french writer romain roland in ussr (6 min); "program for
 Belgian listeners" (rpt frenchinter 231800, item 23 on 24 jan list)
 (frenchinter 241800)
 33   AFRICA
 34   25 "ussr/africa-contacts and contracts." (rpt enginter 221630, item 28 on
 22 jan list) (enginter 0630)
 35   26 "africa as we see it": valentinov on anc decision to launch mass action
 campaign on 1 feb (rpt enginter 231630, item 19 on 23 jan list); third
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 talk by dr. nikolay (kosukhin) on problems of development in africa, how
 should we fight all the misfortunes that fell on africa, citing speech by
 chairman of un commission for africa, adedeji, saying use of market
 mechanisms did not correspond to conditions on continent, where production
 basis was weak and internal market undeveloped (5.5 min).  (enginter 1630)
 36   27 vladimir korneyev intvws ussr amb in Somalia, describing deterioration
 of situation in mogadishu after 20 dec, noting three times same group of
 people had pen etrated embassy territory intent on stealing automobiles (6
 min: enginter 1630)
 37   Z8 "you write to moscow." (rpt enginter 231630, item 20 on 23 jan list)
 (enginter 0630)
 38   29 yuriy (zhuraviov} on angolan govt acceptance of angolan-proposed peace
 talks program with unita rebels (rpt portafr 241900, item 35 on 24 jan
 list) (Swahili 241700)
 39   30 "you write to us": letter from south african listener read who planned
 to visit moscow in 1991, he asked for russian study guides.  (5 min, incl
 music: enginter 1630)
 40   PERSIAN GULF
 41   31 soviet defense ministry. 24 jan statement denying western allegations re
 soviet aid to Iraq.  (c/r tassr 241447, item 39 on 24 jan list) (one min:
 tagalog 1300 that 1300; brief: spanla 0000)
 42   32 mikhail mayorov on un consultations followinmg call by five arab
 countries for unsc debate in attempt to resolve gulf crisis.  (rpt
 enginter 241210, item 38 on 24 jan list) (enginter OOOO amharic 241500
 Swahili 241700 hind 1200)
 43   33 gulf update: featuring leshchinskiy over foreign video clips, followed
 by vremya announcer over further video clips.  (5.5 min: tv 1800)
 44   34 anon intvw with soviet academician mikhail kapitsa, an mp and soviet
 ease mbr, about gulf war, condemning deaths and casualties, contending
 fault lies with iragi regime, however, yet is is necessary to find way to
 remove aggressor from kuwait without civilian casualties.  (5-3 min:
 portbraz 2300 spanla 2300 german 1600 persian 1500 bulgarian 1600 korean
 1100 lao 1300 Iamb 1100 1230 Urdu 1100 indo 1530 bur 1430 tagalog 1300)
 45   35 anon describes efforts by leaders of india, pakistan, nepal, other
 south asian countries to end Persian gulf situation.  (3 min: korean 0900)
 46   36 anon on pre reaction to gulf war, noting peace efforts.  (3 min: mand
 1400)
 47   37 anon on development of Persian gulf war and meeting held in moscow by
 plo ldrs with ussr foreign minister aleksandr bessmertnykh in attempt to
 stop war.  (5 min: spanla 2300)
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 49   38 (aleksandr grakhov) report from Peru on general opinion on need to stop
 war in Persian gulf.  (3 min: spanla 2300)
 50   39 (rustam glonin) dispatch from islamabad saying Pakistani prime
 minister's gulf mission is aimed at initiating peace efforts as well as
 pacifying domestic opposition to send forces to Saudi arabia.  (4 min:
 urdu 1100)
 51   40 review of soviet press on events in middle east: quoting articles in
 soviet press on situation in the gulf.  (arable 1500}
 52   41 report on latest developments in the gulf war.  (5. min: romanian 1700)
 53   MIDEAST
 54   42 report on bessmertnykh's 25 jan moscow meeting with visiting members of
 plo executive committee abas and abd ratio, with gist remarks exchanged.
