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 SUBJ:      TAKE 3  OF 3--SIGNS OF RECOVERY SEEN  IN PARTY,  SOCIETY
 REF:      91US0647A MOSCOW SELSKAYA ZHIZN IN RUSSIAN 17 JUL 91 P 2
 3fzr OTHING."
 SOURCE:   MOSCOW SELSKAYA ZHIZN IN RUSSIAN 17 JUL 91 P 2
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 A. MUTALIBOV SEES THE FUTURE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'~F A ERBAIJAN
 AS THE PARTY OF REFORMERS AND NATIONAL HARMONY.                                  SOLID STEPS ARE
 ALREADY BEING TAKEN ALONG THIS PATH.   THE PARTY UNDOUBTEDLY SCORED A
 NUMBER OF POINTS WHEN IT BECAME THE INITIATOR OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL
 REINFORCEMENT OF STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND THE RESTORATION OF THE
 REPUBLIC'S HISTORICAL NAMES AND FLAG.   DETAILED PREPARATIONS FOR THE
 FORTHCOMING MARKET ARE UNDERWAY.   UNLIKE THE OTHER TRANSCAUCASIAN
 REPUBLICS,  AZERBAIJAN FIRMLY STATED IN THE REFERENDUM THAT IT
 ASPIRES TO BUILD  ITS FUTURE SOVEREIGN INDEPENDENT STATE AS A PART OF
 THE UNION.   FORTUNATELY,  EVEN EXTREMISTS OF THE PEOPLE'S FRONT DO
 NOT SUBSCRIBE TO THE SLOGAN "AZERBAIJAN--ONLY FOR AZERIS," GOOD
 RELATIONS WITH THE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING POPULATION HAVE BEEN RESTORED IN
 PRACTICE,  AND FEWER OF THEM ARE LEAVING.
 BUT STILL,  AS BEFORE,     WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF PROBLEMS,  WHICH
 WILL HAVE TO BE SOLVED BY THE PARTY AND ALL OF SOCIETY.   THE
 CONSEQUENCES OF CONCENTRATING ON A SINGLE CROP IN AGRICULTURE--
 COTTON--ARE BEING OVERCOME WITH DIFFICULTY.   UNDER THE NOISE OF THE
 CONFLICT,  THE PERCENTAGE OF MIDDLE MANAGERS HAS INCREASED
 UNJUSTIFIABLY.   SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT DURING THE PAST TWO OR THREE
 YEARS THE NUMBER OF KOLKHOZES AND SOVKHOZES IN THE REPUBLIC HAS
 ALMOST DOUBLED.   I KNOW OF FARMS WHICH LITERALLY HAVE 50 COWS AND
 200 HECTARES OF LAND.   AND YET THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OFFICES FOR THE
 LEADERS.
 PEOPLE COMPLAIN THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT ORGANS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
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 RELAXED THE FIGHT AGAINST ALL KINDS OF VIOLATIONS,  THEFT,  AND
 SPECULATION.   UNDERSTANDABLY,  A GOOD DEAL OF TIME AND ATTENTION ARE
 TAKEN UP BY NAGORNO-KARABAKH,   BUT IS IT RIGHT WHEN AT THE BAZAAR
 STATE BUTTER IS SOLD AT 50 RUBLES PER KILOGRAM AND DISABLED WAR AND
 LABOR VETERANS CANNOT USE THEIR COUPONS IN THE STORES FOR'MONTHS AT
 A TIME?
 NO,  SAY WHAT YOU LIKE,  ONLY SOME PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT COULD BE AN
 INCORRIGIBLE OPTIMIST IN AZERBAIJAN TODAY.   THE INFLAMMATION CAUSED
 BY THE KARABAKH CONFLICT HAS SPREAD TOO DEEP.   PERHAPS THIS IS WHY
 EACH PROMISING LITTLE STEP TOWARD EMERGENCE FROM THE CRISIS IS
 PERCEIVED HERE AS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN A MUSTY DUNGEON.   THAT
 SAME R.  GUSEYNOV TALKED AS  IF THERE HAD BEEN A SENSATION:  RESIDENTS
 OF AN AZERI VILLAGE HAD DECIDED TO REPAIR THE NEGLECTED HIGHWAY THAT
 RUNS TO THE ARMENIAN VILLAGE OF ARTSBASHEN  (FORMERLY BASHKEND).
 THEY ORGANIZED A WORK SATURDAY AND SHOWED UP WITH THEIR SHOVELS.
 THEY HAD JUST STARTED TO WORK WHEN THEY SAW THREE BULLDOZERS COMING
 TOWARD THEM FROM THE DIRECTION OF THEIR NEIGHBORS;  THEIR DRIVERS
 BEGAN TO LEVEL THE ROAD WHICH HAD UNITED THEM AT ONE TIME.   THEY
 WORKED LIKE THIS ALL DAY WITHOUT ANY EXTRA WORDS.   LIKE IN THE GOOD
 OLD DAYS...
 THIS  IS AN EPISODE WHICH IN OTHER,  CALM AND PEACEFUL TIMES WOULD
 SEEM INSIGNIFICANT.   BUT HERE THE WOMEN HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT
 WHEN THEY GET WATER AT THE SPRINGS,  THE MEN HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
 IT IN EVERY TEA HOUSE,  AS THOUGH IT WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT NEWS.
 AND EYEWITNESS DISCUSSIONS OF UFO'-LAIIDINGS PALE BY COMPARISON.
 _SkD-.      $EC"S-E-_3 -ZOO P-L- * .a L-D_   C r tr ~n~ ny 1. n U_ c QUZST T n v v n R K -AT TH~z' -E#D O F
 THE HEADING FOR THESE REMARKS.   IN THE HOPE THAT TIME WOULD REPLACE
 IT WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT.
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