MONITORING OF BALTIC SSR'S

Document Type: 
Collection: 
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
25
Document Creation Date: 
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date: 
July 6, 2009
Sequence Number: 
13
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
November 7, 1952
Content Type: 
MEMO
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9.pdf495.23 KB
Body: 
Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 MEMORAVIN FORS Deputy Director (Intelligeaee) SUBJECTS Ysitcring of Baltic guts 1. The attached project is forwarded for oon- sideration by the Projects Review Committee. It Wald be greatly apprsciat.d if this project ocn)d be am- ddered by the Cemdtte during its ss.Eing next week or, at the latest, the week after. 2. Reparuentatiws of BBC will be in Xasbdsgten early in Deseebc to discuss ^mdtoring astivities with TBID, and Baltic coverage sheuid be discussed with they at that Una 3. This project was approved in principle by the Deputy Director (Intelligence) on 31 October 1952. Enclosure Subject Project oo-JLaroogas/hbd-7 ;v 52 Distributions Orig & l - DD/I 1 - Each PRC Member 2 - 00 2 - FBID Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 SECRET 3ECUfniTY INFORMATION MUMPAXIM FM Paint 3"ioo Ceatittee tW Mt Asmlaiant Wrootor for Op.ratian M BJCClt Maeitosln of Mitts 688 1. PttOwR4.--Ts pawids aadto raitorlnn 901eeauo of tbo tialtis 653 . and other neat or aetbassb-s tIAl6R. !. PAO?b ,iNR7l1C (U m ?!t7[dl,t' a. MW and Sc tmo pro5oot ems et of the :erpo~nrM ( D.i) to to 0. b. IS tteit1o Hroedratiat cmvmor momitorift Sails (13,IC 1B)t (1) wade the taeas of tbo redprosai arnogrart bar Prissy rrrpoaiiti~ib- for stn traaraltIWV Sa 8"b- (t) pr mo% under the eooaasu vt*ta its out" lad 7 (3) era POWS' VW ostaass twee osvarsio&W ssd 4 * Ins afriealiw the Via Yom S k.sdsrst za'Sl Died. SLOOP idU wAM VW 941 prodoot of SW of its sat ts$a1 (It) &TSUAUS to Fm s. tow vAa appeata to the tow ~tes ear'. oNaitoeiat o[ r of ~ts+ M Sias~ srs6ltuat woolor 00 wool Lectrlsa U1d $ta3o r M VOU i at 1 mos sad KalidagrO4 ooald be r tubmi . (tS i a. Owtaa6s xaald nq tr a UDC stir! at atos i3a for ]Set atf @6 0% b 411110100% 08" vvmvmw~ for tnimmortiAm rewords ~efd, of KOOD. The potoatioZ givdneIVA $ s14 lyre sob a aedttel 16 OP M ties is atiaatod to staoaar betasa rive ad tom tkrro ' rivet per de is S foil rigs psiasipai eatiflitw r E C At" 41 E y (1) scam anlaaitaf and left"", dada. (2) A Oil pristtsg a asiols ssl swat/. t3) 00W iatarantlaa sushi to IN V. S. vWdWlWm9kdA t z f s.. ors p~riadjsU s. ldfa dll e s s is Adtdah ad vwrimI a It is' raaaertaiwIs ti- i s bulls. M+ sp atiaa taaa S it1 aiaaa i1 pflua 3 daviw Naaalaar asd Resin hs+spa~ "it i11- bsUsisd tlapl w as nat at CL aaarAd saaiaailrr awe Slap Vl.S.ta aaw is d as Sia6S a ti gaapfaa to ihnn si t Ya 11 , a iiai. rtwM Atw i. !Us dn34 irw1n is read rrts$ a5 rararYM fa' ~tealdaaAs IS 1leasa~leibiad Is '4aland is astiaMS at . #.wrs. We wmW lWr. m n 4 .4, dita.aW- dfartal* -- 1010 Of ift MAM d. a. , qo a Urs taaliaat d tmt d" I. owl" umillp time iha.s is lLWs bpi ter a * . dastattea as 110 t to asdrri&s this "u4ni raestb two sr$ss at ens np.rt an the innsrtigatian in $?teoktlol. fats the Dining. of the mat" :Rates mad asaeoiat.d areas, tied I a aloe siding a aatgr to 1w hsrw. ban aad I will kip yon iafoswad of say dftUSAN Viii la takes tba attn. Yatt hits alraady$ I belie`., hd tramslpto at the aatnai *=,BMaa wbidb we SOW" sad ban