U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP11M01338R000400330006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 27, 1988
• Content Type: CABLE

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MILITARY ADDRESSEES FOR USIA ADVISOR
E.O. 12356: N/A
SUBJECT: U.S.RELIEF EFFORTS MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
1. (BEGIN SUMMARY) AMBASSADOR DE PREE'S PRESS BRIEFING
'LED PRESS PLAY ALONG WITH PROMINENT COVERAGE OF USAID ?
DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR MORRIS' INTERVIEW WITH OFFICIAL
BANGLADESH NEWS AGENCY CORRESPONDENT, MORRIS' VOA BANGLA
SERVIGE-4-NTERALIEW, AND REPORTAGE OF FURTHER STATEMENTS_B
_.....--CONGRESSMEN -JIM-MOODY, -TONY_H.ALL:-.AND EDOLPHUS "ED" T___NIDCIW
1-c--IN SUPPORT OF BANGLADESH. THE CBS' MORNING-SERIES-0N
BANGLADESH WAS ALSO REPORTED AS WAS SIGNING OF $500,000
USAID EMERGENCY MEDICAL RELIEF SUPPLIES COMMODITY GRANT
AGREEMENT IN DHAKA. GOVT.-RUN BANGLADESH TIMES CITED
MORRIS' TESTIMONY TO THE CONGRESS IN EDIT "IN SUPPORT OF
REGIONALISM", AND INDEPENDENT DAILY "AZAD" EDIT COMMENTED
THAT STATEMENTS BY HALL AND DE PREE (REFTEL DHAKA 8392)
SUPPORTING A. REGIONAL APPROACH TO THE FLOOD PROBLEM WERE
VERY SIGNIFICANT FOR BANGLADESH. (END SUMMARY)
2. AMBASSADOR DE PREE'S PRESS BRIEFING OCT. 18 BEFORE
THE OVERSEAS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION OF BANGLADESH
RECEIVED TOP MEDIA COVERAGE. INDEPENDENT WEEKLY DHAKA
COURIER RAN REPORT "U.S. TO SUPPORT REGIONAL APPROACH IN
FLOOD CONTROL" DRAWING UPON AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS AND ALSO
ON CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY OF USAID DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR
JAY MORRRIS. PRO-ISLAMIC "AZAD" EDIT-COMMENTED OCT. 20
(QUOTE) THE EMPHASIS PLACED BY MR. WILLARD A. DE PREE,
U.S. AMBASSADOR TO BANGLADESH, ON A REGIONAL APPROACH TO
THE SOLUTION OF THE FLOOD PROBLEM IS ALSO VERY
SIGNIFICANT.. MANY TIMES IN THE PAST MANY REGIONAL
PROBLEMS REMAINED UNSOLVED DUE TO LACK OF GOODWILL AMONG
THE REGIONAL #OUNTRIES. WE BELIEVE THAT THE U.S. CAN
EXERT HER INFLUENCE IN CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF
GOODWILL ON THE ISSUE OF FLOOD CONTROL IN THIS REGION...
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(UNQUOTE). "AZAD" ALSO TERMED CONGRESSMAN TONY HALL'S
CALL FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP "SIGNIFICANT AND TIMELY".
3. CONGRESSMAN TONY HALL'S STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF
BANGLADESH DISASTER ASSISTANCE WAS FIRST LEAD IN MANY
PAPERS OCT. 19. RULING JATIYA PARTY "DAINIK JANATA" RAN
STORY UNDER HEADLINE "U.S. HAS TO LEAD IN SOLVING THE
FLOOD PROBLEM". INDEPENDENT "DAILY NEWS" FIRST LEAD RAN
"U.S. URGED TO LEAD GLOBAL MOVE FOR CHECKING FLOODS".
4. MORRIS' WASHINGTON VOA BANGLA SERVICE INTERVIEW, AS
CIRCULATED BY GOVERNMENT NEWS SERVICE (BSS), WAS WIDELY
CARRIED BY NEWSPAPERS OCT. 18. "JANATA" FIRST LEAD
HEADING WAS "REGIONAL COOPERATION A MUST FOR FLOOD
CONTROL -- MORRIS: INTERVIEW WITH VOICE OF AMERICA".
ALL OTHER PAPERS USED THE STORY ON FRONT PAGES. BSS ALSO
CARRIED OCT. 18 CONGRESSMAN JIM MOODY'S HOUSE STATEMENTS
ON BANGLADESH. TYPICAL HEAD WAS ENGLISH "NEW NATION'S
"U.S. CONGRESSMAN'S CALL TO EXPEDITE AID TO BANGLADESH.
5. MORRIS WAS AGAIN FEATURED IN ANOTHER FRONT PAGE STORY
IN ALL PAPERS OCTOBER 23. TALKING TO A BSS SPECIAL
CORRESPONDENT IN WASHINGTON, MORRIS NARRATED ONCE MORE
HIS IMPRESSIONS OF THE FLOOD DEVASTATION. GOVERNMENT-
RUN "BANGLADESH TIMES" TWO-COLUMN HEADLINE FOR THE STORY
WAS "FLOOD DAMAGE TOO GREAT, SAYS MORRIS".
6. BANGLADESH MEDIA RAN OCT. 25 BSS STORY ON ASSURANCES
BY CONGRESSMAN EDOLPHUS "ED" TOWNS, AS CONVEYED IN A
RECENT LETTER TO PRESIDENT ERSHAD. BSS REPORTS THE
CONGRESSMAN, "AS A FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE OF BANGLADESH IN
THE U.S. CONGRESS", PLEDGED HIS WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT TO
U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS. TOWNS TOLD HE WOULD MONITOR ISSUES
OF INTEREST TO BANGLADESH IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL,
TECHNICAL, AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. MAJOR DAILIES
INCLUDING LEADING DAILY "ITTEFAQ" CARRIED ITEM FIRST
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7. USIS RELEASE ON USAID COMMODITY GRANT AGREEMENT
SIGNED OCT. 24 WITH INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR DIARRHEAL
DISEASE RESEARCH OF BANGLADESH (ICDDRB) FOR $500,000 IN
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES WAS CARRIED BY ALL PAPERS
OCT. 25.
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