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1  The Autonomous Komi Republic,   The Autonomous Commie Republic, 1
  which is part of the Russian  which is part of the Russian
  Federation, is situated in the  Federation, is situated in the
  far northwest of Europe, and  far northwest of Europe, and
  spreads up to  spreads up to
  the Arctic part of the Ural Mountains.  the Arctic part of the Ural Mountains.
  It's crossed by 9 northern  It's crossed by 9 northern
  parallels. Ten fair-sized European  parallels. Ten fair-sized European
  states could be placed on its  states could be placed on its
  territory. Besides indigenous  territory. Besides indigenous
2  residents (that is, the Komi people), there   residents (that is, the Commie                  2
1  people), there1
  are also Russians, Ukranians,  are also Russians, Ukranians,
  Nenetzes, Tchubashis, and Tartars.  Nenetzes, Tchubashis, and Tartars.
  And now, let's go back into  And now, let's go back into
  history a little bit. (CLICK)  history a little bit. (CLICK)
  A boil lying on skins behind our backs  A boil lying on skins behind our backs
  was turning the knobs of a  was turning the knobs of a
  small transistor radio.  small transistor radio.
  (".....making efforts to use  (".....making efforts to use
  radios as vehicles of the  radios as vehicles of the
  psychological warfare. A subversive....")  psychological warfare. A subversive....")
  And the tent was suddenly filled  And the tent was suddenly filled
  with an announcer's voice  with an announcer's voice
3  speaking Komi.   speaking Commie. 3
      
  (Jane Jane Jane....)  (Jane Jane Jane....)
  Then, with music from Moscow,  Then, with music from Moscow,
  followed by English and French  followed by English and French
  speech.  speech.
  ("The recording was made at  ("The recording was made at
  the Moscow Theatre of Musical  the Moscow Theatre of Musical
  Miniatures.")  Miniatures.")
  Now, back to modern times.  Now, back to modern times.
      
  YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. AT THE  YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. AT THE
  RECOMMENDATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL  RECOMMENDATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
  TIME BUREAU, COMMENCING AT TWENTY-THREE  TIME BUREAU, COMMENCING AT TWENTY-THREE
  (23) HOURS, FIFTY-NINE (59)  (23) HOURS, FIFTY-NINE (59)
  MINUTES, SIXTY (60) SECONDS  MINUTES, SIXTY (60) SECONDS
  UTC, AN EXTRA SECOND WILL BE  UTC, AN EXTRA SECOND WILL BE
  INSERTED INTO  INSERTED INTO
  THE  THE
  NBS TIME SCALE. THIS ADJUSTMENT  NBS TIME SCALE. THIS ADJUSTMENT
  IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN  IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN
  INTERNATIONALLY  INTERNATIONALLY
  COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME AS  COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME AS
  BROADCAST FROM THESE STATIONS, IN  BROADCAST FROM THESE STATIONS, IN
  CLOSE  CLOSE
  AGGREEMENT WITH UT1, OR ASTRONOMICAL TIME.  AGGREEMENT WITH UT1, OR ASTRONOMICAL TIME.
  ("WA6ODB....with...a question....")  ("WA6ODB....with...a question....")
  "and, uh ..."  "and, uh ..."
  "Do you know how many time zones there  "Do you know how many time zones there
  are in the Soviet Union?"  are in the Soviet Union?"
  "and about power ..."  "and about power ..."
  "d'you kn--"  "d'you kn--"
  "we got so much power now ..."  "we got so much power now ..."
  "Do you know how many time zones there  "Do you know how many time zones there
  are in the Soviet Union?"  are in the Soviet Union?"
  "we got so much power now, that's ridiculous."  "we got so much power now, that's ridiculous."
  "d'you kn-- do you know how many  "d'you kn-- do you know how many
  time zones there are in the  time zones there are in the
  Soviet Union?"  Soviet Union?"
  "power, and all that, that's power, we  "power, and all that, that's power, we
  got so much power, that's  got so much power, that's
  ridiculous."  ridiculous."
  "We have--"  "We have--"
  "power, power, power, power, power,  "power, power, power, power, power,
  power now, it's ridiculous. We  power now, it's ridiculous. We
  got so much power now ..."  got so much power now ..."
  "Do you know how many time zones there  "Do you know how many time zones there
  are in the Soviet Union?"  are in the Soviet Union?"
  "It's not even funny."  "It's not even funny."
  "D'you--"  "D'you--"
  "That's ridiculous."  "That's ridiculous."
  "Do you know how many--"  "Do you know how many--"
  "It'  "It'
  s not even funny."  s not even funny."
  "D'you kn--"  "D'you kn--"
  "That's ridiculous."  "That's ridiculous."
  "Do you know how many--"  "Do you know how many--"
  "That's, that's ridiculous."  "That's, that's ridiculous."
  "Do you know how many time--"  "Do you know how many time--"
  "That's ridiculous. It's not even funny."  "That's ridiculous. It's not even funny."
  "D'you--"  "D'you--"
  "It's not even funny."  "It's not even funny."
  "D--"  "D--"
  "It's not even funny."  "It's not even funny."
  "Do you know how many time zones there  "Do you know how many time zones there
  are in the Soviet Union?"  are in the Soviet Union?"
  "It's not even funny.  "It's not even funny.
  How many time zones?"  How many time zones?"
  "Yeah. We have, we have four in  "Yeah. We have, we have four in
  this country, right?"  this country, right?"
  (Hello?)  (Hello?)
