MONTHLY REPORT -- TEL AVIV BUREAU -- SEPTEMBER 1986

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 7, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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MTA-E 6
7 October 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report -- Tel Aviv Bureau -- September 1986
STAT
1. Operations Group Deputy Chiefl (visited the bureau 11-14
September. During his visit, he met with American and local personnel and
with senior embassy officers, including the Ambassador and DCM. STAT
2. The bureau chief used the occasion ofl (visit to hold
he bureau's new premises on the 15th floor of the
blocks from the embassy. Invited were: all STAT
embassy officers and staff, representatives of the contractors involved in
the construction of the building and the bureau, and representatives of
the diplomatic missions and companies located in the building. The bureau
believes the open house was a great success, with some 125 visitors
showing up for the wine and cheese buffet. (See below for the
steadfastness and discipline which the bureau staff demonstrated despite
the carryings-on of the open house around them.)
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Daylight savings time ended in Israel on 7 September; local time
is once again GMT plus 2 hours.
2. Israel and Egypt approved the Tabah arbitral compromis on 10
September, opening the way for a hasty summit meeting between Peres and
Mubarak that began the next day. The bureau stayed open 2 hours beyond
normal COB on the 10th, awaiting confirmation that the compromis had been
approved and the summit would proceed. Despite the news blackout imposed
during the summit, Israeli media carried extensive reportage and comment,
which culminated with Peres' return to Israel and his airport statement
and news conference, both of which came at the peak of the bureau's ooen
house. described above. Despite the commotion around them, editor STAT
were unfazed, process
and teletypists STAT
ing both items in anSTAT
expeditious manner that prompted a complimentary message from the managing
editor.
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3. The bureau stayed open through the night on 29 September to cover
the parliamentary by-elections in Turkey, the first electoral test since
the 1983 general elections for Prime Minister Turgut Ozal's government.
The voting results may indicate a shift to the right with Ozal's
Motherland Party winning 6 Parliamentary seats and 32% of the overall
vote, down from 45% in 1983. The more conservative Right Way Party won 4
seats and 24% of the vote.
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B. Lateral Services
1. In the wake of the 5 September hijacking of the PanAm 747 in
Karachi, several Embassy components, including the front office and the
Regional Security Office, asked to be kept informed on all developments.
Embassy interest was heightened by reports that the hijackers wished to be
flown to Cyprus and had demanded the release of terrorists jailed there
last year for murdering three Israelis aboard a yacht in Larnaca harbor.
The bureau requested drop copies of all items on the hijacking from the
other bureaus involved and provided frequent updates to embassy officers.
All recipients expressed their appreciation for the service. An overnight
watch planned by the bureau and coordinated with the DCM and other embassy
officers was called off following the assault on the plane and the release
of the passengers.
2. The bureau on 16 September replaced the Extel RO serving the
ponyline in the embassy Political Section with a new Comscribe.
3. The bureau on 17 September provided a rush translation for the
embassy Political Section of a Jerusalem Domestic Service report on
Israel's granting of a license for a branch of the Cairo-Amman bank in
Nabulus. The requesting officer indicated that the report was needed for
a cable to be sent by the charge that afternoon.
Technical
1. Nine new Extel Comscribe RO's were received during the month,
including 2 "triple font" units capable of printing Arabic.
2. Bureau technicians installed a new high-gain UHF antenna on the
roof of the bureau building. The new antenna will be used for television
cruising, primarily Cairo Television. Results will be forwarded.
3. The bureau engineer and technicians completed a comprehensive
physical inventory, a major project requiring extensive time and effort.
It is the first comprehensive update since the move to the bureau's new
quarters and was done in time to make the annual dollar report on bureau
accountable property.
A. Personnel
1. Teletypist
will replace
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entered on duty 14 September. STAT
, who is resigning on 11 October to STAT
2. During his brief visit to the bureau, Operations Group Deputy
Chief announced that cash awards had been approved for
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Communications Section Supervisor and teletypists STAT
for their efforts and personal STAT
sacrifices to keep the Communications Section manned during a very trying
time of high personnel turnover during the past year.
STAT
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B. Building and Grounds
The engineer and technicians cleared out the bureau warehouse in
Yafo in line with the decision to let the warehouse lease expire at the
end of the month. The items stored at the site were either disposed of or
transported to the bureau, where ample storage space has been created by
some minor remodeling and the purchase of some additional furniture. The
cancellation of the warehouse lease saves $5,000 annually and provides the
proper storage environment for supplies such as telecommunications paper.
1. Ops Group Deputy Chief
September.
2. Nicosia Bureau Administrative Assistant) Ito the
bureau TDY 14-18 September. worked closely with bureau admin
assistant reviewing bureau budgetary and administrative
practices. His assistance was greatly appreciated.
3. Deputy Chief
to the U.S. on R&R 28 September.
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Attachments: a. Production Report
b. Communications Report
Chief, BIS Tel Aviv Bureau
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Tel. Aviv Bureau Production Report for September 1986
TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
7145
r O r-IL.. PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 22330".)
F:JTAL_ NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 60930
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 698
BROAD... PRESS PURL I -
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 7640.00 840.00 58.00
(minutes or i. ssues per week:) min . mi n. issues
I T . OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
:,! idest. i. ne Bayre :: Radio in
Turk I sh_i 600:1
clandestine Bavrak Radio in
F.nol i. sh 155C)
-!in destine Free Voice of Iran in
Per sian 200
ande t.irie National Voice of Iran in
Persian
Clandestine Our Radio in
Turk i sh t?)
Clandestine Voice of Turkish Communist
::) r t .r in
Turk: i sh 5690
Clandestine Voice of the Liberation of
I: are in
Persian 840
Nicosia ANATOLIA in
Turk: i sh
AREECE
Athens in
English to South Africa
;:.;then in
English to Australia
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C,ST`:3 AOENC T E: S CATIONS
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9890
5950
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Moscow in
Turk 1. sh
Moscow i t7
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Ankara Domestic Service in
Turk i shh
='r,kara ANATOLIA in
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French
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Turk i ssh
UNITED KINGDOM
London BBC World Service in
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BROAD-- PRESS PUBL I -
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
960
8550
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TEL AVIV BUREAU MONTHLY COMMUNICATIONS REPORT FOR SEPT. 1986 ATTACHMENT B
1. TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED WAS 223,360 182,780')
TOTAL NQNPUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED WAS 60,930 ( 58,390 )
DAILY WORDAGE FILED AVERAGED 9, 4 7 6 7, 7 8 0 )
HIGHEST DAILY WORDAGE FILED WAS 14 , 860 on 11 September 1986
LOWEST DAILY WORDAGE FILET) WAS 4,110 on 13 September 1986
2. OUTAGES ON OUTGOING SKYMUX CIRCUIT TOTALED 13.5 HOURS, 2 . 7 PERCENT.
OUTAGES ON :INCOMING SKYMUX CIRCUIT TOTALED13..5:-TOURS, 2 . 7 ;'ERCENT.
OUTAGES: 13 September - Scheduled outage for work at
21 September - Scheduled outage
25 September - Computer work at
3. WORDS FILED VIA TELEX DURING OUTAGES OF THE SKYMUX CIRCUIT: 1,760
NB. Figures from preceding month in Parentheses.
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