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 55   43 tass corr Igor vinogradsky on yasser arafat's message to gorbachev to
 emphasise importance of world community new effoorts to end hostilities in
 gulf and solve regional problems within un framework and by peaceful
 means.  (450 text sent: tasse 1927)
 56   44 the "literary microphone" program: short biography of soviet writer and
 poet Ilya enhrenburg re his 100th birth anniv with excerpts from one of
 his books on greece (6 min); viktor sokolov report from athens on latest
 translations into greek of works of aleksandr pushkin and another
 translation of russian fairytales (il min).  (19 min, overall: greekcy
 1730)
 57   SOUTH ASIA
 58   45 tass corr leonid timofeyev on moscow press conference given by mohammad
 dyad razmyar, afghan amb to moscow, on how policy of national
 reconciliation and contacts with field commanders and moderate opposition,
 launched by afghan govt four years ago, helped elaborate plan for peaceful
 settlement of afghan problem.  (300 text sent: tasse 1539)
 59   46 boric biragov on work of clearance of miaes in afghanistan, noting its
 scale, and difficulties of clearance, pointing out often even opposition
 groups that have crossed over have no idea where they previously lad their
 mines, noting films and educational aids to help population understand
 problems are being prepared.  (5-3 min: enginter 1210 1510 portbraz 2300
 spanla 2300 arabic 1500 Persian 1500 romanian 1700 serbo 2000 Iamb 1230
 indo 1530 bur 1430)
 60   47 gorbachev greetings to ramaswamy venkatarama, president of indfa and
 Chandra shekhar, prime minister of republic, on 41st anniversary of
 proclamation of republic of indfa.  (cov pmu) (200 text sent: tassr 1635;
 brief: tv 1800 enginter 1600 1700 1800 1900 frenchinter 1800 greekcy 1730
 polish 1600 Czech/slovak 1800)
 61   48 soviet ballet dancer (diva yortonova), who had spent some time in
 indfa, greeting Indian friends on their republic day on 26 San.  (4 min:
 hind 1200)
 62   49 radio 3ournal: "friendship and cooperation" for Indian listeners
 present: talk on growing soviet-indfa cooperation in space research,
 including recent agreement under which Indian satellites to be launched by
 soviet union, citing Indian space research agency official rao on
 ,importance of agreement for indfa; anon on promotion of Chinese, tibetan
 and Indian ayurvedic system of medicine in ussr; anon on russian
 translation of noted Indian epics ramayana and mahabharat.  (20 min, incl
 music: hind 1200)
 63   50 vadim menikov on scheduled visit to sri lanky by Indian external
 affairs minister shukla, while noting improvement in Indian-sri lankan
 relations, says visit will help remove any doubt existing about problems
 faced by island nation and give fillip to process of concluding bilateral
 friendship treaty.  (4.5 min: hind 1200)
 64   CHINA
 65   51 anon on maritime kray gas company's ties with prc.  (5 min: wand
 252200)
 66   52 "youth program": (chilenev), komsomol official responsible for sino-sov
 youth coop, on efforts to promote youth ties.  (5 min: mand 1000 1400)
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 69   53 anon on un deabte at un hq on Cambodian refugee problems.  (5 min: viet
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 70   54 intvw with soviet scholar of korean studies (lech konsvich) on
 development of korean studies in user notes start of korean studies in
 70c, introduction of korean books in 1772, also notes introduction of
 travelogues on korea to user in 17c, 18c, 19c, also notes migration of
 koreans in soviet far east in 1860, also notes publication of korean
 dictionaries, establishment of korean studies department in ussr,
 continuously discusses development of korean studies in ussr before
 revolution.  (7 min: korean 0900)
 71   55 (leonid isinmov), head of foreign law relations and cooperation service
 of soviet justice ministry, on results of soviet justice ministry's
 cooperation with justice ministers of laos and vietnam, notes regular
 working visits to Laos and vietnam by soviet justice delegations to
 discuss problems of execution of laws in carrying out reform work.  (4
 min: lao 1330)
 72   56 teas corr aleksandr denisovich hanoi dispatch on joint
 soviet-vietnamese consultations to agree economic relations documents.
