LETTER OF INSTRUCTION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00586R000300190010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2013
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 9, 1960
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Bureau Chiefs
FROM: Chief, FBIS
SUBJECT:
GENERAL
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Letter of Instruction
Developments on the African Project during the month:
9 March 1960 AlaN
a. The Secretary of State directed the US Ambassador, London, to
open negotiations for an agreement with the British and Nigerian
Governments to cover establishment of the FBIS station at Kaduna.
b. Preparation of building plans by FBIS and Real Estate and
Construction Division engineers continued.
presently Chief, Hokkaido Bureau was
chosen as Chief of the new station. Be was directed to depart
from Hokkaido on 10 March 1960 and to report to Headquarters
on 28 March to receiTe neressarv nrientation and guidance for
his new assignment.
2. Kurdish monitor applicant living in New York,
accepted an offer of FBIS employment on Cyprus as a contract employee.
Pending security clearance he will continue his employment with ICA- Another
promising Kurdish monitor applicant was located by the London Bureau, which
was authorized to hit employment, after obtaining his pro-
visional clearance.
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3. The Okinawa Bureau cruising monitor, was sent to
Saigon for three weeks WY to assist in determining Indonesian/Ms/ay
coverage for the newly assigned Indonesian monitor. Soon after the arrival
of the Indonesian monitor in Saigon, the Central Sumatra Revolt:nor_
Radio appeared after being unheard for almost four months.
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4. The Panama Post was authorized to utilize its teletypist,
as a Spanish monitor during and immediately after the President's
South American tour, to permit the most to increase coverage of the
Caribbean area commitment.
5. A special report was prepared for the AAD/0 on the Cambodian
dissident "Ebner Freedom Mbvement" station. In addition, the Broadcast
Information Section has advised DDP/FE daily on the activities of the
station.
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6. On 9 February a special service was initiated at the request of
the Tokyo Bureau on behalf of its local customers. The request embraces
the selection and relay to Tokyo by Headquarters of Soviet leader speeches
and statements, official policy pronouncemerits key editorials, etc.,
filed by the London Bureau, which deal with the Far East in general and
Japan in particular Handling procedure is to refile on the .Washington-
Tokyo allocated circuit any items in these categories previpusly carried
on the FBIS Wire Service.
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7. Of 273 items included in OCI's Current Intelligence Digest during
February, 69 (2 percent) were based wholly or in part on IBIS monitoring.
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8. By way of information and to impress upon field personnel the
impact made by their daily professional contributions, we should like to
call attention to the wide-ranging distribution given to IBIS' publications.
The figures given below are current and are cited here to emphasize the
dependency of the intelligence community upon IBIS as an overt collector
of intelligence information, and to point up the vital role field personnel
play as the initial source in this collection process. The Breakdown:
Publication Copies Consumers
The Daily Report
USSR & EE 686 162
ME & WE 556 149
LA 297 91
FE 609 159
White Book 673 369
2821 980 Totals
World Reaction Report 594 92
Trends of Communist Bloc 341 83
Broadcasts
Limy of Communist Bloc 403 101
Broadcasts
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Publication Copies Consumers
Radio Propaganda Report 491 98
Operational Developments 243 62
Station and Program Notes 243 62
Program Schedules
I (Communist World) 221 52
II & Americas) 203 49
III (Africa, Free Asia 206 49
and Oceania)
Economic Information Cards
USSR 24 (sets) 17
FE 27 (sets) 15
Broadcasting Stations 250 (sets)
of the World
The daily production and distribution of more than 2,800 copies of the
Daily Report make it by far the biggest job our printers handle on a daily
basis. Not only do they handle the mimeograph printing job, but also the
packaging and all preparations for local, out-ef.-etown, overseas-airmail, and
diplomatic pouch deliveries. This entire viduction job is handled between
4:00 p.m. and midnight every workday by a -,..aff of 11 persons.
