MONTHLY REPORT -- SWAZILAND BUREAU -- APRIL 1985

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00040R000300620009-6
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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: 9
• Publication Date: May 6, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
6 May 1985
MMB-5006
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report -- Swaziland Bureau -- April 1985
I. GENERAL
1. Transfer -- Mr. Vusi Mamba, principal secretary in the
Swazi Interior Ministry and the bureau's direct contact in the Swazi
Government, has been transferred to the Justice Ministry. His
successor is Mr. Vusumuzi Dlamini. Mr. Mamba expressed the wish to
continue receiving the bureau's file though he is no longer actively
involved with it. The bureau is now sending its incoming and outgoing
traffic to him as well as his replacement at the Interior Ministry.
2. Air Flights -- Pan Am, the only American carrier to service
southern Africa, announced during the month that it was immediately
discontinuing its New York-Johannesburg route because of economic
difficulties. Embassy and bureau personnel will no* have to take
considerably longer flights through Europe or Brazil in order to
enter the U.S. by American carrier if they are not authorized to fly
direct to New York via South African Airways.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Editorial/Monitorial
1. Events in South Africa have continued to dominate the
bureau's coverage. On 15 April, the South African president
announced plans to abolish the laws banning mixed marriages and
also to withdraw South African troops from Angola. The following
day the bureau filed reports on Foreign Minister Pik Botha's comments
on the withdrawal as well as reaction to Secretary Shultz's speech
on the subject. On 18 April the bureau covered a press conference
from Cape Town in which the president and foreign minister announced
plans for a transitional government in Namibia and challenged U.S.
views on South Africa's role in Namibia.
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2. The RAND DAILY MAIL, a Johannesburg daily, ceased
publication on 30 April. A widely respected liberal, anti-
government newspaper, it was also the only South African paper
the bureau received on a same-day basis. The bureau is now
looking into ways to receive the remaining South African
dailies on a more current basis.
B. Lateral Services
The American Embassy in Gaborone was added at its request
as a lateral addressee to the bureau's file of items dealing with
Botswana.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. Portuguese monitor) (received a
PSI to FBN 9/8 effective 7 April.
2. Afrikaans/African Languages monitor
gave birth to a son during the month. Technician
and his wife also became the parents of a son.
B. Buildings and Grounds
1. The bureau's remote antenna site was completed during
the month and all the kinks appear to have been ironed out. It
was operating without hitch at the end of the month. Engineer
has given all the monitors a tour of the site and
a briefing on using the antennas.
2. The bureau chief's yard was surveyed and work has begun
on new fencing. All bureau property will be surveyed following
the discovery of discrepancies between recorded property lines
and current fences.
Chief, Swaziland Bureau
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SWAZILAND BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR APRIL 1985
I, TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
257,410
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE TFILED IDURING RMONTMONTH : 13,910
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II.
INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
m nutes or ssues per week)
5,420
8,040
113
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
ANGOLA
172,670
51,340
33,400
Luanda Domestic Service in
16,160
Portuguese
da ANGOP in English
230
70
Luan
Luanda ANGOP in French
1,6
BOTSWANA
Gaborone Domestic Service in
English
Gaborone BOTSWANA DAILY NEWS in
English
6,470
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Radio Truth in
English to Zimbabwe
(Clandestine) Radio Truth in
Ndebele to Zimbabwe 2,070
(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
Truth in
(Clandestine)
tu9uese to Voice
Angola
LESOTHO
Maseru Domestic Service in
English
Maseru Domestic Service in
seSotho
Maseru LESOTHO WEEKLY in
English
4,190
2,710
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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
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
1,230
1,190
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
.17,430
4,840
2,020
2,310
31,920
13,470
3,690
5,220
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Umtata Capital Radio in
English
Johannesburg SAPA in English
Durban ILANGA in
Zulu
Johanneburg BEELD in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg CITY PRESS in
English
Johannesburg RAND DAILY MAIL in
English
Johannesburg RAPPORT in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg SOWETAN in English
Johannesburg SUNDAY EXPRESS 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
siSwati
Mbabane THE SWAZI NEWS in
English
Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in
English
Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in
English
UNITED KINGDOM
London BBC World Service in
English
USSR
Moscow in
Ndebele to Zimbabwe
Moscow in
Zulu to Southern Africa
12,550
3,700
2,270
1,470
46 , 550
300
330
1,180
11,180
1,500
1,110
580
3,580
2,240
1,150
1,210
1,910
5,400
3,340
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BROAD- 'DRESS PUBLI-
CASTS F, NCIES 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
10,890
1,550
18,550
2,510
3,020
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