April 1991
- 4/5/1991 [+] Interviews conducted in Almati. Sabdalin, Qiyal.
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Esimbaeva, a Communist Party member, talks about personal history, make-up of Education Committee; responds to questions about rampant inflation and supply in stores. Toqashbaev talks about specific prices, how these affect Kazakhs as a people; discusses relationship with the Soviet system. Amanbaeva talks about same questions; difficulty of making a living, providing for a family.
- 4/5/1991 [+] Interviews conducted in Almati. With Sabdalin, Qiyal. Esimbaeva, Gulmira & Toqashbaev, Marat.
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Esimbaeva talks about Party membership, opinions about other parties; says celebration of Lenin's birthday is harmless. Toqashbaev gives opinions on same holiday.
- 4/12/1991 [+] interview conducted in Almati. With Sabdalin Qiyal.
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Adil uli talks about his organization; recent activities and plans; gives detailed description of test sites and military target ranges in the territory of Kazakhstan; warns that Kazkhs, not Moscow, will take the brunt of any nuclear attack.
- 4/13/1991 [+] interview conducted in Almati. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
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Koshimov elaborates on differences between his party and others; non-ethnic nature of party; human rights and need of government to protect this; party paper in Kazakh and Russian; criticizes lack of change in present government.
- 4/14/1991 [+] News report by telephone from Almati. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
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Sabdalin reports on a recent explosion at a military base in Sariozek; delay in reporting; different versions; damage; causes; cover-up.
- 4/16/1991 [+] News report by telephone from Almati. Sabdalin, Qiyal.
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Sabdalin reports on article in Socialist Kazakhstan on meetings Nazarbaev had with reporters; economics and social future; unreadiness; Chevron; territorial integrity and citizenship; tribalism and politics; Islam Shapghati newspaper; founding of Association of Commercial Television & violent and pornographic films; reaction to Nazarbaev speaking in Russian during Ozal's visit; Aq Niyet social aid organization; Communist Party's demands that political school be re-opened; personal ads and benefit to Kazakh racial integrity.
- 4/17/1991 [+] Interview conducted in Almati on the street. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
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Ratbek expresses satisfaction with large turnout at Friday prayers, gives opinion on declaring first day of Ramadan a national holiday.Young man describes his work for papers Shapaghat and Azat. A woman talks about conditions in the mosques versus the old days; approval of religious revival; criticism of official lack of support for religious holiday; censorship in press.
- 4/18/1991 [+] Interview takes place in Washington, D.C. With Habib, Ra'na.
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Estekov speaks out about 1st and 2nd Congresses of the Soviet Nationalities of the East, calls for unity of Eastern peoples; difference between government leaders and people; reform and end of communist regime; futility of fighting with governments and loss of national strength; Russians should be excluded from the political process.
- 4/19/1991 [+] Interview takes place in Almati; relayed by telephone. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
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Qojakhmedov talks of present situation and successes of party; some members still in jail; government not yet meeting certain demands; seldom covered by the media; basic purpose of party to return historical rights of Kazakhs; hopes for independence, calls for struggle for same.
- 4/23/1991 [+] Poll of passerby at demonstrationin Almati; relayed by telephone. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
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Sabdalin asks passerby about the commeration of the Alash uprising and massacre of 1918. Interviewees talk of importance of this event; how this demonstation is also against high prices; demonstration is outlawed officially; people's right to commemorate own historical events, learn about own culture, etc.; misinformation spread about unofficial movements; bad intentions of the Party.
- 4/24/1991 [+] Interviews conducted on street several people who attended Alash massacre demonstration; relayed by phone. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
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Free speech praised; former Alash Party praised, disatisfaction with present Communist Party; poem about fate of Alash Party; support for day of remembrance; criticism of present political policies and officials' indifference to people; ineffective language policy; inflation; poem and song about remembrance of the deceased.
- 4/25/1991 [+] Report on delegation; relayed by phone from Ankara. With Oraltay, Qasen.
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Detailed report on arrival of 140 person delegation from Kazakhstan to Ankara, Turkey led by Mirzatay Joldabeskov for "Kazakhstan Culture Week". Reports on arrival, itinerary, official welcome, Joldabeskov's address; much talk of Turkic brotherhood and hopes for closer relations with Turkey.
- 4/26/1991 [+] News report by phone from Almati. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
Two demonstrators arrested at the Alash rememberance day demonstration; report on three young mullahs from Turkey touring Kazakhstan; thoughts on continued observance of performing work for free on Lenin's upcoming 121st birthday: forced participation by the party, coverage in press and praise of Lenin, Party's profits; protest of this; arrival of 96 Kazakhs from Mongolia for resettlement.
- 4/27/1991 [+] New report by telephone from Almati. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
"Almati '91" sports meet of Turkic peoples; 15 cases of AIDS in Almati, lack of preventive measures; mosques opened in Ekibastuz; Kazakhfilm now independent of Moscow; Qayrat Irisqulbekov declared innocent of charges, Pedinstitut named after him; appeal sent to Nazarbaev to cut back on military; help from Germany to Qaraghanda joint ventures and medical and humanitarian aid; subway construction in Almati and hiring of Kazakh workers; song about Qayrat Irisqulbekov by national orchestra; new paper Aziya Dawisi.
- 4/30/1991 [+] News report by telephone from Almati. With Sabdalin, Qiyal.
Chimkent's population now 1 million; many pilgrims to southern Kazakhstan's shrines; communist place names changed in southern Kazakhstan; Almati-Paris flight opened; "Golden Man" on display in Paris; Ivan Manchikov, murderer of 4 Kazakh girls, executed.