MONTHLY REPORT -- BANGKOK BUREAU -- JULY 1985

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: August 2, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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2 August 1985
MBK-5009
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report -- Bangkok Bureau -- July 1985
I. GENERAL
The bureau management turnover, with Deputy Chief ~eparting PCS
on 26 July and the bureau chief the following week, was compounded by the
TDY departure of Engineer on the 29th for Hq to observe the testing
of the electronic equipment associated with the bureau's ROSET. A Thai Govern-
ment interagency meeting, which is to take up for a third time the bureau's
request for specified microwave frequencies to link the ROSET site at Bang Ping
to the bureau offices, was rescheduled for 2 August. Illustrative of the
bureaucratic complications we have encountered was an unexpected development at
the second meeting: the representative of an agency that has been a key to
opening doors for us failed to concur with our request and referred the issue
back to his agency, evidently unbriefed on the positive role his agency had
been playing. We quickly went over his head to straighten matters out, but it
meant another month's delay before the interagency meeting convened again.
Cambodian military developments having dominated attention during the dry
season, political jockeying for position characterizes the current rainy season.
The ASEAN foreign ministers on 8 July adopted the Thai version of proposed proximity
talks, in which the Heng Samrin representatives would be a part of the Vietnamese
negotiating side. This has elicited sharp criticism from the Vietnamese media.
On 15 July the clandestine Voice of the National Army of Democratic Kampuchea
and Voice of Democratic Kampuchea carried a policy statement, dated 6 July,
of the resistance coalition saying that a future Cambodian government would be
a "liberal capitalist" and parliamentary regime. The next day the two radios
carried a statement containing rare mentions of Pol Pot, who was portrayed as
a nationalist patriot engaging in struggle against the Vietnamese invaders.
II. OPERATIONS
Monitorial/Editorial
1. The bureau has instituted a special Thai military radio commentary
watch for 6 weeks to support a study by a Headquarters consumer.
2. Since Okinawa Bureau's Vietnamese section has been reduced to one
monitor due to redocumentation travel and that monitor does not work on
Sundays, the bureau's Vietnamese section is covering the Sunday Hanoi Domestic
Vietnamese 1000 and 1100 GMT casts for priority material until OW's section is
full strength on 4 August. Bangkok's own Vietnamese section is hampered by four
redocumentation trips this summer as well. In spite of this, the bureau has
maintained full Vietnamese coverage.
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III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. Editor
2. Editor
arrived PCS on 9 July.
left for Headquarters PCS on 15 July.
3. Deputy Chief designate
4. Deputy Chief
arrived PCS on 19 July.
departed PCS on 26 July.
5. Teletypist) (received a Certificate of Merit and
and a $500 cash award for outstanding performance at a 25 July bureau
ceremony.
6. The bureau has selected a candidate for a new ROSET-related technician
slot from among several good prospects.
7. Over 30 responses have been received to our notice in the embassy
weekly announcing a new receptionist position.
B. Building and Grounds
The bureau's new admin area on the second floor has been completed and
is ready to be occupied.
Chief, Bangkok Bureau
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1.
TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
723,150
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
269,160
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
1,595
BROAD-
CASTS
PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATION
II.
INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
19,610
20,330 254.00
III.
(minutes or issues per week)
OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
win.
.
in. issues
(publishable words per month)
AUSTRALIA
Melbourne Overseas Service in
English
21,834
Sydney THE AUSTRALIAN in
English
0
Sydney THE BULLETIN in
English
1,570
Sydney THE WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN in
English
0
BANGLADESH
Dhaka
Dhaka
Domestic
Bengali
Domestic
English
Service in
Service in
2,970
* Dhaka
Overseas
English
Service in
330
Dhaka BSS in
English
Dhaka SANGBAD in
Bengali
Dhaka THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER in
English
BRUNEI
Kuala Belait THE BORNEO BULLETIN in
English
BURMA
Rangoon Domestic Service in
Burmese
Rangoon BOTATAUNG in.
Burmese
6,030
1,530
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
Rangoon LOKTHA PYEITHU NEZIN in
Burmese
Rangoon MYANMA ALIN in
Burmese
Rangoon WORKING PEOPLE'S DAILY in
English
4,190
CHINA
Beijing International Service in.
