MONTHLY REPORT--JORDAN BUREAU--MARCH 1983

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00040R000100220009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 3, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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3 April 1983
MJN 8307
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report--Jordan Bureau--March 1983
A. Editorial/Monitorial
1. The Seventh Nonaligned Summit Conference, held in
New Delhi 7-11 March, generated a large volume of processing for
Jordan Bureau. King Husayn delivered two speeches at the session,
one as the spokesman for the Asian Group within the Nonaligned
Movement and another as the Jordanian head of state; both were
texted by Bureau monitors. Syrian President Hafiz al-Asad gave a
long and important speech on the Middle East situation, as did
the PLO's Yasir 'Arafat. The Bureau also texted the Iraqi
vice president's speech and a lengthy report on the Sudanese
first vice president's speech.
2. The Bureau has begun to reactivate its cruising
activities after a long period durin which short staffing has
required cruising monitor to devote most of his time STAT
to regular monitoring operations. is once again spending STAT
at least one full shift per week in the cruising room, with
junior monitor
cruising trade.
cruising burden
monitoring operations, serving as shift supervisor as necessary.
3. on for the advent s I,
Deputy Chief and senior -editor have STAT
been actively reviewing the handling of capitalization by
monitors, editors and teletype operators. New guidance on
capitalization, based on current Daily Report usage, has been
issued, and a system for spot-checking the accuracy of "pinkie
coding" by the teleops has been established. Some questions
regarding Daily Report usage have been identified, and these will
be coordinated with Head quarters in the near future. Bureau
technician is working on modification of the STAT
Bureau's Extel RO's to show coding on all Bureau copy. This
will allow a more thorough review of coding; by the operators than
is possible under the present system of rerunning selected tapes
on the already modified ASR's.
sitting in with him to learn the STAT
i eventually take over much of the STAT
will continue to devote more time to
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B. Technical
The INTERNET Survey team, of ED and
Rockwell engineer visited Amman from 16 to 20
March. Four prospective roof-top sites for a dish antenna were
considered during the visit, all of which offered sufficient
space and appropriate look angles. Although the roof of the
Embassy itself is already too cluttered to be considered as a
prospective site, the Bureau, in the Embassy annex, the USIS
Cultural Center, an office building partially occupied--hy`.Che
AID mission, and the Embassy warehouse were all studied as
possible alternatives. At this early stage, at least, the
Bureau roof appears to offer the best prospective site, with
assured and easy access, secure U.S. Government tenancy and
control, and no need for a complicated communications link.
A. Personnel
STAT
STAT
Bureau teletype operator{ (received a
PSI effective 20 March. Another PSI, for teletype supervisor
reso iation of questions surrounding implementation of the FBIS /
classification and compensation system. is one of two aSTAT
Bureau employees recommended for downgrading under the Department
of State classification survey of 1979.
B. Building and Grounds
A new refrigerator/freezer unit, contracted for under
the Bureau renovation project begun last fall, was finally
released from customs warehouse and delivered to the Bureau
in March.
Former President Carter paid a visit to Amman on 13
and 14 March as one of the stops on a tour of several Arab
states and Israel. As a native of Georgia, senior editor
was chosen to accompany Carter's secretary to STAT
lunch and for an afternoon of shopping. Although it was clear
from accent that she didn't hail from somewhere just STAT
outside o Plains, she reports that she and her guest spent an
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