MONTHLY REPORT--BANGKOK BUREAU--DECEMBER 1982

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 3, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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MBK-001
3 January 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report--Bangkok Bureau--December 1982
I. GENERAL
A. The December bombing of a building associated with Iraqi
consular affairs in Bangkok led to concern over bureau security
as initial reports indicated an Iranian role and the Iranian
management temporar-
ily stepped up security at the elevator entrances during evening
and weekend hours, and the bureau reviewed its own security posture
with the embassy security office and reissued its memo on fire
alarm procedures.
B. Political tension and uncertainty within Thailand continued
to rise during the month as General Athiit,the new Army commander,
repeatedly issued assurances that no coup could be expected before
the coming spring 1983 parliamentary elections unless the political
situation deteriorated. These "assurances" came in the midst of
publicly expressed misgivings concerning the long-range effect of
the communist insurgents' positive response to the government's
amnesty program, resurgent student movement activity and the success-
ful public facedown of the government on a bus fare hike and on
continuance of a controversial university rector in office.
C. Attention in December was focused on trying to pin down
a date for the coming SRV-Kampuchea-Laos Indochina summit meeting
which has been announced by the Indochinese media for spring of
1983 but by Moscow for January. Uncertainty on the dates still
exists. "Spring" in Indochina is considered to start early in the
year, but the Indochinese media had added confusion to the conference
times by announcing a foreign ministers' preparatory conference for
January. There has not been an Indochina summit meeting since
April of 1970.
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II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Bureau voice and press agency reception
as hampered on the evenings of 31 December
and produced audible b
lips
at 4-5 second intervals. No programs were lost thanks to the new backup
recording system The bureau engineers spent much of New
Year's day trying to track down the problem. The interference did not
recur on 2 January.
program in which monitors who have never visited
2. The bureau has initiated an intrabureau familiarization
will be given a 1-day tour there
and In onesian T ai Unit Chief
toured under the guidance of Assistant Engineer
and on Indonesian monitor were included in the initial group which
Two veteran Vietnamese monitors, one veteran and one new Cambodian monitor
, and
technicians will, in turn, be given a 1-day tour of the bureau proper.
A. Personnel
1. Staff Editor
Vienna, Virginia, on 22 D
with a spring 1983 entrance on duty target.
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arrived back in Bangkok
to work the New Year's Eve shift.
2. Prospective Malay monitor) )accepted an
offer of employment on 15 December, and initial processing has begun
3. Cambodian monitor was formally taken off
2 May, and his fine response to training permitted an acceleration of
his formal training process.
training status as of 17 December. had entered on duty on
B. Buildings and Grounds
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2. Piping has been installed to provide air conditioning to
the rest rooms on the operations floor.
IV. VISITS
A. A PMCD classification survey team, accompanied by Operations
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conducted a survey of bureau local staff
positions 7-12 December.
B. A regional security officer from Seoul visited the bureau on
14 December and discussed revised plans for improving entrance security.
C. Embassy CPU officer Phillip Hendrix toured the bureau on
1 December.
the bureau on 27 December while on private travel to Thailand.
D. Prospective Malay monitor
The bureau's newly formed photo club held its first photo contest
early in the month. Some 20 photographers submitted 60 entries in the
contest which was restricted to the theme "Thai Life." Winner of the
competition was Burmese monitorF ]for a rural canal scene focusing
on a Thai-style fishing net.
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I. 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)
Kabul KABUL NEW TIMES in
English
Melbourne Overseas Service in
English
Sydney THE AUSTRALIAN in
English
Sydney THE BULLETIN in
English
Sydney THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN in
English
Dhaka Domestic Service in
Bengali
Dhaka Domestic Service in
English
Dhaka SANGBAD in
Bengali
Dhaka THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER in
English
Disks Overseas Service in
English
Rangoon Domestic Service in
Burmese
Rangoon BOTATAUNG in
Burmese
Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in
Burmese
Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in
Burmese
Rangoon WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in
English
Rangoon Domestic Service in
English
15,095 ( 15,095)
min.
7,740 ( 6,260)
910 ( 280)
3,600 ( 5,070)
1,550 ( 4,640)
Beijing in
Bengali to India and Pakistan 0 (
0)
Beijing in
Burmese to Burma 0 (
190)
Beijing in
Cambodian to Kampuchea 8,480 (
10,290)
Beijing in
Hindi to South Asia 0 (
0)
Beijing in
Indonesian to Indonesia 0 (
0)
Beijing in
Lao to Laos 490 (
140)
Beijing in
Malay to Malaysia 0
0)
Beijing in
Thai to Thailand 0
0)
Beijing in
Urdu to India and Pakistan 0 (
0)
PRESS AGENCIES
507,020 (5/,2,330)
215,270 (211,880)
1,186 ( 1,335)
PUBLICATIONS
20,085 ( 20,085)
min.
