MONTHLY REPORT--SWAZILAND BUREAU--MARCH 1988

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 6, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
P.O. Box 199
Mbabane, Swaziland
6 April 1988
FBIS-5808-88
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Swaziland Bureau--March 1988
I. GENERAL
1. The Embassy residential security upgrade program continues with
enhancements to the safe haven areas in the bureau houses. This includes
fitting stronger grillwork on all second floor windows and installing solid
core doors controlling access to safe haven areas.
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II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Efforts to achieve a settlement of the Angolan civil war
reached a critical point during the month with a series of negotiations
involving the United States, Angola, Cuba, the USSR, and South Africa. Angola
continues to refuse to deal with UNITA, but South Africa reiterated its support
for rebel leader Savimbi in a "secret" meeting in Cape Town. As the month
ended, RSA Foreign Minister Pik Botha warned against premature optimism, and
an Angolan commentary criticized the U.S. for trying to mediate while continuing
to support UNITA.
2. UNITA announced the formation of a provisional government on
24 March, but quickly sought to squash rumors by denying that the move implied
that partition of the country was being contemplated. The rebel group also
announced that it would not seek international recognition for the new government.
3. South Africa's UN envoy reacted to the mounting international
criticism of its internal and regional policies by telling the Security Council
members to do "their damnedest." The government then proceeded to take action
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to quell the campaign of outspoken criticism launched by black church leaders
in the wake of the banning of 18 black organizations. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
and Reverend Alan Boesak were among those arrested during a march to present
a petition to Parliament; and the NEW NATION newspaper, published by tfie Catholic
Church, was closed down for 3 months. On 31 March, the government banned all
open-air meetings (except sports and funerals) for 1 year.
4. Following up on information gained from an ANC suspect captured
in a clash near the Botswana border in which 3 other suspected terrorists were
killed, RSA soldiers killed 4 people in a raid on a suspected ANC hideout on
the outskirts of Gaborone. Later the same day, SADF troops killed another 4
terrorists in a firefight in the black homeland of Venda. But South Africa
denied responsibility for the murder of the ANC representative in France, who
was gunned down on a Paris street within a few hours of the other killings.
B. Communications
The Bureau continued to be plagued by communications outages
during March. Outages on 2, 5-8, 9, 13, 14, 17-19, 22-23, and 26 March totaled
134 hours. In addition to the usual problems with Swazi and South African PTT
lines, the two major outages on the 5th and the 17th were traced to the link
between Amembassy Pretoria and the State facility at Beltsville, Md.
C Lateral Services
At the request of the Embassy DCM, Swaziland Bureau asked London
PMU to do a search for a 6-month-old article in LITERATURNAYA GAZETA by senior
USSR Foreign Ministry advisor, which was highly critial of Soviet policy in
Africa. PMU found the 3-take article and refiled it to Mbabane by the next
day. The DCM was highly appreciative and most impressed by the fast service.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
Communications Section Supervisor
a healthy baby boy on 2 March.
gave birth to
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MONSEC Deputy Chief
March to inspect Bureau security and
break-ins.
visited the Bureau 19-21
make recommendations to prevent future
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Swaziland Bureau Production Report for March 1988
TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Radio Truth in
English to Zimbabwe
*(Clandestine) Voice of Resistance of the
Black Cockerel in
Portuguese to Angola
(Clandestine) KUP in English
to Southern and Central Africa
(Clandestine) KUP in French
to Southern and Central Africa
(Clandestine) KUP in Portuguese
to Southern and Central Africa
ANGOLA
Luanda Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Luanda ANGOP
.n
English
Luanda ANGOP in
French
Luanda ANGOP in
Portuguese
BOTSWANA
Gaborone Domestic Service in
English
Gaborone BOTSWANA DAILY NEWS in
English
LESOTHO
Maseru Domestic Service in
English
BROAD-
CASTS
6250.00
min.
2190
1540
32970
2890
PRESS
AGENCIES
14470.00
min.
3360
0
320
860
150
0
462466
26812
1141
PUBLI-
CATIONS
114..00
issues
0
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Maseru Domestic Service in
seSotho 0
MALAWI
Blantyre Domestic Service in
English
Blantyre DAILY TIMES in
English
1090
MOZAMBIQUE
Maputo in
English to Southern Africa 18606
Maputo Domestic Service in
Portuguese 27660
Beira DIARIO DE MOCAMBIQUE in
Portuguese 0
Maputo DOMINGO in
Portuguese 0,
Maputo NOTICIAS in
Portuguese 330
Maputo. TEMPO in
Portuguese 0
NAMIBIA
Windhoek DIE REPUBLIKEIN in
Afrikaans
Windhoek DIE SUIDWESTER
in
Afrikaans
Windhoek THE NAMIBIAN in
English-
Windhoek THE WINDHOEK ADVERTISER in
English
SENEGAL
Dakar PANA in
English
Dakar PANA in
French
SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg International Service in
English
Johannesburg Domestic Service'in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg Domestic Service in
English
5270
3440
34460
13E370
190
0
0
3650
420
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Johannesburg Television Service in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg Television Service in
English
Umtata Capital Radio in
English
Johannesburg SAPA in
English
Cape Town CAPE TIMES in
English
Cape Town DIE BURGER in
Afrikaans
Durban ILANGA in
Zulu
Johannesburg BEELD in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg BUSINESS DAY in
English
Johannesburg CITY PRESS in
English
Johannesburg DIE VADERLAND in
Afrikaans
Johannesburg NEW NATION
English
Johannesburg
Afrikaans
Johannesburg SOWETAN in
English
Johannesburg
English
.Johannesburg
? English
.Johannesburg
English
Johannesburg
English
johannesburg
English
RSA Editorial
RAPPORT in
in
SUNDAY TIMES in
THE CITIZEN in
THE STAR in
THE SUNDAY STAR in
THE WEEKLY MAIL in
Press
Review
Afrikaans and English
of
Press
SWAZILAND
Mbabane Domestic Service in
English
Mbabane Domestic Service in
siSwati
Mbabane Television Service in
English
Mbabane Television Service in
siSwati
BROAD-
CASTS
11310
9740
10470
240
0
0
0
PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATIONS
141660
5090
0
0
500
7860
0
0
3200
1850
2690
5680
1880
16470
7170
10140
43570
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Mbabane THE SWAZI NEWS in
English
Mbabane THE SWAZI OBSERVER in
English
Mbabane THE TIMES OF SWAZILAND in
English
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow in Afrikaans
to Southern Africa
Moscow in English
to Southern Africa
Moscow in Zulu
to Southern Africa
UNITED KINGDOM
London BBC World Service in
English
ZAMBIA
Lusaka Domestic Service in
English
Lusaka SUNDAY TIMES OF ZAMBIA in
English
Lusaka TIMES OF ZAMBIA in
English
ZIMBABWE
Harare Voice of Namibia in
English
Harare Domestic Service in
English
Harare THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE in
English .
Harare THE HERALD in
English
Harare THE SUNDAY MAIL in
English ,
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
0
0
0
10140
1460
0
11030
180
139.0
0
1500
0
1140
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