  "How many time zones?"  "How many time zones?"
  "Yeah."  "Yeah."
  (Hello? Yes.)  (Hello? Yes.)
  "1, 2, 3 ..."  "1, 2, 3 ..."
  "Four in this country, right?"  "Four in this country, right?"
  "Uh, yessir."  "Uh, yessir."
  "Mm hm."  "Mm hm."
  "Uh, four ... 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."  "Uh, four ... 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
  "Right."  "Right."
  "1, 2, 3 ... yessir."  "1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
  "Mm hm."  "Mm hm."
  ("....radio station, Radio Moscow")  ("....radio station, Radio Moscow")
  "Uh, four ... time zones?"  "Uh, four ... time zones?"
  "Yeah. We have four in this country, right?"  "Yeah. We have four in this country, right?"
  "Uh, nosir."  "Uh, nosir."
  "We have, we have--"  "We have, we have--"
  "Uh, yessir."  "Uh, yessir."
  "Mm hm."  "Mm hm."
  "And, uh ..."  "And, uh ..."
  "Do you know how many time zones they have?"  "Do you know how many time zones they have?"
  "Uh, yessir. Uh, four ... uh,  "Uh, yessir. Uh, four ... uh,
  nosir. I never really studied  nosir. I never really studied
  that up."  that up."
  "Eleven."  "Eleven."
  "Eleven. It's not even funny."  "Eleven. It's not even funny."
  "Eleven."  "Eleven."
  "Eleven. That's, that's ridiculous."  "Eleven. That's, that's ridiculous."
  "Eleven."  "Eleven."
  "Eleven. Well, that's what we can do.  "Eleven. Well, that's what we can do.
  We can go anywhere, because  We can go anywhere, because
  we live here, we--"  we live here, we--"
  "Yeah, but--"  "Yeah, but--"
  "--anywhere else."  "--anywhere else."
  "But, not only, not only the  "But, not only, not only the
  right of free travel, I'm  right of free travel, I'm
  saying...eleven."  saying...eleven."
  "Eleven. 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."  "Eleven. 1, 2, 3 ... yessir."
  "Mm hm. Eleven."  "Mm hm. Eleven."
  "Eleve  "Eleve
  n."  n."
  "That's how big they are."  "That's how big they are."
  "Yeah. Yeah. Eleven."  "Yeah. Yeah. Eleven."
  (What happened to my call?)  (What happened to my call?)
  "That's how big they are."  "That's how big they are."
  "Yeah. Yeah. I, I can believe that, I'm  "Yeah. Yeah. I, I can believe that, I'm
  a firm believer in that."  a firm believer in that."
  "Alright."  "Alright."
  "1, 2, 3 ... uh, four ... yessir.  "1, 2, 3 ... uh, four ... yessir.
  1, 2 ... yessir. Yessir."  1, 2 ... yessir. Yessir."
  "Mm hm."  "Mm hm."
  (....Radio Moscow, 215 2101)  (....Radio Moscow, 215 2101)
  "The Soviet Union's the whole  "The Soviet Union's the whole
  half side of the world."  half side of the world."
  "Yeah."  "Yeah."
  "And we're just a little, one  "And we're just a little, one
  little tenth of the globe."  little tenth of the globe."
  "Yeah."  "Yeah."
  "They, uh, when you talk about  "They, uh, when you talk about
  fightin', we're a country that, uh,  fightin', we're a country that, uh,
  we're a firm beli  we're a firm beli
  ever on pride, and it's called help thy neighbor,  ever on pride, and it's called help thy neighbor,
  do not kill, do not, you know, steal,  do not kill, do not, you know, steal,
  cheat, lie from everybody.  cheat, lie from everybody.
  That's why we have to have  That's why we have to have
  computers, because man, nobody  computers, because man, nobody
  is perfect.  is perfect.
  You know."  You know."
  "Mm hm."  "Mm hm."
  "It's not even funny."  "It's not even funny."
  "D'you--"  "D'you--"
  "and about p  "and about p
  ower, man, nobody is perfect. You know."  ower, man, nobody is perfect. You know."
  "So what is your point?"  "So what is your point?"
  "Nobody is perfect. You know."  "Nobody is perfect. You know."
  "So what is your point, Glen?"  "So what is your point, Glen?"
  "There's, there's, there's two things  "There's, there's, there's two things
  you don't talk about, one's  you don't talk about, one's
  politics, the other one's religion.  politics, the other one's religion.
  "D'you--"  "D'you--"
  "The reason  "The reason
  you don't talk about 'em is  you don't talk about 'em is
  because they combine in  because they combine in
  each other. You know what I'm saying?"  each other. You know what I'm saying?"
  "Do you know how many time zones there  "Do you know how many time zones there
  are in the Soviet Union?"  are in the Soviet Union?"
  "You know what I'm saying?"  "You know what I'm saying?"
  "Don't you kid yourself. Thanks,  "Don't you kid yourself. Thanks,
  Glen, for the uh... well, just  Glen, for the uh... well, just
  thanks for  thanks for
  the, the good thoughts."  the, the good thoughts."
  THIS CONCLUDES OUR TRANSMISSION TO  THIS CONCLUDES OUR TRANSMISSION TO
  OCEANIA. HOWEVER, LISTENERS IN  OCEANIA. HOWEVER, LISTENERS IN
  EAST ASIA MAY CONTINUE LISTENING ON  EAST ASIA MAY CONTINUE LISTENING ON
  THE FOLLOWING SHORTWAVE  THE FOLLOWING SHORTWAVE
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