TAKE 1 OF SEVERAL--COMMENTARY LIST: MOSCOW CONSOLIDATED 1 MAY 83

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1983
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may day
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1 pravda editorial, 30 apr, "banners of first of may-over
planet. " rbita 292200) (6-3 min: albanian 1430 hung 304900)
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2 relay of may day red square parade: description of scene,
1-is.t4n.g_ l.drs..p as ti#;-- a.s,scrip.ti.om -o#. p.r?oc?e.s.i.ans- _iA#.~tws a,;.i th -sauiat.- - -
77~~R-~ worker (3 min), bratislava worker (3 min), soviet writer (7 min),
VIA1 sugarcane cutter from nicaragua (5 min), pilot-cosmonaut
dzhanibekov (3 min), moscow worker (3-min); poet andrey dementyev
reads his poetry (4 min); furhter?intvws.with war.veteran (4 min),
user ppls artist (2 min), frg and scottish guests (3 min).
(overal3,-oie hour, 40 min, fyi filed: home all stns 0550)
3 relay from red square: doris maksina,and karl yegorov,describe
red square architecture and scene, listing.soviet ldrs att:end.ing,
procession and floats; maksina says when in these days ppl in west
are denied truth, parade is an eye-opener, guests have come~on
package tour at a discount, and this is.best way for-them'.to'see What
~1 T sov ppl are working for -- a life.of peace so that they can:get?on
with throb.. (47 min: enginter 0545)
4 relay from red square: description :of kremlin, its layout,
function, history; importance of may day and short talk on fyp and
thriving state of sov economy as opposed to capitalist,economy which
P is going thru a crisis; applause marking arrival of soviet ldrs to
3C\`\ stand; description of parade; announcer extolls marx andhis
teachings and its impact on more just.society; talk on soviet housing
policy; short talk on lenin peace prizes and some of recipients; may
slogans quoted; importance of.gosr is_extolled and subsequent may
day celebrations are described as logical consequence. (47 min:
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5 report describing may day demonstration in moscow.
sent: tasse 0748 tassr 0919)
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6 reports describing may day celebrati.ons?and par.ade.in-moscow,
streamers and slogans, ref to soviet.econ-social achievements, and
inci intvws with foreign visitors, and music. (45 min: buig 1-520;
36-30 min: frenchinter 16.00 port 2000 roman.ian 1690 beng 1-500 indo
Oo 1-330; 29-20 min: engna 2200 spanla QO ital -1-700 2090 german X500
I)k greekcy 1730 engafr 1700 polish 1-300 serbo 1500 1900 engsa 1400 hind
I 11-30 Urdu 1200 bur 1930; 18-12 min: home 1500 orbita 1500 enguk 19.Q0
german 1600/tw4-ce/ germaust 1-800 arab 100 1730 portafr 1830 somali
1600 amharic 1530 swahili 1730 lao 1030 1300 thai 1-1-00; 7-3 min:
mayak 0800 spanla 2300 enginter.0-700 french 1730 pvrsian:1500-1700
soma-l-i i o hind 1400 indo 1330 1500)
7 v ado, or splp: pv reports on may day..festivit:i.es - in, ki-evr
where workers have excelled in above pian;output. (3 min:
maya
8 report rounding up may day celebrations in'moscow~and
soviet republics, aucctu reception for foreign trade unionsts,
ti fireworks staged in moscow, union republic capitals.
(4 min: orbita 2300)
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9 anon report on may day's importance and celebrations in
soviet union and other socialist countries. (5 min: dari
301700,
10 report on may day celebrations in moscow-and
thro,d9h'~ut world. (4-3 min: persian 1400 1-700 1800)
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IT youth program: incl a sudanese and a lebanese student, who
are going to take part in may day celebrations in.moscow, on how
~~~~~/ pleased they are to be part of such an event. (frenchmag
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12 intvws with foreign gusts on their favorable impressions
of moscow celebrations, lauding soviet foreign policy and peace
IInn efforts and initiatives. (austrian.tu.mbr karl?henrich
t'~" /ganzer/, 6 min: germaust -IOW; ital.ian. guests, 5.~.5. min:
/t italian 1700; indian to ldr satya nar.ayan, 4 min: hind 1-4Q0;
south african eric /mitali/, australian.mervin /ni.xon/,
and peter bennett from solmon islands,.6-min: enginer O4;
polish delegates, 6 min:. polish 1-4G0-r- greek, lebanese,
swede, nicaraguan, spanish reps, 9 main: orbita 0920,
cuban, italian, afghan, and William luch sec treasurer of american
federation of state, county and smunic,ipal emp1loyees, 8 min:
home tO50 orbita 1135; french, malagasy,.an:d reunion-,tu
officiii,s, 7 min: frenchiter 2AO04
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J ' ' o n friendly wavelength": listeners are ` greeted on:- may . day
and various parades and celebrations are described;
l~cS~Jtc~ ethiopian, zambian and tanzanian students in?moscow
a thank ussr foreign policy line; a kenyan listener writes
on unity of working ppl which is their strength -in! str.61gglo
for ce. (5 min: engafr 1700-)
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14 anon, pegged, discussing how may.day,is-observed in ussr
16. commentator answers listenrs questions, with nikolay
gorshkov: listeners greeted on may day; many ppl are
marking may day under slogan stronger popular unity in struggle
against nuclear arms race unleashed by usa and nato quarters.
