MONTHLY REPORT -- PARAGUAY BUREAU -- JANUARY 1988

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: February 1, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
5403-GB
1 February 1989
MEMORANDUM FORE Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report -- Paraguay Bureau --
January 1988
I. GENERAL
1. The highlight of the month was a visit from the 24th to the
26th by the Director of FBIS, who met with personnel and observed
operations at the Bureau. The Bureau Chief accompanied him to
meetings with U.S. Ambassador Clyde Taylor and other high-level
Embassy official, all of whom expressed satisfaction with FBIS'
cooperation and praise for its products.
2. At the weekly country team meeting on the 28th Ambassador
Taylor thanked FBIS for its timely translation of a particularly
virulent Asuncion Domestic Service commentary attacking/ the United
States and the -Ambassador, personally.
IT. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. For the third time in less than a year, Paraguay Bureau
this month covered an Argentine military crisis. The latest
confrontation began on the 13th5 when Lieutenant Colonel Aldo Rico,
already under arrest for his participation in last year's Easter
wk crisis, balked when it became apparent that his house arrest
status was going to be changed to "rigorous preventive detention."
Rico and about 20 supporters blockaded themselves at a military
country club, and when soldiers and policemen approached the area,
they disappeared, resurfacing on the 16th at the 4th Infantry
Brigade at Monte Casero, which became the rebel stronghold. Rebel
forces also took over several other installations, including the
metropolitan airport in Buenos Aires. Following a 2-day standoff,
loyalist troops led by the Army chief of staff, General Jose Dante
Caridi, attacked the rebel=, at Monte Caseros. After a short
firefight in which the only casualties were some loyalist soldiers
who were injured when their jeep hit a mine, Rico and his followers
surrendered unconditionally. The other installations were also
retaken.
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The Bureau filed minute-by-minute reports on the uprising,
remaining open late for several nights, and mounting a special
Sunday day shift on the 17th and a midnight shift that night. For
its efforts the Bureau received a message from the BBC stating that
...coverage of continuing Rico crisis in Argentina has proved very
useful and [the Bureau's] efforts to date have been much
appreciated." The Wire also thanked the Bureau for its "superior
performance" during the crisis.
2. On the night of the 21st Panama Bureau experienced a
total communications outage. In response to a request from the
Wire, Paraguay Bureau instituted a backstop of Panama Bureau's
coverage area per SOP, and filed several priority items.
B. Technical
1. After undergoing modification, an STR-7300 demodulator
was installed in Associate ROSET rack No. 2 in Main Radio.
2. Bureau technicians performed routine maintenance on the
following equipment: Magnasync Moviola recorder/reproducer, cassette
recorders and transcribers, and a Collins 651 receiver.
C. Cruising
1. During the Argentine military crisis, Bureau personnel
cruised for additional audible stations and newscasts to better
cover breaking developments in the rebellion. A series of media
behavior reports was filed on the results.
2. When Panama lost all communications on the 21st,
intensive cruising was conducted in support of the Bureau's backstop
coverage. For example, when the Bogota television station listed in
the Bureau's backstop SOP could not be located, a replacement radio
newscast was quickly found on the same satellite. An FYI was filed
reporting the results of the Bureau's backstop effort.
D. Personnel
1. On the 26th the Bureau got a full-fledged "new" monitor-
trainee when former teletype section head
successfully completed a 3-month trial period as a monitor-trainee.
teletypist to an FBM-5 teletypist.
3. The Bureau Chief on
was converted from contract
the 29th announced the promotions of
Monitors to FSN-9. STAT
The announcement was celebrated with a Bureau party at the change of
shift.
STAT
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III. VISITS
The Director of FBIS visited the Bureau from the 24th to the
26th.
IV. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
The Bureau Chief on the night of the 25th hosted in her home a
party for the visiting FBIS director. Ambassador Taylor and other
members of the Embassy community attended, as did Bureau editors,'
monitors, teletypists, technicians, and spouses.
Chief, FBIS Paraguay Bureau
Attached: Monthly Production Report
CC: Panama Bureau
Key West Bureau
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Asuncion Bureau Production Report +or JANUARY 1988
TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES1;
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH;1
TOiAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MON TWA
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH;;
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE.;
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES;:
BROAD-
CASTS
9750.00
min.
