MONTHLY REPORT - AUSTRIA BUREAU - NOVEMBER 1986

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 2, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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2 December 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
FROM Chief, Vienna Bureau
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report - Austria Bureau - November 1986
1. Total wordage produced via the bureau's VLAN topped October's
figure by almost 100,000 words, rising from 253,520 to 350,080, including
126,010 words in English-language press agency traffic that needed no
rekeying. The total VLAN figure represents 43 percent of the total
wordage filed by the bureau in November, despite some hiccups in
the system noted below.
2. The U.S. delegation to the CSCE conference, which opened
in Vienna on 4 November, advised the bureau that it wished to receive
wirefiled FBIS materials on a variety of subjects. Arrangements were
made with Liaison to provide the service.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The highlight of the month was the 3-8 November Albanian party
congress, the first since the death of long time Albanian leader Enver
Hoxha. According to the bureau's two Albanian section monitors, who
did an outstanding job in covering the congress and processing the
large amounts of materials that emerged, the congress produced no
great surprises.
2. A fourth monitorial section -- the Yugoslav -- was added
to the VLAN on 12 November, bringing the number of monitorial units
with direct access to the system to three. Shortly after this event,
however, a problem with the system involving apparent PC workstation
"lock up" developed. Reported to ADD in two rather lengthy administrative
messages, the jury is still deliberating the likely cause or causes of
this phenomenon. The initial diagnosis -- NIM (Network Interface Module)
failure -- has been ruled out, as suspected bad boards have functioned
normally when moved to other workstations. High on our list of
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causes is system overload, as the lock ups have been localized to one PC --
that located in the CSSR section -- and happen at about the same time
each day (3-4 pm), when the system is being most heavily used. Nevertheless,
the VLAN has been and continues to be a definite boon to bureau operations.
B. Communications
1. As with previous status reports, the bureau is still awaiting
installation of its 300-baud communications circuit. As of the end of
the month, the bureau is awaitin the arrival of the necessary modems
and for the computer which will handle the
bureau's traffic, to be reprogrammed.
2. Movement on the upgrade of the VCVC duplex line between AU
and London Bureau from 75 to 150 baud went ahead, however, with the
arrival of the modems needed for the higher-baud rate. The bureau
is now awaiting word on the dates of the visit BBC engineer Vernon
Smith will make to the bureau to install the equipment, probably
late January.
STAT
a. FBIS Security Officer visited the bureau 3-7 November. STAT
Several security upgrades for the bureau were suggested, and estimates
are now being obtained on the cost of these enhancements.
b. ADD Deputy Chief visited the bureau 5-8 November
with three members of LEC management. a team studied the VLAN system
in operation with a view toward working with the bureau on upgrading
and completing automation at Austrian Bureau and ultimately installing a
similar system at all field bureaus.
c. Czech and Hungarian monitors briefed a visiting Headquarters
analyst on 17 November.
Regional Engineer paid a regular maintenance visit to
Brindisi 2-8 November. His visit coincided with the Albanian Communist
Party Congress, which he was able to record while on site.
ie Austrian Bureau
cc: Chief, FBIS London Bureau
Attachments:
Production Report
Staff Personnel Report
Non-Staff Personnel Report
STAT
STAT
STAT
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Austrian Bur eau Production Report for November 1986
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH,. 786 , 900
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 23,760
TOTAL. NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 1 , 370
BROAD- PRESS PURL I -
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
I I . INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 12,275 15,01S 322.91
(minutes or issues per week) IT,iT'l. m11??l. issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month
ALBANIA
Tirana Domestic Service in
Albanian 38,550
Tirana iti a ~T n
F?i in
i
Eng l i ah 43,450
Tirana BASHKIMI I.r,
Alba=iniai 560
Tirana :DRITA .ii
Albanian
1
Tirana PUMA in
Albanian
0
Tirana RRt-1GA E PARTISE
in
Albanian
0
Tirana ZERI I
Albanian
POF'UL.L I "t"
in
93,400)
Tirana :=E.r'i I
Albanian
RIh4ISE: in
0
AUSTRIA
Vienna Domestic Service in
German 9,300
Vienna OFF. TELETEXT in
German 2,660 Vienna Television Service Ii"i
German 7,270
Vienna ARBE I TER E I TLJNG in
German 3, 620
Vienna Bf-1STA in
German 0
Vienna DIE. PRESSE in
German 6.630
Vienna FALTER in
German 0
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Vienna KURIER in
German
Vienna NEUE KRONEN ZEITUNG in
German
Vienna PROFIT.. in
German
Vienna VOLK SST I MITE: in
Ger'ma'n
Vienna WIENER 2:EITONG in
German
BULGARIA
Sofia Domestic. Service in
Bulgar ian
Sofia BTA in
English
Sofia ANTEN I in
Bulgarian
Sofia L I TERATLJREN FRONT in
BU Igar ian
Sofia NARODNA ARMI'VA in
Bulgarian
Sofia NARODNA MLADE H in
Bulgarian
Sofia NOVO VREME in
Bulgarian
Sofia OTECHESTVEN FRONT in
Bulgarian
Sofia POLLED in
Bulgarian
Sofia RABOTN I CHESK0 DELO in
Bulgarian
Sofia TRUD in
Bulgarian
Sofia ZEMEDE:LSKO NAME in
Bulgarian
CHINA
Beijing International Service in
Albanian
Beijing International 5er..vice in
Serbo-Croatian
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Prague Television Service in
Czech and
Prague L I DOVA DE:MCW::RAC I E in
Czech
BROAD- PRESS FUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
2,610
0
2,130
2,210
4,780
0
0
3,450
960
0
7,620
0
33,610
2,990
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Prague MLADA FRONTA in
Czech
1,270
Prague NOVA h1YSL in
Czech
0
Prague PRACE in
Czech
1,100
Prague RUDE PRAVO in
Czech
42,220
Prague TR I BUNA in
Czech
3,120
Prague VECERNI PRAHA in
Czech
0
Prague ZEMED4 .LSKE NOV I NY in
Czech
500
Bratislava
Sl
k
PRAVDA in
cova
28,370
Bratislava
Sl
k
ROLNICKE NOVINY
in
ova
:
0
Bratislava
S1avaF
SMENA in
2,600
Bratislava
Slovak
VECERNIK
in
FRANCE
Paris AFP in
GDR
East
Erg :l i shi
Berlin
German
BERLINER ZEITUNG
in
580
East
Berlin
German
DER MORGEN in
1,370
East
Berlin
German
EINHEIT in
1,220
East
Berlin
German
HORIZONT in
1,940
East
Berlin
NATIONAL M E I TONG
in
East
German
Berlin
NEUE tiEIT in
East
German
Berlin
NEUES DEUTSCHLAND in
Germai!
HUNGAF':Y
Budapest Television Service in
H u n g a r? i an
Budapest MAGYAR HIRLAP in
Hungar i an
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BROAD- PRESS PIJBL I -
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Budapest MAGYAR NEM:E:T in
Hungarian
Budapest MAGYARORS: AG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPS;?.ABADSAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEF'S'ZA'VA in
Hung ar i an
Budapest PARTELE.T in
Huni:Ja'rian
Budapest TARSADAL.M I 8'2:E:ML.E in
Ht_tngar i an
I TALY
Rome ANSA in
E:rig l i sI..i
POL..AND
Paris ZNAK I C =AS J in
Polish
Warsaw KUL.TIJRA in
Pc,1 i sh
War saw I'?JOWE DROGI in
Pc, I i gat-,
Warsaw POL. I TYKA in
Polish
Warsaw F'R:EGLAD KATOLICl