MONTHLY REPORT--PARAGUAY BUREAU--AUGUST 1987

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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Monthly Report -- Paraguay Bureau
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DATE
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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
MPY-7012
i September 1987
MEMORANDUM FORT Director, FBIS
THROUGH a Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Paraguay Bureau--August 1987
1. On the 1st Paraguay's ruling Colorado Party held its
annual convention, which was viewed with keen interest by all
Embassy personnel. The convention ended much sooner than
expected because the Militant sector, headed by Interior
Minister Sabina Augusta Montanaro, used police forces under the
Interior Ministry to deny access to many delegates of the
Traditionalist sector, the only other group with a chance to
control the Party Executive Board. The Traditionalists walked
out of the convention early on, and the remaining
conventioneers spent the day electing Montanaro's slate to the
Board and delivering self-laudatory speeches.
The Bureau, covering the convention with a reduced Saturday
staff, turned out a high volume of timely items on the
proceedings and earned the thanks and praise of Ambassador Clyde
Taylor, who wrotes "Again, we benefitted from FBIS' support in
monitoring/interpreting the recent, significant Colorado Party
Convention and associated activities. Please convey to your
excellent team our sincere appreciation for their extra effort
which greatly assisted us in our work."
2. At 0300 on the 28th, Asuncion was awakened by
thundering explosions. When Chief Monitor tuning STAT
in a bedside radio, heard the commotion stemmed from near the
headquarters of the politically powerful General Andres
Rodriguez, he headed for the Bureau, pausing only to alert an
editor and teletypist. The unscheduled fireworks, as it turned
out, resulted from a blaze at the Army ammunition depot just
outside the capital. There was no immediate official word on
the cause or casualties, but unofficial reports spoke of an Army
private with a candle. The Bureau filed several priority items
on the blasts.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The Bureau sent a ZZ message on the 24th when a
report was monitored from Santiago Radio Chilena, quoting a
Peruvian radio station, that Peruvian President Alan Garcia had
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been overthrown. Neither Paraguay Bureau nor Panama Bureau
monitored subsequent reports of a coup from Peruvian sources.
The BUENOS AIRES HERALD on the 25th carried a UP-attributed item
stating that the Peruvian coup story had originated with the
Chiclayo, Peru, radio station program called "Lie of the Week,"
in which callers try to outdo one another with tall tales.
2. The Bureau on the 4th adjusted its ROSET antenna to
cover the crash of a LAN Chile airplane in Calama, Chile, in
which four people, including one U.S. citizen, were reported
killed.
3. At the request of Panama Bureau, which was swamped
with coverage of the Central American summit, Paraguay Bureau on
the 7th again swung its dish to cover a speech by Peruvian
President Alan Garcia.
4. On the 1st the Bureau began receiving the Brazilian
papers 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO and FOLHA DE SAO PAULO after a
lapse of 1 week, during which Production Group gave the Bureau a
hand by scrutinizing these papers in Headquarters.
B. Communications
The Bureau's Victor computer, with BACH 1.3A installed, went
on line in the communications center on the 11th. The computer
had been sidelined until a replacement for its defective CPU was
received from Headquarters.
C. Lateral Servi ctes
1. Embassy political officer Jack Martin came by the
Bureau on the morning of the 1st to read our file on the
Colorado Party convention. He requested that FBIS inform him of
convention attendance figures when monitored, and we called him
that afternoon with the information. He also said the Embassy
staff would be meeting that afternoon and accepted the Bureau's
offer to send copies of items filed on the convention to the
Embassy in time for the meeting.
2. Defense Attache Colonel Robert Happe on the 20th
requested a copy of a Bureau video recording of the military
parade during the 15 August commemoration of the 450th
anniversary of the founding of the city of Asuncion.
D. Technical
1. The technical staff performed scheduled preventive
maintenance on the Extol 8-315 printers and the Frederick 1203
demodulators.
2. Audio and video cables were laid for television
monitors at the Monitor Supervisor and Cruising Monitor
positions. These television monitors will be used for signals
received via the ROSET antenna.
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E. cruising
1. Cruising of the 65.0W Brasilsat this month revealed
the Empresa Estado press agency at RF 3900 mHz with a channel
frequency of 2280 kHz. Other cruising of this satellite
revealed Rio de Janeiro TV Educativa at RF 3917 mHz with an
audio subcarrier at 5.8 mHz.
2. At Headquarters request, the Bureau did further
cruising of Colombian and Venezuelan radios. The only stations
heard were Bogota Radio Sutatenza on 5095 kHz and San Cristobal,
Venezuela, Radio Ecos del Tarbes on 4980 kHz. Reception of both
stations was fair-poor.
III. ADMINISTRATION
Building and _Orounds
On the 27th the Bureau acquired two new desks for the
teletypists. Designed by Bureau personnel and built locally,
these desks have been installed along the wall separating the
communications center from the editorial desk. The Victor
computer sits on one of the desks and an EXTEL B-315 sits on the
other.
