MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORT - DECEMBER 1964

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00586R000300050001-5
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 7, 1965
• Content Type: MEMO

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exobt Chief, Tokyo Bureau
svsJacT: Monthly Progress Report - December 1961
1. Bureau Coverage of Peking in Mongolian began with Pekingrs
inauguration of the service on 1 December, Thus far, the
1l~00 GMT and 2230 GMT shows have proved to be repeats of
the hour-long 1200 GP4T program.
2. Efforts continued to recruit a Mandarin monitor, as the
bureau has had only one in that section since mid-October.
the best candidate, received provisional 50X1
security clearance and was interviewed on 23 December. He
stated that he was interested in full time employment, but
desired a hi her tarting salary than the bureau was willing
?~to offer. present job as a newspaperman prevents 50X1
his being consi ere as apart-time employee. Several other
. The problem of backlog material continued to plague the
Japanese section, which maintains an average of 1,300 words
of processed copy a day but was faced with an average of
2,300 words ordered, including requests from Radio Propaganda
Branch and occasional orders from lateral consumers in the . 50X1
field. Thus, at the end of December the backlog amounted
to 24 items totaling some 20,000 words. Flzrthermore, nine
items, totaling some 12,000 words, which had been ordered
were cancelled to help alleviate the situation.
li. Processed wordage dropped L~~, to 96,810 words. Total
weekly hours monitored: 275.1 (all voice).
B. Communications
1, Circuit outages on both Tokyo to Washington allocated
circuits totaled 711,% during December. This total was an
increase of 19a on TWA and a decrease of 13~ on TWB. TWA
and TWB were out simultaneously 56~, which is an increase
of 9~ over the previous month. The Washington to Tokyo
circuit outages increased slightly--WTA by 3~ to a total
of 35~,'and WTB by L1~, to a total of 87~. ;Simultaneous
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outages on WTA and WTB increased by 4~ to a total of 30~.
Outages on the Tokyo to Okinawa TOB circuit totaled ltd,
a decrease of 3~, while outages on OTA totaled 12~, a
slight decrease from November's total of 13~.
2. Pre-empted time decreased by approximately 14l~ hours on
TWB, while the totals on OTA increased by approximately
!t0 hours.
3. Approximately 48~ of the messages transmitted to Head-
quarters were rerouted via common user due to the fact
that the Tokyo to 47ashington circuits were out simul-
taneously 56~ of the time. This total of 48p was the
highest total during 1964.
4. Although theater traffic decreased by over one million
words, December's total of 11,188,996 was still quite high.
This is .the first time in the past five months that theater
traffic has not surpassed the 12 million word level.
Bureau wordage decreased by approximately 17,000 words.
5. To help alleviate the increased work load in the teletype
unit, as noted above, bureau driver Mitsuhashi has been
assigned regular duties as a teletype operator, temporarily
one day each week. As his driver's duties decrease, and
his teletype knowledge increases, it is planned to utilize
him as a full time teletype operator eventually.
C. Technical
1. A bureau designed monitoring unit for the still photography
of TV images was completed during the month. The sheet
metal work was performed by 5th Air Force, at the request
of FTD, and the electrical work was performed by'.the bureau's
Electronic Specialist. Tests of the unit are now underway
and a report will be made to the Chief, Engineering Staff
upon their completion.
2. At the request of the Okinawa Bureau the Tokyo Bureau
investigated the availability and cost of a facsimile
printer which could monitor expected transmissions of
NCNA. Firms contacted were Toho Denki, Kyodo News Agency,
and the Tokyo Aircraft Instrument Oo.
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A. Personnel
1. Teletype Supervisor Owas given a Quality Step
Increase in recognition of the sustained outstanding
performance of his duties.
2. Bureau Electronics Specialist, received
a etter o? commendation from the Chief, FBIS for his
excellent performance in procuring surplus government
property of considerable value to FBIS.
B. Procurement
Toho Denki facsimile and page printer supplies were purchased
for the Okinawa Bureau.
Lt. Col. R. Friend and R. Kalisch, DET #~t,-FTD, 1 December.
Major Henry Schibi, DET #Lt, FTD, 3 December.
Norris Hammond, State Department Far East Region Communications
Officer, and Frank Trainer, Embassy Communications Officer,
!r December.
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Senior Editor Okinawa Bureau, 7 & 9 December.
G.J. Sperling, Embassy Security Office, 22 December.
B. By Bureau Personnel
Bureau Chief and Electronics Specialist to Yokota Air Base
to arrange for fabrication of the TV monitoring unit,
3 December.
Bureau Chief, Ito Camp
Drake for a br3e~3ng on a work of the Strategic Intelligence
Research Activity, 500th ICG, 8 December.
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 Bureau Chief and Senior Editor visited Toho
Denki Co. to meet Mr..Kawashima the General Sales Manager
and to view that firm's line of facsimile printers, 15
December.
Bureau Chief and Editor) )attended an Intelli-
gence Seminar hosted by the 500th Intelligence Corps Group,
1R December.
Attachments:
1. Classified Personnel Report
2.. Foreign Personnel Report
3. Operations Attachment
Lt. Communications Attachment
5. Liaison Attachment
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1. The teletype routing indicators of the following lateral
consumers changed during the month. They are:
A. NAVCINTSUPPACTJAPAN changed from RUATC to RUAUBH.
B. COMNAVFORJAPAN changed from RUATH to RUAUNJ.
C. NAVCINTSUPPU YOKOHAMA JAPAN changed from RUATM to RUAUDM.