MONTHLY REPORT -- PARAGUAY BUREAU -- MAY 1988

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 25, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 1, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
5408-88
1 June 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report -- Paraguay Bureau --
May 1988
I. GENERAL
1. Pope John Paul II made a 12-day visit to South America
beginning on the 7th. He visited Uruguay, Bolivia, Peru, and
Paraguay, his most sensitive stop, in view of rumors that he would
denounce human rights violations or that his presence would spark
antigovernment demonstrations. Even before the pontiff's arrival,
tension mounted when the government announced the suspension of his
meeting with the "Builders of Society," an ad-hoc group of
representatives of various sectors weighted toward the opposition.
When a member of the papal entourage expressed astonishment at the
suspension, speculation mounted that the visit to Paraguay might
even be cancelled. The government quickly backed down and said it
would allow the meeting. Tight security measures were evident in
Asuncion during the 16-18 May visit to Paraguay, and businesses,
schools, and practically every other establishment in town -- except
FBIS -- were closed. Although there were some minor demonstrations
and a few arrests during the visit, there was no violence reported.
Embassy political officers Jack Martin and Garland Dennett,
who had attended the pope's meeting with the "Builders of Society,"
asked to view the Bureau's videotape of the meeting. They also
practiced a little Southern Cone "kremlinology" by observing -- on
FBIS videotape -- the seating arrangements of Paraguayan Government
officials at a meeting the pope held at Government House. The
Bureau supplied USIS with copies of videotaped ceremonies in which
the pope participated.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial/Editorial
On the 1st the Bureau operated a special Sunday day shift
to cover a speech by Argentine President Raul Alfonsin opening that
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country's Congress. The Bureau also covered a speech that day by
Chilean President Augusto Pinochet.
B. Communications
The Bureau received BACH 2.1 software and documentation early
in the month. On the 10th it was installed and the Bureau began
using the new RBIS message format without a hitch.
C. Technical
Bureau technicians moved all of the equipment and
furniture for the new TV monitoring and cruising rooms. They also
did the necessary trench work and wiring, all with minimal
disruption of Bureau operations.
D. Cruising
1. At the request of London Bureau, the Bureau monitored
Radio Libertad Cubana and Radio Felipe de la Cruz, an anti-Castro
station transmitting from "somewhere in the Caribbean." Although
the radio's announced frequencies were 7050 and 7080 KHz, only the
7050-kHz frequency was heard on 7048 KHz and 7051 KHz. The 7080
frequency was not heard.
2. The cruising monitor checked La Paz Radio Fides in
preparation for putting it on experimental coverage.
3. Moscow International Service, Radio Peace and Progress,
and Radio Magallanes were cruised in order to make secondary
frequency adjustments.
III. ADMINISTRATIVE
Building and Grounds
A major rearrangement of facilities is under way at the
Bureau in order to accomodate the increased coverage made possible
by the recent acquisition of a second ROSET antenna. Television
monitoring now takes place in what was the cruising monitor's room.
Two monitoring positions and seven TV monitors have been moved into
this room, which still serves as the Bureau library. More positions
can be added as needed. Cruising now takes place in the erstwhile
computer room. The IBM PC and IBM PC-XT from the old computer room
will be moved into the previous television monitoring area.
IV. VISITS
1. On the 6th Pat Mayer, a political officer at the American
Embassy in Brasilia, visited the Bureau and was briefed by the
Bureau Chief.
2. Washington analysts
the Bureau on the 24th for a tour and briefing.
visited
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3. New TCU officer
briefing on the 17th.
received an orientation STAT
4. State Department official Robert Hopper, deputy chief of
ARA/SC, visited the Bureau on 26 May and was briefed by the Bureau
Chief.
V. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
At the Bureau Chief's request, Embassy nurse Maria Fernandez
this month began teaching CPR to all Bureau employees as part of a
program to upgrade the safety and emergency capabilities of Bureau
personnel.
