MONTHLY REPORT--AUSTRIAN BUREAU--APRIL 1983

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• Publication Date: May 4, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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4 May 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Austrian Bureau--April 1983
It was generally agreed that an era had come to an end this
month when Chancellor Kreisky resigned following the Socialist
Party's failure to get an absolute majority in the general
elections. In addition to filing up-to-the-minute election re-
sults, the bureau had earlier recorded the final TV debate bet-
ween Kreisky and his main opponent at the request of Acting Chief
of Mission Polansky who forwarded the tape to Washington for
Ambassador-designate Helene von Damm.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Much to everyone's relief, especially our Yugoslav section,
the Austrian Press Agency was able to provide the Belgrade
Tanjug Serbo-Croatian first program or general service which
had virtually disappeared on 21 March. To facilitate feeds
to the BBC, we agreed to use our existing lines with APA
to receive the Tanjug copy which would then be sent to the
BBC over the VCVC. Small price to pay, but we now have to
wait a few more weeks for the Post to install another set
of lines so we can resume receiving the various East European
English-language RTT casts which we had been getting from
APA as a backstop to our regular radioteletype programs.
2. Thanks to a lengthy international conference this month in
Berlin celebrating the 100th anniversary of the death of
Karl Marx, the bureau's GDR team -- which was our busiest
section for April with over 80,000 words -- had their hands
full in coping with the number of speeches requested by HQs.
With a bit of help from some of our German-speaking monitors
in other sections, we ground out nearly 60,000 words in
speeches alone from NEUES DEUTSCHLAND, the party paper which
insisted on printing the texts of every word some 130 dele-
gates said.
B. Communications
Bureau engineer now has all the equipment in STAT
place between the bureau and embassy and expects to be
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ready to begin testing our new communications circuit
on 9 May. STAT
Per request of Embassy Belgrade, the bureau translated a
lengthy TV interview with SFRY Vice Premier Dragan, the
government's main spokesman on the economy. In addition,
we also provided the embassy with an extra copy of the
video interview to be used by the ambassador.
A. Personnel
1. Our unusually stable teletype section lost 5-year veteran
this month when he resigned to accept a `STAT
management-trainee position with a luggage shop. Fortunately,
enough, we have located at least one particularly promising
candidate who has had extensive experience and who is willing
to start as soon as possible after being cleared.
2. Our Bel rade TV monitoring job turned over this month
when resi ed due to medical reasons STAT
and was replaced by the wife of one of the STAT
embassy communicators.
B. Buildings and Grounds
The bureau pouched bids to HQs this month from three different
contractors having three different ideas on how best to deal
with the excessive dampness in the basement custodian quarters.
IV. VISITS
To the bureau
James K. Connell, Embassy Prague political officer, 26 April
From the bureau
Bureau Chiefs Conference, 12 - 25 April
For the CHIEF, AUSTRIAN BUREAU
Attachments:
Publishable Wordage Report
Non-Staff Personnel Report
cc: Chief, FBIS London Bureau
Deputy Chief
FBIS Austrian Bureau
STAT
STAT
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AUSTRIAN BUREAU PRODUCTION-REPORT-FOR-APRIL-1983I
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 595,820 (549,770)
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 21,010 ( 20,500)
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 1,100 ( 1,084)
BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes of issues per week) 5,790 5,865 296.68
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ALBANIA
Tirana Domestic Service in
Albanian
Tirana ATA in
English
Tirana BASHKIMI in
Albanian
Tirana DRITA in
Albanian
Tirana PUNA in
Albanian
Tirana RRUGA E PARTISE in
Albanian
Tirana ZERI I POPULLIT in
Albanian
Tirana"ZERI I RINISE in
Albanian
2,190 (5,500)
12,860 (7,330)
3,520 ( 0 )
4,740
AUSTRIA
Vienna Domestic Service in
German 4,810 (1,350)
Vienna Domestic Television Service in
German 1,630 ( 740)
Vienna ARBEITER ZEITUNG in
German 1,050
Vienna DIE PRESSE in
German 3,080
Vienna KRONEN ZEITUNG in
German 1,360
Vienna KURIER in
German 1,540
Vienna ORF Teletext in
German 280
Vienna PROFIL in
