MONTHLY REPORT -- TEL AVIV BUREAU -- SEPTEMBER 1985

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00040R000300630004-0
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 1, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FORS Director. Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief. Operations Group
SUBJECT: Monthly Report -- Tel Aviv Bureau -- September
1995
A. Monitorial,/Ed.itori,al.
The Israeli religious holiday of Yom Kippur - the day of
atonement - began on 24 September at ib3O and ended at sunset
the next day. As only military. police. and emergency vehicles
are permitted on the streets during this period. a skeleton
staff was booked into the Sinai Hotel near the embassy for the
night of 24 September. This team manned the bureau durinc the
evening shift on the 24th and durinc an extended davshift -
from 4700 to 1830 - on the 25th.
The Hebrew section provided extensive coverage of Israeli
Government and media criticism of British Prime Minister
Thatcher's decision to receive PLO officials for talks. in
response to a BBC Newsbureau request for "immediate filinn of
Israeli reaction."
The Turkish section assumed coverage of the Turkish press
from 31 July to 30 September in order to permit Nicosia
Bureau's contractor to take leave. The section also assumed
coverage of Moscow Turkish from 14 to 30 September to
accommodate the London Bureau Turkish monitor's leave plans.
H. Lateral _,_Seryi,c,es
At MDD's request. bureau discontinued the recording and air
shipping of videotapes of the Jerusalem Television 1800 GMT
cast for the Five Cities project. effective 27 September. HQ
cited reduced interest in Jerusalem TV videotapes due to lack
of Hebrew capability among HQ consumers.
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C. Technical
Hureau received the following items of non-expendable
property:
1. Two Watkins-Johnson WJ-8718 radio receivers
2. Two Delta ASA-1/ST audio select assemblies
3. One JVC AV-20ME TV Monitor treceived from Nicvsia>
4. One Sharp VC-5M6E video cassette recorder (received
from Nicosia)
TDY enoineer and bureau technicians installed the
f ollowina roof-top antennas at the new bureau building: Two
dipoles. one lonawire. one rotatable VHF. two UHF. and one FM.
The installation of the microwave system between the
embassy and the new bureau buildino was completed and the
system checked with excellent results.
A single channel Q710 modem enclosure was installed at the
remote antenna site.
II. ADMINISTRATIDN
A. Personnel.
The revised transportation allowance was extended to bureau
FHN employees effective 18 Auoust.
Hureau Enoineer returned from advance home leave
on 22 September. TDY Enoineer departed 24
September.
H. Bui 1 d,i np,__and_..Grounds
The move to new Quarters rew
near. as three site acceptance meetinos were held during the
month. The meetings uncovered a number of deficiencies. and
formal acceptance was delayed until corrections had been made.
Once the site is accepted. it is expected to take another 3
weeks before the actual move will take place. to allow the
bureaus technicians time to complete various installations.
C. Other,
The Israeli Government issued the "new shekel" on 4
September. The "new shekel" is worth 1C~~~D "old shekels." or
approximately b6 cents. according to the offical exchange rate.
The "new shekel" brings with it a completely new set of coins
and will be in circulation side by side with the "old shekel"
until the latter is withdrawn in September 1986. offering
endless possibilities for confusion. especially to those still
calculating their expenses in Israeli pounds. the predecessor
of the "old" shekel.
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PanAm on 6 September announced that it is launching a
scheduled service providing five flights a week between Hen
Gurion airport and New York/Washington D. C.. via Paris. The
service will beuin on 27 October. Flights to Israel will be
daily. excluding Mondays and Tuesdays; Flights to U.S. will be
daily. excludinc Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
III. VISITS
Ambassador Pickerinc paid a visit to the bureau on 6 September.
He received a detailed briefing on FHIS operations and was
introduced to several members of the local bureau staff.
STAT A security technician visited bureau on 1~ Septemb The
visit resulted in two mayor enhancements of security at
building site.
A two-man team from the Office of the Inspector General
conducted an inspection of the bureau from 2(7-24 September. The IG
team members held talks with all bureau staffers and over half of
the bureau's foreicn national employees.
IV. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
?1r" land their spouses
Hureau editors
attended the 2-day embassy orientation program for new arrivals on b
and 19 September. The first day was devoted to briefings on the
various embassy components. while the second involved a trip to
Jerusalem and included a briefing by an aide to the mayor of the
city. a tour of certain historical sites. followed by lunch and a
briefing by the principal officer at the Jerusalem consulate.
STAT
Chief. FHIS Tel Aviv ureau
Attachments: a. Production Deport
b. Communications Report
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