MONTHLY REPORT--PARAGUAY BUREAU--FEBRUARY 1982

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00040R000100130009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 9, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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WY-2037
9 March 1982
Memorandum for: Director, FBIS
Through : Chief, Operations Group
Subject : Monthly Report--Paraguay Bureau--February 1982
1. Land ixediately adjacent to the American embassy grounds
is being cleared in preparation for a three-story hotel. Construction
is planned "for the near future." No other details are presently
available.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. On 5 February, the Bolivian President made a much-awaited
late night speech to the nation in which he made public the outline
of more stringent economic measures he was about to introduce to help
the struggling Bolivian economy. The bureau stayed open 2 hours past
normal close of business to file the text of the speech.
2. President Reagan's speech to the OAS on the 24th concerning
Caribbean Basin aid measures generated widespread comment in the
bureau's coverage area, most of it favorable, with Moscow's commentary
being the notable exception.
3. A detailed account of an important fuel adulteration scandal
involving political figures in both Argentina and Paraguay appeared in
an Argentine publication normally not available to the bureau or in
Asuncion. By chance an embassy officer from Asuncion who happened to
be visiting the embassy in Buenos Aires was able to obtain the Spanish
text of the item and handcarry it back to the bureau. The event was
virtually unpublicized in the Paraguayan press.
4. Receipts of Uruguayan newspapers appear to be regularizing
after weeks of pressing the American embassy in Montevideo to sort
out the problem with the WIT bus company which makes regular runs
from Montevideo-Asuncion. The local COIT branch manager in Asuncion
seems anxious enough to provide the service, but the bottleneck appears
to be in Montevideo.
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Installation, testing and training of embassy personnel an new
communication equipment, begun in January, was completed at the end of
the month. During most of the month the bureau's primary circuit was
affected to some degree. For several weeks tapes of priority items
were handcarriedfor filing over their single alternate channel STAT
during the dayshift or filed by telex. The bureau's primary circuit
was restored full-time on the 25th of February much to the relief of all.
C. Lateral Services
1. The Charge d'Affaires at the American Embassy in Santiago, Chile
wrote to suggest a more accurate rendering of a word in bureau Chilean
copy and used the occasion to express appreciation for FBIS material.
He stated that "Santiago continues to enjoy the increasingly rapid
and comprehensive coverage by FBIS Asuncion." On the 18th, the bureau
complied with a request from the Embassy in Chile for a refile of "an
interesting piece" an the Beagle Channel and the Falkland Islands.
2. On the 9th, the bureau forwarded to Panama Bureau a copy of the
voice recording of a Moscow connentary for one of its consumers. The
commentary which the bureau had processed and wirefiled concerned outrage
being expressed over U.S. military aid to El Salvador.
3. Several translation requests were made during the month by
the Embassy political officer in Asuncion, the most interesting being
an interview published in a local paper with the general secretary of
one of Paraguay's opposition parties.
4. Headquarters requested a video report on the graduation
ceremony at Paraguay's Center for Military Training of Students and
Reserve Officers which was attended by Paraguayan high-ranking officials
including the president.
D. Technical
1. Further reception tests were conducted in Luque using Antelco's
log periodic antenna. Along with stations in Paraguay bureau s
coverage area, a survey of radio stationsin Panama bureau's coverage
area and southern African radio stations was conducted. Results
have been forwarded to Washington.
2. Buenos Aires Latin in Spanish was either not received or
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received with heavy garbling at the bureau for 22 hours and 8 minutes
during the month. The bulk of the downtime--17 hours and 55 minutes--
was reportedly due to a distorted signal between the Antelco satellite
station and N.Y.
3. Non Expendable Property Received: 1 EA Coupler, Antenna,
Delta Electronics, Type SRNC 2x4 TNF2-50, S/N 5985-233-5773,$2,195 ea.;
2 EA Gas Range, Hardwick, $ 493.00 ea.; 1 EA Freezer, Sears, Kenmore,
$549.00 EA.; 1 EA Ahmnismum Sheet for Strengthening door, $340.00 ea.
Transferred Property: 1 EA H.P. Signal Generator Mdl. 8601 S/N 1848
AD 6888. Returned to headquarters for repairs.
