MONTHLY REPORT -- SWAZILAND BUREAU -- MAY 1985

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00040R000300620008-7
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 5, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
P. 0. Box 199
Mbabane, Swaziland
5 June 1985
MMB-5006
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report -- Swaziland Bureau -- May 1985
I. GENERAL
New Charge Named -- Charge Charles Lahiguera will be leaving
post in early July to attend the Industrial College of the Armed
Forces. His replacement is Gerald Scott, who is currently serving
at the United Nations. No word has been received on a candidate
for the ambassadorial post which has been vacant since last September.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Editorial/Monitorial
1. On 23 May Luanda radio announced that a group of South
African "saboteurs" had been captured on the 21st while attempting
to blow up the partially U.S.-owned oil facilities at Cabinda. After
an initial South African denial, Defense Forces commander Viljoen
admitted the operation had taken place but said it was an intelligence
mission to gather information on the ANC and SWAPO. On the 28th
the Angolans held a press conference at which the captured RSA
commando appeared, claiming that the raid was indeed directed at the
oil facilities. The bureau remained open all night to process the
press conference and then processed additional information from
a broadcast the following day. The bureau also remained open late
on the 30th to process an Angolan statement and an ANGOP commentary
on the RSA raid. Political officer Tim Carney in Cape Town requested
a number of items relating to the issue be refiled to Assistant
Secretary Crocker in Paris as well as a number of other embassied..
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III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
PSI's-- Afrikaans/African Languages monitor
-aiven a PSI effective 12 May to FBN 8/2. Teletype operator
was given a PSI on 26 May to 3/9.
Chief, FBIS, Swaziland
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SWAZILAND BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR MAY 1985
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH 244,200
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH : 10,773
673
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
.5,515 8,040
(publishable words per month) 186,760 38,240 19,200
ANGOLA
Luanda Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Luanda ANGOP in English
Luanda ANGOP in French
BOTSWANA
Gaborone Domestic Service in
English
Gaborone BOTSWANA DAILY NEWS in
English
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Radio Truth in
English to Zimbabwe
(Clandestine) Radio Truth in
Ndebele to Zimbabwe
(Clandestine) Voice of Resistance
of the Black Cockerel in
Portuguese to Angola
(Clandestine) KUP in
Portuguese to Southern & Central Africa
(Clandestine) KUP in
English to Southern & Central AFrica
(Clandestine) KUP in
French to Southern & Central Africa
(Clandestine) Voice of Truth in
Portuguese to Angola
LESOTHO
Maseru Domestic Service in
English
Maseru Domestic Service in
seSotho
Maseru LESOTHO WEEKLY in
English
29,840
8,600
1,290
3,420
1,190
1,360
350
200
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MADAGASCAR
Antananarivo Domestic Service in
French
MALAWI
Blantyre Domestic Service in
English
Blantyre DAILY TIMES in
English
Blantyre MALAWI NEWS in
English
MAURITIUS
Port Louis Domestic Service in
English
Port Louis Domestic Service in
French
MOCAMBIQUE
Maputo Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Maputo in
English to Southern Africa
Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in
Portuguese
Maputo NOTICIAS in
Portuguese
Maputo TEMPO in Portuguese
NAMIBIA
Windhoek Domestic Service in
Afrikaans
Windhoek DIE REPUBLIKEIN in
Afrikaans
Windhoek THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER in
English
Windhoek WINDHOEK OBSERVER in English
Windhoek-'DIE SUIDWESTER in Afrikaans
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg Domestic Service in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg Domestic Service in
English
Johannesburg International Service in
English
Johannesburg Television Service in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg Television Service in
English
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
390
2,360
21,680
7,650
200
1,470
27,020
9,080
11,780
13,320
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Umtata Capital Radio in
English
Johannesburg SAPA in
English
Durban ILANGA in
Zulu
Johannesburg BEELD in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg CITY PRESS in
English
Johannesburg RAPPORT in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg SOWETAN in
English
Johannesburg SUNDAY STAR in
English
Johannesburg SUNDAY TIMES in
English
Johannesburg THE CITIZEN in
English
Johannesburg THE STAR in
English
Pretoria DIE TRANSVALER in
Afrikaans
SWAZILAND
Mbabane Domestic Service in
English
Mbabane Domestic in
Siswati
Mbabane Television Service in
English
Mbabane Television Service in
English
Mbabane THE SWAZI NEWS in
English
Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in
English
Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in
English
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
8,490
34,150
640
510
3,920
1,560
2,330
UNITED KINGDOM
London BBC World Service in 18,610
English
USSR
Moscow in
Ndebele to Zimbabwe
Moscow in
Zulu to Southern Africa
1,440
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BROAD- I Kt55 F'UFiLl-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
ZAMBIA
Lusaka Domestic Service in
English
Lusaka Voice of Namibia in
English
Lusaka Voice of Freedom in
English to Southern AFrica
Lusaka SUNDAY TIMES OF ZAMBIA in
English
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in
English
Lusaka ZAMBIA DAILY MAIL in
English
ZIMBABWE
Harare Domestic Service in
English
Harare Domestic Service in
Ndebele
Harare Voice of Namibia in
English
Harare THE HERALD in
English
Harare THE SUNDAY MAIL in
English
Harare The Financial Gazette
in English
4,280
3,070
1,740
9,460
1,080
7,380
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