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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 1, 1987
• Content Type: MISC

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The FBIS move to its new headquarters in Reston was completed on
8 October with the arrival of the Coordination and Review staffs, the
former JPRS sections which have been formally incorporated into the
relevant Production Group divisions. It was a long summer; the first
component to move, part of Engineering Support Group, reported to Reston
on 14 July. We are now getting settled into our new home and find it
very attractive. We are planning an open house for the staff and their
families to take place sometime around the new year.
The following eulogy to Rosslyn was composed by UD's
and read at a Key Building "wake" held by members of UD on 18 Septem er:
The time has come, dear friends, to leave
Fair Rosslyn, on Potomac's shore.
We gather here to grieve
Where FBIS shall be no more.
Tis' true, that greener pastures may
Await us as we travel west.
But yet, the truth doth make me say
We go not at our own request.
Farewell to all that we hold dear:
The Tivoli, Szechuan Gourmet,
Crowded streets and trucks that veer,
McDonald's burgers, fruit sorbet.
We hear that life is grand out there,
But still we hesitate and stall.
For bike path, gym room and fresh air
Cannot compete with Metro Mall.
Alas, we cannot tarry more,
They've come to take our desks away
Who knows what Fate may have in store?
Tomorrow is a Reston day.
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The microwave link (Langley became 25X1
operational on 28 September, after lengthy political and technical
delays. Signals are being routed directly to 25X1
Tysons Corner and then to Langley, from where they are fed via the new
fiber optics links to Reston. INTERNET feeds from London are following
that path and are no longer being taken off the TVRO. 25X1
London Bureau continues to feed Moscow, Tripoli, and Tehran
newscasts, the latter now provided by Nicosia Bureau from their new
KU-band dish, which provides excellent reception of Tehran television, as
well as the domestic radio service. In addition to regular coverage, the
system has provided ad hoc relays of significant television coverage from
Saudi and Libyan TV. The INTERNET programs, TVRO programs, and Cities
tapes have now been combined into a two-channel schedule on the OIR TV
grid, with TVRO programming occupying Channel 3 and INTERNET and Cities
newscasts occupying Channel 11 almost continuously from 8 am to 5 pm.
The INTERNET console has been installed in the INTERNET Control
Center adjoining the Wire. The console will allow the INTERNET Control
Officer to control the distribution of television to consumers, to
coordinate with the field on relays of television programming via
INTERNET to meet consumer requests and to cover breaking developments,
and to monitor the status of television feeds from the field and TVRO.
Ambassador Platt, newly arrived in Manila, on 10 September approved
FBIS' request to establish a remote monitoring operation within the
Manila Embassy to be linked to the FBIS Hong Kong Bureau. The request
was approved with the provision that there would be no increase in
American staffing in the Philippines, but FBIS plans for the project have
always been based on hiring a U.S. dependent on contract to record and
feed programs from Manila. Hong Kong Bureau chief has since visited
Manila to finalize arrangements for the remote monitoring operations.
which will substantially improve reception of Philippine media.
THAILAND'S DIRECTOR FOR NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE VISIT
Khun Piya Chakkaphak, Thailand's Director for National Intelligence
visited FBIS on 9 July. He was accompanied by Khun Pravith Sukhavibul,
Director of NIA's Division 7, and an aide, Wichaya Tapasanan. The
visitors were welcomed by Deputy Director, FBIS, received briefings by
Operations, and Production Groups,and toured the Daily Reporting Division
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AWARDED CAREER INTELLIGENCE MEDALS
who retired on 3 December 1986 with over 23
years of service with the Agency, including continuous service at Key
West Bureau from 1969 until his retirement, received the Career
Intelligence Medal in recognition of his meritorious service to the
Agency. His most recent position was Deputy Chief, Key West Bureau. C
was also awarded the Career Intelligence Medal in
recognition of his career achievements for the Agency. retired
on 19 December 1986 after more than 27 years with the U.S. Air Force and
the Agency, over 21 of them with FBIS. He established a distinguished
record as a highly versatile officer, from his first position as a
Russian linguist to becoming Chief of the Tel Aviv Bureau and finally
Deputy Chief of the Daily Reporting Division.
FBIS APPOINTS TERMINOLOGY COORDINATOR
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NO UNUMIAIN , assumed the duties of FBIS Terminology Coordinator on
2 September. Most of the terminology decisions, which will 25X1
coordinate, concern standardization of particular terms. When Production,
Operations, and Analysis Groups have reached decisions on terminology
matters, the decisio announced in admin messages as well as in 25X1
NO UNCERTAIN TERMS.
