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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00065R000100130005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2012
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 2, 1987
• Content Type: MISC

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LONDON-IIEADQUARTERS INTERNET OPERATIONS BEGIN
INTERNET operations were inaugurated on 12 January with the live
satellite transmission from London Bureau of Moscow's 1530 GMT "Vremya"
newscast. At the London end, the bureau's INTERNET terminal began
operation after a champagne, ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the bureau
chief. Tripoli's 2000 GMT main evening newscast was added to live
coverage on 20 January, and the system has also been used to satisfy a
number of ad hoc consumer requests for TV programs, both live and on a
delayed basis. As an interim measure, all programs are being taken by
the Langley dish and fed directly into the OIR television grid. As soon
as the link between and Langley is
completed, slated now for April, INTERNET feeds will utilize that link,
eliminating the present scheduling conflicts between INTERNET needs and
the Langley dish's own coverage schedule.
To prevent any possible proprietary/publicity problems with INTERNET
transmissions, which are viewable by anyone with an appropriate satellite
dish, efforts are underway to scramble INTERNET signals. Once that is
achieved, BBC and ITV newscasts will be added to London Bureau's
transmission schedule.
Formal frequency allocation approval has still not been received
from the Panamanian Government for INTERNET operations, but the situation
now looks promising. Once approval is received, Panama Bureau will add
Latin American TV coverage (Argentina, Chile, Mexico) to the INTERNET
schedule.
Effective this month, FBIS domestic travelers may take advantage of
a fast and efficient new system for processing domestic travel accountings
that eliminates the need for the traveler to prepare a travel voucher.
Budget and Financial Branch, Administrative Staff, has begun using a new
travel voucher program that is fully automated and capable of processing
a complete domestic accounting in a matter of minutes. Returned travelers
can arrange for a 5-minute appointment and their travel voucher will be
processed immediately and settled the same day.
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GOVERNMENT ISSUES NEW POLICY ON SMOKING
New Organizational policy on smoking went into effect on 9 February..
Other U.S. Government agencies are implementing similar rules. The
regulation states that all work spaces are designated nonsmoking areas
unless specifically excepted. As in the previous policy, smoking is
prohibited in auditoriums, classrooms, conference rooms, elevators,
shuttle vehicles, libraries, medical facilities, and areas with flammable
materials. In addition, smoking is now prohibited in corridors, lobbies,
restrooms, or general office space unless authorized by the Occupational
Safety and Health Committee. Authorized areas are to be clearly marked
with "Smoking Area" signs. Individuals may elect to designate their
private, individual offices as smoking areas. However, no shared office
space may be designated for smoking without committee approval.
In Key Building, FBIS management has identified the following public
areas as designated smoking areas:
Second Floor
East End of second floor corridor
Third Floor
East end of hall corridor
Mens room
Rooms 303B and 312A, when not in use as conference rooms
Fourth Floor
Rooms 400 and 403B, when not in use as conference rooms
Ladies room
Tenth Floor
Ladies Room
All FBIS floors
West stairwell
Individuals with private offices may designate their offices as
smoking areas provided: (1) the office ventilation and configuration
effectively prevent the smoke from directly entering nonsmoking areas,
and (2) the office is appropriately marked with a "Smoking Area" sign.
All Organization cafeterias will have areas identified for smoking.
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The medical office estimates that approximately 30 percent of
Organization personnel are smokers. Thus the new policy inconveniences
a minority of employees to protect the health of the majority. The
Organization's goal is not to disadvantage smokers but to protect the
health of nonsmokers.
AIDS TESTING FOR APPLICANTS, EMPLOYEES, AND DEPENDENTS
The medical office has begun testing Organization applicants and
certain employees and dependents for infection by the AIDS virus. It is
estimated that approximately 35 percent of persons infected with the
virus will develop the full disease. Many of those infected with AIDS
virus exhibit no symptoms or minor symptoms which are not readily
apparent. Beginning this year, the Organization will include AIDS
testing as a standard part of the medical examinations given to
applicants, employees, and dependents over 18. A two-stage AIDS
screening test will be applied to the blood samples taken during routine
medical examinations. These tests have proven effective in identifying
individuals who are infected with the AIDS virus and they are widely used
in screening blood donations. The State Department has already adopted a
similar AIDS screening program for Foreign Service personnel and
dependents.
This testing will occur as a part of routine medical examinations.
The medical office will perform AIDS screening on the blood samples of
all applicants, employees, and dependents when they receive their routine
medical examination. No additional AIDS testing is planned. Applicants
testing positive for AIDS virus will be disqualified from employment. If
an employee or dependent tests positively, this condition will be
considered a basis for appropriately limiting overseas assignability.
