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COLLECTION:

Clinton Presidential Records

NSC Cables

Jan 1995 - Dec 1996 ([Flying Saucer or UFO])

OA/Box Number: 510000

FOLDER TITLE: [02/07/1995 - 05/08/1996]

Presidential Records Act - [44 U.S.C. 2204(a)]

RESTRICTION CODES

P1 National Security Classified Information [(a)(1) of the PRA]

P2 Relating to the appointment to Federal office [(a)(2) of the PRA]

P3 Release would violate a Federal statute [(a)(3) of the PRA]

P4 Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential commercial or financial information [(a)(4) of the PRA]

P5 Release would disclose confidential advice between the President and his advisors, or between such advisors [a)(5) of the PRA]

P6 Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(a)(6) of the PRA]

C. Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in donor's deed of gift.

PRM. Personal record misfile defined in accordance with 44 U.S.C. 2201(3).

RR. Document will be reviewed upon request.

Freedom of Information Act - [5 U.S.C. 552(b)]

b(1) National security classified information [(b)(1) of the FOIA]

b(2) Release would disclose internal personnel rules and practices of an agency b of the FOIA]

b(3) Release would violate a Federal statute [(b)(3) of the FOIA]

b(4) Release would disclose trade secrets or confidential or financial information [(b)(4) of the FOIA]

b(6) Release would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy [(b)(6) of the FOIA]

b(7) Release would disclose information compiled for law enforcement purposes [(b)(7) of the FOIA]

b(8) Release would disclose information concerning the regulation of financial institutions b of the FOIA

b(9) Release would disclose geological or geophysical information concerning wells [(b)(9) of the FOIA]

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Cable

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TEXT:

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 BAKU 000451

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1. INTRO: THIS CABLE COVERS SELECTED EVENTS INVOLVE

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THE AZERBAIJANI MEDIA THAT ARE NOT WORTHY OF SEPARATE REPORTS, YET SHOULD NOT PASS UNREMARKED. END INTRO.

"OFFICIAL" NEWS -- AND SOME NOT SO OFFICIAL

2. "AZERBAIJAN," THE OFFICIAL DAILY, JAN 19 PUBLISHED A STATEMENT BY SABIR RUSTAMXANLI, MINISTER OF PRESS AND INFORMATION. THE STATEMENT REMINDED "HEADS OF LOCAL EXECUTIVE AUTHORITIES AND ESTABLISHERS OF TV AND RADIO STATIONS" THAT EXISTING LAW PERMITS STATIONS TO GO ON THE AIR ONLY AFTER THEY REGISTER WITH THE PRESS MINISTRY AND OBTAIN THE PERMISSION OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS; RUSTAMXANLI CRITICIZED PROVINCIAL SDATIONS WHICH BROADCAST WITHOUT SUCH PERMISSION. HE ADDED THAT THEIR PROGRAMS "ARE ON AN EXTREMELY LOW PROFESSIONAL LEVEL,...SERVE THE INTERESTS OF VARIOUS GROUPS AND ARE OF NO ESTHETIC VALUE WHATSOEVER.... SERIOUS DISCONTENT IS CREATED AMONG PEOPLE, AND MORE COMPLAINTS ARE BEING SENT (TO THE MINISTRY). A MOVEMENT WHICH ONCE STARTED IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS TAKING A DANGEROUS DIRECTION AND BECOMING AN IDEOLOGICAL PROVOCATION WHICH SHATTERS OUR SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS."

3. THE STATEMENT LISTED THE TV AND RADIO COMPANIES WHICH HAVE THE PERMISSION TO GO ON THE AIR. IRONICALLY, INCLUDED WAS B.M.TI, WHOSE TV BROADCASTS WERE SUSPENDED LAST SPRING ON THE PRETEXT THAT IT HAD VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH THE MINISTRY OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND WAS INDEBTED TO THE MINISTRY. THE ACTUAL REASON, AS EVERYONE KNEW, WAS THAT "GUNAY" NEWSPAPER, OWNED BY B.M.TI'S OWNER, HAD CRITICIZED THE SPEAKER OF THE AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENT.

4. ONE OF THE COMPANIES ON THE "LEGAL" LIST, "XACMAS" TV IN THE NORTH-EASTERN TOWN OF AZERBAIJAN, WAS OBLIQUELY CRITICIZED IN THE MINISTER'S STATEMENT FOR WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN LEZGI NATIONALIST PROGRAMS. XACMAS HAS A CONSIDERABLE (IF NOT PREDOMINANT) ETHNIC LEZGI POPULATION, AND THE MINISTER'S STATEMENT ACCUSED THE STATION'S PROGRAMS OF "NOT HELPING STRENGTHEN THE FRIENDLY INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, BUT, ON THE CONTRARY, HEATING UP EMOTIONS..."

5. IN ANOTHER OFFICIAL HAPPENING, THE STATE TV AND RADIO COMPANY HELD A BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, AT WHICH PRESIDENT BABAK HUSEYNOGLU REPORTED ON THE COMPANY'S 1994 PERFORMANCE. ACCORDING TO HUSEYNOGLU, OBVIOUS SHORTCOMINGS -- NOTHING SPECIFIC WAS REPORTED IN THE MEDIA -- WERE CAUSED NOT BY A LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM AMONG ITS EMPLOYEES OR THEIR ATTITUDE TO JOB, BUT BY TECHNICAL SHORTAGES.

6. MEANWHILE, "YEDDI GUN" (SEVEN DAYS), AN ANALYTICAL WEEKLY NEWS MAGAZINE ON AZERBAIJANI STATE TV, HAS BEEN GIVEN MORE PROMINENCE BY BEING MOVED FROM 10 P.M. TO IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE 8 P.M. NEWSCAST EACH SUNDAY. AS "AZERBAIJAN" DAILY GIVES OFFICIAL NEWS AND POLICY, "YEDDI GUN" SEEMS TO HAVE RECOME THE SOURCE FOR THE OFFICIAL

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"SPIN."

7. "AZADLIQ" (LIBERTY), WHICH SUPPORTS THE OPPOSITION POPULAR FRONT, FEB 3 PUBLISHED A COPY OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY UNCLAS SECTION 02 OF 05 BAKU 000451

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WRITTEN BY SALAHADDIN QULIYEV, ACTING CHIEF OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE, IN 1992 WHEN HE APPLIED FOR A POSITION AT A UN

ION. QULIYEV WROTE THAT HE HAD LOST HIS

PARENTS AS A CHILD AND HAD LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER

"DURING THE PRESCHOOL PERIOD" OF HIS LIFE. INTRODUCING IT AS "GOOD NEWS FOR REVERED SALAHADDIN QULIYEV," AZADLIQ REPORTED THAT IT HAS "DISCOVERED" SALAHADDIN QULIYEV'S FATHER, MALIK QULIYEV, WHO IS DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL IN SALAHADDIN'S NATIVE VILLAGE. THE PAPER ADDED THAT ITS INFORMATION IS THAT THE FATHER WAS APPOINTED TO THE POSITION DUE TO THE SON'S DIRECT "ASSISTANCE."

ECONOMICS, TECHNICAL SHORTAGES AND NEW PAPERS

8. DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF PRINTING MATERIALS AND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, "AZERBAIJAN" STATE PUBLISHING HOUSE ANNOUNCED IT WOULD NOT PRINT NEW PAPERS AS OF JAN 15. THE PUBLISHER ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD STOP PUBLISHING NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES WHOSE DEBT EXCEEDS 200 MILLION MANATS (ROUGHLY USD 45,000) BY FEB 1. "AZERBAIJAN" PUBLISHES 185 NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES, AND ONLY 37 ARE NOT IN DEBT TO IT. AS OF FEB 3, ONLY ONE PAPER -- "MEYDAN" (SQUARE) OF THE NATIONAL STATEHOOD PARTY -- HAD PAID ITS DEBT. "AZERBAIJAN" HAS INFORMALLY EXTENDED THE DEADLINE WHILE MANY DEBTS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PAID THROUGH INTER-BANK TRANSFERS.

