COVERAGE SHIFT CONTINGENCY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP94-00798R000200130057-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2012
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: April 10, 1986
• Content Type: CABLE

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C 0 N F I P F N T T A L 010F547 APR PF 5TH,7'
CITE FRIS/AMMAN 101q?
TO: FRIS
R YB AT
SUBJECT : COVERAGE SHIFT CONTINGENCY
REF: FBI' 216101
1. JORDAN BUREAU WOULD NEED THREE OR FOUR ADDITIONAL MONITORS
ARO VF CURRENT T /O O F 1 1 (WE ARE CURRENTLY ONE UNDER T/0) TO ASSUME
PERMANENT COVERAGE OF LISTED CASTS/PAPERS. WF CAN'T PICK UP ALL
CASTS LISTED, E.G., JEDDAH D/S, MANAMA D/S, BAGHDAD D/S 1130-11509
SALALAH D/S, ADEN VOP9 OR PROBABLY TEHRAN ARABIC DUE TO IRAOI JAM-
MING, RUT JUDGING FROM GULF BUREAU'S MONTHLY PRODUCTION REPORT,
THAT WHICH WF CAN PICK UP WOULD YIELD SOMETHING ON THE ORDFR OF
100-125K EXTRA PROCESSED WORDS PFR MONTH, OR ROUGHLY A s1A PERCENT
INCREASE OVER OUR PRESFNT FILING LEVEL. THE "L ISTFNINC" TTMF
INCREASE PROBABLY WOULDN'T BF OF THAT MAGNITI1nE, 4OWEUEP, SINCE
MOST OF T1F EXTRA WORDAGE LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD COME FROM PRESS
AGENCY AND NEWSPAPER COVERAGE. SO9 FACTORING IN PRESENT UNUSED
CAPACITY, BELIEVE WE COULD HANDLE IT WITH LFSS THAN A 50 PERCENT
INCREASE IN MONITOR STAFFING.
2. WF HAVE INQUIRED ABOUT A SATELLITE/LANDLINF SIIRSCRIPTION
FOR SPA, B11T HAVF RECEIVED NO REPLY YET. RFALI7F IT'S NOT NEARLY
AS EFFICIENT, RUT COULD LO TAKE IT BACK IF WF CAN'T GET IT HERE?
WE HAVE TALKED TO TCC AND THERE WOULD PE NO PROBLEM GFTTI NG A
LANDLINE FEED, IF SPA IS AVAILABLE VIA SATELLITE. TN EITHER CASE
OUR MANPOWER RFOIIIREMFNTS WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED THAT MUCH.
3. DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME TO GUAGF CHANCES FOR FMPASSY/GOJ
APPROVAL FOR STAFF I NCRFASFS. MISSION IS IINnFR CONSTANT PRFSg11P7
FROM STATE TO REDUCE STAFFING FOR SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS, SO AM
NOT AT ALL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR CHANCES OF GETTING OUR STAFF T/O
INCREASED. DON'T BELIEVE EXTRA COVERAGE LOAD WOULD WARRANT IT IN
ANY CAST. APPROVAL FOR INCREASES IN MONITORIAL STAFFING PROPARLY
CONFIDENTIAL
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. pNFIpENTIAL:
PAGF ' FRIS/AMMAN 1003 C 0 N F I D F N T I A L
WOULDN'T PF QUITF SO HARD TO COME BY9 PUT AGAIN I HFSITATr TO
PREDICT ABSOLUTELY SMOOTH SAILING MAINLY DUE TO GRAMM-RODMAN CUT-
BACKS IN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES. USAID MISSION HFRF IS
PHASING OUT OF FAAS, WHICH IS GOING TO INCRFASF THE RUPDFN ON THE
OTHER AGENCIES. STILL, GIVEN EMBASSY'S PROFFSSFD RFLIANCr ON OUR
PRODUCT, BELIEVE WF WOULD HAVE A FAIR CHANCE AT GETTING THE NEC-
ESSARY MONITORIAL STAFF INCREASE. GOJ APPROVAL OF ANY INCREASE
IS EVEN HARDER TO GIIAGE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE RFCFNT POL-
ITICAL ATMOSPHERE. I WOULD IMAGINE TCN'S WOULD RF VFRY HARD TO
SELL, RUT PERHAPS THERE WOULD BF A CERTAIN SYMPATHY FOR PPO'IDI MG
JOPS FOR LOCALS. AGAIN, AS A DIRECT RECIPIENT OF OUR PRODUCT
VIA THE PONY LINE, AND WITH A CONSIDERABLE INTFRFST IN GULF
AFFAIRS, GOJ MIGHT RE AMENABLE TO MONITORIAL STAFF INCRFASF.
4. WHFRFAS I DON'T THINK AN INCREASE IN STAFF T/O WILL PF
NECESSARY, BELIEVE WF MIGHT WANT TO LOOK gFPIOUSLY AT CPFATTMP
ANOTHFR ASSOCIATE G'fITOR (OR SOME HYBRID Fr'RM OF AGSOCTATF FDITOP
/MONITOP FT"1ILAR TO WHAT GULF RIIRFAU WAS CONTFMPLATTNG) POSITTOM.
WE'RE RUNNING PRETTY CLOSE TO THE FDGF AS FAR AS SHIFT COVERAGE
GOES, AND ANOTHER ASSOCIATE WOULD GIVE US SOME NEEDED FLFXIPILITY.
DEPENDING ON THE ULTIMATE VOLUME INCREASE IN OUR FILE, WE MIGHT
ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT ADDING ANOTHER TFLEOP. MUCH OF THEIR CUR-
RENT WORKLOAD IS NON-FRIS ORIGINATED, E.G., TELFXFS AND IINCLAS
MILITARY TRAFFIC, SO OUR MONTHLY WORDAGE FILE IS A PIT MISLEAD-
ING AS REGARDS MANHOIIRS/WORDAGE.
5. WF COULD GET RY SHORT TERM WITH T"F FPHIPMENT ON HAND,
ASSUMING THAT MORE WOULD ULTIMATELY BF TRANSFERRED. TWAT WOULD
LFAVF US WITH VIRTUALLY MO SPARES THOUGH.
OFr'L CADR DRV COL 14-?9 PY
C 0 N F I D F N T I A L
DIUFIDE NTIA
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