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ZNR UUUUU HEADER R 040108Z NOV 91 FM JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC INFO RUSNNOA/USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE RUFGAID/USEUCOM AIDES VATHINGEN GE RHLBAAA/USCINCSCO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM RHDLCNE/CINCUSNAVEUR LONDON UK//N2/N24// RUWSMXI/MAC INTEL CEN SCOTT AFB IL//IN// RUCQVAB/USCINCSOC INTEL OPS CEN MACDILL AFB FL RUQYSDG/FOSIF ROTA SP RUSNNOA/USCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE RUFTAKA/CDR USAINTELCTRE HEIDELBERG GE RUEALGX/SAFE R 040027Z NOV 91 FM FBIS OKINAWA JA TO RUCWAAA/FBIS RESTON VA RHEGLAI/DOE LANL INTELLIGENCE DIV RHHMMCY/JICPAC HONOLULU HI RUADTBC/CDR 10TH ASG TORII STATION JA//AJGO-GA// RUCBSAA/AIC NORFOLK VA RUCKDDA/SECOND INTEL CO//ITU// RUDKMKB/FBIS LONDON UK//BBC// RUDKMKE/FBIS LONDON UK RUDKST/AMEMBASSY SOFIA//FOR POLEC SECTION// RUDPMAX/FAISA FT BRAGG NC RUEBFGA/VOA WASH DC RUEBHAA/STORAGE CENTER FBIS RESTON VA RUEHAB/AMEMBASSY ABIDJAN//ATTN ECON// RUEHBF/AMEMBASSY BEIJINH//SCIENCE COUNSELOR// RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA//USIS//SCIENCE OFFICE/AID// RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHINGTON DC//INR/SEE/SI// RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA//PASS SCIENCE OFFICER// RUEKJCS/DEFINTAGNCY WASH DC RUEOACC/CDR PSYOPGP FT BRAGG NC//ASOF-POG-SB// RUEORDF/DIR ADMIC FT DETRICK MD//IS// RUETIAV/MPC FT GEO G MEADE MD RUFHGI/AMEMBASSY BANGUI RULSJGA/COGARD INTELCOORDCEN WASHINGTON DC RUTAYD/AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE//ECON/COMM OFFICER// ACCT FBOW-EWDK BT CONTROLS UNCLAS 35/LD STV SERIAL: 0W0411002891 UNCLASSIFIED Approved for release Date ___Aug 1997___ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNCLASSIFIED PAGE:0090 BODY PASS: ATTN BBC RDSUP COPY TO PROD TEN COUNTRY: USSR SUBJ: STRIP MINING POLLUTES DALNEGORSK, MARITIME KRAY SOURCE: MOSCOW CENTRAL TELEVISION FIRST PROGRAM AND ORBITA NETWORKS IN RUSSUAN 1030 GMT 28 OCT 91 TEXT: //((A. KRUTOV VIDEO REPORT; FROM THE "TV INFORM" PROGRAM__ ((TEXT)) A TENTH OF THE TOTAL TERRITORY OF OUR COUNTRY, 290 RAYONS, ARE CONSIDERED ECOLOGICALLY DAMAGED. HERE IS A REPORT BY ALKSANDR KRUTOV FROM THE CITY ON DALNEGORSK OF THE MARITIME KRAY: ((BEGIN RECORDING)) ((KRUTOV)) SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CRASHED ON THIS HILL. UNFORTUNATELY, AS THE EYEWITNESSES WERE CLIMBING TOWARDS THE SCENE OF THE EVENT, IT DISAPPEARED. AS WE UNDERSTOOD FROM OUR TALKS WITH THE RESIDENTS OF DALNEGORSK, THE UFOS ARE A COMMON OCCURRENCE HERE. THE LOCAL UFOLOGISTS HAVE EVEN ESTABLISHED CONTACT WITH OUTER SPACE, AND ONE DAY EXPECTED THE LANDING OF A UFO IN THE CITY STADIUM. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, THE ENCOUNTER DID NOT TAKE PLACE, BUT THE UFOLOGISTS HAVE NOT LOST HOPE. SO WHAT ATTRACTS VISITORS FROM OUTER SPACE TO DALNEGORSK? COULD THIS DEAD LAND BE IT? ((VIDEO SHOWS SIGHTS IN DALNEGORSK TAKEN FROM HELICOPTER, CUTS TO SHOW WHAT LOOKS LIKE A STRIP-MINING SITE)) IT CERTAINLY IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR THE LANDING OF A SPACESHIP. THIS MOON-LIKE LANDSCAPE IS WHAT HAS BEEN LEFT BEHIND BY THE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION 'BOR'. