000121403 INQUIRE=DOC11D ITEM N0=00389716 ENVELOPE CDSN = LGX129 MCN = 90203/02731 TOR = 902030622 PTTUZYUW RUEKJC34766 2030622-UUUU--RUEALGX. ZNR UUUUU HEADER P 220622Z JUL 90 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEALGX/SAFE P 220551Z JUL 90 FM FBIS LONDON UK TO RUCWAAAIFBIS RESTON VA RUEBFGA/VOA WASH DC RUEBHAA/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR/SEE/SI// RUEKJCS/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEOACC/CDR PSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC//ASOF-POG-SB// RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MEADE MD RUFHVOA/VOA MUNICH GE RUMJBP/FBIS OKINAWA JA ACCT FBLD-EWDK BT CONTROLS UNCLAS 3Z/PMU/SU SERIAL: LD2207055190 BODY PASS: COPY TO UD COUNTRY: USSR SUBJ: TASS REVIEWS PRESS FOR 22 JULY SOURCE: MOSCOW TASS IN ENGLISH 0548 GMT 22 JUL 90 TEXT: //(("SOVIET PRESS REVIEW" -- TASS HEADLINE)) ((TEXT)) MOSCOW JULY 22 TASS -- TODAY'S PRAVDA OPENS ITS FRONT PAGE WITH AN ARTICLE ON POPULISM, CRITICISING POLITICIANS WHO HAVE FAILED TO UNDERSTAND THAT POPULISM REFLECTS GENUINE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.. PRAVDA ALSO CARRIES AN ARTICLE ON THE JEWISH ISSUE IN THE SOVIET UNION. "THE PROBLEM CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT BE SOLVED THORUGH A MASS EMIGRATION. _THE JEWISH QUESTION SHOULD BE SETTLED DEMOCRATICALLY IN THE SOVIET UNION," IT SAYS. THE NEWSPAPER CARRIES AN INTERVIEW WITH INDIAN PRIME MINISTER V.P. SINGH IN THE RUN UP TO HIS VISIT TO THE SOVIET UNION. SINGH SAID HIS VISIT IS DESIGNED TO STRENGTHEN SOVIET-INDIAN FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION. HE SAID HE LOOKS FORWARD TO MEETING PRESIDENT GORBACHEV. C00121403 PAGE:0008 RABOCHAYA TRIBUNA SUGGESTS SETTING UP A NEW PUBLIC ORGANISATION TO HELP THE UNEMPLOYED, FINANCE TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND SET UP SMALL BUSINESSES -- THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROTECTION FUND. IT CARRIES AN INTERVIEW WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE ARMENIAN AVTOVAZZAPCHAST AUTO FIRM, WHO SPEAKS ABOUT LEASING. "MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY DREAM OF HAVING THEIR BUSINESS AND WANT TO EARN MONEY HONESTLY. BUT THE SYSTEM MAKES THEM ENTER ILLEGAL DEALS," THE NEWSPAPER SAYS. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH KRASNAYA ZVEZDA NORTHERN FLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL F. GROMOV SAYS HE OPPOSES THE ABOLISHMENT OF POLITICAL BODIES IN THE ARMY AND NAVY. THE MILITARY-POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE NORTHERN FLEET'S "ZONE OF RESPONSIBILITY" LEAVES NO GROUND FOR THE SPREAD OF "PACIFIST VIEWS AND SENTIMENTS" IN SOVIET SOCIETY, HE SAYS. THE TERNOPOL CITY COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO DISMANTLE MONUMENTS TO KARL MARX AND VLADIMIR LENIN BY SEPTEMBER 21, THE CITY'S 450TH FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY, SELSKAYA ZHIZN REPORTS. INSTEAD, THE DEPUTIES DISCUSSED THE BUILDING OF MONUMENTS TO IVAN FRANKO, TARAS SHEVCHENKO AND OTHERS "WHO DID MUCH FOR NATIONAL REVIVAL", IT SAYS. AN EDITORIAL IN SOVETSKAYA ROSSIYA FOCUSES ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE SECOND STAGE OF THE FOUNDING CONGRESS OF THE RUSSIAN COMMUNIST PARTY. THE NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES AN ARTICLE BY ASTRAKHAN REGION PARTY CHIEF I. DYAKOV ABOUT THE UNPRECEDENTED CRIME WAVE THAT HAS HIT THE COUNTRY. KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA WRITES ABOUT PROBLEMS THE SOVIET UNION IS FACING IN WITHDRAWING ITS TROOPS FROM EASTERN EUROPE. THE HOUSING SHORTAGE MAKES THE LIFE OF RETURNING OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS UNBEARABLY, THE NEWSPAPER SAYS. TRUD PUBLISHES A STATEMENT BY THE 3RD PLENUM OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT TRADE UNIONS, EXPRESSING ALARM OVER SEVERAL LAWS LIMITING TRADE UNIONS' RIGHTS AND INTERESTS, PASSED BY THE SOVIET PARLIAMENT RECENTLY. THE NEWSPAPER WRITES ABOUT SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS 5-6 YEARS AGO. TRUD ALSO WRITES ABOUT PROBLEMS PLAGUING THE SOVIET INDUSTRIES CHANGING OVER TO CIVILIAN PRODUCTION. "HAVING NOT YET BEGUN PRODUCING TV SETS, VACUUM CLEANERS AND REFRIGERATORS WE MIGHT FORGET HOW TO MAKE PLANES AND ENGINES," THE NEWSPAPER WRITES. ADMIN (ENDALL) 220548 22/0616Z JUL BT