TAKE 1 OF SEVERAL--COMMENTARY LIST: MOSCOW CONSOLIDATED 30 APR 83

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• Publication Date: April 30, 1983
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take I of several -- commentary list: moscow consolidated 30 apr 83
international diary
1 item. on how workers prepare to fete may day. (2 min: home
1645)
2 valeriy prostakov interviews prominent Italian public figure,
Spiegel. (2 min: home 1645)
3 yuriy rogov
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on hard work that had made
hungary what it is today. (2. 5 min: home 1645)
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4 vyacheslav lavrentyev
labor successes. (2.5 min: home 1645)
5 andrey ptashnikov
on may day preps and25X1
on workers' preps to f25X1
may day, and historical background to may day celrbations here,
and interviews american peacenik. (3.5 min: home 1544-)~ (Ii
6 lggor vykhakhalev on workers may day preps 25X1
and unions' flight against anti-popular economic policies of govt
and intensifying militaristic tendencies in country and for
Oj, banning of nuclear weapons. (2 min: home 1643)
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7 "this week": incl pavel kuznetsov reply to ltr from an americar
listener who sent clipping from los angeles times fro Jerry
falwell on nuclear freeze, or rather against it, recalling events
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hirochima and nagasaki, pointing out even today ppl are suffering
u. s. use of atomic bomb, noting falwell's failure to point
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during wwii, extent of u.s. milit bases abroad,
mass production of mobile cruise missiles, concludes by charging
fall-sell with being leader of immoral minority; mini press
review: brief reports on soviet life taken from soviet papers
((3_5 ,r.' (enginter 0700 1600) 1~,/j
8 summary izvestiya intvw in helsinki. with vitaliy ruben, chmn
of sov nationalities of ussr supsov and ldr of soviet parliamentary
group deleg, on results of 132d session of council of interparl-
iamentary union which closed in finnish capital. (350 text:
tasse 1626 tassr 1447)
9 summaries (vsevolod ovchinnikov) pravda "for equality and
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SJustice." on nonaligned ministerial mtg in delhi. (300 text:
Imo?"
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10 yevgeniy nikolayev referring to 2-day mtg of nonaligned foreig-
ministers in new delhi where they reiterated their earlier stance of
having new econ order free from discrimination and disparity,
chides rich western nations, who will soon meet at williamsburg
summit, for exploiting developing nations to make their own
self 'sh g ins. .-(6-4 min: hind 11-30 lao 1300)
11 report on moscow visit by games o.c. Jonah, un asst sec gen
re coming second world conf on struggle against racism and racial
discrimination. (4500 text sent: tasse 0718 tassr 0702)
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12 stanislav borisov re criticism of imf in developing countries,
quotes criticism by mrs gandhi, points out that imf, world bank
and 'related agencies' have always followed policy of
consolidating privileged position of usa and other imperialist
powers; measures recommended to developing countries by imf help
plunder countries of developing world. (4 min: engsa 1400)
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13 commentary on efforts by developing countries to establish ju
econ . system. (poorest: amharic 2R40)
1 an
on on workers of capitalist countries striving to obtain
their legal rights. such as workers in japan, frg and france,
worker's wages are not equal to standard of living. (9 min:
pers' 1800)
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1 boris tolpovskiy) describing with facts and figures rise in
unemployment in usa, frg, usa, japan and italy and supports
demonstration and strikes they are holding for getting employment
and s cu ity in life. (4 min: beng L500)
countries. (engaf 17-00 2000)
aleidoscope: incl items on soviet peace fund founded in 1961
role and links of ussr youth organizations cmtee, objective of
sputnik intl travel organization for youth to promote contacts with
progressive youths abroad, and moscow lumumba univ founded by
soviet afro-asian cmtee to provide skilled labor for developing
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mailbag for british listeners: incl may day greetings noting
atmosphere engendered by occasion in moscow. obraztsov says if more
ppl visited ussr they would discover friendliness extended to
ordinary citizens of other countries; sidney hinkes thinks oxford
and zagorsk are well suited as twin cities; derby listener
,_------says it is obvious that regan is suffering from delusions of
grandeur. no comment, says maksina, and quotes from ltr from
george mikardo in angus who says reagan is hell bent on destroying
ussr if he could only get slight nuclear advantage; maksina says
it is thus all more urgent for ppl to seek friendship so as to
counter beastly offensive by those bent on war. (enguk 1900)
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18 "we skip thru your ltrs" with vladimir petrov reading from
commenting on listeners ltrs, answering to moscow radio's question
why have intl relations always been poisoned by hatred and mistrust
listeners who have voiced opinion that hatred and mistrust are
phenomena of human nature are being refuted with argument that theL
are to social system and education. (10 min: german 1500)
"questions and answers."
