MONTHLY REPORT--GULF BUREAU--SEPTEMBER 1985

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• Publication Date: October 1, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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1 October 1985
MGF 011-85
MEMORANDUM FOR : Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report--Gulf Bureau--September 1985
conducted the IBM-PC training course
at Gulf Bureau from 31 August to 11 September, and the program
proved both successful and popular with employees. Eight staff
and non-staff employees took part in the general part of the
course, which was divided into morning an f noon a sions;
h were deputy chief editors
administrative assistant
supervisor)
monitor section heads
and
commo
and
Engineer who had already taken the training
program on is previous assignment in Abidjan, sat in on sessions
of interest to him. Later in the program, each participant was
given additional instruction on specific applications relevant
to his/her particular duties. At the end of the program
was assigned the duties of system manager.
Several functions have already been implemented, including the
new monthly non-staff personnel report format, the staff
personnel report, and the bureau inventory. Because of the ease
with which internal memoranda are now being churned out on the
word processor, the bureau chief is considering removal of all
Multimate software to some place of inaccessible storage.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Editorial/Monitorial
1. The Soviet Union made a major inroad into the Gulf Region
when on 26 September TASS announced that the USSR and Oman would
establish diplomatic relations. Omani sources were immediately
checked for reports on this decision; however, no such reports
had been monitored and a negative FYI was filed. Later in the
evening that same day, Muscat was monitored to report on the
decision to establish relations. Oman thus becomes the second
GCC state to establish relations with the USSR following Kuwait.
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2. On 28 and 29 September, Gulf Bureau assumed coverage of the
Khartoum SUNA in Arabic 1700-1800 newscast due to poor reception
at Jordan Bureau. In view of a reported fresh coup attempt, high
priority was given to backstopping SUNA, with numerous items being
processed, including several immediate precedence items on the
imposition of a curfew in Khartoum, and the premier's revelation
of a plot to assassinate Sudanese leaders.
B. SPECIAL SERVICES
1. At the request of an embassy consumer, the bureau requested
London Bureau's assistance in obtaining an Iranian publication --
the magazine AL-JIHAD of 9 September -- and processing an article
on the death of a prominent Shiite Muslim figure in a traffic
accident in Bahrain. The publication was located and processed
by London, for which the consumer was very grateful. The consumer
has asked that additional sample copies of AL-JIHAD be pouched
from London.
2. At the request of Liaison, the bureau prepared approximately
6 hours of recordings of Pashto/Dari. The tapes were forwarded
to Liaison.
C. COMMUNICATIONS
1. At the end of August, the bureau began experiencing outage
problems with its primary incoming/outgoing landline communications
circuit. For the better part of two weeks the line between the
bureau and the embassy was dead, with the bureau resorting to use
its back-up microwave system. Exhaustive efforts were made by the
bureau engineer, along with the embassy's TCU staff and repairmen
from the Bahrain Telephone Company, to locate the source of the
outage. In the final analysis, the problems appeared to be numerous.
It was determined that the telephone company had been working on
their lines and may have affected our line; the bureau's in-house
commo circuit wiring was faulty and needed to be worked on; and
the two telegraph convertor units supplied by the telephone company
were found to be faulty. The problems were finally sorted out and
the bureau's primary landline circuit was restored on 10 September.
III. ADMINISTRATION
A. Personnel
1. EOD authorization for a new Arabic monitor,
was received during the month. who comes to FBIS after
a career in the Royal Jordanian Air Force, is expected to EOD on
13 October and will bring the Arabic section and bureau up to full
T/O.
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Arabic monitor;
P
ersian monitor; and
Arabic/Russian
both senior commo operators.
B. Building and Grounds
Discussions with the bureau's landlord were begun concerning rental
of additional space on the ground floor of the building. At present,
the bureau's emergency power generator is housed in an extremely
small room lacking adequate ventilation. The bureau hopes to rent
an adjacent room, which is currently vacant, both for the generator
and to provide additional storage space.
IV. VISITS
A. To the Bureau
1.I I30 Aug-12 Sep, to conduct the IBM-PC
training course.
2. Ambassador Donald C. Leidel, 22 Sep, for an inspection tour
of the bureau and update on operations, and to meet the newly
assigned staff employees.
3. Headquarters personnel officer, 30 Sep, to
briet sta employees on personnel matters, primarily those
affecting pay, retirement, and insurance benefits.
B. From the Bureau
Bureau chief made an introductory visit to information
minister of Bahrain, Mr. Tariq Almoayed, on 2 Sep, accompanied by
charge d'affaires Larry Pope and the new PAO, Anne O'Leary.