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PROPAGANDA ANALYSIS COMMENT
1. Radio Propaganda Reports (B.:spensible analyst indicated in
parentheses):
a. "Soviet Views on National Sovereignty in Outer Space"
b. "Soviet Propaganda on Reconnaissanzz! Satellites," requested by OCB
and by the Special Ass -the Secretary of State for Disarma-
ment and Atomic Energy
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2. Propaganda Analysis Items on the FBIS Wire (responsible analyst
indicated in parentheses):
a. "TRUrsaws_Aeeldent Resulting from SAC Airborne Alert Could Trigger
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b. "East Germans Imply
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d. "Bloc Reaction to the President's Latin American Tour"
Warsaw Pact Support for GDR Rocket Weapons"
"Sovier Difficulties of the Orthodox Iraqi Communist
Party"
3. New RPB Special Services:
a. Al]. references to disarmament in Khrushchev's speechek;since
January 1959 were assembled for the Agency representative with
the US delegation preparing for the March disarmament negotiations.
b. Published RPB reports on the Soviet propaganda effort against the
Shah of Iran were forwarded to the Bohlen Soviet affairs staff at
the State Department, as a first step in meeting a requirement--
in preparation for the May summit talks--for evidence of how Soviet
propaganda belies its talk of coexistence.
c. A memorandum summing up satellite propaganda attitudes toward the
Tibetan revolt and the Sino-Indian border dispute was prepared
for ONE.
d. A report on the clandestine "National Voice of Iran" was prepared
for PP Staff, updating two November 1959 reports for the same
requestor on communist clandestine radios.
e. Two special services were rendered to members of Congress through
the Office of the Legislative Counsel:
(1) a review of Moscow's Arabic-language treatment of Israel
and of the recent West German anti-Semitic incidents, for
Senator Dodd; and
(2) a memorandum on bloc propaganda treatment of the US
chemical and biological warfare program, for Representative
Kastenmeier.
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f. RPB 'a card index of Soviet leaders! statements on "war themes"
was made available-to a staff researcher tram the Office of the
Secretary of the Air Force.
4. Continuing Special Services:
a. Propaganda-analysis report No. 132 on the Geneva nuclear test:-
ban talks
at the
5. The following
late March and April
a. Soviet
opment
talks.
was sent
talks.
are
(responsible
Propaganda
to ,CCI on 19 February for the US delegation
among Radio Propaganda Reports projected for
analyst indicated in parentheses):
on the German Question--reviewing thedevel-
et position in anticipation of the 'summit
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b. Bloc Propaganda
on the Chinese Communes--in response to a
continuing-OCIrequiiement
satelii
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n questions
for studies of'where.the irarious
oscow and.
at issue bebween.M d
Peking.
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c. Evolution of Khrudhchevion
the Transition to Cam-
munism--a researCh
study.?
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d. Soviet Outer-Space Projects and Programming: December ].959-
March 1960-in a regular series nf?cruarterly reports for OSI's
'GuidedtHissiles
Division
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e: Soviet Propaganda on Civil Defenses-smiannual repo
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6. Field Support of the Radio Propaganda Branch
a. The Okinawa Bureau' is interpretation of the new guidance on the
:weekly raandups of CPR regional broadcasts has been very satis-
factory. The reViad :fbrmat has made the roundups considerably
? more useful to RPB, and it is hoped that there will also be a
saving of time at the Bureau. '
b. Compilers of the Peking commentary lists are reminded again of
the neceisity for clear descriptions of items that have not been
processed. One recent listing, for example, referred to "a
report on U.K. press exposure of U. S. plot to gain time from
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East-West conference to boost military position." Analysts
could not tell what conference was meant (the current test-ban
talks, the projected disarmament talks, the coming summit talks,
or simply negotiations in general). Another recent listing
included a four-minute item described simply as "on Taiwan,"
leaving it entirely unclear whether or not the key issue of
"liberation" was involved.
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EDITORIAL BRANCH COMMENT '
General
1. During February 82 percent of Daily Report Pages were devoted to
radio material.
2. a. has
Section of the Daily Report vice
fer to Hokkaido Bureau.
110" rtom00 nftting Chief of. the Far East
who Is Orienting for trans-
b..Unaolicited reaction roundups filed by various bureaus in
connection:withthe French atomic test in the Sahara end President Eieen-
hower'e tour of Latin Amer/a were appreciated bytelly-RepOrteditors
and proved. particularly useful to the Projects Editor in preparing daily
briefings and the "pink Sheet."
c. With the curtailment by Cornettist China of foreign subscrip-
tionito its domestic publicatiOns, the intelligence community is relying
more heavily than ever on FBIS sources forinformation on CPR internal
affairs, particularly economic data. 'Editors are accordingly alerted to
the need for increased processing of Communist Chinese economic materials,
both for Daily!Report pniblication and as econceic.dhstracts.
