MONTHLY REPORT - OKINAWA BUREAU - APRIL 1986
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UNITED STATES FORCES, JAPAN
FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
OKINAWA BUREAU
APO SAN FRANCISCO 962]9
MOK-6007
1 May 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
THROUGH: Chief, Operations Group, FBIS
FROM:
Acting Chief, Okinawa Bureau, FBIS
SUBJECT: Monthly Report - Okinawa Bureau - April 1986
A. Okinawa regained satellite press facsimile capability for the
first time since 1982 when FBIS's second new Adaptable Facsimile Printer
(AFP) system was installed by Headquarters engineer in late
April. Initial tests confirmed Okinawa can print Soviet newspapers from
the 80 East satellite, Hanoi's NHAN DAN newspaper on the same bird, and
selected telephoto transmissions. First looks at other possible facsimile
transmissions have not yet uncovered Beijing's RENNIN RIBAO or CHINA
DAILY, but these will be sought intensively as soon as major maintenance
on our 10-meter dish--the first since its 1981 installation--is completed
in the first half of May. The 3-meter PESOS dish appears locked on the
center of the figure-8 drift pattern for the Soviet 140 East satellite
providing primary Moscow TV coverage, and PESOS now gives steady coverage
without adjustments for ten days or more.
B. The U.S. dollar continued its downward losses against the
Japanese yen, reaching another new low since World War II of below $1.00
167 yen near the month's end, with the bank rate for employees hitting 166
on 26-27 April. Some financial analysts predict the rate may go as low as
150 yen, despite appeals by Prime Minister Nakasone for joint action to
slow the yen's rise on the eve of the 4-6 May Tokyo economic summit. The
.strong yen has reportedly hurt Okinawa's tourist business, as yen-rich
Japanese travel abroad rather than to Okinawa, resulting in the sixth
straight month of declining tourist visitors during March. The silver
lining for employees was that the COLA-rate for Okinawa rose to Class 15
effective 30 March because of the strong yen. Bureau budget projections
still forecast a shortfall of about $461,000 for FY-1986, due entirely to
yen-related MLC personnel costs and yen expenses for utilities.
C. A scaling down and stretchout of the bureau's housing
recapitalization program was decided in Washington discussions by the
bureau chief while attending the annual chiefs' conference. The bureau
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expects no more than about $350,000 yearly within its normal budget to
rehabilitate older quarters. Earlier plans to demolish and rebuild the 16
oldest, GSWK houses will be revised to focus on new roofs and extensive
interior refurbishing. Removal of the old Quonset and building one new
duplex with 3-bedroom units remain the first goals with FY-1986 funds.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. The run-up to the Tokyo economic summit with President
Reagan attending began affecting bureau coverage at April's end, with a
major pre-summit NHK TV interview of Prime Minister Nakasone on 25 April
and another by YOMIURI SHIMBUN of French President Mitterrand on 28 April
requiring special staffing, which has also been laid on for the 2-6 May
period. USIS at the American Embassy, Tokyo, phoned to lay on special
filing of Moscow media comment on the summit for a USIS support team that
will be in Tokyo during the President's visit, and this ad hoc request was
passed directly to LRB and London Bureau.
2. Completion of the PRC's NPC and CPPCC sessions, which
together ran from 23 March to 12 April, brought Chinese workloads back to
normal levels. Major, lengthy reports including multi-thousand-word
reports on the seventh 5-year plan, laws, new appointments and leadership
lists boosted Chinese production above normal levels for weeks, with some
125,000 words of it directly related to the meetings.
3. After receiving Bangkok Bureau's revised emergency
coverage plan draft and updates from Hong Kong and Seoul, the bureau
reviewed reception and capabilities and filed to MOD updates of its
emergency potential for the other three Far East bureaus as well as its
own. Poor reception precludes Okinawan coverage of several
Bangkok-proposed programs, with satellite backup the only possibility in
some cases and that in turn limited by the single 10-meter dish usable for
all coverage. Our Seoul backup plan went into effect for one hour on 15
April during a bomb threat closedown of Seoul.
4. Veteran Chinese monitor) (notified his
intention to retire this November, and the bureau received Headquarters'
approval to EOD as replacement a fourth Chinese monitor applicant from its
candidate pool develo ed from the November 1985 Taipei trip. The new
candidate is a long-time resident of Nepal who claims Hindi
and Urdu in addition to Mandarin.
5. Russian monitor-trainee) )arrived on 3
April with his famil from S dne Australia, and began training under
Russian Unit Chief who himself departed on EOT leave 24
April, leaving senior monitor in charge until about 29
May. Trainee has progressed to the point where he handles
Beijing Russian, oscow V and MONTSAME press items with little or no
checking required.
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6. Chinese/Tagalog monitor ~~ departed Okinawa PCS to
Hong Kong Bureau on 4 April, having been with FBIS less than one year and
spending nearly half that time at Hong Kong on TDY.