9. DESPITE ALL THE ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WHICH HAVE FORCED PAPERS TO CUT BACK OR ALTOGETHER CEASE PUBLICATION, NEW PAPERS HAVE EMERGED. ONE OF THEM, "MIP" (THE AZERBAIJANI ACRONYM OF THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE PARTY), PUBLISHED ITS FIRST EDITION JAN 20. PARTY LEADER ETIBAR MAMMADOV HAD PUBLISHED A QUASI-PARTY PAPER, "MILLAT" (NATION). "MIP" WAS ANNOUNCED AS "THE ORGAN OF THE PARTY," WHICH LESSENS MILLAT'S CONNECTION TO THE PARTY

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AND ALLOWS TO TAKE A MORE INDEPENDENT POSITION. "MIP" EDITOR-IN-CHIEF IS FIRIDUN CALILOV, SUPPORTER OF THE AZERBAIJANI POPULAR FRONT AND MINISTER OF EDUCATION IN THE APF GOVERNMENT, NOW A PROMINENT FIGURE IN THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE PARTY. PARTY MEMBERSHIP IS NECESSARY TO BE A "MIP" NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEE.

10. THE FIRST ISSUE OF "MAARIFCI" (ENLIGHTENER) (CIRCULATION 5,000) WAS PUBLISHED JAN 28. THE PRIVATE WEEKLY HAS AMONG ITS AIMS "TURNING ENLIGHTENMENT INTO AN ETHICAL, SPIRITUAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL PHENOMENON." CONGRATULATORY LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, MINISTER OF CULTURE, GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE DEMOCRATIC ENLIGHTENMENT PARTY AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TEACHERS' UNION POINTED THE CLOSENESS OF THE PAPER'S AIMS TO THEIR OWN.

11. THE FIRST ISSUE OF "VESTNIK" (NEWSLETTER) OF AZERBAIJAN'S RUSSIAN COMMUNITY (CIRCULATION 6,600) WAS PUBLISHED JAN 27. THE WEEKLY WAS INTRODUCED AS A "SOURCE OF INFORMATION NOT ONLY FOR (ETHNIC) RUSSIANS BUT ALSO ABOUT (ETHNIC) RUSSIANS IN AZERBAIJAN." IT ALSO IS TO TELL READERS IN CIS ABOUT AZERBAIJAN AS WELL AS "PUBLISH ARTICLES ON HISTORIC ISSUES, PROPAGATE A HEALTHY WAY OF LIFE", HAVE A WOMEN'S CORNER, STORIES ABOUT UFO'S AND PARAPSYCHOLOGY, CARRY HOROSCOPES, ETC. THE PAPER IS UNCLAS SECTION OF 03 OF 05 BAKU 000451

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FUNDED BY AZERBAIJAN'S RUSSIAN COMMUNITY AND THE "AZERBAIJAN-RUSSIA" SOCIETY. THE PAPER MAY ALSO BE PUBLISHED LATER IN THE AZERI LANGUAGE.

12. THE FIRST ISSUE OF "GUNEY AZERBAYCAN" (SOUTHERN AZERBAIJAN), A MONTHLY LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, WAS PUBLISHED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, WHICH IS THE DAY OF AZERBAIJANI SOLIDARITY AROUND THE WORLD. THE MAGAZINE SAID IT SEES ITS AIM AS ESTABLISHING CLOSER CULTURAL TIES BETWEEN ETHNIC AZERIS AROUND THE WORLD; IT WILL ALSO BE DISTRIBUTED IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. SINCE THERE ARE MILLIONS OF ETHNIC AZERIS IN NORTHERN IRAN -- HENCE THE MAGAZINE'S NAME -- ITS PUBLISHERS (WHO INCLUDE A FORMER AZERBAIJANI AMBASSADOR TO IRAN) HOPE THAT "GUNEY AZERBAYCAN" WILL BE SOLD THERE. HOWEVER, THE MAGAZINE WAS

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MET WITH CAUTION AT THE IRANIAN EMBASSY IN BAKU, WHICH ASKED FOR COPIES. THE GOI'S PERMISSION PRESUMABLY WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER DISTRIBUTION.

"SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGNS" AND MONOPOLIZED DISTRIBUTION

13. THE AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL MEDIA HAVE PUBLISHED RESULTS OF "SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGNS" (A TERM INHERITED FROM THE DECADES OF THE SOVIET PERIOD WHEN EVERYONE FROM SCHOOL CHILDREN THROUGH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY, WAS OBILGED TO SUBSCRIBE TO APPROPRIATE PUBLICATIONS). ACCORDING TO NAZIM NOVRUZOV, CHIEF OF "AZERMATBUATYAYIM" (AZERBAIJANI PRINTED MEDIA DISTRIBUTION) PRODUCTION UNION, "AZERBAIJAN MUALLIMI" (AZERBAIJANI TEACHER), THE WEEKLY ORGAN OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, HAD THE BIGGEST NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS OBTAINED IN THIS WAY: 13,656 OF THE CIRCULATION OF 15,728. IT IS FOLLOWED BY "AZERBAIJAN," THE OFFICIAL DAILY (3,613 OF 26,282), "MUBARIZ KESIKDA" (ON GUARD) OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (2,792 OF 13,003) AND "MADANIYYAT" (CULTURE) OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (2,222, WHICH IS ALMOST ALL ITS CIRCULATION).

14. THE IMPRESSION FORMED BY THE REPORT THAT THESE MIGHT BE AMONG THE MOST POPULAR PUBLICATIONS IN AZERBAIJAN IS FALSE. THE MINISTRIES SIMPLY OBLIGED THEIR PERSONNEL TO SUBSCRIBE. MINISTER OF EDUCATION LIDIYA RASULOVA SIGNED ONE SUCH DECREE, WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN "AZERBAIJAN MUALLIMI." THE "REQUEST" WAS ADDRESSED TO ALL THE MINISTRY'S VASSALS, STARTING WITH THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION OF THE NAXCIVAN AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC DOWN TO HIGH SCHOOL DIRECTORS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THE MINISTER ASKED THEM TO "TAKE NECESSARY ACTION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR" SUBSCRIPTIONS, AND RESULTS WERE TO BE TELEPHONED.

15. "QASID" (COURIER) COMPANY, THE BAKU BRANCH OF "AZERMATBUATYAYIM" WHICH ENJOYS A CONSIDERABLE DEGREE OF INDEPENDENCE, BECAME THE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF THE "EKRAN-EFIR" (SCREEN-ETHER) WEEKLY AND HELPED RESTART THE LATTER'S PUBLICATION, WHICH HAD BEEN SUSPENDED LAST YEAR DUE TO FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. BELONGING TO THE STATE TV AND RADIO PROGRAMS COMPANY, "EKRAN-EFIR" PRINTS THE SCHEDULES OF AZTV, AZTV-2, AZERBAIJANI RADIO'S TWO NETWORKS AND THE TWO RUSSIAN TV STATIONS RELAYED LOCALLY (IT DOES NOT PUBLISH THE SCHEDULES OF THE TWO TURKISH CHANNELS AIRED IN BAKU, HOWEVER). EKRAN-EFIR HAS CLAIMED MONOPOLY ON PUBLISHING AZTV SCHEDULES, TRYING -- UNCLAS SECTION 04 OF 05 BAKU 000451

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UNSUCCESSFULLY -- TO KEEP THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE SECRET.

16. IN ORDER TO GAIN SPONSORSHIP BY QASID, AZERBAIJANI RADIO AND TV GAVE IT THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE PLACEMENT OF THE STATE TV AND RADIO PROGRAM SCHEDULES IN OTHER LOCAI, MEDIA. "QASID" WARNED THE AZERBAIJANI MEDIA THAT IT WOULD SUE ANY WHICH PRINTED UNAUTHORIZED AZTV PROGRAM SCHEDULES AND THREATENED TO STOP DISTRIBUTING THE "GUILTY" PAPERS. SINCE QASID HAS A QUASI-MONOPOLY ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRINTED MEDIA IN BAKU, THIS WAS NO IDLE THREAT.

