MONTHLY REPORT - OKINAWA BUREAU - JANUARY 1988

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• Publication Date: February 5, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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5 February 1988
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
I. GENERAL
Chief, Operations Group
Chief, Okinawa Bureau
Monthly Report - Okinawa Bureau - January 1988
A. The Okinawa region was hit by its strongest earthquake in
62 years on 24 January, the quake registering 6.1 on the 8-point
Japanese measuring scale. The quake was centered 37 miles north
of Okinawa, and reached an intensity of 3 in the region of the
bureau. It was sufficiently strong to impress even those bureau
personnel who had previously lived in earthquake areas. Except
for a brief power failure in the housing area, the quake did no
damage other than to nerves and to the equanimity of those who
can't stand crooked pictures on their walls.
B. Far eclipsing the earthquake in effect was the Air Force
Operational Readiness exercise at the end of the month, which was
preceded by a 10-day practice exercise. These readiness drills
are run at least every 18 months under the close scrutiny of an
inspection team and result in "attacks" on various base
objectives by an enemy group. Those who really needed medical
assistance during this period often had to traipse through masses
of "wounded", with major delays resulting. Virtually all
organizations on Kadena were affected, but fortunately the FBIS
operations area at Bolo Point was beyond their scope. Capping
off the exercise, the Commander, SAC and most of his senior staff
visited during the readiness demonstration to provide extra
tension for the local commanders.
C. The 13th of January marked the end of an era and a
dynasty with the death of President Chiang Ching-kuo in Taiwan.
The succession to Taiwanese Vice President Li Teng-hui seems to
have gone smoothly thus far. Beijing's respectful treatment of
Chiang on the occasion signals its concern that a Taiwan without
the Chiangs might reverse the one-China policy which both the
mainland and Taiwan have espoused up until now. The bureau put
Taipei domestic service on open speaker watch following the
initial report of Chiang's death. As the situation developed
normally in accord with constitutional provisions, the watch was
discontinued after 24 hours.
STAT
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OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. In addition to the death of Chiang, monitorial
highlights for the month included Japanese Prime Minister
Takeshita's trip to the United States and a televised meeting
between Soviet Defense Minister Yazov and a group of Soviet
writers. The Takeshita visit produced considerable copy,
including a 4-take press conference he held for Japanese
journalists at the Madison Hotel in Washington. The Yazov
meeting took place in mid-December, but the telecast contained
material not available in previous print versions. Yazov's
expressed concerns over glasnost and its effects on the military
prompted an AG TRENDS article.
2. The busy month for the Japanese section was
not confined to Takeshita's trip. Other major events included
the resumption of the Japanese Diet's regular session on the
25th. The prime minister, foreign minister, defense minister and
the director of the economic planning agency all addressed the
opening session. On the 26th, the GOJ announced its sanctions
against North Korea growing out of the bombing of a KAL flight
last November. The Japanese termed the sanctions "severe," and
they probably were greater than they would have been had the
saboteurs not used Japanese passports.
3. To compensate somewhat for the bureau's chronically
poor reception of MONTSAME, particularly MONTSAME English, we
added Ulanbaatar English-language radio to coverage. AG
expressed appreciation.
4. The major item of interest from mainland China this
month was a speech by Chinese Communist Party General Secretary
Zhao Ziyang upon his return from an inspection tour of the
coastal provinces. Reports of the speech announced new policies
that would open the country to broader foreign trade and
investment. A "non-event" on the mainland this month was the
rumored release of the gang of four. A Chinese foreign ministry
spokesman stated that the gang were still in jail and denounced
the rumor as "groundless."
5. The bureau started its first experiment in dual
editorial training this month with the arrival of and
Senior editor is training both
simultaneously. Thus far, the training is going more smoothly
than many of us had expected.
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B. Cruising
1. Staff Cruising Officer returned to duty
at Okinawa Bureau on 21 January after completing a six-month TDY
at Bangkok bureau.
2. The cruising unit completed a reception survey of
all major PRC provincial, regional, and city radio services and
reported reception ratings for all frequencies for three time
periods (0000-0800, 0800-1600,1600-2400 GMT). The unit also
checked reception ratings of bureau backstop coverage of Hong
Kong and Seoul PRC provincial radios and will recheck all PRC
provincial radio backstop coverage when it updates the entire
emergency coverage schedule next month. The unit completed
observations of Beijing Domestic Minority Language Service and
Beijing International Service to Taiwan as well.
3. A new Shanghai radio station beamed to Taiwan called
"Voice of Pujiang" began broadcasting on 4 January. The station
is heard with fair reception on 3280, 3990, and 4950 kHz. The
station's announced aims are promoting reunification with the
motherland; reporting on developments in China; and providing
information and services to Taiwan residents. Unlike other
provincial and city stations, this station regularly carries news
reports attributed to China News Service. The bureau has put the
station on coverage.
4. Cruising messages were sent reporting frequency
changes of RF carriers on the 60E and 63E Intelsat. No
significant changes were observed.
D. Technical
STAT
1. Regional engineer TDYed to Manila STAT
again at month's end and, ably assisted by from Hong STAT
Kong, was able to get the remote operation equipment up to full
capability.
2. Bids for replacement of the bureau's rhombic antenna
poles have been prepared for sending to possible contractors.
Preliminary indications are that the contractor who bid
successfully last year will lower his bid in yen terms, but it is
likely to be higher once we turn it into dollars. We tried to
get the Air Force to do more of the work and save us from having
to contract out much of the preparatory work, but they will be
unable to do so.
