MONTHLY REPORT -- PARAGUAY BUREAU -- FEBRUARY 1988

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• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 1, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
5404-88,
1 March 1988
MEMORANDUM FOR 3 Di rector FBIS
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I. GENERAL
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: Monthly Report -- Paraguay Bureau --
February 1988
A. Paraguay Bureau's eagerly awaited second ROSET
antenna is finally becoming a reality. State Office of
Communications and FBO finally approved the installation of
the dish on 3 February. With the arrival of TDY staff and
contract engineers, work began excavating, pouring concrete,
and assembling components. Despite a couple of torrential
rain storms, work is proceeding smoothly and the new antenna
is expected to come on line in March.
8. Paraguay held presidential and congressional
elections on Sunday the 14th. To no one's surprise, General
Alfredo Stroessner was reelected to an eighth term, claiming
to have won 88 percent of the vote. A few opposition
leaders and at least one U.S. observer from a nongovernment
election-watch group were roughed up and detained, but there
was no large-scale violence and no adverse effect on Bureata
operations.
II. OPERATIONS
A. Monitorial Editorial
1. The United Kingdom announced on the 11th
that it will hold military maneuvers in the Falkland Islands
from 7 to 31 March. Predictably, the Argentine Government
was incensed at the prospect, and a spate of angry reactions
ensued. Other Southern Cone countries issued statements in
support of Argentina. The Bureau filed a number of priority
and immediate items on area reaction to the maneuvers.
. 2. A special Sunday day shift was mounted on
the 14th to monitor reports on the Paraguayan elections.
The Bureau stayed in close touch with Embassy political
officers to keep them informed on developments.
3. The Bureau filed a number of priority and
immediate items during the month on the disastrous flooding
and landslides resulting from heavy rains in Brazil,
especially in Rio de Janeiro State.
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4. At the request of Ambassador Clyde Taylor, the
Bureau on the 23d translated and filed an Asuncion ULTIMA
HORA report on a 14 February interview the Ambassador
granted to international news agencies. On the 26th the
chief of USIS called the Bureau to request that an article
in Asuncion EL DIARIO citing Ambassador Taylor's interview
be translated for Embassy use. The translation was
hand-delivered the same day.
B. GQRMLADiggAt10115
Workmen engaged in remodeling at the
Embassy twice during the month disconnected the A/C line
between the Bureau and the frame room in the chancery,
cutting the link between FBIS and Embassy TCU and causing a
communications outage. The Bureau Chief finally intervened
to request that the line be rerouted through the main phone
room to prevent a recurrence of the problem.
2. Regional Engineer installed a
Teleprint Trailblazer Plus modem in the computer room and
successfully tested it between the Bureau and FED in
headquarters. The modem was then installed in the
communications room, to eventually allow traffic -- both
on-line "chatter" and items resident in the BACH
communications program -- to be sent from Victor computers
in the Bureau to ATEX terminals at headquarters.
C. TqcbragAl.
1. Bureau technicians completed the installation of
new racks and rewiring necessary to accomodate equipment for
the second ROSET.
2. All 22 boxes of equipment and materials for the
new ROSET arrived intact. S.. '1.. Research engineers began
installation of ROSET-associated equipment in Main Radio.
They also supervised excavation for the slab that will
support the new dish.
3. The Bureau technical staff carried out routine
maintenance on Extel RO's, Frederick 1203 demodulators, and
Frederick 1403 display units.
4. Bureau technicians have begun labeling and
documenting the Main Radio wiring.
D. Cruising
1. Another check of sources available in Panama
Bureau's coverage area was carried out in light of the
continuing government crisis in Panama. A message was sent
to MOD summarizing the results.
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2. A survey of Bolivian radio stations was
completed, and a list of sign-on/off times, frequencies, and
newscast times was compiled for use by monitors and
editors. A copy of this list will be pouched to MOD.
