(4 Dec 1978) notes: col print
location: moscow, ussr
title: afghan moscow
serviced date: 12/05/78
no: lnc 99260
date shot: 12/04/78
length: 33ft
seconds: 53
sound: natsof
date of arrival:
film shows: afghani president taraki arriving at airport to begin official visit, being welcomed by soviet president brezhnev, premier kosygin and others.
lead in: president nur mohammed taraki, leader of the new leftist regime in afghanistan was given a warm welcome by top kremlin leaders on monday (december 4th) on his first official visit to moscow. during talks with soviet leaders, taraki was expected to press for even more soviet civilian and military aid in his drive to revolutionise his remote and backward nation of 13 million people.
feet r/secs
2 3 ms people on tarmac
9 14 ms taraki down steps
12 19 ms guard of honour
16 26 mcu taraki welcomed
18 29 ms flags
20 32 mcu brezhnev, taraki
24 38 gv crowd with banners
30 48 ms taraki walks past crowd
33 53 mcu taraki walks
commentary: soviet president leonid brezhnev and other soviet leaders were waiting to welcome the afghani leader at moscow's airport. taraki's regime seized power in a coup seven months ago. it has decreed a far-reaching programme of land reforms, price controls and strengthened state ownership. the soviet leaders were expected to urge taraki to sign a long-term friendship and cooperation treaty, similar to those signed recently with vietnam and ethiopia. the soviet union has long been the main contributor of aid and advisers to neighbouring afghanistan. and moscow's contributions have risen since taraki's peoples democratic party seized power and began a sharp left turn in the march to modernise what is basically a feudal land. the soviet press this week carried a series of reports praising the new afghan government's decrees aimed at breaking up feudal land ownership.
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