MONTHLY REPORT - OKINAWA BUREAU - AUGUST 1986

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• Publication Date: September 5, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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UNITED STATES FORCES, JAPAN
FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
OKINAWA BUREAU
APO SAN FRANCISCO 9629 MOK-6017
5 September 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
Chief, Operations Group, FBIS
Chief, Okinawa Bureau, FBIS
STAT
SUBJECT: Monthly Report - Okinawa Bureau - August 1986
A. Typhoon Vera, the strongest to hit Okinawa in 17 years, pummeled
the island on 25 and 26 August, doing some damage to the bureau antennas.
Operations continued with only minor transfers of Vietnamese and Soviet
coverage and a slight delay in Chinese processing. Packing winds clocked
at 97 miles per hour at Kadena and 80-85 knots at the bureau, Vera damaged
a few rhombic and beverage antennas, broke some bolts and blew out one
panel on the Pesos dish, and blew down bureau TV antennas; the heavy rain
shorted out one door's electronic cypher lock. The damage to the antennas
will set back the antenna pole replacement program and more funds will be
required next fiscal year. Tree and shrubbery damage was fairly heavy at
Kadena Airbase including at the FBIS housing area. U.S. military
facilities on Okinawa were in typhoon condition 1 emergency from Monday
night until Wednesday morning and military planes were either moved to
hangars or evacuated. Weathermen said Vera was more than 250 miles in
diameter, with some high winds 300 miles from its center. The FBIS bus
did not run during emergency conditions, but smaller vehicles were used to
relieve bureau staff. One of Vera's blessings was more than 6 inches of
rain in 24 hours on Kadena, and more than 10 inches into
northern Okinawa's mayor water reservoirs, averting imminent water
rationing.
B. The typhoon forced cancellation of a change of command ceremony
for the top U.S. Air Force general on Okinawa. Brig Gen Donald Snyder,
313th Air Division commander, handed over to Brig Gen Keith B. Connolly in
a small ceremony on 25 August at the Kadena MAC terminal, and promptly
boarded a plane before Vera struck. Connolly previously was PACAF
Inspector General; Snyder goes to the Tactical Air Command's 12th Air
Force at Bergstrom AFB, Texas.
C. The Corps of Engineers has chosen a contractor for the first phase
of our housing rehabilitation project. The first phase will consist of
construction of a duplex to replace our antique Quonset but and the
rehabilitation of up to seven 4-bedroom single houses. We will sign a
contract before the end of September, with demolition and new construction
to start after 1 October and the new duplex to be completed by next
summer.
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A. Monitorial/Editorial
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1. We now plan to assume regular coverage of Beij g television
from Haag Rong Bureau by 1 October. A Hong Kong monitor will TDY at
Okinawa in mid-September to train Okinawa's Chinese monitors in Hong Kong
procedures and selection. We will begin regular live TV coverage on 15
September and add "Cities" courier shipments on 1 October, when Hong
Kong's C&W contract expires. This coverage shift will give FBIS a
14-hour-earlier look at Beijing TV.
2 Re len hment of our Chinese monitor staff resumed, with
wife and daughter arriving 4 August and monitor
arriving 21 August, to be followed in September by his wife
and two children. A third Chinese monitor will EOD in late
September,giving us four Chinese monitors in training. Bei3ing announced
that the results of experimental educational television broadcasts by
satellite since 1 July have led the PRC State Council to begin regular
satellite broadcasts of educational TV on 1 October, with more than 200
new ground stations to receive it. No bureau coverage is anticipated.
3. The Japanese Unit was moved to a newly refurbished four-booth
area, freeing booths long needed by the Chinese Unit. Japanese "Cities"
TV consumers expressed a preference for dual English/Japanese sound tracks
available on a 1000 GMT newscast, so the "Cities "tape from Japan was
changed to this. The bureau still covers the more productive 1200 GMT
NHR-TV newscast, which has no English soundtrack.
4. Moscow TV continued its new pattern for "Studio 9" first
noted in July, carrying two panel shows, on 10 and 23 August, both related
to the U.S.-Soviet nuclear negotiations issues, the proposed fall summit,
and SDI. The bureau processed a USSR Armed Forces Day speech by Defense
Minister Sokolov from its early broadcast on "I Serve the Soviet Union."