aaspresat lMst rt in the srtedsi whisk was obtaiad tree than, and I should be nay glad to knee mm what your reaction to the ubm" projset is. I asassnt ba to. hrp.tttl that there will be a pasitin dnisian about it bore baeauai to do ss .n AM soak that would be wwrth Wills would uadasbt dly anal a fair aa.sat of s ay, aid I aansat as that there is . gthing in ass pseast osnngo whisk we eoaald gin op to bslaapo that wMab would sat ark. a biggsr kd. than thm am wLiob we are S trylag to plag. ewrsw.rr yoer view an the aster *emu eartatoly Tears aiaaarsly, /a/ &. D. Marriott SECRET ? _ ? lgidRAiU:i FOR$ Dirsetor, OIR, Department of State Director, 028, Dspartannt of State Assistant Chief of Staff, O.Q, Department of the AI Chiot of Psychological Wartare, Departasst of the Arwy Director of gavel Intelligence. r4parbmt of the Kay Director of Iatelligenw, Headquarters, USA? Deputy Director (mans) Assistant Director for National Estimates Assistant Director for Current Irate ligewee Assistant Director for Research and Reports SUBdr:CTi Monitoring of Baltic SSH'$ a 1. It is desired to assess intelligence and psychological warfare regairwots for aenitoriag coverage of daaestio broadcasts in northsestwu 9398, particularly the Baltic republics, against the expense and organise. tienal souplloations involved is effecting it. 2. Attachment reports the result of a MC runup of potential eorerogs, concluding that a satisfactory sparatioa night be carried out at an sal cast of about 050,000 under a procedure in which recordings aid be nailed to )agland for processing, with a delay of perhaps 96 hems In retorting resultant infernation. Processing at the maadtering site and reporting by tsleoenw -(cation. would add sabstatially to the east. 3. The potential si gsifieant yield fron web a wwsi teeing operative is estimated to aps+ap bemoan five and tea thousand wards per day is the foliating principal oatagoriss to order of velaeor a. teanaio agriwltnral industrial data an the area of the Up pabliehed in the TRIS Fri Ab~nt b. Regional political and sociological information such as 1825 publication derive free other Soviet regional broadesst. c. Isfaation useful to the U.S. psychological effort exclusive of that covered by categories & and ). Sample transcripts an available free FATS on request. El '*RECR ET ? 4. Your eattnta of the valve of this soveragr, year opinion vhathsr the valve would be Mrionsly rodesod by a 96?horr daisy, md mq farihar ommnts you aae7 can to make on the project are aolioitode eel Deputy Director (Intalllganoe) Assistant Director for Tatellirence Coordination RET Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 0 w as Cpratlam. Central 3ta11igaa. #gu Mf r.n.a in me& t yg~ a.a.rasim dated 31 ft as th. above aaWa.t, alit had bom gives M r frr a a.aedia.tsd r+flr. The D.partaaat of 8tal is d.ftait.ly Tatar etad is monitoring of the laltio arno from vhiah we an presently ree.iving only a Very hailed asst of information. Who ,pope .M ao*rraga weld fill a 9q it ear tnt.llipane, the value of r-i,d mq be somewhat tmpatr.d by the .ettsatod 9-mar d lq -rt'said saverlhelse. be of great velm. Ia via of the neuniep dalq In .btaiaing the ropll . to yew massrandaa. I have already Informed hhID verbally of the Deprrt t'o ..tiawte of the vrly at this ..ne.g.. bttsg Watt Myaimttism and newbWtism 1tvt81a Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 S I -MORAIOVM FCRs THE DIRECTOR OF C9ITRAL INTELLIGENCE Attnc Assistant Director for Operations SUBJECT; (Confidential) Monitoring of Baltic SSRes 1,. Feferen:e is made to your memorandum :t 21 Augr,st 1 :2, su:.ject, sane as ?tovs., soliciting comments on the estimated value of sutject coverage in fulfilling intelli- et:cP and psyc':ologtcal warfare requirements. 