MONTHLY REPORT--NICOSIA BUREAU--MARCH 1982

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 5, 1982
• Content Type: MEMO

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5 April 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH . Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT . Monthly Report--Nicosia Bureau--March 1982
With the exception of a brief period of high tension between Greece
and Turkey early in the month, the bureau coverage area was unusually quiet
during March. Bureau activities were highlighted by personnel issues, in-
cluding the placing into processing of a ne monitor and a new tele-
typist--both, perhaps coincidentally, named r~ Not so coincidentally, STAT
both had test results well above any other candidate.
/
Our new Arabic candidate is a 20-year veteran of the Middle East News
Agency, now serving as deputy managing editor of MENA's English-language
service. Our Cairo recruiting trip uncovered several other acceptable
candidates who remain interested in a job with FBIS, but our second Arabic
vacancy shall not be filled until we reach a decision on whether Nicosia
still needs two Arabic monitors with Hebrew capability. If security checks
can be expedited, we hope to have our new monitor on board around 1 May and
our new teletypist in mid-April.
The Department of State decreed a new Nicosia FSN salary scale to
start on 21 Mar, but an immediate and strong cable rejecting the scale from
Ambassador Ewing delayed its implementation. At month's end, the salary
scale was still being debated, with the issue of COLA retroactivity bounced
back to State's legal office.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Reception of Tripoli Domestic Service morning casts deteriorated
to very poor to unmonitorable at the beginning of the month, forcing Nicosia
to all but drop coverage of the radio. The Bureau continues to spotcheck
the radio during established morning newscasts and will resume coverage when
reception improves.
2. At the request of Gulf Bureau, Nicosia checked its reception
of Moscow in Persian and found that the radio could not be heard significantly
better here. Nicosia is now backstop recording the radio's 1630-1730 GMT
cast and will provide fills or cover the cast when Gulf's reception precludes
processing, although Gulf Bureau has thus far not required help.
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B. Lateral Services
At Headquarters request, the Bureau forwarded an almost-complete
set of videotapes on the extensive Nicosia television coverage of Greek Prime
Minister Papandreou's 27 February - 1 March visit to Cyprus.
C. Technical
1. The Bureau's new 115VAC regulated power system has been
completed with the installation of two separate supply systems.
2. The complete repainting of the Bureau's interior is now finished.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1 Tha Ruraai, has started nrncessina Arabic monitor candidate
STAT
o fill the STAT
3. Arabic/Hebrew monitor (resigned effective 6 March. STAT
new position in the teletypist section.
2. The Bureau has started processing
A. On 4 March the Bureau was visited by a European area security officer.
He made an inspection of the Bureau and has since made a few specific recommen-
dations concerning volume of classified material retained and on emergency
power hookups for security systems.
TDY'ed in Cairo 24 February - 5 March.
B. T isited from 4 - 7 March by BBC Listening Room
Supervisor who was on a regional bureau familiarization tour. STAT
C. The deputy director of State Department's EUR/SE Division, Gregory
Ogden, visited the Bureau on 30 March and was briefed by the Bureau Chief.
D. Regional Engineer isited Tel Aviv on TDY 2 - 9 March. STAT
E. Bureau Chief and Arabic Section Chie STAT
Nicosia Bureau Chie.
Attachment:
A. Production Report
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1\ {, ri r'r.,REAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR r. u'r.~?? I'?A CH i9-~
NICU,IR BUREAU FO 2
P, TOTRL FROM ALL SOURCES:
COTRL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 4i1., 4t1t1
TOTRL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: ii': ,o
.NIrEFILED ~:.l... ~:~..::r:?.a PROGRAM SUMMARIES 4L, ,0O:.
t ?t r.;R_t r
FYIIS, RDNINS, SUC.1 CISING, ETC 64,300)
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 1,',3
BROA j-
?1T
CAS
PRESS PUBLI-
AI_ENC I ES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(MINUTE OR ISSUES PER WEEK)
r3:.
