MONTHLY REPORT--PARAGUAY BUREAU--JULY 1986

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• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 6, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
6 August 1986
WY-6046
MEMORANDUM FOR. Director, FBIS
THROUGH $ Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT t Monthly Report--Paraguay BureauJuly 1986
On the occasion of Bureau Chief
departure for the "hotter" climes of Tel iv Bureau, the
Bureau held two parties to send his off. The first was a
Paraouayan-style barbecue at the home of Senior Editor
It was held an Sunday, 13 July,
to allow all the Bureau's families ttend. On the
19th, Deputy Chief hosted a cocktail
party to which the Bureau's local staff as well as
Ambassador Taylor, Embassy principals, and many other
official community Americans were invited. Despite the
situation in Chile and airline strikes, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs Robert
Selbard, who was making an official visit to Paraguay, was
able to attend the party. The surprise visitor of the
night was the Venezuelan Ambassador to Paraguay, who
applied the "good neighbor policy" and dropped in
unannounced and met with Mr Gelbard.
In comments to the Bureau Chief, Mr Gelbard said
that he was happy to finally swat with someone from MIS
and to be able to express his "strong appreciation" of
FBIS' work. He commented that he has been an avid reader
of FBI8 products for many years.
During his 26 June - 1 Jul TDY to the American
Embassy Santiago, Deputy Chief met with DCM
Jones, other Embassy principals, and the local USI8 and B$F
officers handling the Bureau's account in Santiago. He
also met with the Santiago contractor and discussed
operational issues. In his meetings with the Embassy
officers, found high appreciation and respect for the
Bureau's coverage of Chilean events. The Chief of the
Political Section summed up the Embassy's opinion of the
Bureau's coverages "The problem is that when you do such a
great Job, what can I add."
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The Bureau filed 13,640 words from ROBET sources
during July, the highest wordage since ROSET operations
began in May. The wordage was distributed fairly evenly
among Brasilia EBN, Brasilia Radio da Amazonia Network, and
Brasilia Domestic Service. With the television newscast
content surveys nearing completion, the Bureau anticipates
placing some Brazilian television newscasts on coverage
soon.
A. "WJLUr"LJEdi QC .i3.
1. The political situation and unrest in Chile
was the Bureau's primary focus of attention in July. On
the 2d and 3d, the National Civic Aseesbly (ANC), a
grouping of the most important civic associations seeking
to and the 13-year-old regime of President Pi nochet, staged
a national stoppage. The stoppage resulted in at least 8
deaths, 900 arrests, and restrictions placed an the
reporting of 4 Santiago radio stations. The major
reverberations, however, were caused by the alledged
burning alive of two youths by a military patrol. The
military at first denied any responsibility and then
reversed itself and turned 25 military men over to the
courts. Of these 25, 24 were released by the presiding
judge and the 25th was charged with negligence, for not
caring for the youths when they were found. The
government's actions have been condemned by most sectors of
the Chilean public.
2. On the 10th, President Pinochet said in a
speech that he planned to stay in power after 1999, when
elections are scheduled to be held, according to the
Constitution. This caused a major domestic and
international uproar and prompted contradictory statements
by the other members of the Government Junta, revealing
cracks in Pinochet's closest circles. A week later,
Pinochet reversed himself, explaining that he had been
misunderstood.
3. Peruvian President Alan Garcia celebrated his
first anniversary in office on the 28th by delivering a
3-hour State of the Nation address before a joint session
of Congress. The Bureau covered the speech live through a
phone patch provided by the Lima contractor, and Panama
Bureau provided backstop coverage off its R0SET for video
purposes. The Bureau remained open late the night of the
speech to clear the 16 takes of excerpts selected. Making
good on its threat to retaliate against government and
ruling party officials, the Shining Path increased attacks
an government and ruling party officials and offices.
