CABLE TO RUTLAAB/FBIS WASH DC FROM FBIS LONDON UK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP92-00053R000300100002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 31, 1977
• Content Type: CABLE

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REF L0262, WA317 ON SOMALI, ETHIOPIAN NEWS AGENCIES (NOT
SENT NQs JN)t
1 WE WILL USE "MOGADISCIC SOMALI NATIONAL NEWS AHSNCY IN
ENGLISH" FOR ANY MATERIAL WE HAPPEN TO RECEIVE FROM THAT AGENCY'
.qSO FAR THERE HAS JUST BEAN THE ONE ITEM RECEIVED VIA TEw
ON 29 AUGUST, WOULD ONLY POINT OUT THAT "SONNAI IS REFERRED TO
FREQUENTLY IN MQGADISCIO RADIO ITEMS (INCLUDING ITEMS IN
ENGLISH) AND THAT THE DAII#Y REPORT REGULARLY PUBLISH$$ THE
ACRONYM WITHOUT ANY EXPANSION (FOR EXAMPLE;)) I,EAUGUST; PAGE
B6..ALTHOUGH EXPANSION IS GIVEN ON 871 j6 AUGUST; PAGE 891 to
AUGUST, PAGES 8~ AND 021 I,9 AUGUST; PAGE 54)1'
2; ON THE EMIRATES NEWS AGINCYI ACCORDING TO THE 880, THE
LAST EMIRATES NEWS AGENCY CAST MONITORED OVER MINA IN ENGLISH
CAME ON 6 MARCH (REPORTED IN WRTI NO; 40 OP'2,E MARCH), AS NOTED
THEN# THE AGENCY USID THE ABBREVIATION "UAEA"'AND THE EXPANSION
"UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NEWS AGENCY'" THIS IS QQNSISTENT WITH THE
to MARCH DNA ENGLISH ITEM REPORTED IN WRYI NO1 12 (AL~OWINQ FOR
THE SRITISH PREFERENCE OF "AMIRATSSn INSTEAD OF!"EMIRATESN);
SUBSEQUENT VARIANT RERERENCES YOU CITED IN WRTI NOS'122 AND 20
WIRE FROM MENA AND QNA ARABIC ITEMS PRESUMABLY FILED IV NICQSjA$
IN VIEW OF THE ABSENCE OF ANY MONITORED EMIRATES:NEWS AGENCY
CASTS IN MENA ENGLISH TRANSMISSIONS SINCE+.MARCH, WE APB NOT IN
A POSITION TO ADVISE ON THE CURRENT OFFICIAL DESIGNATION FOR
THIS AGENCY, BBC HAS PROMISED TO ADVISE US'THE'NEXT TIME THEY
MONITOR SUCH A CAST, 31/4925Z AUG
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REF LD262 ON SOMALI AND ETHIOPIAN NEWS AGENCIES:
CONCUR IN USE OF SOURCELINE: "ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIAN NEWS
AGENCY IN ENGLISH" BUT PREFER USE OF "MOGADISCIO SOMALI NATIONAL
NEWS AGENCY IN ENGLISH." WE WILL CONSIDER THE USE OF ABBREVIATIONS
AFTER THESE AGENCIES BECOME MORE FAMILIAR TO CONSUMERS. WE WILL
TREAT BOTH AS OPEN SOURCES.
YOUR POINT ABOUT THE EMIRATES NEWS AGENCY IS A GOOD ONE. BBC WRTI
10, 12, 22, AND 25 HAVE GIVEN VARIOUS ANGLIFICATIONS OF ITS NAME.
IF "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES NEWS AGENCY" SEEMS TO HAVE ANY OFFICIAL
SANCTION, YOU MIGHT CONSIDER REPLACING: "ABU DHABI EMIRATES NEWS
AGENCY IN ENGLISH" WITH "ABU DHABI UAE NEWS AGENCY IN ENGLISH" TO
FORESTALL POSSIBLE FUTURE CONFUSION WITH THE ETHIOPIAN NEWS
AGENCY. PLEASE ADVISE. 30/1909Z AUG
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THE 88C HA$ WRITTEN TO THE SOMALI
AND ETHIOPIAN NEWS
AGENCIES ABOUT RECEIVING THEIR MATERIAL; NO FORMAL RESPONSE
HAS BEEN RECEIVED THUS FAR FROM EITHER AGENCYg BUT THE 880
LAST NIGHT RECEIVED ITS FIRST ITEM BY TELEX FROM THE SOMALI
NEWS AGENCY, SQNNA (FILED AS LD301234Y); WE PROPOSE TO FILE
ANY MATERIAL RECEIVED FROM THESE AGENCIES ON MERIT; USING THE
SOURCEL I N'ES 4
MOGADISCIO SONNA IN EN4LISH
ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIAN NEWS AGENCY IN ENGLISH (BELIEVE USE
OF "ENA" FOR THIS AGENCY MIGHT RAISE CONFUSION WITH EMIRATES
NEWS AGENCY)
ACCORDING TO INFORMATION AVAILAS69 TO THE BBC-" BOTH NEWS
AGENCIES ARE GOVERNMENT OWNED; THE ETHIOPIAN NEWS AGENCY
'PER.ATES A 24.HOUR SERVICE OF NATIONALi LOCALb AND FOREIGN
^,E05 IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND AMHARIC THROUGH LEASED TELEPRINTER
SERVICE AND PQINT.TO.POIYT RADIO NETWORKS; IT RECEIVES NEWS
FROM AT LEAST AFP, REWTER, CTK, AND AP, THE SOMALI NEWS AGENCY
RECEIVES NEWS AT LEAST FROM APP, REUTER, ANSA, TASS AND ADN;
THE BBC HAS NO INFORMATION ON HOW IT DISTRIBUTES ITS MATERIAL
BEYOND THE FACT THAT ITS MATERIAL IS-.OR WAS+.?CARRIED ON A
POINT-TO-POINT COMMERCIAL CIRCUIT BETWEEN MOGADI$CIO AND
LONDON ON 18238 KHZ,
THE BBC IS NOT PLANNIRMG To SUBSCRIBE TO EITHER SERVICE,
RUT ONLY HOPES TO RECEIVE MATERIAL GRATIS FROM EITHER AGENCY
IN WHATEVER WAY TURNS OUT TO BE THE MOST FEASIBLE; 31/16122
STAT
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