MONTHLY REPORT--HONG KONG BUREAU--NOVEMBER 1986

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87-01104R000100050002-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 1, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
HONG KONG BUREAU
MHK-6023
1 December 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Hong Kong Bureau--November 1986
A. Hong Kong Bureau was awarded a Meritorous Unit Citation
for its performance from September 1985 to April 1986 in providing
coverage of the Philippines prior to, du g the
"peaceful revolution." Director of FBIS in Hong Kong STAT
on a management trip, made the presentation at a bu Also
recognized were six bureau em to ees chief m nitor STAT
and associate editors STAT
whose dedication and hard STAT
wor ensure ime y an accura a repot ing. Each received a monetary
award. This was the first unit citation given to the bureau.
B. Events in the Philippines once again brought home the need
for improved reception of these radios. With rumors of an impending
coup by forces loyal to Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and faced
with esct~ating violence and murder, President Aquino, on 23
November, called for the resignations of her entire cabinet and
promptly accepted Enrile's. In the days that followed she accepted
the resignations of two more cabinet ministers. She also demanded
that a cease-fire with the rebellious National Democratic Front be
signed by the end of the month and saw that happen on the 27th.
Bureau personnel, in covering these events, often worked with poor
to unmonitorable reception. Adding to the frustration of maintaining
coverage was knowing that press briefings and news conferences being
held by some of the principals involved could not be covered due to
bad reception.
C. Secretary of Treasury Baker's remarks on 20 November that
Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea should strengthen their
currencies against the U.S. dollar sent shockwaves through Hong
Kong. The United States is a major trading partner of Hong Kong.
Any realignment of currencies upward against the dollar would also
adversely impact on the bureau's budget.
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A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The bureau is again monitoring the Philippine radio
station Baguio City Mountain Province Broadcasting Company on 540 KHZ
(Station DZWT). This station recently became audible when a powerful
Beijing domestic relay transmitter ceased operating on this
frequency. It is usually heard with fair reception from 2330 to 0930
GMT. In the morning, it broadcasts selected items, particularly
editorials, from that day's newspapers. This allows us to report
some newspaper items of interest about 4 hours before the papers
arrive from Manila.
2. The bureau's new Philippine monitor,
entered on duty on 10 November bringing with her an Ilocano
capability that will be useful. The Philippine Unit is now at full
strength with one part-time and two full-time monitors.
3. Recruiting efforts are underway to fill a vacant
Chinese monitorial position. While response to advertisements in the
local Hong Kong press was good, the quality of the candidates are
poorer than in the past. Most of them lacked experience with spoken
Mandarin. Several applicants have been identified as potential
monitors.
4. Our Beijing contractor has advised us that all
subscriptions for 1987 were renewed except for two provincial
newspapers, NINGXIA RIBAO and HENAN RIBAO. These are no longer
available to foreign readers. NEI MENGGU RIBAO also remains
unavailable to foreigners; it was taken off the list last year.
B. Communications
1. The bureau's use of PC's is gradually having an
impact on the commo section. In October, 80 items totalling 82,360
words did not have to be rekeyed by teletypists as a result of
translating and editing done on the PC's. In November, 90 items
totalling 146,440 words were done.
2. Two communication outages on 13 and 14 November, due
to maintenance and upgrading in the consulate's communication
section, resulted in a significant increase in garbled messages. For
13 November alone, there were 48; a normal week usually has 5. Most
of the garbles were due to deterioration of an alternate
communication circuit being used while the main one was down.
C. Lateral Services
1. In addition to filing one of the initial flashes on
the South Korean announcement of DRRK leader Kim I1-sung's death,
subsequently proven incorrect, the bureau kept consulate political
and military officers up to date through a steady stream of phone
calls and hand-carried reports.
STAT
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2. At the request of the American Consulate in Shanghai,
the bureau translated and filed an item from SHIJIE JINGJI DAOBAO.
Personnel
A. During the month local employees who are covered by Civil
Service Retirement (CSR) received salary information to help them
decide whether or not they wanted to join the consulate provident
fund which provides retirement benefits. Of the 24 employees in CSR,
7 chose to join the provident fund.
B. EOD'ed 10 November as a Philippine
monitor.
STAT
A. Lockheed contractor 5 November, for tour and STAT
orientation.
B. director of FBIS, visited the bureau while STAT
on a management trip, 11-13 November.
