MONTHLY REPORT--PARAGUAY BUREAU--MAY 1986

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 5, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
5 June 1966
MPY-6026
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH s Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT s Monthly Report--Paraguay Bureau--May 1986
With last month ' s installation of the Associate,
ROGET, the Bureau this month concentrated its efforts an
cruising out Brasilsat Al. The Bureau established a
schedule for surveying the four principal Brazilian
television stations. Am the month closed this survey was
nearing completion and cruising and admire messages
requesting formal sourceline approval were in the drafting
stages.
On 6 and 6 May, Paraguay and Panama Bureaus,
respectively, located Rio de Janeiro AJB and Brasilia EON
in Portuguese an the satellite. Since then Paraguay has
had both on ad hoc coverage until the formal cruising
survey is completed by the Headquarters cruiser in June.
The Bureau filed some 8,500 words from Brasi l sat
sources, the bulk from EON. It has been found that EON
carries a significant amount of material on government
activities that previously was not available to the Bureau.
A. NM1t9CL&1/9dit9CL4L
1. The major story in Argentina in May was the
apparent bomb attempt against President Alfonsin while he
was visiting the III Army Corps Headquarters in Cordoba.
Although confusion surrounds the incident and the Defense
Ministry and the military have tried to downplay the,
incident, the corps commander accepted responsibility and
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resigned and the defense minister has quit for "health
reasons." No group has claimed responsibility for the bomb
attempt. There has been also an increasing number of bomb
attacks in Argentina since the courts handed down long
prison terms to three of the principals of the military
government during the Falklands War. These attacks have
mainly focused on the ruling party's offices throughout the
country.
2. In the most serious incident since the 1902
Falklands War, an Argentine Coast Guard cutter on the 20th
surprised two Taiwan fishing boats just outside the
150-mile UK "exclusion zone" around the islands, over which
Argentina claims sovereignty. One of the Taiwan boats was
disabled by machinegun fire from the Coast Guard ship,
which picked up the crewmen, several of whom were injured,
one died of an apparent heart attack, and one is missing.
The Argentine Naval Prefecture and the Foreign Ministry
issued communiques justifying Argentina's action, which the
British Foreign Office condemned in a "stiff public
rebuke."
3. The open conflict in Paraguay between
supporters and opponents of the government continues. The
independent Radio Nanduti, which was attacked early in the
month, is continuing to suffer jamming by an unknown
source. The programming of the Catholic Radio Charitas
also has been jammed occasionally when carrying programs
critical of the government, and Radio Primero de Marzo has
received threatening phone calls. The Bureau has filed a
series of radio behavior FYI's an this jamming. In
addition, several apposition demonstrations in Asuncion
have been broken up by the police, but last moth's
severity has been tempered somewhat. In a diplomatic faux
pas, Paraguay's ambassador to Argentina accused some
Argentine Radical Party deputies of aiding Paraguayan
subversives in Buenos Aires. Following the strong
Argentine official reaction, Paraguay disavowed the envoy's
statement and he has since been recalled. An interesting
footnote to the Paraguayan situation is that an Argentine
television station In Formosa, Just across the border, has
been giving extensive coverage to the apposition's
activities. The Bureau filed an editorial wrapup on this
coverage that the Embassy appreciated and has placed
Formosa Television an coverage for video footage of
developments in Paraguay that is not available from
Paraguayan sources.
4. Terrorist violence continued in Peru,
highlighted by the murder by the Shining Path of a vice
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admiral in Lima an the 6th and an unsuccessful
assassination attempt against a leading ruling party
official an the 27th. Additionally, several ruling party
branch offices have been attacked. This-upsurge-in
terrorist activity has forced President Garcia to cancel
trips to Panama, M^wico, and Europe as well as plans to
meet with other world leaders.
5. Anticipating U.S. retaliation for a Brazilian
Government decision to "reserve its market" for
Brazilian-made computers, the Foreign Ministry an the 16th
issued a communique calling the protectionist measure "a
legitimate expression of national sovereignty." Feathers
were smoothed during a month-end visit by U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State John Whithead., and it was agreed the
two countries would work together and avoid using the word
"reprisals."
9. Lateral y c.s
1. Upon his return from annual leave and
consultations in the United States, Ambassador Taylor told
the 30 May Country Team seeting that everyone he talked to
in Washington, particularly in Congress, was well-informed
about the situation in Paraguay, in great part owing to the
Bureau it... being published in the DAILY REPORT.
2. In response to a request from the BBC
Newsroom, the Bureau filed several items dealing with the
alleged excommunication of officials in the Maranhao,
Brazil, sate government.
C. CCyLflpp
Most of the cruiser's activities this month
cantered around the new Associate ROSET antenna. After
receiving some training on the operation of the antenna
from the Regional Engineer during his April TDY, the
cruiser used It to survey Brazilian radio and television
stations and press agencies. He also completed the survey
of Moscow's secondary fr uenc adjust too In June he
and Headquarters Cruiser will conduct a
complete cruise-out with the ROMP and Bureau terrestrial
antennas.
During the month the technicians gave invaluable
assistance to the cruiser and the monitors surveying
Brasilsat Al. Construction of the permanent long-wire
antenna was begun and is nearing completion at the remote
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site at the ANTELCO field in Luque. The now racks for the
Bureau's equipment at the remote site are being fabricated,
and it is expected the enhanced microwave system will be
installed by the and of June. The Bureau received and ,
bench-tested a new teletype time printer that will be used
to print the time on the press agencies monitored at the
Bureau. At the request of Panama Bureau, the Bureau tested
two excess Crown recorders that Panama wishes to use. It
was found that one works well and that Panama can use the
other to cannibalize for spare parts.