Bengali
1,200
Beijing International Service in
Burmese
190
Beijing International Service in
Indonesian
-2,140
Beijing
Lao
Beijing
International Service in
International Service in
1,510
Thai
Beijing in
2,520
Cambodian to Kampuchea 3,680
Beijing in
Hindi to India
Beijing in
Malay to Malaysia
Beijing in
Urdu to India and Pakistan
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Vietnam Resistance Radio in
Vietnamese
0
(Clan
destine)
Cambodian
Voice of Democratic Kampuchea in
32,650
(Clan
destine)
Malay
Voice of Malayan Democracy in
6,830
(Clan
destine)
Cambodian
Voice of The National Army Democratic Kampuchea in
13,070
(Clan
destine)
Burmese
Voice of The People of Burma in
0
(Clan
destine)
Malay
Voice of The People of Malaysia in
5,700
INDIA
Delhi
Domestic
English
Service in
46,150
* Delhi
Domestic
Hindi
Service in
5,530
Delhi
General
E
i
h
Overseas Service in
3
870
s
ngl
,
Delhi ISI Diplomatic Information Service in
English
1,580
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INDIA (continued)
Bombay THE TIMES OF INDIA in
English
Calcutta ANANDA BAZAR PATRIKA in
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
0
Bengali
320
Calcutta THE STATESMAN in
English
1,540
Delhi
INDIA TODAY in
English
0
Delhi
INDIAN EXPRESS in
English
0
Delhi
NATIONAL HERALD in
English
1,060
Delhi
PATRIOT in
English
1,530
Delhi THE HINDUSTAN TIMES in
English
3,370
Madras THE HINDU in
English
INDONESIA
Jakarta Domestic Service in
Indonesian
Jakarta International Service in
English
Jakarta BERITA BUANA in
Indonesian
Jakarta JAKARTA POST in
English
Jakarta KOMPAS in
Indonesian
Jakarta MERDEKA in
Indonesian
Jakarta SINAR HARAPAN in
Indonesian
Jakarta TEMPO in
Indonesian
Jakarta THE INDONESIA TIMES in
English
10,740
1,590
KAMPUCHEA
Phnom Penh Domestic Service in
Cambodian
Phnom Penh SPK in
38,800
1,780
3,550
3,890
1,150
230
1,370
3,500
English
11,220
Phnom
Penh SPK in
French to KPL Vientiane
0
Phnom
Penh SPK in
French
13,010
Phnom
Penh VNA in
Vietnamese to VNA Hanoi
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Vientiane Domestic Service in
Lao
Vientiane KPL in
English
Vientiane KPL in
English/French to SPK Phnom Penh
Vientiane SPK in
French to SPK Phnom Penh
Vientiane VNA in
Vietnamese to VNA Hanoi
Vientiane PASASON in
Lao
MALAYSIA
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
40,150
Kuala
Lumpur
English
3,730
Kuala
Lumpur
Malay
3,560
Kuala
Lumpur
English
International Service
15,320
Kuala
Lumpur
BERITA HARIAN in
340
1
Kuala
Malay
Lumpur
Malay
BERITA MINGGU in
,
0
Kuala Lumpur
0
Malay
Kuala Lumpur
English
7,390
Kuala Lumpur
English
Kuala Lumpur
Malay
NEPAL
Katmandu External Service in
English
Katmandu THE RISING NEPAL in
English
PAKISTAN
Karachi Domestic Service in
English
Karachi Domestic Service in
Urdu
Karachi Overseas Service in
Urdu
13,790
12,890
1,820
1,960
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SINGAPORE
Singapore Domestic Service in
English
Singapore THE STRAITS TIMES in
English
Singapore THE SUNDAY TIMES in
English
SRI LANKA
Colombo Domestic Service in
English
Colombo Domestic Service in
Tamil
Colombo International Service in
English
Colombo International Service in
Hindi
Colombo DAILY NEWS in
English
Colombo SUN in
English
Colombo WEEKEND in
English
THAILAND
Bangkok 1st Army Division Radio in
Thai
Bangkok Domestic Service in
English
Bangkok Domestic Service in
Thai
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Cambodian
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
English
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Lao
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Thai
Bangkok Voice of Free Asia in
Vietnamese
Bangkok BANGKOK POST in
English
Bangkok BANGKOK WORLD in
English
Bangkok LAK THAI in
Thai
Bangkok MATICHON SUT SAPDA in
Thai
Bangkok MATICHON in
Thai
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
4,590
980
0
1,920
890
1,130
2,700
18,580
1,290
5,960
0
3,040
0
2,340
2,620
45,740
15,820
460
10,250
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BROAD-
CASTS
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PRESS PUBLI-
AGENCIES CATION
THAILAND (continued)
Bangkok MATUPHUM in
Thai
Bangkok NAEO NA in
Thai
Bangkok SIAM RAT SAPDA WICHAN in
Thai
Bangkok SIAM RAT in
Thai
Bangkok SU ANAKHOT in
Thai
Bangkok THAI RAT in
Thai
Bangkok THE NATION in
English
Bangkok WIWAT in
Thai
* Bangkok WONGCHON KAN THUT in
0
1,370
560
2,490
0
4,000
57,430
Thai
6,630
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow International Service in
Tamil
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
Indonesian
Moscow in
Bengali to Bangladesh
0
Moscow in
Burmese to Burma
910
Moscow in
Cambodian to Kampuchea
4,260
Moscow in
Hindi to India
730
Moscow in
Indonesian to Indonesia
1,350
Moscow in
Lao to Laos
1,080
Moscow in
Thai to Thailand
650
Moscow in
Urdu to India
Moscow in
Urdu to Pakistan
2,480
UNITED KINGDOM
London BBC World Service in
English
2,570
VIETNAM
Hanoi Domestic Service in
Vietnamese
90,610
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATION
VIETNAM (continued)
Hanoi
International
Cambodian
Service in
0
Hanoi
International
English
Service in
11,210
Hanoi
International
Thai
Service in
1,860
Hanoi NHAN DAN in
Vietnamese to NHAN DAN Ho Chi Minh City
Hanoi VNA in
English
5,810
Hanoi NHAN DAN in
Vietnamese
12,110
Hanoi QUAN DOI NHAN DAN in
Vietnamese
7,080
Hanoi TAP CHI'CONG SAN in
Vietnamese
0
(Note: Irregular Coverage during month is marked with an asterisk)
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