AGREE THAT THIRTEEN MONITORS SOUNDS A BIT RICH FOR OUR

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: May 23, 1980
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1. AGREE THAT THIRTEEN MONITORS SOUNDS A BIT RICH FOR OUR
BLOOD. THE FCS COVERAGE AND STAFFING PROJECTIONS FOR THE REMOTE
OPERATION SHOULD BE REGARDED AS A PRIORITIZED SHOPPING LIST, IF YOU
RATHER THAN AS A FIRM PRESCRIPTION FOR COVERAGE AND STAFFING THAT
MUST BE FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER. Y
2. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD BEEN THINKING MORE IN TERMS OF SIX OR,
AT MOST, EIGHT MONITORS FOR THE REMOTE OPERATION AND ASSOCIATED
MUSLIM WORLD COVERAGE TO BE CENTERED IN LONDON. WE CONTINUE TO
HOPE THAT SOME RECRUITS WILL HAVE CAPABILITY IN MORE THAN ONE OF
THE DESIRED LANGUAGES, SINCE MANY ARE OF THE SAME LINGUISTIC
FAMILY, AND OF COURSE WE'VE ALSO NURTURED THE UNSPOKEN EXPECTATION
THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE TO SOME EXTENT BY THE MUSLIM
WORLD EFFORT BEING INTEGRATED WITH BBC'S ESTABLISHED MONITORING
EFFORTS. "
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3. I KNOW FULL WELL HOW DIFFICULT THE RECRUITING TASK IS
LIKELY TO BE AND IT MAY BE THAT THE RANGE OF LANGUAGE/DIALECT
PROBLEMS COULD EVENTUALLY FORCE A CHANGE IN OUR ESTIMATES, UT AT
THIS TIME WE DO NOT CONTEMPLATE MORE THAN EIGHT MONITORS. OWEVER,
REALIZE IT'S RATHER MISLEADING FOR US TO TALK ABOUT POSITIONS WHEN
BBC WILL BE TALKING ABOUT CASH. SO, WHILE WE'D LIK,THE BB
ESTIMATE DRAWN UP ON THE BASIS OF SIX-EIGHT MONITORS, WE'D ALSO LIKE
AN'INDICATION OF HOW MUCH MORE'IT WOULD COST TO UP THE ANTE
OR.THIRTEEN? THESE NEED ONLY BE ILLUSTRATIVE FIGURES, NO NFIED TO
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4. RECRUITING AND ASSUMPTION OF COVERAGE SHOULD ADHER TO
THE FCS PRIORITIES AS CLOSELY AS AVAILABILITY OF LINGUISTS ILL
PERMIT. BELIEVE EFFORTS INITIALLY SHOULD BE CONCENTRATED 0 ITEMS
"AFGHANISTAN" THROUGH "IRANIAN INTERNATIONAL" {TAB B OF ATT CHMENTS
TO FCS 18 APRIL MEMO}; OTHER COVERAGE CAN BE ADDRESSED AFTE WE SEE
ESTIMATES AND SIZE OF CAPABILITY THEY WILL PROVIDE- Y
5. A.GREE?WITH THAT MANDARIN IS NOT PRACTICAL
ISOLATION AND SHOULD BE DROPPED FROM LIST. M
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