PROGRESS REPORT FOR MARCH 1951.

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CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2
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April 9, 1951
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firmed,' Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 4. vzrk. Acting Assistant Director for Operations . Chief, FSID Progress Report for March 1951. 9 April 1951 50X1 1. DA Study of Monitoring Deficiencies and Requirements of ?BIS with Repeat to Soviet Central Asia" was ccopleted and submitted to 00. The study indicates a significant increase in monitoring capacity which wadi be gained from the location of a new monitoring station sox.' and points out some operational difficulties to be 50X1 encountered if this Project is undertaken. 2. The outline for a quantitative approach to Communist Chinese broadcasts is being coordinated with FDD survaillenbe for signs of Titoism in. the Chinese press. The outline for a study of hostility indicators in propaganda to Iran is being coordinated with the Division of Research for the Near East, OIR, Department of State. 3. During 19-22 March 1951 the Chief Engineer attended the X Institute of Radio Engineers Convention in New York City and visited the Dictaphone Corporation factory in Bridgeport, Connectiontlehere demonstrations of materials and techniques 'applicable to the functions of FBID were presented. Ia..it the request of this Division, a survey of FBI!) Wire Room procedures has been made by everts from the Comeninications tiviaiou. It is expected that their recommendations, when forthcoming and im- plemented, will imprOve operational efficiency of this unit and provide for accounting of ell administrative traffic without an increase in T/0 or major items of equipment. 5, Any Signal Corps authorized .additional Apo word grove of FBID traffic from Saigon for a total of 4,500 groups per deg. This has permitted a more adequate exploitation of FRID arrangements recently established in Saigon. 6. A $120,000 technical equipment stockpiling project was approved it by the Projects Review Committee on 28 March 1951. Flinch) made available / by this project will permit stockpiling of regular and standard items from which bureau requisitions can be filled, thus circumventing the nine monthsto one year delay inherent in the procuresent of technical equipment and supplies. 7. On 12-13 March 1951 the Chief, Engineer, PSID, inspected the i one-man cruising station operated by of ?BID in 50X1 St. Petersburg, Florida. In the past the annual hurricanes have de- moliShed existing antennae mounted on inadequate supports. Preliminary steps to construction of an adequate antennae ratan to withstand the periodic weather disturbances have been undertaken as a reset of this inspection. SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 truNAL I 8. Since April 1950 the village of Earavas in Cyprus has insisted on individual payment of a municipal professional license fee from employees of the ?BIS Mediterranean Bureau. With the advise of the General Counsel, FBI]) has contended that the tax it this case is. intended to apply only to "entrepreneurs" and not to employees of an establithment such ea a monitoring station. Unsuccesdel Approaches for favorable solution of the problem were made direct to the Colonial Government of Cyprus, through the BBC, and through the Department of State to the Braid: Foreign Office. All employees were advised to pay tax fees under protestmfter one foreign national was called into court. Efforts to effect a settlement of this matter are continuing through the channels described above. However, at the present time it ppears unlikely that a solution favorable to the station employees will be reached. 