ESTABLISHMENT OF FBIS BUREAU IN WEST GERMANY

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• Publication Date: February 7, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FROM:
ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
Director, Foreign Broadcast
Information Service
TO: (Officer designation, room number, and
building)
i. Director of Management
and Planning, DDS&T
Room 6E45, Headquarters
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FBIS-0040/86
DATE
10 February 1986
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Central Intelligence Agency
7 February 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Joint Special Operations Agency
Organization of Joint Chiefs of Staff
ATTENTION : Chief, Special Activities Branch
SUBJECT : Establishment of FBIS Bureau in West Germany.
REFERENCE : A. JSOA Memorandum SP-S 053-86 dated 29 January 1986,
subject: Establishment of FBIS Bureau.
B. CIA Memoranum M-86-043 dated 24 January 1986,
subject as above.
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This is to advise you that the Office of Logistics, Real Estate Branch is
assuming responsibility for the proposal to estabish a new bureau in Western
Germany in response to your memorandum of 29 January 198t1. -The two FBIS
officers discussed in our memorandum proceeded to Germany to hold preliminary
discussions with Agency and other local officials, and both the Station and
officers were advised of the limitations on their activities as discussed with
you orally. Based on the results of their findings, a specific request for
logistic assistance will be presented to the Office of Logistics, who in turn
will submit a detailed request to you as appropriate.
CC: Director, Foreign Broadcast Information Service
Director of Logistics
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS,
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SP-S 053-86
29 January 1986
JOINT SPECIAL OPERATIONS AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301-5000
Chief, MCB, CSS
Subject: Establishment of FBIS Burea9
The enclosed memorandum requesting DoD assistance to
s bases for the establishment of an FBIS Bureau in
southern Germany is ret d without action. Request you work
this issue with at CIA Real Estate Branch,
Office of Logistics, to insure appropriate staffing and
coordination.
2. EDIf in fact it is determined the OJCS Focal Point System
is the proper forum to handle this request, we will actively
work to assist you in your program.
Enclosure
a/s
Copy to:
REB/OL
BYRO R. HOOTEN
Colonel, USAF
Chief, Support Activities
Branch, Supporting Opns
Division
CLASSIFIED BY DIRECTOR, JSOA
DECLASSIFY ON ODAR
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24 January 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Joint Special Operations Agency
Organization of Joint Chiefs of Staff
SECRET
Central Intelligence Agency
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ATTENTION: Chief, Special Activities Branch
SUBJECT: Establishment of FBIS Bureau in West Europe
1. This memorandum is to advise you_of-our interest in
establishing a new Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS)
bureau in Western Europe preferably on an existing US Army or US
Air Force facility in a NATO country and t t your
25X1 assistance for a preliminary site survey.
2. FBIS is an overt organization of the Central Intelligence
Agency with the mission of collecting, processing and
disseminating intelligence gained from publicly available foreign
press, radio and television communications abroad. It has bureaux
located throughout the world as well as cooperation arrangements
with certain allied nations who have access and coverage of
countries not readily available in the United States. We
currently rely on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for
coverage of the European continent in addition to reporting by
25X1 peripheral bureaux of FBIS in London and Cyprus.
3. In order to improve our coverage in Europe, and
especially to establish a satellite monitoring capability, we wish
to locate a new bureau on the continent. For political reasons a
NATO country is preferred, and for technical collection reasons
West Germany is fay-rad n initial step, we wish to sere
25X1 resisting of Deputy Chief of FBIS, and
25X1 Chief, Engineering upport Group, FBIS, to Germany
25X1 conduct a site survey. Approval has been received from
25X1 the Ambassador for the visit, which is scheduled to
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depending on the circumstances that are encountered. In order to
ruary 1986 and last for up to two weeks on more
visit Army and Air Force facilities in southern Germany, we
request that you advise the local Army and Air Force Focal Point
Officers (FPO) of the visit.
4. This proposal and TDY assistance request is a follow-up
to our initial telephone discussion with Colonel Byron en on
14 January 1986. Prior to departure, would
like to meet with the relevant Army and Air Force Focal Point
officers to brief them on the proposal in more detail. Please
advise us of a convenient time to meet with you and the other
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?FPOs. Your continued support of Agency requirements is
'ated. Sh questions, please contact
on secure7
FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS:
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MI3IORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
TIIROUGII: Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Administration
FROM: James V. Hirsch
Acting Deputy Director for Science and Technology
SUBJEC'T': Establishment of FBIS Bureau in West Europe
1. ']'his memorandum contains a recommendation for your approval.
This recommendation is contained in paragraph S.
2. An important element of the ongoing FBIS Modernization Program
is to (provide- connnunications satellite monitoring capability at selected
HIS bureaus. Experience since the completion of a technical study in
1982 confirms the increasing use of satellites for radio, facsimile,
television, and teletype transmissions. The 1982 study, based on the
then typical C-hand communication satellite, concluded that effective
monitoring in the European area could be accomplished from the bureaus
in London and Cyprus. However, the recent and accelerating trend to
K-band satellites and the commitment of a number of European countries
to direct broadcast satellite-transmission systems have invalidated the
1982 conclusion. A technical study completed this year concludes that
FBIS must establish satellite monitoring capability in West Europe.
This would be done in lieu of the major satellite monitoring facility--
originally projected in the budget for Cyprus.
3. Beyond technical considerations there are important operational
gains to be realized from a bureau in Europe. While the cooperative
arrangement with the BBC is and will continue to be satisfactory for
coverage of East Europe and the Soviet Union, the same is not true for
West Europe. The BBC has little interest in West Europe and lacks
adequate language capability for this region. An FBIS bureau in Europe
can overcome this deficiency while providing a backup to the BBC, which
is habitually underfunded and whose personnel are unionized and subject
to strike.-calls. Such a bureau will ensure expanded press, radio, and TV
coverage. Finally, a presence in Europe will allow access to databases
and cable communications systems which are expected to become
increasingly important.
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FBIS is seeking approval to establish a new
bureau in Western Europe (Germany) per Jim
C/FBIS Support Staff. If approved
Air Force until specifics known. or ,.
visit possible sites to esta is ureau. They
will examine US Government locations but are
not restricted to a kaserne or air base. Jim
mentioned Munich, Augsburg as possible site
based on propkagation of signals they are
interested in receiving. OJCS (COL Hooten)
informed and he asked for something in writing,
when firm. Does not want to alert Army or
cam wi -11.-190 out and
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DO NOT use this form as a RECORD of approvals. . posars.
clearances. and similar actions
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