i@,360 21,60 i96
MIN PIIN ISSUES
!:II. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
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(PUBLIORABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
CHINA
BEIJING IN
PERSIRN TO IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
CLANDESTINE
(CLANDESTINE) FREE VOICE OF IRAN IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN
(LANDESTINE) RADIO IRAN IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF IRAN IN
PERSIAN
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF PALESTINE IN
ARABIC
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CYPRUS
NICOSIR DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ENGLISH E
NICOSIA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
GREEK 19::30
NICOSIR DOMESTIC TELEVISION SERVICE IN
GREEK
NICOSIR DOMESTIC TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ENGLISH ?Ci}3
NICOSIA HDHESNE !TI IN
GREEK Lki
ICOSIH HLITHIA IN
GREEK
NICUSIR BOZKURT IN
TURKISH
NICOSIA CYPRUS MAIL IN
ENGLISH Sow
NICE?SIH DHINGKRATIH IN
GREEK E,A.Ci
NICOSIA ELEVTHERfOTIPIA IN
GREEK 14
NICOSIA HHLKIN SESI IN
TURKISH 40
NICOSIA I DHILINI IN
GREEK
K !? Ty
I CZOS 7IR I trT RR t. I I T7 N
DHIN O KI I
GREEK h s=i
NICOSIA I ELEVTHEROTIPIA IN
GREEK 1.-800
NICOSIA I SINERINI IN
GREEK 9 00
NICOSIA KHRRRVYI IN
rEKrtr
; 4FOi
GRE
NICOSIR KIBRIS IN
ENGLISH IA
?NiCOSIR 0 HGGN IN
GREEK S;@Ci
NICOSIA 0 HNEXARTITO+S IN
GREEK 688
NICOSIA 0 EILELEVTHEROS IN
GREEK i:40G
NICOSIA PUBLIC INFURHATIAN OFFICE IN
ENGLISH i
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WICOSIA PUBLIC INFORMATION rFICE IN
:REEK F
NICOSIA SOZ IN
TURKISH Jr3c
NICOSIA TA NEA IN
GREEK Ei
NICOSIA TO VIVA IN
GREEK 0
(GREEK EDITORIAL R r }r..-EP..?'O? nR
EGYPT
CAIRO DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
~Jr }~
y,r ~ .l -~
`:AIRS MENA IN
ARABIC
CAIRO MENA IN
ENGLISH
1 4
ti
i A
FRANCE
PARIS AFP IN
EN'3LISH
PARIS IRAN-E AZAD IN
PERSIAN
Ali
4A i
GREECE
ATHENS DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
GREEK
ATHENS ARMED FORCES RAD I . I N
j rR E' E 1V
ATHENS AKROPOLIS IN
GREEK
ATHENS AVRIRNI JN
GREEK
h!
is 00
300
ATHENS ELEVTHERGS OSMOti IN
GREEK
0
ATHENS ELtVTHtROTIP~M iI1
r~:
G g REEK
5A' {
ATHENS EXORMISI IN
GREEK
I:d
ATHENS I AUVI IN
GREEK
600
ATHENS I ;ATHI~IERiNi IN
IG.r~-K
:,Soo
ATHENS KIRIAKATIKI ELEUTHEROTIPIA IN
GREEK
0
ATHENS HESINVRINI IN
GREEK
6040
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ATHENS NEA PORIA IN
GREEK
ATHENS NEWS IN
ENGLISH
ATHENS RI?OSPASTIS IN
GREEK
! HENS TO VIMA IN
GREEK
IRAQ
BAGHDAD IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN
i,4 0 [1
LEBANON
BEIRUT DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC : 0 5111
BEIRUT VOICE OF LEBANON IN
ARABIC 4E.900
A.
HAR1J ' UYUN LEBANON VOICE OF HOPE IN
ARABIC S,4
BEIRUT MONDAY MORNING IN
ENGLISH
LIBYA
TRIPOLI DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
TURKEY
ANKARA ARAYIS IN
TURKISH
ANKARA YANKI IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL CUMHURIYET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL DUN`i A IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL GUNAYDIN IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL GUNES IN
TURKISH
i.F3e
j.b.. 900
SOO
i,
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ISTANBUL HURRIY'ET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL HILL1 ET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL TERCUMAN IN
TURKISH
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
Moscow IN
GREEK TO 1_ E'RUS
UNITED KINGDOM
WESTGRTE-ON-SEA ENGLAND EDAM IN
PERSIAN
10 O
0100
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