 (400 text sent: tassr 0320)
 73   ASIA/PACIFIC
 74   57 pravda analyzing soviet trends to develop economic and trade relations
 with asian countries.  (rpt korean 240900, item 70 on 24 Jan list) (5-3
 min: bur 1430 that 1300)
 75   58 "focus on asia" program incl: (igor Ievedev) on rok foreign minister's
 report to no tae-u on relations with ussr (3 min, sent); anon on
 agricultural reforms in china (4 min).  (korean 1100)
 76   59 kalinin on Intl talks in sepal on asia-pacific peace, noting sov policy
 fn this respect.  (4.5 min: jap 241000)
 77   60 anon on 24-26 jan kathmandu conf on asia-pacific peace and security.
 (4 min: hind 1200)
 7$   61 vladimir viktorov on impacts from persian gulf war on southeast asian
 countries.  (5 min: thai 1300)
 79   62 oleg glazov on Burma's campaign against narcotic drugs.  (rpt burro
 231200, item 61 on 23 jan list) (bur 1200)
 80   63 reports on 23 jan kremlin meeting between gorbachev and Japanese
 foreign minister, with gist remarks exchanged.  (c/r tease 231751, item 68
 on 23 jan list)~(3 min: jap 241000; 2 min: jap 241000 241200)
 81   64 anon on Wakayama visit, noting prep for gorbachev visit to japan.  (7
 min: jap 241200)
 82   65 report on Wakayama intvw on sov tv, noting coop in medical field.  (4
 rains jap 241200)
 83   66 (aleksey kondrashov) on results of visit by Japan's foreign minister to
 moscow.  (rpt enginter 241210, item 77 on 24 jan list) (enginter 0000 hind
 1200)
 84   67 teas reporter on development of trade between ussr and japan., (3 min:
 korean 0900)
 85   68 teas political analyst askold biryukov on aspects of soviet-Japanese
 relations.  (400 text sent: tease 1844 tassr 1442)
 86   69 (vasilliy silikov) on recent announcement by jap govt to further expand
 Japanese firms and investment in southeast asia, says jap firms are
 expanding operations in southeast asia without regard for environment.  (5
 min: bur 1200)
 87   70 intvw with general who led mil deleg to dprk on korean reunification.
 (3 min: mend 1400)
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 88   71 oleg alekseyev on thai govt's decision to set up trade office in hanoi
 and phnompenh.  (5 min: carob 1100 indo 1530)
 89   72 anon bangkom dispatch on recent trend in buying land in northern
 thailand.  (4 min: carob 1230)
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 91   EAST EUROPE
 92   73 report on soviet-albanian trade talks.  (3 min: wand 242200)
 93   74 irina chaykova intvw with rsfsr dpty tatyana koryagina, on visit to
 Czechoslovakia, comparing. progress of restructuring in two countries with
 ref to soviet film on subject, noting that political and econ reform go
 hand in hand, touching on book by sholzhenitsyn, reviewing current tasks
 facing ussr and noting that gorbachev outlined some of them at his recent
 press conf on 22 jan.  (15 min: czech/Slovak 241800)
 94   75 anon on rehabilitation of ppl sentenced in Stalinist repressions now
 under way in ussr, quoting soviet prosecution official on process, noting
 some cases, incl Czechoslovak ones, mentionining that Czechoslovak
 prosecutor gasparovic notified by his soviet counterpart.  (6 min:
 czech/slovak 241800)
 95   76 aleksandr shakhin Belgrade report on Balkan foreign trade ministers
 meeting, noting Balkan trade has been expanding and such meetings are
 possible thanks to new climate in europe and understanding which has
 improved over past three years, quoting yugoslav press that meeting aims
 to bring about multilateral trade in area, as opposed to bilateral.  (5-3
 min: portbraz 2300 greek 2000 Bulgarian 1600)
 96   WARSAW PACT
 97   77 military observer colonel vadim solovyev critizing hungary's and
 Czechoslovakia's approach to Warsaw pact.  (10 min: Bulgarian 1700)
 98   MILITARY                                             -
 99   78 joint press stmt of ussr interior and defense ministries on law and
 order measures, incl joint militia-army exercises.  (3 min, sent: tv 1800;
 300 text: taske 2051; brief: enginter 2200 2300)
 100   79 tars Corr oleg moskovskiy, quoting interview with soviet armed forces
