MONTHLY REPORT--AUSTRIA BUREAU--APRIL 1987

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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 7, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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7 May 1987
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
FROM Chief, Austrian Bureau
THROUGH Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT Monthly Report - Austria Bureau - April 1987
1. FBIS Director) (visited the bureau 29-30 April
as part of a management trip to several Mid-East and European bureaus
which culminated in the annual FBIS-BBC meeting in London.
met with U.S. Ambassador Lauder and several Embassy
officials, toured the bureau and addressed its staff in a general
meeting, and attended a dinner party hosted by the bureau chief.
It was a brief but very busy visit.
2. The announcement that the U.S. Justice Department had
placed Austrian President Waldheim on the Watch List hit Austria like
a bombshell. The Austrian Government came to Waldheim's defense and
the Austrian media was highly critical of the U.S. action. This could
well result in a strain in U.S.-Austrian relations for some time
to come despite the fact that Chancellor Vranitzky has decided to
go ahead with his scheduled visit to the States.
3. The upgrading of the bureau's primary and backup commo
circuits was completed during the month with the 16 April upgrade of
the VCVC backup circuit to 150 baud. An assessment of both upgraded
circuits reported to Chief/FBIS Communications stated that communications
had ceased to be a problem at Austria Bureau.
4. Installation of the FBA-1 bureau local area computer network
got underway at the beginning of the month with the 1 April arrival of a
five-man LEC hardware installation team, which completed its work about
a week ahead of schedule. LEC's FBA-1 software installation and training
team arrived at the bureau on the 27th. Software testing began shortly
thereafter, and training of the bureau personnel started 4 May.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
1. April was yet another record month for the bureau in publishable
wordage, reaching a high of 838,580. Aside from a 3-day visit to
Czechoslovakia by Soviet leader Gorbachev, there was no single major
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event which spurred the record wordage figures. In fact, after having
verified that the figures were correct, editorial and other personnel
expressed surprise that the bureau was able to file as much as it did
with such apparent ease. The previous high was 834,960 words, reached
in October 1986.
2. VLAN-produced wordage figures accounted for 66.8 percent of
total wordage filed by the bureau, down slightly form March's 68
percent.
3. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's 9-11 April visit to
Czechoslovakia required that the bureau mount an extra shift on the
morning of 11 April, a Saturday, to monitor Prague television coverage
of the visit. The bureau had also planned to staff an extra shift on the
12th, but Gorbachev made this unnecessary by departing, one day earlier- than
most reports thought he would. Because of the interest in Prague TV's
coverage of the visit, the bureau was able to participate in a successful
experiment designed to test the feasibility of sending videotapes to
London Bureau for forwarding to Headquarters via Internet. An ICCS
evaluation of the experiment stated thatihis method of forwarding
videotapes to Headquarters from Austria Bureau was a viable means of
getting priority material to WA.
B. Communications
1. The VCVC backup communications circuit was upgraded to
150 baud on 16 April.
2. Following extensive checks both here and in Headquarters,
it was determined that the IDD modems which are to be used for a direct
dial communications backup to both the primary and backup circuits here,
are not compatible with five-level Baudot-:tr s scions=andL~cannot-be
modified for Baudot. According to the modem's manufacturer, boards
are not available for Baudot transmissions using these modems.
A. Personnel
1. An advertisement was run in the British press on 23 April
for a Yugoslav monitor-candidate who will fill the vacant fourth monitor
slot in the Yugoslav section. The processing of a Hungarian monitor-
candidate resident in Israel was also started in April. Tel Aviv
Bureau is handling the processing on our behalf.
2. Chief monitor Shift Supervisor and
Administrative Assistant were promoted on 21 April to FBN-12,
FBN-11 and FBN-10, respectively.
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IV. VISITS
1. To the bureau:
A. Five-man LEC LAN hardware installation team arrived 1 April.
Three departed on two separate dates after hardware installation was
completed. Two have remained to support software installation on
the LAN.
B. A six-person LEC software installation and training team
arrived 25 April.
C. SA/OPS arrived 28 April to assist in the
D. ADD representative) arrived 30 April for the LAN
installation project.
E. GE representative Scott Carpenter arrived 4 May as the
final member of the LAN installation team.
F. BBC engineer Vernon Smith 13-24 April to upgrade the VCVC
communications line and radio equipment.