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E. Lateral Services
At the request of the U.S. consulate in Shenyang, since
1 January the bureau has been filing to the consulate Xinhua
reports on Northeast China and Moscow reports on Sino-Soviet
contacts.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. Editorial trainee TDYers
STAT
arrived
in Okinawa on 5 January
for their
3-month dual training
stint.
As a result of vacancies
in the Chinese section, they are
enjoying
the luxury of separate
quarters.
2. Regional engineer
and family returned
STAT
from an R&R in the States highlighted by unexpected visits to
procure new passports, visas, and other documents. These items
and others were last seen falling off of a baggage cart in
Florida.
3. Editor
January.
was promoted to GS-12 effective 3 STAT
4. Local broadcasts of Washington Redskins playoff
games at 0230 Monday mornings daunted only a few, though the
effects on subsequent editorial performances have yet to be fully
assessed. Fortunately, the Super Bowl started at 0800, so after
a few early morning shakes Skins fans were able to digest their
breakfasts with equanimity.
B. Buildings and Grounds
1. Funds were received from Headquarters during the
month enabling us to start the formal architectural design
process for the next phase of the housing recapitalization
program, which involves our 16 oldest 3-bedroom houses. If there
are no more delays, we should be able to sign the construction
contract in late July-early August. Three of the phase one
new/renovated units were completed in December, with three more
due for completion by the end of February. The final unit of the
phase one project has been slightly delayed to reduce temporary
housing problems, but final completion of this phase is still
scheduled for early April.
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2. Discussions were held with local military
communications personnel concerning a satellite communications
survey scheduled for February. The military is cooperating, and
expressed willingness to work with us on the pro"e t.
ATTACHMENTS:
Production Report
STAT
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OKINAWA BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR JANUARY 1986
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 997,920
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE: 525,270
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 2,755
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 21,675 17,385 175.79
(minutes or issues per week) min. min. issues
OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh SPK in
English
41.?
CHINA
Beijing International Service to E. and S. Africa in
English
Beijing International Service to North America in
English 2,700
Beijing International Service in
Japanese 1,210
Beijing International Service.in
Mandarin
Beijing to Taiwan in
Mandarin 590
Beijing to the USSR in
Russian 770
Shanghai Voice of Pujiang to Taiwan in
Mandarin 1,290
Beijing Domestic Service in
Mandarin 9,200
Fuzhou Fujian Provincial Service in
Mandarin 3,480
Hangzhou-Zhejiang Provincial Service in
Mandarin 3,730
Hefei Anhui Provincial Service in
Mandarin: 3,120
Nanchang Jiangxi Provincial Service in
Mandarin- - 8,800
Nanjing Jiangsu Provincial Service in
Mandarin
5,0
Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin .
- 1 4,990
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Beijing Television Service in
Mandarin
Beijing XINHUA in
English
Beijing XINHUA Domestic Service in
Chinese
Beijing BEIJING REVIEW in
English
Beijing HONGQI in
Mandarin
Fuzhou FUJIAN RIBAO in
Chinese
Hefei ANHUI RIBAO in
? Chinese
Hangzhou ZHEJIANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Nanjing XINHUA RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai JIEFANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai WEN HUI BAO in
Chinese
Miscellaneous
Editorial Reports
JAPAN
Naha Radio NHK in
Japanese
Tokyo NHK Television Network in
Japanese
Tokyo TBS Television Network in
Japanese
Tokyo JUL in
English
Tokyo JPS in
English
Tokyo KYODO in
English
Naha OKINAWA TIMES in
Japanese
Naha RYUKYU-SHIMPO in
Japanese
Tokyo AKAHATA in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI SHIMBUN in
Japanese _
TokyoiASAHI EVENING NEWS in
English .
Tokyo JAPAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL in
English -
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
1,690
1,060
18,700
1,240
479,110
120,740
3,580
2,600
111,860
6,470
15,540
11,100
6,410
630
2,960
6,290
1,080
260
2,130
1,40.0
8,380
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Tokyo MAINICHI DAILY NEWS in
English
Tokyo MAINICHI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo SANKEI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo THE DAILY YOMIURI in
English
Tokyo JAPAN TIMES in
English
Tokyo TOKYO SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo YOMIURI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
KOREA (NORTH)
Pyongyang KCNA in
English
LAOS
Vientiane KPL in
English
MONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar
English
Ulaanbaatar
English
Ulaanbaatar
Russian
International Service in
MONTSAME in
MONT SAME in
TAIWAN
Taipei International Service in
English
Taipei Domestic Service in
Mandarin
Taipei CNA in
English
Taipei CHINA POST in
. English
Taipei CHING CHI JIH PAO in
-Chinese
-'-Taipei-CHUNGKUO SHIH PAO in
Chinese
BROAD-
CASTS
2,330
6,470
4,880
PRESS
AGENCIES
1,960
1. all?
6,050
1,940
18,180
PUBLI-
CATIONS
9,780
4,140
4,270
2,860
9,740
9,960
1,660
4,750
7,480:
210
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Taipei CHUNG YANG JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei LIEN HO PAO in
Chinese
Taipei TZU LI WAN PAO in
Chinese
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow to Japan in
Japanese
Moscow International Service in
Mandarin
Moscow to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin
Moscow RPP to Asian-Pacific Region in
Mandarin
Moscow Domestic Television Service in
Russian
VIETNAM
Hanoi International Service in
Mandarin
Hanoi VNA in
English
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
7,630
13,720
1,570
2,620
13,850
??? 411.
2,260
700
100
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