LETTER OF INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00586R000300220002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2013
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 22, 1961
• Content Type: MEMO

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MENDRANDUM FOR: Bureau Chiefs
FROM : Chief, FBID
SUBJECT : Letter of Information
GENERAL
1. The dissemination of material bearing on the 22d CPSU Congress
reached unusually heavy proportions, considering the nuMber of Daily Report
supplements distributed to regular and special recipients and the special
services rendered by the Wire Service. Well over 1800 copies of each
supplement were distributed daily, with particular issues being handcarried
to various members of Congress, representatives of the National Security
Council, and to the Director. Upon request, raw teletype copies of the
speeches of ranking Soviet and foreign leaders were furnished by special
messenger to Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary of State Foy
Kohler, to CCI, and to the Air Force Warning Center. Reflecting a long
manifest upward trend, the Liaison and Requirements Staff itself dealt with
an extraordinary nulber of ad hoc requests for supplement issues and services
requiring direct dissemination rather than through PSD. Over 150 copies of
each supplement were forwarded daily from the Division.
IBIS coverage of the Moscow Party Congress prompted a letter of
commendation frost Secretary Bulk, who, in a letter to the Director, singled
out the expeditious hsrlditng of Xbrusbehev's highly illuminating speech of
16 - 17 October as an example of. the Division's "speed, accuracy, and effi-
ciency." FBI]) was informed informally that Mr. Rusk's 18 October press con-
ference remarks on Khrushchevie speech were based almost entirely on the raw
IBIS copy which vas.provided for his immediate, personal scrutiny as soon as
it readied Headquarters. 50X1
2. In accordance with a request from the President's Foreign Intelli-
gence Advisory Board, FBI]) was asked to review its role in supplying the
intelligence ca?unity with possible advance indications of the Syrian revolt
and the erection of the Berlin vall. A memorandum for the AD/0 pointed out
that while neither event was one that open propaganda could be expected to
anticipate directly, FBID (1) published extensive broadcast materials in-
dicating restiveness in Syria and tension. between Cairo and Damascus, and
(2) called attention in two SURVEY articles to increasing propaganda evi-
dence that the mass exodus of manpower into Vest Berlin was fast creating an
untenable situation for the East German regime. 50X1
3. A letter of appreciation for FB/D's analysis and collection support
of the U.S. delegation to the Laos conference in Geneva was sent to the AD/0
by the Agenc resentativevith the delegation upon his recent return to
Washington. 50X1
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4. From 19 October to 2 November FBIS prepared daily a short roundup
of foreign comment on General Maxwell Taylor's visit to South Vietnam for
incorporation in OCI's daily cable to him.
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5. is on temporary duty at the Key West 50X1
Post to evaluate and assess the scope of the current reorganization of the
Cuban domestic radio system. Preliminary information indicates that the
Cuban radio has dropped many stations and has incorporated others into a few
major networks. 50X1
6. Significant broadcasting developments during the past month includes
Radio Peking's unexplained suspension of its broadcasts in Turkish and Persian
since 8 November and a general frequency change on 30 October 1961. Also,
the Radio Moscow recorded programs rebroadcast on the Peking Rome Service
have not been heard by PBXS monitors since 23 October. Radio Peking in early
November started retransmitting a half-hour nightly program in Albanian of
Radio Tirana, beamed to North America The Radio Tirana programs formerly
were retransmitted via Radio Sofia.
7. A new Arab clandestine radio calling itself "Voice of the Arab
Nation" was heard with broadcasts attacking Jordan, Saudi Arabia and various
other Arab nations and sheikhdoms. Technical clues indicate the transmitter
is located in Egypt.
8. At the request of the Departments of State and Commerce and the
United States Information Agency, the Field Operations Staff agreed to pro-
vide figures over the next several months on the number of radio trans-
mitters operating in each foreign country. The data will be supplied on a
country-by-country basis as parallel work is completed on the revised edition
of Broadcasting Stations of the World.
9. The IBM runs for "Broadcasting Stations of the
World" have been completed by OCR. The material is being turned over to
Printing Services Division which will negotiate the printing contracts with
the Government Printing Office. The publication should be ready for dis-
tribution in February 1962.
10. Sunday publication of the USSR and East Europe Daily Report,
initiated 3 September, was discontinued as of 29 October Similar publi-
cation of the Far East and the Middle East, Africa, and West Europe Daily
'cat had been discontinued after the 1 October issues.
11. Of 237 items included in the Current Intelligence Digest during
October? 62 (26 percent) were based wholly or in part on FBIS monitoring.
