MONTHLY REPORT--LONDON BUREAU--JUNE 1987

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• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 6, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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Monthly Report -- London Bureau
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Chief, Operations Group
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June 1987
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6 July 1987
MLD-7024
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FROM : Chief, FBIS London Bureau
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report -- London Bureau -- June 1987
I. GENERAL
1. The end of the month was marked by a turnover the ranks of
bureau management with n91 as
deputy chief on 26 June and rePlacing as
Chief, PMU on the 30th.
2. BBCMS implemented o more ste in its Reception Department
reorganization when former Modernization Assistant,
assumed duties as Organizer, Soviet Monitoring, effective 10
June.
3. As agreed during the 1987 BBC-FBIS Coordination Meeting, the PMU
Arabic monitor on loan to the BBC in the wake of the Gulf Bureau
closure was officially returned to FBIS at the end of the
month. With this development and the EOD on 6 July of trainee
Arabic monitor PMU's Arabic section will be at
full T/O of three.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Editorial/Monitorial
1. The bureau editorial staff dealt with an unusually high
number of leadership speeches during the month, including
four speaking appearances each by Soviet leader Gorbachev
and Libya's Al-Qadhdhafi, seven by the Iranian leadership
and four by Afghan General Secretary Najibullah.
2. PMU also had a busy month with an average output of 33,470
words daily. Chief, Analysis Group commended the unit for
its "magnificent show" in processing the flood of important
material coming out of Moscow. Chief, Wire Services Staff
also commended PMU for its rapid handling of the 25,000-
word text of General Secretary Gorbachev's report to the 25
June session of the CPSU Central Committee from the
pressfax version of the 26 June PRAVDA.
3. BBC has protested to TASS over poor service on the English-
language service landline. Several major Soviet texts in
recent weeks have been transmitted only in fragments,
necessitating texting later from the Soviet central press.
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
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4. Chief editor assumed responsibility for day-to- STAT
day Internet operations effective 8 June.
B. Communications
1. The dedicated circuit with Washington was disconnected on 1
June for approximately 2 months for upgrading and
connection to Reston. The new circuit, after experiencing
a few problems, successfully underwent a brief test on 26
June.
2. The Communications Section assisted Austria Bureau 9-29
June by receiving all Vienna traffic over the VCVC for
onward relay over Autodin while Austria worked out
remaining bugs in its circuit. Approximately 1,700
messages were handled during this period.
STAT
C. Lateral Services
1. At the request of the Public Affairs Office (PAO) in the
U.S. Embassy in Moscow, PMU filed two interviews with USIA
Director Wick to the PAO in Moscow and USIA Headquarters in
Washington. The first interview appeared in the 7 June
IZVESTIYA and the second in the 9 June SOVETSKAYA KULTURA.
2. After coordination with Milan Unit Chief PMU STAT
arranged to send the U.S. Embassy in Rome a copy of its
West European press selection list to facilitate Embassy
requests for PMU processing.
D. Technical
1. Software for automated production of the XINHUA log has
been developed and tested on line. If London Bureau
remains the primary backup for XINHUA during outages in
Okinawa, Bureau engineers will construct the necessary
hardware to make the software operational.
2. A new Wang terminal has been installed in the PMU, bringing
the number of terminals on the system to 27.
3. The editorial phone for the computerized Internet orderwire
was installed during the month. Final approval for use of
the orderwire is still pending.
4. Other engineering developments during the month include
modification of the Facit autodin terminal printers to cure
a persistent ribbon lift problem and receipt from Panama of
two Stelma modems to use as Audodin spares.
III. ADMINISTRATION
Personnel
1. The following London Bureau FBN personnel were presented with
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STAT
well-deserved promotions during the month: Engineer
STAT
to FBN 1Q/4: technician to FBN 8/1: PMU media
analysts
FBN 10/3,
to FBN 10 2 STAT
and Ito FBN 10/2; Associate Editors
STAT
to FBN 9/1 and
to FBN 8/7; and tabulator JIAI
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to FBN 8/2. SIAI
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chief
arrived PMU STAT
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Chief 22 Jun onA
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15 STAT
June. Outgoing deputy
departed PCS 26 June PMU STAT
and junior editor
1 July. STAT
STAT
To the bureau:)
(deputy chief, Administrat' STAT
9 and 10 June for discussions on a number of FBN issues;
STAT
Office of Information Resources broadcast engineer, on the 24th for
talks on technical aspects reau television coverage and
Internet; and Production Group African specialist, STAT
for bureau familiarization.
From the bureau: Teletypist to Tel Aviv from 30 June STAT
for a 5-week TDY to assist Tel Aviv during a staffing crisis and to
train EOD teletypists. The bureau chief briefed ten newly arrived
FSO's on FBIS and London Bureau operations at the embassy on 1 July.
STAT
cc: Chief, Austria Bureau
Chief, Cologne Unit
Chief, Islamabad Unit
Chief, Okinawa Bureau
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London Bureau Pr?c'dc.ir_t Ic'n Report for JUNE 198:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 0442938()
TOTAL. NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 537,10o
TOTAL. NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 4 , 904
BROAD- PRESS P(..3Fai.... ._
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
I I . INPUT OF RE:(:3ULAR COVERAGE: 71 , 716 145,296 5 32.6,1.
(minutes or issues per week.) m111. min.. issues
III . OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES %
(publishable words per month)
AFGHANISTAN
Kabul
in
English to Europe
0
Kabul
in
Pashto to Europe
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Kabul
in
Dar i to Europe
0
Kabul
Domestic: Service
L)ari
in
35,310
Kabul
Domestic Service
Pashto
in
2,370
Kabul
BAKHTAR in
Dari
29140
Kabul
DAKHTAR in
English
18,460
Kabul
BAKHTAR ii
Pashto
r,"1
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Tirana ATA 0--)
English
Tirana Al A i. r,
French
Fil_.(: ER 1 A
Algiers Voice of Palestine in
Arabic 2,120
Algiers Domestic Service in
Arabic 4 , 350
Algiers Domestic Service in
French 4,810
Algiers AF'S in
Arabic
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Algiers APS in
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CLANDESTINE (AFRICA)
(Clandestine) Radio of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army in
Bari.
(Clandestine) Radio Halgan in
Somali to Somalia
(Clandestine) Radio of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army in
Arab 1 (:::
(Clandestine) Radio of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army in
E:nc_l 1 i shy
*(Clandestine) Radio of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army in
Latuka
(L1andeptine) Voice of Western Somalia and
Abo Liberation Fronts in
Sc:mali.
(Clandestine) Voice of the Broad Masses of
Eritrea in
Amharic
(Clandestine) Voice of the Broad Masses of
Er i t r era in
Tigrinya
(Clandestine) Bardai Chadian National Radio
in
French
(Clandestine) KUP in
English to Southern and Central
Africa
(Clandestine) KUP in
French to Southern and Central
Africk
(Clandestine) KUP in
Portuguese to Southern and Central
Atr Ic::a
CLANDESTINE (IRAN AND IRAQ)
(Clandestine) Radio of the Iranian Toilers
in
COMORO
Moroni Domestic Service in
French
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Prague International Service in
Czech
x:
BROAD- PRESS PUBL. I --
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
890
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