B. Cruising
Extensive checks of Headquarters supplied transponder frequencies
thought to be carrying China's RENNIN RIBAO and CHINA DAILY facsimile on
the 66 East Intelsat proved negative. Checking continues, along with a
complete recheck of each transponder radio frequency on each satellite
visible from Okinawa. Cruisers continued recording and printing of
Hanoi's NHAN DAN facsimile transmissions but only pages 1 and 4 are being
received. Bangkok Bureau's ROSET cruising for other frequencies or times
when other pages might be sent have proved negative.
At the request of the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Rong, the
bureau refiled to the Consulate General a 32-day-old item on the late Lian
Biao broadcast by the Soviet-line clandestine Ba Yi radio. The new
intelligence officer for CTF-76, based at White Beach, Capt David Penn,
visited the bureau 18 August for an orientation tour and review of lateral
services to CTF-76. Similar updates of services to CG/Third Marine
Division, Camp Courtney, were arranged.
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Engineers) land) ~ on duty during the
height of Typhoon Vera, literally used body weight to prevent wind damage
to the Pesos dish on 25-26 August. Pesos still sustained some minor
damage, requiring rewelding of one brace arm, rebolting one dish panel and
bolt replacement. The dish was quickly restored to service, but
realignment on the Soviet 140 East satellite's center of its figure-8
drift pattern must be completed before optimum signal strength is
restored. Three MLC technicians have now been trained in signal
recognition, recording and processing with the new facsimile unit. A
bureau-designed circuit was added to the Beijing Xinhua English press
agency reperforator to permit the use of paper tape with the IBM-XT STedit
computer program.
1. The Okinawa COLA rate was increased from class 15 to 20
effective 3 August, reflecting the continued decline of the dollar which
dipped to as low as 152.55 yen on 21 August. The exchange rate at banks
was as low as 149 yen to the dollar at times in August, with the average
about 152.
2. The famil returned from R&R in the United
States on 22 August; the family returned on 17 August after
a two-month absence on EOT travel around the world; three of chief editor
children visited and returned to the States by 28
August after a summer visit.
3. Russian monitor) land dau hters
departed Okinawa on 9 August to return to England after 2 years; will
continue working at the bureau until at least 1987.
4. Staff editors
to GS-11 effective 3 August.
were promoted
5. Teletypist positions were raised to Grade 4 on the MLC
schedule as a result of the reorganization of the communications section
and the use of the new IBM PC-XT for communications.
To the Bureau
OL construction engineer) 4-7 August to consult
_~y~, on FBIS housing recapitalization program; Marine Capt David Penn, 18
~S1"'" August for lateral services briefing and orientation; Mr. K. Spence
yi'~~, C~hardson, new U.S. Consul General for Okinawa, on 21 August for bureau
1 ~p briefing tour; Charles Gibson, DOD Special Representative for Okinawa,
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also 21 Au ust for administrative discussions; Hong Rong Bureau deputy
chief 20-27 August for personal visit, including 21 August
visit to bureau.
From the Bureau
Bureau Chief, administrative and logistics officer, on 6 August
to Corps of Engineers Area Office for discussions on FBIS housing program;
bureau chief to Seoul Bureau, 27-30 August, for interviews with
Japanese/Korean monitor applicants; acting chief and regional eagineer to
U.S. Naval Security Group~Activity, Hanza, on 27 August for discussions on
emergency radio network.
On 31 August the first annual FBIS Labor Day Doubles Tennis Tournament
was held on Radena Airbase. Eleven teams competed throughout the day on
the FBIS tennis court and other courts on Radena. The finals were played
on the FBIS court and a barbecue followed for the players and their
families. Winners were: teletypist and David Mor eastern, as
F-15 USAF pilot: runners-up were associate editor and bureau
librarian
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OKINAWA BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR AUGUST 1986
I. 1~ALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILID DURING MONTH: 1,041,220
?OTAL NON?PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING?MONTH: 507,750
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILF~ DURING MONTH: 3,430
BROu1D ? PRESS PUBL I?
