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 SUBJ:    TASS REVIEWS SOVIET CENTRAL PRESS FOR 12 OCT
 SOURCE:  MOSCOW TASS IN ENGLISH 0624 GMT 12 OCT 89
 TEXT:
 (("PRESS REVIEW" -- TASS HEADLINE))
 ((TEXT)) MOSCOW OCTOBER 12 TASS -- PRAVDA REPORTS TODAY A MEETING
 HELD ON WEDNESDAY BETWEEN SOVIET LEADER MIKHAIL GORBACHEV AND
 MIECZYSLAW RAKOWSKI, FIRST SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE
 POLISH UNITED WORKERS' PARTY (PUWP), WHO ARRIVED IN THE SOVIET UNION
 ON A WORKING VISIT.
 DURING THE FRIENDLY MEETING THE TWO SIDES DISCUSSED A WIDE RANGE
 OF ISSUES CONCERNING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PROCESSES IN THE
 USSR AND POLAND, THE DEVELOP['ENT OF COOPERATION IN THE TWO FRATERNAL
 PARTIES AND PROSPECTS FOR SOVIET-POLISH RELATIONS.
 RAKOWSKI DESCRIBED THE SITI. TION IN POLAND SINCE THE ELECTION TO
 THE SEJM AND THE FORMATION OF a NEW GOVERNMENT.  THE KEY NATIONAL
 TASK NOW IS TO PULL THE COUNTRY OUT OF THE LENGTHY SOCIAL AND
 ECONOMIC CRISIS.  THE PUWP INTE,IS TO INTERACT IN A RESPONSIBLE AND
 CONSTRUCTIVE WAY WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND VARIOUS POLITICAL FORCES IN
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 PRESENT-DAY POLAND.
 GORBACHEV DWELT AT LENGTH ON THE EXTENSIVE AND DIVERSE WORK TO
 IMPLEMENT THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND LEGAL REFORMS IN THE SOVIET
 UNION.  THE ACTIVITIES OF THE USSR SUPREME SOVIET ARE ASSUMING
 SPECIAL IMPORTANCE THESE DAYS.  IT HAS TO ADOPT SEVERAL IMPORTANT
 CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS, HE NOTED.
 "WE ATTACH UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO THE PARTY'S RESTRUCTURING," THE
 SOVIET LEADER POINTED OUT.  IN THE RUN-UP TO THE 28TH CONGRESS, ITS
 ENTIRE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY AND THE STYLE OF
 WORK CHANGED.
 GORBACHEV AND RAKOWSKI ALSO EXCANNGED OPINIONS ON MAJOR PROBLEMS
 OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ON INTERNATIONAL POLITICS.
 NEWSPAPERS ALSO REPORT RAKOWSKI'S NEWS CONFERENCE WHERE HE SUMMED
 UP THE RESULTS OF HIS VISIT TO THE USSR, AND HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE
 SOVIET UNION LATER IN THE DAY.
 THE PRESS CONTINUES COVERING THE WORK OF THE 2ND SESSION OF
 COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS OF PARLIAMENT'S TWO CHAMBERS ON
 WEDNESDAY.  THEY CONTINUED TO DISCUSS, AT MOST SITTINGS, THE DRAFT
 PLAN AND THE DRAFT BUDGET FOR 1990.
 ALL PARLIAMENTARY ORGANS INTEND TO PREPARE THEIR FINDINGS ON THE
 PLAN AND THE BUDGET THIS WEEK, AND BY THE END OF THE NEXT WEEK THE
 PLANNING, BUDGETARY AND FINANCE COMMISSION WILL DRAFT A GENERALISED
 DOCUMENT WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED FOR THE DEBATE OF THE TWO CHAMBERS
 OF THE SOVIET PARLIAMENT.
 PRAVDA CARRIES A CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE BY SOVIET PRIME MINISTER
 NIKOLAY RYZHKOV TO A MEETING OF SOVIET AND LATIN AMERICAN.PUBLIC
 FIGURES.
