FBIS Program Summary — Moscow Radio Moscow in Mandarin, 19 October 1991

This document is a Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) summary of a radio broadcast from Moscow Radio Moscow, transmitted in Mandarin on October 19, 1991. The report outlines the key highlights of the broadcast, which covered a range of geopolitical and domestic issues relevant to the Soviet Union during that period. Notable topics included the Ukraine's decision to join an economic union treaty, the arrival of Pankin in Syria, and the Israeli perspective on a Middle East peace conference. The broadcast also touched upon the ongoing conflict in Croatia, an agreement among the five permanent members of the UN Security Council regarding the limitation of conventional arms sales, and the United States' plan to withdraw nuclear weapons from South Korea. Additionally, the summary notes domestic events such as a meeting of Nobel laureates in Saint Petersburg, Estonia's refusal to establish diplomatic ties with South Korea, and a meeting of UFO experts in Moscow. The broadcast concluded with reports on Soviet entrepreneurs, the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and a Moscow conference regarding trade unions.