ON-LINE COMPUTER DICTIONARIES
FBIS is moving toward being able to access large, foreign-language
dictionaries by computer. The Canadian Bureau of Translation has given
FBIS access to its French-English computer dictionary containing 700,000
terms and expressions in return for FBIS glossaries and language
publications. The Canadian computer dictionary may be accessed by
modem. Currently an FBIS Russian-English military computer dictionary
contains 16,000 terms. In addition, Production Group officers are now
developing a Russian-English technical dictionary and a Spanish-English
military dictionary on computer.
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The U.S. Government office responsible for coordinating negotiations
with Vietnam for our POWs and MIAs asked for FBIS' help in obtaining a
copy of the 2 July 1969 issue of a Vietnamese newspaper which contained a
commentary reporting two downed U.S. aircraft by name. The pilots remain
MIA. The commentary had been filed by the then FBIS Saigon Bureau, and
the translation was recently used as evidence that the Vietnamese knew
the whereabout of the aircrafts' occupants. However, the Vietnamese
demanded to see the original Vietnamese version before taking further
action. A copy was located in Production Group microfilm files and
reproduced newspaper-size for delivery to the negotiators on 2 October,
that is, within two days of the request.
SPECIAL SERVICES TO WHITE HOUSE, OTHERS
The chief of the President's Daily Briefing Staff called the FBIS
Analysis Group to determine what the Soviets were saying about Foreign
Minister Shevardnadze's visit to the U.S. Analysts prepared a response
to meet the 17 September deadline. FBIS was later advised that a good
deal of the report had been used in the PDB and that copies had been
passed to Frank Carlucci and a member of the vice president's staff.
At the request of Under Secretary of State Armacost's office, the
FBIS Wire Service provided an IZVESTIYA account of an interview with
Afghan Foreign Minister Wakil dealing with the just concluded round of
talks in Geneva on an Afghan political settlement. The IZVESTIYA
interview, published in the 13 September issue, was to be used by the
under secretary and Secretary Shultz in preparation for USSR Foreign
Minister Shevardnadze's visit to Washington.
Mexican President De la Madrid's 4 and 1/2 hour State of the Union
speech was monitored live from Mexican television by Panama Bureau via
its ROSET installation on the evening of 1 September, and a series of
reports and out-of-turn excerpts were filed in response to requests for
rapid handling of the address for the President's Daily Brief. The FBIS
Wire Service maintained frequent contact with OCPAS and DI consumers
during the night to apprise them of the status of the bureau's processing
of the speech, which was being texted.
The commander of the U.S. Middle East Forces (in Persian Gulf)
requested from FBIS an assessment of Iranian media "propaganda" on Iran's
recent mine clearing maneuvers. A response, prepared by Analysis Group,
was wirefiled on 1 September to the requestor and other military and
diplomatic consumers with an interest in the Persian Gulf developments.
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On 8 July, a EURA branch chief, in a memorandum addressed to Chief
Production Group expressed his a reciation for a research project on
Albania carried out by ELAAD's At EURA request,
had searched several months ot her press holdings on Albania to
gauge the frequency and intensity of Tirana media criticisms of the
United States in order to determine if Albanian diplomatic actions were
matched by public media shifts. The information provided was used in a
NID article and by State Department officers in formulating a response to
a recent Albanian diplomatic gesture.
A Foreign Press Note written by NEAD's on probable
supporters of South Korea's No T'ae-U (FB P - , my 1987), was
praised by OEA and the East Asia NIO. Indeed, it was a major topic of
discussion at one of the NIO's last meetings.
A consumer asked whether the Koran states that all those who die in
battle may enter heaven or only those who have shed blood. NEAD's
researched the issue and reported that bloodshed is not require
Some Iranian soldiers reportedly are worried about death by gas.
UD has begun receiving a new Soviet Foreign Ministry publication,
VESTNIK MINISTERSTVA INOSTRANNYKH DEL SSSR. The first issue dated August
1987, contained two major speeches, one by Gorbachev and one by
Shevardnadze, both of which had not previously been published which had
been eagerly awaited by the community because of advance publicity.
Arrangements were made to use these two items for a trial run of AFS to
process JPRS translations for publication in the DAILY REPORT. The two
speeches appeared in the 2 September DAILY REPORT.
Active Measures has been added to the roster of the Focal Point
Officer Program and who has been involved as the FBIS
representative to the State Department's Active Measures Working Group,
is the new Focal Point Officer for Active Measures. Her monthly Active
Measures Update will now appear as a memorandum and receive wider
distribution. Dr. Kathleen Bailey, who heads the Working Group, and
other members have expressed their thanks for FBIS support.
