MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT -- DECEMBER 1964

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00586R000300030001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 7, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

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UNITED STATES GOVERNi~tE;fT
Memorandum
visited the Bureau. On their request copies of
monitor's summaries of all Panamanian casts are
mailed to USIS daily.
completely bilingual an possess excellent qualifi-
cations, were to report for duty in early January.
II. Deputy Chief arrived.
III. USIS chief Carl Davis and his deputy, Harrq Kendall,
I. The Bureau was assigned the bulk of WCB's Latin
American coverage, and its monitorial T 0 was
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Foreign Personnel Report
Operations Attachment
Technical Attachment
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I. Following is the net publishable wordage filed to Head-
quarters during the month of December, by country of
origin. The slight reduction in the total reflects the
usual Latin American preoccupation with the .religious
holiday.
Peru
58,070
Argentina
36,810
Panama
21,680
Colombia
14,510
Chile
11,430
Brazil
11,220
Costa Rica
6,530
Venezuela
6,380
Honduras
5,100
Ecuador
3,980
Bolivia
3,120
Uruguay
1,790
Nicaragua
1,390
Paraguay
530
Mexico
450
E1 Salvador
270
Guatemala
240
II. The Bureau worked a Saturday and Sunday schedule in an
attempt to arrive at the most comprehensive coverage
from the combined West Coast-Panama lists. Except for
AFP, Sunday monitoring was unproductive; with East
Coast Bureau agreeing to cover AFP on Sunday, the Sunday
shift was dropped. However, a full monitoring effort is
made on Saturday: editors and teletype operators are on
duty 2100-0530, monitors 1100-0530 .GMT.
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I. Reception from Brazil and Central South American was
improved by the new Vee antenna. Mediumwave reception
from Central American and Colombia was improved by use
of Beverage Wave antenna.
II. The~Log periodic antenna was installed but the dialing
direction is faulty and must be repaired.
III. Cruising: Seven cruising reports were sent to~ 17 STAT
news alerts were reported to editors from sour of
on regular coverage.
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