 rear cmdr-general vladimir achkipov, on military equipment auction in
 moscow.  (300 text sent: taske 1531 tassr 1050)
 101   SPACE
 102   80 "science and engineering": incl feature "question time": belitskiy
 replies to kenyan listener re earth only known planet to be habitable,
 giving details of soviet moon exploration, mentioning interest in ussr in
 possibility of extra terrestrial research, confirmation that there has
 never been an official statement on capture of a UFO.  (8 min: enginter
 0710 2300)
 103   NATIONALITIBS
 104   81 anatoliy potapov on NATO's reaction to events in Baltic republics,
 noting NATO's demarche causes both surprise and alarm.  (rpt enginter
 241210, item 95 on 24 jan List) (enginter 0000 amharic 241500 swahili
 241700)
 105   82 larissa korneyeva on western media reaction to Baltic events, noting
 few attempts to reveal true causes and get to roots of crisis, stressing
 until law and order are restored in Baltic region more blood can be shed,
 stressing that soviet law enforcing bodies have seen behind lithuanian
 conflict flagrant violations of national constitution, comparing soviet
 actions with those of u.s.  in grenada.  (4.5 min: enginter 2300)
 106   83 vitally gurov on easing tensions in Baltic republics, briefly quoting
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 gorbachev press statement.  (rpt enginter 241210, item 94 on 24 jan list)
 (mand 252200; anon: spanla 0000 portbraz 2300)
 107   84 anon on situation on Baltic states.  (3 min: korean 1100)
 108   85 cpsu cc press center report on secretariat meeting on Baltic, quoting
 v.a. ivashko, dpty gen-sec, who chaired meeting.  (800 text sent: tassr
 1752)
 109   86 Igor fesunenko tv intvw with Boris pugo, user minister of internal
 affairs, and vladimir kazantsev, Intl lawyer, discussing situation in
 Baltic republics.  (6 min, sent: tv 1800)
 li0   87 vladislav solovyev on situation in Baltic republics, noting situation
 stabilizing partly due to gorbachev's stmt. pointing out much now depends
 on contradictory behaviour of opposing side, touching on burokevicious
 call to landsbergis for meeting to end tension, mentioning such processes
 are reportedly under way in beighboring Baltic republics, with a call to
 remove barricades in raga, stressing tendency toward dialogue is gwoing in
 republics.  (6-3 min: enginter 1210 1514 2000 portbraz 2300 spanla 2300
 german 1600 arabic 1500 greek 2000 persian 1500 Bulgarian 1600 romanian
 1700 polish 1600 serbo 2000 tagalog 1300 burro 1200 1430 thaf 1300 viet
 1200 carob 1100 lao 1030 1330 wand 1000 1400)
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 112   88 review of letters to gorbachev expreessing concern about country's
 destiny following events in Baltic republics, quoting letters from workers
 of a tallinn plant, klaipeda electric equipment workshop, tomsk shoe
 factory and krasnoyarsk ship repair works. letters from party cmtee in
 tomsk district and rural council in omsk district also quoted, all
 supporting strong measures to stabilize situation in baltics.  (3.5 min:
 enginter 1810 2110)
 113   89 special corr andrey trapeznikov tallinn dispatch,_on estonian supsov
 decision declaring 25 jan day of mourning in memory of those who lost
 their lives for independence of latvia.  (6 min sent: mayak 0610)
 114   90 andrey trapeznikov tallinn dispatch on situation in estonia,
 highlighting meeting between arnold ruutel, head of parliament, ulo nugis,
 speaker of supsov and 3aak leimann, minister of economy with reps of labor
 collectives at negotiation table, noting talks have shown that estonian
 leadership is prepared in principle to opt for compromise, but also is in
 favor of using method of negotiations to tackle all issues, and in
 particular those concerning compensations in connection with price rises
 in republic.  (S min: mayak 1508)
 115   91 inard skuins riga dispatch on thousands of ppl bidding faiewell to
 victims of Sunday's tragic events, noting funeral meeting was held at
 freedom monument in center of city, and words of farewell were spoken by