9. A special report, "foreign Radio Reactions to the Presidentle 26 March,Address to the Latin-Americen Foreign Ministers,* dated 28 March was prepared for the President. In addition, the following reports were compiled and distributed as "World Pence Council Berlin Resolutions", dated / March. "Communist China: SOMfo Characteristics of Radio Broadcasting", dated 9,March. "BBC Account of Party Purge in the perman Democratic RepUblieri dated 14 March. nCosparisonsof Soviet and Irate of America Radio Propaganda", dated 16 March. "USSR Regional Domestic Broadcasting: Programmatic Characteristics and techniques", dated 19 March. "Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Etta, Tugodavia, Greece: Radio Broadcasting?Programmatic Characteristics and techniques", dated 23 March. "REMO News Agency", dated 26 March. 10. Special dissemination changes: A. In response to a. request by the Department of State, daily :summaries of Western and Eastern Europe Radio reaction to the Connell of Deputy Foreign Ministers in Paris end to the major issues under discussion are made available to the American delegation attending the Conference by the London EMreaus This special service mill continue for the duration of the Conference. 2 SECRET 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 /7 4"' ...? SECRET 'a-I b. All point-to-point radio teletype coverage being carried on' in connection with the Western Pacific Research projeet was discontinued with the concurrence of the Office of Current Intelli genes which had previously utilized a by-product of this coverage. C. At the request or the Division of Research for 'hada and its Satellites, 01R, Department of State, an advance draft of the weekly "Trends and Highlights of Soviet Broadcasts" is transmitted to the Department for use at the Wednesday meeting of the IAC Watch Committee. d. At the requeet of 0-2, PBC, LOA, end the Intelligence Section, PRA?, the list of Soviet ccemsntaries monitored by FBID is filed to their offices in Tokyo. 11. The Operational Information and Personnel Reports for March are attached. Akgmelaggnts Distribution: 00 0 & 1 RHS 1 AEN 1 Adm. file 1 50X1 SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 SECR 50X1 FBID OPMATIONAL INFORMATION REPORT FOR MARCH 1951 I. Daily Averages of Production Percent of Total Source and Broadcast Time for Service Hours Monitored News& Commentary Wordage Filed Wordage Published 1. TOKYO BUREAU 3% 11% 1700 700 China (Communist) Rome Service 1 hr. 45 an. Foreign Service 1 hr. 30 mitt. .2. China (Nationalist) Foreign Service ' (Incl. China Proper) 1 hr. 45 min. 20% 400 150 3. Japan Press & Radio I I i Satiny 7700 4100 1 1 i 4. Korea Home Service 1 hr. 30 min. 14% 1000 150 5. USSR Foreign Service 8 hrs. 15 min. 13% 5300 500 OKINAWA BUREAU 1. China (Communist) Home Service 9 hrs. 20 min. 9% Foreign Service 4 hrs. 30% Press Service 15 hrs. 40% WOO 3800 2. China (Nationalist) Homo Service 30-nan. 3% 300 100 3. Hong Kong Home Service 20 min. 30% 150 100 4. Korea, North Home Service 4 hrs. 30 min. 50% 1100 900 5. Korea, South Home Service 2 hrs. 95% 2000 1400 Cv..X11 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-: Source and Service 6. Indonesia Home Service 1 hr. 25 mm. Press Service 3 hrs. 30 tin. 7. Indochina (Ho Otvt) Home Service 2 bre. Foreign Service 30 min. Press Service 11 hrs. 15 min. 8. Indochina (frath Controlled) Home Service 2 hrs. 45 min. Foreign Service 15 min. Press Service 1 hr. 30 mim? SECRE4" ????? Percent of Total Broadcast Time for Wordage. Wordage Hours Monitored Vest & Commentary _Flied Pnbliehed 9. India Home Service Foreign Service Press Service 10. Pakistan Home Service Fenian Service Press Service ?11. Kashmir Home Service 12. Burma Home Service Press Service 13. Thailand Home Service Foreign