7. Bangkok Bureau generously agreed to an Okinawa proposal
that Bangkok handle our Moscow, Beijing and Hanoi Vietnamese covera e
weekends during the annual leave of senior monitor who
went to the U.S. on 26 April for weddings of one son and one daughter in
May. The swap saved Okinawa overtime funds, which C/Ops had advised are
already exhausted.
Cruising
1. Major cruising activity in April focused on three large
projects: the semi-annual spring changeover of Moscow Radio and Peace and
Progress transmitters, as well as Beijing service changes; rechecking and
verifying known or suspected satellite facsimile transmissions to prepare
for the ~ TDY to install the bureau's AFP system, and extensive
rechecks of Bangkok, Hong Kong and Seoul coverage transmitters to confirm
what Okinawa can do to back up these three bureaus in emergencies.
2. Lesser facsimile services noted in initial checks with
the new AFP system in late April included Japan JIJI press (from HF
monitoring), Agence France Press telephoto--in addition to Soviet
newspapers and Hanoi's HNAN DAN--on the Soviet 80 East satellite, and
REUTER telephoto and Beijing-PIX-XIAN telephoto on the 66 and 63 East
satellites, respectively.
1. Headquarters contractor) of ST Research,
TDYed at the bureau 8-16 April to bring, explain, and test two
programs--STedit and BACH--designed to replace the Extel 315 ASR equipment
with IBM PC-XT's in Far East bureaus, and provide automated router header
generation. Demonstrations and tests with bureau personnel explained
operating procedures and turned up various problems that will be further
explored and tested during the next two months at the request of C/ESG.
Okinawa also received IBM XT sets for Bangkok, Hong Kong and Seoul
bureaus; they are being checked out prior to shipment to those bureaus.
2. Antenna replacement continued, with one Beverage system
of 20 poles at 267 degrees and another at 12 degrees, and three rhombic
antennas being on the current project schedule. The U.S. Air Force
antenna supervisor expects the FY-1986 project to be completed in early
June.
3. Expansion and remodeling of the Muirfax radiophoto booth
was completed, making this booth ready for use as a Japanese TV monitoring
booth when that team moves from present space inside "Chinese territory"
down the hall, to give Chinese monitors extra booths they have long
required.
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1. Tightened security has been imposed in the bureau and
Torii Station area, along with Kadena Air Base, since the 15 April U.S.
raid on Libya. The administrative officer met with local security police,
and a jeep began patrols past the bureau on 28 April in anticipation of
possible troubles related to the Tokyo summit and recurring threats
against U.S. Forces installations elsewhere in Japan. Yokota Air Base had
a small rocket incident on 15 April, claimed to be the work of a radical
"Core Faction" (Chukakuha) group that previously took credit for attacks
against the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. Another arson attack against Japanese
Self-Defense Force members' personal vehicles in Naha was carried out, the
fifth this year. The biennial security inspection 1-4 April by the
regional security office turned up only minor suggestions for improvement.
2. Earlier reports that Okinawa DODDS schools might have to
open in late September and cut teaching staff and activities proved untrue
when DODDS "maneuvered" its budget to allow a 5 September opening and
continuance of sports tournaments and other such events. The changes
involved reducing expenses on maintenance and a release of DODDS reserve
funds.
3. The bureau continued to undergo a routine Kadena
Civilian Base Personnel Office review of its MLC employee supervision,
grade structure and recordkeeping, includin a 30 A ril visit by Michael
Richter and Mr. Kinjo. Logistics officer completed two training
courses, a 15-17 April course on the Inter Service Support Agreement
system and a 22-25 April MLC supervisory course.
monitors
certif is
4. The bureau chief presented federal service pins to
Buildings And Grounds
and a 15-year service
emonies 10 April.
cruising room for Chief Monitor Librarian
Operations Clerk vacating booths that can now be used by
the Vietnamese an Japanese teams. The end result will be three more
booths for Chinese monitors and a Japanese TV monitoring booth when
renovations are complete. The regional engineer and MLC administrative
assistants' offices have swapped locations.
To the Bureau:
John Leftault, special agent in charge, Okinawa Field Office of
the 500th MI Group, Camp Zama, 1 April for brief in re ional security
officer, 1-4 April for biennial security survey; ST
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Research computer contractor, 8-16 April to explain and field test new
BACH header and Extel replacement computer programs; Sgt. McHaffry, Yokota
Autodin Switching Center, on 10 April for briefing and inspection; MSgt.
Howard, Cable and Antenna Section, 1962nd Information Systems Group,
Kadena Air Base, and other sergeants, 15 April in regard to bureau antenna
project; Lt. Col. Donald J. Graybill, commander, 18th Civil Engineering
Support Squadron, Kadena Air Base, 9 April in regard to FBIS housing
recapitalization pro ram? communications security officer, 15-16 April for
routine inspection; FBIS/ESG/FED/FSB, 22 April to 1 May to
install, test and tra n ureau?staff on new Adaptable Facsimile Printer
system; and Marine GySgt. Butler, of G-2, First Marine Air Wing, 25 April
to discuss FBIS lateral services on terrorist threats against Marine air
facilities.
