CRUISING: INTERNATIONAL SERVICES 6 MAY 88

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92-00053R000300270008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 6, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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DAN: 04667 8FN: TB0605125588
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SERIAL: T80605125588
PASS: ONLY MOD (2). A6. PROD
COUNTRY: USSR
SUBJ: CRUISING: INTERNATIONAL SERVICES 6 MAY 88
REF: I. T80305141088 CRUISING: INTERNATIONAL 3 MAY 88
2. T80405111688 CRUISING: INTERNATIONAL 3 MAY 88
FOLLOWS A BBC CRUISING SECTION OBSERVATION DATED 6 MAY 88:
RADIO MOSCOW AND ITS ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL SERVICES (RADIO
STATION PEACE AND PROGRESS /RPP/r RADIO KIEV. ODUCED THEIR
SUMMER PROGRAM/FREQUENCY. SCHEDULE ON WEDNESDAY 4 MAY. THE MAIN
FEATURES OF THE NEW'SCHEDULE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
THE RADIO MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL (RMI) SERVICE IN FRENCH IS NOV ON
THE AIR FROM 0400-0700 AND 1200-2200 GMT. IT HAS ABSORBED THE
PREVIOUSLY SEPARATE REGIONAL SERVICES IN FRENCH WHICH WERE
BROADCAST TO THE MAGHREB. TO FRANCE AND BELGIUM. AND TO AFRICA.
THIS SEEMS TO BE CONTRARY TO INDICATIONS IN ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE BY
RADIO MOSCOW IN THE RUN-UP TO THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW SCHEDULE
AS PER REFERENT MESSAGES. WEEKLY BROADCASTING OUTPUT IN FRENCH
FROM RADIO MOSCOW IS NOV 91 HOURS. PREVIOUSLY IT HAD BEEN 56 HOURS
FOR THE RNI SERVICE PLUS A TOTAL OF 21 HOURS FOR THE THREE SEPARATE
REGIONAL SERVICES.-
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RADIO MOSCOW'S ARABIC SERVICE IS NOW ON' THE AIR FROM 0309-0400
AND 1400-2030 GMT. THIS REPRESENTS A WEEKLY BROADCASTING OUTPUT OF
52 HOURS 30 MINUTES -- AN INCREASE OF 7 HOURS OVER THE PREVIOUS
SCHEDULE. THE RPP SINGLE HALF-HOUR BROADCAST IN ARABIC HAS BEEN
MOVED FROM 1530-1600 GMT-TO 1330-1600 GMT.
RADIO MOSCOW'S GERMAN SERVICE IS NOW ON THE AIR FROM 0430-0530.
0900-1000 AND 1500-2030 GMT. THIS REPRESENTS A WEEKLY BROADCASTING
OUTPUT OF 52 HOURS 30 MINUTES -- AN INCREASE OF 3 HOURS 30 MINUTES
OVER THE PREVIOUS SCHEDULE. THE RPP SINGLE HALF-HOUR BROADCAST IN
GERMAN HAS BEEN MOVED FROM 1930-2000 GMT TO 1430-1500 GMT.
RADIO MOSCOW'S "ESCUCHA CHILE" SERVICE IN SPANISH. THE TWO DAILY
HALF-HOUR BROADCASTS IN SPANISH. BY RADIO MAGALLANES (CARRIED BY
SOVIET TRANSMITTERS). AND TWO BROADCASTS BY RPP IN SPANISH AND
PORTUGUESE HAVE BEEN RETIMED. THEY ARE NOW TRANSMITTED ACCORDING
TO GMT AS FOLLOWS:
SERVICE
NEW TIMES
OLD TIMES
RADIO MAGALLANES
0100-0130
0200-0230
RADIO MOSCOW "ESCUCHA CHILE"
0130-0230
0230-0330
RADIO MAGALLANES
0230-0300
0330-0400
RPP
IN PORTUGUESE
0300-0330
0100-0130
RPP
IN SPANISH
0330-0400
0130-0200
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