MONTHLY REPORT--JORDAN BUREAU--NOVEMBER 1982

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00040R000100060002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 6, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report--Jordan Bureau--November 1982
Editorial/Monitorial
1. Jordan Bureau began daily coverage of the new Palestinian
radio broadcasting from Baghdad, Voice of the PLO, on 1 November,
its first day of experimental transmission. Although reception
was generally fair, the new radio, which utilizes existing Iraqi
facilities, initially suffered from some interference from Moscow.
However, reception improved significantly after 18 November, when
the Voice of the PLO switched to a different frequency, thus
avoiding the interference problem. With consistently good reception
in Amman, after the frequency change, the station is proving
very productive, even during its experimental period of 1 hour
of broadcasting per day. According to a Saudi newspaper and other
reports, beginning early in the new year the Voice of the PLO is
to extend its broadcast and begin utilizing a new transmitter
located in western Iraq, near the border with Jordan.
2. At the request of FCS, Jordan and Gulf bureaus conducted
reception checks of the Voice of Palestine and Voice of the PLO
broadcasts emanating from Baghdad, San'a' and Aden to determine
whether there would be any advantage to trading coverage respon-
sibilities.. Reception of the programs at Jordan Bureau was
consistently fair or better throughout the 8-22 November exercise.
Recruiting efforts to bring the Bureau's monitoring staff up
to T/O took a small step forward in November with completion of
testing and interviewing of a promising Arabic monitor candidate,
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began preemployment processing in
the last few days of November and is expected to EOD in December.
Bureau staffers received their new General Electric PE-66
personal radios for use in the Embassy communications network
during November. The five new radios--one for each of four
staffers and one for the office--replaced similar units on
loan to FBIS from the Embassy.
III. VISITS
To the Bureau:
1. Chief of the Administrative Staff,
7-10 November for familiarization and consultation.
2. (Deputy Chief of Operations Group,
17-20 November for management inspection.
Attachment: Production Report
Distribution:
Orig & 3 w/att Addressee
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1 w/att - NC
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began preemployment processing in
the last few days of November and is expected to EOD in December.
Bureau staffers received their new General Electric PE-66
personal radios for use in the Embassy communications network
during November. The five new radios--one for each of four
staffers and one for the office--replaced similar units on
loan to FBIS from the Embassy.
III. VISITS
To the Bureau:
1. Chief of the Administrative Staff,
7-10 November for familiarization and consultation.
2. (Deputy Chief of Operations Group,
17-20 November for management inspection.
Attachment: Production Report
Distribution:
Orig & 3 w/att Addressee
1 w/att - MJN file
1 w/att - NC
1 - TA
1 GF
A
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
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