On 31 Au t, of the Executive Director's Staff called
S$TC's to say that one of her articles in PERSPECTIVES bears
directly on an "extremely sensitive" case under criminal investigation by
several U.S. Government agencies. He requested full translations of the
source material cited in the article and asked to be notified immediately
about any other items on this topic.
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On 7 July a consumer handcarried to FLASC a copy of a draft civil
aviation agreement between the USSR and Uruguay which the U.S. Government
opposed. A translation of the agreement was needed urgently for use in
the attempt to persuade the president of Uruguay not to sign it. The
38-page translation was done by and given to the requester on
9 July.
The most noteworthy event for Bangkok Bureau during the month of
July was the reappearance of the Philippines, Quezon City RPN 9 TV on the
77E Palapa satellite after a forced 18-month absence for not paying
Indonesia for its transmission time. With its return on 7 July, the
Bureau began covering the weekday 1030-1100 GMT domestic and
international newscast live and filed a number of wire-worthy items as a
result. In August, coverage of Philippines TV via satellite enabled the
bureau to provide up-to-the-minute reportage on the attempted coup that
took place in Manila.
The coup attempt against President Aquino also kept Hong Kong Bureau
occupied on 28 August. The bureau responded by opening up early and
placing the Philippine radios on open watch. One Philippine monitor was
called back from annual leave to assist in coverage. As it became
evident that this coup was not confined to Metro Manila but even reached
into th ces, the bureau instituted procedures to stay open 24
hours.
Hong Kong Bureau signed an agreement with XINHUA English Wire
Service in Hong Kong with service to begin mid-August. Since the
standard XINHUA agreement did not meet FBIS requirements, some
negotiation was involved to secure the desired wording. If past practice
holds, the bureau will not need to negotiate this agreement annually but
merely extend the current one. The circuit for this service was
installed on 18 August, and the bureau is using it as background and for
comparison purposes.
The major event at Okinawa Bureau during the month of August was the
typhoon Dinah, which struck the island on the weekend of 29-30 August.
It was the strongest typhoon in 18 years, packing centerwinds of 105
knots. It destroyed the bureau's small "PESOS" satellite dish and
fatally injured a U.S. Air Force man. Total damage was estimated at some
$500,000. Hong Kong Bureau instituted emergency backup coverage of
Beijing elevision to assist Okinawa.
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London Bureau's Press Monitoring Unit managed two "scoops" during
July. One was the unit's timely handling of USSR General Secretary
Gorbachev's interview with the Indonesian paper MERDEKA which provided
the first full text report of Gorbachev's proposal for the elimination of
all medium-range and shorter-range INF missiles in Asia. PMU intercepted
the facsimile transmission via satellite of the Moscow paper (23 July
SELSKAYA ZHIZN) which carried the announcement, the day before
publication in the Soviet Union. The second scoop was PMU Chief Editor
catch on the identification of Tretyak as Air Defense Forces
commander-in-chief, which reached Washington over 12 hours ahead of other
Western media reports.
The main event of July for Nicosia Bureau was the move to their new
office compound in western Nicosia in an area called Makedonitissa. The
old bureau, however conveniently located virtually next door to the
embassy, had long been inadequate in terms of space and physical
security.
Key West Bureau achieved its highest wordage in at least 4 years, if
not ever, during t e month of July when it filed over 202,000 words of
publishable copy. Much of this high word count was attributed to their
new operation in Haiti.
Panama Bureau remained embroiled in the conflict between the U.S.
Embassy and t e Panamanian Government over the fate of Internet. On
30 July, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Panamanian
Foreign Ministry advising the embassy that further "legal and
constitutional formalities must be complied with" before FBIS may use the
Intelsat frequencies necessary for Internet operation. As the Panamanian
Government had made no previous mention of such "formalities" in the
15-month effort to get Internet operational, it appeared that Internet
had once again become a hostage in the current strained relations between
the U.S. and Panamanian Governments. In addition to the Internet
frequencies, the Panamanian Ministry of Government and Justice put a hold
on the frequencies it had approved in March for the bureau's microwave
communications system. Relations between the embassy and the Panamanian
Government also remained strained during the month of August, thus
precluding any progress on Internet.
Paraguay Bureau covered the annual convention of Paraguay's ruling
Colorado Party with a reduced staff on Saturday, 1 August. The bureau
turned out a high volume of timely items on the proceedings and earned
the praise of Ambassador Taylor, who wrote: "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."
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