MONTHLY REPORT OKINAWA BUREAU--AUGUST 1983

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 2, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
UNITED STATES FORCES, JAPAN
OKINAWA BUREAU
APO SAN FRANCISCO 96239
MOK-3040
2 September 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief,. Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report, Okinawa Bureau--August 1983-
A. Typhoon Abby, the first tropical cyclone of the "season"
to approach the Ryukyus, caused the local military to declare a
Typhoon Condition 1 on 19-21 August. Abby, initially described
as a "supertyphoon," brought rain and 40-knot winds to the island
as it moved. north 200 miles off the east coast. Bureau operations
were. not affected and Okinawa escaped unscathed, although Abby
later. struck the Japanese home islands, causing considerable damage.
B. The senior U.S. military officer on Okinawa, Marine Corps
Maj Gen John Phillips,. visited the bureau. for a briefing and tour
on 11 August.. General Phillips was especially interested in
satellite monitoring capabilities and had good things to say
about FBIS service to Marine Corps elements on island. Another
local military luminary Brig Gen Michael Nelson,. recently assigned
commander of the Kadena-based 313th Air Division and the top
Air Force officer on the island,. visited the bureau on 23 August.
General Nelson's. visit coincided with processing of material from
Soviet television on. USSR Air Fleet Day, and he was impressed
with shots of Soviet tactical aircraft monitored and recorded by
the bureau. General Nelson indicated that he. would like his
fighter pilots to be able to. view these tapes, and we will make
appropriate arrangements.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1 From 22 to 31 August we ran an experimental
operation. for Jakarta ANTARA in Indonesian casts from th STAT
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satellite. Logs were prepared by Associate Editor
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and were filed, along with the.satrapped items selected by him,
to Bangkok Bureau for final selection, translation and wirefiling.
We are recommending that it not be added to. regular coverage due
to heavy impact this would have on satellite cruising effort.
2.. Bureau coverage of Quezon City Television in the after-
math of the 21 August assassination of Philippines opposition leader
Benigno Aquino featured a four-take Marcos. news conference on the
23d and an eight-take interview with Manila police chief Olivas on
the 24th..
3. With the return of London Bureau's Russian monitor
from annual leave, we discontinued temporary coverage and resumed
our regular Saturday-Sunday coverage of the 1700 GMT.Vremya program
from Moscow Television, effective 29 August.
Cruising
l.. Experimental TV transmissions from NHK Tokyo were
observed on the 135?E Sakura 1-A Japanese. satellite, the first
time television signals have been seen on this satellite.
2. On-26 A AmT-n n Domestic Television Service was tl~ STAT
observed This is the first time Jordan
television has been observed here..
3.. Cruising continued on the Indonesian Palapa B-1
.satellite. The following data was observed during the month:
Jakarta Domestic Television Service, Jakarta Domestic Service
Radio, Jakarta ANTARA in Indonesian, Quezon City Television,
and many other commercial radioteletype circuits.
A.. We have received the final design package for the new Bureau
air-conditioning system. Bids have been-requested and a prebidders
conference held.
B. The.Newsf.ax.system has been made operational, although
old Hellschreiber system is still being used as backup. TDY
engineers were. very helpful in testiiSTAT
the Newsfax.system. also took data measurements and. record-a " '
ings for technical analysis of the ROSET signals and was extremely
helpful in training Bureau personnel in additional operational
use of.existing ROSET equipment.
A. The month was marked by
Senior editor
replacement for senior editor~
Headquarters enginee
to fill in during Chief Engineer
a number of arrivals and departures.
1arrived on the 9th as STAT
who departed the. next dzSTAT
TDY'.d at the bureau 10-31 AucSTAT
annual leave and t(STAT
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help. bridge the technical. support gap until the ass' eer-
designate's arrival. was accompanied by onSTAT
TDY.for a special signal analysis project utilizing the bureau's
ROSET equipment. Within the monitorial ranks,. new Chinese monitor
entered on duty from Taipei on 7 August, and long-timeSTAT
\,senior Chinese monitor was appointed shift supervisor STAT
in the Chinese Unit.
B. Chinese monitor and Japanese monitor
were promoted to senior monitor FNG-10..