STAT
Attachment and 3 - Hqs
cc: 1 - C/Bangkok
1 - C/Okinawa
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HONG k;ONG BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1986
TOTAL FUBLI5HABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 1C~19~~7C~
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FIL'.E'D DURING MONTH: 76120
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 1723
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAF: COVERAGE:
241U 145507 293
' III. OUTP'UT' FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
CHINA
BEIJING INTERNATIONAL SERVICE IN
TAGALOG
7440
CHANGSHA HUNAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
8504
CHENGDU SICHUAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDAR I N
76UC ~
GUANGZHOU GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL 5ERVICE
MANDARIN
IN
6780
GUIYANG GUIZHOU PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDAR I N
5480
HAIk:OU HAINAN ISLAND SERVICE IN
MANDAR I N
39C~
k;UNMING YUNNAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
495C-
LANZHOU GANSU PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDAR I N
46UC ~
LHASA XIZANG REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
383C-
NANNING GUANGXI REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
381U
TAIYUAN SHANXI PROVINCIAL 5ERVICE IN
MANDARIN
6C)1G
URUMQI XINJIANG REGIONAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
6910
WUHAN HUBEI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDARIN
8520
XIAN SHAANXI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
? MANDAR I N
BU?sC~
XINING QINGHAI PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDAR I N
584C-
ZHENGZHOU HENAN PROVINCIAL SERVICE IN
MANDAR I N
4~32C i
BEIJING XINHUA HONG k;ONG SERVICE IN
CHINESE 19pC,
HONG k:ONG ZHONGGUO TONGkUN 5HE IN
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HONG k;ONG ZHONGGUO XINWEN SHE IN
CHINESE 1J9Ju
BEIJING BAN YUE TAN IN
CHINESE 11780
BEIJING BAOGAO WENXUE IN
CHINESE u
BEIJIPJG CHINA DAILY IN
ENGLISH ? '~ 2811tJ
BEIJING GONGREN RIBAD IN
' CHINESE 19990
BEIJING GUANGMING RIBAO IN
CHINESE 8920
BEIJING GUOJI SHANGBAO IN
CHINESE D
BEIJING GUOJI WENTI YANJIU IN
' ~ CHINESE 16280
BEIJING HOIJGQ I I N
CHINESE 1C-104G
BEIJING JINGJI CANKAO IN
CHINESE 1130
BE I J I PJG J I NGJ I GUANL I I N
CHINESE C'
BEIJING JINGJI RIBAO IN
CHINESE 9350
BEIJING JINGJI YANJIU IN
CHINESE 19780
BEIJING JINGJIXUE ZHOUBAO IN
CHINESE 0
BEIJING LIAOWANG IN
CHINESE 3540
BEIJING L 1 LUN YUEk~AN I N
CHINESE b3C-~~
BEIJING LISHI YANJIU IN
CHINESE ~~
BEIJING NONGMIN RIBAO IN
CHINESE 27C~9C-
BEIJING ClUNYAN IN
CH I NE5E 23C~C~
BEIJING RENMIN RIBAO IN
CHINESE 91270
BEIJING RENMIN RIBAO OVERSEAS EDITION IN
CHINESE 1~8G
BEIJING SHIJIE JINGJI IN
CHINESE G
BEIJING SHIJIE LISHI IN
CHINESE 0
BEIJING SHIJIE ZHISHI IN
CHINESE 1 J2J~.)
BEIJING WENYI BAO IN
CHINESE =~`~`~~
BEIJING WENZHAI BAO IN
CHINESE 94~ ~
BEIJING XINWEPJ ZHANXIAN IN
CHINESE ~!
BEIJING ZHEXUE YANJIU IN
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PEIJING ZHONGGUO FAZHI PAO IN
CHINESE
PEIJING ZHONGGUO QINGNIAN bA0 IN
CHINESE
CHENGDU SICHUAN RIPAO IN
CHINESE
CHONGQING CHDNGQING RIPAO IN
CHINESE ?~
FUZHOU ZHONGGUO JINGJI WENTI IN
CHINESE
GUANGZHDU GUANGZHDU RIPAO IN
CHINESE
GUANGZHDU k;AIFANG IN
CHINESE
GUANGZHDU NANFANG RIPAO IN
CHINESE
GUANGZHDU YANGCHENG WANPAO IN
CHINESE
HAIkDU HAINAN RIPAO IN
CHINESE
HONG KONG LIAOWANG OVEF:SEAS EDITION IN
CHINESE
F:UNMING YUNNAN RIPAO IN
CHINESE
k;UNMING YUNNAN 5IXIANG ZHANXIAN IN
CHINESE
LANZHOU GANSU RIPAO IN
CHINESE
LANZHOU I.ANZHOU WANPAO IN
CHINESE
SHANGHAI SHIJIE JINGJI DAOPAO IN
CHINESE
TAIYUAN SHANXI F,IPAO IN
CHINESE
WUHAN CF~ANGJIANG RIPAO IN
CHINESE
WUHAN HUPEI FcIPAO IN
CHINESE
XIAN SHAANXI FtIPAO IN
CHINESE
XIAN XIPEI XINXI PAO IN
CHINESE
YINCHUAN NINGXIA kIPAO IN
CHINESE
ZHENGZHOU HENAN RIPAO IN
CHINESE
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HONG KONG COMMERCIAL RADIO IN
ENGLISH
HONG k;ONG DDMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH
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HONG k;ONG AFP IN
ENGLISH
HDNG N;ONG ASIAWEEK IN
ENGLI5H
HONG KONG CHANWANG IN
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HONG KONG CHENG MING IN
CHINESE
HONG k:ONG CHING FAO IN
CHINE5E
HONG KONG CHIUSHIH NIENTAI IN
CHINESE
HONG k::ONG FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG HONGk:ONG STANDARD IN
ENGLISH
HONG F:OPJG HS I N WAN PAO I N
CHINESE
HONG KONG KUANG CHIAO CHING IN
CHINESE
HONG k;ONG MING F'AO I N
CHINESE
HONG k:ONG FAI HSING IN
CHINESE
HONG k;ONG SOUTH CHINA MORNING F'OST IN
ENGLISH
HONG f;ONG SUNDAY MORNING FOST IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG SUNDAY STANDARD IN
ENGLISH
HONG KONG TA KUNG FAO IN
CHINESE
HONG k:ONG TA KUNG FAO I N
ENGLISH
HONG f;ONG WEN WE I FO I N
CHINESE
NEW ZEALAND
AUCKLAND THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD IN
ENGLISH
WELLINGTON THE EVENING FOST IN
ENGLISH
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BAGUIO CITY MOUNTAIN PROVINCE BROADGSTING COMPANY IPJ
' ENGLISH 977C-
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