German -
Vienna VOLKSSTIMME in
German 1,960
Vienna WIENER TAGEBUCH in
German -
Vienna WIENER ZEITUNG in
German 1,840
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BULGARIA
Sofia Domestic Service in
Bulgarian
Sofia BTA in
English
Sofia LITERATUREN FRONT in
Bulgarian
Sofia NARODNA ARMIJA in
Bulgarian
Sofia NARODNA MLADEZH in
Bulgarian
Sofia OTECHESTVEN FRONT in
Bulgarian
Sofia RABOTNICHESKO DELO in
Bulgarian
Sofia TRUD in
Bulgarian
Sofia ZEMEDELSKO ZNAME in
Bulgarian
BROADCAS1j PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
11,460
34,470 (29,350)
3,990
950
20,640
5,250 (1,850)
650
CHINA
Beijing in
Serbo-Croatian to Yugoslavia
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Prague Domestic Television Service in
Czech and Slovak
Bratislava Domestic Television Service in
Slovak
Prague LIDOVA DEMOKRACIE in
Czech
Prague MLADA FRONTA in
Czech
Prague PRACE in
Czech
Prague RUDE PRAVO in
Czech
Prague TRIBUNA in
Czech
Prague VECERNI PRAHA in
Czech
Prague ZEMEDELSKE NOVINI in
Czech
Bratislava PRAVDA in
Slovak
Bratislava ROLNICKE NOVINY in
Slovak
Bratislava SMENA in
Slovak
Bratislava VECERNIK in
Slovak
930
1,260
720
22,000 (43,990)
1,500 ( 6,240)
730
1,380
28,590 (37,190)
730
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BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
GERMANY
East Berlin BERLINER ZEITUNG in
German
East Berlin DER MORGEN in
German
East Berlin DIE EINHEIT in
German
East Berlin HORIZONT in
German
East Berlin NATIONAL-ZEITUNG in
German
East Berlin NEUE-ZEIT in
German
East Berlin NEUES DEUTSCHLAND in
German
HUNGARY
Budapest Domestic Television Service in
Hungarian
Budapest KULPOLITIKA in
Hungarian
Budapest MAGYAR HIRLAP in
Hungarian
Budapest MAGYAR NEMZET in
Hungarian
Budapest MAGYARORSZAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPSZABADSAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPSZAVA in
Hungarian
Budapest TARSADALMI SZEMLE in
Hun garian
ITALY
Rome ANSA in
English
POLAND
Warsaw GLOS PRACY in
Polish
Warsaw JEDNOSC in
Polish
Warsaw POLITYKA in
Polish
Warsaw RZECZYPOSPOLITA in
Polish
Warsaw RZECZYWISTOC in
Polish
Warsaw SOLIDARNOSC in
Polish
Warsaw SLOWO POWSZECHNE in
Polish
Warsaw SZTANDAR MLODYCH in
Polish
19,560 (18,910)
250
1,490
81,680 (26,480)
2,010
22,750 ( 7,070)
570 ( 3,130)
4,430 (18,530)
1,230
2,670
4,010
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Warsaw TRYBUNA LUDU in
Polish
Warsaw ZOLNIERZ WOLNOSCI in
Polish
Warsaw ZYCIE WARSZAWY in
Polish
ROMANIA
Bucharest Domestic Service in
Romanian
Bucharest AGERPRES in
English
Bucharest ERA SOCIALISTA in
Romanian
Bucharest LUMEA in
Romanian
Bucharest ROMANIA LIBERA in
Romanian
Bucharest SCINTEIA in
Romanian
UNION OF SOVIET-SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow in
Albanian to Albania
Moscow in
Bulgarian to Bulgaria
Moscow in
Macedonian to Yugoslavia
Moscow in
Romanian to Romania
Moscow KOMMUNIST in
Russian
Moscow MIROVAYA EKONOMIKA I MEZHDUNARODNYYE
OTNOSHENIYA in
Russian
Moscow NOVOYE VREMYA in
Russian
Moscow PARIYNAYA ZHIZN in
Russian
Moscow SSHA in
Russian
Moscow VOPROSY ISTORII KPSS in
Russian
Kiev Domestic Service in
Ukrainian 2,740
Kiev Domestic Service in
Russian 450
Kiev PRAVDA UKRAINY in
Russian
Kiev RADYANSKA UKRAINA in
Ukrainian
BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
2,980 ( 9,020)
42,340 (45,230)
27,540
1,600
4,270 (13,120)
1,440
1,240
4,420
31,410
15,430 (27,620)
8,340 ( 0 )
2,500 ( 430)
10,590 ( 3,370)
15,270 ( 0 )
5,750 ( 0 )
12,600 ( 0 )
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BROADCASTS PRESS AGENCIES PUBLICATIONS
YUGOSLAVIA
Belgrade Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian 12,110 (24,000)
Belgrade Domestic Television Service in
Serbo-Croatian 5,750 ( 580)
Pristina Domestic Service in
Albanian 13,870
Pristina Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian 170
Belgrade TANJUG in
English
Belgrade TANJUG in
Russian
Belgrade TANJUG Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade BORBA in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade NARODNA ARMIJA in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade NIN in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade POLITIKA in
Serbo-Croatian
Ljubljana DELO in
Slovene
Novi Sad DNEVNIK in
Serbo-Croatian
Pristina RILINDJA in
Albanian
Sarajevo OSLOBODJENJE in
Serbo-Croatian
Skopje NOVA MAKEDONIJA in
Macedonian
Titograd POBJEDA in
Serbo-Croatian
Zagreb VJESNIK in
Serbo-Croatian
140 ( 0 )
23,120 (36,500)
11,580 ( 3,380)
5,780 ( 1,160)
13,400 (10,530)
* 5,790 inadvertenty omitted from last month's figures
Note: Figures in parentheses are from preceding month.
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