NOTES ON FBIS COMMUNICATION OF 15TH, MAY 1979

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00868R000100020046-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 46
• Publication Date: May 15, 1979
• Content Type: REPORT

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.A number of points raised by'x.-o.BSie5e1 in his Memorandum of 15th0
pr y ; ao,t 'mod the report of 9 3th~ ..Oc obe 1978 are deserving of comments
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of requ.irementso I understand that Vernon - - -- - Smith has s already discussed sed this
to.spare.,modules for the Speech Flus equipment. There is one spare Channel
1;6rd 'on which the, strapping, are correct for all channels except No0l Only
n' 'paragraph 3, there appears ;.to `be a misunderstanding with regard
,y';;~tifiedo , It is possible, ;thoughnot certain, that a wide band line
R e`;'aragraph 4s e Tk e. crf tf cism of',.,'circuit reliability is regrettably
1 a ,.To speed up processing `, S broadcasts monitored via the VCVC9 some
of tirhieh'-are delayed due td'ovexloadin of the single voice channel?
t _ prove more rel iabl e o'".. - .
1 e p agr'aph' 5 Our purpose: in seeking a wide band circuit with an
ad it Ic~,r a1 voice channel is '.th eefoldo
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3a + To" 'simplify the operatAorisf. at -11 end and ease the pressure on our,
erat"onal, 4ssistants6
2 p :To . reduce. the demands` made" on , the 'Vienna technicians and ease their
urden,of work connected with`.the: VCVC operation,
`eedsa.: his'in,turn should'redlace wearaand-tear on the Vienna recorder and
xeduo:mg 'the number of remotely controlled :or manual recordings and delayed
The extra voice channel ! wou],d' enable is to meet these 'ob".iectives ,through
oazseclueaztia ? dperational iurden :and px~esstaree on both Caversham Operational
co~rera e and ,:additional wo~? f'or ,.b th' ,Cav rsham and Vienna, the' extra
n - n emergency such as a c> a sis 1 n Ylagosl:avia, which would entail expanded
The additional voice channel .' .s no.t' intended to provide expanded cove'
ould..be completed in months zather than yearso
~lthough,'.it is true that the tAddf onof ~ another voice' channel' would
in a n y case, the F A X fpod as 7 ?. z FBIS requirement,
,; atl ova, can ' certainly ' await -the next visit, of a BBC engineer if necessary,
44,170,i d n,ot seem. unreasonable} for,ra V ez~na.,technician to make this modi a .
e. paragraph, .6o Whilst the,lnrmduction of switching for Fax ope-
NOTES 'ON FBIS''COMI TICA` ON- OF' 15TH, MAY 1979
 tc cans3derecl.suitable for ,proauct onfl :the genre has now reached RC3/17
~all, tea th shortcomings; T:o ,such rereavers tuned to 639 kHz and 1134 kHz
esent being modif'ie ,at Caner hairs and should be tested soon at
otober report:
lstr it is true that, the --Speeh Phis" equipment is capable of
'ding telegraph circuits, the present line is not;
welve nmonths o
s.,hopedrthat this, provides corne.clarification on a number of
k 1ea~ agraph 7 0 .= The'.poi~a' ou the use of Collins receivers for
I
pea on ed.frequencies'
6.6 , nt Ire1acceptedo Unfortunately, no fully
u table eplacement has yet b en, dentified: The RC 3/10 receiver was
rotucleyo exhaps. something ay; do vclop tfrom this exeroiseo
vints ;;end"; r311, also dispel 66 , nis f wing ; on the use of the possible
Engnser a z Ckge
a. the use 'of the remotely controlled
bid'erabl.y,reduced, and only 25 bookings
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