MONTHLY REPORT-OKINAWA BUREAU-AUGUST 1987

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• Publication Date: September 4, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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MOK-7022
4 September 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
FROM:
SUBJECT:
I. GENERAL
Monthly Report - Okinawa Bureau - August 1987
A. A powerful Typhoon Dinah struck Okinawa the weekend of 29-30
August, the-first major typhoon this summer and the strongest in 18
years. Dinah, packing centerwinds of 105 knots, destroyed the bureau's
small "PESOS" satellite dish, blowing pieces of it around the yard after 3
of 6 guywires snapped in winds reaching more than 80 mph at the bureau,
and over 100 mph at Kadena Air Base. Regional Engineer went
out and gathered up the pieces at the height of the typhoon, but the
damage proved too great to allow repairs. Five of seven beverage antennas
suffered damage ranging from broken wires to tipped poles, and rhombics
had broken guys, uprooted anchor rods and broken curtain wires. There was
minor water leakage at the Bolo operations site and at about half a dozen
FBIS houses at Kadena from some 10 inches of rain that fell in 24 hours.
Uprooted trees and broken limbs were common, but no major damage
occurred. U.S. military elements estimated some $500,000 damage total.
Only one death occurred--a U.S. Air Force man injured when he was tossed
against rocks at the Sunabe seawall while watching huge waves pushed by
Dinah.
B. The new bureau chief arrived on Okinawa 26 August after two days
of visits with Tokyo Embassy contacts en route, ending a summer hiatus in
chiefery dating from 20 June. The new chief attended his first change of
command ceremony on 28 August at Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, where
Brig. Gen. Frank A. Huey took over from Brig. Gen. H.C. Stackpole III as
commanding general. He paid courtesy calls on 31 August to 313th Air
Division commander Brig. Gen. Keith Connolly, Kadena AFB commander Col.
Frank Garza, Consul General Karl Spence Richardson, Army Corps of
Engineers Okinawa area engineer Lt. Col. Jerry L. Berry, DOD Special
Representative for Okinawa Charles Gibson, and Lt. Col. Paul R.
Schaffenberger, commander of the 6990th Electronic Security Group. On 1
September he and the deputy chief met and were briefed by the U.S. Forces
Japan Okinawa Area Field Office secretary, Lt. Col. Chris Tragakis, on
relations with the Japanese and among USFJ elements on Okinawa. The new
chief was welcomed at a small cocktail buffet at the deputy chief's house,
just as Typhoon Dinah reached the 1-Emergency stage the evening of 29
August.
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A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Loss to Typhoon Dinah of the small "PESOS" ROSET dish, which
had been used since February 1986 to monitor Moscow TV from the Orbita 1
transmission on the 140 East satellite, will cost Okinawa coverage of only
one Class B scheduled Moscow TV program during local evening hours,
1000-1500 GMT when our 10-meter dish is committed to Beijing TV. The
period dedicated to Beijing may extend if special Beijing TV coverage
occurs during the October CPC Congress. Our dispersed Moscow TV coverage
during the rest of the day will mean little dish time available for
satellite cruising. We have asked Headquarters to seek a replacement dish
in the U.S. that could replace PESOS until a second large dish becomes
available--a replacement that preferably could be easily dismounted and
stored during typhoons.
2. Okinawa provided a week-long television monitoring
shortcourse for Seoul Bureau associate editor 2-8 August.
He worked with Russian, Japanese and Chinese television monitors in live
and recorded processing and also worked the editorial desk one evening.
3. Chinese monitor
Taiwan; new Chinese monitor trainee::[
replace him. Chief Monitor
increase on 28 August in recognition
for many years.
resigned 28 August to return to
arrived 11 August to
was presented a quality step
of his sustained superior performance
4. London Bureau advised us on 24 August of its new, improved
computer-controlled Xinhua English press agency backup capability. Bureau
editors were alerted to the need for fast alerts to London if our Xinhua
English reception deteriorates--a problem that usually occurs only during
the fall and spring when propagation becomes poor before Xinhua changes.