Chief, FBIS Paraguay Bureau
Attached: Monthly Production Report
CC: Panama Bureau
Key West Bureau
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Asuncion Bureau Production Report for MAY 1988
I. TOTALS FROM ALL SOURCES:
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
III. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Domestic Service in
Spanish
Buenos Aires Argentina Televisora Color
Network 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 LA NACION in
Spanish
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in
Spanish
BOLIVIA
La Paz La Red Panamericana in
Spanish
La Paz Radio Illimani in
Spanish
La Paz El Diario in
Spanish
La Paz PRESENCIA in
Spanish
BROAD-
CASTS
9580.00
min.
27/0
3040
5600
1 Cu.)
PRESS
AGENCIES
42270.00
min.
5290
18870
12810
198845
73610
612
PUBLI-
CATIONS
171.50
issues
3250
1550
220
700
1780
BRAZIL
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese 4340
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BROAD-: PRESS - PUBLI-
CASTS _AGENCIES CATIONS
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Network in
Portuguese 5700,
Rio de Janeiro Rede Globo Television in
Portuguese 5040
Rio de Janeiro Rede Manchete TV in
Portuguese 2260
-
Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro AJB in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL 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 Network in
Spanish
Santiago Radio Portales Network in
Spanish
Santiago Television Nacional de Chile
Network in
Spanish
Santiago Universidad de Chile
Television in
Spanish
Santiago ANALISIS in
Spanish
Santiago APSI in
Spanish
Santiago CAUCE in
Spanish
Santiago COSAS in
Spanish
Santiago EL MERCURIO in
Spanish
Santiago FORTIN MAPOCHO in
Spanish
Santiago HOY in
Spanish
1717.0
6910
0
2440
0
? 17885
0
40.A0
4810
5000
2970
0
2940
0
0
0
5480
0
100
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Santiago LA SEGUNDA in
? Spanish
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
CHINA
1 Beijing in Spanish to Latin America
BROAD- - PRESS PUBLI -?
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
400
110
1
1 PARAGUAY
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish
Asuncion Radio Caritas in
Spanish - 870
Asuncion Radio Primero de Harz? in
Spanish 0
Asuncion Cerro Cora Sistema Nacional
de Television in
Spanish ? ? 27.0
Asuncion RPC Television Network in
Spanish 2100 -
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish 2600-
1 Asuncion HOY in
Spanish 3130
Asuncion LA TARDE in
Spanish 500
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish 1390
Asuncion SENDER? in
Spanish 700
Asuncion ULTIMA HORA in
Spanish --3370
PERU
Lima America Television in
Spanish
Lima Andina Television in
Spanish
Lima Domestic Service in
Spanish
Lima Latinoamericana Television in
Spanish
Lima Panamericana Television
Network in
Spanish
Lima RBC Television in
Spanish
0 -
4760
? 0 ?
0
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Lima Radio Star in
Spanish 0
Lima Radioprogramas del Peru in
Spanish 0
Lima Television Peruana in
Spanish 7400
Lima EL COMERCIO in
Spanish 360
Lima EXPRESO
Spanish 180 -
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish 0_
SPAIN
Madrid EFE in
Spanish
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow -Radio Magallanes in.
Spanish
Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile
URUGUAY
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish
Montevideo Radio El Espectador in
Spanish
Montevideo EL DIA in
-Spanish
Montevideo EL PAIS in
Spanish
Montevideo LA DEMOCRACIA in
Spanish
Montevideo LA HORA in
-Spanish
0
.0
-2080
1720
290
? 19310
1090
910
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WORDAGE FILED FROM ROSET SOURCES
Brasilia ERN in Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro MB in Portuguese
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia Network
I7,885
0
in Portuguese
5,700
Brasilia Domestic Service in Portuguese
4,340
Rio de Janeiro Redo Globo Television in
Portuguese
? 5,040
Rio de,Janeiro Retie Manchete Television in
Portuguese
2,260
TOTAL
35,225
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