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR CHEAP DEAL AT THE TIME, AND THIS IS HOW THEY MINED, BUILDING TENANT HOUSES AND A HOSPITAL RIGHT IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE, CLOSE TO THE PLACE OF WORK. AS A RESULT, DUST AND SUSPENDED MATTER COVERS THE TOWN AND CLOGS THE LUNGS OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN, ((VIDEO SHOWS INTERVIEW WITH G. PILIPCHIK, A GYNECOLOGIST)) ((PILIPCHIK)) THE STATE OF HEALTH OF OUR WOMEN, AND ACTUALLY THE STATE OF HEALTH OF ALL THE POPULATION OF OUR RAYON, DOES NOT GIVE US THE MEDICS CAUSE FOR OPTIMISM. LATELY, THE GROWTH OF BIRTH DEFECTS AMONG THE NEWBORN AND THE HIGH RATE OF MORBIDITY IN THE FIRST MONTHS OR YEARS OF LIFE HAVE BEEN OBSERVED, AND WE THE MEDICAL WORKERS CONNECT IT TO THE DAMAGING INFLUENCE OF OUR CHEMICAL AND MINING INDUSTRY. ((KRUTOV)) CONSTRUCTORS DO NOT EVEN USE WATER FROM THE CITY'S RIVER, AND I DO NOT MEAN FOR DRINKING -- FOR MIXING CEMENT. THE WATER IS SO BAD THAT THE CEMENT CRUMBLES. DALNEGORSK IS CALLED THE CHERNOBYL OF THE FAR EAST. ((VIDEO SHOWS MORE AERIAL SHOTS OF THE CITY, CUTS TO A INTERVIEW WITH L. SPITSYN, MACHINIST AT THE 'BOR' INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION)) ((SPITSYN)) THE PREDATORY LOOTING THAT WENT ON ALL OVER THE COUNTRY EXISTS HERE TOO. I MEAN THE MAIN THING WAS TO GRAB, NO UNCLASSIFIED --------------------------------------------------------------------- UNCLASSIFIED PAGE:0091 MATTER HOW, WHAT, OR WHERE. GRABBING IS THE MAIN GOAL. THE ECONOMY SHOULD BE ECONOMICAL, SO LET US ECONOMIZE BY STARTING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. ((KRUTOV)) YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE FIGHTING WINDMILLS. WHOM ARE YOU FIGHTING? ((SPITSYN)) I HOPE THAT TODAY, AFTER THE 19TH ((OF AUGUST)), THE SITUATION WILL CHANGE SOMEHOW. BUT BEFORE THAT... WELL, AT THE TIME WHEN MY CANDIDACY FOR A DEPUTY WAS ADVANCED BY THE FACTORY, I THOUGHT THAT THE BAD GUYS WERE ALEKHIN, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF THE ASSOCIATION, OR SIDOROV, OR PETROV. BUT WHEN I SAW ALL OF THIS WITH MY OWN EYES, WHEN i SAW ALL THESE DOCUMENTS, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE MADE, I REALIZED THAT NEITHER ALEKHIN, SIDOROV, OR PETROX WERE TO BLAME; THE SYSTEM WAS TO BLAME. WHAT IT DEMANDS IS BAD, SO IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO DO GOOD EITHER ECONOMICALLY OR ADMINISTRATIVELY; IF YOU DO NOT DO THE BAD THING YOU WILL SIMPLY BE KICKED OUT, THE SYSTEM WILL REJECT YOU. ((VIDEO SHOWS RESIDENTS OF DALNEGORSK)) ((KRUTOV)) IT IS DEFFICULT TO SAY WHEN AND HOW THE SYSTEM WILL CHANGE, AND NO CHANGES ARE MEANWHILE VISIBLE. NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE UNDERGROUND MINING. MAYBE THIS IS THE REASON THAT THE RESIDENTS OF DALNEGORSK ARE WAITING FOR VISITORS FROM OUTER SPACE, HOPING THAT THEY CAN HELP SOLVE THE TERRESTRIAL PROBLEMS. ((END RECORDING)) ((ANNOUNCER__ AND HERE ARE A FEW NUMBERS -- UNTIL RECENTLY, NINE BILLION ROUBLES WERE INVESTED IN ECOLOGY, WHILE DAMAGE FROM THE BARBARIC TREATMENT OF NATURE AMOUNT TO 43 BILLION ROUBLES. ADMIN (ENDALL) 281030 XXXXXXXXXXXXX 11.001 XXXX4/0029Z NOV BT #0565 NNNN
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