H. Director) and wife 29 April-1 May.
I. And to top it all off, my wife's
Sydney on 29 April to stay with us.
cc: Chief, FBIS London Bureau
Attachments:
Production Report
Staff Personnel Report
Non-Staff Personnel Report
Chief, Austrian Bureau
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Austrian Bureau Production Report for April 1987
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 838,580
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH: 23,110
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH: 1,609
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE: 12,300 15,865 325.99
(minutes or issues per mon min. min. issues
ALBANIA
Tirana Domestic Service in
Albanian
Tirana ATA in
7,620
English 10,140
Tirana BASHKIMI in
Albanian
1,570
Tirana DRITA in
Albanian
0
Tirana PUNA in
Albanian
0
Tirana RRUGA E PARTISE in
Albanian
1,430
Tirana ZERI I POPULLIT in
Albanian
5,630
Tirana ZERI I RINISE in
Albanian
AUSTRIA
Vienna Domestic Service in
German 6,850
Vienna ORF TELETEXT in
German 2,440
Vienna Television Service in
German 2,420
Vienna NEUE AZ in
German
2,280
Vienna DIE PRESSE in
German
4,950
Vienna KURIER in
German
2,330
Vienna NEUE KRONEN ZEITUNG in
German
610
Vienna PROFIL in
German
2,120
Vienna VOLKSSTIMME in
German
12,150
Vienna WIENER ZEITUNG in
German
5,230
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BROAD-
CASTS
PRESS
AGENCIES
PUBLI-
CATIONS
BULGARIA
Sofia Domestic Service in
Bulgarian
8,960
Sofia BTA in
English 41,790
Sofia ANTENI in
Bulgarian
0
Sofia
LITERATUREN FRONT in
Bulgarian
0
Sofia
NARODNA ARMIYA in
Bulgarian
4,020
Sofia
NARODNA MLADEZH in
Bulgarian
0
Sofia NOVO VREME in
Bulgarian
0
Sofia
OTECHESTVEN FRONT in
Bulgarian
3,040
Sofia POGLED in
Bulgarian
2,500
Sofia
RABOTNICHESKO DELO in
Bulgarian
70,510
Sofia STURSHEL in
Bulgarian
0
Sofia TRUD in
Bulgarian
2,310
Sofia ZEMEDELSKO ZNAME in
Bulgarian
1,040
CHINA
Beijing International Service in
Albanian
Beijing International Service in
Serbo-Croatian
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Prague Television Service in
Czech
Prague Television Service in
12,170
Slovak
Prague LIDOVA DEMOKRACIE in
Czech
810
Prague MLADA
Czech
FRONTA in
1,130
Prague NOVA MYSL in
Czech
2,860
Prague PRACE in
Czech
4,840
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BROAD-
CASTS
PRESS
AGENCIES
PUBLI-
CATIONS
Prague RUDE PRAVO in
Czech
76,300
Prague TRIBUNA in
h
C
940
zec
Prague VECERNI PRAHA in
Czech
260
Prague ZEMEDELSKE NOVINY in
Czech
0
Bratislava PRAVDA in
Slovak
60,900
Bratislava ROLNICKE
Slovak
NOVINY in
0
Bratislava SMENA in
Slovak
2,660
Bratislava VECERNIK
Slovak
in
FRANCE
Paris AFP in
English
44,500
Paris
GDR
East
ZNAKI
Polish
Berlin
German
CZASU in
BERLINER ZEITUNG in
530
East
Berlin
German
DER MORGEN in
50
East
Berlin
German
EINHEIT in
1,260
East
Berlin
German
HORIZONT in
0
East
Berlin
German
NATIONAL ZEITUNG in
0
East
Berlin
German
NEUE ZEIT in
410
East
Berlin
German
NEUES DEUTSCHLAND in
66,720
East
Berlin
German
NEUER WEG in
0
HUNGARY
Budapest Television Service in
Hungarian
Budapest KULPOLITIKA in
Hungarian 0
Budapest MAGYAR HIRLAP in
Hungarian 13,580
Budapest MAGYAR NEMZET in
Hungarian 2,440
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Budapest MAGYARORSZAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPSZABADSAG in