-,n listeners' ltrs are major help in struggle for world without
weapons. (anton rosen) hopes that ussr "will stand behind us in
I1' /'Jf our peace efforts. " this has always been case in past;
historical instances of soviet-british alliances. may day
and noting how ordinary person can prospect under socialist
systeK.--~ (6 min: urdu t300)
15 interview with soviet trade union rep on occasion of I may.
tions in moscow described. (enguk Vann)
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17 yuriy andropov intvw with west german der spiegel magazine
Sig apr. (tasse 241514) (21 min: german 1.600; 15 min: enginter
-500 160 000; 8 min polish 1400)
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ng -w-it.h - V?ou f *ator-e.-" (rpt portbr.a-z-262200.) ?( span-la.?00064-
19 tadeus (teodorovich), dpty director of. institute for research
into econ and tech coop of ussr with foreign. countr.ie-s, on ? excellent
results achieved by econ coop of ussr with young developing countries
VC,v
ness bequeathed on them by capitalist imperialism. (3 min: 1
20 fedov appeals to world workers to follow internationalism,
1'Lul~ prevent global annihilation by nuc war, noting sov help in
P (,)national lib mots in prc, india, indochi, africa and latam.
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21 anon on jaruslav hasek, presenting some biographical details
and describing. his activity in ussr after first world war, buyanto
sanzhiyev, prof of irkutsk univ and author of book "jaroslav..hasek
in eastern siberia" speaks on hasek's writings while in ussr also
stresses topical nature of hasek's antiwar orientation. (5 min:
serb6--3 00 polish 301-400 hungarian 301630)
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"beyond the horizon": soviet youth role in struggle against
imperialism and colonialism. (rpt amharic 231530 on 24 apr list)
(amh aric 30-3- 30 )
C?uv~hh~&rj IW mailbag for world service listeners. (rpt enginter 271200)
UC~t M6- (eng int
1200)
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24 maw ag for british listeners. (r& enQuk3019OO) (enguk 1900)
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25 moscow mailbag for north american listeners: incl replies
by joe adamov to (carlo,patina).of toleda, ohio, on-wheth-er ussr
is planning to land man on moon or any other planet in-near future,
adamov says says soviet plans for near future will be concentrated
on near-earth space, on permanent orbital space stations
with interhcnageable crews; in reply to question whether an ordinary
CAS
citizen could own a gun for sporting purposes, adamov replied
in the affirmative and explained permits and licences necessary:
SI listener in san francisco asks if and why usa is setting deadline
dtst
for successful conclusion of generva talks before trying to deploy
new weapons, she is told that west has said all along that if talks
{Y11551~~'do not succeed usa will start deploying cruise and pershing missiles)
in reply to Itr from confirmed pacifists in new jersey, adamov
UP4 expresses belief that human understanding and absence of.hatred
61j are not sufficient to halt unbridled arms race; listener-in ohio
W asks what is primary soviet manned space flight vehicle
used today and is given info on soyuz t series and its improved
features compared with earlier craft, adamov also describe space
stations at work in sapce; asked for has response to drug abuse
and alcohilism, adamov says former is not a problem in ussr,
whe.r..eas alcoh~lism_. is.,.and _is be-ing.~.fou.ght,.by -eery ::ava lab-1?e ?naea~s
(engna 302300)
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26 4 ravda editorial by vitaliy korianov on might-of:intnatl
communist and worker movement and its decisive influence in struggle
to preserve peace and avert war. (5 min: frenchint.er-2000
en na 0)
27 article by soviet political journalist rudolf kolchanov,
oo assistant to chief editor of trud in connection with may day on
need t curb arms race and preserve, peace. (5 min: frenchinter
2000 n ?,' r' 1983
28 review of pravda on religious involvement in antiwar
,h,, ,,}jnovements examples of actions by clergy in usa and other countries
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with their own interests and masses must be organized so that they
canto"erstand and fight against imperialism. (3 min: engafr.002?00)
29 resume of soviet press on underlying reasons-for antiwar
actions, citing komsomolskaya pravda, pravda, izgestiya, sotsial-
engipte 07-@9)
isticheskaya industriya, intnatl affairs and moscow news. (6 min:
