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3. REVOLUTION DAY LINE-UP. ACCORDING TO "IZVESTIYA"
(NOVEMBER 9), THE THREE UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS WHO
STOOD ON THE MAUSOLEUM TO REVIEW THE PARADE ALONG
WITH THE SOVIET LEADERSHIP NOVEMBER 7 WERE ALL
WORKERS: YE.K MAL' KOVA AND N.S. GLASKOV, BOTH USSR
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"PRAVDA" (NOVEMBER 9-11) CONTINUED TO PUBLISH THE UNCLASSIFIED
DETAILS OF THE POLITBURO SESSION OF NOVEMBER 3. THE
THREE SEGMENTS COVERED DISCUSSIONS OF THE STATE OF
MEDICAL SUPPLIES (DEPLORABLE), DEVELOPMENT OF THE
TYUMEN' REGION IN SIBERIA (LESS IS BETTER), AND
CHERNOBYL' (HEALTH HAZARDS REMAIN EXTEMELY GRA~) .
ONE PARTICIPANT GAVE HIGH MARKS TO THE LEVEL OF
DISCUSSION AND NOTED THAT THE CENTER OF ATTENTION IN
ALL MATTERS WAS "THE INTEREST OF MAN" (INTERES
CHELOVEKA) .
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9. CLOSURE AGREED. THE SUPREME SOVIET RESUMED ITS
WORK ON NOVEMBER 13 AFTER A 10-DAY RECESS FOR
REVOLUTION DAY FESTIVITIES AND PLUNGED INTO THE
REMAINING AGENDA ITEMS, MANY OF WHICH WILL NOT GO TO
THE FLOOR BEFORE THE SCHEDULED NOVEMBER 24 CLOSURE.
DESPITE MUCH UNFINISHED BUSINESS AND MANY DEPUTIES'
EXPRESSED DESIRE TO CONTINUE, THE SUPREME SOVIET MAY
ONLY BE PREPARED TO EXTEND TO NOVEMBER 25 TO COMPLETE
ITS BUSINESS. SUPREME SOVIET DEPUTY FEDOR BURLATSKIY
TOLD EMBOFF NOVEMBER 15 THE SUPREME SOVIET HAD
ALREADY AGREED TO EXTEND THE SESSION BY ONE DAY IF
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LIKELY TAKE UP MUCH OF THIS SESSION'S UNFINISHED
BUSINESS. THE SPRING SESSION WILL PROBABLY CONVENE UNCLASSIFIED
IN LATE FEBRUARY OR EARLY MARCH, ACCORDING TO DEPUTY
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--NOVEMBER 14. ALTERNATE DRAFT BILLS ON PROPERTY AND
LAND REFERRED FOR NATIONAL DISCUSSION. DOCUMENTS
WENT TO COMMITTEE AFTER FIRST READING ON OCTOBER 17
BUT HAVE SINCE BECOME FOCAL POINTS OF IDEOLOGICAL
DIVISION. HEATED DEBATE FOCUSED ON REPUBLICS' RIGHTS
TO PROPERTY/LAND. DEPUTY ANATOLIY SOBCHAK TOLD
EMBOFF HE DID NOT EXPECT A NATIONAL REFERENDUM ON THE
SUBJECT; DEBATE ON THE BILLS WOULD LIKELY RESUME AT
THE NEXT SUPREME SOVIET SESSION IN SPRING 1990. ALSO
REFERRED TO NATIONAL DISCUSSION WERE DRAFT BILLS ON
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL
SELF-MANAGEMENT. THE SUPREME SOVIET ALSO ADOPTED A
RESOLUTION CONDEMNING FORCED DEPORTATION OF SOVIET
PEOPLES UNDER STALIN THAT FORMALLY RESTORES RIGHTS
AND MAKES PROVISIONS FOR COMPENSATION (TO BE
DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS) .
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18. PARTY RULES. KICKING OFF THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION
OF THE NEW PARTY RULES TO BE ADOPTED AT THE XXVIIITH
PARTY CONGRESS NEXT OCTOBER, YEo RAZUMOV, THE FIRST
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE PARTY
BUILDING AND CADRES DEPARTMENT, AND N. ZOLOTAREV, A
CONSULTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT, OUTLINED THEIR VIEWS IN
"PRAVDA" NOVEMBER 12. WHILE CALLING FOR DEVELOPING
INTRAPARTY DEMOCRACY, THE TWO SHOWED NO INCLINATION
TO GIVE UP THE OLD FORMULAS THAT HAVE FRAMED
DISCUSSION OF PARTY ORGANIZATION AND GOALS FOR
DECADES. THEY UNDERSCORED THE PARTY AS THE POLITICAL
VANGUARD OF SOVIET SOCIETY, INSISTED THAT DEMOCRATIC
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PROKOP'YEVSK WORKERS COMMITTEE (IN THE KUZBASS) WILL
BE IN MOSCOW NEXT WEEK TO MEET WITH LEADERS OF THE UNCLASSIFIED
MOSCOW POPULAR FRONT (MPF) , ACCORDING TO AN MPF
ACTIVIST. DISCUSSION WILL FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING
LINKS BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS AND CREATING A BROADER
POLITICAL OUTLOOK FOR THE WORKERS' COMMITTEE.
ACCORDING TO OUR SOURCE, THE MPF LEADERSHIP WANTS TO
EXTEND ITS INFLUENCE OUTSIDE MOSCOW AND HAS SENT
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE KUZBASS AND VORKUTA TO
ESTABLISH TIES WITH MINERS' COMMITTEES.
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SPIRITUAL ADMINISTRATION OF MOSLEMS OF TRANSCAUCASIA UNCLASSIFIED
TOLD THE AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 14. EACH NATIONALITY
REPORTEDLY IS INSISTING THAT THE NEW MUFTI BE ONE OF
ITS OWN.
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31. DAG".ESTAN. ACCORDING TO AN EMBASSY VISITOR TO
GROZNIY, SOME SIXTY MEMBERS OF THE CHECHEN-INGUSH
POPULAR FRONT JOINED THE NOVEMBER 7 PARADE AND HELD
SIGNS WI~H SLOGANS SUCH AS:
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--ELECTIONS: THE DEPUTIES WERE DIVIDED OVER THE
ISSUE OF LENGTH OF RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. TWO
GROUPS OF DEPUTIES FORMED AND SHARPLY DEBATED THIS
ISSUE. THE FIRST GROUP, "DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT,"
SUGGESTED RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS OF TEN YEARS FOR
VOTERS PARTICIPATING IN THE REPUBLIC SUPREME SOVIET
ELECTIONS AND TO RAISE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR
CANDIDATES. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SECOND GROUP, "FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS," AND SECOND SECRETARY OF THE TALLINN
PARTY CITY COMMITTEE INSISTED THE LEGISLATORS REFUSE
TO ESTABLISH ANY RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS. E.
SAVI SAAR , CHAIRMAN OF ESTONIA'S GOSPLAN AND DEPUTY
CHAIRMAN OF THE ESTONIA COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,
SUGGESTED A 15 YEAR RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT FOR BOTH
VOTERS AND CANDIDATES, AS WELL AS THE EXCLUSION OF
MILITARY MEMBERS SERVING IN THE REPUBLIC.
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37. POLITICAL PRISONERS. AN ACTIVIST FOR JEWISH
PRISONERS' RIGHTS RECENTLY TRAVELLED TO THE PERM' 35
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