On the 27th a group of recently arrived Embassy personnel
visited the Bureau as part of an orientation tour. The Bureau
Chief briefed the group on Bureau operations and the worldwide
mission of FBIS.
V. COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
This month in answer to a request by the American women's
group "Las Amigas Norteamericanos del Paraguay" the Bureau began
contributing its "scrap" paper -- the ends of teletype rolls,
etc. -- to a local charity, Father Bahlinger's school for
children in San Ignacio. Both the school and Las Amigas were
very appreciative of the Bureau's response.
STAT
Chief, FBIS Paraguay Bureau
Attachments Monthly Production Report
CCi Panama Bureau
Key West Bureau
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Paraguay Bureau Production Report for August 1987
1. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
'T'OTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 223,040
TOTAL NON--PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 7815()
'TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 741
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires
Network in
Spanish
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Buenos Aires
English
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Argentina Tel evi sor-a Color
Domestic Service in
DYN in
NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in
TELAM in
BUENOS AIRES HERALD in
CLARIN in
LA NACION in
LA PRENSA in
BOLIVIA
La Paz La Red Panamericana in
Spanish
La Paz Radio Fides in
Spanish
La Paz Radio Illimani Network in
Spanish
La Paz El Diario in
Spanish
La Paz PRESENCIA in
Spanish
BRAZIL
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
1134(__).(__)C_) 50700.00 165.23
min. min. issues
504( >
815C>
10070)
9430
840
1510
7 C)
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BROAD-_. PRESS PUSL_ I -
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Network in
Portuguese 888C)
Porto Alegre Radio Guaiba in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro Rede Globo Television in
Portuguese 5420
Rio de Janeiro Rede Manchete Television in
Portuguese c-}
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes in
Portuguese 340
Sao Paulo Rede l{andei ranter Television
i n
Portuguese
Brasilia ESN in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro AJB in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO SRASIL in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro 0 GL013O 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 14880
Santiago Radio Chilena in
Spanish 9740
Santiago Radio Cooperativa in
Spanish 350
Santiago Radio F'ortales in
Spanish 0
Santiago Television Nacional de Chile
Network in
Spanish
Santiago Universidad Nacional de Chile
Television Network in
Spanish 0
Santiago ANALISIS in
Spanish
Santiago APSI in
Spanish
Santiago CAUCE in
Spanish
3150
4260
2430
6700
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Santiago COSAS in
Spanish
Santiago EL MERCUR I O in
Spanish
Santiago FORTIN MAPOCHO in
Spanish
Santiago HOY in
Spanish
Santiago LA SEGUNDA in
Spanish
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
Santiago MENSAJE in
Spanish
Santiago G?UE PASA in
Spanish
CHINA
Beijing in
Spanish to Latin America
FRANCE
Paris AFP in
Spanish
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Cerro Cora Sistema Nacional
de Television in
Spanish 0
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish 0
Asuncion Radio Caritas in
Spanish 4850
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marzo in
Spanish 0
Asuncion Red Nacional de Television in
Spanish 4490
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish
Asuncion EL PUEBLO in
Spanish
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish
Asuncion LA TARDE in
Spanish
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
G
4460
1 520
2030
440
10360
200
:3450
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BROAD-- PRESS PUE L I --
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Asuncion SENDERO in
Spanish
Asuncion ULT IMA HORA in
Spanish
PARAGUAY`
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marzo in
Spanish
PERU
Lima America 'Television in
Spanish
Lima Canal 9 'Television in
Spanish
Lima Domestic Service in
Spanish
Lima Latinoamericana Television in
Spanish
Lima Panamericana Television
Network in
Spanish
Lima RBC Television in
Spanish
Lima Radio Star in
Spanish
Lima Radio del Pacifico in
Spanish
Lima Radioprogramas del Peru in
Spanish
Lima "television Peruana in
Spanish
Lima CARE'TAS in
Spanish
Lima EL COMERCID in
Spanish
Lima EL DIARIO DE MARKA in
Spanish
Lima EL NUEVO DIARIO in
Spanish
Lima EXPRESO
Spanish
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
SPAIN
Madrid EFE in
Spanish
0
110
1160
69c:
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UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow Radio Magallanes in
Spanish
Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile
URUGUAY
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish
Montevideo Radio El Espectador in
Spanish
Montevideo LA HORA in
Spanish
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
Montevideo LA DEMOCRACIA in
Spanish
BROAD- PRESS F. UBL_ I -
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
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Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese
15880
Rio de Janeiro AJB in
Portuguese
410
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia Network in
Portuguese
8880
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese
6090
Sao Paulo Rede Bandeirantes Television in
Portuguese
0
Rio de Janeiro Rede Globo Television in
Portuguese
5420
Rio de Janeiro Rede Manchete Television in
Portuguese
0
Santiago Television Nacional de Chile Network
in Spanish
0
Santiago Universidad Nacional de Chile
Television Network in Spanish
520
Lima Television Peruana
in Spanish
7990
TOTAL 44,670
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