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20 mailbag: incl reply on significance of red square,
explaining may day and color of flag, cpsu, and user's cooperation
with developing countries such as training skilled personnel,
building of hospitals, promoting trade and art contacts. (engaf
may day
bur 1430)
21 pravda editorial, 30 apr, "banners of first of may over
planet." (orbita 292200) (400 text: tassr 0050; 5-4 min: frenchinte
1600 italian 1-700 2000 german 1-500 finnish 1-530 persian 1500 1700
arab 1130 swahili 1730 bulg 1530 polish 1400 serbo 1-500 1900
kor 1330 urdu 1200 1300 bang 1500 indo 1330 1500 camb 1330 lao 130(
22 summary pravda editorial, 1 may, devoted to great
\j significance of one may to workers movt. (2 min: orbits 2200 23M
23 aleksandr putko, pegged. (rpt enginter 291300) (persian 18(
24 anon cites may day slogan urging unity, cohesion, coop amonc
socialist nations, reviews econ successes attained by socialist
natl s. (5 min: kor 09304-
3 0 APR 1983 .iy
25 georgiy grammatchikov on may day slogans: socialist
community is particularly aware at this time of links that bind it
f its achievements. (5 min: polish 1400)
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26 anon or significance of may day, oting from slogans
numbers i8, 17, 19 and 21. (3 min: enginter G800 1600 portafr _.t830
czecly sloe k 1)
situation caused, among others, by u.s. plans to deploy new missiles
in western europe. on other hand, econ recession in western europe
is still worsening. in many western countries communist and workers
27 viktor shlenov on "peace, work and may day," noting this year
may day celebrations are overshadowed by exacerbated Intl
parties are becoming more influential and bourgeois is compelled
to give way befire efficient attack of workers against monopolies.
(6 ~inTinnish IZ30 port 1930 frenchinter 2000 german 1600)
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special youth program, on may day, day of solidarity for
workers of world. cites solidarity of Intl workers. program
also cites famous girls, boys, women and men 'who by their
revolutionary deeds, socialist countries was constructed.
program consists of music, theatrical dialogue and poems. (18 min:
persi
29 stmt by k.p. silva, sec gen of sri lanka cp cc, on may day:
refers to may day slogans noting that they give gist of ussr's home
and foreign policies, hails sov econ development noting advances in
field each time he visited ussr and contrasting these.with econ
difficulties in capitalist countries. also hails ideas of socialisr
stressing ussr's policy of peace, denouncing west's policy of
militarization, and noting sri lanka's relations of friendship and
coo - ith ussr and other socialist countries. (7 min: engsa 1400)
isarm/peace
30 summary sotsialisticheskaya industrya on playing with marked
61 \cards, on western europe and geneva disarm talks. (350 text: tassr
0045) ~.~
30 i ,1983
31 summary tars deputy director general anatoliy krasikov
Sovetskaya rossiya "a world without wars" reaffirming ussr's
(1''~;r1Alf readiness to press for universal disarm. (450 text: tasse 0540 tassT
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32 summary agitator magazine article on antisocialist campaign i
C('nSwest directed primarily toward covering up arms race and war preps
r2n leashed by aggressive circles of capitalism. (550 text: tassr
33 summary gennadiy shishkin selskaya zhizn on need for peace on
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(,LNc~~~~ 34 summary pravda rejoinder on scanty western media reporting of
inn M dropov der Spiegel interview. (480 text: tasse 0928 tassr 0430)
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35 summary leonid (samakhranov, re andropov der Spiegel intvw an
developing countries support for soviet.-initiatives to
op arms race, quotes swiss press on futility of money spent on arm
O~M5 while there are still famines and diseases, and from tunisian press
3wt on huge funds allocated for arms while arabs need to spend on
deve anent. that is why ussr calls for disarm. (arabic 1-5-3G-)-
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viktor tanin re andropov der spiegel intvw. (rpt port 292000
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37 yuriy sultan on_soviet-american talks in geneva.