ENGINEERING Ax6 FIELD OPERATIONS
,l. The TeChnical Material Corporation long and medium-wave multi-
coupler continues to be in operatiOnal demand at the lest Coast Bureau.
,TIC has assured MIS that the' *mit can be retained for test and trial
purposes for as long as required., which assures improved intercept of
Cuban medium wave transmissions during the current critical period in,
that country. The multicoupler meets or betters ISIS technical Speci-
fications. .
2. In support of television monitoring, a Polaroid Nbdel 95A still
camera was tested. TV reception in the )tic. EMIlding approximates
fringe area reception,
t *kith is about what CAA be expected. at overseas
bureaus, yet good P id.ureilyith lair detail were made using the Polaroid
system. Polaroid cameras prOdnce prints in one minute, Which would be
of value in monitoring soie types of TV programs, but would not, fully
replace the Robat Star camera :with its rapid sequence pitture-takinj.
feature' of thirty-six to fifty times on one roll of film. Poleroiii
Motel 95A cameras are being requisitioned for the German, Austrian an
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3. Study of plans and estimates for extension of the operations
building at the Okinawa Bureau was begun during the month. The addition
will provide shop and storage facilities adjacent to the main radio roam
and release an area in the north administrative wing for a first aid room,
an expanded kitchen/dining facility and expanded administrative office
apace.
4. Recent misuse of the precedent (00)1 operational immediate,
by some bureaus, suggests that bureaus should review instruction con-
cerning use of message precedents.
5. Bureaus are reminded that a word of explanation as to the reasons
for the deletion of a program should be made on the semi-monthly coverage
change report, if such reasons are not obvious from other information
contained in the report.
6. Bureaus are reminded that programs listed in the FBIS coverage
schedule, with priority rating 21 3, or 4, and indicating specific days
covered, must be recorded regardless of Whether or not the belt is
processed. Bureaus desiring to retain priority 2, 3, and 4, programs
on coverage and not record the program, should revise coverage listings
to indicate days covered as "irregular."
7. During February the Broadcast Information Section prepared the
following special reports for the FBIS vire:
a. the inauguration of Portuguese broadcasts by Radio Bucharest.
b. the inauguration of a powerful mediumwave station in South-
west China by Radio Peking for broadcasts to Southeast Asia.
c. the return to the air of the Cambodian dissident Ihner
Freedom" station.
d. the reappearance et Russian broadcasts on Radio Teheran.
e. the inauguration of FLU 'Voice of Algerian Republic"
broadcasts on the Tunis Shortwave station.
8. All essential operating positions at the West Coast Bureau were
changed over to the new Dictalog (Magnetic belt) recording and transcri-
bing equipment early in February. Minor equipment modifications are still
to be made.
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ADMINISTRATION
1. Bureaus are requested to acknowledge administrative messages
within 24 hours of receipt, stating When full answer can be expected, if
message connot be completely answered within that period of time.
2. Bureaus are requested to direct all property and inventory
inquiries, except those regarding technical and electronics equipment,
to the Chief, Administrative Staff.
3. Bureaus are reminded that replaced vehicles are to be disposed
of within a reasonable time (60-90 days) after the replacement vehicle
is received. Circumstances requiring an exception to this rule should
be set forth in a memorandum or wire to the Chief, MIS.
4. If the effective date of a Step Increase for an alien employee
is delayed, a statement regarding the reason for the delay must accompany
the Step Increase action to Headquarters.
5. The following FBIS regulatory issuances were released during the
month of February:
. PERSONNEL CHANGES
1. New Einployees in IBIS
Assignment
librarian
Editorial Br.
Clerk Typist
RPB
Custodian
ECB
Secretary
RPB
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1. New Employees in FBIS
2. Reasstgnments
3. Separations
Assignment
Monitor
ECB
:Analyst
RPB
Clerk Typist
Editorial Br.
Teletypist
Editorial Br.
From To
Editor
Editorial Br.
Editor
WCB
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Secretary
Engineering St.
Teletypist
Editorial Br.
Secretary
Editorial Br.
Monitor
ECB
Clerk Typis
WCB
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