MONTHLY REPORT--NICOSIA BUREAU--JULY 1983

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• Publication Date: August 2, 1983
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MNC-3047
2 August 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Nicosia Bureau--July 1983
The Arabi nded this month with the PCS arrival of Jor dan
Bur onitor on the 14th and the EOD of monitor-trainee STAT
July was a busy month for Nicosia Bureau's Arabic and Greek sections.
Beirut radios provided extensive coverage of Lebanese President Amin
al-Jumayyil's visit to the United States and broadcast several of his speeches
and press conferences. The replacement of Ambassador Philip Habib as
President Reagan's Middle East envoy was the subject of intense speculation
and comment in both Lebanon and Egypt. Emulating his predecessor, Egyptian
President Mubarak gave two long speeches replete with extemporaneous asides,
on 19 July to a youth conference and on 21 July to mark the anniversary of
the 23 July Egyptain revolution.
The long-awaited agreement on U.S. bases in Greece was signed in Athens
on 15 July. This was preceded by considerable speculation about the agreement
and was followed by an equal amount of analysis of and comment on the Greek
Government action.
AFP kept the editors busy with extensive reportage of three Armenian
terrorist attacks this month: The shooting of a Turkish diplomat in Brussels
on the 14th, the bombing at Orly Airport on the 15th, and the siege at the
Turkish Embassy in Lisbon on the 27th.
from Cairo, also on the 14th. Recruitment efforts to fill anotrier STAT
position in the Arabic section are underway, and advertisements for the position
have been placed in two West Bank newspapers.
The bureau chief hosted a get-together at the bureau on 26 July to
celebrate the promotions of five monitors and one teletypist, to congratulate
adminstrative assistant on his recent selection as one of five STAT
FBIS employees worldwide who w i l l attend the Foreign National Orientation
program at headquarters this coming September, and to welcome our two new
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. Effective 1 July the Persian clandestine radio Nejat-e Iran
0305 GMT cast was placed on regular coverage Tuesday through
Saturday.
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2. The bureau assumed coverage of Moscow Greek 1400 and 1800 /
GMT casts from 2-31 July at BBC request.
3. Effective 2 July we assumed coverage of Moscow Dari 1500
GMT cast while Tel Aviv Bureau's monitor is on leave.
4. Turkish press coverage was transferred to Tel Aviv Bureau
from 23 July to 1 September during our contract monitor's annual
leave.
5. Bureau efforts to record Cairo television got underway 30 June
thanks to the cooperation of electronics ecialist STAT
who agreed to the use of specialist
a recording site. SIAI
Daily recordings are now made of the main newcast at 2000 GMT as
well as ad hoc recordings of special programming.
6. On 25 July we began priority 2 coverage of the audio segment
of Beirut television, which we are receiving at the bureau with
variable reception through the use of the roof-top antennas. We
are covering the 1830-1900 GMT newscast daily asdwell as one
weekly news program. The video, which is often unmonitorable in
Nicosia, is being recorded for later review. STAT
7. On 30 July we discontinued backstop recording both the Bayrak
English 1115 GMT and 1630 GMT casts and the Bayrak Turkish 1030
GMT and 1930 GMT casts as a result of Tel Aviv's improved reception
of both beams.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. Arabic monitor
2. Arabic monitor-trained
arrived PCS 14 July.
EOD'ed 14 July.
3. Editor larrived PCS 31 July.
B. Technical
1. The bureau chief, chief monito
engineer
and electronics s ecialisl
visited on 21 July to assess its
suitability as a remote receiving site.
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
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Attachment
A. Equipment Report
B. Production Report
ie , icosia bureau
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Equipment and Property Report, Nicosia Bureau, July 1983
1. SABA model P 42 S 51 16-inch color television monitor, pal/secam,vhf/uhf,
electronic tuning, 16 pre-programmable channels, one each, local purchase.
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NICOSIA BL :AU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR 'IL`l 1983
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES.
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 351,100
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 127 50
(WI REF I LED PROGRAM SUMMARIES ,34, 900-
(FY'I' S ADMINS, SVC., CRUISING, ETC. 42.-600)
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH" 1)227
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
MINUSES OR ISSUES PER WEEK.
