SOURCELINE STANDARDIZATION PROPOSAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92-00053R000300430021-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 21
• Content Type: MISC

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Sourceline Standardization Proposal
I. Basic Principles
1. A sourceline should contain no information that is not available
from monitoring.
2. Station identification within sourcelines should use no more words
than are needed for maximum desirable precision.
3. Sourcelines should not reflect distinctions such as "official,"
"semi-official," and "non-official" as applying to broadcasts.
II. General Rules
1. The word "service" shall be eliminated from all sourcelines. it
Examples: Luanda Domestic in English
Mexico City External in Spanish
Sofia BTA Domestic in Bulgarian
East Berlin Domestic Television in German
Cologne Deutschlandfunk Domestic in German
2. The word "domestic" shall be used for broadcasts intended for a
domestic audience which is not specified or confined to a particu-
lar region; either organization will include the target in the source-
line of domestic broadcasts intended for a specific audience or
region, instead of "domestic," if it thinks it useful to do so or
if asked to do so by the other. *
Examples: (A) Tirana Domestic in Albanian
Paris Domestic in French
Peking Domestic in Mandarin
La Paz Radio Fides Domestic in Spanish
Bogota Radio Cadena Nacional Domestic in Spanish
Bratislava Domestic Television in Slovak
(B) Khanty Mansiysk in Russian to Khanty Mansiysk
National Okrug
Chimkent in Russian to Chimkent Oblast
Moscow in Russian to Moscow Oblast
(C) Ufa in Russian to Bashkir ASSR
or
Ufa Domestic in Russian
Makhachkala in Russian to Dagestan ASSR
or
Makhachkala Domestic in Russian
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Tashkent in Russian to Uzbek SSR
or
Tashkent Domestic in Russian
Tangier in Arabic to Tangier Province
or
Tangier Domestic in Arabic
3. The phrase "domestic and external" shall be used for any trans-
mission which can be accurately determined to be intended for
both domestic and external audiences.
Examples: Kuwait Domestic and External in English
Cairo Voice of the Arabs Domestic and External in Arabic
Baghdad Voice of the Masses Domestic and External in Arabic
Madrid Domestic and External in Spanish
Tunis Domestic and External in Arabic
Blantyre Domestic and External in English
Jerusalem Domestic and External in English (for 1030 cast)
Baghdad INA Domestic and External in Arabic
4. The word "external" shall be substituted for all phrases now used
to indicate transmissions not intended for a domestic audience
nor specifically targeted.
Examples: Mexico City External in Spanish
Moscow TASS External in Russian
5. In the case of broadcasts for named targets outside the country in
which the radio is located either organization will include the
target instead of the word "external" if it thinks it useful to
do so or if asked to do so by the other.
Examples: Budapest in Hungarian to Europe Africa and Near East
or
Budapest External in Hungarian
Helsinki in English to Europe and South America
or
Helsinki External in English
Delhi in English to Northeast Asia Australia and New Zealand
or
Delhi External in English
6. When a sourceline is to include destination the word "to" and not
"for" should be used in description of destination.
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Examples: Tirana in Polish to Poland
Kabul in Dari to Europe
Peking in English to Africa
Moscow in French to Southeast Asia
8. Either organization will include the target instead of the word
"external" in sourcelines for press agencies if it thinks it
useful to do so or if asked to do so by the other.
Examples: Peking NCNA in English to Europe
or
Peking NCNA External in English
Buenos Aires ANSA in Spanish to Latin America
or
Buenos Aires ANSA External in Spanish
The field bureaus will include the name of the country as the
first word in sourcelines to which it can be usefully added.
Examples: Chile Santiago Radio Cooperativa Domestic in Spanish
Costa Rica San Jose Radio Reloj Domestic in Spanish
Peru Tacna Domestic in Spanish
Bolivia Sucre Radio la Plata Domestic in Spanish
Sofia BTA in English to Western Europe
or
Sofia BTA External in English
9. For what are now called "clandestine" radios, the phrase "location
undisclosed" shall be used instead of "clandestine" and it shall
be placed in brackets at the beginning of the sourceline.
Examples: ((Location Undisclosed)) Our Radio in Turkish to Turkey
((Location Undisclosed)) Bayrak Radio in English to Cyprus
(Location Undisclosed)) Radio Iran Courier in Persian to Iran
( Location Undisclosed)) Radio Independent Spain in Spanish
to Spain
Notes: * Current PRC regional sourcelines will remain in effect for
the time being.
BBC will prepare a list of sourcelines for transmissions
covered by FBIS that should include the name of the country.
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