CABLE TO FBIS LONDON FROM FBIS WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92-00053R000300430038-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: December 2, 1975
• Content Type: CABLE

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved
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R 02 164 OZ DEC 75
FM FBIS WASHDC
TO FBIS LONDON
FBWA
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UNCL AS LD
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REF LD727 ON REGIONAL SOURCELINE MEETING: IN GENERAL, WE
ARE SATISFIED WITH EXISTING REGIONAL SOURCELINES AND ASSUME
BBC SHARES THIS VIEW. THE ONLY MAJOR CHANGE WE ANTICIPATE
WOULD BE DROPPING OF WORD "SERVICE" FROM SOURCELINE. HERE
FOLLOWS RUNDOWN ,OF CURRENT FBIS POLICY ON REGIONAL SOURCELINES
FOR YOUR REFERENCE:
1. WE TREAT OFFICIAL REGIONAL BROADCASTS THE SAME AS
NATIONAL BROADCASTS, USING THE WORD "DOMESTIC" IN THE SOURCELINE.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS IS PRC REGIONAL TRANSMITTERS. WE
PREFER THIS ARRANGEMENT. IF THE BBC RAISES QUESTION OF
AMPLIFYING CERTAIN OTHER REGIONAL SOURCELINES, WE ARE WILLING
TO CONSIDER EXCEPTIONS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. MOSCOW OBLAST
SOURCELINE MAY BE A CASE IN POINT AND WE WILL DEFER TO BBC
PREFERENCE, IF ANY.
2. WE TREAT OFFICIAL BROADCASTS FOR NATIONAL MINORITIES FROM
THE CHIEF BROADCASTING CITIES AS REGULAR DOMESTIC SERVICES.
EXAMPLES: PEKING DOMESTIC IN KOREAN, PEKING DOMESTIC IN UIGHUR.
3. WE ASSUME THE WORD "TELEVISION" WILL BE INSERTED IN
REGIONAL SOURCELINES AS APPROPRIATE. EXAMPLE: TALLINN DOMESTIC
TELEVISION IN ESTONIAN.
4. RELAYS BY REGIONAL STATIONS OF PROGRAMS FROM THE CHIEF
BROADCASTING CITY SHOW THE STUDIO OF ORIGIN IN THE SOURCELINE.
THE LOCATION OF THE RELAY POINT DOES NOT APPEAR IN THE
SOURCELINE BUT MAY APPEAR IN A SUBSLUG WHEN IT IS POLITICALLY
SIGNIFICANT. LAST WEEK'S OPORTO-LISBON SITUATION WAS GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THIS. 02/1849Z DEC
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