2. the "ivld frrm such a monitoring operation it of cka'. value tv this Headquarters in the planni'.g of psvthc- Y,qlcal warfare opera`.ior.s and analyting Soviet p)litr.cal and socic.og.tal trends. The otorsaic-industrial data of the type puLlished in the FBIS Economic Atstracts is ea'r+7,e- 1y tsetv,l in the USAF Targeting program;. li many irsta^ces .t h,as provided the first indication of the exist*-ca of various i~-d?.s:ria1 iratallations and is val:a:.ie jr deter- r,:ini+y :.irre: t prodaction.. 3., A delay of ninty-six (96) hours or wore would r;t appreciably reduce the value of this :overage irsofar as ?he USAF is toncsrned,. i;irc ct ri of tt1t lli.:c::cr A'- Approved For Release 2009/07/06: CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 MUMAWN is. nun 1 1 u- A vnATIM SIsim a `iftrIOt e kills ra8 1. lour aeaarsaAtse to Dq/t it 21 t lop s 1.S a ? proposal to natter, tbroeo sa anaalesaat dtt as $aitia Broadoastinj Carper?tiw, do?at1? to"* bnas??ta is t1? narthewton oaf ar rp.Nts ear oaaasat., 2. Na feel that the prepsaal epar?tia .aeu rl,sta?? iaforaetion of value to insist branebes maw pp`}. 1%, ""Mated 96-hour delay in pr6eee8Ia2 sbetild not ssrlesgly reduce the value to ue of the aadters4 tots. 3. If a decision is resebad to effect this Baltle .ever. ale, we should appreeiats being alerted relardinl the dot* the YBID Bill bsgla to p?blla the brosdeast?. 4. It Is mderstosd that the MA area will not bt rsgairal to provide any flnaaaial support in oemaeetion with the projeet. Chisty Pn ea and Psyeholsflsal tMtflars start Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 MwANI>O>I fl AAIYliMt VWCfl 101 O?SUTMU 3'JBJbCT t rionttoring of Baltic 961t? 1'aIr_:R6110K t JW o from &Woo dated U #ugu?t 1951 Monitoring of Baltic Bats 1. Production of National Intelligence F;stimate& relating t+, the Sovlct ', icon is always t,irldend oy a lack of detailtd evidence. Our information oonoernlnt, the baltio Territories is tspccially seaitf. Monitoring of Baltic =$a would thureforc proba!ly make a distinct contribution to our inte111 ones effort. Morsovero according to the fitUs TY,e Year Plan,, the Baltis area will have rraater iwortanou in th* wit few years than it has had In the post. As a oonssaasnoci any information we get an this area will shad considerable light un the aha,ges taking place throughout the Soviet Union under the pressme of this last Plan. t. The 96-heir delay cautioned would not be important solar as tbs interests of M are concerned. staBIYN tar Assistant Direstor Natiseai fistii.tes Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP8O-00765A000100010013-9 Assistant Dirsetor for Opsntioms Assistant Dinetor for Reosardh aid Repot a Monitoring of Dallis 331 Your mom at 21 August 1951a film same u above. 1. the soaraitf of irfbs.atiar an We Dallis area of the ossl (Outland) arts the proposed mrnitordmg project of value to ORD. Regional prows may contain seomods data on the Outland and rslyred programs from Moscow Now dies would nesnariy be selective and slanted toward the interests of the Dallis area. 2. The value to 00 of the proposed ooverop would be wmffectsd by the 96-hour dely mentioned in your smmorsndue. Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 !C1. s 3morpndus from the Assistant Director for operations, dated 21 August 1952, some suLject. 1. I n reply to the reference ,m`>aorandua, the )ffice of :;urrent S nte1lijenee :e ieves the moni.torin6 of the raltic SSR broadcasts woald resalt in intelli- oence information of sufficient value to warrant the an-mal eon of 50,000. 2. 'n our opinion, the chi-ratter of the informa- tion is ?ac!i that the fn;;r txy la, is receipt will not sicniric-ntly affect its value. "setatant Director Csrrent Intelligence e_m-. ae d SS 6 Inyvs It . e `~. ' p t : Y1n p ~' S 3 1 A N C..d.. R r$ab~U ~? . p.a.r P~ Sk rbryt :rQNI'/ S$R ~. I Ne,9aTdd Riga i k t l kkL ,may ~ t u _":SAa u?7~d.. . U~kV~ ~`~ ~. pat,k eygtebsk f ~Ie rSK ' P6sttema y8T0 ytY~ ? 1y p~OVO U,fer0"sk Ir ~ I %J* .% .. ??I?S rcov VTY1~IwIW.=~. f ?~/r~8sx GAOI votes-& '" _ ~n?iYa My((MA?JSC r s1 1 s ~(WT4Or`7.t ?yAKOS twuc ?~VA NUVO Approved For Release 2009/07/06 CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 3.17 90 2.00 .69 .8 0 5.46 2.70 397 1 .8 3 5.04 ..5 6 1.8 0 1.06 .5 1 2.58 3117 12.90 2750 19.00 22.00 6.00 14.40 4.83 5.66 2425 38.30 12.7 7.43 358 2.08 i 8.oe ~x V1444 (W21 8.75 tl Approved For Release 2009/07/06: CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 I- c. 0 04:40 - 04:50 05:30 - 05:45 08:00 - 08:15 10:30 - 10:45 11:00 - 11:30 13:30 - 13:40 13:40 - 14:00 14:30 - 14:45 15:00 - 15:30 15:40 - 16:00 16:30 - 17:00 16:40 - 17:00 17:30 - 18:00 19:25 - 19:45 19:45 - 20:00 06:00 - 08:00 15:00 - 15:30 16:30 - 17:00 575 10 03t - 03:45 05:20 - 05:40 07:30 - 07:45 09:20 - 09:30 09:50 - 10:00 10:15 - 10:45 12:00 - 12:20 13:10 - 13:30 15:00 - 15:15 15:30 - 15:45 16:00 - 16:30 16:2D - 16:30 16:30 - 16:50 16:30 - 17:00 1 C 0 If if It Finnish Estonian Russian Estonian Finnish Estonian if s s s Russian N / &p pF (alternate Mondays) NOP (Sunday) SOP (Sunday) P P (not Monday) 7 (Tuesday) P F (Sun/ Tue/Thurs.) T (irreg) (Sat.) F (varies) N N Estonian N (Wed/Fri.) 116 If T (Mon/Wed/Fri.) 90 Russ/Estonian T (not Sat/Sun.) Latvian N " N " TorF " PR Russian PR Latvian T or F " PR " PR Russian T or F If N Latvian N T or F T or F (Wed/Fri. 4V Russian)T or F /03 J3~ (Sunday) 6) (Sunday) (not Sunday) / (Wednesday) L (Monday) Saturday) (n~rz ~:eLt,) / "U Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 0 17:15 - 17:30 Latvian T or F (Sunday) 17:30 - 17:45 n T or F C (Fri/Sat,) (Monday) 17:30 - 17:50 T or F (Thursday) 17:30 - 18:00 T or F (Wednesday) 18:15 - 18:45 N (not Sun/Tuesday) 18:45 - 19:15 N (Tuesday) RIGA II 1349 Program carries Music, required. '3 ke I'~ q relays of Moscow or occasional Talks. Further checking Russian 11 S or F PR (mot,Fri$4y) (Friday) 15:00 - 15:15 N (not Thursday) 15:15 - 15:30 T or F (not Thurs/Sat/Sun.) 15:30 - 15:45 N (Thursday) i90 Program details still incomplete. Further checking required. Sr (o 0 Approved For Release 2009/07/06 CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 ? 04:40 - 05:00 Russian NP? (Smolensk Studio) 05:20 - 05:45 Byelorussian N 06:00 - 06:15 " T 07:50 - 08:00 " PT 08:00 - 08:15 s P 09:45 - 10:00 Russian Ni (Sun, in Byelorussian) 10:45 - 11:00 Byelorussian P 13:00 - 13:20 N 15:30 - 15:45 Russian NP (Smolensk Studio) 15:45 - 16:00 F (Smolensk Studio) 16:20 - 16:40 17:00 - 17:20 " N (Saturday) 17:10 - 17:30 N (Mon/Tue/Fri.) 17:40 - 18:00 N not Mon/Tae/Fri) ('Ctrs ~L1.C- 665 kes 04:20 - 04:40 Lithuanian N 20 wsEK L.y ito 05:30 - 05:45 " PR (not Monday) 1S 10 06:15 - 06:25 M N 10 9m 06:35 - 07:00 " 15 06:35 - 07:00 N & PR (not Monday) zS iA5 07:00 - 09:00 (Sun. in Russian) Lithuanian N (not Sat/Sunday) IZo zg 600 09:30 - 09:45 " PR (Monday) is is' 10:00 - 10:15 10:40 - 11 00 " 90 10:45 : - 11:00 Polish (Sunday) Ro 11:00 - 11:55 Russian (not Sunday) is E 330 13:10 - 13:30 Lithuanian (Friday) i 0 13:30 - 14:00 Polish (Tuesd__) .. 