MONTHLY REPORT--PARAGUAY 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 7, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION - PARAGUAY
MPY-5039
7 August 1985
MEMORANDUN FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH Chief, Operations group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Paraguay Bureau--July 1985
Monitorial/Editorial
1. July's major story was the victory in Peru of social
democratic President Alan Garcia Perez, leader of the American
Revolutionary Popular Alliance. After ballot counting that
lasted over a month, Garcia was declared the winner on the 1st.
On the 10th, he formally received the presidential credentials
at a small ceremony at the home of the deceased APRA party
founder and delivered a 2-hour speech, primarily historical in
content but with a hint of the economic changes he is planning.
On Sunday the 28th, the bureau covered the presidential
inauguration ceremonies in Lima by staffing an extra dayshift
that day and remaining open until 0400 the next morning. The
bureau covered the ceremonies live from the one Peruvian radio
audible at the bureau and from some 4 hours of live phone feeds
from the Lima contractor. Garcia spoke for 2 hours and outgoing
President Belaunde for 30 minutes. The bureau cleared Garcia's
speech before closing and Belaunde's the first thing the next
morning, for which Chief, OPS sent his congratulations for the
"fine" job. As part of the inaugural coverage package, Panama
Bureau monitored Lima TV via satellite for 15 hours of video.
2. Bolivian coverage again proved to be turbulent
because of the tension, including coup rumors and threats of
coups,-leading up to the general and presidential elections
scheduled for the 14th, which some parties and the government
were trying to postpone for the second time only three days
before they were to be held, After opposition to the elections
was overcome and the military came out in support of them, the
elections were held as scheduled. After a long vote-counting
process, former President General Hugo Banzer was declared the
winner of the popular vote on the 29th. However, since none of
the 18 Presidential candidates won an absolute majority in the
general elections, the election was thrown into the Congress,
where left-of-center former president Paz Estenssoro has won the
majority of seats. The bureau staffed a dayshift on Sunday, 4
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August, to cover the congressional proceedings, which lasted
until 0500 Monday morning. Estenssoro was declared president on
the second ballot after he and his party put together a
coalition of leftist parties. The bureau received a "well done"
from the Chief, DRD for its extended coverage of the
congressional session.
-. The bureau remained open the night of 5-6 July at
the request of BBC and the Wire to cover the alleged hijacking
of a British Airways flight from Rio to London. The situation
was very confusing because the Brazilian authorities claimed
that it was a hijacking, while press agencies claimed the plane
was diverted to Trinidad-Tobago owing to mechanical problems,
which proved to be the case.
4. During the month, the bureau received a 2-day file
from Panama Bureau's satellite printout of the Brazilian news
agencies Brasilia EBN and Brasilia Senado Federal (SF). After
reviewing the two agencies, the bureau concluded that EBN would
be a good source to tap into when we receive our ROSET, while
SF, which devotes itself to coverage of the Senate proceedings,
would not be a good addition to the Brazilian coverage package
but could be covered during important Senate deliberations.
5. Argentine coverage suffered a setback on 1 July when
the Buenos Aires Television Service cast which is relayed from
Formosa and covered by the bureau changed its format. The local
newscast now has a news reader who simply reads TELAM reports
with no video clips except for local coverage. The bureau on
the 9th dropped coverage. This means that the bureau now does
not cover Buenos Aires television except for special events and
relays. One such event was on the 9th when the bureau covered
the Independence Day parade, which was watched by the Embassy
Defense Attache, who received a copy of the recording. On the
9th, Buenos Aires Domestic Service resumed some of its shortwave
transmissions, but with little impact on the bureau since the
major night-time cast that is generally heard with fair to poor
reception did not fall inside the new shortwave broadcast times.
6. Following the June lifting of the state of siege in
Chile, the bureau reevaluated its radio and press coverage.
Even though press censorship ostensibly had lessened, the
bureau decided to drop coverage of the 1715-1800 Radio
Cooperativa cast after noting a marked decline in the quality of
news coverage vis-a-vis the Catholic Church's Radio Chilena.
The bureau is now taking the 1700-1730 and 2330-0000 cast from
this radio Monday through Friday, fed via phone feed by the
Santiago contractor. The bureau is evaluating also the
possibility of adding Chilean opposition publications, which
have increased reportage on opposition activities since the
lifting of the state of siege.
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7. The bureau received and reviewed a 2-week sample of
the Buenos Aires REUTER news service--which has replaced the
old LATIN news service--from the new REUTER office in
Asuncion. Although the bureau filed a couple REUTER items, we
found that the media we currently have on coverage consistently
beat REUTER with the story, sometimes by as much as 24 hours.
The bureau thus decided not to add REUTER at this time, but
leaving open the option to review again its file at a later
date after it becomes more a part of the Latin American scene.
8. Panama Bureau for a second time in recent months
reviewed the Paris AFP in Spanish transmissions received by the
two bureaus. After comparing the two files, Panama again
concluded that we receive two different services even though
the AFP London representative claims AFP has not yet branched
its Latin American transmissions. The Panama file concentrates
more on the countries in its coverage area, while the one
Paraguay monitors is tailored more to the countries of the
Southern Cone.
B. Cruising
To aid coverage of the Bolivian elections, the cruiser
surveyed Bolivian radiostations and supplied current
information on them to the monitorial staff. As part of the
review of the Chilean coverage package, he also cruised out
Chilean radios that can be heard at the bureau.
C. Technical
Following the May visit of Regional Engineer
the bureau forwarded excess equipment to
Headquarters and Nicosia Bureau, including the following: seven
Frederick 120:3 demods; three Pioneer interface suppressors MDL
QRL--2B; five Melpar heterodyne notch filters; and two 2x4 DELTA
Multicouplers.
