MONTHLY REPORT--AUSTRIAN BUREAU--FEBRUARY 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2008
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• Publication Date: March 1, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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1 March 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Austrian Bureau--February 1983
A./Monitorial/Editorial
`~ 1. It all started in January when the BBC asked if we could
check our reception of the Czech CTK service in English to
Africa and Asia, since the beam to Europe had gone landline
the first of the year. From this simple beginning we dis-
covered that the Austrian Press Agency could provide us
with a perfect copy of all the East European English-
language press agency services along with selected Third
World "pool" items relayed by Tanjug. After taking a 1-day
sampling, we coordinated again with HQs and BBC and decided
.to take out a 1-month trial subscription--to begin in early
March--to determine the value of this service.
2. A milestone was reached this month when the PMU informed
us that as of 14, February we would probably not be called
on very often to fax Soviet press items, since the Caversham
Pressfax operation was now running smoothly. At present,
our machines get a workout about once a week when we fax the
weekly Hungarian and Czech TV schedules to the BBC.
3. In buying a TV for the editorial room, we purchased an
optional "Teletext" service (about 15 hours a day, 7 days
a week) offered by Austrian radio and television. A variety
of information ranging from news to weather, aircraft
arrivals/departures, stockmarket reports, traffic conditions,
etc. can easily be viewed by simply punching in an approp-
riate 3-digit code on a remote tuning device. FCS is now
considering the ramifications of which sourceline we should
use in case anything of interest is picked up from this new
service.
B. Communications
With the reprogramming changes made at the Embassy this
month, we came one step closer to switching our communic-
ations system out of Autodin and into the new State primary
circuit. We now hope to go operational sometime between mid-
March and mid-April.
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C. Lateral Services
Thanks to the help of JPRS, the bureau was able to provide
Tom Brennan, the local American Soya Bean Association re-
presentative and a USDA cooperator, with a translation of
a Soviet journal item on the USSR's oil seed processing
capacity. Both Brennan and the Embassy agricultural attache
expressed their thanks for FBIS's prompt response to the
request.
A. Personnel
/ 1. Our efforts to recruit a second voice-qualified Russian
translator took a setback this month when our candidate de-
clined our offer of employment, surprisingly enough on the
grounds that she didn't feel qualified for the job. Instead
of trying further here or in London, we plan to go to Rome
to see of there is anyone in the large emigre community
there who meets our needs.
2. The final version of the Embassy's emergency evacuation
plan incorporated the bureau chief's recommendations on
including our FSN employees in the extremely unlikely (we
hope) chance--such as an invasion--that the Embassy would
have to be closed.
3. With fanfare just short of trumpet calls, we celebrated
an appropriate rite of passage for a handful of long-term
employees who were presented with length of service certif-
icates ra i g from 10 years for to 15 for STAT
25 for anSTAT
30 o A date has yet to be set for a STAT
Heuriger outing to discuss whether it's all been worth it.
B. Building and Grounds
All of our current redecoration plans were finished this
month when the bureau chief's office and the wireroom both
got fresh coats of paint.
TAT
For the CHIEF, AUSTRIAN BUREAU
Deputy Chief
Attachments:
Publishable Wordage Report
Staff Personnel Report
cc: Chief, FBIS London Bureau
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AUSTRIAN BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 1983
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 478,910 (393)580)
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 17,220 ( 19,780)
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 972 ( 823)
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes of issues per week) min. min. issues
6,510 6,225 295.23
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ALBANIA
Tirana Domestic Service in
Albania
Tirana ATA in
English
Tirana BASHKIMI in
Albanian
Tirana DRITA in
Albanian
Tirana PUNA in
Albanian
Tirana RRUGA E PARTISE in
Albanian
Tirana ZERI I POPULLIT in
Albanian
Tirana ZERI I RINISE in
Albanian
AUSTRIA
Vienna Domestic Service in
German
Vienna Domestic Television Service in
German
Vienna ARBEITER ZEITUNG in
German
Vienna DIE PRESSE in
German
Vienna KRONEN ZEITUNG in
German
Vienna KURIER in
German
Vienna PROFIL in
German
4,420 (9,720)
8,570 (5,430)
1,680
3,650 (400)
2,140
2,410
1,550
1,090
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Vienna VOLKSSTIMME in
German
Vienna WIENER TAGEBUCH in
German
Vienna WIENER ZEITUNG in
German
BULGARIA
Sofia Domestic Service in
Bulgarian
Sofia BTA in
English
Sofia LITERATUREN FRONT in
Bulgarian
Sofia NARODNA ARMIJA in
Bulgarian
Sofia NARODNA MLADEZH in
Bulgarian
Sofia OTECHESTVEN FRONT in
Bulgarian
Sofia RABOTNICHESKO DELO in
Bulgarian
Sofia TRUD in
Bulgarian
Sofia ZEMEDELSKO ZNAME in
Bulgarian
CHINA
Beijing in
Serbo-Croatian to Yugoslavia 0
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Prague Domestic Television Service in
Czech and Slovak.
