PROGRESS REPORT FOR MAY 1950

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00586R000300060022-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2013
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: June 5, 1950
• Content Type: MEMO

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COE IKE lAt
Assistant Director for Operations
Chief, IBM
Progress report for May 1050.
5 June 19E0
1. After the Egyptian Governavontle grudging renewal of laissea-
Passers for REIDAlbanian monitors, Albanian language coverage was
resumed at the Mediterranean Bureau on 20 Nay 1950.
2. ISpanolon and improvamett of REID coverage of Indochina has
resulted with the entrance on duty at Okinawa of the first of the
monitors recently recruited in Indochina. However, emergency cover-
age will continue in Tokyo until the second moult has arrived and
demonstrated his ability.
At the request of ORS, a special report entitled 'Prelimin-
ary Statewent of Results of Quantitative Analysis of the Trend of
0Waraindetnesse in Soviet Radio Propaganda During the Past Rear."
was prepared. A special report, "Soap Station Characteristics of
Asian Radios Ybrmorly Monitored at Raven,' vasprepared and repro..
duced
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. 4. The loss of considerable coverage of Natolibroadcasts to
Japan arising from the indefinite hospitalisation of the West Coast
Bureanis Japanese monitor has bean remedied by the tovporary
esploy-
nent of a native Japanese monitor at the Tokyo Bureau,
5. Several prospective candidates for monitoring broadcasts
in the Tibetan lapse have been lotated in Japan, and efforts are
being made to employ the most suitable candidate for regular cover-
age of the new Peking broadcast to Tibet. Atmoadeast in 'Mich ORS
and cam', Dept. of State, have expressed considerable interest,
6. The new, cotbined edition of 'Standard Broadcast Legographe
has been distributed to all fluid Bureaus, The standardisation of
broadcast identifications la REID pUblications will contribute sub-
stantially to the consistency, clarity and accuracy of theproduct.
7. Current, ideal allocation of Daily Report space, estimatel
with regard only to the comparative volume of significant material
received in Washington, is as follows:
Section tax
Air seat 83.000
USSR/Roundup 20.000
Eastern Intone 17.000
Western *rope 13.000
Near test/Africa 10.000
Latin Searles 7.000
erinikk"
ir 100,000
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0. At the request of 00 and 00 a enoond sample Riernep
ot Par tRit Radio Broadcaste hae been prepared and in in piv-
cese,of repreductlin.
0, At 00 requests a eurtiy,ot USSR weather data for the
purponeef crop titivates hiebeen Included in the sleekly USSR
and Satellite Information Abstracts.
. 10. PM table of Contenti of the Par Sait Maar Report ban
been retied to list supplementary material under thovountry of
reference.
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during Mayo
&row of IRMO-words was tiloi to the WIG
RHS: no
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