30 15:00 - 15:30 Lithuanian Fa?t 30 15:30 - 1.45 Russian T or F , (Friday) 15 15:30 - 16:00 Russian T or F (W&nesda j 3 tl 3o Polish T or F (Thursday '10 30 16:30 - 17:00 Lithuanian T or Wetaesda) - 3 0 30 17:30 - 17:45 e? T or F Mai;Wed Sat.) : s "f 5 17:30 - 18:00 R T or F (Tuesday) 30 18:00 - 18:15 T or F (Sunday) ly" 19:00 - 19:30 " 23 0 0 ~ 3 T 6S - '1p onus. &WBWA : (Lithuanian Relay Station, =ad, in VUVus network for relaying Studio 08:15 - 08:35 Lithuanian ON45 - 09:00 Russian F or T Russian N - 10:20 - 10:45 Lithuanian NCP ? 10:45 - 11:00 Russian N 11:00 - 11:20 Lithuanian N 11:20 - 11:35 Lithuanian T 11:40 - 12:00 Russian F (not Sun/1[en)(SNTAULYAY studio)'s 'I5 (Monday) (SBYAULYAY Studio)is (not Sunday) (KLAYPEDA Studio) 15 15 . :So v (not sun/Tues.)(KLAYPEDA Studio)js 75 (not Sunday) (KAUNAS Studio) z o 12-c>,/ Snot Sunday 4KAUNAS Studio) 1 ti T o V (not Sunday) (KAUNAS Studio) 1p j':-c) J Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 w LENINGRAD $ 04:40 - 05:00 08:00 - 08:20 16:40 - 17:00 17:50 - 18:20 18:00 - 18:25 18:10 - 18:25 CIRRFt-utAR FtSve?Ic,l 10:00 - 10:20 15:00 - 15:20 15:00 - 16:00 17:15 - 17:45 17:35 - 17:50 17:50 - 18:00 (V) N (not Monday) P (not Sun/Mon.) NP F (alternate Fridays) N (Monday) F (Wed/Thurs.) ? ~.. ..a wrtL.V P (Sunday) F (Tuesday) F (Mon/Wed.) F (sat.) F (Monday) F (Friday) ~ W .c..u..~ 3 . . 3$,. 3 ,mg' LENINGRAD J Fo c Kc 14:25 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:30 04:20 - 04:40 04:40 - 05:00 05:20 - 05:30 14:15 - 14:45 14:45 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:30 15:30 - 16:00 F (Wednesday) F (Mon/Tue/Fri.) Z S . .ate N (Velikiye Luki Studio) N (Pskov Studio) N (Vologdd Studio) N (Velikiye Luki Studio) N (Vologda Studio) N (Pskov Studio) N (Novgorod Studio) 1 L~.ti?.1? 150./ J ~-GY ? 04:45 - 05:00 Finnish PF 05:20 - 05:36 M NF 13:10 - 13:30 s P (Mon/Thurs/Fri.) 13:30 - 13:45 to NC (Saturday) 13:30 - 14:00 If F (Sunday) 14:00 - 14:15 N N (not Sunday) 14:30,- 14:45 s N (not Sat/Sun.) 15:00 - 15:20 It F (Mon/Tue.) 15:00 - 15:30 If T (Wed/Fri.) 16:00 - 16:20 N (Sunday) 16:00 - 16:30 It N (Wednesday) 16:20 - 16:35 It N (Thurs.)(Sat. 16130 - 16:45) 16:35 - 16:50 Russian N (Thurs) 17:00 - 17:15 Finnish N (Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri.) 17:00 - 17:15 Russian N (Saturday) 17:15 - 17:30 Russian N (Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri.) 17:45 - 18:45 Finnish F (Monday) 17:50 - 18:50 i F (Wednesday) 18:00 - 20:30 s F (Tuesday) 18:00 - 19:00 P (Friday) Approved For Release 2009/07/06 : CIA-RDP80-00765A000100010013-9 400 (Minsk II) 03:25 - 04:00 Byelorussian NP (Bobruyek Studio) 04:20 - 04:40 Na L' %V&VLLYV VtLLLLi V~ 05:30 - 05:45 DTP (Baranovichi Studio) 16:20 - 16:40 17:40 - 18:00 93 The following studios are believed to transmit news, press reports, music or features; 06:15 - 07:00 Vitebsk 07:00 - 07:45 Gomel 13:30 - 14:00 Molodechno 14:00 - 14:30 Pinsk 14:30 - 15:00 Polotsk 15:00 - 15:30 Mozyr 16:40 - 17:10 Brest 17:10 - 17:40 Mogilev ~ ~ (v 21 a 'C ,3.974_ 64*A Aj 7 T~ l ~, W7