MONTHLY REPORT OKINAWA BUREAU--JANUARY 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2008
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• Publication Date: February 3, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
UNITED STATES FORCES, JAPAN
OKINAWA BUREAU
APO SAN FRANCISCO 96239
MOK-3012
3 February 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group, FBIS
SUBJECT: Monthly Report, Okinawa Bureau--January 1983
Coordination by the bureau in connection with INTERNET
project planning occupied bureau officers for much of the month.
On-island, the Okinawa area coordinator, the Consul General,
and the commander of the 313th Air Division (PACAF) were advised
of the general outline of the project. Okinawa NSA special
representative was invited to the bureau for a background
briefing. I went to Tokyo 12-18 January to coordinate with
embassy and USFJ officers and then on to Seoul for discussions
at the bureau there. A meeting at month's end with the
commander of the U.S. Army Communications Command's Okinawa
facility proved quite instructive and set the stage for follow-up
sessions involving the Collins/Rockwell survey team expected
early in February.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Editorial/Monitorial
1. With demands imposed on Seoul Bureau arising
from North Korea's declaration on 1 February of a "semi-state
of war," apparently countering the U.S.-ROK "Team Spirit 83"
exercise, Okinawa and Seoul coordinated coverage of Korean-
language casts and KCNA.
2. Bureau Russian coverage slowly returning to
"normal" following last month's pressfax equipment departure.
We have been covering an average of 10-12 programs weekly in
addition to Vremya and regular monthly features such as the
15 January Zhukov talk and the 29 January "Studio 9" program.
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3. The bureau's proposal for creating a new
consolidated reporting format for certain kinds of Soviet
television programs has so far met with less than enthusiastic
support, apparently due mainly to a wide difference of opinion
on the content and purpose of VSL's. We remain hopeful that
a compromise can be worked out.
B. Communications
1. Okinawa experienced two lengthy circuit
interruptions in January, the first of any consequence since
the INTEQ system went on line last September. One outage was
found eventually to be due to a mispatch at the switch in Guam,
while the one attributable to bureau equipment was traced to an
in-house modem unit, which was replaced.
2. The annual Communications Status Report is enclosed
with this Monthly Report.
C. Cruising
2. After extensive programming changes were made
at the beginning of the year in Beijing Domestic Service's
first and second programs, the Cruising Unit provided full
1-week schedules for these services. At the same time, full
schedules were also provided on all China regional stations
monitorable at the bureau.
A. Washington, visited the bureau
to inspect the aging central air conditioning system the
operations site. After making a thorough survey sub-
mitted four alternatives for upgrading the system. Based on
study, the bureau requested predesign cost estimates
from a local U.S.-managed engineering firm. See Engineering
Attachment also inspected the recent roofing job done
on some bureau houses and gave some useful advice on the
maintenance and care of the central air conditioning system
in the housing area.
B. The first of what is planned as monthly status report on
bureau engineering/technical projects was forwarded to'
Headquarters. Twenty-three projects were shown on the first
list.
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A. Headquarters editor larrived 5 January
on TDY to participate in the field editorial training program.
B.
departed Okinawa-for Denver on 20 January.
A. To the bureau:
to inspect bureau central air
conditioning system, 15-20 January.
P01 Michael Birch and three other senior NCO's from the
U.S. Naval Security Group Activity, Hanza, Okinawa, for
familiarization, 14 January.
Fred Vassie, DOD special. representative, Okinawa,
for briefing, 3 February.
B. From the bureau:
Bureau chief to Tokyo and Seoul.Bureau for coordination
on INTERNET, 12-18 January.
Bureau chief, deputy chief and. regional engineer to
U.S. Army Communications Command, Okinawa, for discussions on
INTERNET, 27 January.
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Attachments:
1. Production Report
2. Engineering Report
3. Communications Status Report
cc: Chief... Bangkok Bureau
Chief,, Hong Kong Bureau
Chief, London Bureau
Chief,, Seoul Bureau
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1. Akai DT-320 programmable audio timers installed in Main Radio
for testing and evaluation have tested satisfactory. Bureau
plans to purchase 10 for use in conjunction with Main Radio
audio cassette change-over units.
2. Engineering staff continues to work (on a time available basis)
at testing new 8-foot microwave antenna bartered from the Army.
Thus far, the antenna was used in a test configuration to locate
the 90? satellite. The received picture quality (TV) was
approximately 60% when compared with the 10-meter dish already
in use. Testing will continue with the help of valuable technical
input received from the Army and other sources.
3. Magnasync 30-channel recorder and reproducer was installed in
Main Radio on permanent basis to be used as back-up for audio
reception.
4. Extel AH-11 RV (RO) printer recently received from HQ has been
installed as part of ROSET Terminal to be used with Frederick 1635
demodulator for press cruising. Units work very well so far,
however, we still have some operator training and familiarization
to perform before we can expect to achieve maximum benefit from
both units.