Under the Privacy Act, test results will be preserved in the same
confidential manner as other medical information.
"It's six o'clock, Family Network time.
And now, here's Mom with the news."
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PREPARATIONS FOR RESTON MOVE
FBIS Administrative Staff has issued the first "Reston Move
Newsletter," which it envisions as a biweekly note highlighting and
updating progress concerning the planned move. The newsletter is being
circulated within Headquarters components. It reports that Admin, in
coordination with the groups, is establishing a schedule for personnel
relocation to Reston. The plan is to occupy the building in three
phases, starting with the third floor and working down to the first.
The present thinking is to move the first office to Reston in mid-July.
The Hitt Construction Co. has been awarded the contract for renovation
of the interior and started electrical work on the third floor on
12 February. Double-shift work started on 16 F rnarv- with the first
old interior wall scheduled to fall that week.
The first FBIS employee is already in place at Reston. A new-
hire FBIS secretary started work for the Reston Project Officer on
2 February. She is responsible for the day-to-day running of the
project office.
Central Travel Services/OP plans to open a "mini-CTS" at the Reston
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REQUESTS FOR HELP IN IRAN ARMS SALE PROBE
FBIS received its first request for assistance from the Presidential
Review Board (the Tower Commission) in late January, when a commission
staffer sought a copy of Iranian Majlis Speaker Hashemi Rafsanjani's
4 November 1986 speech on the McFarlane visit to Tehran. LRB was able to
retrieve a copy from the Daily Report and provide it to the caller, but
her other request, for "texts of all Iranian leader speeches on the
anniversary of the revolution, September 1985," turned out to be
untraceable, as available records showed no Iranian observations of any
anniversary during the date cited and no speeches by leaders during that
time period.
In a memorandum for all employees circulated in early January, the
ADCI announced establishment of a centralized Review Staff, headed by the
deputy inspector general, to respond to all official inquiries, obtain
and keep track of all related documents, coordinate the appearance of
witnesses for non-Congressional appearances, and take responsibility for
the day-to-day management of all aspects of supporting the external
investigations into the Iran arms sale revelations.
In preparation for the July-December 1987 Federal Employees
Retirement System (FERS) transfer open season, the personnel office now
has available software which may be used on IBM PC's and which will
assist Organization employees in making decisions affecting their
retirement coverage. The software will enable employees to enter their
own individual career data and obtain their estimated annuities under the
current retirement systems and under the new FERS Special Category. It
will also help employees compare how contributing different percentages
of their salary to the Thrift Plan will impact on their eventual
retirement income.
FROM THE FIELD BUREAUS
Hong Kong Bureau was awarded a Meritorious Unit Citation for its
performance September 1985-April 1986 in providing coverage of the
Philippines prior to, during, and following the "peaceful revolution"
there. FBIS Director in Hong Kong at the time, made the
presentation at a bureau party. Also recognized were six bureau
emplo ees--chief monitor Phili pine monitors
and and associate editors and
received a cash award. This was the bureau's first unit
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Okinawa Bureau's motor pool at Kadena Airbase was taken over by Air
Force Security Police on 5 December, when police decided to use the FBIS
facilities as an operations base in a mock hostage incident created by
Air Force inspectors at the 313th Air Division Headquarters just across
the main road. The street was blocked and several hundred airmen took
over the FBIS motor pool office, kitchen, and community room to deal with
"gunmen" holding hostages at 313th, including the base commander.
The bureau held a party in December to mark 35 years of service by
associate editor
During the Vietnamese Communist Party Congress coverage by Bangkok
Bureau, the 901,920 publishable words filed during December easily broke
the previous record sent in March 1985. Although this was a record in
wordage, the bureau never experienced a teletype backlog. The expanded
use of personal computers by monitors and editors in recent months raised
significantly the amount of material that did not require rekeying. Some
51 percent of the publishable wordage for December was processed on
PC's. Out of 1,625 publishable items filed, 735 were done on PC's. The
bureau quickly praised the benefits of even partial modernization.
Construction at the new Nicosia Bureau site continued to draw comment
in the local communist party paper, and this, combined with Embassy-
supplied information about a new terrorist plan to target a U.S. facility
in Cyprus, prompted the bureau to arrange for watchmen at the site at
night and over weekends. Two watchmen are on duty each shift, and the
Cyprus police have increased roving patrols in the vicinity of the new
building as it nears completion.
