SOVIET COMMENTARY LIST FOR 16 JUL 91

This document is a summary of Soviet media commentary and news reports for July 16, 1991. It provides a list of 20 items covering various domestic and international topics. Key political themes include Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reform plans, G-7 summit developments in London, and arms control negotiations between Soviet official Bessmertnykh and US official Baker. The document also notes international relations, such as Soviet-Japanese trade and industrial cooperation, and internal Soviet matters like the flood disaster in China (addressed by Pavlov to Li Peng), the Russian Federation's (RSFSR) Hokkaido cooperation, and a report on the Gulag islands in the Arctic. Notably, item 1619 mentions a four-minute report regarding a UFO sighting in Krasnoyarsk. The document concludes with miscellaneous internal Soviet items, including a Moscow aviation exhibition and space station activities.