From the Bureau:
Bureau chief and wife to FBIS Headquarters for annual bureau
chiefs' conference and annual leave, 12 April, returning 14 May; editor
for one day's TDY during private travel, at Hong Kong
and Bangkok bureaus 18 and 25 April, respectively.
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Bureau secretary) was the honored guest of the
acting chief, chief editor and administrative officer at a 23 April Kadena
Officers Club special luncheon on National Professional Secretaries Day,
sponsored by the Kadena Federal Woman's Program. Brig. Gen. Donald
Snyder, commander, 313th Air Division, and two colonels were guest
speakers.
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I?. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL~PUBLI$HABLE 610RDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
YOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILE DURING MONTH:
;~
1,511,890
492 , 670
4,090
BROAD- PRESS .. PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 18,520 40,040 175.79
(minutes or issues per week) min. ain. 'issues
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SO
URGES:
_
CHINA
Beijing International Service to East and South Africa in
English
Beijing International Service to North America in
English
_--
790
Beijing International Service in
Japanese! \
540
Beijing International service in
Mandarin
700
Beijing to Taiwan in
Mandarin
2,980
Beijing to the USSR in
Russian
4,640
Beijing to Vietnam in
Vietnamese
1,200
Beijing Daoestic Service in
Mandsrin
10,580
Fuzhou I~jian Provincial Service in
Mandarin
2,990
Hangzhou Zhejiang Provincial Service in
Mnnda ri n
3 ,190
Hefei Mhui Provincial Service in
Mandarin
2,260
Nanchang Jiangxi
Manderin
Provincial Service in
10,250
Nanjing Jiangsu
Mandarin
Provincial Service in
~
5 ,4 60
Shanghai City Service in
Mandarin
5,730
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._ BRO~,..~ PRESS PURL I -
- CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Beijing XINF{UA in
English
Beijing XINIiUA Dnmestic Service in
Chinese
Beijing BEIJING REVIEW in
English
Fuzhou FUJ IAN R IIfAO 1 n
Chinese
Hefei ANHUL RIBAO in
Chinese
HangzhouLH>::.JIANG RLBAO in
Chinese
Nanjing XtNHUA RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai JEIFANC RIBAO in
Chinese
Shanghai WEN HUI BAO in
Chinese
CLANDESTINE
(.Clandestine) lia Yi Radio to China in
Mandarin
JAPAN
Naha Radio NHK in Japanese
Japanese
Tokyo NHK Television Network in
Japanese
?okyo JPS in
English
Tokyo KYODO in
English
Tokyo JIJI in
English
Tokyo AKAHATA in
Japanese
Tokyo ASAHI SHINBUN in
Japanese .'
Tokyo ASAHI EVENING NEWS in
English
Tokyo JAPAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL in
Enblish
Tokyo MA INICIiI D~.ILY NEIJS in
Enblish
738,050
154,820
1,370
16,110
9,590
2,100
5,610
5,060
2,670
11 ,160
2,130
281,570
5,420
3,640
13,410
5 , 000
8,150
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Tokyo NAINIC}iI SHIMl3UN in
Jepancsc
Tokyo NINON KEIZAI SHIiSBi1N in
Jepancsc
Tokyo SANKEI SHIH$UN in
Japanese
Tokyo THE DAILY YOMIURI in
English
Tokyo THE JAPAN TIMES in
English
Tokyo TOKYO SHIIlBUN in
J spares e
Tokyo YONIURI SHIMSUN in
Japanese
Naha OKINAWA TIMES in
?Jepancsc
Naha RYUICYU SHIMPO in
Japanese
KOREA (NORTH)
Pyongyang KCNA in
English
HONGOLIA
Ulaanbaatar MONTSANE in
English
Ulaanbaatar MONTSAME in
Russian
TAI~IAN
Taipei. International Service in
English..
Taipei Domestic Service in
Handerin
Taipei CNA 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 T"LU L I WAN PAO i n
Chinese
340
7,450
610
14,790
15,760
5,380
7,300
5 , 910
3 , 940
27,540
8 , 080
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UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow to Japan in
Japanese
Moscow to Southeast Asia in
Mandarin
Moscow to China in
Mandari n
Moscow to Vietnam in
Vietnamese
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress to China in
Mandarin
Moscow Domestic Television Service in
Russian
VIETNAM
Hanoi International Service in
Mandari n
Hanoi Daoestic Service in
Vietnamese
Hanoi VNA in
English
Hanoi VNA in
French
Hanoi VNA in
Vietnamese
Ho Chi Minh City VNA in
Vietnamese
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
6,060
160
4 ,180
1,710
18,120
61,770
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