(Secret)
12. During the month, 88 percent of Daily Report pages were devoted to
broadcast and 12 percent to press scrutiny.
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13. Chief, Engineering Staff, FBIS, is currently
making an inspection visit to the African Bureau. Visits to the London, Med-
iterranean Austrian and German Bureaus are also on itinerary. 50X1
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14. On 8 November the Far East Section of the Daily Report assumed re-
sponsibility for the editing of HOC TAP articles and lengthy items from other
periodicals received from the Saigon Bureau before passing them to FDD for
publication. This measure was taken to expedite servicing of copy and to
facilitate early publication. 50X1
PROPAGANDA ANALYSIS COMENT
1. Radio Propaganda Reports issued:
a. "Algeria: Statements at CPSU Congress Project More Active
Role for Communist Party,
b. "The 22d CPSU Congress: The Attack on the 'Antiparty Group'"
2. A propaganda analysis item on the FBI'S Wirt lined up the nonbloc
communist party spokesmen at the CPSU congress in terms of their treatment
of the attack on Albania.
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3. Two typescript memoranda, on "Soviet Views on the Importance of Sur-
prise Attack" and on "Conflict Between Welfare and Defense Goals in Current
THE SOVIET STRATEGIC MILITARY POSTURE, 1961 - 1967.
Soviet Policy," were prepared at ONE's request in support of SNIE 11-14-61,
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4. RPB participated in an ad hoc Agency committee set up to prepare
material for the President's guidance in an interview to be granted IZVESTIYA
Editor Alexei Adzhabei, on the Soviet Union's initiative. The branch contri-
bution consisted of some general suggestions regarding points the President
might wish to stress in the light of current Soviet political developments,
together with a brief review of current Soviet propaganda themes that could
affect the Character and tone of the questions put by Mr. Adzhabei.
5. Two sets of Soviet statements were assembled for OCI from the 50X1
brandh's War Themes card file: (1) all statements by Soviet Presidium
members and military leaders on the effect of radioactivity in a nuclear war,
and (2) all latrushchev statements since 1957 that have singled out West
Germany in discussing the consequences of a nuclear war or in threatening
retaliation against a nuclear attack.
6. As of 15 November, 152 analyses of communist propaganda had been
cabled to the U.S. delegation at the Geneva conference on Laos.
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7. Receipt of the text of a 12 November RUDE MVO dispatch from
pama:;cus commenting on internal Syrian affairs was appreciated by RPB. In
lifIht of the continuing scarcity of communist radio comment on developments
within Syria, filing of future such items from the East European press will
be welcomed.
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EDITORIAL COMMINT
GENERAL
1. To facilitate production and printing of the Daily Report, stencils
for the Far East book are now being released to the Printing Services Division
shortly after noon rather than at the end of the workday, as formerly. Except
under unusual circumstances, copy intended for the current issue must arrive
at headquarters by 1500 GMT on the day of publication.
2. Field editors are warned against integrating into monitored material
as editor's notes any observations involving speculation, interpretation,
analysis, or generalization. Observations of a substantive nature, un-
related to the pure meehan4ea of interception and translation, should be filed
as m's -- and to headquarters only -- so as to permit advance screening by
supervisory personnel. Generalizations in such FYI's should be as fully
documented as possible, and any speculations should be clearly indicated as
such. These precautions are designed not to discourage intelligent ini-
tiative in the field but to prevent possible embarrassment from general pub-
lication and lateral dissemination of observations subject to doubt, disagree-
ment, or controversy.
3. There are times when official concern over vital issues make it
necessary for headquarters to doublecheck and even triplecheck with the field
against the remotest possibility of error or misinformation. Bureaus are
requested to accept the inevitability of such queries and not to interpret
them as any reflection of a lack of reliance on field personnel. As indicated
elsewhere in this Letter, errors of misinterpretation may result from camsun-
ications and mechanical factors as well as from inadvertence. A major ob-
jective in seeking assurances from the field is to eliminate uncertainty and
fortify headquarters against outside queries.
4. Items of impcatance, particularly initial reaction to major world
develorments, should not be handled as briefs. In some circumstances they
may even merit fast handling as Fit's in advance of normal processing.
5. Failure to observe proper procedures in the servicing of corrections
on filed copy continues to be a problem. Following is a review of pertinent
elements involved:
a. Whether a correction results from bureau initiative or
from a query by a lateral consumer or by headquarters, it
should normally be made available to all recipients involved.
b. Corrections should be submitted in accordance with
Editorial Handbook instructions and should be independently
responsive to the specific queries they answer, though
references may be made to previous messages pertinent to
the query.
