USSR -- MAJOR INTERVIEWED ON SERVICE IN AGHANISTAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96R01136R002605120026-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: August 14, 1985
• Content Type: CABLE

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FYI: USSR -- MAJOR INTERVIEWED ON SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN
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MOSCOW KRASNAYA ZVEZDA IN RUSSIAN 10 AUG UST 1985 SECOND EDITION
CARRIES ON PAGE 4, UNDER THE RUBRIC "READER ASKS FOR INFORMATION"
AND THE HEADLINE "INTERNATIONALISTS' DUTY," A 1,500-WORD UNNAMED
OWN CORRESPONDENT INTERVIEW, IN REPLY TO A READER'S REQUEST,
WITH HERO OF THE SOVIET UNION MAJOR RUSLAN SULTANOVICH AUSHEV,
WHO HAS JUST FINISHED HIS STUDIES AT A MILITARY ACADEMY AND IS
RETURNING TO AFGHANISTAN. ASKED BY HE OPTED TO RETURN, HE ANSWERS:
"THE UNDECLARED WAR AGAINST AFGHANISTAN IS INTENSFYING. I CAN JUDGE
THAT FROM THE STORIES TOLD BY MY YOUNGER BROTHER AND OTHER OFFICERS
RETURNING FROM THE COUNTRY. THE AFGHAN DELEGATION'S ENVOYS TO THE
12TH WORLD FESTIVAL OF YOUTH AND STUDENTS IN MOSCOW CONFIRMED
THAT." ASKED TO COMMENT ON U.S. AND NATO "PROPAGANDA" THAT
SOVIET SERVICEMEN IN THE DRA ALLEGEDLY "SOW DEATH AND DESTRUCTION,
BURN SCHOOLS, KILL PEOPLE, AND CARRY OUT UNHEARD-OF-ATROCITIES,"
HE REPLIES THAT THESE ARE "SHAMELESS LIES AND SLANDER" AIMED
AT SHIFTING THE BLAME AWAY FROM THE DUSHMANS. THE INTERVIEW
CONCLUDES WITH REMINISCENCES OF HIS SERVICE AND COMRADES IN THE DRA.
NO FURTHER PROCESSING PLANNED. 10 AUG PP/MARSHALL/PJ 14/1751Z AUG
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