MONTHLY REPORT--ABIDJAN BUREAU--MARCH 1982

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 6, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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MAB 209
6 April 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT . Monthly Report--Abidjan Bureau--March 1982
At the halfway point in the current fiscal year, it appears that
the bureau will.-require substantially less money than provided in its
FY-82 allotment. The dollar's continuing strength against European
currencies--particularly the French franc to which the CFA is directly
pegged--is primarily responsible for this good fiscal news. For the
past few weeks the exchange rate has been slightly higher than 310 CFA
to the dollar, and for the past three months the average exchange rate
has been 300. As a result, the Cost of Living Allowance for staff
employees has dropped from 20 percent to 10 percent.
STAT
B. Technical
Bureau Engineer finished installing new receivers STAT
and printers in the bureau's press monitoring area during the month.
We are now able to print seven press agencies simultaneously, thus
greatly increasing the bureau's flexibility.
1. Parttime French/English monitor) (returned to STAT
duty on 17 March, following maternity leave.
2. Teletypist
land French/English monitor
received PSI's during the month, to FSN 7/2 and
STAT
STAT
FSN 3/2 respectively.
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Deputy Chiefl Iwas selected as the bureau's representative
on the Board of Governors of the local Embassy Employees Association,
for the year beginning 1 April 1982. The AEEA oversees the operation
of the Embassy commissary, snack bar, and recreation center. STAT
was selected as the bureau's alternate representative on the STAT
Attachment
Monthly Production Report
CC: Deputy Chief, London Bureau
Chief, Swaziland Bureau
STAT
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ABIDJAN BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR MARCH 1982
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
230,080
21,390
654
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI_
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
7,920 28,080 115
ANGOLA
Luanda Domestic Service in
English 660
Luanda Domestic Z?nioQ in
French 560
Luanda ANGOP in
-Portuguese 9,780
Luanda ANGOP in
French 14,840
BENIN
Cotonou Domestic Service in
French
CAMEROON
Yaounde Domestic Service in
English
Yaounde Domestic Service in
French
Cameroon Tribune in
French
Cameroon Tribune in
English
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR)
Bangui Domestic Service in
French
380
CONGO
Brazzaville Domestic Service in
French
Brazzaville Bulletin Quotidien in
French
Brazzaville ETUMBA in
French
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Malabo Domestic Service in
Spanish
FRANCE
Paris APP in
English
Paris AFP in
French
230
390
........./2
25,040
37,900
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GABON
Libreville Domestic Service in
French
Libreville L'Union in
French
GAMBIA
Banjul Domestic Service in
English
Gambia News Bulletin in
English
GHANA
Accra Domestic Service in
English
Accra International Service in
English
Accra Daily Graphic in
English
Accra Ghanaian 'l'imes in
English
Accra Weekly Spectator in
English
Accra S4nday Mirror in
English
GUINEA BISSAU
Bissau NO PINTCHA in
Portuguese
GUINEA
Conakry Domestic Service in
French
Conakry Horoya in
French
IVORY COAST
Abidjan Domestic Service in
French
Abidjan Fraternite in
French
Abidjan information in
French
LIBERIA
Monrovia Radio Elwa in
English
Monrovia Liberian EXPRESS in
English
Monrovia INAUGURATION in
English
Monrovia NEW LIBERIA in
English
Monrovia THE SUND PEOPLE OF LIBERIA in
English
MALI
Bamako Domestic Service in
French
Bamako LESSOR in
French
I'L URIT1 NIA
Nouakchott Domestic Service in
French
Nouachott CHAAB in
French
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI_
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
5,200
40,850
2,790
11,400
1,820
39250
11,580
3,720
19040
430
0
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NIGER
Niamey Domestic Service in
French
Niamey LE SAHEL in
French
Niamey Sahel HEBDO in
French
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
2,070
NIGERIA
Lagos Domestic Service in
English 11,630
Lagos International Service in
English 7,900
Kaduna Domestic Service in
English 0
Nigerian News Agency (NAN) in
English
Calabar Domestic Service in
English 220
RWANDA
Kigali Domestic Service in
French
SENEGAL
Dakar Domestic Service in
French
Dakar le Soleil in
French
SIERRA LEONE
Freetown Domestic Service in
English
Freetown DAILY MAIL in
English
TOGO
Lome Domestic Service in
French
Togo Nouvelle Marche in
French
UPPER VOLTA
Ouagadougou Domestic Service in
French
Ouagadougou L'Observateur in
French
UNITED KINGDOM
London Reuter in
English
London Reuter in
French
ZAIRE
Kinshasa Domestic Service in
French
?inshasa Azap in
French
250
2,050
2, ddO
21,590
4,970
39890
13,450
4,470
470
350
410
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