 churn of council of ministers godmanis, among others, reviewing current
 situation in republic.  (5 min: home 1600)
 116   92 report on ZS jan journing in latvia.  (8 min: german 1600)
 117   93 gerasimov video report on vilnius situation normalizing.  (rpt tv
 241800, item 107 on 24 jan list) (tv 1530)
 118   94 vladimir perfiliyev on situation in lithuania, noting press conference
 held by georgiy tarazevich, rep of ussr supsov, noting some progress in
 possible meeting between delegations of union and republic to discuss
 situation, mentioning meeting between mikolas burokevicius, with leaders
 of mass media.  (3.5 min: home 1600)
 119   95 intvw with two reps of lituhania's citizens' cmtee, to give their
 eye-witness accounts of recent events, quoting viktor (samoylenko)
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 explains that cmtee was set up 18 months ago and is engaged in defending
 interests of ppl who are opposed to bourgeois system in lithuania and
 lithuanian secession, quoting regime {velicenskiene) that she hopes soviet
 union supports them and prevents lithuania from seceding, claiming russian
 speaking population is being penalized in lithuania, stressing that a
 non-lithuanian can become a lithuanian citizen only if he swears on oath
 of loyalty to landsbergis government.  (5 min: mayak 1630)
 120   96 yeltsin 21 jam address to rsfsr supsov session.  (c/r mayak 211100,
 item 101 on 21 San list) (brief: enginter 0000 frenchinter 241800)
 121   97 vyachelsav solovyev on failure of rsfsr parliament to approve report by
 yeltsin.  (rpt enginter 241810, item 114 on 24 jam list) (enginter 0000;
 anon: spanla 0000)
 122   98 stv 25 San interview with rsfsr premier ivan silayev, on creation of
 innovation council.  (3 min: tv 0601)
 123   99 parliamentary corr a. ruvinskiy updating work of rsfsr supreme soviet,
 where meeting of committees and commissions are underway, with discussions
 examining food .deliveries to-union republican fund.  (4 min: home 0900)
 124   100 intvw with rsfsr cmtee churn on legal affairs cmtee work.  (4 min: mend
 252200}
 125   101 anon on rsfsr supsov meeting discussing latvian situation.  (3 min:
 korean 0900)
 126   102 lass corr yerevan dispatch quoting intvw with maj-gen artush
 arutyunyan, armenian republic's military commissar, noting Gallup of
 servicemen for active military sergice in republic of armenia is taking
 place in a complicated social and political situation.  {200 text sent:
 laser 1142)
 127   103 valeriy demidetskiy kishinev report on upcoming moldovan comparty
 conference, quoting press conf remarks by petr luchinskiy, first sec
 moldovan cpcc, on topics to be discussed.  (200 text-sent: laser 1251)
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 129   SOVIET ECONOMY
 130   104 stepanyuk video intvw with golik, churn ussr supsov cmtee for law and
 order and fight against .crime, on effect of banknote exchange on shadow
 economy.  (rpt tv 241800, item 130 on 24 jam list) (tv 1530)
 131   105 tars corr vitally makarchev geneva dispatch, quoting interview with un
 expert at un economic commission for europe, peter hess, on withdrawal of
 high denomination bank notes aimed at restoring balance between money and
 goods available.  (450 text sent: tease 1454)
 132   106 report on removal from circulation and exchange of old 50 and 100
 ruble banknotes for new ones coming to a close in ussr, stressing measure,
 along with temporary limits on withdrawals, is aimed at improving money
 circulation and removing enormous sums of money circulating in shadow
 economy, as well as those smuggled from ussr.  (300 text sent: tease 1839)
 133   107 lass news analyst andrey orlov on gorbachev's decree on withdrawal of
 50 and 100. ruble banknotes, analyzing motives for such a move.  (400 text
 sent: tease 1551 tassr 1227)
 134   108 lass news analyst andrey orlov intvw with viktor gerashchenko, churn of
 ussr state bank board, stating that bank hopes to withdraw from
 circulation 10 t0 15 billion rubles, incl money illicitly taken abroad,
 denying claim that decree by gorbachev was meant only to confiscate money.