179800
76080
693
PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATIONS
42900.00 165.73
min. issues
(publishable words per month)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Argentina Televisora Color
Network in
Spanish
1220
Buenos Aires Domestic Service in
Spanish
4440
Buenos Aires DYN in
Spanish
16480
Buenos Air2s NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in
Spanish
29300
Buenos Aires TELAM in
Spanish
17930
Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES HERALD in
English
3500
Buenos Aires CLARIN in
Spanish
1240
Buenos Aires LA NACION in
Spanish
2760
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in
Spanish
BOLIVIA
La Paz La Red Panamericana in
Spanish
3210
La Paz Radio Illimani in
Spanish
130
La Paz El Diario in
Spanish
960
La Paz PRESENCIA in
Spanish
450
BRAZIL
Or Domestic Service in
Portuguese
10160
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BROAD PRESS PUBLI
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Network in
Portuguese 5000
Rio de Janeiro Rede Manchete TV in
Portuguese 0
Rio de Janeiro Rede Globo Television in
Portuguese 940
Sao Paulo Bandeirantes Television in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes in
Portuguese 0
Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro (JE) in
For
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo FOLHA DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo VEjA in
Portuguese
3300
1580
4560
3360
1410
1960
0
CHILE
Santiago Domestic Service in
Spanish 120/0
Santiago Radio Chilena in
Spanish 5680
Santiago Television Nacional de Chile
Net in
Spanish 1300
Santiago Universidad de Chile
Television in
Spanish 0
Santiago ANALISIS in
Spanish 0
Santiago APSI in
Spanish 0
Sant.i ago COSAS in
Spanish 0
Santiago EL MERCURIO in
Spanish 1030
Santiago FORTIN MAPOCHO in
Spanish 0
Santiago HOY in
Spanish 0
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Santiago LA SEGUNDA in
Spanish
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
Santiago MENSAJE in
Spanish
Santiago OUE PASA in
Spanish
Santiago Santiago CAUCE in
Spanish
CHINA
Beijing in Spanish to Latin America
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CAtIONS
0
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Cerro Cora St 5)T) Nacional
de Television in
Spanish 0
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish 1260
Asuncion Radio Primer? de Marzo in
Spanish 0
Asuncion Red Nacional de Television in
Spanish 2040
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish
Asuncion EL PUEBLO in
Spanish
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish
Asuncion LA TARDE in
Spanish
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
Asuncion SENDER? in
Spanish
Asuncion ULTIMA HORA in
Spanish
PERU
LIMA RBC Television in
Spanish 0
Lima Cadena America Television in
Spanish 0
Lima Canal 9 Television in
Spanish 0
0
410
0
0
0
1500
660
4 3 0
3020
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Lima Domestic Service in
Spanish
Lima Latinoamericana Television in
Spanish
Lima Lima (N)IN( Television in
Spanish
Lima .....1 cane Television
Net in
Spanish
Lima Radio Star in
Spanish
Lima Radio del Pacifico in
Spanish
Lima Radioprogramas del Peru in
Spanish
Lima To Peruana in
Spanish
Lima CARETAS in
Spanish
Lima EL COMERCIO in
Spanish
Lima EL NUEVO DIARIO in
Spanish
Lima EXPRESO
Spanish
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
SPAIN
Madrid EFl:: in
Spanish
URUGUAY
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish
Montevideo Radio El Espectador in
Spanish
Montevideo LA HORA in
Spanish
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
Montevideo EL PAIS in
Spanish
Montevideo LA DEMOCRACIA in
Spanish
USSR
Moscow Radio Magallanes in
Spanish
BROAD PRESS PUBLI-.
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
0
0
0
0
0
9 0
1500
900
220
18090
0
0
0
0
0
1890
280
0
0
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Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
0
1 5 8 0
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WORDAGE FILED FROM ROSET SOURCES (JANUARY 1988)
Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro AJB in
Portuguese
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia Network in
Portuguese
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo Rede Bandeirantes Television in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro Rede Globo Television in
Portuguese
TOTAL
3,300
1,580
5,000
10,160
0
940
20,980
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