Press Selection List: PMU Pressfax Three

This document is a press selection list (PMU Pressfax Three) containing summaries of various reports from Soviet media outlets dated November 1990. The document covers a wide range of political, economic, and military topics within the Soviet Union during a period of significant transition. Key political items include reports on the CPSU Central Committee conference regarding party structure reform, the meeting between Georgian President Gamsakhurdia and the Transcaucasus Military District leadership, and an Estonian proposal for a referendum on the Union Treaty. Economic reports detail debates over military spending, the functioning of the shadow economy, and arguments against a proposal by Yeltsin to release strategic food reserves. Military and security-related reports include a collision involving a refrigerator ship and a large ASW ship, an incident at a Vilnius army camp, and a response from the Defense Ministry regarding commercial satellite launches. Notably, item 21 references a report by L. Korotkov citing a local officer's disclosure of radar sightings of UFOs in the Amur Oblast, which occurred around the time of a rogue launch of surface-to-air missiles on November 15, 1990.