MONTHLY REPORT--ABIDJAN BUREAU--FEBRUARY 1982

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2008
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• Publication Date: March 2, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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MAB 207
2 March 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Abidjan Bureau--February 1982
Student unrest during February brought an air of excitement tO
Abidjan's normally tranquil atmosphere. On the 5th some 200 university
students marched on the offices of the local newspaper, Fraternite Matin,
in protest against articles on the decline in academic standards and
widespread cheating at the University of Abidjan. On the 9th classes
at the university were cancelled and about 100 students were arrested
when they arrived at a local theater to attend a lecture on "Youth and
Democracy in the Ivory Coast". The following day the university and
other institutions of higher learning in Abidjan were closed, which
sparked random acts of vandalism in various parts of the city. The
government responded by closing primary and secondary schools as well,
and released a communique on the 14th which blamed university lecturers
for the problem, suspended their salaries and withdrew recognition of
their union. Primary and secondary schools reopened on the 22nd, though
the universities remain closed. Throughout Ivorian society there appears
to be little sympathy for the students, whose education is heavily sub-
sidized and who are perceived as an elite group with few grounds for
complaint. By the end of the month the situation had become calm, and
at no time have bureau or Embassy operations been affected.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The U.S. Embassy in Ghana has expressed concern about the
increasingly anti-American tone taken since the 31 December coup led
by Flight Lieutenant Rawlings. Noting this trend in a message to the
bureau, the Embassy cited a processed Accra radio commentary on the
possibility of Morocco granting the U.S. military transit facilities,
which concluded that the U.S."has never been a friend of Africa and
cannot profess at this stage to be one". The Embassy asked the bureau
to pay "close attention to this kind of anti-U.S. broadcast until
further notice in order to determine how strong the grounds for possible
complaint to the authorities may be". The Embassy also noted that it
finds the bureau's coverage of Ghana broadcasts "indispensable to our
understanding of the situation here". During the month the bureau
filed over 50,000 words from Accra radio.
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2. The Angolan news agency ANGOP, whose transmissions usually
are limited to relatively short news reports rather than documentary
material, demonstrated that it may become a source of lengthier items
not available elsewhere as well. On the 11th the agency carried the
3,000-word text of a communique on the visit to Luanda of a Cuban
delegation headed by PCC Secretary Jorge Risquet. Text of the
communique was not carried by An olan radio or Cuban media. ANGOP
continues to be a productive so'r{ice from which the bureau has filed
over 20,000 words in both January and February.
B. Technical
On the 19th the bureau received from Headquarters three Extel
printers, Watkins-Johnson receivers and demodulators. These will be
used to expand the bureau's capability to receive press agencies
monitorable in Abidjan. When installation is completed we will be able
to monitor up to seven press agencies simultaneously, which will greatly
increase the bureau's flexibility.
A. Personnel
French/English monitor) (gave birth to a boy on `" ^'
4 February. who is primarily responsible for the bureau's STAT
reverse translation project for the Ivorian Government, probably will
return from maternity leave early in April.
B. Buildings and Grounds
Air conditioning in a large part of the bureau's operations
area went out on the 25th, when a 3-foot snake crawled into a com-
pressor unit and became entangled in the fan, causing the motor to
burn out. The unit was repaired the following day, after removal of
the thoroughly diced reptile.
Attachment:
Monthly Production Report
Chief, Abidjan Bureau
STAT
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ABIDJAN BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1982
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 2249440
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 8,470
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 693
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ANGOLA
Luanda Domestic Service in
English
Luanda Domestic Service in
paglkw
Luanda ANGOP in
Portuguese
BENIN
Cotonou Domestic Service in
French
CAMEROON
Yaounde Domestic Service in
French
Yaounde Domestic Service in
English
Yaounde CAMEROON TRIBUNE in
French
Yaounde CAMEROON TRIBUNE in
English
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR)
Bangui Domestic Service in
French
CONGO
Brazzaville Domestic Service in
French
Brazzaville Bulletin Quotidien in
French
Brazzaville ETUMBA in
French
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Malabo Domestic Service in
Spanish
......./.2
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
7,850 28,080 115
1,720
3,600
20,640
5,240
970
770
570
2,810
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FRANCE
Paris APP in
French
Paris AFP in
English
Paris Diplomatic Service in
French
GABON
Libreville Domestic Service in
French
Libreville L'Union in
French
GHANA
Accra Domestic Service in
English
Accra Daily Graphic in
English
Accra Ghanaian Times in
English
Accra Weekly Spectator in
English
Accra Sunday Mirror in
English
GUINEA
Conakry Domestic Service in
French
Conakry Horoya in
French
GUINEA BISSAU
Bissau NO PINTCHA in
Portuguese
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 LIBERIA in
English
Monrovia NEW LIBERIA in
English
Monrovia THE SUND PEOPLE LIBERIA in
English
MALI
Bamako Domestic Service in
French
Bamako L'Essor in
French
MAURITANIA
Nouakchott Domestic Service in
French
Nouakchott CHAAB in
French
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
29,740
23,240
1,420
51,270
1,080
3,760
4,140
5,760
3,100
700
0
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
NIGER
Niamey Domestic Service in
French
Niamey LE SAHEL in
French
Niamey SAHEL HEBDO in
French
NIGERIA
Lagos Domestic Service in
English
Lagos International Service in
English
Kaduna Domestic Service in
English
Nigerian News Agency (NAN) in
English
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 March in
French
UPPER VOLTA
Ouagadougou Domestic Service in
French
Ouagadougou L'Observateur in
French
UNITED KINGDOM
London Reuter
ZAIRE
Kinshasa Domestic Service in
French
Kinshasa Azap in
French
4,200
8,680
8,840
360
9,140
240
5,160
810
4,070
2,250
7,450
4,240
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