MONTHLY REPORT - OKINAWA BUREAU - DECEMBER 1985

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00040R000300580001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 10, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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UNITED STATES FORCES, JAPAN
FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
OKINAWA BUREAU
APO SAN FRANCISCO 96239
MOK-6001
10 January 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group, FBIS
FROM:
Chief, Okinawa Bureau, FBIS
SUBJECT: Monthly Report - Okinawa Bureau - December 1985
A. The bureau chief, staff cruiser) land Hong Kong
Bureau monitor conducted a content survey of Philippine
medium wave radios from Clark Air Force Base 9-20 December. The second
phase of the survey will begin 13 January and will focus on southern
Philippine medium wave transmitters that can be heard from the city of
Cebu.
B. The depreciation of the dollar, which continues to hover
around the 200 yen mark, has already significantly affected the U.S.
defense outlays in Japan. With the yen's almost 20% appreciation since
September, Japanese officials reportedly have predicted a more than $500
million shortfall in U.S. defense spending in Japan by next September.
According to the officials, the yen's impact on U.S. defense spending will
be a major topic of discussion at the Japan-U.S. working-level defense
talks scheduled for Hawaii in mid-January. In fact, those same officials
maintain that the United States has already informally asked Japan to
increase its share of the defense outlays to make up for the dollar's
devaluation, but Japan has refused, citing fiscal difficulties and the
limitations of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). In the
meantime, the U.S. Navy has begun reducing the working hours of some of
its Japanese employees, with the other services expecting to follow suit
shortly. Approximately 20,000 locals are employed at U.S. military
installations throughout Japan.
C. Kadena Air Base continues to expand as other military
facilities and housing areas on the island are phased out. More than 300
additional housing units, a large sports complex, and numerous military
facilities are scheduled for completion within the next six months along
with a 12-classroom, 2-laboratory addition to the base high school.
Former bureau staffers will be pleased to learn that the Skoshi KOOM, the
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former FBIS club where Ito-san still tends bar, is scheduled for complete
interior refurbishment beginning in January.
D. Live ammunition and poisonous snakes (also live) generated no
little excitement among the bureau's Japanese employees during the month.
In the first instance, a maintenance man looking for edible roots in the
jungle directly behind the bureau chief's house came up with a live 5-inch
shell instead. A military disposal squad was called in to remove the
shell, which had been there since World War II. In the second incident,
workers clearing access roads into the bureau's antenna fields uncovered
four of the island's deadly habu snakes. The Japanese workers gleefully
captured the snakes live and sold them for $25 each to a snake farm that
stages habu-mongoose fights for tourists.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The Russian team received praise from AG Chief L__]for
its "continued excellent work" in preparing the consolidated leadership
tapes.
2. New Russian monitor arrived from Australia on
20 December, while a second Russian candidate,
accepted a firm job offer and is expected to enter on duty sometime in
March.
3. Letters were sent to the top four Chinese monitor
candidates and first three alternates that were interviewed and tested in
Taiwan in November. Completed Applications for Employment and related
documents were returned by six of them by the end of the month. We hope
to bring three new Chinese monitors on board within the next few months.
The applications were not without some unexpected responses. For
instance, under "type of complexion," one person put down "brunet" while
another wrote "square." Still another applicant listed under "sports:"
"Swimming - can swim almost non-stop."
4. The subscription to the monthly Taiwan magazine Lien Ho
Yueh Kan was canceled after it was found to be consistently unproductive.
B. Cruising
cruising office
Bureau in Janua
arrived PCS on 1 December to replace staff
who will begin an extended TDY at Bangkok
2. I bureau cruising monitor for the past 30
years, retired on 1 January. At retirement ceremonies in the bureau
chief's office, was presented with a Certificate of
Appreciation from the Japanese Government. The bureau has also nominated
him for the FBIS Career Medal.
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1. The exterior walls of the bureau's new cruising and
ROSET control room were completed, the floor tiled, electrical wiring
installed, and the installation of paneling and soundproofing tiles
begun. The contractors are awaiting sunny weather to waterproof the roof.
2. New water pipes and an additional fire hydrant were
installed at the bureau. The old hydrant behind the carpenter shop was
deemed inaccessible to firefighters, so the new one was installed ten feet
from the main building.
3. Technicians repaired the emergency generator switching
gear after the generator failed to come on within the allotted 20 seconds
after a commercial power outage.
Buildings and Grounds
1. Eight bureau houses received complete sets of Ethan
Allen furniture. The almost 50,000 pounds of furniture was delivered on
24 and 26 December.
2. The kitchen in the deputy chief's house has been
renovated marking the completion of kitchen renovation in the staff
houses.
To The Bureau:
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
STAT
Tokyo embassy communications specialist 1-12 December; Tokyo
embassy security officer 16-18 December.