III. ADMINISTRATION
enCfo0ostl
1. After a local recruitment effort and extensive
testing and evaluation, the Bureau has sel as its
newest monitor-candidate a native
of Paraguay and a graduate in architecture from the
Diversity of Washington in Seattle. an older
brother of the bureau Administrative Assistant, is
currently undergoing preemployment processing.
2. joined the Bureau an the 26th
as the new part-time contract secretary-. She will work a
minimum of `4 hours per pay peried. i
Mississippi and Is married to
an exchange officer serving i c n.
IV. VISITS
1. On 6 May, State Department INR/B analysts Dana
Brown and Karen Boushie visited the Bureau for a briefing
an operations.
:;~-Argei ALA analysts for
Praguay na, respectively, visited the Bureau
for a briefing on the 22d. They said they made "great use"
of Paraguay Bureau's materials.
3. On the 20th the Bureau Chief briefed a group of
now officers to the Mission and their spouses on Bureau
operations.
On the night of 19 May, Asuncion suffered a
violent thunderstorm with near-hurricane or hurricane force
winds. Bureau operations were interrupted for only a few
minutes, but large areas of the city, including the homes
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of several staffers and focal employees, were without power
for as long as 4 days. It is estimated that over 2,000
trees were toppled by the storm in Asuncion alone. The
Bureau's antennas survived without any damage.
GhI*fq-FB18 Paraguay Bureau
CC v Chief,, Panama Bureau
Chief, Key West Bureau
Attachments, Monthly Production Report
Wordage Filed From ROSET Sources
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Paraguay Bureau Production Report -for May 1986
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 227570
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 93710
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 1431
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Argentina Televisora Color
Network in
Spanish
Buenos Aires Domestic Service in
Spanish
Formosa LT 88 Television in
Spanish
Buenos Aires DYN in
Spanish
Buenos Aires NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in
Spanish
Buenos Aires TELAM in
Spanish
Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES HERALD in
English
Buenos Aires CLARIN in
Spanish
Buenos Aires GENTE in
Spanish
Buenos Aires LA NACION in
Spanish
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in
Spanish
Buenos Aires TIEMPO ARGENTINO in
Spanish
BOLIVIA
La Paz La Red Panamericana in
Spanish
La Paz Radio Illimani in
Spanish
La Paz El Diario in
Spanish
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI?-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS'
9306.00 42450. 00 174.23
min. min. issues
314o
8080
2500
4960
1538C)
1595o
7440
3140
0
810
1270
210
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La Paz PRESENCIA in
Spanish
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-?
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
BRAZIL
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese 2920
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Network in
Portuguese 5040
Porto Alegre Radio Guaiba in
Portuguese 0
Rio de Janeiro Radio Globo Network in
Portuguese 740
Sao Paulo Bandeirantes Television in
Portuguese 560
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes in
Portuguese 1120
Sao Paulo Television Globo in
Portuguese 170
Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro MANCHETE in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo FOLHA DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo VEJA in
Portuguese
CHILE
Santiago Domestic Service in
Spanish
Santiago Radio Chilena in
Spanish
Santiago QUE PASA in
Spanish
Santiago ANALISIS in
Spanish
Santiago CAUCE in
Spanish
Santiago COSAS in
Spanish
Santiago EL MERCURIO in
Spanish
0
2280
0
630
0
3010
2300
3290
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Santiago HOY in
Spanish
0
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
2300
Santiago MENSAJE in
Spanish
0
CHINA
Beijing Beijing in
Spanish
FRANCE
Paris AFP in
Spanish
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Radio Nanduti
in
Spanish
Asuncion Cerro Cora Sistema Nacional
de Television in
Spanish
0
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish
2330
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marzo in
Spanish
2370
Asuncion Red Privada
Paraguaya Television
de
in
Teledifusora
Spanish
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish
3020
Asuncion EL PUEBLO in
Spanish
1 080
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish
6540
Asuncion LA TARDE in
Spanish
2 500
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
1410
Asunc
ion SENDERO in
Spanish
0
Asunc
ion ULTIMA HORA in
Spanish
5460
PERU
Lima Cadena America Television in
Spanish
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Lima Canal 9 Television in
BROAD- PRESS PUBL I --
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Spanish
520o
Lima
Domestic Service in
Spanish
0
Lima
Latinoamericana Television in
Spanish
0
Lima Panamericana Television
Network in
Spanish
346o
Lima Radio del Pacifica in
Spanish
660
Lima
Radioprogramas del Peru in
Spanish
1420
Lima Television Peruana in
Spanish
2940
Lima CARETAS in
Spanish
Lima EL COMERCIO in
Spanish
Lima EL DIARIO MARKA in
Spanish
Lima EXPRESO
Spanish
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
SPAIN
Madrid EFE in
Spanish
URUGUAY
Montevideo Domestic Service in
Spanish
0
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish
1580
Montevideo Radio El Espectador in
Spanish
1070
Montevideo LA HORA in
Spanish
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
USSR
Moscow Radio Magallanes in
Spanish
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
Spanish to Latin America
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Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil
Moscow in
Spanish to Latin America
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile
Moscow in
Spanish to Cuba
BROAD-- PRESS PUBL I --
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
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Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes Television in
Portuguese
Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo Television Globo in
Portuguese
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