RE WATCH COMMITTEE, FOLLOWING IS UPDATE ON FBIS PLANNING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00868R000100020003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 26, 1979
• Content Type: CABLE

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1. RE WATCH COMMITTEE, FOLLOWING IS UPDATE ON FBIS PLANNING-
{NOTE THAT THESE PLANS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED CONFIDENTIAL.} Y
A. FBIS IS PLANNING ONE OR MORE RADIO RECEPTION SURVEYS
FOR WEST EUROPE DURING REMAINDER OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. COORDINATION
WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND SPECIFIC PLANS HAVE NOT YET BEEN FORMULATED?Y
B. FBIS IS CURRENTLY AWAITING RESPONSE FROM GREEK GOVERN-
GENT REGARDING AN FBIS PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A PERMANENT FACILITY IN
ATHENS WHICH WOULD CONCENTRATE ON BALKAN MONITORING. 1T
C. SWAZI GOVERNMENT CURRENTLY HAS FBIS PROPOSAL TO
ESTABLISH A MONITORING STATION IN MBABANE, BUT THERE HAS BEEN NO
RESPONSE THUS FAR. Y
D. FBIS IS HOPEFUL OF OBTAINING APPROVALS FOR MONITORING
OF BELGRADE AND BUCHAREST TELEVISION IN THOSE RESPECTIVE CAPITALS,
WITH PROCESSING IN VIENNA. WE ARE CURRENTLY PLANNING A SAMPLE
PERIOD TO DETERMINE VALUE OF THE TAKE- Y
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E. FBIS IS CURRENTLY USING INTERNATIONAL PHONE SYSTEMS TO
IMPROVE OUR CAPABILITY OF MONITORING AREAS NOT NOW HEARD BY EXISTING
BUREAUS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE CURRENTLY FEED NICARAGUAN BROADCASTS FROM
MANAGUA TO OUR BUREAU IN PANAMA BY PHONE PATCH. WE ALSO HAVE A
PHONE PATCH AT SANTIAGO, CHILE. Y
2. FBIS WOULD HOPE THAT BBC COULD ASSIST FBIS IN MONITORING
SOVIET CENTRAL ASIAN BROADCASTS, POSSIBLY FROM INDIA OR SOME OTHER
AREA SITE, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING CURRENT LEVELS OF COVERAGE OF
EAST EUROPE, USSR, AND EAST AFRICA. GREATER IN-DEPTH COVERAGE OF
WEST, SOUTH, AND NORTHERN EUROPE WOULD ALSO BE OF VALUE TO FBIS.
THERE IS ALSO OF COURSE OUR INTEREST IN MOSCOW TV AUDIO. Y
3. JOHN OF COURSE KNOWS THE WATCH COMMITTEE BETTER THAN WE DO,
BUT WE DO WONDER IF CITATION OF FBIS NEW INVESTMENTS AND THE AREAS
IN WHICH BBC CAN HELP IS NOT COUNTERPRODUCTIVE: I.E., COMMITTEE
MIGHT, I WOULD THINK, TAKE ATTITUDE THAT IF FBIS CAN AFFORD SUCH
GRANDIOSE PLANS IT CAN AFFORD ALSO TO PAY FOR GREATER SHARE OF JOINT
ACTIVITIES. RVW 26SEP85 ORG 011412 ALL CONFIDENTIAL.d
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