Service 14. Outer Mongolia Home Service 15. USSR Foreign Service 25 Mn. 1 hr. 1 hr. 40 min. 1 hr. 20 rime 45 'tin. 2 hrs. 5 Sm. 45 nth. 3 hrs. 2 lire. 5 Sm. 10 min. 1 hr. 3 hrs. 7% 67% 50% 75% 3% WO% 4% 16% 100% 28% 25% 20% 30% 35% 80 40% 5% UMW MISSION 1. Indochina (Ho Controlled) Home Service 9 tire. 30 Mn. Press Scrutiny attl 1.00% 1200 1200 2200 2000 , 400 400 1800 1000 1100 900 100 100 500 500 SOO 700 2000 200 2000 200 700 SOO 1400 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013108107: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Percent of Total Source and Broadcast Time for Wordage Wordage Service Hours Monitored News & Commentary Filed Published WEST COAST BUREAU 1, Argentina Haas Service 35 min. 5% Foreign Service 10 min. 5% Press Service 1 hr. 5512im. 15% 1100 coo 2. Australia Home Service 15 min. 5% Foreign Service 55 min. 25% 1200 800 3. Brazil Home Service 1 hr. 25 min. 10% Press Service 1 hr. 20 min. 10% 1903 800 4. Burma Home Service ? le min. 10% 100 100 5. Chile Home Service 55 min. 10% Press Service 1 hr. 10 min. 45% 1900 1600 6. China (Com) Home Service 2 hrs. 30 min. 25% Foreign Service 20 min. 5% Press Service 3 hrs. 30 min. lOr 5600 3100 7. China (Nat) Foreign Service 1 hr. 5min. 15% Press Service 4 hrs. 40 min. 30% 2600 1300 8. Colombia Home Service 30min. 5% Press Service 15 min. 15% 500 500 9. Costa Rica Home Service 40 min. 30% 100 100 10. Guatemala Home Service 10 min. 5% 300 200 11. Hong Kong Press Service 2 hrs. 25 min. 75% 2200 300 12 India Home Service 15 min. 5% Foreign Service 5 min. 400 300 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 sum Percent of Total Source and Broadcast Time for Service Hours Monitored News & Commentary 13. Indochina Foreign Service 15 min. 5% Press Service 15 min. 10% 14. Indonesia Foreign Service 10 tin. 5% Press Service 10 min. 5% . 15. Jaren Press Service 16. Malaya Home Service Press Service 17. New Guinea Home Service 18. Neef2ealand Foreign Service 19. Peru Home Service 20. Philippines ' Home Service Press Service 7th,.. 55n. 35% 25 min. 10% 1 hr. 35 min. 15% 5min. 35% 5 Mn. 100% 20 mm. 5% 40 min. 4 hrs. 10 min. 5% 15% 21. South Africa Press Service 30 min. 75% 22. Uruguay Press Service 5 min. 10% 23.1355k Home Service 2 hrs. 50 min. 3% Foreign Service 2 hrs. 25 min. 5% Press Service 2 hrs. 35 min. 5% 24. Venezuela Home Service 40 min. 5% c,sCitE Wordage Filed Wordage Published 500 400 4700 700 1000 400 400 100 1600 100 200 6700 500 400 300 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Source and Service 1. Belgian Congo Foreign Service 2. Cuba Home Service 3. Csechosiovakia Press Service 4. Dominican Republic 5. East Germany Hours Monitored Percent of Total Broadcast Time for Wordage Wordage News& Cassentarr Filed Published EAST COAST BUREAU 20min. 5% 20 min. 1$ 2 hrs. 30 min* 25% Home Service 45 min. 5% 6. Ecuador Foreign Service 30 min. 15% 7. El Salvador Home Service 75 sin. 15% 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 200 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Finland Foreign Service 15 sin. French Equatorial Africa Foreign Service 40 sin. France Home Service 30 min. Foreign Service 3 brs. San. Press Service 19 bre. Crest Britain Foreign Service 2 bre. 5 min. Press Service 18 bra. Hungary Foreign Service 60 min. Greece Foreign Service 15 sin. Israel Foreign Service 1 hr. 15% 10% 5% 20% 30% 5% 10% 10% 5% 35% 100 (Included in figures for France) 3700 1900 3500 1500 200 100 300 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Percent of Total Source mad Broadcast Time for Wordage *Wage Service Hours Monitored Filed Published FINS & CO:Main , 13. Italy Foreign Service 90 min. 15% Press Service 2 hrs. . 