MONTHLY REPORT--NICOSIA BUREAU--NOVEMBER 1983

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• Publication Date: December 6, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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6 December 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH . Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT . Monthly Report--Nicosia Bureau--November 1983
A. The often threatened Unilateral declaration of independence by
north Cyprus finally materialized on the morning of 15 November when
Bayrak Radio broadcast the text of a declaration of independence to a
surprised Greek Cypriot community. Following the declaration both the
Greek and Turkish Cypriot checkpoints at the Green line were closed to
all but diplomatic and UN personnel and the embassy telephone link to
the Turkish side was temporarily cut. The bureau took several steps to
insure prompt and extensive coverage of developments and reaction from
both sides. Special courier runs were made to pick up relevant material
processed from the Turkish Cypriot and Turkish mainland press by our
contract Turkish monitor, and the Greek section also worked overtime
to provide special reports on reaction in the Greek Cypriot and Greek
mainland media. Bureau editors were also actively involved in keeping
key Embassy officers advised of developements and coordinating with
Tel Aviv Bureau on their behalf. Reaction to the declaration, both
favorable and unfavorable, culminated on the 21st when the island
witnessed the biggest protest rally in its history as an estimated
70,000 Greek Cypriots packed into Nicosia's central square to hear
speeches by government officials. Some 20,000 Turkish Cypriots held
a rally on their side of the Green line in Nicosia the same day to protest
the UN Security Council resolution condemning the declaration.
B. The bureau filed 830,000 words in November, thereby establishing
a new bureau record for monthly wordage. The previous monthly high was
826,900, set in 1981. The bureau record for most words filed on a
single shift, set in October 1983, was also broken by our evening shift
of 17 November, when 30,090 words were filed.
C. Work to replace the heating and air conditioning systems in the
Bureau's building was begun by the landlord early in the month and is
still continuing. Dust and noise abound as workmen roam the premises
knocking holes in walls, beating on old pipes, drilling to install new
pipe brackets, and installing new pipes.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Israeli bombing raids in Lebanon during the month generated
a rash of flash messages. Following the destruction of its
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military headquarters in Tyre on 4 November, Israel 14unchbd
intensive air raids on.Syrian-controlled positions in the'
Lebanese mountains. The Israelis conducted similiar raids
on the 15th and 20th. During the latter raid the Voice of
Lebnaon was the first to report the downing of an Israeli
plane.
2. North Lebanon Voice of Palestine abruptly went off the
air on 3 November following an offensive launched by PLO
dissidents against pro-'Arafat positions outside of Tripoli.
Beirut Radio subsequently reported that the radio had been
captured by the dissidents. After a 2-day'open watch on
the VOP frequency, another station was observed to be
broadcasting Palestinian music. The dissident-controlled
station later identified itself as, among other things,
"the Voice of the Palestinian Revolution" and pinpointed its
transmission site as Turbul. While its broadcasting behavior
was initially erratic, it has recently settled into a fairly
reliable pattern of carrying two 2-hour casts a day, at 0500
and 1330 GMT.
3. The bureau returned coverage of Moscow Greek 1600-1630
and 1900-1930 GMT 'casts to the BBC effective 12 November.
Regional engineer) ITDY'd at Gulf Bureau 1-14
November and at Jordan Bureau 14-16 November.
1. The bureau made available to the Embassy for 10 days
a three-quarter inch video tape recorder and playback monitor
for a regional AID conference, thereby saving the Embassy.
approximately $500 in rental fees.
2. The Embassy announced that effective 1 November 1983 the
per diem rate for Cyprus had been cut from $49 to $46.
STAT
STAT
Attachment:
A. Production Report
B. Engineering Report
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ENGINEERING--NICOSIA BUREAU MONTHLY REPORT--NOVEMBER 1983
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NICOSIA BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1983
I. TOTALS FROM RLL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 621,300
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 205,709
(NIREFILED PROGRAM SUMMARIES 188,688)
(FYI'S, RDMINS) SVC., CRUISING, ETC. 108,108)
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 1:808
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
T.
OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
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(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
COSTS AGENCIES CATIONS
(MINUTES OR ISSUES PER MEEK)
10,035 21,848 152
.MIN HIM ISSUES
CHINK
191EIJING IN
PERSIAN TO IRON AND AFGHANISTAN 0
CLANDESTINE (LEVANT)
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF ARAB LEBANON IN
ARABIC 8,388
:CLANDESTINE) RADIO FREE LEBANON IN
ARABIC 27)790
(:CLANDESTINE) RADIO FREE LEBANON IN
ENGLISH 1-408
CLRNIIESTINE(IRRNCIRAQ)
CLA DESTINE) RADIO NEJAT-E IRON IN
PERSIA; 0
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NICOSIA DOMESTIC SERVICE
ENGLISH 0
NICOSIA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
GREEK S?, 500
NICOSIA TELEVISION SERVICE IN
GREEK 7,200
NICOSIA PIRLIK IN
TURKISH
NICOSIA CYPRUS NAIL IN
ENGLISH
NICOSIA HALKIN SESI IN
TURKISH
NICOSIA I ELEUTHEROTIPIR IN
GREEK
NICOSIA I ELEUTHEROTIPIA TIS DHEFTERRS IN
GREEK
NICOSIA I SIHERINI IN
GREEK
NICOSIA I SIMERINI TIS DHEUTERRS IN
2,500
1,600
4,200
GREEK . 400
NICOSIA KHRRAVYI IN
GREEK .5,500
NICOSIA KHRRRVYI TIS DHEUTERRS I
GREEK
NICOSIA O ANN IN
.. , ,,,.:.
GREEK
;ICOSIR 0 RGON TIS DHEUTERRS IN'
GREEK 0
NICOSIA 0 ANEXARTITOS IN
GREEK
GREEK
NICOSIA 0 FILELEUTHEROS.TIS DHEVTERASi
'1-~I~~,
GREEK Ilk
NICOSIA PRESS AND INFORMATION OFFICE; ,IN
ENGLISH
NICOSIA PRESS AND INFORMATION OFFICE IN
GREEK
NICOSIA TA NER IN
GREEK .
NICOSIA THE CYPRUS WEEKLY IN
ENGLISH
(EDITORIAL REPORT IN
GREEK)
s:EDI T 0 R I A L REPORT IN
TURKISH
600
988
300
.4 ,000
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G~PT
CRIRO DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
RRABIC 38,?88
a IRO PALESTINE RRBIO IN
RRRBIC 8
CRIR_f HENR IN
ARABIC
CAIRO NENR IN
ENGLISH
FR N(:E
PARIS REP IN
ENGLISH
44,688
7,888
?8,488
L1..LL_i
ATHENS DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
GREEK 48,288
ATHENS RKROPOLIS`IN
GREEK I., 888
ATHENS ATHENS NEWS IN
ENGLISH 1)7@0
ATHENS ELEVTHEROTIPIR IN
GREEK 2,588
ATHENS EKORHISI IN
GREEK 8
ATHENS I RVYI IN
GREEK 780
ATHENS I KRTHINERINI IN
GREEK 5,388
ATHENS KIRIRKRTIKI ELEUTHEROTIPIR IN
GREEK 588
ATHENS NESIHVRINI IN
GREEK 4,588
ATHENS NEA PORIA IN
GREEK 8
ATHENS RIZOSPASTIS IN
GREEK 8,208
ATHENS TO PONDIKI IN
GREEK ?88
ATHENS TO UINR TIS KIRIRKIS IN
GREEK i, 188
..EDITORIRL REPORT IN
GREEK) 3,888
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~A Q
3"HHRD IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN
_E= AI ESN
BEIRUT DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT DOMESTIC TELEVISION SERVICE IN
13RAi+.LL
JEIR''T VOICE OF LEBANON IN
ARABIC
IHi.IN RADIO OF FREE ?t UNIFIED
LEBANON IN
ARABIC
Y; ~TT LE AN0+N VGICE OF PALECTIHE IN
ARABIC
RB! L LEBANON VENICE 0F THE
PALESTINIAN REVOLUTION IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT RL-BA?'RAQ IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT AN-NRHRR IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT RS-SRFIR IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT HONDA? HORNING IN
ENGLISH
L I B I I
TRIPOLI DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
125,500
35, 70@
a,7 Be
2,800
30,600
} iOO
9,288
4,788
200
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RNKRRR YRNKI IN
TURKISH
I iiRNBU. 1ULI R IN
TURKISH
ISTRNBUL CUNHURIYET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL DUNYR IN
TURKISH
IS R B,L GUNRYDIN IN
TURKISH
ISTR} BUL GUNES IN
TURKISH
ISTA UL HURRIYET IN
TURKISH
I RNBUL NILLIYET IN
_ TURKISH
IS;RNBUL TERCUNRN IN
TURKISH
(EDITORIRL REPORT IN
T~,'RK'ISH)
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIRLIST REPUBLIC
i0SP09 11N
GREEK TO CYPRUS
MOSCOW IN
GREEK TO GREECE
O C=! IN
PERSIRN TO IRAN
0
200
3,200
2,200
2,i00
7,200
1,000
4,300
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