From dx-adm-owner@nic.funet.fi Thu Sep 29 14:32:55 1994 Received: from nic.funet.fi (root@nic.funet.fi [128.214.248.6]) by cs.tut.fi (8.6.9/8.6.4) with ESMTP id OAA18172 for ; Thu, 29 Sep 1994 14:32:54 +0200 Received: from voa3.VOA.GOV ([152.75.16.3]) by nic.funet.fi with SMTP id <91696-2>; Thu, 29 Sep 1994 14:29:52 +0200 Received: from voa6.VOA.GOV by voa3.VOA.GOV (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11205; Thu, 29 Sep 94 08:29:32 EDT Message-Id: <9409291229.AA11205@voa3.VOA.GOV> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 10:21:26 +0200 From: jfouts@usia.gov Subject: VOA /Radio Russia Discuss Issue To: voa-info@bops.VOA.GOV Status: RO ******************************************************* Return-path: Received: From voa3.VOA.GOV(152.75.16.3) by voa6(152.75.16.6) With TCP ;29 Sep 94 8:20:53 Received: from usia.gov (XGATE.USIA.GOV) by voa3.VOA.GOV (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA10989; Thu, 29 Sep 94 08:20:50 EDT Received: from NetWare MHS (SMF70) by usia.gov via XGATE 3.01.b16C MHS to SMTP Gateway; Thu, 29 Sep 94 08:21:59 -0500 Message-Id: <73AC8A2E01E3D2D1@usia.gov> In-Reply-To: <10AD8A2E02E3D2D1> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 94 08:14:38 -0500 Sender: "Fouts, Joshua" Organization: USIA X-Mailer: XGATE 3.01.b16C MHS to SMTP Gateway XNS-Gateway-ID: <73AC8A2E01E3D2D1@usia.gov.324E69A8.3FA> ******************************************************* The Clinton-Yeltsin Meetings VOA and Radio Russia Discuss the Issues Washington, D.C., September 28, 1994 -- On September 30 at 10:00 a.m. EDT, Voice of America will join Radio Russia in a radio bridge to discuss and evaluate meetings held this week between President Clinton and President Yeltsin. Natalie Clarkson, program coordinator for VOA's Eurasia Division, will moderate the program. U.S. participants will include Ambassador Jack Matlock and Dr. Richard Pipes. Ambassador Matlock currently teaches at Columbia University's Institute of War and Peace, which is part of the university's School of International and Public Affairs. Dr. Pipes is professor of history and a specialist in Russian affairs at Harvard University. He also has written many books about the former Soviet Union and Russia. Ambassador Matlock will join the broadcast from New York City and Dr. Pipes from Boston. >From Moscow, Vladimir Kurnikov, political observer for Radio Russia, and Andrei Kortunov, head of the Foreign Affairs Department of Moscow Institute for USA and Canada, will offer their views. With more than 100 million listeners, Radio Russia is the largest network in Russia. The radio bridge is part of an on-going cooperative arrangement between Voice of America, Radio Russia, and many other radio stations--both official and independent--in Russia and the other C.I.S. republics. The Voice of America is the international radio service of the U.S. Information Agency, broadcasting almost 1,000 hours a week in 45 languages. VOA direct short wave and medium wave broadcasts reach approximately 92 million listeners. One in five listeners tunes in VOA Worldwide English broadcasts; the rest listen to VOA language service broadcasts. This estimate does not include listeners who tune in VOA programs rebroadcast by approximately 1,100 affiliate radio stations around the world and who greatly expand VOA's listening audience. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Office of External Affairs Contact Person: George Mackenzie Phone: +1-202-619-2538 Internet: PUBAFF@VOA.GOV