PROPOSED FBIS RADIO RECEIVING FACILITY(SANITIZED) ROK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00803R000300130016-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: July 26, 1998
• Content Type: MF

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FOREtIN BROADCAST INFORMATION SE VICE
P.O. Box 2604
Washington, D. C. 20013
21 JAN 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: Commander, United States Army Security Agency
Arlington Hall Station
Arlington, Virginia 22212
1. This memorandum in paragraph 5 requests your concurrence
in the establishment of an unmanned FBIS radio-receiving facility
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2. On recommendation of the Department of State and the
American Embassy, Tokyo, FBIS has developed a contingency plan
for a possible request on part of the Japanese Government that
FBIS close its bureaus in Japan, located in Okinawa and Tokyo.
These preparations call for immediate establishment of new FBIS
bureaus in Hong Kong and Seoul which could provide radio broadcast
coverage now obtained from Okinawa and Tokyo bureaus that could
not be monitored from our more remote primary fallback site
In Guam. For details of FBIS operations in Japan and related
3. We wish to proceed now with establishment of a small
bureau in South Korea which will monitor long, medium and short
wave broadcasts of the northern PRC regional transmitters, Mongolia,
the Soviet Far East and North and South Korea. For a low-profile
and cost effective operation, we hope to utilize existing U.S.
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4. This plan has been approved by the State Department
and the Embassy. In consultations between Mr. William S. Scott,
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arrangements subject to your approval. The details are shown
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5. I therefore request your concurrence with the plan
described in TAB B and your authorization to appropriate officers
of your command for its implementation. lanning to
have an operational facility at by 1 January
1977. Because of the 9-10 months ea t me required for procuring
installing equipment, I will appreciate g
your early response.
6. I wish also to thank you for the helpful and forthcoming
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