MONTHLY REPORT--LONDON BUREAU-- APRIL 1987

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-00733R000100060008-0
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 26
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 11, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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11 May 1987
MLD-7019
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FROM . Chief, FBIS London Bureau
THROUGH . Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT . Monthly Report -- London Bureau -- April 1987
I. GENERAL
1. On 14 April the bureau, in coordination with the Monitoring
Operations Division, conducted an experiment involving Internet
transmission of a consolidated VSL tape and videotapes of Prague
television coverage of the recent Gorbachev visit to
Czechoslovakia airmailed from Vienna Bureau. The success of the
experiment from the bureau's perspective bodes well for future
utilization of the Internet system as it becomes fully
operational.
had STAT
By the end of the month, Bureau engineer
successfully resolved all problems with the Internet orderwire
equipment to the extent that the system is now operational in
all modes. Full operational status awaits local communications
authority (Teleprove) testing/approval to be scheduled by the
Field Engineering Division.
2. Despite earlier statements to the contrary, the American Embassy
announced on 7 April that an FSN salary change survey would be
conducted during May and June of this year. In response to an
embassy request for survey participants, the bureau volunteered
PMU monitor STAT
At the end of the month, the American Embassy in Islamabad,
Pakistan announced an FSN pay increase retroactive to 31 August
1987.
3. Subsequent to BBCMS personnel changes as reported in the March
Monthly R t it was announced 24 April that modernization
assistant would assume the post of Organizer, Soviet STAT
Monitoring replacing newly assigned Assistant Head/Reception
Department In yet another personnel change, STAT
effective 21 Apr-ill -1 currently Manager House Services 61AI
at BBC Pebble Mill, Will a acting Manager House and Office eho STAT
Services at Caversham for 6 months, replacing
takes up new duties as Premises Operations Manager, us Ouse.
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II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. London Bureau, PMU and Vienna Bureau were commended by the
Chief, Daily Reporting Division for well-coordinated
coverage and comprehensive and rapid processing of
materials on Gorbachev's mid-April visit to the CSSR.
was selected to TDY
2. Senior Associate Editor
to Abidjan 12 May - 1 June to provide editorial assistance
during staff R&R travel.
3. April was a particularly busy month for PMU, with daily
publishable wordage reaching 59,000 on the 28th. The Tajik
CP Central Committee Plenum on 7 April and the 15 April
session of the 20th Komsomol Congress contributed some 62
takes to the already heavy processing load.
STAT
B. Communications
1. There were no major outages during the month, but a
potentially serious one occurred on the 30th when a
Headquarters 80-minute CPS outage (the only one during the
month) coincided with a downtime of the LWA/WLA backup
circuit.
2. BBC technician visited Vienna Bureau to finish STAT
work on the upgrading of the VCVC line, which became
operational on 14 April. Operational procedures for use of
the enhanced line had been discussed a rlier on 2 April
between Communications Unit visor and STAT
visiting Vienna Bureau Chief This, coupled with STAT
Vienna's new direct circuit to Croug ton, should resolve
Vienna's communications problems.
C. Technical
1. Expansion of Wang system capabilities in the Tabulation
Unit to include an additional terminal was accomplished by
the local representative on 14 April.
2. On 23 April emergency repairs were successfully made to the
pressfax equipment thanks to timely telephone coordination
with the Field Engineering Branch and rapid receipt and
installation of spare boards from Headquarters which
prevented any coverage loss.
a STAT
3. Thanks to fine efforts by bureau technician
bureau floor plan was constructed to scale with plastic
overlay and cardboard cutouts representing office equipment
and furniture. The display will be a useful tool for
visualizing space allocation and office renovation as
bureau plans for consolidation and automation take shape.
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III. ADMINISTRATION
Personnel
1. Russian Monitor entered on duty 12 April. STAT
2. Teletype operator candidate was dis ualified during STAT
processing. Replacement candidate was put in STAT
processing at mid-month.
3. At the request of Vienna Bureau, another advertisement was
placed in local papers for Serbo-Croat candidates to supplement
two previously tested applicants from earlier recruiting
efforts.
4. Bureau technicians are currently STAT
involved in the self-taught Heathkit "Computer Servicing"
program received from Headquarters. The bureau's chief editor
is overseeing their progress.
To the bureau: Production Group officer on 1 April for
orientation and briefings; Vienna Bureau Chief on 2 April
for communications discussions; Headquarters engineer
on 14 April for discussions with bureau engineers and
BBCMS technicians regarding the Islamabad line.
cc: Chief, Austria Bureau
Chief, Cologne Unit
Chief, Islamabad Unit
Chief, Okinawa Bureau
S TAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
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London Bureau Production Report for APRIL 1987
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 2,456,860
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 543,340
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 5 , 014
BROAD- PRESS PURL I -
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 73,313 149,856 532.64
(minutes or issues per week) min. min. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
AFGHANISTAN
Kabul
b
l
K
in
English to Europe C)
i
a
u
l
K
b
n
Pashto to Europe 0
i
u
a
n
Dar i to Europe 0
Kabul
Domestic
Dar i
Service in
35,960
Kabul
Domestic
Pashto
Service in
6,180
Kabul
BAKHTAR
Dari
in
1,900
Kabul
BAKHTAR
English
in
5,320
Kabul
BAKHTAR
Pashto
in
160
ALBANIA
Tirana ATA in
English
Tirana ATA in
French
ALGERIA
Algiers Voice of Palestine in
Arabic 14,410
Algiers Domestic Service in
Arabic 15,250
Algiers Domestic Service in
French 6,81()
Algiers APS in
Arabic
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Algiers APS in
English
Algiers APS in
French
Algiers EL MOUDJAHID in
French
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires International Service in
English
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne Overseas Service in
English
AUSTRIA
Vienna OPECNA in
English
BELGIUM
Brussels Domestic Service in
French
Brussels LE SOIR in
French
BULGAR I A
Sofia in
Russian to the USSR
Sofia BTA in
English
BURUNDI
Bujumbura Domestic Service in
French
Bujumbura Domestic Service in
Kirundi
CANADA
Montreal International Service in
Eng l i. sh
CH I N A
Beijing X I NHUA in
English
BROAD-- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
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BROAD- PRESS PLJBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
CLANDESTINE (AFRICA)
(Clandestine) Radio of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army in
Bari
1,400
(Clandestine) Radio Halgan in
Somali to Somalia
3,090
(Clandestine) Radio of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army in
Arabic
0
(Clandestine) Radio of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army in
English
11,180
(Clandestine) Voice of Western Somalia and
Abo Liberation Fronts in
Somali
0
(Clandestine) Voice of the Broad Masses of
Eritrea in
Amharic
1,030
(Clandestine)
Eritrea in
Voice of the Broad Masses of
Tigrinya
600
(Clandestine)
i. n
French
Bardai Chadian National Radio
630
(Clandestine)
English
Africa
(Clandestine)
K.UP in
to Southern and Central
KUP in
French to Southern and Central
Africa
(Clandestine) KUP in
Portuguese to Southern and Central
Africa
CLANDESTINE (MIDDLE EAST)
(Clandestine) Radio of the Iranian Toilers
in
COMOROS
Moroni Domestic Service in
French
CZECHOSLOVAI