 NEWSPAPERS PUBLISH-AN OPEN LETTER BY THE PRESIDIUM OF THE USSR
 CENTRAL COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS TO ALL WORKERS EMPLOYED IN TRADE, ON
 RAILWAYS, AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORT, AT SEA AND RIVER PORTS, WORK
 COLLECTIVES OF ENTERPRISES AND OFFICES, WHICH CALLS ON WORKING
 PEOPLE "TO TACKLE THE MOST BURNING AND VITALLY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS,
 ALONG WITH ORGANS OF SOVIET POWER".  THEY ARE CALLED UPON TO PREVENT
 DEMAGOGUES AND POLITICAL ADVENTURISTS FROM EXPLOITING THE PRESENT
 DIFFICULTIES TO DESTABILISE THE SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY.
 THE PRESS PRINTS A REPORT ON A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE USSR
 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS WHERE MINISTER NIKOLAY KONAREV ASSESSED THE
 SITUATION WITH THE CARGO DELIVERIES ON THE RAILWAY TO ARMENIA AND
 GEORGIA.
 KONAREV DESCRIBED THE SITUATION AS CRITICAL, SAYING THAT PEOPLE
 PREVENTING THE DELIVERY OF CARGOES VIA AZERBAIJAN TO ARMENIA AND
 GEORGIA ARE ENAGED IN SABOTAGE.
 THE NEWSPAPER SOVETSKAYA ROSSIYA CONCLUDED TODAY A SERIES OF
 ARTICLES (THE FIRST ARTICLE IS IN THE ISSUE OF OCTOBER 10) ON THE
 PARTICIPATION OF STATE SECURITY COMMITTEE OFFICERS IN THE
 ELIMINATION OF A DANGEROUS AND ORGANISED GANG OF CRIMINALS.  THE
 NEWSPAPER WRITES THE FOLLOWING IN CONCLUSION:
 "THE SOVIET PEOPLE ARE VERY CONCERNED OVER THE FACT THAT
 PERESTROYKA AND PROCESSES OF DEMOCRATISATION AND GLASNOST ARE
 ACCOMPANIED WITH A STEEP RISE IN CRIME.  ORGANISED CRIME WITH ITS
 TERRORIST ACTIONS, ARMED ASSAULTS, EXTORTION, HUGE EMBEZZLEMENTS,
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 BRUTALITY AND CYNICISM ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS FOR SOCIETY.
 "ALL THIS INTIMIDATES PEOPLE MORALLY.  THAT IS WHY THE USSR
 SUPREME SOVIET AND THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO ENLIST KGB
 OFFICERS IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST ORGANISED CRIME.  KGB OFFICERS ARE
 SKILLED PROFESSIONALS HAVING LEGAL KNOWLEDGE AND ADEQUATE TECHNICAL
 FACILITIES.
 "BUT LAW AND ORDER IN SOCIETY CANNOT BE ESTABLISHED ONLY BY LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.  ENTIRE SOCIETY SHOULD POOL EFFORTS TO DO
 THIS.  THE BEGINNING STRUGGLE AGAINST CRIME IS ANOTHER SERIOUS TEST
 WHICH WE HAVE TO UNDERGO FOR THE SAKE OF PERESTROYKA."
 THE NEWSPAPER KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA FRONT-PAGES A DISPATCH BY ITS
 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT FROM VORONEZH WHERE HE DESCRIBES, REFERRING TO
 EYE-WITNESSES, THE APPEARANCE OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IN
 THE CITY ON SEPTEMBER 27.  THE NEWSPAPER PRINTS A FEATURE ON ITS
 BACK PAGE ON UFO RIDDLES AND ENTHUSIASTS STUDYING THE PROBLEM.
 THE NEWSPAPER SOVETSKAYA ROSSIYA CARRIES AN ARTICLE ON THE WORK
 OF AN INTERNATIONAL ROUNDTABLE AT THE SOVIET NUCLEAR SOCIETY, WHICH
 FOCUSSED ON RELIABILITY AND SAFETY OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS.
 THE NEWSPAPER KRASNAYA ZVEZDA RUNS AN ARTICLE BY A POLISH
 MILITARY DIPLOMAT, BRIGADIER GENERAL A. CZERNOW, ON THE HISTORY,
 PAST EXPLOITS AND THE PRESENT DAY OF THE POLISH ARMY ON THE OCCASION
 OF THE 46TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING THE POLISH ARMED FORCES.
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