30 1. g. k. (oko), gen sec of ghana's trade and industry tu,
who is heading ghanaian delegation to moscow for may day
celebrations, speaks about importance of peace and social
deprivation caused by arms race, says imperialists are only concerned
item on a moscow exhibition of work by soviet artists in which
the theme is peace is predominant, some paintaings and sculptures
described and several artists explain their work and their
insp Picat ns. (enginter t399)
yuriy rostovtsev on geneva arms talks. (rpt engna 302200)
a Sl ~ti -! (eng inter 144-0-) (~ S
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33 intvw with stepan shalayev, aucctu chmn, on tus in fight
Su1QP~"' against danger of war. (finnish 271530 on 29 apr list) (enginter
0t I SMi 410 )
(~ wpatk 34 aleksandr teterin on aftermath of Warsaw treaty declarations
L U-4- And?nato-maneuvers and other current measures inbaltic region. (5
W,fu_~, min: po ish-4-49O)
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biographies of this year's lenin peace prize winners. (rte
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engin)rl 301300) (enginter 0800 11.00 albanian 304-430 mand 1600)
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a~a~ ~~/ 36 andropov replies to american girl Samantha smith
circulated by soviet emb in usa. (tasse 251449),(5 min:.
. germf5OO urdu 1300 beng 1-500)
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37 magazine, incl anon on ltr sent by .mantha
sminth to andropov, briefly quoting andropov's reply,
Jreiterating soviet peace proposals, noting samantha
told american reporters the ltr completely changed: her:ima'ge
L4 5 of ussr(enginter :iOOG-)
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38 special_tass-.c-arr-vladimir kikilo?clevel-and on address
given by gus hall, gen.-sec of cpusa to participants of
constituent.convention of young communist league, in which he
criticizes reaganomics. (650 text: tasse.1445 tassr 1050)
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I"`(L~ 39 vladimir pozner on may day origins. (rpt.engna
d Qat
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40 moscow viewpoint: valentin zorin on may day noting it is
not celebrated_as holiday in usa, recalls earlier visit to usa
and lack of festive mood and understanding by americans about
events in chicago 1 may 1886, in memory of which may day was
(l'S V "I instituted as an intnatl holiday, pointing ou thre is nothing
about these events in u.s. textbooks and that american mass media
prefer to keep silent about massacre perpetrated by chicago police,
Itp
41 luis mas martin, director of cuban radio rebelde,
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1uJ harshly criticizes reagan's central american and caribbean policies.
spancuba Ot-OO
nikolay korev on argentine struggle for decolonization of
who used arms against peaceful demonstration of workers in
defense of human and civil rights, maintaining, however, more
sophisticated methods are used to strangle american workers today,
notab threat of unemployment. ((11 min: engna 302300.)
S( -~ )as
falkland islands and anniv of conflict against british and
colonialist forces, falklands conflict was good lesson
ut4 for argentine and other latam countries that concerning
colonialist interests, big colonialist powers take sides against
nations. (6 min: spanla - 7__- C i MAY 1033
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increased u.s. interference in domestic affairs of nicaragua,
1 (MirOTCAciting Washington post and quoting.roberto calderon, commander
t ~J of southern milit region of sandinista ppl's army. (400 text:
t a s s r 0837)
S--fV 44 joint soviet-venezuelan report on conclusion of
V.er-e d venezuelan foreign minister Jose alberto zambrano velasco's
Lt,SSrt.
visit user.. (tasse 282015) (brief: spanla 0000)
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-45 -1 eon i`d -1 evc hvn-k-o -on s i'tvat i-oza in- -ce-ntira 1 ameri ca.-
engip.t 301300) (enginter 0800 1100 dari 301700)
icardo-saxlund on lenin peace prize awarded to
uruguayan patriot 1-ib-or seregni. (rpt spanla 302300)
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11JIk(t)pd 47 andropov--reply to ldrs of six neutral and nonal-igned
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401339) (2-1 min: orbit 0001 0104 home 0204 0300 enginter
0700 0800.1000.engna 302300 spani'sh 302130 amharic.
countries concerning madrid csce follow-up mtg. (tasse
CSC- ------ ? ------ ------ - ------ - ----
indo 1330 beng 1500 thai 1100 camb 1330 mand 0700 mandsea
1230 "f: spanla 0000 spancuba 0100).