Chief, Gulf Bureau
ATT: Monthly Production Report
loyees received PSIs in September. They are
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GULF BUREAU PRODUL..ION REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 1985
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TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH
242,310
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH
93 , 320
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH :
683
BROAD PRESS
CASTS AGENCIES
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 15,810 13,740
PUBLI-
CATIONS
191.5
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III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
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KABUL INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN ARABIC
KABUL IN ENGLISH TO
SOUTH ASIA
BAHRAIN
MANAMA DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC -0-
MANAMA
IN
MANAMA
IN
MANAMA
DOMESTIC SERVICE
ENGLISH 400
TELEVISION SERVICE
ARABIC -0-
WAKH IN
ARABIC 12,070
MANAMA WAKH IN
ENGLISH 11,340
MANAMA
IN
AKHBAR AL-KHALIJ
ARABIC
760
MANAMA
AL-ADWA' IN
ARABIC
-0-
MANAMA
IN
AL-MAWAQIF
ARABIC
-0-
MANAMA
IN
SADA AL-USBU'
ARABIC
340
MANAMA
IN
GULF DAILY NEWS
ENGLISH
39720
MANAMA
GULF MIRROR IN
ENGLISH
CLANDESTINE
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF ISLAMIC
REVOLUTION OF AFGHANISTAN
IN DARI
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF ISLAMIC
REVOLUTION OF AFGHANISTAN
IN PASHTO
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF AL-AHVAZ
REVOLUTION IN ARABIC
1 , 020
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(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF IRAQI
KURDISTAN IN BAHDINANI KURDISH
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF IRAQI
KURDISTAN IN SURANI KURDISH
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF IRAQI
REVOLUTION IN SURANI KURDISH
(CLANDESTINE) FREE VOICE OF IRAN
-0-
IN PERSIAN
3, 1(.)0
(CLANDESTINE) VOICE OF MOJAHEDIN-E
KHALQ IN PERSIAN
-0-
(CLANDESTINE) RADIO NEJAT-E IRAN
IN PERSIAN
4,790
(CLANDESTINE) RADIO IRAN IN
PERSIAN
3 , 8:30)
TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN ARABIC
16,520
TEHRAN TELEVISION SERVICE
IN ARABIC
950
TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN RUSSIAN
-0-
TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN TURKISH
1,510
MASHHAD INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN DAR I
220
TABRIZ INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN AZERI
690
TEHRAN DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN PERSIAN
11,570
TEHRAN DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN SURANI KURDISH
-0-
TEHRAN DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN BAHDINANI KURDISH
-0-
TEHRAN TELEVISION SERVICE
IN PERSIAN
590
TEHRAN TELEVISION SERVICE
IN ENGLISH
-0-`
AHVAZ DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN
PERSIAN
1,670
BANDAR
'ABBAS DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN
PERSIAN
110
BUSHEHR
IN
DOMESTIC
PERSIAN
SERVICE
160
ESFAHAN
IN
DOMESTIC
PERSIAN
SERVICE
-0-
MASHHAD
IN
DOMESTIC
PERSIAN
SERVICE
-C-)_.
SHIRAZ
IN
DOMESTIC
PERSIAN
SERVICE
160
TABRIZ
IN
DOMESTIC
ARMENIAN
SERVICE
-0-
TABRIZ
IN
DOMESTIC
AZERI
SERVICE
-0-
ZAHEDAN
IN
DOMESTIC
PERSIAN
SERVICE
_C)_
TEHRAN
IRNA IN
ARABIC
'TEHRAN AL-SHAHID
IN ARABIC
'TEHRAN KEYHAN AL-'ARABI
IN ARABIC
TEHRAN KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL
IN ENGLISH
TEHRAN TEHRAN TIMES IN
ENGLISH
1,080
-C)-
1,090
_0_
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TEHRAN ETTELA'AT IN
PERSIAN
1,740
TEHRAN JOMHURI-YE ESLAMI
IN PERSIAN
2,740
TEHRAN KEYHAN IN
PERSIAN