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II? INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 1b, 555 20,700 175.79
(minutes or issues per week) min. min. 'issues
III. OU1~11T FROM ALL SOURCES:
CAMBODIA
.Phnom Penh SPK in
L:nglish
CHINA
Beijing International Service to Enst and South Africa in
English
Baijing International Service to North America in
English
Beijing International Service in
Japanese
Baijing International service in
Mandarin
Beijing to Taiwarf in
MandariA
Beijing to the USSR in
Russian
Beijing to Vietnam in
Vietnamese
Beijing Domestic Service in
Mandarin
Fushow Fujian Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Hangzhou T.hejiang Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Hefei Mbui Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Nanchang Jiangxi Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Nanjing Jiangsu Provincial Service in
Manderi n
Shanghai City Service in
Mande ri n
2,350
1,540
b,900
2,140
4 , 220
4 , 57U
17,130
1,060
2,00
4 , 300
4 , 090
3,900
2 , F31i0
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? BROA[~ PRESS PUBLI-
' CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Beijing XINNUA in
English
Beijing XINNUA D~~mestic Service in
Chinese
Beijtng BEIJLNG REVIEW in
English
Fuzhou FUJ IAN R I IiAO 1 n
Chinese
Hefei ANHUI RIBAO in
Chinese
HantzhouLH1s.1IANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Nanjing XINNUA RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai JSIFANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai WEN HUI BAO in
Chinese
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Ba Yi Radio to China in
Mandarin
JAPAN
Naha Radio N11K in
Japanese
Tokyo NHK Television Net~-ork in
Japanese?
Tokyo JPS in
English
Tokyo KYQDO in
English
Tokyo JIJI in
Engli ch
Tokyo AKAHATA in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI SHI?lBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NEWS in
English
Tokyo JAPAN l;CONOb1IC JOURNAL in
Enblish
Tokyo MA INICIiI D:.ILY NE1~15 in
Enblish
41s1,130
79,730
7 , 570
2,7150
5,330
1 ,620
5,580
4,780
6,960
5,910
115,260
6,270
210
2, 73G
1 G , 530
1,70
9,420
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E3ROAD- PRESS
CASTS AGENCIES
PUBLI-
CATIONS
Tokyo MAINICHI SHIM23UN in
Jspanese
Tokyo NINON KEIZAI SHINBUN in
Japanese
7,080
Tokyo SANICEI SHINBUN in
Japanese
9,760
Tokyo THE DAILY YOMIURI in
English
2,080
Tokyo THE JAYAN TINES in
English
7,620
Tokyo TOKYO SHIHBUN in
Jspanese
9,010
Tokyo YO?iIURI SHIHBUN in
Japaneae
280
Naha OKIIiAWA TIMES in
anese
?Ja
5,550
p
Naha RYUKYU SHUlPO in
Japanese
640
GR~
KOREA (NORTH)
Pyongyang KCNA in
' English
HONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar NONTSANE in
English
Ulaanbsatar MONTSAME in
Russian
TAIWAN
Taipel.International Service in
English. ?
Taipei Da~estic Service in
}landarin
Taipei CNA in
English
.Taipei CHINA POST in
English
Taipei CHINC CHI JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei CHUNG KUO SHIN PAO in
Chinese
Teipei CHUNG YANG JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei LIEN HO PAO in
Chinese
Taipei TZU LI WAN PAO in
Chinese
1,060
4,120
3,740
34 , 960
7 , 600
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BROAD- PRESS PtJBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
UNION VF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow to Japan in
Japanese
5,200
Moscow to Southeast Asin in
Mandarin
1,490
Moscow to China in
Mandarin
21,390
Moscow to Vietnam in
Vietnamese
1,340
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress to Chine in
Mandarin
2,590
Moscow Domestic Television Service in
Russian
24,760
Vladivostok Domestic Service in
Russian
2,860
VIETNAM
Hanoi International Service in
Mandarin
2,710
Hanoi Domestic Service in
Vietnamese
18,410
Hanoi VNA in
English
Hanoi VNA in
French
50 ,000
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