MONTHLY REPORT--LONDON BUREAU--MAY 1987

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: June 8, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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Monthly Report -- London Bureau
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8 June 1987
MLD-7022
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FROM : Chief, FBIS London Bureau
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report -- London Bureau -- May 1987
I. GENERAL
1. The first week of May was highlighted by the 38th annuall ir IS-
ector
nd briefed
d
Dir
a
BBC coordination meeting. Well Banque
an STAT
,
erations Group Chief
d O
p
an
atmosphere of mutual understanding as well as professional STAT
courtesy and personal friendship which facilitated a successful
meeting. Many bureau officers were pressed into service to
provide extensive logistical and substantive support; with
special efforts by the wives in arranging numerous social
activities.
2. In the last week of May, another Internet milestone was reached
when arrangements among the bureau, Tel Aviv Bureau,
Headquarters, and the BBCMS were completed for the contract
recording in Tel Aviv of Tehran television news, delivery of the
uent
e
b
d
q
s
su
videotapes to Caversham within 2 days, an
transmission over Internet for regular viewing on the
Headquarters television grid. The first such Internet
transmission was successfully carried out on 3 June.
3. On 19 May bureau management met with BBC architect Norm Lucey
Mana
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b
-, - --- --
and Deputy General
to clarify areas of confusion and sharpen priorities regarding
bureau consolidation and renovation. Additional coordination
with the BBC architect is planned for the near future.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Thanks,to cellent and timely coordination between bureau
editor and Headquarters Wire, FBIS was able to
respond within 2 hours to a 31 May NIACT Immediate message
from the American Embassy in Moscow requesting text of
President Reagan's New Year's address to the Soviet people,
which was needed for a 1 June meeting with Soviet officials
by visiting USIA Director Charles Wick. Headquarters was
unable to retrieve the item from MIDAS and had to repunch
it from the published DAILY REPORT version.
STAT
STAT
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2. Bureau editors
as well as communicators and
STAT
STAT
STAT
were commended by the bureau chief for their
excellent performance on 30 May in handling the Moscow TASS
report on the retirement of Soviet Defense Minister Sokolov
-- which cleared the bureau in 6 minutes at FLASH prece-
dence and resulted in Headquarters CRITIC being issued --
and the subsequent Moscow radio report that Commander
Koldunov of the Soviet antiaircraft defense had been
replaced.
C/WSS the Wire's thanks for their valuable STAT
contribution to reporting on the 17 May attack on the USS
Stark, which enabled the Wire to provide many key consumers
with timely updates on media treatment as well as factual
reportage on the incident.
3. Not to be left out, PMU once again showed its prowess by
processing within 3 hours from the 20 May edition of PRAVDA
a 21-take exclusive interview with General Secretary M.S.
Gorbachev by reporters from the Italian newspaper L'UNITA.
4. On 19 ondon, Amman, and Nicosia bureau received from
B. Communications
As of 29 May, a sufficient number of operators had been trained
in Internet operations and equipment to allow the bureau to
inform Headquarters that it was ready to initiate weekend
transmissions. The success of such inin efforts has been
due in no small art to Unit Chief and Senior Shift
Supervisor The latter has become particularly
deft in writing c ear an concise operating instructions to
explain an extremely complicated process, of which the following
is an example: "INTERNET COMPUTER MENU: ... If item H
indicates TURN ECHO MODE OFF, it is in fact ON and will be
turned OFF when you select TURN ECHO MODE ON, which indicates
that the echo mode is OFF but can be selected to be ON."
C. Technical
Major tasks during the month included overhauling all Extel
ASR's, overseeing the installation of new Glamos lighting in the
communications area for proper light diffusion, and installing
an additional tuner to reduce the noise level of the Tripoli TV
audio signal relayed over Internet.
STAT
STAT
Personnel
1. MWR associate editor completed his three 1-day STAT
conferences at the School of Oriental and African Studies on
18,19, and 20 May dealing with the politics and economy of
Egypt, Jordan and Syria. These excellent conferences were part
of a bureau effort to organize relevant external training
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possibilities for appropriate personnel.
2. PMU Arabic linguist candidate) Ihas cleared
processing. Bureau is waiting for results of the medical before
setting entry-on-duty date and requesting Headquarters approval.
3. The WAE courier candidate has withdrawn from processing due to a
family problem. The bureau has another candidate under
consideration who worked for Austrian Bureau as a contractor.
4. Editor) )arrived PCS 15 May.
STAT
STAT
To the bureau: Director and 1-13 May for coordination STAT
meeting and private travel; Operations Group Chief 4-10 STAT
May for coordination meeting; Production roup STAT
special assistant for modernization, TDY 26 May for briefing and
orientation.
STAT
cc: Chief, Austria Bureau
Chief, Cologne Unit
Chief, Islamabad Unit
Chief, Okinawa Bureau
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TOTAL.. PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE. Fl L_E:D DURING MONTH- 2,2913,57('.)