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4. Argentina was the scene of several meetings on
subregional integration in July. On the 28th, Brazilian
President Jose Barney arrived in Buenos Aires for talks
with President Raul Alfonsin on an integration agreement
between the two countries, which many observers regard as
the initial steps toward the creation of a Latin American
common market. Uruguayan President Banguinetti arrived the
next day to take part in the talks and a communique was
issued on Uruguayan participation in the scheme. The talks
concluded with the signing of agreements calling for
increased joint production, technological exchanges, trade,
and development projects.
5. In Bolivia, The U.S. Army and Bolivian forces
are cooperating in the fight against narcotics trafficking
in the country. The presence of some 160 U.S. military
advisers and technicians has sparked off protests among
political and union circles, ranging from calls for
impeachment proceedings against President Paz Estenssoro to
strikes and stoppages. Thus far, the joint operation has
resulted in the destruction of several cocaine
manufacturing installations but few arrests.
6. The Paraguayan Colorado Party held precinct
elections in Asuncion and the metropolitan area on 27 July.
Since multi-candidate elections had not been held in many
years and since many felt they would be a barometer of
President Stroessner's power base, there was such interest
in the outcome. The "militant" faction, which faithfully
supports Stroessner, won 16 of the precincts against the 9
of the "traditionalist," which ostensibly supports
Stroessner but is rumored to favor a civilian candidate for
the 1988 presidential election.
9. Lat*i 22cmic
1. During Mr Gel bard's visit, the Bureau provided
his with our file as well as other bureaus' copy an South
America. Na also presented his with a video compendium of
reports on his visit from Paraguayan television stations.
2. At the request of the BBC, the bureau filed
several items on the pretrial legal proceedings against
several individuals accused of hiding and aiding Nazi war
criminal Josef Mongols in Brazil.
C. icatian5
The Bureau has been advised by Headquarters that
it has received an offer to upgrade the primary
communications circuit from 75 to 150 baud,
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D. ccliiaLw
During the month, the cruiser continued to
cruise-out Brasilsat Al with good results. He located and
cruised-out Rio de Janeiro Reds Manchete Television on a
new carrier signal at RF 3917 MHZ. He also cruised-out Sao
Paula TYS Television Network and the Brazilian television
shared carrier signals at RF 4004 and 4165 MHZ, which carry
programs by Sao Paulo Televisao Cultura, Rio de Janeiro TV
Educative, Brasilia Televisao Nacional, alobo Television,
and Bandeirantes Television. In addition, he located
Buenos Aires Argentina Televisora Color Network on the
Intelsat 27.5W for possible backstop of the Bureau's
terrestrial coverage.
E. IlcMical
Preventive maintenance was performed on the remote
equipment at the Bureau and an the antennas at the remote
site in Luque. In addition, the Bureau has forwarded to
Headquarters for approval bids to replace the towers an the
Bureau's rhombic antenna. The motors in the new IBM
Selectric III typewriters that the Bureau recently received
are continuing to burn out. From the 10 new motors we
received in March, the Bureau is down to 1 and has ordered
20 more as spares. Logs and FOB/FED are working with IBM
to solve the problem.
the Bureau's newest
monitor-trainee, 'ed an the 10th. His entrance an duty
puts the Bureau one monitor over the authorized ceiling,
but this was authorized by Headquarters so we could have
his full trained and operational before Chief Monitor
retires in February.
1. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Robert
Bel bard, accompanied by Ambassador Tayl ar, visited the
Bureau an the 22d and was given a tour and briefing of the
office by the Bureau Chief.
2. The new Deputy Chief of Mission, James E.
Mack, visited the Bureau on the 28th and was given a tour
and briefing by the Acting Bureau Chief.
3. Deputy Chief) ITDY'ed to the
American Embassy Santiago 26 June - 1 July.
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4. Bureau Chief departed post 23
July for his new PCS assignment as Bureau Chief of Tel Aviv
Bureau.
5. Bureau Technician attended the
Spanish-Latin American Association a .communications
Research and Study Centers (ANCIET) conference in Caracas
from 27 July to 1 August. He was sponsored by ANTELCO, the
government telecommunications monopoly, for research he had
conducted in rural communications in Paraguay. From
Caracas, he TDY'ed to Panama Bureau 1-4 August for an
orientation on the ROSET operations.