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c. The hazards of communications include not only the
loss or delay of previous messages, but the possibility of
mechanical defects in the sending and/or receiving machines.
For example, the originator's teleprint copy may be faultless,
but an error involving a key word, gap, or significant
punctuation may have occurred in transmission. Therefore,
expressions such as "sentence is confirmed as sent" mean
only that the original teleprint copy was checked and con-
firmed. They do not confirm that teleprinter and trans-
mitter were functioning in perfect harmony at the time of
sending, nor that the copy as received escaped damage en
route.
African Bureau
The number of publishable items received from Kaduna in October showed
a 75 percent increase over that of the previous month and was double the
output in Arne and July.
ENGLNEERnIG AND FIELD OPERATIONS
1. An alarm system for the Dictaphone magnetic belt recorders has been
developed and is being tested. Its purpose is to give warming if the unit
fails to record. Bureaus will be advised When complete information is avail-
able.
2. African Bureau
a. Work has not progressed as rapidly as expected on the
Operations Building. However, electronic wiring should begin
by 1 December 1961. The security vault door has been installed,
and installation of aluminum window sash has been completed.
Electric cables have been run to the guard building.
b. One house has been completed and a second nearly com-
pleted. Laying of terrazzo floors has begun in houses three
and four. All housing should be completed by the end of the
year.
3. Okinawa Bureau
a. The editorial and teletype roam extension is 6o percent
complete. Exterior shotcrete and interior plaster work has
been completed and the former exterior wall has been removed.
new window sash has been installed.
b. Work on protective entranceways for north and east
doors has been started.
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c. Preparation of detailed plans, specifications and cost
estimates for reconstruction of the typhoon-ravaged Bolo Point
code operators' BOQ are in progress.
4. The London Bureau elevator project is underway. The excavation for
the elevator foundations is complete and the concrete floor has been laid.
Steel work for the motor housing at the top of the shaft is scheduled for
completion on 25 November 1961. The erection of four steel legs for the
elevator shaft is scheduled to begin on 11 December 1961.
5. Requests for routine filing of information to non-FBIS
recipients should be referred to headquarters for approval before compliance.
6. Field editors are reminded of the continuing and growing importance
of raw-cow dissemination in FBIS Headquarters distribution pattern. One of
the principal channels for this distribution is through the Liaison and Re-
quirements Staff, and it is therefore important for field editors to review
periodically the list of continuing requirements which call for "Copy to
Liaison" slugging. It should be noted also that field editors need not
flag items for Liaison in response to wirefiled targets or those appearing
on the weekly list unless asked specifically to do so in the target instruc-
tions.
AtteraSTRATION
1. Financial Status Reports are to be completed at the end of each
month. The report should be forwarded to arrive in Headquarters not later
than the tenth of each succeeding month.
2. Any employee who uses his privately owned vehicle for official
business within his permanent post of duty or the suburbs thereof may claim
reimbursement for mileage at not to exceed the maximum rates prescribed in
Section 3.5b of the Standardized Government Travel Regulations. Such claims,
when approved by the Bureau Chief as being advantageous to the Government,
may be certified for payment.
3. Effective immediately household effects will be furnished all
transferees's... to the Mediterranean Bureau. Detailed list of items to be
furnished will be made available to all Bureaus in the near future. The
maximum weight allowances for shipment and storage of effects can be ob-
tained on page 15 of FBIS Regulation 22.
4. The following FBIS regulatory issuances were disseminated:
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Competitive Promotion
Fitness Report
Revision of pages 11 & 121 addition
of page 12.11 and revision of pages
3, Ii, 4.12 7 & 8, 11 & 12 of SOTR
Revision of pages 31 4, and addition
of page 4.1
Reporting of Conversations
Subject
Postage Stamps - Procurement &
Accounting
Bureau Addresses
Return Shipments to the U. S.
Rescission of IBIS Regulations
Public Service Aid Society
PERSONNEL !TOTES
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(Correction)
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Teletype Operator
Editorial Branch
Reassignments
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9 October 1961
4 October 1961
12 September 1961
22 September 1961
25 September 1961
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21 September 1961
25 September 1961
27 September 1961
28 September 1961
2 October 1961
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West Coast Bureau
Clerk Typist
West Coast Bureau
Teletype Operator
Editorial Branch
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Editorial Branch
Chief
Field Operations Staff
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East Coast Bureau
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Editorial Branch (Military)
Propaganda Analyst
Radio Propaganda Branch (Military)
Teletype Operator
Editorial Branch (Military)
Editor
Editorial Branch
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West Coast Bureau
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