MONTHLY REPORT--TEL AVIV BUREAU--AUGUST 1987

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP94-00798R000200240011-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 2, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/09: CIA-RDP94-00798R000200240011-7
MTA-7027
2 September 1987
r?11::_t?1ORANDI..1M Fop. D ir ector , Foreign Broadcast Inf carmat i on Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
`'UBJEC?r: Monthly Report .-- Tel Aviv Bureau --
- August 1987
! GENERAL
rra ? j restricta.oris to Gaza, which had berri lifted in June, were
'e imposed after a senior IDF military police officer was killed in an
:a;T;bc.ish there on 2 ALL gUSt .
11. OPERATIONS
Mori i tori al /Edtori a l
1 . On 30 Ai_iqust the Israeli Cabinet decided to end the Lavi
!.: r'ra,i ect.. The decision was made with a very small majority -- 12 in
f~ ar rf halting the project, 11 opposed, and 1 abstention and
.rnc :f ter a 2--weer:: postponement that saw intense i ntra-Cabi net
!.,'::o1 i. t. i ck i nq and wh~tat the media described as considerable "U. S.
I'; essure. "
eeks
Of annc.ial leave 2 August. ending Nicosia Bureau's c~assistance mwith
c::overage of West Bank: press and London Bureau/BBCs assistance with
Moscow Dari ass
STAT
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/09: CIA-RDP94-00798R000200240011-7
 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/09: CIA-RDP94-00798R000200240011-7
D. Tec:..hni cal
Accountable equipment received. during the month:
--- Recorder, U-Mat i c videocassette, Sony VO-5630 (local
:::purchase)
--- Paper shredder, Int i mus 0075.
Personnel
Bureau Engineer) land Junior Editor
were promoted to G5 11 effective 2 August.
a new communications operator, entered on duty
c August. br-i ngi ng the communications section up to strength.
B. Bui.l di ng_ and Grounds
Security upgrades continued at the bureau in August with the
bureau chief's office door being replaced with a solid wooden one
that has both a Unican cypher lock and Yale key lock. In addition,
the Army Corps of Engineers began the installation of the steel door
and wall that will provide controlled access to the entire 15th
T nor- from the elevators.
STAT
SIAI
STAT
STAT
Chief , BIS Tel Aviv Bureau
;HI..t :,.cJhments: Production Report
Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/07/09: CIA-RDP94-00798R000200240011-7