 (400 text-sent: tease 1811)
 135   109 telephone interview with state bank chairman viktor gerashchenko,
 clarifying three-day period earmarked for exchange of high denomination
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 bank notes.  (4 min: mayak 0800)
 136   110 valeriy kiosa phone intvw with valeriy pekshev, dpty churn board of
 ussr state bank, denying claims that exchange of 25 ruble banknotes will
 start on 28 fan.  (3.5 min: home 1600)
 137   111 video report on progress of money exchange, incl intvw wof cashier at
 a savings bank where pensioners are queueing to echange money, quoting
 woman at another bank complaining about long waits in queues and lack of
 organization.  (3 min: tv 1800)
 138   112 roundup reports on progress of money exchange operation, noting govt
 prolongs period for pensioners to exchange money, citing tass report
 citing pekshev denying withdrawal of smaller denomination notes, reviewing
 foreign reaction and goskomstat report.  (4.5 min: tv 1800)
 139   113 vitaliy gurov on 25 jan being last day of current soviet financial
 reforms, replacing 50 and 100 ruble notes, claiming reform was necessary,
 but it has caused problems, with money unavailable at banks and panic in
 country, maintaining prime reason for campaign is war against underground
 business, quoting aleksandr (gorov) of ussr interior ministry, attacking
 effect of smuggling money abroad, claiming this is a strike at foreign
 connections of soviet mafia, citing stv report on panic among this group.
 (3.5 min: enginter 1210 1510 2000 portbraz 2300 spanls 2300 german 1600
 arabic 1500 Persian 1500 bulgarian 1600 romanfan 1700 polish 1600 serbo
 2000 carob 1100 tagalog 3300)
 140   114 review soviet press comment on monetary reform in ussr, quoting
 komsomolskaya Pravda and robachaya tribune.  (4 min: german 1700)
 141   LIFE IN IISSR
 142   115 vyacheslav solovyev on soviet sociologists' congress.  (5 min:
 bulgarian 1600)
 143   116 "hour for youth." (rpt korean 221330, item 121 ou 22 jan list) (korean
 1330)
 144   117 "various aspects of soviet life": anon on first soviet meeting of
 sociology held in moscow (5 min); anon describes on-going agricultural
 reforms in ussr, cites failures in collectivization of soviet agriculture
 fn 1930'x, also notes new laws allowing private ownership of land, saying
 peasants can freely choose life in collective farms, or life as
 independent peasants (7 min).  (korean 0900)
 145   il$ "through land and time": incl report on first moscow congress of
 soviet sociologists, incl intvw with soviet aced tatyana (soslavskaya) (4
 min); info on moscow mafia (6 min); requested info on death penalty in
 ussr (5 min).  (27 min overall, incl music: german 1700)
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 147   119 "soviet life": incl talk on measures being taken in ussr in agri
 sector and intvw with manager of inaidn firm which is taking part 3n
 moscow trade fair in which he expressed desire to develop trade relations
 with ussr.  (18 min: bang 1330)
 148   120 "know the ussr": discussing multi-party system, perestroyka.  (37 min,
 incl music: amharic 241500)
 149   121 "events in ussr": incl profile of valentin Pavlov, new ussr counil of
 ministers churn (3 min); report on results of Crimean referendum (3 min);
 reportage on exhibition in memory of andrey sakharov (4 min).  (turkish
 1430)
 150   122 "ussr today": (wajachev) on public debate on currency changes (3 min);
 (chilianov) on protecting soldiers' slcoal, legal status (3 min).  (6 min
 overall: mend 0100)
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 151  123 "ussr today": discussing currency reform, land reform plans.  (15 min:
 mend 1300)
 152   124 review of soviet press comment on restructuring in ussr.  (10 min:
 romanian 1700)
 153   125 intvw with dpty tatiana karenina of russian federation and dr of
 political sci, on lack of progress for perestroyka in ussr.  (16 min:
 greek 2000)
 154   126 misc internal ussr items: 30: global 3 sov 7 latam 3 asc 8 asnc 9
 155   UNPRO: tv 0900 enginter 0800 0900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 turkish
 1830
 156   POOREST: portbraz 0000
 157   POOR: polish 1600
 158   PART MISSED: enginter 0000 (endall) 25 Jan 91
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