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t___J600 s ahi' i 1-730 Jap 294-200; anon: hung 291-900)
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39 -yuriy rostovtsev on geneva arms talks, and u. s. demands
for removal of soviet mediumrange missiles from asian part of
(4-3 min: polish 1900 engna 2200)
33 Yriktor vasilyev on socalled intermediate solution proposed
spanish 291.900)
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..c..,y 7V ic1,LC5 tin nolo national conf
of scientists for
ridding mankind of danger of nuclear war, for
disarm and peace, tobe attended by foreign scientists, cites
`~/ U~'~ intvv with prof lee lorch of toronto york univ
ussr, stresses need to have science used solely
for peaceful, humanitarian purposes, -which was hope of both soviet
and western scientists. He had no doubt that soviet scientists'
appeal would receive serious and sympathetic attention. (7 min:
i"\293-00)
41 intvw with yevgeniy velikhov, sou aced sciences vice
Z2 intvw with stepan shalayev, aucctu churn, on trade unions
fight against danger of war. (finnish 271530 on 29 apr list)
(6 +t;, port '2 00 0)
president, on role of scientists in struggle against nuke war,
rapping u.s. plan to dev antimissile space missile system. (9.5
stmt by aleksandr subbotin on soviet tus struggle for
peace and social progress. (rpt greek 291500) (port 2000-finnish
h
in
tvw with boric petrovskiy, one of most prestigious
specialists in history of culture and world archeology, on need to
save mankind and its culture from nuclear catastrophe.
(p o r/t2000 )
45 letters from listeners on theme of peaceful coexistence
{'n arm. (arabic 1.530)
1academician nikolay blokhin, Intl lenin peace prize
cmtee churn, lists this year's lenin peace prize winners
with biographical notes on recipients. (1,400 text: tasse
0955 to s s r 09
W APR 1983
47 biographies of this year's lenin peace prize winners.
(7-5 nin: enginter 1300 2000 frencinter 1600 2000 ital 1700 20010
port-2030 finnish 1`530 arab -1730 bulg 1530 polish 1400 kor 1-330
300 1500 bang 1500)
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48 nikolay borin intvws mikhail (kedrov), director of
economics, about soviet-u. s. relations, says it is premature to say
that relations of intnatl tension is dead, east-west
point contracts are maintained and trade grows, while cultural
_ and -other exchanges- continue,- but -situation is worse.- than., it._
was, claiming u. s. admin responsible for this situation.
(engpa-.2 O)
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origins of may day in america
last century, noting day is not now marked in usa and that
there is no effort to tell americans what day is all about,
pointing out /this is further example of-'how information is
controlled, refuting claims by some americans who say
ussr rewrites history when there is change in leadership,
stressing isn't avoiding of origins of may day rewritting
amer, history. (engna-2x06)
"youth program": incl anon report on relations btwn
europeans and u.s. military forces in europe. (rpt german
27150german 1600)
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51 -"listeners forums": in reply to american listener's ltr
on standard of living in usa and user, presenters point out though
good thinks of life are there in usa, ability to enjoy them depends
on size of your bank account, hence we can only speak of standards
of living of different section of american populations, which
differ greatly, an american writer echoes this, and
swedish writer points out lack of equality of american negro,
who loses out in housing and jobs, two british writers attack
employment record or president reagan and of british govt,
presenter then makes point main differences btwn usa and ussr
is that there is no such great contrast btwn standards of
living of different sections of population in ussr as there is in
u. s.._ (10.5 min: enginter 1-500)
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vladimir pozner refers to
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30 aor 83
52 valentin mashkin on speech delivered by reagan in u.s.
