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USSR / Gorbachev Reforms #559456

NBC Evening News for Friday, Oct 28, 1988
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(Studio: Tom Brokaw) USSR 's announcement with regard to budget deficit recalled. Report introduced.

(Moscow, USSR : Bob Abernethy) Sup. Soviet's consumer goods reform measures discussed. USSR general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms discussed; details given, scenes shown. Joint-owned US-USSR companies mentioned. [USSR spokesperson Gennady GERASIMOV - comments on poor USSR work habits.] Estonian farmer quoted with regard to reforms. [Poet Yevgeny YEVTUSHENKO - says mediocre people want totalitarian society.]

(Studio: Tom Brokaw) USSR pols. reported publicly disagreeing with regard to legislature dealing with dissenters; details given.

Reporter(s):
Abernethy, Bob;
Brokaw, Tom
Duration:
00:03:00

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