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 PASS:      ATTN TV CENTER                                                                                         '
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 COUNTRY:   USSR
 SUBJ:      CORRECTION -- AIR DEFENSE FORCES CHIEF INTERVIEWED
 REF:       1.   WA1904201791 ANSWERING DAILY REPORT 3Z
 2.   LD1404191791 AND ADDS MOSCOW CTV1 RUSS           45 --
 AIR DEFENSE FORCES CHIEF INTERVIEWED
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 CAMOUFLAGED BUNKER.))
 ((UNIDENTIFIED OFFICER))  ((PASSAGE INDISTINCT))
 ((DENISOV))  COMRADE ARMY GENERAL,  THERE ARE NO  (?AIR TARGETS
 WITHIN)   ((WORD INDISTINCT)).    (?DUTY ASSETS-ARE READY  FOR ACTION;
 READINESS LEVELS TWO,  THREE,  AND FOUR.)   OPERATIONAL DUTY OFFICER
 COLONEL DENISOV.
 ((TRETYAK))  GOOR MORNING.  ((WORDS INDISTINCT.))  GENTLEMEN.
 ((DENISOV))  GENTLEMEN.
 ((DENISOV))  ACCORDING TO TODAY'S PLAN,  COMRADE ARMY GENERAL,
 THERE ARE 386 REPORTS,  386 AIRCRAFT SORTIES.   BY NOW WE HAVE
 PROCESSED 180 AIRBORNE PLANES.   ALL OF THESE PLANES ARE OURS.
 TODAY,  ACCORDING TO THE FORMATION COMMANDER'S PLAN,  WE ARE
 CONDUCTING TACTICAL TRAINING WITH TWO UNITS.    WE ARE EXPECTING EIGHT
 FIGHTERS AS CONTROL TARGETS AND ONE LOW-ALTITUDE,  LOW-SIGNATURE ONE,
 SUCH AS  THE MI-8.   THAT'S AT  1500.
 ((TRETYAK))  SO YOU ALREADY KNOW THE TIME WHEN THEY ARE TO COME?
 ((DENISOV))  THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE FORMATION COMMANDER'S PLAN,
 COMRADE ARMY GENERAL.   THAT'S US CHECKING THE UNITS.
 ((TRETYAK))  I SEE. THAT'S RIGHT.   THEN IT'S FINE.   FINE.   WHAT
 IS THE   PERCENTAGE OF DEFECTIVE EQUIPMENT IN THE FORMATION TODAY?
 ((DENISOV))  WELL,  COMRADE ARMY GENERAL,  I CAN REPORT THAT AT THIS
 MOMENT THE EQUIPMENT IS 100 PERCENT READY FOR ACTION.
 ((TRETYAK))  IN THE ZRV  ((ZENITNO-RAKETNYYE VOYSKA)) ((ANTI-
 AIRCRAFT.MISSILE TROOPS))?
 ((DENISOV))  IN THE"ZRV.
 ((TRETYAK))  AND IN THE  (?RTV)  (?RADAR TROOPS)?
 ((DENISOV))  IN THE  (?RTV) ONE RADAR STATION I:: OUT OF ACTION.
 ((TRETYAK))  WHICH ONE?
 ((DENISOV))  WELL,  50  ((CASTS WARNING LOOK TOWARD THE CAMERA))  55-
 ZH-6.
 ((TRETYAK))  I SEE.   WHAT MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN?
 ((DENISOV))  WELL,  MEASURES,  REPORTS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE
 EQUIPMENT BODIES AND WE ARE TRYING TO PUT IT RIGHT WITH OUR OWN
 RESOURCES.
 ((TRETYAK))  HAS A REPAIR CREW BEEN CALLED OUT?
 ((DENISOV))  YES SIR.   A REPAIR CREW HAS BEEN CALLED OUT.
 ((TRETYAK))  GET A REPAIR CREW ONTO IT.
 ((DENISOV))  YES SIR.   ((VIDEO SHOWS TRETYAKOV///SUPPLYING OMITTED
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 READ///AT ANY MOMENT.
 ((VOVNENKO))  IVAN MOISEYEVICH,                THESE DAYS WHATEVER PROGRAM YOU
 TURN TO,  YOU INVERIABLY GET FLYING SAUCERS THERE,  EITHER ABOVE
 MOSCOW,  OR AROUND MOSCOW.                  DO YOU GET VISITS FROM THEM?
 ((TRETYAK))  I HAVE RECENTLY HAD A LARGE ARTICLE IN LITE:RATURNAYA
 GAZETA.   I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THAT UFO QUESTIONS INVOLVE A GREAT
 NUMBER OF MYTHS,   A GREAT NUMBER OF TALL STORIES.   IN PRACTICE,  AS
 FOR  SAYING  THAT  THEY  WERE  HERE AND WE SAW THEM AND  REGISTERED THEM,
 I COULDN'T SAY THAT AT ALL.
 WE HAD AN EVENT HERE,  NEAR MOSCOW.   WE GOT FIXES ON IT,  TRACKED
 IT WITH RADAR.     THEN  WE SORTED  IT OUT AND  IT WAS NOT A UPO.    IT  HAD
 NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
 ((VOVNENKO))  DO YOU///SUPPLYING OMITTED PASSAGE,  DELETING
 EDITOR'S NOTE.
 PLEASE MAKE PROCESSING INDICATOR READ  ((TEXT))  STED  ((EXCERPTS)).
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 PLEASE MAKE PROCESSING INDICATOR READ  ((TEXT))  STED  ((EXCERPTS)).
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