MONTHLY REPORT--PARAGUAY BUREAU--JULY 1987

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 1, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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Monthly Report -- Paraguay Bureau
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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
MPY-7411
i August 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT . Monthly Report--Paraguay Bureau-- July 1987
1. Paraguay's ruling Colorado Party will hold its annual
convention on 1 and 2 August. This year's convention is unique
because the selection of the Party's Executive Board will not be a
pro-forma exercise, but rather the culmination of an acrimonious
campaign between two factions known as Traditionalists, old-line
Party members, and the Militants, hardline supporters of President
Stroessner. Disagreement within the ruling party has not been this
visible in the run-up to past conventions, and the local population
has the jitters. Rumors of a curfew or worse during the convention
sparked panic buying in local supermarkets on 30 and 31 July.
2. Paraguayan coolness toward the Embassy continues to be
registered, among other ways in low attendance at official Embassy
functions. Only about half those invited to the 4th of July
festivities attended. Moreover, an Embassy reception this month for
the new chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC), Colonel
John Stetzinger, was poorly attended despite the Paraguayan
military's personal liking for the colonel, who knows many of them
from his previous command at the School of the Americas in Panama.
3. The Bureau this month instituted a smoking-restriction
policy to comply with an Embassy directive and new U.S. Government
regulations.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
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1. The Bureau moved its Roset dish on the 7th to cover the
installation of a new Chilean cabinet from Santiago Domestic
Service. The text of the decree naming the new Cabinet members was
filed at immediate precedence.
2. The bureau's receipt of its two Sao Paulo newspapers was
interrupted in mid-month. The local vendor in Asuncion attributed
the problem to a labor dispute in Sao Paulo that was preventing the
papers from being delivered to Varig airline there for onward
shipment. The Bureau asked ELAAD to assume scrutiny of 0 ESTADO DE
SAO PAULO and FOLHA DE SAO PAULO until further advised.
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3. Senior Editor on the 29th met with STAT
Embassy Political Officer Jack Martin to obtain information on the
1-2 August Colorado Party convention and to inform him of the
Bureau's coverage plans.
B. Communications
ANTELCO, the Paraguayan Government telecommunications agency, in
January announced a 300-percent increase in the annual fee it
charges for microwave link licenses. For over 6 months the Bureau
has been appealing for a reconsideration of the increase on the 25X1
basis of its noncompetitive, receive-only status. Finally, on 31
July, following persistent written and indirect appeals a 25X1
delegation of Bureau Chief Chief Technician
and Administrative Assistant) (made a 25X1
direct personal appeal to General Administrator Colonel Duarte. As
had predicted minutes earlier, Colonel Duarte said: "No 25X1
problems" and the rate was cut in half. The Bureau is waiting to
see this in writing. 25X1
C. Lateral Services
1. At the request of Embassy Political Officer Jack Martin,
the Bureau on 30 June videotaped a television report of a ceremony
in which a U.S.-Paraguayan antinarcotics agreement was signed.
Ambassador Clyde Taylor personally came to the Bureau on the 3d to
pick up the tape.
2. Another Embassy political officer, Millard Burr, called
on the 6th and asked that FBIS translate an editorial from Asuncion
EL DIARIO entitled "The Struggle Against Drug Trafficking." The
Bureau translated and filed the editorial for Mr Burr the same day.
3. On the 25th per BBC request, the Bureau filed two items
at immediate precedence on a bus accident in Brazil in which
approximately 30 people were killed.
4. ELAAD on the 23d asked the Bureau to file liberally
reaction from the Argentine business sector to the new economic plan
announced by Economy Minister Sourrouille on the 21st. The Bureau
expeditiously processed a number of responsive items.
D. Technical
1. The Bureau this month received the long-awaited
replacement CPU for its Victor PC II computer that had been damaged
during shipment.
2. The technical staff this month devoted a major effort
to performing preventive maintenance on EXTEL R.O. printers, audio
cassette recorders, and transcribers.
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E. Cruising
1. The cruising monitor made observations on the 27.5W and
53.OW Intelsats, during which he noted that Chilean radio and
television services are now being transmitted off the 27.5W instead
of the 53.OW, as they formerly were. Buenos Aires Argentina
Televisora Color Channel 7 has switched from 53.OW to 27.5W. Per
request from Panama Bureau, Venezuelan TV was rechecked but not
observed, presumably due to spot-beaming. Cruising observations
were also made on Brasilsat 65.OW.
2. On the 28th, the day of a large strike in Bolivia, most
Bolivian radio stations were not heard. The cruising monitor was
kept busy that day finding stations that were monitorable and
preparing Bolivian radio behavior FVI's. It was subsequently
learned that heavy thunderstorms on the day of the strike caused
numerous power outages, which shut down several radios.
3. During the month "Red Privada de Communicaciones" was
set up in Asuncion. The cruising monitor established that this
communications network comprises television Channel 13, Radio
Cardinal FM, and EL DIARIO NOTICIAS newspaper.
A. Personnel
editor,
who arrived on the 17th with his wif el land two
daughters nearly 2, and 4 weeks. As if traveling
with two small children weren't difficult enough, the
flight from Washington to Miami was delayed and they missed their
connection for Asuncion, which delayed their arrival by 1 day.
2. Junior Editor
departed Asuncion on the
on the Daily Report.
B. Buildings_and_Grounds
Landscaping has begun at the Embassy for the second ROSET
dish that the Bureau hopes to install later this year. An enlarged
tree screen has been planted to mask the new antenna.
1. Sabino E. Montanaro, ANTELCO manager for technical
services, visited the Bureau on the 13th to personally deliver a
letter to the Bureau Chief thanking her for three multicoupler units
which FBIS donated to ANTELCO. Montanaro said in his letter: "The
units are being used for significant training purposes within the
institution and are of great value for the personnel of this
office." The Bureau Chief took advantage of the visit to lobby for
a lower microwave link license fee. Montanaro promised to convey
this concern to ANTELCO's business office.
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2. I and new CPU Chief
were briefed on Bureau operations on the 2d, as,was ODC Chief Col
John Stetzinger on the 6th, and Embassy political section secretary
Sheila Jones on the 15th.
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electronic game to Bureau personnel. All told, the au
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120,000 Guaranies ($150) for the Bureau's Christmas charity, the
Albino Luiz Home for Exteptional Children in Asuncion.
Chief, FBIS Paraguay Bureau
Attachment: Monthly Production Report
CC: Panama Bureau
Key West Bureau
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