17. "AYNA/ZERKALO" (SISTER WEEKLIES WHOSE NAME MEANS "MIRROR" IN AZERBAIJANI AND RUSSIAN) PROPOSED TO BUY THE PERMISSION FROM QASID, BUT THE ANSWER WAS NEGATIVE. WHEN AYNA/ZERKALO EDITOR RAUF TALISHINSKY ARGUED THAT THIS VIOLATED THE LAW ON MASS MEDIA, HE SAID AGAKISI ISMAYLOV, HEAD OF QASID, RESPONDED THAT THE SCHEDULES COULD BE REGARDED AS COMMERCIAL SECRETS.

18. QASID'S UNWILLINGNESS EVEN TO SELL THE LOGS TO OTHER MEDIA IS UNDERSTANDABLE, SINCE THIS LEAVES PEOPLE WITH NO CHOICE BUT TO BUY EKRAN-EFIR. ITS CIRCULATION TODAY HAS REACHED 120,000, WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED IN AZERBAIJAN.

19. TALISHINSKY TOLD US QASID'S MONOPOLY CANNOT GO ON FOREVER: AYNA/ZERKALO IS DEVELOPING AN INDEPENDENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WHICH ALREADY HANDLES MORE THAN A FIFTH OF THE TWO PAPERS' COMBINED CIRCULATION OF 32,000. AYNA/ZERKALO PLANS TO COMBINE ITS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH "YEDDI GUN" (SEVEN DAYS), ANOTHER WEEKLY. TALISHINSKY HAS NEGOTIATED WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS TO MAKE SURE POLICE WILL NOT OPPOSE SALES IN THE STREETS AND IN METRO STATIONS. (STREET VENDORS ARE FORBIDDEN UNDER THE STATE OF EMERGENCY REGIME IN FORCE IN BAKU. HOWEVER, THE STREETS ARE FILLED WITH VENDORS.)

"SATELLITE WARS"

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20. BROADCASTS BY AZERBAIJANI STATE TV IN NAXCIVAN STOPPED JAN 3 WHEN RUSSIA'S SPACE COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION SUSPENDED AZERBAIJAN'S PERMISSION TO USE A RUSSIAN COMMUNICATION SATELLITE BECAUSE OF A 430-MILLION RUBLE (NOW ABOUT USD 100,000) DEBT FOR 1994 TRANSMISSIONS OF AZTV'S PROGRAMS TO NAXCIVAN. AFTER THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS PAID 300 MILLION RUBLES (ABOUT USD 75,000) OF THE DEBT, THE RUSSIAN COMPANY RESUMED THE BROADCASTS ON JAN 11. (AZERBAIJAN BROADCAST ITS PROGRAMS TO NAXCIVAN VIA MICROWAVE RELAY THROUGH ARMENIAN TERRITORY. IN 1990,

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BECAUSE OF THE ARMENIAN-AZERBAIJANI CONFLICT AND THE BLOCKADE OF NAXCIVAN BY ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN BEGAN TO USE THE RUSSIAN SATELLITE.)

21. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BREAK IN TELECASTS, LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED THAT THE AZERBAIJANI MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS STARTED NEGOTIATING TO USE TURKEY'S NEW "TURKSAT" SATELLITE AND A MINISTRY OFFICIAL IS NOW IN TURKEY. HE WILL ALSO DISCUSS TURKSAT'S POTENTIAL TO ESTABLISH SATELLITE TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS WITH NAXCIVAN, ACCORDING TO ANOTHER MINISTRY SOURCE, WHO ADDED THAT TURKSAT'S ANNUAL FEE FOR USING THE SATELLITE IS USD ONE UNCLAS SECTION 05 OF 05 BAKU 000451

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MILLION. IN EXCHANGE FOR LOWERING THAT PRICE, THE TURKS MAY REQUIRE THAT "TRT-1," TURKISH RADIO AND TV'S FIRST TV CHANNEL, BE AIRED THROUGHOUT AZERBAIJAN (TRT-1 NOW IS AIRED ONLY IN BAKU).

22. MEANWHILE, SINCE FEB 1 RELAYS OF BOTH RUSSIAN TV CHANNELS IN AZERBAIJAN HAVE BEEN DISRUPTED FOR VARYING PERIODS. AZERBAIJAN USED TO RECEIVE THE RUSSIAN TV PROGRAMS VIA CHECHNYA AND DAGESTAN. WHEN THE RELAY SYSTEM IN CHECHNYA WAS DESTROYED IN THE ONGOING HOSTILITIES THERE, AZERBAIJAN STARTED RECEIVING THE RUSSIAN TV PROGRAMS VIA THE GEORGIAN CITY OF RUSTAVI, SITE OF A RESERVE RELAY STATION. HOWEVER, GEORGIA HAS SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.

AZERBAIJANI-IRANIAN MEDIA TIES

23. DURING A DECEMBER VISIT BY ALI LARIJANI, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN BROADCASTING COMPANY (IRIB), AN AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION WAS SIGNED BETWEEN IRIB AND AZERBAIJANI RADIO AND TV. THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT CALL FOR EXCHANGES OF PROGRAMS, JOINT PROGRAM PRODUCTION, TRAINING FOR AZERBAIJANI TV TECHNICIANS, ETC.

24. ANOTHER AGREEMENT WAS RECENTLY SIGNED BETWEEN THE IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY (IRNA) AND AZERTAC, THE OFFICIAL AZERBAIJANI WIRELESS SERVICE, AT THE INITIATIVE OF SAMIL

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SAHMAMMADOV, ACTING DIRECTOR OF AZERTAC. NONE OF THE AGREEMENT'S PROVISIONS, EXCEPT FOR OPENING OF AN IRNA OFFICE IN BAKU, HAS BEEN REALIZED, SAHMAMMADOV RUEFULLY ADMITTED; STILL PENDING ARE OPENING AN AZERTAC OFFICE IN TEHRAN, PERMISSION FOR AZERTAC TO USE IRNA'S SATELLITE TO DISSEMINATE AZERTAC'S NEWS AND FINANCING A MONTH'S TRAINING IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM IN IRAN BY AN AZERTAC ENGLISH-SPEAKING FEMALE JOURNALIST. REASON FOR THE LAST: NO SUCH AZERTAC EMPLOYEE WANTS TO GO TO IRAN. COFMAN

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///("Front Page"; reception audio and video: good)

1. headlines over video. (1.5 min)

2. special video report on successful unitas maneuvers between peruvian and u.s. naval forces. for first time a u.s. female marine participated in maneuvers to seize a beach. includes interview with this female marine. (5 min)

3. video report on further investigations into scandal involving prison guards because of escape of three top criminals from maximum security prison. those involved will face trial. (2 min)

4. further video report on violent demonstrations in tahiti against french nuclear tests. (2 min)

5. video report on congressional approval of bill on voluntary sterilization as family planning method. cardinal vargas alzamora

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immediately expressed his concern and anxiety over this decision. video report from congress on voting for bill. video remarks by people on street in reaction to this law. (5 min)

6. former first lady susana higuchi reportedly willing to run again for a political post, but this time for mayor of lima. remarks by susana during a visit to the interior. she also answered questions on sterilization bill. she said she has not yet decided whether or not to run for lima mayor but does not rule out possibility. (2 min)

7. video report on economy minister installing new commission to fight smuggling. he briefly answered some questions (2 min)

8. video report on jaime yoshiyama, who visited electric plant today in company of several experts. yoshiyama is also running for lima mayor. (2 min)

9. video report on callao mayor who also is running for re-election, he referred to new census and inventory that will be made of town. His name is kurt woll, he briefly discussed some development projects in his district. (1 min)

10. video report on forest fire that is affecting cusco department and threatening machu picchu area. reporters say it is partially controlled. (2 min)

11. report over video on a small girl who was lost by her parents a year ago but recovered a year later. remarks by parents, who expressed their satisfaction over finding the girl. she is from trujillo but was found in lima. (3 min)

