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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(DC: Robin Lloyd) Issue of US-USSR long-range missile talks reported Protests for peace and nuclear disarmament at White House and Soviet embassy in DC reported; scenes shown. [Assistant Secretary of State Rozanne RIDGWAY - wants to avoid exaggerated expectations at summit.] [In radio address, President REAGAN - calls treaty to be signed good bargain.] Possibility of United States concessions to reach agreement on long-range weapons at summit meeting of Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev noted: possible delay of deployment of SDI/Star Wars weaponry and relaxation of demands with regard to land-based missiles. [Analyst Dimitri SIMES - says Reagan should avoid too many concessions.] Later summit meeting in Moscow mentioned.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(DC: Jim Miklaszewski) Cuts in defense spending ordered by Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci reported; details given on screen. White House-Congress plan to reduce deficit recalled. [CARLUCCI - says budget cuts won't be easy.] Defense spending cuts detailed: Navy, Air Force, Army figures and areas of cuts given. [Defense budget project spokesperson Gordon ADAMS - says Pentagon can afford cuts.] Approaches of Carlucci and former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger to military spending contrasted.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) End of siege and release of hostages by Cuban detainees at Atlanta penitentiary reported; details given, scenes shown. FBI search of prison for bombs and holdouts noted.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Comments during David Frost interview by Vice President George Bush on Colonel Oliver North's role in Iran/Contra affair reported
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(Traer, Iowa: Lisa Myers) Campaigning for presidency by Vice President George Bush in Iowa featured; details given, scenes shown. Bush shown serving bean soup lunch to residents of Traer, Iowa. [Senator Robert DOLE - discusses Iowa campaign] Dole- Bush state-wide debate over medium-range missile treaty with USSR recalled. [BUSH - says treaty good.] [DOLE - says Bush echoes Reagan on treaty.] [BUSH - supports treaty.] Problems for Bush campaign in Iowa said to be Reagan's farm policy and appeal of Dole's Midwestern roots. Dole's political career reviewed; photos shown. [DOLE - recalls grandparents' poverty; says understands agriculture] Organizational powers of Pat Robertson noted. [ROBERTSON - campaigns. for family values.] Elizabeth Dole's born-again Christianity mentioned. [BUSH - believes in family and God.] [Pol. analyst William SCHNEIDER - says Bush could come in third in Iowa.] Pol. strategies for Bush and Dole in Iowa delineated.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Rescue of boy trapped underwater in Fargo, North Dakota, after falling through ice reported; details given, scenes shown from KTHA-TV. Boy's hypothermia mentioned.
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Report introduced.
(DC: Jim Bittermann) History of events since 1981 leading up to arms control treaty to be signed by United States and USSR at summit reviewed; details given, scenes shown. Arms control talks said beginning in November 1981, in Geneva, Switzerland. [In 1981, ex-chief arms negotiator Paul NITZE - discusses need for peace.] USSR buildup of medium-range weapons and response by NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) to USSR threat recalled. [NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) secretary general Lord CARRINGTON - recounts 1981 events.] Anti-nuclear protest in West Germany in 1983 shown. Restrictions on Soviet arms negotiators recalled. [US chief arms negotiator Max KAMPELMAN - discusses inflexibility of USSR negotiators.] 1982 meeting between Nitze and Soviet counterpart Yuli Kvitsinsky that led to outline of arms agreement recalled. Allies' deployment of missiles following breakdown of these talks noted; scenes shown. Sovs.' walkout from talks on November 23, 1983, shown. Return to bargaining in Geneva in 1985 recalled. [KAMPELMAN - recounts negotiations with Viktor Karpov.] Role of current Soviet negotiator Yuli Vorontsov noted.; scenes shown. [KARPOV, KAMPELMAN - refer to "proof of pudding" analogy re: selling of aspects of arms treaty in real world.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Mikhail Gorbachev's references to deaths during Joseph Stalin's "perestroika" reported Report introduced.
(Gori, Georgia, USSR : John Hart) History of economy restructuring in USSR featured; details given, historical film shown. V.I. Lenin's "new economic policy" (NEP) recalled overthrown by Stalin's collectivist policies. New economic policy in USSR said allowing some private business by farmers in Georgia, Stalin's birthplace. One farmer's memory of Stalin quoted. World War II in Russia recalled. [Ukrainian poet Dimitro PAVLICHKO - (thru translator) condemns Stalin regime.] Only standing statue of Stalin and boyhood home shown in hometown of Gori. [Photographer Abtondiel GAILASHVILI - (thru translator) talks about visitors to Stalin house ; denies accusations against Stalin.]
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(Studio: Connie Chung) Stmt. during Tom Brokaw interview with Mikhail Gorbachev that only people prevented from leaving USSR were those held for reasons of state security reported Jewish families said prevented from emigrating despite posing no threat to security Report introduced.
(No location given: Fred Briggs) Emigration of Dorina Paritsky from USSR featured; details given, scenes and photos shown. [PARITSKY - says parents denied permission to leave.] Background to Paritsky family in Kharkov, USSR , given. Tapes made by family in Kharkov and Moscow shown. [Mother Paulina PARITSKY - wants daughter free.] Group working on behalf of Paritsky family noted. [Dorina PARITSKY - meets group.] Tomorrow's rally at Soviet embassy in Washington, DC previewed. [Dorina PARITSKY - says would tell Gorbachev to let parents go.] History of Paritsky family's attempts to get visas reviewed. [Voice of Paulina PARITSKY - comments.]
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