OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES 13 - 26 OCTOBER 1973

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05134A000100040011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 26, 1973
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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2 6 OCT 1973
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Significant Activities
13 - 26 October 1973
Middle East Comrn3.nications bSur Si~r?
a. Communications facilities at all St-+4
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Bases involved in the Middle East crisis contin
ue to
operate satisfactorily. There have been no significant
technical or operational problems, other than long hours
and personnel shortages, at any station in the area. With
the arrival of additional personnel at
on 19 and 22 October relief has been prov ed to
the three crisis area Stations which had previously been
operating with only one ruin.
b. Traffic volumes have been extremely heavy. In one
24-hour period the U.S. Base Station processed 39,000
transmissions, of which 12,000 were DVtEDIATF and 1,400
were FLASH precedence, A large proportion of the volume
Base Station load is associated with the Middle Fast
situation and additional load is also being felt due to
the destruction of station fi laA in the
about 28,000 transmissions of which 5,00
IMMEDIATE and 20 FLASH.
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