MONTHLY REPORT--NICOSIA BUREAU--FEBRUARY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00040R000300570009-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 4, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

STAT
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MNC-5110
4 March 1985
MFNORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Nicosia Bureau--February
I. GENERAL
A. Negotiations with the Archbishop of Cyprus for a four-acre plot of
land for the new Nicosia Bureau were completed. This site, located on the
western fringe of Nicosia, near the old airport, will be leased for 99 years.
Formal signing of the lease is expected to occur in March, after both parties
B. Deputy ie
traveled to Cairo the week of 4 February to interview applicants for vacancies
in the bureau's Arabic monitoring section. Eighteen candidates, selected from
nearly 300 applications received in response to advertisements placed in the
Cairo press, were interviewed and tested. From these, a "short list" of five
was prepared and examined carefully. To date, the bureau has offered employment
to two, and an offer will shortly be made to a third.
have approved the draft.
M4 f and Chief Arabic Monitor
II. OPERATIONS
2. Bureau received a message from the BBC Newburo lauding our "excellent
coverage" of the 7 February hijacking of a Cyprus Airways plane in Beirut.
3. Per a request from MOD, the bureau's cruising and Persian monitors
surveyed the clandestine Voice of Feda'i radio from 28 January to 4 February
to assess reception and content.
drew praise from Embassy DCM Tom Carolan.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. As domestic pressure escalated in opposition to Cyprus President
Spiros Kiprianou's handling of the UN-sponsored summit with Turkish Cypriot
leader Rauf Denktas, the bureau provided significant service to Embassy
political officers, keeping them apprised of developments; this service
included telephone briefings on and the expeditious processing of a parliamentary
resolution criticizing Kiprianou and the president's rebuttal. Bureau efforts
B. Technical
1. One extel ASR B315 was repaired and was sent back to Gulf.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Visitors
1. FBIS Director visited the bureau 3-5 February in
connection with the bureau's relocation plans.
2. London Bureau Senior technician 4-6 February, to
brief regional engineer on communications equipment recent y installed in Jordan
Bureau.
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B. Personnel
1. Senior Editor departed PCS 8 February. STAT
2. Edito was promoted to GS-10 effective 3 February. STAT
3. Arabic Monitor
month's refresher work in a rew.
4. Regional Engineer
departed for Tel Aviv 24 February for a STAT
was TDY in Tel Aviv 5-10 February.
STAT
STAT
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NICOSIA BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY i985
1. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
314,866
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH'
87.466
(WIREFILE) PROGRAM SUMMARIES 54,766)
(FYI'S, ADHINS, SVC., CRUISING, 32,966)
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
939
BROAD- PRESS P1)DLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(MINUTES OR ISSUES PER WEEK) 18,385 21,846 146
KIN MIN ISSUES
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
CHINA
BEIJING IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN
CLANDESTINE (LEVANT)
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF ARAI LEBANON IN
ARABIC
9,208
(CLANDESTINE) RADIO FREE LEBANON IN
ARABIC
9,086
(CLANDESTINE) RADIO FREE LEBANON IN
ENGLISH
2, i86
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF THE MOUNTAIN IN
ARABIC
5,000
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CYPRUS
NICOSIA DOHESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH 306
NICOSIA DOHESTIC SERVICE IN
GREEK 15,980
NICOSIA TELEVISION SERVICE IN
GREEK 2,308
NICOSIA CYPRUS HAIL IN
ENGLISH 666
NICOSIA I ELEUTHEROTIPIA IN
GREEK 3,968
NICOSIA I ELEUTHEROTIPIR TIS bHEFTERRS IN
GREEK 6
NICOSIA I SIHERINI IN
GREEK 3,388
NICOSIA I SIHERINI TIS )HEVTERAS IN
GREEK 8
NICOSIA KHRRRVYI IN
GREEK 4,060
NICOSIA KHARRVYI TIS DHEVTERAS IN
GREEK 688
NICOSIA 0 AEON IN
GREEK 1,506
NICOSIA 0 AGON T1S DHEVTERAS IN
GREEK 466
NICOSIA 0 FILELEUTHEROS IN
GREEK 468
NICOSIA 0 FILELEUTHEROS TIS DHEVTERRS IN
GREEK 8
NICOSIA PRESS AN) INFORHATION OFFICE IN
ENGLISH 26,200
NICOSIA TA NEA IN
GREEK 1,200
NICOSIA TURKISH CYPRIOT INFORMATION OFFICE IN
ENGLISH 2,366
EGYPT
CAIRO DOHESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
CAIRO PALESTINE RADIO IN
ARABIC
CAIRO RENA IN
ARABIC
CAIRO RENA IN
ENGLISH
(EDITORIAL REPORT IN
ARABIC)
18,306
61,360
400
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FRANCE
PARIS AFP IN
ENGLISH
GREECE
ATHENS DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
GREEK
ATHENS AKROPOLIS IN
GREEK
ATHENS RKROPOLIS TIS KIRIRKIS IN
GREEK
ATHENS ATHENS NENS IN
ENGLISH
ATHENS ELEVTHEROTIPIA IN
GREEK
ATHENS EXORHISI TIS KIRIAKIS IN
GREEK
ATHENS I AYVI IN
GREEK
ATHENS I KATHIHERINI IN
GREEK
ATHENS KIRIAKATIKI ELEVTHEROTIPIA IN
GREEK
ATHENS KES I MVR I N I I N
GREEK
ATHENS NER PORJA IN
GREEK
ATHENS RIZOSPRSTIS IN
GREEK
ATHENS TA NEA IN
GREEK
ATHENS TO VIHA TIS KIRIRKIS IN
GREEK
IRAQ
BAGHDAD IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN
18,266
26,566
766
1,488
266
4,786
966
4,288
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BEIRUT DOMESTIC SERVICE
ARABIC 38,088
BEIRUT DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
BEIRUT VOICE OF LEBANON IN
ARABIC i9,280
BEIRUT VOICE OF LEBANON IN
ENGLISH 299
IHDIN RADIO OF FREE & UNIFIED
LEBANON IN
ARABIC 1..268
TRIPOLI LEBANON ISLAMIC UNIFICATION
RADIO IN
ARABIC ig0
BEIRUT RL-NAHAR IN
ARABIC i99
BEIRUT AL-SAFIR IN
ARABIC i,fli
BEIRUT MONDAY MORNING IN
ENGLISH 41380
LIBYA
TRIPOLI DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
TURKEY
ANKARA YANK) IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL BULVAR IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL CUMHURIYET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL DUNYR IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL GUNAYDIN IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL GUNES IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL HURRIYET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL MILLIYET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL TERCUMAN IN
TURKISH
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
MOSCON IN
GREEK TO CYPRUS 0
MOSCOW IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN 38ai0A
8
1,989
i, 2t~6
9
1,308
2,398
1,699
2, i b9
4,098
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