MONTHLY REPORT--JORDAN BUREAU--AUGUST 1985

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• Publication Date: September 4, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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4 September 1985
MJN 8515
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Jordan Bureau--August 1985
The whirlwind visits of Assistant Secretary of State for
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Richard Murphy on 13-15
August, and again on 17-18 August after stops in Tel Aviv and
Cairo, kept all in the embassy hopping. The continuing high
level of interest in all permutations of the Mideast "peace
process," particularly as concerns Jordan and the Palestinians,
was again brought to the fore.
A. Monitofial/Editorial
1. The Iraqi Air Force claimed it "completely destroyed"
Iran's oil terminal on Khark Island during a 15 August raid.
The claim was called into question by the Iraqis themselves
when they followed up with two subsequent bombing attacts which,
according to Baghdad's Voice of the Masses radio, were meant to
obstruct efforts to repair the damage caused by the first raid.
2. According to the Beirut newspaper AL-SHARQ, cited by
Radio Monte Carlo, the Syrian, Iranian and Libyan foreign min-
isters discussed possible purchases of nuclear weapons "to con-
front the Israeli nuclear threat." This came in the joint
statement issued after the 24-25 August meetings in Damascus.
3. Information copies of the bureau's list of agreed
translations of terminology used in Iraqi military communiques
were pouched to NEAD, Gulf and London Bureaus.
B. Special Services
1. Bureau Technician replaced the printer on the
ponyline to the embassy Political Section with a modified one
to handle five-ply paper to meet the greater demands during Sec-
retary Murphy's visit. The extra copies of incoming material
were given to the Murphy delegation for briefing packages.
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C. Technical
Bureau received one IBM PC system, with related software
and two Epson Drinters. The system was set up, tested and
adjusted by ~ Bureau will be borrowing another IBM
system from an AID officer so we will have the requisite num-
ber for the computer training by CRW contractor scheduled to
begin on 15 September.
III. ADMINISTRATION
Personnel
Electronic Technician
ectiv.e 4 August, to FBN 9/10.
Att: Monthly Production Report
received a PSI eff-
ie or an isur~u
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JORDAN BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR AUGUST 985
1. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILE) DURING MONTH:
156,758
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILE) DURING MONTH:
35,858
TOTAL NUMIER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
632
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
BROAD-
CASTS
PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATIONS
--------------------------
(MINUTES OR ISSUES PER WEEK)
6320
13478
73
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
CLANDESTINE (IRAN AND IRAQ)
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF IRAQI KURDISTAN IN
ARABIC
8
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF IRAQI REVOLUTION IN
ARABIC
8
IRHRAIN
MANAMA WRKH IN
ARABIC
8
FRANCE
PARIS RADIO MONTE CARLO IN
ARABIC
3258
PARIS RL-MUSTRQBAL IN
ARABIC
238
PARIS AL-NATRN RL-'RRRBI IN
ARABIC
3348
IRAQ
BAGHDAD VOICE OF THE MASSES IN
ARABIC
18668
BAGHDAD VOICE OF PLO IN
ARABIC
11388
BAGHDAD DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
1538
BAGHDAD INA IN
ARABIC
17758
BAGHDAD INA IN
ENGLISH
148
BAGHDAD AL-JUMHURIYRH IN
ARABIC
8
BAGHDAD AL-THAWRAH IN
ARABIC
8
ISRAEL
JERUSALEM IN
ARABIC TO THE ARAB WORLD
2588
JERUSALEM RL-FRJR IN
ARABIC
1348
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ARABIC
JERUSALEM RL-QUBS IN
ARAIIC
668
JERUSALEM RL-SHA'B IN
ARABIC
388
JERUSALEM AL-TRLI'AH IN
ARABIC
8
JORDAN
AMMAN DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
12128
AMMAN TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ARABIC
4768
MAN TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
288
AMMAN PETRA-JNA IN
ARABIC
1488
AMMAN AL-DUSTUR IN
ARABIC
2568
AMMAN AKHIAR AL-USBU' IN
ARABIC
8
AMMAN AL-RR'Y IN
ARABIC
4568
ROMAN THE JERUSALEM STAR IN
ENGLISH
488
AMMAN JORDAN TIMES IN
ENGLISH
3898
AMMAN SANT RL-SHA' I IN
ARABIC
1368
LEBANON
MARJ 'UYUN LEBANON VOICE OF HOPE IN
ARABIC
2198
SUDAN
KHARTOUM SUNA IN
ARABIC
12418
KHARTOUM SUNA IN
ENGLISH
13478
SYRIA
IRMRSCUS DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
25218
JAMASCUS TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ARABIC
3878
IRMRSCUS SANA IN
ARABIC
7648
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