25% 16. Mexico ? Home Service 25 min. 5% Press Service 2 hrs. 30 zin. 70% 700 17. Netherlands ? Foreign Service 2 bra. 10 min. 25% 1500 18. Portugal Foreign Service 2 hrs. 10 tin. 25% 1500 1200 500 19. Poland Press Service 7 hrs. 30 tin. 15% 500 20. Rumania Press Service 3 hrs. 20% 200 21. Spain Home Service 15 min. 5% Foreign Service 1 hr. 15% 400 22. Surinam Foreign Service 20 tin. 40% 100 23. Switzerland Press Service 20 tin. 50% Foreign Service 30 min. 5% 24. Sweden Foreign Service 15 tin. 15% 25. Turkey Foreign Service 1 hr. 15% 26. Uruguay Home Service 30min. 10% 27. USSR Foreign Service 4 hrs. 40 min. 5% Press Service 9 hrs. 28. The Vatican Foreign Service 29. Yugoslavia Press Service 3 hrs. 5 min. I% 200 200 230 100' 100' 2300 1500 10% 600 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized CopyApproved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Source and Service 1. Albania Foreign Service Press Service 2. 'Algeria Home Service 3. ,Austria, East Zone Home Service 4. Austria, Nast Zone Home Service 5. Belgium Home Service . 6. Bulgaria Home Service Foreign Service Press Service 7. Cyprue Foreign Service 8. Czechoslovakia Home Service Foreign Service Press Service 9. Denmark Home Service Foreign Service 10. 887Pt ' Home Service Press Service 11. Finland Home Service Foreign Service Percent of Total Broadcast Time for Wordage Wordage Hours Weltered Hews & Commentary Filed Published LONDON BUREAU 1h1. 1 hr. 50 min. 10 min. 2 bre. 30 min. 1 hr. 50 min. 40 mitt. 30% 80% lo% 40% 300 50 500 300 20% less than 50 15% 40 min. 10% 2 hrs. 30% 3 hrs. 40 min. 75% 50 min. 800 500 35% . less than 50 4 bra. 40% 3 hrs. 20% 2 his. 15 min. 35% 1 hr. 5 min. 25 min. 2 hrs. 1 hr. 10 min. 20 tin. 70% 10% 20% 35% 25% zy% 4200 3100 100 300 200 600 400 12. France Home Service 2 his. 25% Foreign Service 55 min. 5% 700 200 13. Germany, East Zone Home Service 7 hrs. 55% Prose Service 15 bre. 35 min. 100 4100 1800 gain Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 tins"- Whew Percent of Total Source and Broadcast Time for Wordage Wordage Service Hours Monitored News & Commentary Piled Published 14. Germany, Vest Zone Home Service 1 hr. 30 min. 5% Press Service 17 hrs. 20 min. 70% 3200 600 15. Greece Home Service 30 min. 5% Foreign Service 50 min. 25% 100 16. Holland Home Service 1 hr. 30 min. 35% Foreign Service 30 win. 10% 500 100 17. Hungary ? Home Service 3 hrs. 45% - Foreign Service 2 hrs. 20 min. 40% ? Press Service 1 hr. 20 min. 80% 2000 noo la. Iran Home Service AO min. 35% 500 500 19. Italy Home Service 1 hr. 35 min. 15% Foreign Service 1 hr. 45 min. 30% MO 200 20. Israel . Hams Service 1 hr. 55 min. 35% Foreign Service 2 hrs. 35 min. 100% 100 100 21. Lebanon Home Service 40min. 30% 22. Norway Home Service 1 hr. 5min. 70% 100 23. Poland Home Service . 2 hrs. 15 min. 55% Foreign Service 6 hrs. 55 min. 65% Press Service 7 hrs. 55% 2700 900 24. Portugal Home Service 40 min. 25% Foreign Service 20 min. 30% 100 25. Rumania Rome Service 1 hr. 35 Mine 40% ' Foreign Service 1 hr. 30% Press Service 3 hrs. 20 min. 35% 800 700 ? 26. Saudi Arabia Foreign Service 15 min. 25% mierr Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 WAWLAA ire Percent of Total Source and Broadcast Time for Wordage Wordage Service Hours Monitored News & Commenter,* Filed Published 27. Spain Home Service 45 min. 15% Foreign Service 1 hr. 35min. 25% 300 200 28. Spanith (Clandestine) Foreign Service 1 hr. 15 min. 25% 100 29. Sweden Home Service 1 hr. 65% Foreign Service 30 min. 45% 200 100 30. Trieste Hams Service 15 min. 5% 31. turkey Home Service 45 sin. 15% Foreign Service 1 hr. 35 tin. 25% 300 200 32. USSR Home, Regional 10 hrs. 25 min. 10% Foreign Service 63 hrs. 35 min. 95% Press Service 26 hrs. 55 min. 25% 22900 11200 33. Vatican Foreign Service 2 hrs. 15 min. 45% 100 34. Yugoslavia Home Service 2 hrs. 20 min. 15% Foreign Service 5 hrs. AO% Press Service 6 hrs. 35% mo 800 35. Yugoslavia (Clandestine) Foreign Service 1 hr. 5 min. 50% 36. White Legion (Slovak) Foreign Service 1 hr. 20 min. 70% GERMAN BURFJO 1. West Germany Home Service 2 hrs. 10 min. 10% 1800 Press Scrutiny 4300 3450 cr Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 P.., Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 MUM aja1151,P BUREAUS . MILY HOURS MONITCEtED WCtPA flIED WORDAGE PUBLISHED Ziga32 16hr . 