CIA • 1990

COMLIST: MOSCOW CONSOLIDATED 29 DEC 90

000174711 Page: 87 of 149 CLAS UNCLASSIFIED CLAS UNCLASSIFIED AFSN TB3012141890C SUBJ TAKEALL-- Comlist: Moscow Consolidated 29 Dec 90 Full Text Superzone of Message 1 GLOBAL 2 1 aleksandr kanishchev/georgiy shmelev account of'ussr foreign ministry briefing by vitaliy churkin on aspects of soviet foreign policy issues, citing return of soviet specialists from Iraq, soviet concern for gulf crisis, charges of crime against soviet soldiers in germany, belgian govt endorsing plan to reorganize its armed forces, others. (300 text sent: tasse 1544 tassr 1505; 3 min, sent: enginter 1810 2110 spanla 2300 serbo 1700) 3 2 mikhail mikhaylov intvw with vitally khokhlov, head of intl bank for economic cooperation, discussing what awaits countries, mbrs of council for mutual econ assistance, incl countries of europe, asia and latam, in coming year, noting these countries switch over in their trade to world prices and payments in convertible currency, noting how this switch over will affect various countries in different. (3 min: enginter 1210 1510 1810 2110 spanla 2300 persian 1500 greek 2100 turkish 1400 romanian 1700 polish 1600 hungarian 2000 serbo 1700) 4 3 "world in mirror of events": on Intl poll revealing what most ppl regard as main events of 1990 (3 min); discussion between aleksandr zholkver and pravdin on world events in past year and outlook for 1991, noting despite gulf crisis, they are generally hopeful, noting humanitarian aid to ussr, especially from germany, is mentioned with appreciation, pointing out ussr must stamp out crime, mentioning Japanese are worried that medicines they send are held up at sheremetyevo, shamefully, contents of percels received from germany and austria even turn up on black market (4 min)...