INFORMATION FOR DDCI TRIP TO INDIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85-00024R000500320006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 13, 1982
• Content Type: REPORT

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Iiy'FORbZATION FOR DDCI TRIP TO INDIA
The Indians have a radio monitoring service (IT`tS). It is part of
A11 India Radio and, presumably, is modeled on the BBC Monitoring Service..
j~'e have virtually no recent information on this service. At one time,
the II~~S was located in Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, about
the 7,000 foot level. Their antenna field ~~?as located about 1,000 feet
higher and, according to outdated BBC information, had an extended rang
of audibility. Iti_n~ch of their listening i~aas concentrated on China. Thy:
apparently produced their transcripts in English.
In 1979 a senior FBIS officer asked the then Head of BBC External
Service to contact the IrtiS, during a visit the latter was making to
India, with the idea that an exchange of information in some ford migh~
be possible. He found that the IMS ~ti~as in the process of relocating tc
Delhi. 1'~~ether or not the anteruia field also was being relocated ti-.as
not learned. The Indians suggested that BBC return for further talks
after the relocation was corpleted. BBC did not have expectations of
this contact developing into anything productive, oitiing to Airs. Gandhi
intense dislike of the BBC, and did not follow through.. n
An exchange of overt monitored information with the Indians is an
idea that may still be worth pursuing, but we need an updated descriptiLn
of the assets and capabilities of the IA~S. The subject of a possible
visit to the I1~1S by a representative from FBIS t,Tould be worth exploring.
DDS~T/FBLS/E~PS/
~13Sep82)
Distribution:
Orig - EO/DDS~T
1 - D/FBIS
1 - Ei~PS Chrono
~j~- FBIS Registry
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