AVAILABLE TRANSCRIPTION OF BROADCASTS AND NOTICE OF UPCOMING PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000301440001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 9, 1984
• Content Type: MEMO

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9 November 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR: 'Media Highlights Recipients
SUBJECT: Available Transcription of Broadcasts and
Notice of Upcoming Program
1. We have on file the following transcriptions of broadcasts. If
you would like a~copy, please notify us and we will
make it available to you.
2 November, WJLA-TV, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, Subject: Intelligence
sources say terrorist attack in Mideast cou d come at any time.
John McWethy,reporting.
2 November, WJLA-TV, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT,. Subject: DCI writes
letter to Congress defending .use of manua written for Nicaraguan
rebels. Peter Jennings reporting.
7 November, WETA-TV, PBS MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR, Subject:
President Reagan statement on the manual written for the contras.
7 November, WJLA-TV, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, Subject: John McWethy
reports Congressional notification by that the Soviet merchant
ship was tracked via satellites from the Black Sea to Nicaragua.
Also, revelations resulting from SR-71 flight over Nicaragua last
week.
7 November, WJLA-TV, ABC NIGHTLINE, Subject: John Scali and John
McWethy discuss the route of the Soviet merchant ship (avoiding
Panama Canal), the cargo, and a definition of cratology. Also Ted
Koppel interviews Nicaraguan Foreign Minister D'Escoto.
8 November, WJLA-TV, ABC GOOD MORNING AMERICA, Subject: Sen.
Moynihan discusses U.S. responses to the possibility of the cargo on
the Soviet ship docked in Nicaragua including MiG's.
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8 November, WJLA-TV, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, Subject: John McWethy
reports that high level discussions betw U.S. and Soviet Union
are underway over the possible arrival of MiG's in Nicaragua and
that the cargo may include anti-aircraft missiles. Also in Miami
Edgar Chamorro, former contra leader, tells Peter Collins his
understanding of the CIA supported contra mission.
8 November, WDVM-TV, CBS EVENING NEWS, Subject: David Martin
comments on the Soviet backed military buildup in Nicaragua.
8 November, WETA-TV, PBS MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR, Subject:
Congressmen Shannon ( ass. Hyde and Alvin Rubinstein,
professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania
discuss the current escalation of tension over the possibility of
MiG's in Nicaragua.
8 November, WJLA-TV, ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT, Subject: George Will
speculates on make-up of res. Reagan 's ca net.
9 November, WRC-TV, NBC TODAY SHOW, Subject: Arrival of Soviet
cargo ship in Nicaragua is discussed in an interview with former
DDCI Adm. Bobby Inman.
2. Word has been received of the following upcoming program:
12 November, 7 AM, WRC-TV, TODAY, Author Jim Hougan (Secret Agenda:
Watergate, Deep Throat and ttIA).
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