2,430
TEHRAN KEYHAN HAVA ' I
IN PERSIAN
-0-
BAGHDAD
IN
TELEVISION SERVICE
PERSIAN
540
BAGHDAD
IN
DOMESTIC SERVICE
ARABIC
460
BAGHDAD
DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN
BAGHDAD
IN
SURANI KURDISH
TELEVISION SERVICE
ARABIC
KUWAIT
IN
KUWAIT
IN
KUWAIT
DOMESTIC SERVICE
ARABIC
TELEVISION SERVICE
ARABIC
KUNA IN
ARABIC
KUWAIT
IN
AL-ANBA'
ARABIC
1,530
KUWAIT
AL-HADAF IN
ARABIC
.-0-
KUWAIT
IN
AL-QABAS
ARABIC
1710-70
KUWAIT
IN
AL--RA ' Y AL-- ' AMM
ARABIC
39320
KUWAIT
AL-SIYASAH IN
ARABIC
600
KUWAIT AL-WATAN
IN ARABIC
KUWAIT ARAB TIMES IN
ENGLISH
MUSCAT DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN ARABIC 3,160
SALALAH DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN ARABIC 1,060
MUSCAT ' UMAN I N
ARABIC
MUSCAT 'UMMAN AL-USBU'I
IN ARABIC
MUSCAT ONA IN
ARABIC
PAKISTAN
ISLAMABAD THE MUSLIM
IN ENGLISH
KARACHI DAWN
IN ENGLISH
KARACHI JASARAT IN
URDU
KARACHI MASHRIQ IN
URDU
2 , 930
8,070
1 350
6,450
1,460
2,990
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KARACHI NAWA-E WAC!T
IN URDU
960
LAHORE JANG IN
URDU
840
RAWALPINDI
URDU
HAIDAR IN
2 , 580
RAWALPINDI
PAKISTAN TIMES
IN ENGLISH
1 1760
DOHA DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN ARABIC
230
DOHA TELEVISION SERVICE
IN ARABIC
DOHA QNA IN
200
.
ARABIC
7, 290
JEDDAH
IN
DOMESTIC SERVICE
ARABIC
7,320
RIYADH
IN
DOMESTIC SERVICE
ARABIC
10,640
RIYADH
I N
TELEVISION SERVICE
ARABIC
1 1730
RIYADH
IN
TELEVISION SERVICE
ENGLISH
-0-
RIYADH
SPA IN
ARABIC
15,470
AL-DAMMAM AL-YAWM IN
ARABIC
JEDDAH AL--MAD I NAH IN
ARABIC
RIYADH AL-RIYAD IN
ARABIC
OMDURMAN DOMESTIC SERVICE**
IN ARABIC
KHARTOUM SUNA IN
ARABIC
2155C.)
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
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MOSCOW IN PERSIAN TO
IRAN
1,550
BAKU INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN PERSIAN
-0-
BAKU INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
IN
AZERI
860
DUSHANBE
I N
INTERNATIONAL
PERSIAN
SERVICE
-0-
TASHKENT
I N
INTERNATIONAL
PERSIAN
SERVICE
-0--
TASHKENT
IN
INTERNATIONAL
U I GHUR
SERVICE
-0-
TASHKENT
IN
INTERNATIONAL
UZBEK
SERVICE
1,110
YEREVAN
I N
INTERNATIONAL
ARMENIAN
SERVICE
-0-
ALMA-ATA
IN
DOMESTIC SERVICE
RUSSIAN
-0-
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ASHKHABAD DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN RUSSIAN 50
BAKU DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN AZERI 2,280
BAKU DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN RUSSIAN -0-
DUSHANBE DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN RUSSIAN 260
TASHKENT DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN RUSSIAN 490
TASHKENT DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN UZBEK 6,270
YEREVAN DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARMENIAN -0-
ABU DHABI DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN ARABIC 430
DUBAYY DOMESTIC SERVICE
I N ARABIC -0-
ABU DHABI WAM
IN ARABIC
ABU DHABI AL-ITTIHAD
IN ARABIC
ABU DHABI AL-ITTIHAD AL-USBU'I
IN ARABIC
AL-SHARIQAH AL-KHALIJ
IN ARABIC
DUBAYY AL-BAYAN
IN ARABIC
DUBAYY KHALEEJ TIMES
IN ENGLISH
UNITED KINGDOM
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LONDON AL-MAJALIS
IN ARABIC
LONDON ASGHAR AQA
IN PERSIAN
LONDON KEYHAN IN
PERSIAN
LONDON VOICE OF IRAN
IN ENGLISH
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF YEMEN (PDRY)
ADEN DOMESTIC SERVICE IN
ARABIC 12,680
ADEN VOICE OF PALESTINE
IN ARABIC 3,340
ADEN ANA IN
ARABIC
ADEN ANA IN
ENGLISH
SANAA DOMESTIC SERVICE
IN ARABIC 6,890
SANAA VOICE OF PALESTINE
IN ARABIC 51500
SANAA AL-THAWRAH
IN ARABIC
4,060
2,700
-0-
1 , 650
80
2 , 450
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