12. video report on third congress on ufo's in curitiba. video on pictures of unidentified flying objects. (1 min)

13. video report on hurricane affects in Puerto Rico. (1 min)

14. video report on national and international sports. (7 min)

15. video report on mortgaging of well-known restaurant in Lima for not paying taxes since August 1994. special intervention by tax officials. (1 min)

16. report over video on death of a former peasant defense patrol member whose family is very poor. aid is requested for funeral and also to support five children. (2 min)

17. video report on foreign news (2 min)

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SOURCE: Havana Radio Rebelde Network in Spanish 1800 GMT 19 Oct 95 TEXT:

[From the "National Radio News" newscast]

[FBIS Translated Text] Area police report that a UFO was sighted near Torriente, 14 km south of Jaguey Grande Municipality, Matanzas Province, on 15 October. Jesus Diaz Loyola reports on this strange sighting:

[Begin recording] [Diaz] Adolfo Zarate, a 74-year-old farmhand, was working in fields near the 127 km marker on the national highway at 2100 local time when he saw an oval object about the size of a compact car descend from the sky some 60 meters away from him. He watched the object for five minutes:

[Zarate] I then looked at the grass over here. It was not too clear; it was a bit dark where I was standing. I said: Man, I must be hallucinating. It went vroom and lifted off amid a shower of what looked like electrical sparks.

[Diaz] Torriente Police Chief Rafael Acosta confirmed the sighting to local station Radio Victoria de Giron.

[Acosta] I believe [words indistinct] able to find small traces there. They cannot be detected. We could not tell what had landed there.

[Correspondent] What traces? Traces in the grass?

[Acosta] Yes. It looked like the grass was frosted there.

[Correspondent] There was no scorched grass?

[Acosta] No, there was no scorched grass. Zarate has been telling us from the start that it took off amid a shower of sparks and that the noise it made was not that of a motor but more like

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that of the wind.

[Diaz] The Cuban Academy of Sciences is looking into this extraordinary sighting. A UFO has been sighted landing in Matanzas fields. [end recording]

[Havana PRENSA LATINA in Spanish at 2114 GMT on 20 October carries the following Sancti Spiritus-datelined report:

[Three UFOs were spotted over Sancti Spiritus city, 350 km from Havana, on the morning of 19 October.

["Fidel Herrado Valdes and four other residents reported seeing UFOs during their night watch duty in an urban area of the city, one of the first seven villages that the arriving Spanish colonists founded in Cuba.

["Herrado Valdes told PRENSA LATINA that at 0305 local time on 19 October, he saw 'three round objects flying quickly through the sky in triangular formation from north to south before turning east and disappearing."

["This surprised us all. It was a very quick sighting that alerted us all. They looked like three saucers with very little sheen and made no noise as they moved. They looked like small moons," Herrado said.

["The authorities report that this is the first time that UFOs have been spotted on this part of the island. A very similar sighting took place in Torriente, Matanzas Province, earlier this week.

["UFOs are sighted throughout the world and are important subjects for scientific study."]

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1. headlines. (2 min)

2. video report on street incident involving municipal workers who sought to force lima mayor to accept demands to hold talks. (2 min)

3. report over video on lima's mayor andrade who says that he will not talk with municipal workers unless they suspend strike; praises police's effort to evict street vendors. (3 min)

4. video report on new incident caused by evicted street vendors in lampa street; civilian construction workers also demonstrated against peruvian chamber of construction. (2 min)

5. video report on groups of street vendors who gathered at san martin square seeking to meet with lima's mayor. (2 min)

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5. video report on steps taken by peruvian sect leader ricardo badani and sect members to leave chile following decision by chilean authorities to expel them. (2 min)

6. video report on tour of president fujimori and his honduran counterpart carlos roberto reina of huaraz; fujimori dedicated two schools; they issued communique confirming agreements signed yesterday. (3 min) (COVERED)

7. video report on virgin del carmen image that was stripped of some objects (1 min).

8. video report on huge panamanian cargo that anchored in the port of el callao due to technical failure. (2 min)

9. international news (2 min)

10. video report on amateur astronomer who spotted alleged ufo (3 min).

11. video report on piura's mayor commenting on plan to implement projects. (2 min)

12. report over video on interview granted by former Ecuadoran interior minister Jose gallardo stressing need to make efforts to find definite solution to conflict with peru; urges peruvian not to repeat adventures against Ecuador. (2 min)

13. international news (2 min)

14. sports (8 min)

15. video report on case of disabled boy who was abandoned in hospital of huanuco. (2 min)

16. video report on interview granted to argentine anchorwoman by tallest man, who was born in the argentine province of corrientes. (2 min)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR NAVNEWS 018/96
TOP NEWS AND POLICY STORIES

NNS1096. NASA SELECTS NAVY TWINS FOR ASTRONAUT SCHOOL PERSONNEL NOTES

NNS1097. SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS LEVELS INCREASE

NNS1098. NAVY GOAL CARD USED FOR RECRUITING AND MEPS STATIONS

NNS1099. AEROGRAPHER'S MATES BEING PHASED OUT OF TAR PROGRAM

NNS1100. MORNING DETAILING HITS ONE-YEAR MARK

NNS1101. SUMMARY OF NAVADMINS

AROUND THE FLEET

NNS1102. NOTABLE QUOTABLE: SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JOHN H. DALTON

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NNS1103. USS YOUNG CONDUCTS 10,000TH U.N. COALITION BOARDING
NNS1104. FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP COMPLETED AT NTC SAN DIEGO
NNS1105. NAVAL HISTORY AVAILABLE ON INTERNET
NNS1106. STATUS OF THE NAVY: MAY 7, 1996
NNS1107. THIS WEEK IN NAVY HISTORY: MAY 8, 1945

SHORT SPLICES
NNS1108. NAVY-MARINE CORPS NEWS
NNS1109. 'ANY DAY IN THE NAVY' PHOTO SHOOT SET FOR MAY 9
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NNS1096. NASA SELECTS NAVY TWINS FOR ASTRONAUT SCHOOL
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- CALL IT THE NAVY VERSION OF PROJECT
GEMINI. WHEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
(NASA) NAMED 35 NEW ASTRONAUT CANDIDATES ON MAY 1, TWO OF THE 10 NAVY OFFICERS SELECTED HAD MORE IN COMMON THAN GOLD WINGS AND

NAVY OFFICERS SELECTED HAD MORE IN COMMON THAN GOLD WINGS AND

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BLUE UNIFORMS. FOR THE FIRST TIME, NASA SELECTED TWIN BROTHERS TO JOIN THE PRESTIGIOUS ASTRONAUT CORPS. LT SCOTT KELLY IS A TEST PILOT WITH THE STRIKE AIRCRAFT TEST SQUADRON AND LT MARK KELLY IS AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AT THE NAVY TEST PILOT SCHOOL, BOTH AT NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, MD.

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"I'm very excited about this," said Mark. "I feel very

Fortunately to be accepted. The bonus is I get to go down there

WITH MY BROTHER."

THE 32-YEAR-OLD BROTHERS ARE FROM WEST ORANGE, N.J. THEY WILL REPORT TO THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER IN HOUSTON IN AUGUST TO BEGIN TRAINING AS PROSPECTIVE SPACE SHUTTLE CREW MEMBERS.

NASA RECEIVED MORE THAN 2,400 APPLICATIONS FOR THE 35 POSITIONS FILLED THIS YEAR. THE ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 1996 IS THE LARGEST IN THE AGENCY'S HISTORY.

THE EIGHT OTHER NAVY OFFICERS IN THE ASTRONAUT CLASS OF 1996 INCLUDE:

-- CDR DAVID M. BROWN OF RIDGE, MD.

-- CDR LEE MORIN OF PENSACOLA, FLA.

-- LCDR LAUREL B. CLARK OF PENSACOLA, FLA.

-- LCDR STEPHEN N. FRICK OF CALIFORNIA, MD.