On the evening of 8 January bureau personnel alerted the Embassy's
Marine guards to intensive police activity outside the building on
Markarios Avenue. After contacting the police, the Marines advised that
a suspected bomb had been found in front of a travel agency just down the
street. Later, on receipt of a Radio Monte Carlo report filed by Jordan
Bureau to the effect that a "large explosion" had taken place near the
U.S. Embassy in Nicosia and that "no information about casualties" was
available, the bureau telephoned the wire to offer assurances that all
hands were safe.
Swaziland Bureau also received a Meritorious Unit Citation for its
sustained superior performance from early 1985 to mid-1986 in reporting
on developments in South Africa.
Chief monitor) I Abidjan Bureau, retired in December
after 22 years' service with FBIS first at Kaduna and later at Abidjan.
In a ceremony at the bureau, he was presented the FBIS Career Medal and a
letter from the Director, FBIS, in recognition of his outstanding service.
returned to his home in Lome, Togo.
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Austrian Bureau chief monitor) (retired at the end
of December after more than 35 years with FBIS. A formal dinner party
was given in his honor at a restaurant and a reception was held at the
bureau, at which time a letter from the Director was read and a 19th
Century print of his favorite city -- Venice -- was given him by the
office staff.
London Bureau received congratulations in December from Headquarters
on the bureau's 45th anniversary.
As part of an extensive orientation and briefing program actively
promoted by London Bureau and BBC Monitoring Service management, a BBC
trainee duty supervisor received a full-day briefing on bureau editorial
operations. As part of the program, all new BBC monitors receive a
bureau briefing by the chief editor. In return, the Monitoring Service
briefs all new FBIS staff and associate editors.
Key West Bureau lost a deputy chief and long-time fixture in
December when retired after 17 years with FBIS and prior
service with other components. will live in Lauderhill, Florida.
The bureau's chief teletypist,) (died of a heart attack
in January. joined the bureau in the early seventies after
retiring from a career with the Navy.
In an effort to upgrade bureau security, all Panama Bureau employees
have been issued U.S. Embassy badges. They allow local personnel access
to Embassy buildings as well as to the bureau compo checks at the
bureau compound began the second week in February.
Paraguay Bureau has been passing monitored criticism of U.S.
Ambassador Taylor by government officials and sectors of the media to
him on a regular basis. The ambassador several times has expressed his
appreciation for this service privately and at Embassy staff meetings.
In January the ambassador and two USIS officers visited the bureau to
view a televised statement by the Paraguayan interior minister and an
interview with the education minister, both attacking the ambassador.
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Several events are already under way within the Organization
to mark the bicentennial this year of the signing of the U.S.
Constitution:
1. Commemorative copies of the Constitution with an
introductory message from the Director have been made available
through supply rooms.
2. Plans are nearly complete for an Organization-wide guest
speaker program in which distinguished Constitutional scholars
will share their thoughts with personnel of the Organization.
3. The Fine Arts Committee is planning a special display
to be exhibited in observation of the bicentennial.
4. A special edition of Studies in Intelligence will be
devoted to the Constitution and Intelligence.
Embass Moscow's new Press Procurement Office (PPO) chief
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briefed UD officers on the status of the book program
He explained steps being taken at the PPO to restore operations to normal.
a member of UD prior to transferring to State, was brought up
t -the same time on UD's current publications procurement needs.
attended by invitation a ceremony on 27 January at
State at which Secretary Shultz and Mongolian Ambassador to the United
Nations Nyamdoo signed a memorandum establishing di lomatic relations
between their countries. Prior to the ceremony was a guest at a
luncheon hosted by the assistant secretary of s a e or East Asia in
honor of Ambassador Nyamdoo. had just finished, at State's request,
comparisons of three Mongolian versions of the above memorandum and the
U.S.-Mongolian joint communique with the official English equivalents and
found some omissions and linguistic discrepancies. 0 discussed the
matter with the Mongolian second secretaryduring a conference call with
State and worked out the differences.
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JPRS published the unrestricted version of the first issue in the
retitled series Europe/Latin America Report: Science and Technology on
18 December. The FOUO version was published on 16 December. The report
combines the Europe Report: Science and Technology and the "Science and
Technology" material previously published in the Latin America Report.
Consolidation of the China reports became effective on 2 January.
This includes issuing material from the Agriculture and Plant and
Installation Data reports in other publications issuing Red Flag as
a subtitled report of the Political, Sociological, and Military Affairs
Report.
Charlie Sheen and Keith David in a scene from Oliver North's Vietnam
movie, "Platoon."
--Photo caption in the
Washington Post
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