FROM RECEPTION SURVEYS I HAVE SEEN I WONDER IF TWO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00868R000100020049-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: June 18, 1979
• Content Type: CABLE

C 0 N F- I 'O E N T I A L 15169 At JUN*' 9'? STOP'-
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1. FROM RECEPTION SURVEYS I HAVE SEEN I WONDER IF TWO
OPERATIONS WOULD NOT BE NEEDED TO' DO ALL YOU SPECIFY IN PARA 3 OF
YOUR MESSAGE, WITH AN OPERATION IN THE GULF PRIMARILY CONCENTRATED
ON IRANIAN REGIONALS AND ONE ON THE SUB CONTINENT TO DO THE-REST.
-' 2. I FORESEE SOME DIFFICULTIES FOR US TOO IN ESTABLISIING
BUREAUS ANYWHERE IN THESE AREAS BECAUSE OF POLITICAL FACTORS AND
POTENT IAL INSTABILITY. PAKISTAN IN PARTICULAR IS. NOT RECOMMENDED.
3. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES MY PREFERENCE WOULD BEs
A. TO TRY TO DOA DEAL WITH. ALL-INDIA RADIO IF THAT IS
POSSIBLE AND IF THEIR RECEPTION IS COMPARABLE WITH ISLAMABAD. THIS
WOULD KEEP OUR PRESENCE TO A MINIMUM AND SAVE COSTSi AND
B. TO TRY TO MOUNT A RENOTE'?-MONITORING OPERATION IN THt
GULF'TO KEEP A WATCH ON IRANIAN REGIONALS. THIS WOULD NOT
PRECLUDE A CONTINGENCY ARRANGEMENT FOR A LIVE MONITORING OPERATION
IN THE AREA IF THE WORST HAPPENS BUT SHOULD BE ADEQUATE IN ALL OTHER
CIR CUM ST ANCES.
4. I CAN'T BEGIN TO COST THESE OPERATIONS . REALISTICALLY.
COMMUNICATIONS NIGHT WELL BE THE MAJOR ITEM (3'3,000 POUNDS PA FOR A
DUPLEX 50 BALD TELEGRAPH CIRCUIT TO DELHI AND JUST OVER 140,000
POUNDS FOR A VOICE CIRCUIT TO BAHRAIN)*' THE NUMBER OF STAFF
REQUIRED IN INDIA WOULD DEPEND ENTIRELY ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE
CAN USE MATERIAL THEY ARE ALREADY PROVIDING FOR THEMSELVES. I ASSUME
THAT THE RUSSIAN AND CHINESE REGIONALS WOULD BE RECORDED THERE FOR
TRANSCRIPTION ELSEWHERE. THE REMOTE OPERATION) WOULD INVOLVE
ADD IT IONAL MONITORS AT THIS END :(IF -THE CONTROL IS TO BE DONE HERE) ,
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DEPENDING ON THE VOLUME OF MATERIAL AVAILABLE.
5. I AN NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOtff SHARING COSTS, BUT DOUBT IF
WE; CDULD EQUALIZE SUCH A MAJOR ADDITIONAL ITEM BY SENSIBLE TRADE OFF,
SUDBEST WE SEE WHAT NY MASTERS ARE MILLING. TO CONTRIBUTE IF THE
NEED ARISES.
6. WEEK BEFORE LAST INDICATED THAT YOU HAD SOME .25X1
HOPES OF MUSCAT. AND THAT APPROACH SEENuMADE TO THE INDIANS
SO .1 WAS RATHER PUZZLED BY YOUR MESSAGE. HOWEVER IF YOU WOULD LIKE
L TO MOVE I THINK NY FIRST STEP WOULD. Btr TO VISIT ALL-INDIA
RADIO IN D&LMI AND SEE WHAT THE PROSPECTS ARE THERE CALLING IN ON
THE GULF ON NY WAY BACK TO LOCATE' A SUITABLE SITE FaR A REMOTE
RECEIVER IF THAT SEEMS A GOOD IDEA TO YOU.
7. RVV 10 JUN 85o
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