SHERINGHAM VISIT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00765A000100050003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 7, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
OKINAWA BUREAU
APO 239 SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA
7 November 1c 60
Chief
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
2+30 E Street., . W.
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Roger: Subject: Sh:erirghham Visit
John Sheringham departed Okiraws~ this morning
after a full week at the bure-e:au. his visit was very
fruitful; we discussed all aspects of the O11inawa
Bureau's services to I.F.C. '(See Attachment 1)
Sheringham met all. the editors Lind addressed thent,
as a group. He gave an excellent little orientrtion
talk on the organization, operation, and basic purposes
of the BBC Monitoring Service. He was also able to
give some specific guidance to our editors, especially
DEC requirements concerning Peking broadcasts to .^_frica.
(See Attachment 2)
With the help of the Howard s and others, Sheringham
was entertained royally with mar parties and sightsee-
inC excursions. He seemed to enjoy his visit imrcensely.
-,Sincerely.
Attachments:
1.
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Bureau ~-otice ~7o. 8-50
addressed to bureau editors
summarizing visit
EEC Requirements F eking to
Africa
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?ATTACHMENT NO. 1
7 November 1960
Bureau Notice No, 8-60
TO: Okinawa Bureau Editors
SUBJECT : Mr., John Sheringham9 s 'Visit
The following is a summation of Mr. Sheringham's remarks
concerning the coverage provided for the BBC by the Okinawa
Bureau :
CHINA
Home Service and NONA: Our coverage of the Home
Service an NCNA is more than adequate. BBC would like to have
the Peking Press Review from NCNA English by 1000 GMT as long as
reception of'NCNA in London is poor,
International Service: The BBC has great interest in
Africa and as a result has levied certain requirements from Peking
programs ,to Africa. These requirements were made more specific
by Mr. Sheringham in the list he prepared on 3 November 1960. The
BBC would like more information about Peking's foreign language
broadcasts and it was believed this could be derived from monitored
summaries. The bureau will airmail samples to Mro Sheringham per-
iodically to. satisfy this need,
Regional Services: BBC would like stepped up coverage
and processing commensurate with our ability to do so) of regional
radios. Types of information desired include that providing a
clue to atomic developments in China' weather reports., agricul-
tural actii.e CVs, . we are going to airmail some monitor's
summaries to, BBC for perusal and information.
NORTH VIETNAM AND NORTH KOREA
Coverage is more than adequate.
NON100 MJNIST ASIAN IOUNTRIES
I
The BBC is anxious to receive more information on the
routine day-to-day happenings in Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea,
and Taiwan. Mr. Sheringham said our coverage ?of these areas
during a; crisis is excellent but the BBC does not get enough in-
formation on' events that lead up to the crisis. Types of infor-
mation that he singled out from program summaries as being of
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interest to the BBC included the weekly national and inter-
national reviews from Indonesia and visits of British officials
to different countries.
Because FBIS normally files the text from Peking of a com-
munique resulting from Chinese negotiations with non-comnrLanist
countries, such as Burma, India, and Indonesia, the BBC would
like a' FYI indicating that the local radio of the non-communist
country concerned carried the communique too,
Mr. Sheringham indicated that the BB probably will require
the information we file from Ceylon, India and Pakistan but he
will have to go into this more after he returns to Cavershamm
At that time he also will update all the requirements levied on
the bureau by the BBC, We probably will not receive this until.
the first of the year,
Copy to: Chief Monitor
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? ATTACHMENT NO. 2
BBC' Requirements from Okinawa Bureau Coverage of Peking to Africa Broadcasts
Monitors'summaries
Texts of all broadcasts by Africans (belts if in African languages)
Commentaries (excerpts will often be enough)
Activities of Africans in CPR,, text,if not covered by NCNA
Reports not carried by NCNA of events and press or radio comment in
Sub-Saharan African countries not listed below
Names -and addresses of any African listeners mentioned
Not Wanted:
Reports of UN proceedings
Reports of events and press or radio comment in Uganda,, Kenya, Tanganyika.,
Zanzibar,Ithe,Rhodesias., Nyasaland., Union of South Africa, S,W. Africa
Reports quoting other agencies which are monitored (e,g, Tass, MENA),
provided attribution is quoted in monitor's summary
Statements made in Cairo by African leaders (invariably will be covered
by MENA)
(Prepared by Mr, John Sheringham,, 3 November 1960)
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