MONTHLY REPORT--NICOSIA BUREAU--JUNE 1982

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Publication Date: July 5, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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5 July 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH . Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT . Monthly Report--Nicosia Bureau--June 1982
During June the Bureau's attention was almost exclusively focused on
the worsening crisis in Lebanon. On the 4th Israeli aircraft made eight
raids on Palestinian positions in West Beirut, causing large losses, and
on the 6th Israeli forces attacked in strength across the UNIFIL positions
in southern Lebanon. The Bureau instituted an open-speaker watch on the
three monitored Lebanese radios and on the clandestine Voice of Palestine
transmitter on the 5th as a result of the hostilities. At month's end,
the watch is continuing on these radios. This requires the Bureau to operate.
a minimum of 19 hours a day.
With the worsening situation in Beirut, the American Embassy there started
to phase down operation early in the month, with some personnel being.
temporarily assigned to the Embassy in Nicosia. At the request of the
Beirut Embassy officers, the Bureau provided a complete file on events in
Lebanon and alerted them to particularly important, fast-breaking developments.
The Bureau also provided telex service for the Beirut Embassy's AID officer,
who was setting up relief assistance for the Lebanese Government. The Beirut
Embassy personnel expressed great appreciation for the services and gave FBIS
high marks for speed, coverage and accuracy. We were told that at Beirut
Embassy FBIS material is so prized that it is distributed on the basis of
seniority. To help with the arrival of the many American evacuees from
Lebanon, the Bureau also made available its driver and van for a day to
move evacuees from Larnaca Port to area hotels and to the airport.
June was also a busy month with regard to the rriva and departure
of staff personnel. In the course of three weeks
departed. While
and were thoughtful enough to provide replacements
not eave a replacement but also took the Bureau's secre
tary
not only did
with him. Nor did she leave a replacement. 0 shoes are going to
be hard to fill, and it will probably be some time before the Bureau has
another secretary.
At mid-month, the Cypriot Government, in response to queries from a
local newspaper, publicized the amount of the honorarium paid by the U.S.
Government in connection with the Bureau's presence in Cyprus. The local
media gave little attention to the government statement, and there was no
press comment on the issue.
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A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Effective 7 June, the Bureau assumed complete coverage of the
clandestine Voice of Palestine. On the 6th the radio had become unmonitorable
at Jordan Bureau because of transmitter problems. However, Nicosia found
that it could be monitored from its remote antenna site
2. As a result of the war, the Bureau found that it did not have
enough people to maintain coverage of Cairo radio and MENA and was forced
to ask Jordan Bureau to take these casts. In the beginning, Jordan agreed
to cover Cairo media from 0500 to 2200 GMT, with Nicosia then picking it up
until MENA signoff. However, when it was found that Voice of Palestine
usually closed down every night by 2000, Nicosia was then able to take back (4' o
two hours earlier.
3. To cover for leave at Tel Aviv, Nicosia's Persian monitor on the
26th assumed coverage of the National Voice of Iran until 17 July. This cast
is now processed on a 1-2 day delayed basis.
STAT
4. The Bureau has been forced to suspend recordings of the clandestine
Voice of Lebanon Armenians. This radio was being monitored via STAT
remote site. The single receiver there is now being used solely for Voice of
Palestine.
5. The current workload has also forced the Bureau to suspend coverage
of Beirut and Cairo video-recordings. The Bureau will resume this coverage
when staffing permits.
6. Egyptg's change to daylight saving time did not materialize
on 1 June as had been announced earlier. The changeover is now to take place
on 25 July, coinciding with the end of Ramadan. It goes without saying that
Cairo's failure to announce the delay played havoc with Bureau scheduling.
B., Lateral Services
1. At the request of the Embassy, the Bureau provided a complete
file on events in Lebanon to the Beirut Embassy political officer evacuated
to Nicosia, 8-20 June. The Bureau also provided telex services to the
evacuated AID officer who was setting up emergency aid for the Lebanese
Government.
C. Technical
1. The microwave link has been installed and is now operating
between the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority's overseas communications
station and its district headquarters at Paphos for onward transmission STAT
of signals through the CyTA network to the Bureau. At present FBIS has a
Watkins-Johnson FM receiver connected to this microwave link. The STAT
FM radio is used exclusively for coverage of Athens radio. CyTA is in the
process of providing a second set of lines so that an AM link can be
established with the Kili site. The second receiver*- CyTA Collins, will be
remotely controlled from the Bureau and will further improve and increase
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Nicosia's overall coverage capability.
2. Meanwhile, to ensure continued coverage of the clandestine Voice
of Palestine radio, the bureau has modified its remote link with the CyTA
This link, which utilizes STAT
a CyTA-owned Collins receiver and FBIS-owned Bramco switching gear, can be
remotely controlled from the bureau and provides fairly reliable reception
of VOP's rather weak mediumwave transmitter.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. The new Nicosia Bureau Chief
2. Outgoing Bureau Chief departed PCS to Bangkok 6 June.STAT
3. The new Nicosia Deputy Bureau Chief, arrived STAT
PCS 13 June.
4. Outgoing Deputy Chief
departed PCS to Bangkok 18 June.STAT
5. Outgoing Bureau Engineer land secretary
departed PCS 24 June to Headquarters.
B. Visits
1. William McIntyre, Beirut Embassy political officer evacuated to
Cyprus, on 9 June.
STAT
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chief, Personnel and Training Branch, 24-27 June. STAT
1. Electronic specialist underwent surgery at STAT
the beginning of the month to correct a detached retina. He is now convalescing
and will not return to work until mid-July at the earliest.
Attachment:
A. Production Report
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