MONTHLY REPORT--SWAZILAND BUREAU--DECEMBER 1987

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-00733R000100130001-9
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 4, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
SUBJECT: (Optional)
Monthly Report -- Swaziland Bureau
FROM:
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NO.
Chief, Operations Group
3-5991
DATE
December 1987
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building)
DATE
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EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
P.O. Box 199
Mbabane, Swaziland
4 January 1988
FBIS-5801-88
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Swaziland Bureau--December 1987
A. Bureau FBN employees were pleased this month by PMCD's
11 December approval of a 19.5 percent pay raise retroactive to 19
July.
B. Monitor familiarization with WriteNOW word processing
began on 21 December with the installation of an IBM PC in each of
the monitorial sections; editor , P editor STAT
and communications opera or are STATE
supervising e training. Filing of items processed in soft copy
got off to an extemporaneous start during a rash of New Year's
speeches by regional leaders, easing the burden on a busy
holiday-staffed communications section. Administrative and
editorial computer use, including soft copy composition of the daily
South African press review, is centralized at an IBM XT workstation
in the Bureau's editorial area.
C. The U.S. dollar fell against the rand in December,
ending the month at R1.93 to $1.00. The dollar has thus lost almost
30% against the rand in 18 months.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Amid continuing Angolan claims of intensified air
and land attacks in the southern half of its territory, on
5 December South Africa, citing the "successful completion of
certain tasks," announced the beginning of withdrawal of its troops
from Angola. On 24 December, in response to a United Nations
resolution calling for South African withdrawal from Angola, Foreign
Minister Pik Botha rejected the Security Council's interpretation of
the Angolan situation and accused the Angolan Government of
"misrepresenting" the facts.
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2. South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha, reacting
on 23 December to U.S. Congressional passage of the Rangel
amendment, which rescinds tax breaks for U.S. companies operating in
South Africa, declared that the livelihood of thousands of blacks
was being "unscrupulously sacrificed." Terming the amendment a
"deliberate effort to destabilize'' South Africa economically, Botha
predicted further depletion of already dwindling U.S. influence in
the region.
3. In Zimbabwe, Prime Minister and ZANU-PF leader
Robert Mugabe and the opposition ZAPU-PF's Joshua Nkomo signed a
long-awaited party unity agreement on 22 December. Mugabe will.
retain his position as party secretary and has promised cabinet and
diplomatic posts to ZAPU officials. The newly constituted ZANU aims
to establish a one-party state along Marxist-Leninist guidelines.
The merger paved the way for Mugabe's uncontested election on 30
December as Zimbabwe's first executive president.
A. Personnel
1. In a Bureau ceremony on 18 December De ut CYiief
presented associate editor
communications operator and monitors
with certificates of promotion.
2. New African languages monitor/trainee
entered on duty on 23 December.
A. Ambassador and Mrs. Harvey Nelson, attending the
Bureau's Christmas party on 22 December, toured the Bureau and
extended season's greetings to FBIS staff and their families.
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A. The Bureau Chief briefed new members of Mbabane's U.S. STAT
mission on FBIS operations at a 1 December post orientation he
the Ambassador's residence. Engineer nd editor STAT
attended the session. STAT
STAT
Chief, Swaziland Bureau
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Swaziland Bureau Production Report, for DECEMBER 1987
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH ;"?.'!K'! i. "1(11
TOTAL. NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 28020
TOTAL... NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 869
I I . INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCESi
(publishable words per month)
ANGOLA
Luanda Domestic: Service in
Portuguese
BOTSWANA
Gaborone Domestic Service in
English
Gaborone BOTSWANA DAILY NEWS in
English
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Radio Truth in
English to Zimbabwe
(Clandestine) KUP in
French to Southern and Central
Africa
(Clandestine) KUP in
Portuguese to Southern and Central
Africa
(Clandestine) KUP in
English to Southern and Central
Africa
LESOTHO
Maseru Domestic Service 0,-i
EngI ish
Maseru Domestic: Service in
seSothO
MAL.AW I
B]. antyre Domestic Servi c::e in
En g I i shy
BROAD- PRESS PURL I --
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
6300.00 14120.00 113.00
min. min. issues
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Blantyre DAILY TIMES in
English
MOZAMBIQUE
Maputo Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Maputo in
English to Southern Africa
Maputo NOTICIAS in
Portuguese
Maputo TEMPO in
Portuguese
Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQIJE in
Portuguese
NAMIBIA
Windhoek DIE REPUBLI