TDY, 25-29 JANUARY TO AUSTRIAN BUREAU AND COLOGNE UNIT

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• Publication Date: February 11, 1982
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Chief., Operations Group, FBIS
11 February 1982
STAT
SUBJECT: TDY, 25-29 January to Austrian
Bureau and Cologne Unit
Dear Jerry:
I must say that the people at Austrian Bureau very
vigorously belie the reputation the bureau seems to have acquired
as an "ageing bureau." Six years older they may be since I saw
them last but they look to be in great shape.
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I have continued to press the case to the B.B.C. that it must
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reduce the technical load on the bureau. We stall see. F and STAT
are, of course, concerned that the same thing will happen with
the second line that happened with the first. I am assured that
that will not be the case and that the promised fruits will fall.
Other matters discussed: 1) Kiev coverage, which the B.B.C.
would like Vienna to take back, a non-starter. Vienna is not in a
position to do so yet. Kiev reception is a b' ue
ion and will STAT
have to be cranked into an antenna study that g s is embarking
upon. As it stands now, nobody can hear it well enough to say they've
got a usable reception. 2) Kishinev reception, with B.B.C. interested
in learning whatever happened to this coverage. We picked
Dr. Niederhoffer's brains in Salzburg for a refresher on its
history and Vienna will do a reception survey. It is possible
that one early morning cast could be put on coverage but other-
wise little can be done as the Romanian monitors are fully
committed during the evening hours. 3) OPECNA coverage. B.B.C.
has lost the informal feed of the full file and is now getting
what they think is only a partial file from Broadcast House. They
are not interested in it for their own purposes. Ocon- STAT
firmed that Vienna can't get a wire feed from OPECNA, Headquarters does
not want the coverage responsibility, and I have gone to Witherow
to find out what he can do for us. In the year that we have been
taking it none of the anticipated beefing up of this file has taken
place and it is of small value as far as we can see but as a little
rough diamond in our string of coverage we should probably try to
hold on to it as best we can.
I got a good report on how sees the VCVC link STAT
working and what his goals are and was able to relay his views to
the B.B.C. on my return. A B.B.C. engineer, almost certainly Vernon
Smith, will be going to Vienna in March to make the necessary
equipment modifications of the system and will take with him the
schematics that has requested. The new configuration, STAT
proposed by the ., is to be completed b the end f
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also gave me a rundown on the recruiting scene,
which is full of the usual "Catch-22" security hazards and not
too promising.
The pending matters between us are the Kishinev survey,
VCVC II, and some indications how his antenna study came:out.
We noted that the Kiev signal has to cross Vienna to get to the
bureau, making the notion of a remote feed from the other side of the
city attractive but perhaps impossible given the political
considerations.
seems to be enjoying himself and is certainly doing an
excellent job keeping up witvagaries. He will be
sending you a memorandum on the Federal Press and Information
Office's "texts," which the DAILY REPORT seems reluctant to use
and shouldn't be. (They are texts, transcriptions of the broad-
casts, not simply the scripts.) He will also send you a summation of
what he has been getting from West German television. All is not
gloom on that front and we are getting some useful stuff from the
ad hoc coverage we have been pressing for.
It was a useful Winterreise, through snow fm m Vienna to
Cologne, rain from Cologne to Victoria.
Sincerely,
STAT
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cc: Chief, Austrian Bureau
Chief, Cologne Unit
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