-- LCDR JOHN B. HERRINGTON OF LEONARDTOWN, MD.

-- LCDR WILLIAM C. MCCOOL OF ANACORTES, WASH.

-- LCDR LISA NOWAK OF LEXINGTON PARK, MD.

-- LCDR HEIDEMARIE STEFANYSHYN-PIPER OF ROCKVILLE, MD.

(THIS STORY APPEARED IN THE NAVY WIRE SERVICE AS NWSA1725).

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PERSONNEL NOTES

NNS1097. SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS LEVELS INCREASE BY LT KELLY WATSON, BUPERS PUBLIC AFFAIRS

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- NEW SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB AWARD LEVELS TAKE EFFECT JUNE 1, 1996, UPDATING THE SRB AWARD LEVELS CONTAINED IN NAVADMIN 308/95 OF DEC. 18, 1995.

NO POLICY CHANGES TO THE SRB PROGRAM WERE MADE IN THE LATEST MESSAGE (NAVADMIN 111/96). THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES CONTAINED IN NAVADMIN 066/91 AND NAVADMIN 308/95 REMAIN IN EFFECT. ALSO, THE SRB REENLISTMENT WINDOW, WHICH WAS EXPANDED LAST YEAR, STILL ENABLES SAILORS TO REENLIST ANY TIME WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR OF END OF ACTIVE OBLIGATED SERVICE (EAOS) OR PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION (PCS) ORDERS.

HOWEVER, BUPERS RECOMMENDS THAT SAILORS REENLIST AS CLOSE TO THEIR EAOS AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE SRB DOLLARS ARE CALCULATED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF MONTHS A SAILOR IS REENLISTING BEYOND HIS OR HER EAOS. IN THIS WAY, SAILORS CAN GET THE MOST OUT OF THEIR SRB DOLLARS.

IN THE LATEST MESSAGE, 63 SRB AWARD LEVELS WERE INCREASED.

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THE LARGEST INCREASES WERE FOR PERSONNEL IN THE DS AND FC

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RATINGS, AS WELL AS FOR SAILORS WITH CRITICAL FC, CT AND ET NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION (NEC) CODES.

MORE INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC AWARD LEVELS IN EACH RATING AND ZONE (INCLUDING CLOSED-LOOP NECS), APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES ARE AVAILABLE IN NAVADMIN 111/96. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE REENLISTMENT INCENTIVES BRANCH (PERS-255) AT DSN 225-0654/5/6/7/8/9 OR COMM. (703) 695-0654/5/6/7/8/9.

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NNS1098. NAVY GOAL CARD USED FOR RECRUITING AND MEPS STATIONS BY LT KELLY WATSON, BUPERS PUBLIC AFFAIRS

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- IN JANUARY, THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL (BUPERS) TOLD SAILORS ABOUT A TOOL ENLISTED CAREER PLANNERS WERE DEVELOPING WHICH WOULD HELP GUIDE NEW RECRUITS THROUGH THEIR FIRST ENLISTMENT.

IN TODAY'S CHANGING NAVY, WHERE JUNIOR SAILORS ARE FACED WITH GREATER PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY THAN EVER, NAVY LEADERSHIP HAS RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR A PROGRAM TO HELP FIRST-TERM SAILORS SET AND ACHIEVE BOTH SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM

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GOALS WHILE

IN THE SERVICE. THE NAVY GOAL CARD PROGRAM IS THE RESULT ---PROOF OF THE NAVY'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT RECRUITING AND FIRST-TERM RETENTION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY AND TO KEEP OUR ALL-VOLUNTEER, HIGH-QUALITY SAILORS IN THE NAVY.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINAL PRODUCT, WHICH IS THE RESULT OF FOUR MONTHS OF FINE TUNING (BASED LARGELY ON EXCELLENT FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM SAILORS IN THE FLEET WHO VIEWED THE PRODUCT ON THE BUPERS HOME PAGE AND RESPONDED TO THE ACCOMPANYING QUESTIONNAIRE), WAS ANNOUNCED MAY 1 BY THE CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL, VADM SKIP BOWMAN.

"THIS IS A SOLID PROGRAM TO HELP US MENTOR AND COUNSEL OUR NEWEST SAILORS. I'D LIKE EVERYONE IN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND TO REVIEW THE GOAL CARD AND TO USE IT AS A ONE-ON-ONE LEADERSHIP TOOL TO HELP US GUIDE OUR JUNIOR SAILORS ALONG THE RIGHT PATH, REDUCE DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM (DEP) ATTRITION AND IMPROVE FIRST-TERM RETENTION," VADM BOWMAN SAID.

UPON IMPLEMENTATION IN MAY, CLASSIFIERS AT MILITARY ENTRANCE AND

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CHIEF PETTY OFFICER OF THE NAVY (MCPON), AND THE FLEET, BUPERS CREATED THESE DOCUMENTS FOR EVERY RATING AND EVERY PROGRAM CURRENTLY BEING OFFERED TO NEW RECRUITS.

TOPICS COVERED ON THE NAVY GOAL CARD INCLUDE: ADVANCED TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR THE INDIVIDUAL S RATING; MONTGOMERY G.I. BILL BENEFITS AND GOALS; VOLUNTARY EDUCATION, INCLUDING TUITION ASSISTANCE AND SOCNAV; OFFICER PROGRAMS; ADVANCEMENT; CAREER MILESTONES; THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM; AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

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CARD. THE RECRUITER ALSO GIVES THE RECRUIT HIS OR HER OWN POCKET GOAL CARD AND TOGETHER, THROUGHOUT DEP AND DURING THE RECRUIT TRAINING PROCESS, RECRUIT, RECRUITER AND RECRUIT DIVISION COMMANDERS CONTINUE TO REVIEW, SET AND RESET GOALS.

TOPICS COVERED ON THE SMALLER, TRIFOLD POCKET GOAL CARD ARE: DEP GOALS; NAVY CORE VALUES; RECRUIT TRAINING GOALS; THE SAILOR S CREED; FLEET GOALS; PERSONAL PRIORITIES (INCLUDING EDUCATION); AND SPACE FOR SAILORS TO WRITE IN THEIR OWN GOALS.

LATER, AT 'A' AND 'C' SCHOOLS, GOAL CARDS WILL BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF LCPO/LPO MENTORING IN CONJUNCTION WITH BASIC MILITARY TRAINING CONTINUUM OBJECTIVES. HERE TOO, THE PROGRAM WILL SERVE BOTH AS A TOOL FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR SAILORS, AND AS A METHOD FOR REDUCING SCHOOLHOUSE ATTRITION TO THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM.

FINALLY, NAVY GOAL CARDS AND NAVY POCKET GOAL CARDS WILL BE PROVIDED TO FIRST-TERM SAILORS IN THE FLEET WHO ENTERED THE NAVY PRIOR TO THE 1 MAY 1996 MEPS IMPLEMENTATION DATE. BY JULY, COMMANDS WILL RECEIVE A ONE-TIME DIRECT SHIPMENT OF POCKET GOAL CARDS FROM THE PRINT SOURCE TO DISTRIBUTE TO THOSE FIRST-TERMERS. COMMANDS ARE ENCOURAGED TO INVOLVE THE ENTIRE

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CHAIN OF COMMAND IN DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS NEW PROGRAM. IT IS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE NAVY GOAL CARD PROGRAM BE ADDRESSED DURING COMMAND INDOCTRINATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BOARDS, REPORTING INTERVIEWS, RETENTION INTERVIEWS, AND ANY SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEWS WITH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. SUCCESSFUL GUIDANCE AND RETENTION OF FIRST-TERM SAILORS DEPENDS ON THE SOLID ONE-ON-ONE LEADERSHIP AND SOUND CAREER PATH COUNSELING PROVIDED BY A JUNIOR SAILOR'S CHAIN OF COMMAND. THIS NEW TOOL WAS CREATED TO HELP ACCOMPLISH THAT TASK.