30 win. 16,100. 5.600 Okinawa 78 hrs. 45 min. 21.200 13,400 Damp 9 bre, 30 oda. 1,500 1,400 ilatiamWk 51 bra. 25 min. 35,100 14,200 93 hrs. 40 r.. /9,400 8,000 la2 bras 20 min. 46,e50 24.500 2 bre 0 min, 6,100 3,450 * Statistical Information not received fres the Austrian and Mediterranean Bureaus. All field bureaus mill be Included in the next report. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Scrft _ Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07 : CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 4aw II. Local Services Rendered by the Fields London Jreau Daily suamaries of Western and Eastern European radio reaction to the Council of Deputy Foreign Ministers in Paris end to the major issues under discussion are made sealable to the Anerican delegation attending the Con- ference. This special service will continue for the duration of the Conference.* Daily summaries of USSR, Satellite and Oeraan broadcasts are delivered to local users in London and scot by teletype to consumers in Western Europe; i.e., Aaerican Embassy offices in London and Paris and The Rogue; 0-2, USA, Frankfurt; BICOG, Frankfurt; RICO% Berlins U. S. Delegation, Austrian Mission; North Atlantic Treaty Organisation,. etc. Tokyo Bureau All processed intercepts are sent to 0-2, USA, FEC and the intelligence ? Section, FEN, Pertinent aaterial is radioteletyped to Intelligence Information Center, MOM/ Fort Shatter. A copy of the Korean file is transmitted to U. S. Mussy, Pusan, and 6-2, Eighth Army via radioteletype. Okinawa Bureau All protested intercepts are filed to the following consumers in the Pacifies 0-2, USA, FECI Intelligence Section, MP; USARPAC, Fort Shifter, Hawaii. A copy of Peding intercepts is delivered to USIS remota vie radio-. teletype to Tokyo and thence by air courier to Foram. Korean materiel is radioteletyped to U. S. Embassy, Pusan and 0-2, runth Army via Tokyo. West Coast Bureau A copy of Peking intereepts is filed to 03-2, USA FEC. Etet Coast Bureau Daily distribution of an epidemiological bulletin of theWorld Beath ,Organisation is made to the Office of Scientific Intelligence. German Bureau Copies of ell processed material are sent to the Economic Branch and to the Radio and. Press Bremen, Office of Intelligence, RICOO. Austrian Bureau ? A daily file of selected material is tarnished the Office of the Chief of ? Staff, USFA. The complete file of the Austrian Bureau is supplied to the Intelligence Coordination Brach, USFA, and to 0.2, !WA fur, Salzburg. Mediterranean Bureau Copies of all processed Soviet turdish-language intercepts are air nailed to American Embassy offices in Tehran and Baghdad. I Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 le# 40 Next 3 Page(s) In Document Denied e Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 bjLi-Aatt:.; LI SanaWY Organizational Sessent AMERICAN NATIVE B.0.0. SEPARATIONS REASSIGXNENTS PRONOTIOOS Auth, OS. /n Process Auth, 0.0. Pros TO Within Departmental East Coast BUreau Best Coast Bureau Tokyo Bureau Okinawa Bureau Saigon Mission id/daemons= Bateau Austrian Bureau German Bureau London Bureau TOTAL *Included in Okinawa VO 6. Recomendations requiring Office of Operations action: None Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/07: CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060012-2 50X1