MONTHLY REPORT--NICOSIA BUREAU--APRIL 1988

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP94-00798R000200270007-9
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 10, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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Monthly Report --
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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEE
Chief, Operations Group
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FE. T S-4E3i i'7--F:3~3
1 rj May 88
MEMORANDUM FOR: virector, F=areign E{roadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report -- Nicosia Erureau -- April 1988
I. GENERAL
The new U. S. anrbassadnr to Cypr~.rs, Wi 1 l i am Ferri n, arrived arr tt~re:~
i s1 and on :?'7 Apri 1 after a wait of many rnanths for Goof i rrnat i an by t.h~:+
Senate. The acting bureau chief and his wife represented F1riIS at an
Embassy reception welcoming Mr. and Mr's. Perrin the following c~veninc~,
Amba~sadnr Perrin is er?:pected to visit the FBTS bureat..t soon.
Turkish Cypriot o?Fficials begat-r new procedures at the Nicosia
Grassing point to the northern part of the island during the month,
insisting nn putting their administ.rati.nn'~.~ stamp in the passports o?F
travelers, except Chase with diplomatic passports. The U. S. Embassy ar-~d
the Cyprus Government have bath objected to the procedures, wl?~ich I~iave
cant i Hued for over thrr~ee weeks now. No bureau personnel or of ?f~ i ci al
visitors have br:~en affected, but Borne non-official visitors have turned
bae_E:: at the ct?~eck:point rather than have t:t~rei.r passports starnpe~ci,
A. i`'loni+_r:arialiEditarial
1. Bc.u'-e~:.tu e:?ditor-s arrd rrrar~ritor?s were involved fr-orn t_hE~
l~e~c:Iirrrring in tt~e i.`~-?day orrir>>al of a hij~~ckr-~d f~;uwaiti airliner tha~l-. wc~~~
fir~~~,t diverted to Iran acrd later spent 4 days at Larnaca Airport i.rr
Cyprus. At the beginning of the hijacking the bureau covered f~;uwait. ir?,.ldio
early morning pr?ogranrs far- reports ar?r the drama at the regt..rest of t.hE:? T;I:~C::,
opening the bur-caau early far three days. When it became appar-r~~nt that.
Ir'arr would a1 1 ow ttre p l arse to 1 cave, th~rE~ bur?cau devel aped a c:orrt. i nyt?:~r?~r.::~y
plan far aver night stGzffi.ny in casr~ thrr= p1~~ne cc-erne to C-~eirr.rt or ~~c~rnr:.~ r_rl.lrc:=~~
part of our coverage ar?~~+a, Whren the p1 c~rrt:~ ar..t~.ral l y wour~ci t..rp i rr f:::yl:ir-r..is:~ ,,
tl~e L7urr-eau i.n nr;
the events were the tapir of an AG Trends piece on 27 April. Tt?ie claah;c~