ENLISTED CAREER PLANNERS AT BUPERS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROGRAM AND WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE NAVY GOAL CARD PROGRAM.

BUPERS POINT OF CONTACT IS CDR SANDY BUTLER, PERS-221L, AT DSN 224-6863, COMMERCIAL (703) 614-6863, OR EMAIL

P221L.BUPERS.NAVY.ML. MORE INFORMATION ON THE NAVY GOAL CARD PROGRAM, AND COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION, IS CONTAINED IN NAVADMIN 106/96.

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NNS1099. AEROGRAPHER'S MATES BEING PHASED OUT OF TAR PROGRAM

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WASHINGTON (NNS) -- AFTER REVIEWING THE BILLET STRUCTURE, ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY AND FUTURE REQUIREMENTS, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REMOVE THE AEROGRAPHER'S MATE (AG) RATING FROM THE EXISTING 34 TRAINING AND ADMINISTRATION OF RESERVE (TAR) CAREER PATHS ON JULY 31, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL. THE CHANGE AFFECTS APPROXIMATELY 70 TAR AGS.

"TAR AG BILLETS HAVE CONTINUED TO DECLINE SINCE FY89," SAID CHIEF OF NAVAL PERSONNEL VADM SKIP BOWMAN. "DISESTABLISHMENT OF THE TAR AG RATING RESULTS IN IMPROVED ADVANCEMENT, REDUCED STAGNATION AND BROADER OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAILORS WHO CONVERT TO OTHER RATINGS."

THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE TAR SAILORS IN THE AG RATING WITH LESS THAN 14 YEARS OF TOTAL SERVICE:

-- REMAIN AN AG AND CONVERT TO THE REGULAR NAVY BY JULY 31.

-- CONVERT TO A CAREER REENLISTMENT OBJECTIVES (CREO) 1 OR 2 RATING IN THE TAR COMMUNITY BEFORE JULY 31.

-- CONVERT TO A CREO 1 OR 2 RATING IN THE REGULAR NAVY BEFORE JULY 31.

NOTE: TAR AGS HOLDING THE CRITICAL 7412 NAVY ENLISTED CLASSIFICATION (ANALYST-FORECASTER) DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION TO

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CHANGE RATES AND WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE CONVERTED TO REGULAR NAVY.

THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO TAR AGS WITH 14 OR MORE YEARS OF TOTAL SERVICE:

-- REMAIN AN AG AND CONVERT TO THE REGULAR NAVY BY JULY 31.

-- RETIRE, IF ELIGIBLE FOR FLEET RESERVE OR TAR TEMPORARY EARLY RETIREMENT AUTHORITY (TERA), BEFORE SEPT. 30, 1997. DETAILS FOR TERA ARE CONTAINED IN NAVADMIN 034/96. ALL AG DETAILING WILL NOW BE HANDLED BY THE REGULAR NAVY AG DETAILER. PROCEDURES FOR CONVERSION TO THE REGULAR NAVY (IN-RATE), OR FOR CONVERSION TO ANOTHER RATING IN THE TAR PROGRAM OR REGULAR NAVY, ARE CONTAINED IN NAVADMIN 100/96. ELIGIBLE AGS CONVERTING IN-RATE TO THE REGULAR NAVY MAY APPLY FOR THE SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB).

NAVADMIN 308/95 CONTAINS DETAILS ON SRB ZONES AND ELIGIBILITY.

BUPERS POINTS OF CONTACT:

– TAR ENLISTED COMMUNITY MANAGER (ECM)

DSN: 224-6646

– TAR ASSISTANT ECM/TECHNICAL ADVISOR DSN: 225-6864

– TAR TO USN (IN RATE)

DSN: 288-8557

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– TAR TO TAR CONVERSIONS

– TAR TO USN (NOT IN RATE)

DSN: 288-8692

• SRB HELP DESK

DSN: 224-8557

• USN AG DETAILER

DSN: 255-0656

– TAR AG DETAILER

DSN: 227-6543

DSN: 678-1326

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(THIS STORY APPEARED IN THE NAVY WIRE SERVICE AS NWSA1734).
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BY JO2 SCOTT CURTIS, BUPERS PUBLIC AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE THE BUREAU OF NAVAL PERSONNEL (BUPERS) OFFICIALLY ADDED MORNING DETAILING AS PART OF ITS EXTENDED HOURS PROGRAM.
RESPONDING TO REQUESTS FROM SAILORS STATIONED IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST, MORNING DETAILING STARTED ON A TRIAL BASIS IN JANUARY 1995, WITH DETAILERS AVAILABLE BETWEEN 6-8 A.M. (EST). THE TRIAL PERIOD WAS SO SUCCESSFUL, THE PROGRAM BECAME PERMANENT THAT MAY.
DURING THE TRIAL PERIOD, DETAILERS AVERAGED MORE THAN 350 CALLS DURING EACH TWO-HOUR PERIOD. OVER THE PAST YEAR, DETAILERS HAVE LOGGED MORE THAN 5,300 CALLS FROM CONSTITUENTS BT
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MORNING DETAILING TAKES PLACE THE SAME DAY AS NIGHT DETAILING. DURING NIGHT DETAILING, DETAILERS ARE AVAILABLE UNTIL 10 P.M. (EST) FOR SAILORS STATIONED ON THE WEST COAST, HAWAII, AND THE FAR EAST. THE NEXT MORNING AND NIGHT DETAILING DATES ARE MAY 29 AND JUNE 11.

BOTH EXTENDED DETAILING HOURS OFFER OVERSEAS SAILORS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REACH DETAILERS AT OFF-PEAK STATESIDE HOURS.

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NNS1101. SUMMARY OF NAVADMINS

NAVADMIN 104/96 (DTG 292301Z APR 96) -- LISTS ACTIVE DUTY

PROMOTIONS TO THE PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY GRADE OF LT (LINE AND STAFF CORPS).

NAVADMIN 105/96 (DTG 011328Z MAY 96) -- ESTABLISHES FEB. 10, 1996, AS THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR SAILORS SERVING ABOARD

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TENDERS TO RECEIVE CAREER SEA PAY.
NAVADMIN 106/96 (DTG 012128Z MAY 96) -- ANNOUNCES THE DETAILS OF THE NAVY GOAL CARD PROGRAM TO SUPPORT RECRUITING AND FIRST-TERM RETENTION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
NAVADMIN 107/96 (DTG 021315Z MAY 96) -- ANNOUNCES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELIGIBLE PERSONNEL TO REMAIN ON ACTIVE DUTY BEYOND ESTABLISHED HIGH YEAR TENURE LIMITS.
NAVADMIN 108/96 (DTG 021316Z MAY 96) -- ANNOUNCES CHANGES TO THE NAVY'S SELF-REFERRAL POLICY FOR DRUG ABUSE REHABILITATION.
NAVADMIN 109/96 (DTG 022354Z MAY 96) -- ENCOURAGES PERSONNEL TO ATTEND THE 8TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NAVY COUNSELOR ASSOCIATION (NCA) SYMPOSIUM.

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NAVADMIN 110/96 (DTG 022356Z MAY 96) -- PROVIDES RATING AVAILABILITY FOR NONDESIGNATED STRIKERS, ADVANCEMENT FORECASTS, CAREER REENLISTMENT OBJECTIVES (CREO) AND CRITICAL SKILLS LISTS.

NAVADMIN 111/96 (DTG 022358Z MAY 96) -- UPDATES THE NAVADMIN 308/95 SELECTIVE REENLISTMENT BONUS (SRB) PLAN AND PROVIDES NEW SRB AWARD LEVELS.

