MONTHLY REPORT OKINAWA BUREAU--NOVEMBER 1982

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• Publication Date: December 8, 1982
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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
UNITED STATES FORCES, JAPAN
OKINAWA BUREAU
APO SAN FRANCISCO 96239
MOK-2080
8 December 1982
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report, Okinawa Bureau--November 1982
A. U.S. commanders and senior officers were greatly relieved
at the outcome of the midmonth Japanese elections to the upper
house of the Diet and to the governorship of Okinawa in which
the "antibases" gubernatorial candidate received a sound defeat
in the vote. Voter turnout was described as unprecedentedly
high, and U.S. officials privately termed the reelected governor,
Nishime, as a person with whom they can work.
B. FBIS Director visited Okinawa 9-12 NovembeSTAT
and met with Maj. Gen. o n i. ips, USMC; Consul General
Edward Featherstone; and several senior U.S. officers attended
a reception for him at the Bureau Chief's residence. While at
the bureau, the director briefed U.S. staff on Headquarters
developments, with special emphasis on FBIS' long-term moderniza-
tion plans.
C. Bureau coverage of the death 10 November of Leon c id
Brezhnev was the theme of an article in the Okinawan papeiF RYUKYU
SHIMPO on 12 November, which claimed that the bureau's "informa-
tion gathering activities" were the "largest in scale" since
the death of Mao.
STAT
STAT
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A. Editorial/Monitorial
1. Coverage of Soviet television and pressfax
media on the 11 November announcement of the death of Brezhnev
and succeeding events was the bureau's main operational pre-
occupation during the month. The bureau's Russian capability
was greatly enhanced with the TDY of London PMU monitor/editors
In addition to processing a high STAT
volume of timely press ma erial related to the aftermath of
Brezhnev's death, they texted, with the aid of Russian Unit
Chief the 12-take Baybakov and the 10-take STAT
Garbuzov reports to the 23 November session of the USSR
Supreme Soviet from the 24 November pressfaxed IZVESTIYA.
Both reports were filed in time for publication in the
24 November DAILY REPORT.
2. Considerable China copy was generated by the fifth
session of the fifth National People's Congress, which opened on
26 November. The session is expected to last for approximately
2 weeks. So far the proceedings have featured speeches by Peng Zhen,
Premier Zhao Ziyang, and Finance Minister Wang Bingqian.
B. Coverage
Okinawa's regular coverage of USSR pressfax material,
begun officially on 5 November, yielded a significant portion of
the bureau's total production for the month. Russian output--
boosted by events following the death of Brezhnev and by the
TDY assignment of two monitors from London PMU--was the second
highest in the bureau (outdone only by the total of the two
XINHUA services), registering nearly 96,000 words with almost
84,000 of these coming from pressfax material.
C. Cruising
STAT
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A. Regular coverage of USSR pressfax transmissions, begun
by the bureau on 5 November and which peaked in connection with
the death of Brezhnev, proved to be quite labor-intensive during
the month; the tech staff, including the chief and staff assistant
along with the local technicians and cruising specialists,, logged
approximately 460 hours of regular time and overtime in order to
maintain the coverage.
B. The bureau procured at no cost an 8-foot microwave dish I
antenna from a U.S. Army signal unit on-island in exchange for
an excess UHF antenna that had been in storage STAT
Bureau technicians have assembled a low tower on which ey have
mounted the antenna. Testing will begin in early December.
IV. ADMINISTRATION
Chinese monitors, were promoted STAT
to senior monitor FNG- e e tive Electronics
technicians were promoted STAT
to the BWT- level under the Master Labor Contract system and
named to the newly established position STAT
Operator.
Fred Vassie, DoD special representative, Okinawa, and
Paul Eastman, DoD special representative, Thailand, briefing
and familiarization for Mr. Eastman, 4 November.
Production Group, 7-8 November, for STAT
D/FBIS, 9-12 November, management visit.STAT
and repair.
OC, 21-24 November, equipment maintenanc?STAT
Operations Group, and and 01x`1
PMCD-31 :50 November-3 December, position survey. STAT
to STAT
request lateral services on 2 December.
From the bureau:
Bureau Chief, 11-16 November, emergency leave, CONUS.
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STAT
Chief, Okinawa Bureau
Attachment:
Production Report
cc: Chief, Bangkok Bureau
Chief, Hong Kong Bureau
Chief, Seoul Bureau
Chief, London Bureau
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ATTACHMENT
Monthly Report, Okinawa Bureau
November 1982
ENGINEERING
Equipment Received From Headquarters:
Printer, EXTEL AH-11 RS, 0772-82117-123-4F 2 ea.