1010 s 21.1 tS3 18 E,
MIN M1N ISSUES
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
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(PUBLISHABLE WORDS PER MONTH)
CHINA
BEIJING IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN
CLANDESTINE (LEUANT)i
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF ARAB LEBANON IN
ARABIC
(CLANDESTINE) RADIO FREE LEBANON IN
ARABIC FRE
(CLANDESTINE) RRDIC\Ef LEBANON IN
ENGLISH
CLRNDESTINE(IRAN&IRRQ)
(CLANDESTINE) RADIO NEJAT-E IRAN IN
PERSIAN
`.1400
_9 , 0?00
3, 400
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t.IR'RUS
NICOSIA DOMESTIC SER'4CE IN
ENGLISH 50 0
NICOSIA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
GREEK 17,000
NICOSIA DOMESTIC TELEVISION SERVICE IN
ENGLISH 201,
NICOSIA DOMESTIC TELEVISION SERVICE IN
GREEK _ 1000
? C?OSIA CYPRUS MAIL IN
.I
ENGLISH 2000
NICOSIA HAlr :iN LEA 1 IN
TURKISH i'000
NICOSIA I ELEVTHEROT1FIH IN
GREEK 32700
Ni C:OSIA I SIMERINI IN
GREEK 000
NICOSIA I SI;lERIi4I TIS DHEVTERHS Its
GREEK 601-::
NICOSIA iHHRRVcI IN
r [[
GREEK 6 `0 t3
NICOSIA K ARAU`r I TIS ItHE TERHS IN
GREEK 11600
I:CtSIR ;ISRIS IN
ENGLISH 200
NICOSIA 0 AGON IN
GREEK
NICOSIA 0 RGON TIS DHEVTERAS IN
GREEK 0
NICOSIA 0 ANEXARTITOS IN
GREEK r
NICOSIA 0FILELEUTHEROS IN
GREEK WOO
NICOSIA 0 FILELEUTHERUS TIS PHEUTERAS IN
GREEK 700
NICOSIA PRESS AND INFORMATION OFFICE IN
ENGLISH j, 6i Yt
NICOSIA PRESS AND INFORMATION OFFICE IN
GREEK 0
NICOSIA SOZ IN
TURKISH 600
NICOSIA TA N E I I N
GREEK 0
NICOSIA TO VIMA IN
GREEK 0
(EDITORIAL REPORT IN
GREEK) 800
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E YET
CAIRO DOMESTIC SERUIUVIN
ARABIC 32,900
r rr. f~t RADIO 's PRLESTINE IN
CAIRO
ARABIC _t'ti
CAIRO MENA IN
nrHItIE: 6, mfr
CAIRO MENA IN
ENGLISH 5,510
FRRN+=E
PARIS REP IN
ENGLISH
PARIS I RRN-E AZHD I N
PER. IHN
n ~
E r .?C
GREE
ATHENS DOMESTIC. SERUICE IN
GREEK
ATHENS RKROPOLIS IN
GREEK
ATHENS ATHENS NEWS IN
ENGLISH
ATHENS ELE'J HER.OiS KOSNOS IN
GREEK
ATHENS ELEUTHEROTIIPIR IN
GREEK
.a
::
i8 r-. , 4 t 1 E3
48, 6ii.01
7 F?0
ATHENS EXORMISI IN
GREEK
ATHENS I HUVI IN
GREEK
1,2 00
ATHENS 1 KRTHIMERINI IN
GREEK
5,300
ATHENS KIRIHKHTIKI ELEUTHEROTIPIH IN
GREEK
i,400
ATHENS HEL IH QRINI IN
GREEK
1: GEl?
ATHENS NEH EORIH IN
GREEK
ATHENS RIZOSPRSTIS IN
GREEK
ATHENS TO UIMA TI? KIRIHKIS IN
GREEK
(EDITORIAL REPORT IN
GREEK:)
2.42P,
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I .N34
BAGHDAD IN
PERSIAN TO IRAN
BAGHDAD VOICE OF PLO IN
ARABIC
LEBANON
BEIRUT DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT UOICE OF LEBANON IN
ARABIC
WIN RADIO OF FREE & UNIFIED
LEBANON IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT AL-BR RR IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT A N-NAHAR IN
ARABIC:
BEIRUT RS-SRFIR IN
ARABIC
BEIRUT ONDR f MORNING
ENGLISH
LIi'`i'H
TRIPOLI DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC
TURKEY
RNKRRR RNKI IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL BUL{BAR IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL CHHHURIYET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL DUNYA IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL GUNRYPIN IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL HURRI VET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL MILLIVET IN
TURKISH
ISTANBUL TERCLNHN IN
TURKISH
97,300
47,400
8,900
40:
700
WOO
YomY
2 0
Lt
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UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC
Moscow IN
GREEK TO CYPRUS
3,100
Moscow I N
PERSIAN TO IRAN
10800
iF?:It-r!EL' :?I?
UNITED
WEST-ON-SEA ENGLAND E' I1AM IN
PERSIAN
300
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