4. Problems with the post emergency generator continue, with
advice and parts being sought from the U.S. To avoid a complete blackout
during power outages, bureau technicians have made a temporary hookup
between our small 1.5 Kw portable generator and the remote system,
four receivers/recorders and telex machine. All generator faults
are being reported to FEB.
Chief, FBIS Paraguay Bureau
Attaclnnt: Monthly Production Report
DF/clr
03/09/82
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PARAGUAY BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1982
,I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING THE MONTH:
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING THE MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING THE MONTH:
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
BROAD-
CASTS
7,405
1'54..860
41,230
664
PUBLIC-
AT IONS
29,460 173.46
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(Publishable words per month)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires
Spanish
Buenos Aires
Spanish
LATIN in
6
750
Buenos Aires
Spanish
TELAM in
,
680
13
Buenos Aires
Spanish
NOT IC IAS ARGENTINAS in
,
600
12
Buenos Aires
Spanish
CLARIN in
,
1
790
Buenos Aires
Spanish
EL ECONOMISTA in
,
0
Buenos Aires
Spanish
GENTE in
0
Buenos Aires
Spanish
LINEA in
0
Buenos Aires A FONDO in
Spanish
0
Buenos Aires
English
Buenos Aires
Spanish
HERALD in
LA NACION in
9,340
2,990
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,BROAD PRESS
CASTS AGENCIES
PUBLIL
CATIONS
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in
Spanish
24120
Buenos Aires SOMOS in
Spanish
1 , 050
Buenos Aires AMBITO FINANCIERO in
Spanish
1,520
BOLIVIA
La Paz Radio Illimani in
Spanish
La Paz Cadena Panamericana in
Spanish
La Paz Domestic in
Spanish
La Paz EL DIARIO in
Spanish
La Paz Presencia in
Spanish
5,170
3,970
1,730
1,460
2,880
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Porto Alegre Radio Guaiba in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes in
Portuguese
4,380
410
2,930
Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL HERALD in
English
360
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in
Portuguese
3,800
Rio de Janeiro LATIN AMERICA DAILY POST in
English
2,910
Rio de Janeiro MANCHETE in
Portuguese
0
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in
Portuguese
5,570
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BROAD- 'PRESS 'PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Sao Paulo FOLHA DE SAO PAULC in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo VEJA in
Portuguese
Santiago Chile Domestic Service in
Spanish
Santiago Chile DIPLOMATIC INFORMATION SERVICE in
Spanish
Santiago Chile COSAS in
Spanish
Santiago Chile EL MERCURIO in
Spanish
Santiago Chile EL MERCURIO EDICION INTERNACIONAL in
Spanish
Santiago Chile ERCILLA in
Spanish
Santiago Chile HOY in
Spanish
Santiago Chile LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
Santiago Chile QUE PASA in
Spanish
Beijing in
Spanish to Latin America
Paris AFP in
Spanish
430
3280
8,430
0
5,370
3,920
0
11,430
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marzo in
Spanish
Asuncion Television Cerro Cora in
Spanish
Asuncion Teledifusora Paraguaya Television in
Spanish
Asuncion ABC COLOR in
Spanish
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish
Asuncion LA TRIBUNA in
Spanish
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
Asuncion SENDERO in
Spanish
Asuncion ULTIMA HORA in
Spanish
Asuncion LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
1,020
2,430
110
210
660
0
1,470
0
Lima Domestic Service in
Spanish
Tacna Radio Tacna in
Spanish
Lima CARETAS in
Spanish
Lima EL COMERCIO in
Spanish
Lima EXPRESO in
Spanish
1,510
0
3,490
2,750
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Lima MARKA in
Spanish
Lima OIGA in
Spanish
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
Spanish to Latin America
Moscow in
Spanish to Latin America
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile
Moscow in
Spanish to Cuba
Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil
1,950
7,220
2,190
URUGUAY
Montevideo Radio EL ESPECTADOR NETWORK in
Spanish
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
Montevideo OPINAR in
Spanish
5,870
BROAD- PRESS PUBLIC-
CASTS AGENCIES ATIONS
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