DISCUSSED WITH JOHN RAE SEVERAL OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00868R000100040025-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2007
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• Publication Date: June 27, 1980
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1 . DISCUSSED' WITH JOHN RAE;.'SEVE-RAL OF- THE 'ITEMS THAT ARE
PENDING FROM THE LAST BBC-FBIS COORDINATION :MEETING AS REFLECTED
IN THE MINUTES. THESE ITEMS .WERE ALSO. REFLECTED 'I.W. YOUR ADVANCE
WORK PLAN OF NOVEMBER LAST YEAR AND I.N' MY.. CURRENT, ', O`NE... SUMMATION
OF POINTS FOLLOW.
A. MUTUAL OPERATION WITH ALL-INDIA'RADIO.:. NOT BEING
PURSUED AT MOMENT ON FCO ADVICE. BELIEF, STILL.I,STHAT INDIA
WILL HAVE NONE OF IT. ISLAMABAD MAKES. IT, LN ADDITION, A LESS
URGENT MATTER. RAE TOOK MY POINT. THAT IT:MIGHT 8E WORTH PURSUING
IF ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING ANOTHER COOPERATI'VE EFFORT ON OUR
BOOKS BUT REMAINS CONVINCED NOW 'IS NOT, :THE TIME-:TO_ Z O IT.
B. RECORDING' OPERATION IN TURKEY. T:HE FCO,::IN ADDITION TO
RULING OUT ANY RECORDING.. OPERATION iN TEHRAN', ALSO...-,.RULED OUT ANY-
THING IN TURKEY. THE BRITISH A1BASSADOR..'.WOULD.',NOT?'EVE,N LET A
SURVEY BE CONDUCTED. "WHAT IS,'THE:,POINT? E-VEN; I F,; THE" SURVEY
RESULTS ARE PROMISING, I WON'T LET 'VOU`W SEND,,-ANYB`ODY? HERE
C. EMERGENCY NORTH AFRICAN. COVERAGE. RAE HAS PURSUED THIS
WITH MUD AND HAS IDENTIFIED SITE FROM WHICH AN EMERGENCY MONITOR-
ING OPERATION COULD BE MOUNTED IN GIBRALTER.
D. BRUSSELS AUDIO FEEDS. STILL I1 THE MILL AND TO BE
CONDUCTED ON PLANNED SCHEDULE. HAVING ENOUGH STAFF TO DO THE JOB
PROMPTLY IS A CONCERN, HOWEVER. (MY COMMENT:, PERHAPS WE CAN
HELP IN THIS WHEN THE TIME COMES.., TO SUMMARIZE THE' MATERIAL ON
THE FEEDS.)
E. SALISBURY OPERATION. I PUT OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT SALIS-
BURY TO RAE, AND THIS TIME GOT A MORE RECEPTIVE RESPONSE THAN
LAST. HE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE IT UP WITH HIS SUPERIORS AND LET
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US KNOW. THE ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE AL
\NG THE LINES BROACHED IN
THE EARLIER CONVERSATION WITH BRONSON AND ME, A JOINT VENTURE
WITH THE LILONGWE COSTS OFF-SETTING; SOME OF:,.,THE SALISBURY COSTS.
2. RVW 27 JUN 86.
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