5. The Bureau is reviewing Chinese Unit program and processing
assignment schedules with a view to gaining flexibility when major lengthy
items are to be processed quickly. This will ensure maximum processing
capability for the Chinese party congress, now announced to start 25
October.
Attempts to monitor the clandestine, Pyongyang-controlled Voice
of National Salvation broadcasts that Seoul Bureau had difficulty
monitoring due to a powerful interferring transmitter were unsuccessful at
Okinawa also, falling below the level of monitorability. Satellite
cruising provided updates on Moscow's 140 E for Orbita 1 Moscow TV first
program and Moscow TV second program double 1, as well as other Moscow TV
spans on the 90E and 80E satellites.
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Headquarters telex tests and message exchanges with FBIS Asian
bureaus clarified confusion over the correct telex codes. Asian bureaus
use 07279898, while Headquarters must use 781 in lieu of 72. Okinawa
experienced an unusual number of Mode I and V outages in August, which the
Guam and Yokota ASCs reported were largely due to satellite or
tropospheric scatter link malfunctions. These outages also affected
reliability of our secure communications traffic through Yokota's Mode V.
The U.S. Defense Liaison Office in Hong Kong requested restoral
of Beijing TV videoselection list service from Okinawa that had been
dropped in October 1986 after we assumed direct satellite coverage of this
service from Hong Kong Bureau. DLO also asked for selected Beijing TV
tapes in a PLA anniversary series.
Bureau technical preparations for the planned FBA-1 computer
installation now set tentatively for October were largely completed. All
monitoring booths have been reworked to lower and enlarge desks for the
computers, excess unused cables have been pulled from cable trenches where
possible, and all radioteletype equipment was modified to low-level,
RS-232 outputs to conform to FBA requirements, primarily for press agency
circuits. Minor booth renovation in the Russian booths continues.
1. I lof the FBIS Administrative Staff, Foreign
National Unit, TDYed at the bureau 20-28 August, holding discussions with
bureau managers and large numbers of TCN employees about pay, benefits,
and privileges, and also studying the Master Labor Contract system applied
to our 50 MLC employees.
2. Bureau engineer)
effective 5 July, and logistics officer
GSO-11 effective 2 August.
was promoted to GSO-12
~ was promoted to
3. The Okinawa Post Allowance class decreased from 25 to 20
effective 2 August, evidently based on a short-lived dollar upsurge
against the yen. The yen soon regained its strength and the exchange rate
is again hovering in the 140 or 142 to $1 range it held last spring when
the COLA class was raised to 25.
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4. NEAD deputy chief who TDYed at Okinawa from 27
June, departed 5 August to return to Washington after assisting in bureau
management and studies for a proverbial 40 days and nights.
5. Kadena AFB security police applied a "hands-on" ID card
policy most of August, under a "Threat condition alpha" alert due to the
Persian Gulf tension and concern about possible terrorist incidents in
Japan. Long waiting lines ensued at base main gates until the month-end,
when the policy returned to normal.
6. Bureau editors became involved in a SCUBA death incident at
Bolo Point on 22 August, when swimmers accompanying the victim used our
phone to alert rescue units that a diver had suffered an air embolism at
the point; the diver died at Camp Lester hospital.
B. Buildings and Grounds
1. Message exchanges with Headquarters established that
additional FY-87 funds can be reserved to continue the bureau housing
recapitalization program without interruption during FY-1988. Completion
of the new 3-bedroom duplex and the first three 4-bedroom house
renovations under the FY-86 contract continued to be stalled for lack of
CONUS-supplied building and window materials, cabinets and the like. We
have pressed the Corps of Engineers and the contractor for new completion
dates, which should be 60 days after the missing materials arrive on
site. The FBIS playground tennis court renovation project is expected to
be completed by mid-September.