Bratislava Domestic Television Service in
Slovak
Prague LIDOVA DEMOKRACIE in
Czech
Prague MLADA FRONTA in
Czech
Prague PRACE in
Czech
Prague RUDE PRAVO in
Czech
Prague TRIBUNA in
Czech
Prague VECERNI PRAHA in
Czech
Prague ZEMEDELSKE NOVINI in
Czech
Bratislava PRAVDA in
Slovak
Bratislava ROLNICKE NOVINY in
Slovak
BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
12,550 (7,040)
26,750 (18,810)
1,020
0
3,480
0
28,900 ( 8,580)
300
1,600
2,960
1,480
930
39,730 (22,240)
2,910
0
0
17,960
300
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Bratislava SMENA in
Slovak
Bratislava VECERNIK in
Slovak
GERMANY (GDR)
East Berlin BERLINER ZEITUNG in
German
East Berlin DER MORGEN in
German
East Berlin DIE EINHEIT in
German
East Berlin HORIZONT in
German
East Berlin NATIONAL-ZEITUNG in
German
East Berlin NEUE-ZEIT in
German
East Berlin NEUES DEUTSCHLAND in
German
HUNGARY
Budapest Domestic Television Service in
Hungarian
Budapest KULPOLITIKA in
Hungarian
Budapest MAGYAR HIRLAP in
Hungarian
Budapest MAGYAR NEMZET in
Hungarian
Budapest MAGYARORSZAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPSZABADSAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPSZAVA in
Hungarian
Budapest TARSADALMI SZEMLE in
Hungarian
ITALY
Rome ANSA in
English
POLAND
Warsaw GLOS PRACY in
Polish
Warsaw JEDNOSC in
Polish
Warsaw POLITYKA in
Polish
Warsaw RZECZYPOSPOLITA in
Polish
Warsaw RZECZYWISTOSC in
Polish
Warsaw SOLIDARNOSC in
Polish
BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
2,090
400
1,450
0
1,030
36,690 (16,430)
0
2,990
0
0
16,180 ( 9,310)
420
16,370 (22,350)
0
0
2,760
5,100
4,440
0
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? Warsaw SLOWO POWSZECHNE in
Polish
Warsaw SZTANDAR MLODYCH in
Polish
Warsaw TRYBUNA LUDU in
Polish
Warsaw ZOLNIERZ WOLNOSCI in
Polish
Warsaw ZYCIE WARSZAWY in
Polish
ROMANIA
Bucharest Domestic Service in
Romanian
Bucharest AGERPRES in
English
Bucharest ERA SOCIALISTA in
Romanian
Bucharest LUMEA in
Romanian
Bucharest ROMANIA LIBERA in
Romanian
Bucharest SCINTEIA in
Romanian
UNION OF SOVIET-SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow in
Albanian to Albania
Moscow in
Bulgarian to Bulgaria
Moscow in
Macedonian to Yugoslavia
Moscow in
Romanian to Romania
Kiev Domestic Service in
Russian
Kiev Domestic Service in
Ukrainian
Kiev PRAVDA UKRAINY in
Russian
Kiev RADYANSKA UKRAINA in
Ukrainian
YUGOSLAVIA
Belgrade Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade Domestic Television Service
Serbo-Croatian
Pristina Domestic Service in
Albanian
Pristina Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade TANJUG in
English
Belgrade TANJUG in
Russian
BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
2,050
10,480
38,920 (43,740)
6,680
3,410
15,730
30,740 (26,540)
31,250 (23,620)
1,250
8,750 (15,370)
1,100
9,420 (12,350)
1,330
3,390
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BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
Belgrade TANJUG Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade BORBA in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade NARODNA ARMIJA in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade NIN in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade POLITIKA in
Serbo-Croatian
Ljubljana DELO in
Slovene
Novi Sad DNEVNIK in
Serbo-Croatian
Pristina RILINDJA in
Albanian
Sarajevo OSLOBODJENJE in
Serbo-Croatian
Skopje NOVA MAKEDONIJA in
Macedonian
Titograd POBJEDA in
Serbo-Croatian
Zagreb VJESNIK in
Serbo-Croatian
22,380 (30,780)
790 ( 8,120)
1,910
6,450
2,430
0
1,060
0
1,280
0
5,860
Note: Figures in parentheses are from preceding month.
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