MONTHLY REPORT--JORDAN BUREAU--FEBRUARY 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 6, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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Ad inist ativem int r al ivy Oily
6 March 1983
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report--Jordan Bureau--February 1983
Jordan Bureau welcomed an unusual number and variety of
visitors during February. The first day of the month brought
the newt assigned correspondent of the Voice of America, STAT
to the Bureau for an introductory briefing by the chief STAT
and the chief monitor. Sinc is the first VOA STAT
correspondent to be assigned to set up a permanent office in
Amman, he took advantage of his visit to review the files of
FBIS' recent recruiting effort and selected the names of a
few prospective candidates for his own staff. The following
week a five-man team of auditors, who are conducting an inspection
of the Embassy''s Joint Administrative office, came to the Bureau
for a briefing on FBIS. The audit team is in town until mid-March.
The latter half of the month brought some familiar faces. Nicosia
Bureau deputy chief and London Bureau senior editor and STAT
London Bureau associate editor and STAT
former associate editor all arrived in Amman on STAT
private travel and spent a day at the Bureau. Finally, on the
arrived STAT
last day of the month, regional engineer[-
for a brief familiarization and inspection visit.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. On 7 February the Iranians launched a new offensive
against Iraq in the Ash-Shib region. However, the Iraqis
"succeeded. in checking the enemy and in containing and completely
destroying its. offensive," according to the Bureau's initial
report on the new offensive, which was monitored from Baghdad
Voice of the Masses at 0629 GMT. Jordan and Gulf Bureaus later
received an admin from the Wire praising the bureaus for their
prompt reporting and noting that it enabled "late items" to be
written for "very high-level consumer publications."
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2. Effective 16 February the Bureau placed Jerusalem Arabic
0530 and 1130 GMT newscasts and Jerusalem Arabic 1730 GMT
television on experimental coverage to determine whether it would
be worthwhile to add any or all of these programs to our regular
Jerusalem Arabic coverage.
B. Lateral Services
1. American Embassy Amman, which.is already receiving a very
large volume of FBIS material, asked to begin receiving all processed
items from Moscow's Arabic-language broadcasts--both Moscow Radio
and Radio Peace and Progress. The Bureau passed the request on
to London Bureau.
2. The political statement issued at the end of the 16th
session of the Palestine National Council, held in Algiers, was
of particular interest to the Embassy in Amman in light of Admini-
stration efforts to draw King Husayn into the current peace process.
The several takes of material filed by London Bureau from Algiers
Radio, followed by comparison FYIs to provide the full, official
text, were well received by the. Embassy. The Bureau provided extra
copies to Embassy consumers as needed.
III. ADMINISTRATION
Building and Grounds
e delivery of a new desk and chair, Deputy Chief
was finally able to move into her new, private office STAT
during February. For now, at least, the office is an especially
quiet place to work; installation of the telephone extension is
still some weeks away.
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2. Effective 16 February the Bureau placed Jerusalem Arabic
0530 and 1130 GMT newscasts and Jerusalem Arabic 1730 GMT
television on experimental coverage to determine whether it would
be worthwhile to add any or all of these programs to our regular
Jerusalem Arabic coverage.
B. Lateral Services
1. American Embassy Amman, which.is already receiving a very
large volume of FBIS material, asked to begin receiving all processed
items from Moscow's Arabic-language broadcasts--both Moscow Radio
and Radio Peace and Progress. The Bureau passed the request on
to London Bureau.
2. The political statement issued at the end of the 16th
session of the Palestine National Council, held in Algiers, was
of particular interest to the Embassy in Amman in light of Admini-
stration efforts to draw King Husayn into the current peace process.
The several takes of material filed by London Bureau from Algiers
Radio, followed by comparison FYIs to provide the full, official
text, were well received by the. Embassy. The Bureau provided extra
copies to Embassy consumers as needed.
III. ADMINISTRATION
Building and Grounds
e delivery of a new desk and chair, Deputy Chief
was finally able to move into her new, private office STAT
during February. For now, at least, the office is an especially
quiet place to work; installation of the telephone extension is
still some weeks away.
Attachment: Production Report
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