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C. After. several eau attempts to get his position
upgraded, Chief Monitor was promoted to FBN-00/6, STAT
on an impact allocation basis.
V. VISITORS
To the bureau:
Headquarters Japanese analyst
TDY, 4-6 August. STAT
Maj Gen. John Phillips, USMC, commanding general, III Marine
Amphibious Force/3d Marine Division and Okinawa Area Coordinator of.
all military activities, 11 August,. for briefing and familiarization.
Brig Gen Michael Nelson,. USAF, commander, 313th Air Division,
Kadena Airbase, 23 August, for briefing and familiarization.
Editor en route to reassignment from Seoul BureaSTAT
TDY,. 17.-2,0 August.
Lt Col George Miske, deputy public affairs officer,.USFJ,
Yokota Airbase, 31 August, orientation.
Bangkok Bureau Deputy Chief,. TDY, 1-2 SeptembeSTAT
A. The bureau loaned the FBIS playground/recreation area to the
Okinawa American Shrine Club on.28 August as site of that
organization's annual picnic. A. very large turnout was an
assist to the Shriners in raising funds for their community
assistance projects..
B. wife of.Bureau Deputy Chief, a local-.hiSTAT
teacher at Zukeran E ementary School, was among the Okinawa DoD
Schools representatives chosen to attend a Pacific-wide conference
and workshop at Jot-, Hay Air Station,. Baguio, Philippines, 18-21 August
on the schools' and the military's. role in assisting children who
are. victims of alcohol and drug abuse and family. violence..
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Attachment:
Production Reports
cc: Chief, Bangkok-Bureau
Chief,; Hong Kong Bureau
Chief,. London Bureau
Chief, Seoul Bureau
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OK [NA:JA BUREAU PRODUCTION RL.t'ORT FOR AUGUST 1983
1. TOTALS FROil ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUJLISHA3,LE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 785,670
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FIL''_D DURING MONTH: 404,690
TOTAL NU,?LiER OF PU3L [ SHA;3LE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 2,283
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
CHINA
Beijing International Service to East & South Africa in
English ---
Zeijing International Service to North America in
English 670
Beijing International Service in
Japanese 1,440
Beijing to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin 1,460
Beijing to Taiwan in
Mandarin 9,940
Beijing to the USSR in
Russian 280
Beijing to Vietnam in
Vietnamese 5,430
Beijing Domestic Service in
Mandarin 17 ,420
Fuzhou Fujian Provincial Service in
Mandarin 2,960
Hangzhou Zhejiang Provincial Service in
Mandarin 790
Hefei Anhui Provincial Service in
Mandarin 4,030
Nanchang Jiangxi Provincial Service in
Mandarin 7,340
Nanjing Jiangsu Provincial Service in
Mandarin 7,290
Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin 5,690
I I . if: PUT OF R_GUL:1R COVERAGE':
(minutes or issues per week)
18,324 52,445 169.35
min. min. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
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Beijing X11MILIA in
English
Beijing XIN;1UA Domestic Service in
Chinese
Fuzhou F UJ iAN RIBAO in
Chinese
Hangzhou %HEJ IANG RIBA:) in
Chinese
Nanjing X1NHU,1 R13AO in
Chinese
Shanghai, J I :FANG RIi3AO in
Chinese
Shanghai 1:z HUi 13AO in
Chinese
C LANDESTI,NZ
(Clandestine) da Yi Radio to China in
ilia nJarin
F R,A N
Paris AFP in
English
HONG KONG
Hong Kong AFP in
English
JAPAN
Tokyo NH:: Television Network in
Japanese
Tokyo JPS in
English
Tokyo KYODO in
English
Tokyo JIJI in
English
Tokyo AKAHATA in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI SHii'13UN in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NEWS in
English
Tokyo MAINLCHI DAILY NEWS in
English
Tokyo i'IAINICHI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo NIHJ;d KEIZAI SHIi?13UiN in
Japanese
BROAD-
CASTS
4 , 800
PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATIONS
270,430
89,510
680
3,050
3,390
6,570
1,330
3,860
31,700
2,330
66,890
9,480
9,830
8 , 520
4 , 940
14,140
15,120
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