From The Bureau:
Chinese/Tagalog monitor) on TDY to H g Bureau from
6 December to late January, Admin Officer and B&F
Assistant to the Tokyo Embassy 11-13 December for
discussion o bureau financial matters; Editor and Editor-
traine on TDY at Bangkok Bureau 12 December during private
travel following orro's TDY training at Okinawa; Deputy
Chief on R&R to the States 11 December to
8 January; Admin Officer to a meeting of representatives
of the Japanese Riot Police and the U.S. military on 17 December at Torii
Station, Okinawa to meet the new Torii Station acting provost marshal,
Army Captain Cathell, who replaced the departing Major Pryzbala.
V. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
1. A bureau Christmas party was held on 21 December in the
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festively-decorated community room. Following a play performed by the
children which received sustained applause and calls for encores from the
proud parents, a sweating Santa and his elf passed
out presents in the balmy weather. The adul s en stationed themselves
around the heavily-laden food table and waited for the children to tire
themselves out running around with their new toys. The party was a
complete success thanks to the enmhinpd efforts of
2. FBIS was well represented at the New Year's Eve party at the
Kadena Base Officers' Club, although some of the older staffers were
complaining of sore muscles the next morning from dancing to music better
left to the teenagers.
Attachment:
Engineering Report
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Attachment
Monthly Report, Okinawa Bureau
December 1985
Equipment Received : IBM Electronic Typewriter,
model 6746, Serial no. 5441
Equipment Transferred : None
Equipment Disposal : None
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OKINAWA BUREAU PRODUCTION REPORT FOR DECEMBER 1985
1. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 1,107,140
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 436,860
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 3,316
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 18,845 39,860 175,79
(minutes or issues per week) min. mine issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
CAMBODIA
Phnom Penh SPIC in
English
CHINA
Beijing International Service to East and South Africa in
English ---
Beijing International Service to North America in
English 1,690
Beijing International Service in
Japanese ---
Beijing International Service in
Mandarin 190
Beijing to Taiwan in
Mandarin 810
Beijing to the USSR in
Russian 9,100
Beijing to Vietnam in
Vietnamese 4,470
Beijing Domestic Service in
Mandarin 11,320
Fuzhou Fujian Provincial Service in
Mandarin 2,340
Hangzhou Zhejiang Provincial Service in
Mandarin 5,910
Hefei Anhui Provincial Service in
Mandarin 11,740
Nanchang Jiangxi Provincial Service in
Mandarin 12,360
Nanjing Jiangsu Provincial Service in
Mandarin 6,530
Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin 9,490
4,890
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Beijing XINHUA in
English
Beijing XINHUA Domestic Service in
Chinese
Beijing BEIJING REVIEW in
English
Fuzhou FUJIAN RIBAO in
Chinese
Hefei ANHUI RIBAO in
Chinese
Hangzhou ZHEJIANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Nanjing XINHUA RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai JEIFANG RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai WEN HUI BAO in
Chinese
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
CLANDESTINE
(Clandestine) Be Yi Radio to China in
Mandarin
JAPAN
Tokyo NHK Television Network in
Japanese'
Tokyo JYS in
English
Tokyo KYODO in
English
Tokyo JIJI in
English
Tokyo AKAHATA in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NEWS in
English
Tokyo JAPAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL in
English
Tokyo MAINICIII Da,ILY NEWS in
English
1,130
7,720
490,090
159,670
2,890
3,390
210
3,460
1,520
125,450
5,860
2,190
3,150
11,670
5,020
6,900
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Tokyo HAINICHI SH IMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo NIHON KEIZAI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo SANKEI SHIH$UN in
Japanese
Tokyo THE DAILY YOMIURI in
. English
Tokyo THE JAPAN TIMES in
English
Tokyo TOKYO SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Tokyo YOMIURI SHIMBUN in
Japanese
Naha OKINAWA TIMES in
-Japanese
Naha RYUKYU SHIM in
Japanese
KOREA (NORTH)
Pyongyang KCNA in
English
MONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAHE in
English
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in
Russian
TAIWAN
Taipei. International Service in
English..
Taipei Domestic Service in
Mandarin
Taipei CHA in
English
.Taipei CHINA POST in
English
Taipei CHING CHI JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei CHUNG KUO SHIN PAO in
Chinese
Taipei CHUNG YANG JIH PAO in
Chinese
Taipei LIEN HO PAO in
Chinese
Taipei TZU LI WAN PAO in
Chinese
4,930
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
1,440
8,270
1,720
18,670
2,480
6,570
1,140
10,360
16,180
4,270
440
4,870
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow to Japan in
Japanese 3,820
Moscow to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin ---
Moscow to China in
Mandarin 2,230
Moscow to Vietnam in
Vietnamese 1,710
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress to China in
Mandarin 540
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin 670
Moscow Domestic Television Service in
Russian 11,530
V IETNAM
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
26,730
64,350
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