TOTAL NOW-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE F ' I L..ED DURING MONTH-i. 523123C)
TOTAL... NLJMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 4, 949
BROAD- F'RESc:; F't..JSI.... I ?-
CASTS AGENCIES CAT I ONS
11 I Nr- uT OF-' RE:GUL..AR COVERAGE-, 12 , 808 144, 4+56 532 ? 64
minutes or issues per week) min, mir). issc.ces
II I. OLJ'TF'U'T FROM AL ...L SOURCES
:
(pub.lishable wordrs per mmonth)
AF'GI?IAN I STAN
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English to 1`.Urof"jF-.,
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Pashto to Europe 0
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Da.ri to E:~_+'i"oF}e ~'~
F::at::c.cl Domestic Ser-v:ice in
Dari 32,711')
I-::abul Domestic Service in
Pashto 4,4
Kabul BAI
Moscow Domestic Service in
Russ Iart 109,50 )
Moscow Oblast Domestic Service ill
Russian
Moscow Television Service in
Russian 7 3 , Et.3c:1
Alma-Ata Domestic Service in
k:azak:h o
A:I.ma..._Ata Domestic Service in
Russian 73s a
Arkhangelsk Domestic Service in
Russian i?
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Ashkhabad Domestic Service in
Russian
Ashkhabad Domestic Service in
Turkmen
Baku Domestic Service in
Az er i
Dushanbe Domestic Service in
Tadzhik
Dushanbe Domestic Service in
Russian
Frunze Domestic Service in
Kirghiz
Frunze Domestic Service in
Russian
Kaliningrad Domestic Service in
Russian
Khabarovsk Domestic Service in
Russian
Kiev Domestic Service in
Russian
Kiev Domestic Service in
Ukrainian
Kirov Domestic Service in
Russian
Kishinev Domestic Service in
Russian
Leningrad Domestic Service in
Russian
Lvov Domestic Service in
Ukrainian
Magadan Domestic Service in
Russian
Minsk Domestic Service in
Belorussian
Minsk Domestic Service in
Russian
Murmansk Domestic Service in
Russian
Petrozavodsk Domestic Service in
Russian
Riga Domestic Service in
Latvian
Riga Domestic Service in
Russian
Tallinn Domestic Service in
Estoni an
Tallinn Domestic Service in
Russian
Tashkent Domestic Service in
Russian
BROAD-- PRESS PURL I --?
CAS_ S AGENCIES CATIONS
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Tashkent Domestic Service in
Uzbek:
Ufa Domestic Service in
Russian
Vilnius Domestic Service in
L. i t h u a n i a n
Vilnius Domestic Service in
Russian
Vladivostok Domestic Service in
Russian
Volgograd Domestic Service in
Russian
Yuz.hno?-Sakhalinsk Domestic Service in
Russian
Moscow Maritime Press Service in
Russian
Moscow TASS International Service in
Russian
Moscow TASS in
English
Arkhangelsk Maritime Press Service in
Russ i an
Kaliningrad Maritime Press Service in
Russian
k::laipeda Maritime Press Service in
Russian
Leningrad Maritime Press Service in
Russian
Murmansk Maritime Press Service in
Russian
Novorossiysk Maritime Press Service in
Russian
Odessa Maritime Press Service in
Russian
Tallinn Maritime Press Service in
Russian
Moscow A;fI:YA I AFRIKA SEGODNYA in
Russian
Moscow CHE:I_oVEK I ZAk::ON in
Russian
Moscow E.KONOMICHESKAYA GA ZETA in
Russian
Moscow GOVORIT I POKA: YVAYET MOSKVA
Russian
Moscow IZVESTIYA AKADE.MII NAUK SSSR:
SERIYA EKONOMICHESKAYA in
Russian
Moscow I:VESTIYA in
Russian
BROAD--- PRESS f=PU]3L.. I --?
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
48,250
263,800
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BROAD- PRESS PUBL..I-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Moscow k:OMMUNIST VOORUZHENNYKH SIL in
Russian
Moscow I. LJMMUNIST in
Russian
Moscow KONSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA in
Russian
Moscow KRASNAYA ZVE:2DA in
Russian
Moscow LITERATURNAYA GAZETA in
Russian
Moscow MEZHDUNARODNAYA '2:HIZN in
Russian
Moscow MIROVAYA EKONOMIKA I
MEZHDUNARODNYYE OTNOSHEN I YA in
Russian
Moscow MOSCOW NEWS in
English
Moscow MOSKOVSKAYA PRAVDA in
Russian
Moscow MOSkOVSK I YE NOVOSTI in
Russian
Moscow NARODY A"ZII I AFRIKA In
Russian
Moscow NEDELYA in
Russian
Moscow NEW TIMES in
English
Moscow NOVOYE VREMYA in
Russian
Moscow NOVYY MIR in
Russian
Moscow ONSHCHESTVENNYYE NAUKI in
Russian
Moscow PARTIYNAYA ZHIZN in
Russian
Moscow PLANOVOYE KHOZYAYSTVO in
Russian
Moscow POLITICHESKOYE.