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AROUND THE FLEET

NNS1102. NOTABLE QUOTABLE: "EACH OF YOU HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED 11 WEEKS OF RIGOROUS TRAINING. YOU HAVE TAKEN AN OATH TO SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. BY TAKING THAT OATH, YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE MOST DEMANDING OBLIGATION OF CITIZENSHIP. YOU HAVE SWORN YOURSELVES TO FIGHT - PERHAPS EVEN DIE - IN DEFENSE OF YOUR COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE. THE SAFETY OF YOUR NATION WILL DEPEND ON CHOICES YOU MAKE FROM NOW ON. CHOICES BETWEEN HONOR AND DISHONOR; BETWEEN EXCELLENCE AND MEDIOCRITY; BETWEEN DUTY AND COWARDICE." -- SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JOHN H. DALTON AT A RECENT MARINE CORPS RECRUIT GRADUATION CEREMONY IN SAN DIEGO, CALIF.

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NNS1103. USS YOUNG CONDUCTS 10,000TH U.N. COALITION BOARDING MANAMA, BAHRAIN (NNS) -- NAVY AND COAST GUARD INSPECTORS ABOARD USS JOHN YOUNG (DD 973) BOARDED A MERCHANT SHIP IN THE ARABIAN GULF ON APRIL 28, MAKING THE 10,000TH SUCH BOARDING IN SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS' SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ.

AS PART OF A MULTINATIONAL MARITIME INTERCEPTION FORCE, OPERATING IN THE ARABIAN GULF, THE TEAM BOARDED AN INDIAN

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FLAGGED DHOW TO MAKE THE MILESTONE BOARDING. THE VESSEL WAS EMPTY AND PERMITTED TO PROCEED.

SINCE MULTINATIONAL OPERATIONS BEGAN IN AUGUST 1990, SHIPS FROM 15 COALITION COUNTRIES HAVE QUERIED MORE THAN 22,000 VESSELS, BOARDED 10,000 AND DIVERTED 573 SUSPECTED OF CARRYING U.N. PROHIBITED CARGO, INACCESSIBLE CARGO OR IMPROPER DOCUMENTATION.

ONLY FOOD, MEDICINE AND U.N.-APPROVED GOODS ARE PERMITTED TO BE IMPORTED INTO IRAQ.

JOHN YOUNG, HOMEPORTED IN SAN DIEGO AND CONDUCTING MARITIME INTERCEPTION OPERATIONS SINCE MID-MARCH, HAS MADE 12 QUERIES, 13 BOARDINGS AND DIVERTED ONE SANCTIONS VIOLATOR.

(THIS STORY APPEARED IN THE NAVY WIRE SERVICE AS NWSA1728).-USN-

NNS1104. FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP COMPLETED AT NTC SAN DIEGO BY LEE H. SAUNDERS, SAN DIEGO NAVAL BASE PUBLIC AFFAIRS

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- THE 1999 TURNOVER OF THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAN DIEGO SITE TO THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO HAS MOVED ONE STEP CLOSER WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE CENTER'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF A CONTAMINATED SITE -- AN UNDERGROUND

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STORAGE TANK.

"THIS IS THE FIRST DIRTY SITE GONE CLEAN," SAID THOMAS MACCHIARELLA, OF THE NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND, SOUTHWEST DIVISION. "NAVAL TRAINING CENTER SAN DIEGO... HAS COMPLETED THE CLEANUP PROCESS TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE REGULATORY COMMUNITY AND IS NOW READY FOR REUSE."

THE CLEANUP SITE CONTAINED A 60 GALLON TANK USED FOR STORING FUEL FOR A GENERATOR AT THE MEDICAL CLINIC. THE TANK WAS REMOVED FROM THE SITE IN APRIL, 1994. ANALYSIS OF SOIL SAMPLES DETERMINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS HAD LEAKED FROM THE TANK INTO THE GROUND.

THE CLEANUP BEGAN IN DECEMBER 1994 WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CONTAMINATED SOIL WITH CLEAN SOIL. "ONE HUNDRED TONS OF SOIL WAS EXCAVATED AND TREATED OFF-SITE USING THERMAL DESORPTION," MACCHIARELLA SAID. "THEN [THE SOIL WAS] USED AS FILL AT VARIOUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE SAN DIEGO AREA."

THE THERMAL DESORPTION PROCESS HEATS SOIL TO A TEMPERATURE THAT EVAPORATES THE OIL BY-PRODUCTS AND RECAPTURES THEM. TWELVE SITES ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE INVESTIGATION AND CLEANUP

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PROCESS AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1998.

"THIS CLEANUP WAS VERY COST-EFFICIENT BECAUSE WE PIGGY-BACKED ON OTHER UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CLEANUP PROJECTS TO LOWER THE COST," MACCHIARELLA SAID. THE CLEANUP WAS COMPLETED FOR APPROXIMATELY $60,000.

(THIS STORY APPEARED IN THE NAVY WIRE SERVICE AS NWSA1726).-USN-

NNS1105. NAVAL HISTORY AVAILABLE ON INTERNET

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- A NEW NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER (NHC) HOMEPAGE GIVES IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO OFFICIAL NAVAL HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO INTERNET USERS. THE INTERNET ADDRESS IS

THE HOMEPAGE GREW FROM INQUIRIES REGARDING NAVAL HISTORY FROM THE FLEET AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC OVER THE YEARS. POPULAR TOPICS RANGED FROM THE EVOLUTION OF NAVAL AIRCRAFT MARKINGS TO THE UFO RESEARCH GUIDE, BIOGRAPHIES, FACT SHEETS ON THE CURRENT AIRCRAFT INVENTORY, PHOTOGRAPHIC SOURCES AND EVEN THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE. OTHER INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE INCLUDES BIBLIOGRAPHIES, ACTIVE SHIP LEVELS FROM 1917 TO PRESENT, AVIATION SQUADRON LINEAGES AND ORDERING INFORMATION FOR NHC BT

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COMPLETE DESCRIPTIONS AND SERVICES OFFERED BY THE CENTER'S

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11 BRANCHES ARE INCLUDED, AS WELL AS SPECIFIC DETAILS ON VISITING THE CENTER, RELATED FACILITIES AND UPCOMING EVENTS.
"THE INTERNET HOMEPAGE IS A NATURAL EXTENSION OF OUR MISSION AND IS A LARGE STEP TOWARD OUR GOAL OF MAKING INFORMATION ON THE NAVY'S RICH HERITAGE EASILY AVAILABLE TO FELLOW NAVY MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC ALIKE," SAID DR. WILLIAM S. DUDLEY, DIRECTOR OF NAVAL HISTORY.
THE HISTORICAL CENTER, WITH ROOTS DATING TO 1800, IS THE OFFICIAL HISTORICAL ARM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. IT IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC WASHINGTON NAVY YARD AND IS THE UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION FOR THE NAVY MUSEUM, THE NAVY ART COLLECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY LIBRARY, NAVAL AVIATION NEWS MAGAZINE, THE USS CONSTITUTION DISPLAY SHIP AND RESEARCH AND ARCHIVE

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BRANCHES TOUCHING ALL ASPECTS OF NAVY HISTORY.
(THIS STORY APPEARED IN THE NAVY WIRE SERVICE AS NWSA1727).
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NNS1106. STATUS OF THE NAVY: MAY 7, 1996
PERSONNEL: 424,353 ACTIVE DUTY; 97,142 SELECTED RESERVES; 230,601 CIVILIANS
AIRCRAFT: 4,921
SHIPS: 363
AT SEA: 220 SHIPS (61%)
DEPLOYED: 109 SHIPS (30%); 37,956 PERSONNEL
EXERCISES: 13
PORT VISITS: 11
SSNS AT SEA: 43 (54%)
CARRIERS/AIRWINGS AT SEA:
USS ENTERPRISE - JOINT EXERCISE, WESTERN ATLANTIC
USS INDEPENDENCE - WESTERN PACIFIC
USS JOHN F. KENNEDY - LOCAL OPERATIONS, WESTERN ATLANTIC
USS NIMITZ - PORT VISIT, PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII
USS GEORGE WASHINGTON - GULF OF OMAN
LHAS/LHDS/LHPS AT SEA:
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USS BELLEAU WOOD - SASEBO, JAPAN
USS GUAM - OPERATION ASSURED RESPONSE, SOUTHERN ATLANTIC
USS NASSAU - JOINT EXERCISE, WESTERN ATLANTIC
USS PELELIU - EASTERN PACIFIC
USS SAIPAN - JOINT EXERCISE, WESTERN ATLANTIC
USS TARAWA - WESTERN PACIFIC
SHIPS ASSIGNED TO MIDDLE EAST TASK FORCE:
USS CARON, USS UNDERWOOD, USS YOUNG, USS DAVIS, USS THACH, USS ARDENT, USS DEXTROUS
OTHER EXERCISES/OPERATIONS:
COUNTER-DRUG OPERATIONS, CARIBBEAN
OPERATION DEEP FREEZE, ANTARCTICA
OPERATION DECISIVE EDGE/ENHANCEMENT, ADRIATIC SEA
OPERATION VIGILANT SENTINEL, OMAN
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MINISTER CHURCHILL PROCLAIMED THE END OF THE WAR IN EUROPE.
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NNS1108. NAVY-MARINE CORPS NEWS
THE MAY 10 EDITION OF NAVY-MARINE CORPS NEWS -- A
VIDEOTAPED NEWCAST GENERATED FOR BROADCAST TO NAVY-MARINE CORPS
FLEET AND SHORE UNITS -- INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STORIES:

• NAVY TWINS JOIN NASA'S SPACE PROGRAM
• SEABEAS AND MIDSHIPMEN DELIVER EARLY CHRISTMAS TO D.C. WOMEN
• SAILORS SERVING ABOARD TENDERS NOW GET SEA PAY
• NAVY'S NEW ASSAULT SHIP TO CARRY A BIG PUNCH
• STUDENTS DIVE WITH SUBMARINE NR-1 DURING JASON PROJECT VII
• TWO NAVY LEGENDS RECEIVE 1996 LONE SAILOR AWARD
• MORE MONEY AVAILABLE FROM MARINE CORPS TA PROGRAM
• INTERNATIONAL AZALEA FESTIVAL SALUTES NATO NATIONS
• HEALTH BEAT: TIPS ON RECOVERING FROM KNEE INJURIES
• MOVIE CALL: "MUPPETS TREASURE ISLAND" AND "ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN II" IN THE SPOTLIGHT
  WE NEED YOUR INPUT ON NAVY-MARINE CORPS NEWS, SO CALL OUR FEEDBACK LINE AT (202) 433-5844 OR DSN 288-5844 OR WRITE US AT THE ADDRESS MENTIONED BELOW. ALL NAVY/MARINE CORPS NEWS TAPES MUST BE RETURNED EACH WEEK. PLEASE USE THE RETURN LABEL ENCLOSED WITH THE TAPE.

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IF YOU HAVE DISTRIBUTION QUESTIONS, CONTACT MR. JOHN MORRISSEY [C (202) 433-5844, DSN 288-5844, EMAIL: MORRISSY@MEDIACEN.NAVY.MIL].
IF YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THE NAVY OR MARINE CORPS WORLDWIDE, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ORIGINAL VIDEO CONTRIBUTIONS ON BETACAM, HI-8, SUPER VHS OR 3/4 INCH VIDEO TAPE TO THE NEAREST NAVY BROADCASTING FLEET SUPPORT DETACHMENT OR SEND BY FASTEST MEANS POSSIBLE TO OUR FIELD PRODUCER AT:
NAVY/MARINE CORPS NEWS
NAVAL MEDIA CENTER, BLDG. 168
2701 SOUTH CAPITOL ST., S.W.
WASHINGTON D.C., 20373-5819
(202) 433-6275, DSN 288-6275
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NNS1109. 'ANY DAY IN THE NAVY' PHOTO SHOOT SET FOR MAY 9 WASHINGTON (NNS) -- EVERY YEAR, ALL HANDS MAGAZINE ASKS PEOPLE AROUND THE FLEET TO PHOTOGRAPH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF NAVY/MARINE CORPS LIFE FOR A SPECIAL "ANY DAY IN THE NAVY" ISSUE.

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THIS YEAR'S "ANY DAY" IS MAY 9. GET OUT YOUR CAMERA AND TAKE PICTURES OF ANY ASPECT OF LIFE IN THE NAVY OR MARINE CORPS TAKING PLACE FROM MIDNIGHT MAY 8 UNTIL MIDNIGHT MAY 9. EACH

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IMAGE SUBMITTED TO ALL HANDS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COMPLETE CAPTION. IF YOU DON'T HAVE COPIES OF THE FORM PUBLISHED ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THE MAGAZINE'S APRIL ISSUE, BE SURE YOUR CAPTION INCLUDES: NAME, RANK/RATE AND TITLE OF EACH PERSON IN THE PHOTOGRAPH; AND A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE PHOTO DEPICTS.

THE CHIEF OF INFORMATION NEWS PHOTO DIVISION HAS THE CAPABILITY TO RECEIVE DIGITAL IMAGES. TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED. ALL IMAGES MUST BE RECEIVED BY JUNE 7, 1996, TO ALL HANDS MAGAZINE, ATTN: PH1 D. ANGLIN, NAVAL STATION ANACOSTIA, BLDG. 168, 2701 S. CAPITOL ST., S.W., WASHINGTON, DC 20373-5819. SUBMISSIONS, WHICH MUST BE 35 MM SLIDES, COLOR OR BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINTS (NO SMALLER THAN 5X7), WILL NOT BE RETURNED. SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS FROM MAY 9 CAN BE SEEN IN THE OCTOBER ISSUE OF ALL HANDS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT THE CHINFO NEWS PHOTO DIVISION [C 703-697-3292/6752] OR THE ALL HANDS PHOTO EDITOR, PH1 D. ANGLIN [DSN 288-4209 OR C 703-433-4209].

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-USN-

NAVY NEWS SERVICE (NAVNEWS) CONTAINS OFFICIAL NEWS AND INFORMATION AND IS INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALL NAVY PEOPLE. HELP PASS THE WORD. NAVNEWS IS AVAILABLE:

-- VIA SALTS (SOFTWARE VERSION 2.21 OR LATER) IN ASCII FORMAT

BY MESSAGE TO THE NAVNEWS COLLECTIVE ADDRESS

-- BY ELECTRONIC MAIL: NAVNEWS-REQUEST@NCTS.NAVY.MIL

-- ON THE CNO BULLETIN BOARD, 1-800-582-2355/6940 OR (703) 695-6198/6388

ASCII OR ADOBE PAGEMAKER FORMAT, USING EITHER OF THESE URLs:

HTTP://WWW.NAVY.MIL/NAVPALIB/NEWS/NAVNEWS/.WWW/NAVNEWS.HTML

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FTP://FTP.NAVYMIL/NAVPALIB/NEWS/NAVNEWS/
ALL LETTERS IN THESE URLs ARE IN LOWER CASE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEND E-MAIL TO
NAVPALIB@OPNAV-EMH.NAVY.MIL OR THE BUPERS ACCESS BULLETIN BOARD,
1-800-346-0217/18/27, 1-800-762-8567 OR (703) 614-8070/6059/
8076, (DSN) 224-8070.
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FEEDBACK ON THE ISSUE, INPUTS FOR THE NEXT ISSUE, QUESTIONS ABOUT DISTRIBUTION AND SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING NAVNEWS ARE INVITED. HELP US MAKE NAVNEWS BETTER. CONTACT NAVNEWS:
-- BY MESSAGE TO NAVMEDIACEN WASHINGTON DC//32//

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-- BY ELECTRONIC MAIL TO NAVNEWS@OPNAV-EMH.NAVY.MIL
-- BY U.S. MAIL TO NAVAL MEDIA CENTER, PUBLISHING DIVISION,
ATTN: NAVY NEWS SERVICE, NAVAL STATION ANACOSTIA, BLDG. 168,
2701 S. CAPITOL ST., S.W., WASHINGTON D.C., 20373-5819
-- BY FAX TO (202) 433-4747 OR DSN 288-4747
-- OR BY CALLING US AT (202) 433-4152 OR DSN 288-4152.
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RELEASED BY RADM K. PEASE, USN//
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