MONTHLY REPORT--KEY WEST BUREAU--JULY 1985

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2010
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• Publication Date: August 2, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
KEY WEST BUREAU
MAIN P.O. BOX 1056
KEY WEST, FL 33041-1056
MFL-5022
2 August 1985
MEMORANDUM 'TO: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report--Key West Bureau--July 1985
The FBIS base housing project recorded two setbacks during the
month in the form of bid opening postponements -- from 23 to 30 July
and them from 30 July to 13 August -- because of NAVFAC/Charleston
project amendments. Only one bid has been received so far.
The new Naval Air Station commanding officer has ordered a
relaxation of full I.D. checks at base entrances -- in effect since
October 1983 -- by allowing vehicles with base stickers to be waved
through during normal duty hours Monday-Friday. This will slightly
ease strain on one-car families whose spouses can again drop off and
pick up dayshift personnel.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Cuban President Fidel Castro gave four speeches during
the month, one on 2 July when decorated with Bolivia's Public Health
Order, another on 4 July at commencement exercises for teachers, the
third on 26 July at the mass rally marking the 32d anniversary of the
assault on the Moncada Barracks, and the last at 30 July opening of
the Continental Dialogue on the Foreign Debt ongoing in Havana. He
also granted interviews to a Venezuelan journalist, the Mexican daily
EXCELSIOR, and foreign journalists atending the congress of the Latin
American Journalists Federation in Havana. As in previous months,
Castro and Cuban officials traveling abroad continued to harp on the
need to unite all Latin American and Caribbean countries in an effort
to achieve cancellation of the foreign debt because it is
"unpayable" and "uncollectible." To this end, Castro extended
invitations to workers, peasants, students, professionals,
intellectuals, government officials and heads of state to meet in
Havana 30 July-:3 August to conduct a Continental Dialogue on the
Foreign Debt. Cuba also hosted a Latin American-Caribbean Workers
Conference to promote its stand on the foreign debt. Earlier in the
month it was announced that the Cuban Communist Party Congress
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originally scheduled for December this year has been postponed until
February 1986.
2. Official results of the 7 July non-presidential elections
in Mexico began to trickle out on 14 July, per NOTIMEX reports, with
the ruling PRI party the "landslide" winner. Voluminous and lengthy
state and municipal returns down to the district level were pouched
to ELAAD for possible exploitation. The Mexican Government also
announced stringent budget cuts (including a 10 percent pay cut for
President Miguel de la Madrid) and reductions in the number of
government personnel.
3. In the Caribbean, Dominica Prime Minister Eugenia Charles
recorded an overwhelming victory in elections that were marred by
some incidents of violence. Barbados hosted a Caricom summit meeting
which generated heavy CANA reportage. Jamaica, Guadeloupe, and
Suriname reported civil and labor unrest. Guadeloupe's
pro-independence civil disobedience reached extremes that required
flying in French gendarmes from the motherland.
4. In reporting these and other events the bureau set a new
all-time record of publishable wordage, squeezing out the previous
high set in October 1983 during the Grenada crisis. This was thanks
to the unstinting and dedica G n* Al bureau monitor/editors
and Panama Bureau monitor here on TDY to help out
during the summer leave perio .
B. Communications
1. C/Commo Staff I had an opportunity to meet the
bureau's relatively new communicators while here on TDY 8-9 July. He
also received a thorough briefing on local area communications and on
the mission of U.S. Forces Caribbean from CDR Ken Yasutome, head of
J-6/COMUSFORCARIB.
2. The bureau's primary communications circuits were down a
total of 189 hours during the month as a result of continuing
NAVCOMMUNIT problems with its Mode I equipment. The hassle of
hand-carrying tapes to Boca Chica was avoided for the most part as
J-6/COMUSFORCARIB readily agreed to handle all our traffic during
extended outages on a workload-permitting basis.
C. Technical
1. Dynalectron Corporation's assessment of bureau antenna
overhaul and maintenance requirements has resulted in an estimate of
14.7K for repairs and 4K for annual maintenance thereafter. The
proposal is currently under review by Engineering Division.
2. A Jerrold UD-283 TV demodulator, in continuous use since
February 1976, was replaced with a Videotek DM-4R demodulator.
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3. The bureau's workshop panel was improved with the
incorporation of an amplifier/speaker combination and additional
audio and radio frequency lines to signal distribution racks in main
operations, TV monitoring and cruising rooms, thereby providing
electronic access to and from all essential equipment for the purpose
of measuring, testing, troubleshooting, and adjusting.
4. Nonexpendable property received during the month consists
of one radio receiver, Watkins-Johnson Model WJ-8718A, SN: 3023,
valued at $8,067.
A. Personnel
1. Monitor/editor candidate unfortunately
failed to receive EOD clearance. MOD has several more candidates
lined up for potential employment in Key West.
2. Local monitor candidate) (visited bureau 29 July
for an interview and briefing on employment opportunities. She was
given a preliminary written test to submit to bureau at her
convenience.
3. Part-time communicator) (gave notice he will be
retiring from the Navy and leaving the Key West area on/about 28
August. P&TB has been asked to shop his file as Tom is interested in
overseas employment opportunities.
E. > ui.ldiiaJ_ Grounds
1. A local contractor has given bureau an estimate of 4K to
expand our parking area, a project planned for FY86.
2. No firm proposal has as yet been received for repair of
the central air-conditioning system, estimated at 3.5-4K.
3. Local contractors installed additional security alarm
contacts in mechanical room doors, pinned frames and sides of all
exterior doors and added exterior security grille around in-wall AC
unit in TV monitoring area.
1. C:/Communications Staff) (visited bureau 8-9 July.
2. CDR Lauren Nelson, new CO of Naval Security Group Activity,
visited bureau 9 July for general orientation and briefing and
discussion of potential mutual problem with proposal to site a
commercial radio transmitter on nearby city property formerly part of
Truman Annex.
3. Monitor candidate) (visited bureau 11-12 July.
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4. MOD trai
with cruising monitor
5. Panama Bureau monitor
arrived on 22 July for training
July after a 7-week "vacation in Paradise."
Attachment:
Production Report
cc: C/Panama, C/Paraguay Bureaus
Chief, Key West Bureau
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KEY WEST BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR JULY 1985
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:190,850
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH : 26,750
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH :840
BROADCAST PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 2,575 14,700 21
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER WEEK MIN MIN ISSUES
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
BAHAMAS
Nassau Domestic Service
in English
Nassau THE TRIBUNE
in English
BARBADOS
Bridgetown CANA
in English
Bridgetown ADVOCATE in English
Bridgetown SUNDAY ADVOCATE
in English
BELIZE
Belize City Domestic Service 90
in English
CUBA
Havana Domestic Service
in Spanish
Havana Television Service 41,580
in Spanish
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santo Domingo Radio Mil
in Spanish
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KEY WEST BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR JULY 1985
Santo Domingo LISTIN DIARIO
in Spanish
JAMAICA
Kingston Domestic Service
in English
Kingston DAILY GLEANER
in English
Kingston SUNDAY GLEANER
in English
MEXICO
Mexico City NOTIMEX
in Spanish
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Bonaire Trans World Radio
in English
THE NETHERLANDS
Hilversum International
in English
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