SAMOOBRAZOVANIYE in
Russian
Moscow PRAVDA in
Russian
Moscow F'ROBL.E:MY DALNEGO VOSTOKA in
Russian
Moscow PRt:3FL.E:MIY M I RA I SOTS I AL.. I 'MA in
Russian
Moscow RABOCHIY KLASS I SOVREMENNYY
MIR in
Russian
Moscow SELSKAYA ZH:I:'ZN in
Russian
8, 590
0610
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BROAD-- PRESS PUBL I --
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Moscow SOBRANIYE PUS..ANOVLENIY
PRA I TEL..STVA SSR : OTDEL PERVYY in
Russian
Moscow SOTSIALISTICHESKAYA INDUSTRIYA
in
Russian
Moscow SOTSIOLOGICHESKIYE
ISSLEDOVANIYA in
Russian
Moscow SOVETSKAYA KUL.TLJRA in
Russian
Moscow SOVETSKAYA ROSSIYA in
Russian
*Moscow SOVETSKIY SPORT in
Russian
Moscow SOVETSKOYE VOSUDARSTVO I PRAVO
i n
Russ i an
Moscow SSHA: EKONOMIKA, POLITIf:A,
I DEOL.OC I YA in
Russian
Moscow T EL.EV I DEN I YA PAD I OVESHCHAN I YE
in
Russian
Moscow TRUD in
Russian
Moscow VOPROSY EKONOMIKI in
Russian
Moscow VOPROSY FILOSOFII in
Russian
Moscow VOPROSY ISTORII KPSS in
Russian
Moscow ZA RUBE: HUM in
Russian
Moscow ZHURNAL.IST in
Russian
Alma-Ata KAZAKHSTANSKAYA PRAVI:DA in
Russian
Ashkhabad TURKMENSKAYA ISKRA in
Russian
Baku BAKINSKIY RABOCHIY in
Russian
Dushanbe KOMMUNIST TADZHIF::ISTANA in
Russian
Frunze SOVETSKAYA KIRG I z I YA in
Russian
Kiev PRAVDA UKRAINY in
Russian
Kishinev SOVETSKAYA MOL.DAV I YA in
Russian
9, 880
22, 72(_')
720
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Len i. rig r ad LEN I NGRADSKAYA PRAVDA in
Russian
Minsk: SOVETSKAYA HELORUSS I YA in
Russian
Novosibi)-sl:: EKO in
Russ i. an
Riga SOVETSFK.:AYA L.ATVIYA in
Russian
Tallinn SOVE:.1..Sk::AYA ES-I"ONIYA in
Russian
Tashkent PRAVDA VOSTOk.A in
Russian
Tbilisi ZARYA VOSTUFK;A in
Russ i. an
Vilnius SOVETSk.AYA LITVA in
Russian
Yerevan k;OMMUN I ST in
Russian
UNITED KINGDOM
*London E{E(C World Service in
English
London BBC Television Network: in
English
London ITV Television Network: in
E r-)g 1 i. sh
*London REUTER in
English
London PRESS ASSOCIATION in
English
London AL--HAWADI TH in
Arabic
London AL-MAJALLAH in
Arabic
London AL--TADAMLJN in
Arabic
London DAILY EXPRESS in
English
London DAILY 'TELEGRAPH in
English
London FINANCIAL TIMES in
E.?rlg 1 is h
London MORNING STAR in
English
London NEW STATESMAN in
English
London SUNDAY TELEGRAPH in
English
London THE GUARDIAN in
English
BROAD--. PRESS F 'LJIL" I-
--CASTS AGENCIES f.:AT 1: ONS
10, 390
4 , 870
11 19()('-*)
( )
1 , 17()
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London THE I NDEPENDENT in
E ngIi.sh
London THE OBSERVER i n
Eng 1 i. sh
London THE SUNDAY TIMES in
BROAD- PRESS PUBL I .-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Erg I i sh
2!, 40
I....ondon THE TIMES in
English
Leeds DETENTE in
Eng 1 i sh
'10, 57U
VATICAN CITY
Vatican City International
Service
in
Czech
Vatican City International
Ser.V:i.ce
in
English
Vatican City International
Service
in
German
Vatican City Ii-iter-nati.onal
Service
in
Hangar ian
Vatican City International
Service
in
Lithuanian
Vatican City Internationnal
Service
in
F 'o J. i sh
Vatican City International
Service
in
Serbo-Croatian
Vatican City
International
Service
in
SJ.r--1vak:
Vatican City
International.
Service
in
t..lkrainian
YEMEN (PDRY)
Aderi Voice of Palestine in
Arabic
Aden Domestic Service in
Arabic
Aden ANA in
Arabic
Aden ANA in
English
YUGOSLAVIA
Zagreb Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade MENA in
English to MENA Cair-ci
Ee].grade TANJUG Domestic Ser-vice in
Serbo---(Croat ian
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P ROAD-- PRESS PtJFtt- I --
CASTS AGENCIES CAT I C:)Ns
Belgrade TANJUta in
English 22,14o
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