200.23 (
issues
200.23)
0 (
0)
0 (
0)
90 (
0)
0
0)
BO (
0)
1,010 (
710)
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CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Voice of Democratic Kampuchea in
Cambodian to Kampuchea 25,260 (
(Clandestine) Voice of Malayan Democracy in
Malay 1,350 (
(Clandestine) Voice of the People of Burma in
Burmese to Burma 3,560 (
(Clandestine) SSPT in
Thai to Thailand 4,850 (
21,240)
0)
1,850)
6,360)
Hong Kong AFP in
English
34,270 (
53,840)
Delhi General Overseas Service in
English 4,570 (
3,560)
Delhi Domestic Service in
English 22,680 (
21,270)
Delhi ISI Diplomatic Information Service in
English
3,010 (
3,740)
Delhi INDIAN EXPRESS in
English ,
6,860 (
4,050)
Delhi NATIONAL HERALD in
English
0 (
1,740)
Delhi PATRIOT in
English
4,330 (
1,540)
.Bombay THE TIMES OF INDIA in
English
0
0)
Calcutta ANANDA BAZAR PATRIKA in
Bengali
350 (
0),
Calcutta THE STATESMAN in
English
2,560 (
2,080)
Madras THE HINDU in
English
370 (
590)
Delhi Domestic Service in
Jakarta Domestic Service in
Indonesia
Jakarta ANTARA in
English.
Jakarta KOMPAS in
Indonesian
Jakarta THE INDONESIA TIMES in
English
Jakarta OANA in
English
Phnom Penh International Service in
English
Phnom Penh International Service in
Thai
Phnom Penh Domestic Service in
Cambodian
Phnom Penh SPK in
Vientiane Domestic Service in
Lao
Vientiane KPL in
Vientiane SIANG PASASON in
Lao
4,970 ( 10,340)
0 0)
0 0)
16,120 ( 21,150)
36,460 ( 35,990)
33,110 ( 19,770)
o ( o)
o ( 0)
0 ( 1,060)
0 ( 3,890)
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Kuala Lumpur International Service in
English 8,650 ( 8,040)
Kuala Lumpur Domestic Service in
English 1,330 ( 3,440)
Kuala Lumpur Domestic Service in
Malay 0 ( 0)
Kuala Lumpur NEW STRAITS TIMES in
English 150 (
2,210)
Kuala Lumpur NEW SUNDAY TIMES in
English 0 (
0)
Katmandu External Service in
English 360 ( 860)
Katmandu THE RISING NEPAL in
English 900 (
0)
Karachi Overseas Service in
Urdu 1,740 ( 580)
Karachi Domestic Service in
English 6,650 ( 8,470)
Karachi Domestic Service in
Urdu 12,460 ( 8,050)
Karachi Overseas Service in
English 0 ( 190)
SINGAPORE
Singapore Domestic Service in
English
Singapore THE STRAITS TIMES in
English
Singapore THE SUNDAY TIMES in
English
1,330 ( 630)
0 ( 530)
Colombo International Service in
English 1,450 ( 1,840)
Colombo Domestic Service in
English 150 ( 460)
Colombo SUN in
English 600 ( 2,300)
Colombo WEEKEND in
English 0 ( 810)
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
English 4,660 ( 5,940)
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Thai 3,290 ( 5,930)
Bangkok Domestic Service in
English 1,840 ( 1,870)
Bangkok Domestic Service in
Thai 6,030 ( 9,280)
Bangkok MATICHON in
Thai 3,610 ( 4,070)
Bangkok MATUPHUM in )
Thai 990 ( 1,620
Bangkok NATION REVIEW in
English 24,780 ( 31,130)
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in
English 37,480 ( 33.070)
Bangkok SIAM RAT in
Thai 2,510 ( 2,910)
Bangkok SU ANAKHOT in
Thai 0 ( 2,470)
Bangkok THAI RAT in )
Thai 400 ( 1,820
Bangkok BANGKOK WORLD in
English 700 ( 350)
Bangkok PATINYA in
Thai 1,230 ( 0)
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Moscow in
Bengali to Bangladesh
Moscow in
Burmese to Burma
Moscow in
Cambodian to Kampuchea
Moscow in
Hindi to India
Moscow in
Indonesian to Indonesia
Moscow in
Lao to Laos
Moscow in
Thai to Thailand
Moscow in
Urdu to India
Moscow in
Urdu to Pakistan
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
Indonesian to Indonesia
Hanoi International Service in
Cambodian
Hanoi International Service in
English
Hanoi International Service in
Thai
Hanoi Domestic Service in
Vietnamese
0
0)
0
0)
1,490 (
510)
1,210 (
2,590)
0 (
1,850)
780 (
1,230)
150 (
0)
0 (
0)
0 (
0)
0
0)
0 (
0)
4,470 (
8,820)
2,340 (
4,920)
66,560 (
54,360)
1,300 ( 710)
0 o)
Hanoi TAP CHI CONG SAN in
Vietnamese
Hanoi NHAN DAN in
Vietnamese
Hanoi QUAN DOI NHAN DAN in
Vietnamese
28,940 ( 26,000)
17,470 ( 24,690)
1,360 ( 1,570)
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