JORDAN BUREAU MONTHLY REPORT - JUNE 1982

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2008
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• Publication Date: July 1, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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1 July 1982
MJN-8210
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Jordan Bureau Monthly Report - June 1982
A. Ambassador Viets called a special meeting of
Embassy staff and their dependents on 24 June to discuss
the Lebanese situation and the possible impact it might
have on the Embassy and U.S. citizens in Jordan. While
saying that no trouble was expected, the Ambassador advised
people to take special precautions on the way to and from
work and to ensure that they were thoroughly familiar with
the Embassy security procedures.
B. A march by students on the Embassy never got off
the ground 30 June when they found that there were as many
security men at the appointed gathering place as there were
students.
C. An increase in the number of military personnel
assigned to the Defense Attache's Office threatened to present
a space problem within the Embassy until the Ambassador came
up with what he thought was the perfect solution--have seven
AID personnel move in with FBIS for 6 months, or even perma-
nently. The grand plan called for two people to take over
the secretary's office, another the kitchen, a third the
technician's shop and three more plus the displaced tech the
shipping and property offices next door simply by punching a
couple of doors through the cement wall. Both the FBIS Chief
and the AID Director throught it was a "terrific" plan and
immediately began gathering facts and figures to scuttle it.
Two days later the Ambassador conceded defeat but no one is
quite sure whether he did it because it was cheaper to rent
AID office space rather than remodeling FBIS or because he
didn't cotton to 18 hungry Arabs grumbling at him.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Following the attack on the Israeli ambassador
in the UK and the subsequent Israeli attack on Beirut, Duty
Editor contacted the DCM at the American
School baseball field, informed him of the situation and then
met him upon his arrival at the Embassy with the relevant
STAT
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material organized and the most important passages marked.
She then assisted him in establishing his priorities and
contacting the appropriate people. In appreciation, the
DCM sent a memo to FBIS commending for her "excellent STAT
support."
2. As of 4 June, the Bureau expanded its operating
hours in order to cover Syrian media from sign-on to sign-
off, and from 9-13 June was operating 24 hours a day during
the height of the Lebanese crisis.
3. Since 7 June, VOP has been inaudible here,
resulting in Nicosia assuming our evening coverage of VOP
while we have been taking its Cairo MENA and Domestic Service
from 0500 to 2200 GMT. In addition, Gulf has assumed our
coverage of Santa Domestic and SUNA.
4. The Embassy in Damascus became so inundated with
material during the Lebanese war that a minimize on all traffic
was put into effect. However, after FBIS cut way back on its
filing, the Embassy realized just how much it depended on FBIS
material, saying that the lack of it hampered its own reporting,
and requested that we resume filing on the Lebanese crisis and
Syria immediately.
5. Various offices in the Embassy here have also
expressed appreciation for FBIS material. The Political Section
passed all material on military movements to the DAO, which found
it invaluable in plotting the progress of the war on its wall
map. The Ambassador also praised FBIS, singling it out at
a country team meeting for its-"excellent support" and "timely
reporting" during the current crisis.
6. As a result of the Lebanese crisis, three times
the usual amount of teletype paper was used during the month.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. Chief Monitor
2. Monitor
received a 25-year pin. STAT
was promoted to FSN 9/3.
STAT
3. Monitor) (married a former Bureau STAT
monitor on 6 June, but quickly rejected suggestions that he
postpone his honeymoon until the conclusion of the Lebanese
crisis.
4. Technician) was selected to STAT
attend the foreign national familiarization week in Headquarters
in September.
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5. Teletypist was operated on for an STAT
infected cyst on 24 June and is scheduled to be out of work
three weeks.
A. FBIS staff houses are the first in the Embassy to be
equipped with water purification systems, thereby eliminating
the need to boil water and pour it through candle filters
before drinking it.
STAT
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JORDAN BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR JUNE 1982
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL
PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
221,440
TOTAL
HON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
741290
TOTAL
NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
899
BROAD
PRESS PUBLI
[I.
INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: CASTS
AGENCIES CATIONS
(MINUTES OR ISSUES PER WEEK) 71965
20,835 57
[II.
OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
BAHRR I N
MANAMA WAK.H IN
ARABIC
CLANDESTINE (IRAN AND IRAQ)
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF IRANIAN KORDESTRN IN
BRHDI.NRNI KURDISH
0
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF IRANIAN KORDESTRN IN
SURANI KURDISH
0
(CLANDESTINE)
ARABIC
VOICE OF IRAQI PEOPLE IN
920
(CLANDESTINE)
ARABIC
VOICE OF IRAQI KURDISTAN IN
0
(CLANDESTINE)
RAHDINRNI
VOICE OF IRAQI KURDISTAN IN
KURDISH
0
(CLANDESTINE)
VOICE OF IRAQI KURDISTAN IN
SURANI KURDISH
460
(CLANDESTINE)
ARABIC
VOICE OF IRAQI REVOLUTION IN
0
(CLANDESTINE)
BAHDINRNI
VOICE OF IRAQI REVOLUTION IN
KURDISH
O
(CLANDESTINE)
VOICE OF IRAQI REVOLUTION IN
SURANI KURDISH
90
CLANDESTINE (LEVANT)
(CLANDESTINE)
ARABIC
VOICE OF PALESTINE IN
4350
(CLANDESTINE)
ENGLISH
VOICE OF PALESTINE IN
320
EGYPT
CAIRO DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
1130
CAIRO MENA IN
ARABIC
23890
FRANCE
PARIS AL-MUSTAQBAL IN
ARABIC
PARIS AL-WATRN RL-'RRRBI IN
ARABIC
1948
IRAQ
BAGHDAD VOICE OF THE MASSES IN
ARABIC
1230
BAGHDAD DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
28270
BAGHDAD DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
BAHDINRNI KURDISH
0
BAGHDAD DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
SURANI KURDISH
0
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.. ARABIC
BAGHDAD INA IN
ENGLISH 1210
BAGHDAD AL-JUMHURIYAH IN
ARABIC 0
BAGHDAD RTH-THAWRAH IN
ARABIC 0
ISRAEL
JERUSALEM IN
ARABIC TO THE ARAB WORLD 3870
,JERUSALEM AL-FAJR IN
ARABIC 0
,JERUSALEM AL-MITHRQ IN
ARABIC 0
JERUSAELM AL--.?GDS IN
ARABIC 0
JERUSALEM ASH-SHA'B IN
ARABIC 0
,JERUSALEM AT-TALIA'H IN
ARABIC 0
JORDAN
AMMAN DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC 23660
AMMAN DOMESTIC TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ARABIC 3720
AMMAN DOMESTIC TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ENGLISH 0
AMMAN PETRA-JNR IN
ARABIC 2210
AMMAN AD-DUSTUR IN
ARABIC 760
AMMAN RKHBRR AL-USBU' IN
ARABIC 0
AMMAN AL-UFUQ IN
ARABIC 0
AMMAN AR-RR'Y IN
ARABIC 1510
AMMAN JORDAN TIMES IN
ENGLISH 5000
MONACO
MONTE CARLO RADIO MONTE CARLO IN
ARABIC 21360
QATAR
DOHA QNA I N
ARABIC 930
SUDAN
KHARTOUM SUNA IN
ARABIC 530
KHARTOUM SUNA IN
ENGLISH 0
SYRIA
:BAMASCUS DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC 35590
DAMASCUS DOMESTIC TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ARABIC 8780
DAMASCUS SRNA IN
ARABIC 1590
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ABU DHABI WAM IN
ARABIC 0
UNITED KINGDOM
LONDON REUTER IN
ENGLISH 7330
YEMEN (YAR)
SAN'A' DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC _1350
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COMMUNICATIONS REPORT
1. Total wirefiled FBIS wordage during June 1982 was 295,730,
an increase of 100,030 compared with May 1982. The highest
daily total was 16,760 on 20 June, while the lowest was 5,010
on 2 June. The daily average was 9,858 compared with 6,313
in May 1982.
but for 790 words filed via telex.
2. All wordage was filed over the Embassy) (circuit,
STAT
3. The following is a breakdown of total
wordage, figures include reruns:
outgoin
g/incoming
OUTGOING
FBIS
310,800
1
,541
DAO/MAP
39,300
321
Svc Msgs
7,630
763
TOTALS
357,730
2
,625
INCOMING
WORDAGE
FBIS
258,800
1
,358
DAO/MAP
289,900
848
STATE
1,494,500
6
,428
Svc Msgs
8,820
882
TOTALS
2,052,020
9
,516
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ENGINEERING REPORT
1. RECEIVED
1. One Panasonic recorder MDL RQ-413AS S/N EB 919611
from Nicosia.
2. Fifteen Dial Plates from Nicosia.
2.. --.SENT
1. One Collins synthesizer VCO card A13, P/N 793-9337-003,
for repair to Headquarters
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