III. ADMINISTRATION
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of the Bureau's Teletype Section. She replaces
who last month became a monitor STAT
announcement was made at a bureau coffee.
trainee.
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2. The Bureau Chief on the 25th announced the
promotion of Editor to GS 10. Once again the
occasion was marked with coffee and pastries.
IV. VISITS
1. Regional Engineer arrived on the
16th to help with the installation of the ROBET, work with
the Bureau technicians, and install a modem in the TTY room.
2. S.. 1.. Research engineers
also arrived on the 16th
second ROSET antenna.
to install the Bureau s
3. Karen Boushie from INR Biographics visited the
Bureau on the 4th to discuss video coverage of Paraguayan
leaders.
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4. A visiting security survey team talked with the I
Bureau Chief on 4 and B February about Bureau and I
residential security concerns.
Chief, FBIS Paraguay Bureau
Attached: Monthly Production Report
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BROAD PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia
Network in
Portuguese 2090
Rio de janeiro Rede Glob? Television in
Portuguese 5420
Rio de Janeiro Rede Manchete TV in
Portuguese 0
Brasilia EON in
Portuguese 69-'0
Rio de Janeiro AjB in
Portuguese 0
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL in
Portuguese 1750
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in
Portuguese 8450
Sao Paulo FOL HA DE SAO PAULO in
For 4040
Sao Paulo 0 EU TIDO Oh::. SAO PAULO in
Portuguese 7910
Sao Paulo VEJA in
Portuguese 0
CHILE
Santiago Domestic Service in
Spanish 13090
Santiago Radio Chi. lena Network in
Spanish 6780
Santiago Radio Portales Net in
Spanish 0
Santiago Television Nacional de Chile
Network in
Spanish 0
Santiago Universidad de Chile
Television in
Spanish
Santiago ANALISIS in
Spanish
Santiago APSI in
Spanish 0.
Santiago GAUGE in
Spanish 2330
Santiago COSAS in
Spanish 0
Santiago EL MERCURIO in
Spanish 1760
Santiago FORTIN MAPOCHO in
Spanish
Santiago HOY in
Spanish
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Santiago LA SEGUNDA in
Spanish
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
e-uv-oA.
Beijing in Spanish to Latin America
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
0
4.90
1910
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish
Asuncion Radio Caritas in
Spanish 2190
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marzo in
Spanish 300
Asuncion Cerro Cora Sistema Nacional
de Television in
Spanish 0
Asuncion RPC Television Network in
Spanish 1300
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish 5090
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish 6/60
Asuncion LA TARDE in
Spanish 2350
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
Asuncion SENDERO in
Spanish 620
Asuncion ULT IMA HORA in
Spanish 6620
PERU
Lima 'Terica 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 lelevision in
Spanish
0
1820
0
'710
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CASTS AGENCIES CAiIONS
Lima R.,.1.dio Star in
Spanish
Lima Radioprogramas del Peru in
Spanish
Lima Television Peruana i
Spanish
Lima FL COMERCIO in
Spanish
Lima EXPRESO
Spanish
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
SPAIN
Madrid EFE in
Spanish
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
Moscow Radio Magallanes in
Spanish -460
Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil 0
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile 1190
URUGUAY
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish 2020
Montevideo Radio El Espectador in
Spanish 1200
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
Montevideo EL PAIS in
Spanish
Montevideo LA DEMOCRACIA in
Spanish
Montevideo LA HORA in
Spanish
16180
640
80
100
30
0
1330
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WORDAGE FILED FROM ROSET SQURCES (FEBRUARY 1988)
Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese 6,920
Rio de Janeiro AJB in
Portuguese 4 0
Brasilia Radio Nacional da Amazonia Network in
Portuguese 2,090
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese 2,810 .
Rio 'de ,,Jdneirb"Redel'Matiabete
Ptirtimuese 0
Rio de Janeiro Rede Globo Television in
Portuguese 5,420
TOTAL 17,240
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