48 rav_da_obssrAAer- y.. vriy-khar ia-mov on may: day nand . p?
rf&Y - d A -P _ _ etGe
w $ A Zesu,me-of-soviot.-p~res,,s..on-,t'fra-nce e in-franr_e.-- - (rp-t--fr.enich301930)_ (fr.ench:1730) -
and .'so,iiet-french . -
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relations: soviet-pr-ess-carried ;andr.opov.'s reply / to:. doer -sp!iegel
(3 min); za_rubezham, pr-a\sda,; izvest,iya, sovet.skaya ros'si:ya
ANL`(Of6~and others Carr-1ed_.react-i?on?s-ficom'"world 's press, inclu-ding that
of france, to_andzRop4;v-'s-re}11`les7 to' h.er. spl--ege..i, -Lib*rat.VonicAte,-d,
za robe zhom_qu_ote.d-volk-s-st7.mme' on. expu.lsi.on :of . soviets -from
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France; _pravda_dad-salretsky-a-kt~ltura.. had ,: d i sptat++hed = fr..om? paris
about stmt by.natl_cmt-ee of france-ussr assn deploring
anti-soviet stance adopted by french mass media over expulsion
of soviet officials from france: pravd and izvestiya carried
dispatches from paris on new five-year milit program adopted by
french cabinet; pravda on-pressure exerted on franc by dollar;
pravda announced-twinning of french and soviet town; Sovetskaya
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kultura on first nail poetry day in france. (7 min,
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50 yaroslav khabar-aov--on
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worsening hispano-br.itish
worsening
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(spap4sh 301900)
51 "african guests in ussr": a congolese student describes
his exc.periences and studies in ussr. (10 min: Somali 1-6Q)_
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2 oleg (aruchev)
amha 30-1-5-30 )
53 anon
ND,2,M6(Cto 4th congress
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on resolution adopted by delegates
of frelimo party, re.situation in-latam and
(400 text: tasse 0936 tassr 0917)
54 valentin lapin on situation in mideast. (rpt enginter
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55 anon pravda-
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continued concentration of troops for possible aggression
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syria. (arabic 17130)
56 intvw with sadok besbes, assistant sec gen of-tunisian
general union of tunisian labor, and deputy ldr of natl union
of lebanese tus salayman al-bashs, replies to mideast situation,
improved living standards in tunisia, shultz's current tour of
L.s S Iflmideast region and its aim to revive washington's mideast plan.
(6. ni : a r a b i c t430)
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anon: "tel aviv's encroachments on arabicn peninsula":
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afrique_asie by former chief of staff of egyptian army sa'd
ad-din ash-shadhili entitled "scenario for future interference,
in which he draws general picture of israeli-plan for fresh
aggressions on a bc, qu-oting estensively from article.
analyzing-meaning of encroachment referring to recent article in
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59 musical program devoted to poet muhammad darwish of
h/J-Palest who,was awarded lenin prize. (arabic t
59 literary program: incl iranian and kazakh poets.
p ~y (pers'an 1600)
anon on soviet forces resistance to fascist forctes,:
iranian brothers rejoiced in their victory but imperialists
did not approve and tried to support shah, nationalization of
iranian oil company was proposed. The workers of esfahan struck
work and this movement spread all over country. during
shah's time, workers always celebrated may day in remembrance of
thei,r--ocictories 40 yrs earlier. (7 min: Persian 1800)
61 losev in "wor-ld outlook of communists in marxism-leninism"
pirogram: sov contr to natl lib movements, -incl prc, saying
ussr,,ss\ing same intnalism in afghanistan. (7.5 min: mend 07-00)
program for may day, recalling sov aid to china, saying
' deterioration of relations not fault of user. (29 min:
p 'Dma n d 1_230) j
63 anon greeting southeast asian listeners on may day,
~~C(S(& plc ng sov aid to region. (4 min: mandsea 1230)
64 anon re 21st anniv introduction of burma socialist
N(fn&- prop". (rpt bur 301030) (7.5 min: bur 1430)
65 (vasiliy alekseyev) on nakasone asean tour. (9 min,
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66 igor vykhukhalev on georgian dep premier at tokyo
press conf, discussing republic's progress since joining ussr,
econ ties with japan, participation in tokyo trade fair.
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