MONTHLY REPORT--JORDAN BUREAU--JULY 1986

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CIA-RDP87-01104R000100060006-0
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May 9, 2012
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6
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August 6, 1986
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MEMO
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/09: CIA-RDP87-011048000100060006-0 6 August 1986 MJN 861'2 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service THROUGH Chief, Operations Group SUBJECT Monthly Report--Jordan Bureau--July 1986 The visit to Jordan of Vice President Bush from 30 July to 2 August almost totally preoccupied the embassy for the entire month. Complicating the visit was the 2-day stay of the vice president's party in Aqaba, which necessitated duplicate logistical arrangements. The bureau contributed six spare Extel printers for use in the control/ rp ess centers set up both in Amman and Aqaba. Bureau technician provided much-needed technical and maintenance assistance. The visit was highlighted, as far as the American community in Jordan was concerned, by a reception at the Marriott Hotel at which the vice pres- ident and Mrs. Bush mingled with the assembled multitude. A. Editorial/Monitorial 1. With the official closure of Gulf Bureau operations on 30 July, Jordan Bureau assumed primary coverage responsibilities for one additional press agency, four voice casts and 11 newspapers. The additional coverage includes the following: a. Bahrain: Manama WAKH Arabic/English b. Iraq: Baghdad Domestic Arabic c. Kuwait: Arabic, AL-ANBA', AL-QABAS, AL-RA'Y AL-'AMM and AL-SIYASAH in and the TIMES in English d. Oman: Muscat Domestic Arabic, 'UMAN in Arabic, and the DAILY OBSERVER in English e. Saudi Arabia: in English AL-DAMMAN AL-YAWN in Arabic and the SAi1DI GAZETTE f. UAE: Abu Dhabi AL-ITTIHAD in Arabic and Dubayy AL-BAYAN in Arabic g. YAR: Sanaa VOP Arabic and Sanaa Domestic Arabic 2. The Jordanian Government closed 25 PLO offices in Jorcian on 7 July and expelled Khalil al-Wazir, deputy commander in chief of the Palestinian Revolution Forces, due to "irresponsible, misleading utterances" by some prominent Fatah Revolutionary Council members against Jordan and its pan- Arab stands. The government also stated that this action was due to the sharp criticism in a 19 June Fatah Revolutionary Council statement "assailing" Jordan and its "clear policy." This was followed by a rare news conference on 12 July given by King Husayn to "local, Arab and foreign" journalists. STAT STAT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/09: CIA-RDP87-011048000100060006-0 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/09: CIA-RDP87-011048000100060006-0 Page 2 MJN 8612 At the press conference the king expressed full support for the Soviet- French proposal for an international conference on the Middle East. The text of teh 44-minute Husayn news conference was broadcast by Jordan Tel- evision on the 13th, and was filed priority in seven takes. 3. The 22 July meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Shi.m'on Peres and Moroccan King Hassan II caused "strong" reactions throughout the region. Syria, which reacted in the severest manner, immediately broke diplomatic relations with Morocco, calling the action by King Hassan II "treasonous" and comparing it to the Al-Sadat Camp David meeting. The 2-minute Syrian statement was filed immediate. 4. In response to a request from Tel Aviv Bureau, we assumed respons- ibility for coverage of the West Bank Arabic papers from 28 June through 28 July during their Persian/Arabic monitor's leave. 1. The bureau's monitorial staff increased b three durin the month, with the EOD of monitor trainees on the h and the transfer from Gulf Bureau of Monitor Specialist 2. Monitor on 8 June. was promoted to FBN-10/1 Senior Monitor 3. Commo operators received PSI's to FBN-6 on u y. 4. Deputy Chief 21 July. departed for PCS to Headquarters on STAT ~T,4T STAT STAT STAT STAT Chief, Jordan Bureau ATT: Monthly Production Report STAT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/05/09: CIA-RDP87-011048000100060006-0