Army Captains Jones, Coles and Hines, of the U.S. Army
Information Systems Command Battalion at the Buckner ASC, on 19 August for
bureau orientation; FBIS Administrative Staff, 20-28 August
for orientation and discussions.
Bureau engineer) to Banekok Bureau while on
private travel to Thailand 21-29 August.
Attachments:
Engineering Equipment Attachment
Production Report
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1. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 1,018,830
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 514,340
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 3,128
BROAD'- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 21,015 19,065 175.79
(minutes or issues per week) min. min. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
CAMBOD IA
Phnom Penh SPK in
English
C H INA
Beijing International Service to East and South Africa in
English ---
Beijing International Service to North America in
English 990
Beijing International Service in
Japanese 2,290
Beijing International Service in
Mandarin
Beijing to Taiwan in
Mandarin 3,070
Beijing to the USSR in
Russian 3,060
Beijing Domestic Service in
Mandarin 10,660
Beijing Television Service in
Mandarin 2,610
Fuzhou Fujian Provincial Service in
Mandarin 1,1530
Hangzhou Zhejiang Provincial Service in
Mandarin 3,020
Hefei Anhui Provincial Service in
Mandarin 5,530
Nanchang Jiangxi Provincial Service in
Mandarin 10,840
Nanjing Jiangsu Provincial Service in
Mandarin 5,460
Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin 7,720
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Beijing HONGQI in
Chinese
Beijing XINHUA in
English
beijing XINHUA Domestic Service in
Chinese
Beijing BEIJING REVIEW in
English
Fuzhou FUJIAN R IBAO in
Chinese
Hefei ANHUI RIBAO in
Chinese
Hangzhou ZHEJ IANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Nanjing XINHUA RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai JIEFANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai WEN HUI BAO in
Chinese
Miscellaneous
Editorial Reports
J A PAN
Naha Radio NHK in
Japanese
Tokyo NHK Television Network in
Japanese
Tokyo JPS in
English
Tokyo KYODO in
English
Tokyo J IJ I in
English
Tokyo AKAHATA in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NEWS in
English
Tokyo JAPAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL in
English
Tokyo MAINICHI DAILY NEWS in
English
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
7,420
46,680
5,600
3,480
4,570
580
940
3,900
2,050
80
3,210
5,810
453,920
4,090
115,740
40,000
9,410
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BROAD- PRESS
CASTS AGENCIES
PUBLI-
CATIONS
Tokyo PLAIHICHI S11IMi3UN in
Japanese
4 , 000
Tokyo NIHON KEIZAI SHIMI3UN in
Japanese
5,250
Tokyo SANKEI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
3,830
Tokyo THE L)i ILY YOMIURI in
English
8,130
Tokyo THE JAL'AN TINES in
English
6,040
Tokyo TOKYO SHIMI3UN in
Japanese
200
Tokyo YOMIUF:I OHIMI3UN in
Japanese
2,940
Naha OKINAWA TIMES in
Japanese
380
Naha RYUKYU SHIMPO in
Japanese
KOREA (NORTH)
Pyongyang KCNA in
English
LAOS
Vientiane KPL in
English
I ON G OL IA
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in
English
Ulaanbaatar MONTSANE in
Russian
TA IWAN
Taipei International Service in
English
Taipei Domestic Service in
Mandarin
Taipei CNA in
English
Taipei CHINA POST in
English
Taipei Cu ING CHI JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei CHUNG KUO SHIN PAO in
Chinese
Taipei CHUNG YANG JIH PAO in
Chinese
6,260
1,670
4 , 740
17,350
3 , 600
1,430
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Taipei LIEN HO PAO in
Chinese
Taipei TZU LI WAN PAO in
Chinese
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow to Japan in
Japanese
Moscow International Service in
Mandarin
Moscow Domestic Television Service in
Russian
VIETNAM
Hanoi International Service in
Mandarin
Hanoi VNA in
English
BROAD- PRESS PUBLIC-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
5,800
11,510
17,170
45,290
2,010
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