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53 eonid levchenko on situation in el salvador, causes for
armed struggle of guerrilla forces and present situation in
central america which becomes more and more dangerous due to
increased u. s. intervention in region. -'(3 min: enginter 1-300
2000 frenchinter 1600 german 4500 persian 1-500 1700 arabic
173 ze1fslovak 1-500 serbo 1-600 1900 urdu 1300 beng 1-500) i3
ricardo saxlund on lenin peace prize awarded to uruguayan
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patriot liber seregni, biographical background given. (8 min:
30 APR 1963
55 "uruguayan panorama": feature ricardo saxlund on lenin
peace prize given to uruguayan patriot liber seregni,
biographical background uruguayan workers are ready to
celebrate labor day for first time in 10 yrs, demo will be
held in downtown park in morning, felix diaz, union ldr in exile
sent r..sg to uruguayan workers, ferreira aldunate said in
spa3rt(t>tiat return to democ is essential. (9 min: spanla- 300)
Ore joint soviet-venezualan report on conclusion of Venezuelan
foreign minister Jose alberto zambrano velasco's visit to ussr.
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SS-~ (tasse 282015) (5 min enginter 0800 11-GO: 1 min: engna 29300
Spanish 292130 czechfslovak 1-500 1600 mand 0700 mandsea 1230
bur 1030; brief: enginter 0700 0800 spanla 0000 2300 spancuba
0100-4rean 0930 viet 1000 1300 1400)
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57 (anselmo septien) intvw with venezuelan foreign minister
za,nbrano velasco at conclusion of his visit to ussr, visit
was fruitful, soviet union is making great tech progress,
visit was helpful for mutual relations, gromyko was kind
enough to dedicate full day of his busy schedule to talk to
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europe
58 "the frg in mirror of soviet press," information on
orcff oviet press reaction to west german echo to yuriy andropov's
intvu; with der Spiegel, reprint in soviet press of west german
fy 4
growing anti-gdr climate in frg, in many cases pvromoted
by govt circles, lit gazeta info on western expertise
presently commented in west german press on balance of soviet and
u. sc apons. (6 min: german 1699-)-
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6l(6pducountries concerning madrid csce follow-up mtg. (400 text sent:
sse 1339 tassr 1317 mayak t330 1400 1700 home MO 1800 orbita
C'17 1500/twice/ 1750 1800 2000 2104 german 1500 1606----germaust
1800 persian 1700 1800 somali 1-600 swahili 1730; 2-1 min: mayak
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1-830 2100 orbita 1904 2200 2300/twice/ home 1-450 enginter-1500
1-600 2000 2100 frenchinter 160j 2000 engna 2200 enguk 1990 italian
1700 port 2000 Finnish 1530 arabic 1500 1730 engafr 1700 2000
frenchafr 1-930 portafr 1830 mace 17-00 czech/slovak 1600 serbo 1600
1900 ^s-And 1600; brief: s p a n l a 2300)
"good evening austria," program for austrian listeners.
(rpt germaust 281800) (germaust 1800)
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6 andropov reply to ldrs of six neutral and nonaligned
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61 viktor shlenov on luxembourg eec agri ministers mtg,
noting ntg was unable to reach agreement on compensation payment
because of disagreements btwn two groups of countries, notably
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and others with strong currency on other, noting italian
farmers protested on brenner against payment to german
and
dutch dairy farmers and in france farmed blocked
motorsays maintaining such demonstrations prove that eec
fare policy does not work.
