Daily Report Soviet Union FBIS SOV 88 246 CONTENTS NOTICE TO READERS: An indicates material not previously disseminated in electronic form.
ARMS CONTROL DISARMAMENT SDI Testing Said To Violate ABM Treaty Chernyshev on TASS INF Inspection Commission Concludes Session TASS Arms Negotiator on Concluded Geneva Talks TASS Karaganov Explains Military Reduction Moscow TV COMMUNIST RELATIONS 22 December 1988 1 Moiseyev, Others Meet Yazov Home From Sofia KRASNAYA ZVEZDA 20 Dec Banking Cooperation Within Bloc Outlined PRAVDA 19 Dec 3 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS United States Canada PRAVDA Views Conundrums Confronting Bush 19 Dec Work of Bush Transition Team Profiled SOVETSKAYA ROSSIYA 21 Dec Envoy Urges Further Soviet Troop Cuts (KRASNAYA ZVEZDA 21 Dec Northeast Asia Further on Shevardnadze Visit to Japan Urges Resolution of Issues Tokyo NHK TV On USSR Joining IMF, World Bank Tokyo KYODOJ Gives 21 Dec News Conference PRAVDA 22 Dec Further on News Conference Moscow International KYODO Reports Briefing Tokyo Joint Communique Issued on Visit PRAVDA 22 Dec Japanese Official Views Successful Talks (Moscow Radio PRAVDA Article on Japanese Relations Cited Moscow International 7 11 11 12 14 15 Future of Japanese Relations Viewed Moscow Radio Peace and Progress)
16 Possible Joint Ventures With Japan Explored IZVESTIYA 16 Dec 17 DPRK Ties Reviewed Prior to Shevardnadze Visit TASS 19 Shevardnadze Interviewed on Gorbachev UN Speech Moscow International Problem With Aid to Mongolia Discussed KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA 15 Dec 20 21 Southeast Asia Pacific Shevardnadze Continues Philippines Visit 23 Makes Arrival Remarks in Manila TASS 23 Attends Manglapus Hosted Reception TASS 23 Commentary on SRV Plan for Direct PRC Talks Alekseyev on Moscow International 23 Near East South Asia Talks With Afghan Opposition Postponed (Moscow Radio PRAVDA on Problems of Afghan Withdrawal 15 Dec Yakovlev Discusses Talks With on Mideast London AL HAWADITH 16 Dec Petrovskiy on Arafat Initiative, Mideast Kuwait AL QABAS 15 Dec Diplomatic Figure on Soviet Mideast Role Kuwait KŪNA 22222 24 24 26 27 28