2. R232 interface boards for low-level operation were
installed on both land-line press agencies -- Madrid EFE and
Paris AFP. In addition, an extra power supply and two more
boards were installed so two more circuits can be made
available if necessary. Work on the low-level project for the
communications room equipment continues.
3. Work is under way to install a complete
monitorial/transcribing position in the chief monitor's
cubicle.
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II. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. Senior Editor
PCS on 6 July.
2. New monitor
EOD'ed on the 21st.
Associate editor candidate
put in for local processing.
4. On 2 August, Federal Service 10-year pins and FBIS
10-year service certificates were awarded to monitor-supervisor
monitor administrative
assistant technicians and
and communications chief
In addition, monitor receive the 0-year
service certificate from FBIS. These awards were presented by
the Chief during a coffee he hosted.
5. Monitor-supervisor) Ihas been selected
by Headquarters to participate in the FBN Orientation Program
9-13 September.
6. Administrative assistant
started working a part-time schedule (32 hours/week:) on 7 July.
B. BLii.l di ng_and_Grounds
The bureau had a serious water leak: during a torrential
rain storm on the night of 26-27 July. Fortunately, the bureau
was still open and the staff was able to move all equipment in
jeopardy and to bail water off the roof to lessen the pressure
in the seam of the drainage pipe, which goes through Main
Radio. At the bureau's request, the GSO has agreed and started
to remove the pipe and to construct a drain that will take
water away from Main Radio.
1. SA/DRD
the 20th.
2. Panama Bureau Deputy Chief) TDY'ed
26 July- August.
3. SAP/ELAAD, visited the bureau on
the 15th during private travel to Asuncion.
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STAT
STAT
STAT
4. Area Technician an the 26th
conducted a safety-security evaluation of the bureau and staff
resi dences.
staff residences 1--2 August.
5. Safety Officer
inspected the bureau and
STAT gave birth
STAT
STAT
On the 13th, bureau personnel gathered at the home
STAT of Deputy Chief for a Paraguayan-style asado to
STAT we]. come newcomers Senior Editor
STAT and Editor
STAT
Chief, FBIS Paraguay Bureau
(::;C: C /Panama Bureau
C/Key West Bureau
Attachments: Monthly Production Report
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TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING THE MONTH:
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING THE MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING THE MONTH:
I. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
421,870
311,670
110,200
852
BROAD- PRESS PUBLIC-
CASTS AGENCY ATIONS
7,505 41,310 169.00
(min) (min) (issues)
II. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Domestic Service in
Spanish
7,940
Buenos Aires Argentina Televisora Color
Network in Spanish
2,080
Buenos Aires TELAM in
Spanish
17,660
Buenos Aires NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in
Spanish
15,290
Buenos Aires DYN in
Spanish
4,810
Buenos Aires REUTER in
Spanish
2,810
Buenos Aires AMBITO FINANCIERO in
Spanish
14,440
Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES HERALD in
English
13
410
Buenos Aires CLARIN in
Spanish
,
230
Buenos Aires GENTE in
Spanish
0
Buenos Aires LA NACION in
Spanish
3,640
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in
Spanish
0
BOLIVIA
La Paz Radio Illimani Network in
Spanish
3,090
La Paz Cadena Panamericana in
Spanish
22,790
La Paz EL DIARIO
0
La Paz PRESENCIA
360
BRAZIL
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese
12,630
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLIC-
CASTS AGENCY ATIONS
BRAZIL -- continued
Porto Alegre Radio Guaiba in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes Network in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro LATIN AMERICA DAILY POST in
English
Rio de Janeiro MANCHETE in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo FOLHA DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo VEJA in
Portuguese
Santiago Domestic Service in
Spanish
Santiago Radio Cooperativa
Spanish
Santiago Radio Chilena in
Spanish
Santiago COSAS in
Spanish
Santiago QUE PASA in
Spanish
Santiago EL MERCURIO in
Spanish
Santiago HOY in
Spanish
in
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
(MINA
Beijing in Spanish to
Latin America
FRANCE
PARIS AFP in
Spanish
1,390
3,700
870
9,850
1,800
8,340
40,840
3,040
1,800
0
5,680
2,340
6,230
1,410
920
7,420
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLIC-
CASTS AGENCY ATIONS
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marzo in
Spanish
Asuncion Red Privada de Teledifusora
Paraguaya Television in Spanish
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish
Asuncion EL PUEBLO in
Spanish
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
Asuncion SENDERO in
Spanish
Asuncion ULTIMA HORA in
Spanish
2,610
0
6,230
1,800
1,800
Lima Domestic Service in
Spanish
Lima Radio del Pacifico in
Spanish
Lima Radioprogramas del Peru in
Spanish
Lima Television Service in
Spanish
Lima Cadena America Television in
Spanish
Lima Cadena Panamericana Television in
Spanish
Lima Televisora Lima in
Spanish
Lima OAY-4Z Television Service in
Spanish
Lima EL CCNERCIO in
Spanish
Lima EXPRESO in
Spanish
Lima EL DIARIO MARKA in
Spanish
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
Lima CARETAS in
Spanish
21,560
4,370
2,080
2,330
1,210
5,070
1,290
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLIC-
CASTS AGENCY ATIONS
SPAIN
MADRID EFE in
Spanish
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
16,540
Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil
0
Moscow in
Spanish to Latin America
910
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile
2,520
Moscow in
Spanish to Cuba
0
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress
Spanish to Latin America
in
0
Moscow Radio Magallanes in
Spanish to Chile
2,560
URUGUAY
Montevideo Radio El Espectador Network in
Spanish
1,510
Montevideo Domestic Service in
Spanish
1,520
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish
2,790
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
Montevideo OPINAR in
Spanish
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