(3 min: italian 4-700 200D frenchinter
62 tass commentator vyacheslav kuznetsov on current
visit of intnatl red cross cmtee to ulster's prisons, despite
british govt's opposition to tour, pointing out london's
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policy in ulster was condemned not only to britain but throughout
world, referring to death of robert sands in long kesh prison two
yrs ago. (350 text:tasse 1616)
63 intvw with sales managers of french firms pant-a-mousson
and bra-exportations who have been in moscow on business
on beneficial effects of expanding reciprocal soviet-french
(4 min: frenchinter 2000)
80 APR 198,?
61 pravda observer yuriy kharlanov on how ppls are marking
may day in atmosphere characterized by detrioration of intnatl
situation following militaristic line of Washington admin,
however, many french lit men and artists call on their
countrymen to combine their efforts in their struggle for peace,
noting advocates of peace in western europe and franca are
t
rying to prevent nuclear catastrophe, stressing they can
huC-
h arms race. (6.5 min: french 1930*
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greetings on day of solidarity with workers, radio moscow programs
praised one female writer says how pleased she is to be in
moscos to attend may day celebrations, other listener says he
disagreed with embargo on supplies of Siberian gas pipeline
one to r..br from le havre tells about importance of soviet
french coop another voices his indignation at expulsion of group
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of soviet diplomats, in conclusion listener says how soviet
and french flags seen together are sign of peace on continent.
(6 min: french 1230)
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anatoliy yuryev on resignation of fanfani govt in italy.
FlIf
(sent i alian 1-700 2000)
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africa
67 ussr cncl of ministers greetings msg to participants in 18th
session of un econ commission for africa taking place in addis ababa.
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(tassps-,222132) (brief: fenchafr 291930)
68 le i~. d kricheveskiy on addis ababa eca mtg. (5 min: Swahili
69 'af ca as we see it. (rpt amharic 21530) (amharic 201530)
=70 a as we see it": Leonid krichevskiy on addis ababa
eca r..tg (5 min); anonon Paris conf on namibia (4 min); report an
t401
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for
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3 APR IWj
through the soviet unio ': on visit to moscow academy of
agricultural studies where african students are doing post-
graduate studies in this speciality. some are interviewed including
an ethiopian about his god working and studying conditions there.
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f by two somali defector officers. (somali 291600 1600)
geniy stepanov on africa tus. (4.5 min: swahili IZ30)
adimir Petrov reviewing events in april of importance
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i4 accoutn of mtg in moscow house of columns of 20,000 excellent
students. greetings byt ldr of moscow komsonol organization
quoted followed by recorded stmt by students from zimbabwe, south
afr' praising facilities at soviet universities. (engafr 292000'
(7~)i
with guinean mbr of politburo and gen inspector of
national workers confed of guinea, and delegates to may day festivie
in a.oscow, expressing his honor of being invited to ceremony and
stressing struggle of all workers is a duty, referring to africa's
potential to develop fully and its support for peace, condludes
message of peace for world. (5. 5 min: frenchafr L93W
6 gevgeniy stepanov reviews work of-session of gen cncl of
organization of african to unity which has ended in addis, refers
to need to promote unity of to movement in africa, ensuring more
Iv'IC,e(('6 active participation in workers in lagos action plan and in movement
agM5 for establishment of new world econ order, concern was expressed
p (t(.Q- over present state of affairs of oau, tus stand for
restoration of unity and cohesion, need to end arms race stressed.
(3, , n: engafr 4-700 2000 frenchaf 1Y30 portafr 1830)
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7i vyacheslav molev on info that has come to light in ghana
about cia interference in that country's internal affairs,
maintaining usa and other western country want to bring to power
their minions because ghana is country with vast econ
poten Thl. (3.5 min: engafr 1700 2000 frenchafr 4-930)
cpsu cc greetings to delegates of 4th congress of felimo
Y\V1 -m b'
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party. (tasse 290802) (one min: Somali 291600 amharic 291530
swahi 291730; brief: orbita 0001 0004 0100 frenchafr
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.23 vladimir bulimov on plight of african miners in south africa.
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81 valentin lapin describes as futile george shultz's efforts
toward withdrawal of foreign forces from lebanon. (5-3 min, sent:
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