5. Communication outages: Bureau experienced two circuit interruptions
during the month. First outage occurred January 15 at approximately
0930 GMT on Mode I circuit and was not restored until January 16 at
approximately 0630 GMT. Problem was bad 674 wireline modem. Second
outage occurred approximately 0400 GMT and was not restored until
2300 GMT January 17. Mispatch at Guam ASC was the reason for the
second outage.
6. All preventive maintenance of Bureau's communication equipment has
been performed as scheduled.
Equipment received from HQ:
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OW130640 E/Proms
OW130642 Garner Switch 0772-82354-
303-1F
Extel (RO) Printer AH-11RV
OW180752 15B Kodamatic processor rings
OW300348 Extel Parts
OW300458 Extel Parts
OW130642 Transistor 2N404
OW180010 Collins regulator board
OW130640 Form disk
B-305 keep-alive batteries
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OKINAWA BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR JANUARY 1983
1. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PU3LISHAi3LE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 923,709
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 368,230
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 2,308
BROAD- PRESS PUBL I-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 18,389 51,290 174.85
(minutes or issues per week) min. min. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
CHINA
Beijing International Service in
English
Beijing International Service in
Japanese 2 .,190
Beijing to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin 170
Beijing to Taiwan in
Mandarin 12,800
Beijing to the USSR in
Russian 3,890
Beijing to Vietnam in
Vietnamese 7,370
Beijing Domestic Service in
Mandarin
Fuzhou Fujian Provincial Service in
L.0,050
. Mandarin
8010
Hangzhou Zhejiang Provincial Service in
Mandarin
3
380
Hefei Anhu-f Provincial Service in
,
Mandarin
6,060
Nanchang Jiangxi
Mandarin
Provincial Service in
8,070
Nanjing Jiangsu
Mandarin
Provincial Service in
,5,900
Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin 6,550
Miscellaneous
Editorial Reports 5,680
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Beijing XINHUA in
English
Beijing XINHU4 Domestic Service in
Chinese
Fuzhou FUJIAN RIBAO in
Chinese
Hangzhou ZHEJIANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Nanjing XIN'rHUA RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai JIEFANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai WEN HUI BAO in
Chinese
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Ba Yi Radio to China in
Mandarin
FRANCE
Paris AFP in
English
HONG KONG
Hong Kong AFP in
English
JAPAN
Naha NHK Television Network in
Japanese
Tokyo NHK Television Network in
Japanese
Tokyo TBS Television Network in
Japanese
Naha Radio Okinawa in
Japanese
Tokyo JPS in
English
Tokyo KYODe in
English.
Tokyo JIJI in
English
Tokyo AKAHA I'A in
Japanese
Tokyo? ASAHI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI EVENIM NEWS in
English
Tokyo M INICHI DAILY NEWS in
English
Tokyo MAINICHI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo NIHON KEIZAI SHIrM:BUN in
Japanese
3,620
1,150
580
1,250
17,870
5, 940
15,470
7,060
83,460
11,140
STAT
10,240
19,960
16,890
16,610
3,370
10,390
256,689
125,130
950
18,130
2,990
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Tokyo SANKEI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo THE DAILY YOMIURI in
English
Tokyo THE JAPAN TIMES in
English
Tokyo TOKYO SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo YOMIURI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Naha OKINA%A TIMES in
Japanese
Naha RYUKYU SHIMPO in
Japanese
KOREA (NORTH)
Pyongyang KCNA in
English
MONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in
English
Ulaanbaatar ? ONTSAME in
Russian
PHILIPPINES
Quezon City RPN Television Network in
English
TAIWAN
Taipei International Service in
English
Taipei Domestic Service in
Mandarin
Taipei CNA in
English
Taipei CHENG CHI CHLk in
Chinese
Taipei CHINA POST in
English
Taipei CHING CHI JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei CHUNK KUO SHIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei CHUNG YANG JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei TAIWAN MERCHANDISE OVERSEAS WEEKLY in
English
Taipei LIEN HO PAO in.
Chinese
Taipei LIEN HO YUEH KAN in
Chinese
Taipei PA SHIN NIEN TAI in
Chinese
Taipei TZU LI WAN PAO in
Chinese
1,430
3,5OO
5,370
4,580
10,830
200
3,880
8,400.
480
11,660
430
2,640.
1,460
7,280
3,070
1,650
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BROAD-
CASTS
PRESS
AGENCIES
PUBLI-
CATIONS
UNION OF SOVIET SOICALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow to Japan in
Japanese
Moscow to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin
9,110
700
Moscow to China in
Mandarin
2,710
Moscow to Vietnam in
Vietnamese
2,420
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress to
Mandarin
China in
3,3110
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress to
Mandarin
Southeast Asia in
900
Moscow Domestic Television Service in
Russian
211,170
VIETNAM
Hanoi International Service in
Mandarin
1,880
Hanoi Domestic Service in
Vietnamese
Th,080
Hanoi VNA in
English
Hanoi VNA in
French
Hanoi VNA in
Vietnamese
Ho Chi Minh City VNA in
Vietnamese
57,810
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