Bureau personnel were saddened by the death on the
31st of the mother of Techn i c i an
At the request of the Embassy Administrative
Officer, the Bureau Chief gave a lecture to the -American
Bay Scouts of Asuncion an communications, their types and
uses. He also discussed examples of the types of final
products for communications.
was elected president of the
Cori weary Board. His wi fe, was reelected
Secretary.
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Paraguay Bureau Production Report for July 1986
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 274000
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 107890
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 804
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 9376.00 39840.00 174.23
(minutes or issues per week) min. min. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Argentina Televisora Color
Network in
Spanish 2780
Buenos Aires Domestic Service in
Spanish 3740
Formosa LT 88 Television in
Spanish 0
Buenos Aires DYN in
Spanish 3440
Buenos Aires NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in
Spanish 11830
Buenos Aires TELAM in
Spanish 17400
Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES HERALD in
English 700
Buenos Aires CLARIN in
Spanish 440
Buenos Aires GENTE in
Spanish 0
Buenos Aires LA NACION in
Spanish 1270
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in
Spanish 0
Buenos Aires TIEMPO ARGENTINO in
Spanish 280
BOLIVIA
La Paz La Red Panamericana in
Spanish
La Paz Radio Illimani in
Spanish
La Paz El Di ar i o in
Spanish
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
La Paz PRESENCIA in
Spanish
BRAZIL
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese 3900
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Network in
Portuguese 4690
Porto Alegre Radio Guaiba in
Portuguese 00
Rio de Janeiro Radio Globo in
Portuguese 0
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes in
Portuguese 80
Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro AJB in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in
Portuguese
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
CHILE
Santiago Domestic Service in
Spanish 15340
Santiago Radio Chilena in
Spanish 23500
Santiago Television Service in
Spanish 860
Santiago QUE PASA in
Spanish
Santiago ANALISIS in
Spanish
Santiago CAUCE in
Spanish
Santiago COSAS in
Spanish
Santiago EL MERCURIO in
Spanish
5000
0
7150
2730
1540
0
4100
2750
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Santiago HOY in
Spanish
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
Santiago MENSAJE in
Spanish
CHINA
Beijing Beijing in
Spanish
FRANCE
Paris AFP in
Spanish
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Radio Nanduti in
Spanish
Asuncion Cerro Cora Sistema Nacional
de Television in
Spanish
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marzo in
Spanish
Asuncion Red Privada de Teledifusara
Paraguaya Television in
Spanish
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish
Asuncion EL PUEBLO in
Spanish
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish
Asuncion LA TARDE in
Spanish
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
Asuncion SENDERO in
Spanish
Asuncion ULTIMA HORA in
Spanish
PERU
Lima Cadena America Television in
Spanish
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
1310
3510
0
1590
990
5240
2070
1760
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Lima Canal 9 Television in
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Spanish
490
Lima
Domestic Service in
Spanish
14780
Lima
Latinoamericana Television in
Spanish
0
Lima Panamericana Television
Network in
Spanish
4250
Lima Radio del Pacifico in
Spanish
1630
Lima
Radioprogramas del Peru in
Spanish
1120
Lima Television Peruana in
Spanish
1330
Lima CARETAS in
Spanish
1470
Lima EL COMERCIO in
Spanish
290
Lima EL DIARIO MARKA in
Spanish
0
Lima
EXPRESO
Spanish
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
SPAIN
Madrid in Spanish to Latin America
Spanish
Madrid EFE in
Spanish
URUGUAY
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish
Montevideo Radio El Espectador in
Spanish
Montevideo LA HORA in
Spanish
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
USSR
Moscow Radio Magallanes in
Spanish
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
Spanish to Latin America
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil 0
Moscow in
Spanish to Latin America Boo
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile 3740
Moscow in
Spanish to Cuba 0
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Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese 4930
Rio de Janeiro AJB in
Portuguese 80
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia Network in
Portuguese 4690
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese 3900
Rio de Janeiro Radio Globo in
Portuguese
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