WJ Receiver, 8718 mod kit WA231837 1 ea.
Logic Board, EXTEL, BK 070315 1 ea.
Mechanism asst', EXTEL 0772-82274-3.00-1F 1 ea.
Tesa tape 96 rolls
IBM Selectric III Typewriters 4 ea.
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OKINAWA BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 1982
I. .TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: -864,620
TOTAL NON-PUdLIS:1Ai3LE WORDAGE FILED DURING i`1)NTH: 378,530
TOTAL NUMBER OF PU:3LISHA3LE ITEi1S FILED DURING MONTH: 2,226
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
CHINA
Beijing International Service in
English
Beijing International Service in
Japanese
Beijing to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin
Beijing to Taiwan in
Mandarin
Beijing to the USSR in
Russian
Beijing to Vietnam in
Vietnamese
Beijing Domestic Service in
Mandarin
Fuzhou Fujian Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Hangzhou Zhejiang Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Hefei Anhui Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Nanchang Jiangxi Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Nanjing Jiangsu Provincial Service in
Mandarin
Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin
18,939 51,290 167.85
min. min. issues
12,200
3,490
6,690
56,930
4,220
3 , 680
7,390
5,330
8 , 650
7,380
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BROAD-
CASTS
Beijing XINHUA in
English
Beijing X4INHUA Domestic Service in
Chinese
Miscellaneous
Editorial Reports
Fuzhou FUJIAN RIBAO in
Chinese
Hangzhou ZHEJIANG RISAO in
Chinese
Nanjing XINHUA RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai JIEFANG RIBA in
Chinese
Shanghai WEN HUI SAO in
Chinese
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Ba Yi Radio to China in
Mandarin
F kl%IUCE
Paris AFP in
English
HUNG KONG
Hong Kong AFP in
English
JAPAN
Naha NHK Television Network in
Japanese
Tokyo NHK Television Network in
Japanese
Naha Radio Okinao"a in
Japanese
Tokyo JPS }n
English
Tokyo KYODO in
English
Tokyo J IJ I in
English
Tokyo AKAHATA in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI SIIIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NE,S in
English
Tokyo MAINICHI DAILY NEI%lS in
English
7,460
15,150
PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATIONS
220,070
124,430
6,070
3 520
66,870
5,230
80
100
590
2,120
1 , 850
3,280
12,230
14,310
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BP.0.4I?- PRESS
AGENCIES
PUBI.I-
CAT ION S
Tokyo NAINICHI SHL`.I3LTN in
Japanese
Tokyo NIHON KEIZAI S:II113UN in
3,680
Japanese
Tokyo SANKEI SHIi?1:$UN in
5,090
Japanese
Tokyo T} DAILY YOMIURI in
7,200
English
Tokyo THE JAPAN TINES in
11,290
English
Tokyo SHIMBUN in
2,830
Japanese
Tokyo Y01?1IURI SHID1i3UN in
1,290
Japane se
Naha OKINAWA TIMES in
3,010
Japanese
Naha RYUKYU SHIMPO in
620
Japanese
240
MONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar MONTSA"T? -*n
English
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in
Russian
1,3b0
PH IL IPP IVES
Quezon City RPN Television Network in
English
TAIWAN
Taipei International Service in
English
Taipei Domestic Service in
Manda Xin
Taipei CHA in
English
Taipei CHINA POST in
English
Taipei CHUNG. YANG JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei LIEN HO 13AO in
Chinese
Taipei CHING CHI J111 PAO, in
Chinese
Taipei CHUNG KUO SHIN PAO in
Chinese
Taipei TLU LI VIAN PAO in
Chinese
Taipei PA SHIN NIEN TAI in
Chinese
3,930
4,140
16,200
2,520
1,010
630
..1,280
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CAT IONS
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow to Japan in
Japanese 1,650
Moscow to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin 1,070
Moscow to China in
Mandarin 12,900
Moscow to Vietnam in
Vietnamese 3,970
Moscow Radio Peace & Progress to China in
Mandarin 3,090
Moscow Radio Peace & Progress to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin 120
Moscow Domestic Television Service in
Russian 11,320
Khabarovsk Domestic Service in
Russian 110
;Magadan Domestic Service in
Russian 560
Moscow Pressfax in
Russian
*PRAVDA, IZVESTIYA, KRASNAYA
ZVEZDA, etc.
V ILTNAM
Hanoi International Service in
Mandarin
Hanoi Domestic Service in
Vietnamese
Hanoi VNA in
English
Hanoi VNA in
French
Hanoi VNA in
Vietnamese
Ho Chi Minh City VNA in
Vietnamese
2,800
27,070
46,790
83,890
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