MONTHLY REPORT--AUSTRIAN BUREAU--FEBRUARY 1982

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 2, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Austrian Bureau--February 1982
Bureau resources were stretched to the limit this month as we
tried to rearrange our routine to assist in getting our copies
of the Soviet papers to the PMU in Caversham during the extended
baggage handlers' strike at Heathrow. We initially tried to use
the fax, but the effect proved to be unmanageable, since we were
physically unable to move the entirety of the nearly 2-weeks
worth of backlog. Later arrangements were made to take the papers
into Heathrow aboard a KLM flight out of Amsterdam, since KLM
has its own crew of offloaders. Although this system eventually
worked, the delivery was late and the airlines could not guarantee
the exact flights the papers would be on in future deliveries.
At month's end, we had located a newly established courier service
that would handcarry the papers to the Heathrow BBC freight
handlers who would then hurry them off to the PMU. In addition
to these arrangements, PMU Russian translator STAT
arrived here on 28 February to assist in selecting, faxing and
processing items until we could establish how reliable the
courier service would be. Meanwhile, no one is venturing a guess
as to the duration of the strike, which began 8 February.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The bureau formalized its coverage of Vienna evening radio
and TV this month by including the local 1800 radio and 1930
TV casts in our FCS coverage schedule update. The readjustment
to our evening priorities is intended to help us from getting
scooped on hot items in our own backyard, particularly since
Vienna seems to be becoming more and more the target of
terrorist attacks -- the last being the 4 February bomb
explosion at the home of the city's chief rabbi. Despite our
efforts, we recognize that we are still somewhat "unprotected,"
especially on weekends and holidays when we are not open in
the mornings, a period that has proven to be prime time for
spectaculars like the August synagogue attack and last May's
assassination of a city councilman.
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2. We were shortchanged by ANSA this month to the tune
of nearly one-third of our scheduled casts, as Italian
journalist strikes swallowed up a total of nine working
days. We have been hit before by occasional strikes, but
this month's lost coverage was the most in some time.
3. As of mid-month, the bureau began receiving the new
Polish newspaper RZECZPOSPOLITA (The Republic), an 8-page
government organ that began publication 14 January. As
far as our other Polish papers are concerned, we had our
hopes buoyed at month's end over the flight agreement
signed between LOT and Austrian Airlines. The daily
flights beginning 1 March between Vienna and Warsaw should
provide more reliable service than the "Chopin. Express"
trains that we have been depending upon since martial law
was declared in December.
4. With the assistance of our MBFR friends, we continued
our "observer" status at the weekly Plenary meetin s, this
month sending Associate Editor and STAT
Hungarian and Yugoslav monitors and L___SIAI
to the Thursday morning rounds in the Redoutensa,STAT
of the Hofburg. As a bonus to our close relations with
the MBFR delegation, Ambassador Staar has accepted an
invitation to visit us on 2 March. He is an avid consumer
of FBIS material and has said that he has looked forward
to visiting an FBIS bureau for some time.
B. Technical
modified one of our outgoing EXTEL RO printers so that a
number sign now appears on our outgoing copy before every
capitalized word. The copy looks a bit strange and takes
some getting used to, but at least we are now able to
monitor the teletyped copy for capitalization.
Personnel
1. Recruitment efforts continued this month as we sent
application forms to one of the Polish applicants tested
and interviewed earlier by London Bureau. In addition,
we remain in contact with our Yugoslav STAT
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candidate who now works in Belgrade as a teacher, while
we seek to resolve a truly "Catch-22" situation of her
not being able to come here until she is offered firm
employment and the Embassy security officer not willing
to give her a preliminary field clearance until she has
established residence in Austria.
1.
an
February.
member of the BBC Board of Governors, STAT
BC East European correspondent, on 4 STAT
2.I IPMU Russian/French translator, on
TDY -- arrived 28 Feb for indefinite period.
