MONTHLY REPORT OKINAWA BUREAU--SEPTEMBER 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2008
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• Publication Date: October 5, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
UNITED STATES FORCES, JAPAN
OKINAWA BUREAU
APO SAN FRANCISCO 96239
MOK=30421
5 October 1983
MEMORANDUM. FOR: Director,.FBIS.
THROUGH.:. Chief, Operations Group., FBIS
SUBJECT: Monthly Report, .Okinawa Bureau--September 1983
Typhoon Forrest, termed the most severe tropical storm to hit Okinawa
in 22 years, struck the island. on. 25-26 September. Bureau. staffing was
reduced but': operations. continued normally. and no coverage was lost.
Military installations. remained at. maximum typhoon alert for a total
of 30.hours.. : Considerable. flooding: and wind damage. were reported in
Naha,. but there was: no significant.dama e at. either the FBIS housing
area or the operations. building. The antenna.suffered slight
damage but was: soon back in operation.
1. The Soviet downing of the Korean: Airlines 747 on 1 September
provided the focus of monitorial . and. editorial: operations for the month.
The highlights of our.coverage.included a three-take interview on
10 September with the commander of the USSR Air Defense.Forces,.Col.Gen
of Aviation Nikolay.Moskvitelev, and. an: interview from the same day's
J "I Serve the Soviet Union" program with the Soviet interceptor pilots who
shot down the Korean. air liner.
2. Upon request. the Bureau provided the BBC with a comprehensive
"thumbnail sketch" of Quezon City Domestic Television Service. Compiled
by Senior Editor the sketch outlined Quezon City's apparent
political. leaning. and programming orientation.
STAT
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1. As a result. of the increasing unrest in Manila,. we put Quezon
City Domestic Television Service on semiopen watch starting on 23 September, only
moving. the _antenna.for primary Soviet TV coverage during Quezon City's
limited satellite broadcasting. day from approximately 0900 to 1500: GMT.
2..:On.9 September we backstopped Hong Kong Bureau's PRC regional and
Philippines radio coverage while. Typhoon Ellen was buffeting Hong Kong.
2. Outgoing Bureau Chief
arrived PCS.on 10 SeptembeYSTAT
departed PCS on 13 September. STAT
STAT
3. TDY Trainee-editor arrived for the 12-week field STAT
orientation and training tour on 28 September.
J '4. New Russian monitor-trainee arrived on 27. September, STAT
after a 2-day. typhoon layover in Tokyo.
5.Chinese. monitor-trained'
submitted his resignation on
STAT
16 September, for family reasons.
1. Contracts were signed on 20 September for the Bureau's new air-conditioning
system. Work on moving the power cables from under the new compressor site has
already been completed.
2.. On 20 September Chief Engineer attended a 1-day seminar at STAT
the Fort Buckner Facilities Control Office for all.island communications.personnel.
3. The ongoing . process. of debugging the Versatec newsfax Chinese character
printer continued throughout the month, with most problems being. attributed to
input signal level adjustments.
V. VISITORS
A. To the Bureau:
1. Mr. Larry Enomoto, Deputy Principal. Officer at the U.S. Consulate
in Naha, on 14. September.
2.. Approximately. 40 members of the Armed Forces Communications
Association on 22 September for a Bureau familiarization tour and briefing.
3.. Captain Halliday, Colonel Meyers and Colonel Canario from USFJ
for briefing. and tour on 22 September.
4. Major Olsen, PAO/USFJ Yokota, briefing and tour 30. September.
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paid courtesy calls on Maj. Gen John PhilliSTAT
CDR/MCB.Camp Butler; Capt Joseph Smyth, CO/U.S. Naval. Hospital, Okinawa, Camp
Lester; Col Ronny Covert, CO/18th CSG, Base Commander, on 12 September.
2. paid a courtesy call on Mr. Edward Featherstone, STAT
Consul General, . S. Consulate Naha, on 21 September. Further courtesy calls
were scheduled for early October.
3. :Cruising officer) to Dhaka, Bangladesh and.
Islamabad., Pakistan. on 27 September, for a 1-month cruising survey.
