MONTHLY REPORT--KEY WEST BUREAU--SEPTEMBER 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 4, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
KEY WEST BUREAU
MAIN P.O. BOX 1056
KEY WEST, FLORIDA 33040
MFL - 3031
4 November 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report Key West Bureau -- September 1983
A. Moni.tori.al/Editorial
The rather length.ly period of confusion over who was
actually running.the government in Grenada provided the bureau
with its major excitement for the month as major consumers and
the wire asked the bureau to, at first, maintain a round the
clock watch, and then, 24-hour coverage of. all available media.
The bureau was able to provide nearly exclusive coverage
from CANA, as well as a couple of unique items from Radio Free
Grenada, including the New Jewel Movement's statement on the
relationship between the party, Maurice Bishop and the new
collective leadership.
Bish.op's death. threw the si.tuati.on into complete chaos and
precipitated the joint movement of Caricom and U.S. forces into
Grenada. The presence of Cubans and other foreign nationals on
the island increased concern over the possibility of violent
,Cuban reaction. At this point the bureau was asked to file all
pertinent material at FLASH precedence and for nearly 2 days
much. of the material filed was at this level.
To help the bureau cope with the increased hours and the
volume of material, Operations Group sent: tele- STAT
typ linguist; linguist; STAT
andit? e itor; to Key West. These individuals, STAT
exhibiting the highest level of professional competence, moved
right in and began to carry out their duties like old "conchs."
All of us at the bureau would like to thank them for their
willingness and ability to help out.
The 24-hour coverage of Caribbean media continued through the
end of the month into November.
B. Communications
Radio Free Grenada went off the air during the Caricom/
U.S. incursion into Grenada and so far neither the Government
of Grenada nor any private enterprise has put a transmitter on
the air with. sufficient power to be heard in Grenada.?
C. Lateral Services
During the height of the crisis several (6) new consumers
were added on a temporary basis because of their need to be kept
aware of tR developments in the Caribbean. They have since been
dropped.
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D. Technical
A Sony triple, color-video monitor -- Sony Model PVM-5300,
triple, color video monitor, SN: 500503 -- was installed in the
video monitoring position. Control panels -- 7 Audio Select
Assemblies, Rack mount, Model ST-112; SN's : 83-022, 83-026,
83-027, 83-041, 83-043, 83-047, and 83-049 -- and other materials
were received for expansion and streamlining of patching and
signal routing facilities of the video console and monitoring
room signal distribution system.
During the month Southern Bell installed our new Com Key 416
telephone system with access to three outside lines and a 10-
station intercom capability.
Personnel
Coverage of the crisis in Grenada required extensive use
of overtime on the part of bureau employees until TDY help (SEE:
Monitorial/Editorial) could arrive from Washington.
Key West Bureau, FBI
STAT
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KEY -WEST BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1983
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL 'PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 190,110 -
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 25,047
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING
!I. INPUT,OF REGULAR COVERAGE: '
.(MINUTES OR ISSUES PER WEEK)
III. OUTPUT FROM'ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
CANA in English'
ADVOCATE in English
BAHAMAS
Nassau Domestic Service in English 1,43
Nassau THE TRIBUNE.in English
BARBADOS.
Bridgetown
Bridgetown
Bridgetown
BELIZE
Belize
CUBA
Havana
Havana
SUNDAY-ADVOCATE in English
City Domestic Service in English
Domestic Service in Spanish
MONTH: 677
BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
2,575 14,700 21
MIN. ' MIN. ISSUES
29,460_
Domestic Television-Service-in Spanish 20.900
883660
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Santo Domingo Radio Clarin in Spanish
Santo Domingo Radio Earth in English
Santo Domingo LISTIN DIARIO in Spanish
GRENADA -
St Georges Domestic Service in English
BROADCASTS PRESS-AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
7T
GUYANA -
Georgetown Guyana Domestic Service in English 4,210
JAMAICA,.
Kingston Domestic Service in English
Kingston DAILY GLEANER in English
Kingston SUNDAY GLEANER in ENGLISH
MEXICO
Mexico City NOTIMEX in Spanish 21,60
1- 140
2,360
Other sources: --
Bonaire Trans World Radio in English r 1,740
The VAlley Caribbean Beacon in-English 820
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