STAT
STAT
FOR THE CHIEF, AUSTRIAN BUREAU
Attachments:
Production Report
Engineering Report
cc: Chief, FBIS London Bureau
Deputy Chief
FBIS Austrian Bureau
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AUSTRIAN BUREAU PP'ODUCTION REPORT FCR F E A R U A R Y 1; 8 2
I. TOTALS FRGid Ai,L SOURCE?;
TOTAL PU'3L1SIIA.LLE WORDAUE TILED DURING MONTH: 5' 2,'.6';
TnT AL 40N-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH : 1? "10 (45,670)
TOTAL :Ur'8FR 01' PUBLI.^:iABLE ITEMS FILEL DURING: MONTM: 5
II. INPLT C? ! uULAR CCVERAGE:
trrinutes or issuas per week)
5,745 5.895
Ill. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ALBA rIIA
Tirana omestic Service in
Albanian
iirgna 4TH, in
English
Tira.:cz. BASIHKIMI in
ibanian
Tirana DRITA in
Albanian
Tirana PUNA in
Albanian
Tirana RRUGA E PARTISE in
Albanian
Tirana ZERI I POPULLIT in
A1.)anian
Tirana ZERI I RINISS in
Albanian
RUCTRIA
Vienna Domestic Service ~n
German
Vienna Domestie Television Service in
Cerman
Vienna ARBEITER ZEITUNG in
German
Vionnn DIE PRESSE in
Herman
Vienna KRONEN ZEITUNG in
Ce r .ran
Vienna WRIER in
(Arman
Vienna FROFIt 4.n
Ge r,nan
Vienna VOLE.. TIMMF in
Je rman
Vienna TACFBUG'P in
,le rman
Vienna WIENER ZEITUNI in
German
11,500 ( :,370)
2,960
5,C10
26c
(2,5:o)
7~0 (2,.90)
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:l;LOAFIA
Sofia Domestic Service in
Bulgarian
Sofia BTA in
2rblisn
Sofia LITERATU?EN FRONT in
Bil arian
Sofia tARCDNA ARMIJA in
Sul? arian
Sofia NARODNA MLADE:N in
Bulgarian
Sofia OTECHE$TVEr. FROM in
Bulgarian
Sofia RABO''NICHESKO DELO in
Bulgarian
Sofia: TRUD in
Bulgarian
Z--,'-1E EL3IO ZN:ME in
Bulgarian
MIni,
Beijing in
Serbs-Croatian to Yugoslavia
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Frague Domestic Television Service in
Czech and Slovak
Bratislava Domestic Television Service in
Slovak
Prague LIDOVA DElMOKRACIE in
Czech
Prague DyADA FRONTA in
Czech
Prague PRACE in
Czech
Prague RUDE PRA110 in
Czech
?rague TRIBUNA in
Czeou,
Prague VECERNI PRAHA in
C.,eoh
Prague ZE.MED?LSUE NOVI2II in
Czech
Bratislava PRAVDA in
Slovak
Bratislava ROLNI,IKE NOVINY in
Slovak
Bratislava ZMEiiA in
Slova7r.
Bratislava VECERI:IK in
Slovak
1,140
2,410
1,800
3: , 86o
1,120
0
280
24 , 57O
1ERMAl.'Y (OAR)
East Berlin BERLINER ZEITUNG in
German
Eest Berlin DER MORGEN in
German
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Sast Berlin DIE ::INKEI:
German
East Berlin HORIZJN1 in
Geraan
East Berlin NATIONAL- EITUNG in
Ge rrn.n
Fast Berlin NEUE-ZEIT in
German
East Berlin NEUES DEUTSCHLIND in
GF rmmn
HUNGARY
Budapest Domestic Television Service in
Hungarian
Budapest XULPOLITISA in
Hungarian
Budapest MAGYAR HIRLAP in
Hungarian
Budanest M::0YAR YET ET in
Hungarian
Budapest M GYAR0HSZAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPSZABADSAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPSZAVA in
Hungarian
Budapest TARSADALMI SZEMLE in
Hungarian
ITALY
Roar ANSA in
English
POLAND
Warsaw GLOS PRACY in
Polish
Warsaw JEDNOSC in
Polish
Warsaw POLITUA in
Polish
Warsaw RZECZPOSPOLITA iii
Polish
Warsaw SOLIDARNOSC in
Polish
Warsaw SLOWO POWSZECHNE in
Polish
Warsaw SZTA? AR MLODYCS in
Polish
Warsaw TRYBUNA LUDU in
Polish
Va.-saw ZOLNIERZ WOLAOSCI in
Polish
Warsaw ZYCIE WARSZAWY in
Palish
0
0
8,760
1,900
0
20,720 (48,780)
0
0
840
1,100
0
0
2,51C
43,700
13,970
10,530 (3,950.
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ROMANIA
Buch?rest Domestic Cervice in
Romanian
Bucharest AGERPRES in
English
Bucharest ERA SOCIALISTA in
:o:nanian
Bucharest LUMEA in
Romanian
Bucharest ROMANIA LIBERA in
Romanian
Bucharest SCINTEIA in
Romanian
UNICN OF SOVIET.SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow in
Albanian to Albania
Mo cow in
Bulgarian to Bulgaria
ii,030OW in
idacedonian to Yugoslavia
Moscow in
Romanian to Romania
Moscow PRAVDA in
Russian
Moscow KRASNAYA ZVEZDA in
Russian
YUGOSLAVIA
Belgrade Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade Domestic Television Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Pristina Domestic Service in
Albanian
Pristina Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade TANJUG in
English
Belgrade TANJUG in
Russian
Belgrade TANJUG Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade BORBA in
1,:20
630
3,.1150 (21,960)
10,950
0
1,000
1,310
200
2,180
450
Serbp-Croatian
690
(24,870)
Belgrade
NARODNA ARMIJA in
Serbo-Croatian
700
Belgrade
NIN in
Serbo-Croatian
1,780
Belgrade POLITIKA in
Serbo-Croatian
15,93
( 9,170)
Ljubljana DELO in
Slovene
18,180
( 5,050)
Novi Sad U1iEVNIL in
Serbo-Croatian
720
Prist na RILINDJA in
Albanian
Sarajevo OSLOBCDJENJE in
?3erbo?Cr oatian
C
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U
.;kop,;e ?OV:. ,IAaEDC11IJ? in
Macedonian
T_togrrad PCBJEDA In
Serbo-Croatian
Zagreb VJESNIK in
Svrbo-Croatian
vote: Figures in parentheses are ?rom preceding month.
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Austrian Bureau Engineering Attachment
The Austrian Bureau received the following nonexpendable
electronic equipment:
FACSIMILE TRANSCEIVER, Nippon Electric Co., Ltd., NEFAX-3500K-1C2,
S'N: 10966. 1 EA.
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