Chief, Okinawa Bureau, FBIS
Attachment:
Production Reports
cc: Chief, Bangkok Bureau
Chief, Hong. Kong Bureau
Chief, London Bureau
Chief, Seoul Bureau
STAT
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OK INAWA BUREAU PRODUCTION RLi!ORT FOR, SE3'TEMi3R 1983
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PU3L ISHA3LE WORDAGE F ILE'D DURING MONTH : 659,940
TOTAL NON-PU[SLlSRRR\13LE WORDAGE FIL'L'") DURING MONTH: 377,470
TOTAL NU;?UER OF PUZ3L I iHA31.E ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 2 , 591
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CAT IONS
II. Ild:UT OF R GULAR Cu'/EI:AGE: 18,84+ 52,550 168.02
(minutes or issues per week) min. min. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
CHINA
Beijing International Service to East & South Africa in
English
ueijing International Service to North America in
English
Beijing International Service in
Japanese
Beijing to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin
Beijing to Taiwan in
Mandarin
Beijing to.the USSR in
Russian
Beijing to Vietnam in
Vietnamese
Beijing Domestic Service in
Mandarin
Fuzhou Fujian Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Hangzhou Zhejiang Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Hefei Anhui Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Nanchang Jiangxi Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Nanjing Jiangsu Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin
12,930
2,560
6,360
14,790
4,380
3,720
2,470
5,120
7,470
6,130
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Beijing XINHUA in
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
English
278,840
Beijing XLNiIUA Domestic Service in
Chinese
117,610
Fuzhou F UJ LAN
R IBAO in
Chinese
1,340
Hangzhou %1iEJIANG RIBA:) in
Chinese
2,080
Nanjing X1NHUA RIBAO in
Chinese
710
Shanghai J I~F,1idG R I3A0 in
Chinese
1,470
Shanghai 1.'L N
Chinese
HUL 3AO in
CLANDESTIr;i
(Clandestine) da Yi Radio to China in
Mandarin
5,140
F RANCE
Paris AFP in
English
980
HONG KONG
Hong Kong AFP in
English 25,630
JAPAN
Tokyo NHK Television Network in
Japanese
Tokyo JPS in
Tokyo
English 6,380
KYODO in
English 58,430
Tokyo JIJI in
English 12,320
Tokyo AKAHATA in
Japanese
8,480
Tokyo ASAHI SHii'13UN in
Japanese
9,510
Tokyo
ASAH I EVEN LNG NEWS in
English
10,620
Tokyo
iM41IN ICH I DAILY NEUS in
English
7,240
Tokyo
sMAINICHI SHIhiBUN in-
Japanese
1,230
Tokyo
NIHON KE IGAI SHIi-13Ui' in
Japanese
12,800
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BROAD- PRESS PUIiLI-
CASTS AGEKCIES CATIONS
Tokyo SANKE I SH LNISUN in
Ja i anese
TokY9 THE DAILY Y0,111URI in
English
Tokyo THE JAPAN TI;>IES in
English
Tokyo TOKYO SHI>I3UN in.
Japanese
Tokyo YU:?IIURI SHIf?1:3Ui`?i in
Japanese
Naha OKINA'JA TINES in
Japanese
Naha RYUKYU S.-111'120 in
Japanese
KOREA (NORTH)
Pyongyang KCfdA in
English
MONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar MuNTSAAE in
English
Ulaanbaatar NONTSA&ME in
Russian
PH ILII':'Iide:S
Quezon City RPN Television Network in
English
TA IWAN
Taipei International Service in
English
Taipei Domestic Service in
Nanda ri n
Taipei CIJA in
E
li
ng s
h
9,490
2,940
7 , 020
4,030
12 , 030
5,150
1,170
3,140
Taipei CHINA
English
Taipei CH ING
Chinese
POST in
CIII J If{ PAO in
Taipei
CHUNG
Chinese
KUO .tiH IH PAO in
480
Taipei
CHUNG
Chinese
YANG J [H PAO in
2,180
Taipei LIEN HO PAO in
Chinese
1,030
Taipei LIEN HO YUEH KAN in
Chinese
Taipei MIN CHU JEN in
Chinese
Taipei TZU LI WAN PAO in
Chinese
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BROAD- PRESS PUBL.I-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
UNION OF SOVIF-T SOCIALIST REVU3LICS
Moscow to Japan in
Japanese 6,180
Moscow to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin 270
Moscow to china in
Planda ri n 8 , 590
Moscow to Vietnam in
Vietnamese 830
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress to China in
Mandarin ---
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin ---
Noscow Domestic Television Service in
Russian 13,520
V IETNAM
Hanoi International Service in
Mandarin
Hanoi Domestic Service in
Vietnamese
Hanoi VNA in
English.
Hanoi VNA in
French
Hanoi VNA in
Vietnamese
Ho Chi Minh City VNA in
Vietnamese
24,960
71,690
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