Hungarian
Budapest NEPSZAVA in
Hungarian
Budapest PARTELET in
Hungarian
Budapest TARSADALMI SZEMLE in
Hungarian
ITALY
Rome ANSA in
English
POLAND
Warsaw KULTURA in
Polish
Warsaw NOWE DROGI in
Polish
Warsaw POLITYKA in
Polish
Warsaw PRZEGLAD KATOLICKI in
Polish
Warsaw RZECZPOSPOLITA in
Polish
Warsaw RZECZYWISTOSC in
Polish
Warsaw SLOWO POWSZECHNE in
Polish
Warsaw SZTANDAR MLODYCH in
Polish
Warsaw TRYBUNA LUDU in
Polish
Warsaw ZOLNIERZ WOLNOSCI in
Polish
Warsaw ZYCIE PARTII in
Polish
Warsaw ZYCIE WARSZAWY in
Polish
Krakow TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY in
Polish
ROMANIA
Bucharest Domestic Service in
Romanian
Bucharest AGERPRES in
English
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
2,160
16,070
0
27,730
1,950
340
0
2,810
660
13,400
45,230
0
930
50,000
3,400
0
4,950
1,420
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Bucharest AGERPRES in
French
Bucharest ERA SOCIALISTA in
Romanian
Bucharest LUMEA in
Romanian
Bucharest ROMANIA LIBERA in
Romanian
Bucharest SCINTEIA in
Romanian
USSR
Moscow in
Albanian to Albania
Moscow in
Bulgarian to Bulgaria
Moscow in
Macedonian to Yugoslavia
Moscow in
Romanian to Romania
Moscow in
Slovene to Yugoslavia
Moscow ISTORIYA SSSR in
Russian
Moscow KOMMUNIST VOORUZHENNYKH SIL in
Russian
Moscow KOMMUNIST in
Russian
Moscow MEZHDUNARODNAYA ZHIZN in
Russian
Moscow MIROVAYA EKONOMIKA I
MEZHDUNARODNYYE OTNOSHENIYA in
Russian
Moscow OBSHCHESTVENNYYE NAUKI in
Russian
Moscow PARTIYNAYA ZHIZN in
Russian
Moscow PLANOVOYE KHOZYAYSTVO in
Russian
Moscow POLITICHESKOYE
SAMOOBRAZOVANIYE in
Russian
Moscow PROBLEMY DALNEGO VOSTOKA in
Russian
Moscow PROBLEMY MIRA I SOTSIALIZMA in
Russian
Moscow RABOCHIY KLASS I SOVREMENNYY
MIR in
Russian
Moscow SOTSIOLOGICHESKIYE
ISSLEDOVANIYA in
Russian
49,010
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Moscow SSHA: EKONOMIKA, POLITIKA,
IDEOLOGIYA in
Russian
Moscow VOPROSY EKONOMIKI in
Russian
Moscow VOPROSY FILOSOFII in
Russian
Moscow VOPROSY ISTORII KPSS in
Russian
Moscow VOPROSY ISTORII in
Russian
Moscow VOYENNO-ISTORICHESKIY
ZHURNAL in
Russian
Kiev PRAVDA UKRAINY in
Russian
Kiev RADYANSKA UKRAINA in
Ukrainian
YUGOSLAVIA
Belgrade Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian 12,340
Pristina Domestic Service in
Albanian 670
Pristina Domestic Service in
Serbo-Croatian 290
Belgrade Television Service in
Serbo-Croatian 0
Belgrade TANJUG DOMESTIC SERVICE in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade TANJUG in
English
Belgrade BORBA in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade KOMUNIST in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade NARODNA ARMIJA in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade NIN in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade POLITIKA in
Serbo-Croatian
Belgrade SOCIALIZAM in
Serbo-Croatian
Ljubljana DELO in
Slovene
Novi Sad DNEVNIK in
Serbo-Croatian
Pristina RILINDJA in
Albanian
0
37,170
970
15,250
0
2,410
0
11,830
0
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BROAD- PRESS
CASTS AGENCIES
PUBLI-
CATIONS
Sarajevo OSLOBODJENJE in
Serbo-Croatian
Skopje NOVA MAKEDONIJA in
Macedonian
0
Titograd POBJEDA in
Serbo-Croatian
0
Zagreb DANAS in
Serbo-Croatian
4,750
Zagreb VJESNIK in
Serbo-Croatian
0
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