MONTHLY REPORT -- PARAGUAY BUREAU -- SEPTEMBER 1988

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 1, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
5413-88
1 October 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report -- Paraguay Bureau
September 1988
I. GENERAL
A. The new U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Timothy
Towell, arrived in Asuncion on 25 September. He was greeted
at the airport by the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and by
the Country Team and their spouses, including the acting
Bureau Chief. The Country Team then assembled at the
Ambassador's residence, where Ambassador Towell received the
Chief of Protocol from the Paraguayan Foreign Ministry and
was further greeted with a champagne toast. The following
night, the Deputy Chief of Mission hosted a barbecue for
Ambassador Towell, where the Country Team and their spouses
were able to chat with the new ambassador and his wife more
informally. The Bureau is already providing services to the
new ambassador, including fielding a request for a video
recording of local television coverage of his arrival
statement.
II. OPERATIONS
A.
Monitorial/Editorial
1. Paraguayan President Alfredo Stroessner
created a stir by being absent from government house 30
August - 12 September after undergoing a reported prostate
operation. Local media, which are tightly controlled, were
also silent on his whereabouts. It was rumored on the
street that the longest-ruling Latin American dictator was
near death, and the U.S. dollar experienced a temporary
surge in
savings.
behavior,
in other
television
value as Paraguayans rushed to safeguard their
The bureau filed daily FYI''s on Paraguayan media
as well as secondary-source reports that surfaced
Southern Cone media. On 12 September Paraguayan
showed the president in his office receiving
foreign dignitaries, and Bureau personnel breathed a
collective sigh of relief.
2. On 1 September, the Chilean Government
lifted its ban on exiles entering the country. This set the
stage for numerous items on returning exiles. Preparations
for the 5 October plebiscite, in which Chileans will decide
whether General Augusto Pinochet will remain in power for
another 8 years, also precipitated a heavy file.
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3. On the 11th, General Pinochet gave a
state-of-the-nation address commemorating the 15th
anniversary of the coup that brought his regime to power.
The Bureau covered the event with FYI's and an out-of-turn
excerpt, as well as filing extensive excerpts of Pinochet's
speech.
4. On 29 September, the Bureau filed a series
of immediate items on the hijacking of a Sao Paulo Airlines
plane. The lone hijacker killed the plane's copilot,
wounded 3 others, and held nearly 100 people hostage for
over 7 hours before being wounded himself in a shoot-out
with police. The hijacker's only demand was that he be
flown to Brasilia to "get even" with President Barney.
B. Cruising
1. The cruising monitor observed and reported
that Asuncion Radio Primero de Marzo now owns a repeater
station in Mariscal Estigarribia. It is zpv72 Radio
Mariscal Estigarribia on 96.9 mhz fm stereo, and is a member
of the Caracol Network.
2. TELAM Press Agency was observed to carry
items attributed to BOLPRES, Secretaria General de
Informaciones de la Presidencia de la Republica de Bolivia.
3. The cruising monitor reported observations
on Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Radio El Mundo on 6015 khz, and
sourceline approval for the station was obtained via admin
message.
4. Radio Moscow frequency changes were
observed and reported.
5. The cruising monitor reported observations
of Lima Domestic Service on an SCPC carrier at RF 3755 mhz
off the 53.0w Intelsat. The station has changed its name
to "Radio Nacional Pachacutec."
6. It was reported that Chilean radio
frequencies are now observed in a carrier off the 53.0w
Intelsat, instead of the 27.5w Intelsat.
7. The cruising monitor confirmed Panama
observations of Lima Radio Moderna at RF 4029 mhz off the
34.5w Intelsat.
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III. ADMINISTRATION
A. BUILDING AND GROUNDS
1. The "Great Wall" project to replace the
embassy's perimeter wall has reached FBIS. Our annex shook
this month as contractors tipped over adjacent sections of
the old wall, 30 feet at a time. The guy wires for our
local HF antenna array were moved from the top of the old
wall to a steel deadman previously set into concrete outside
the bureau by the contractors in coordination with staff
engineer
2. new office, located beside
the Bureau Chief's, is beginning to take shape through the
efforts of GS0 workmen.
IV. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
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Key West Bureau
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