TRIP REPORT--LONDON, VIENNA BUREAUS 21-25 SEPTEMBER 1987

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• Publication Date: October 29, 1987
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, USSR Division
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Chief, International/Military Affairs Section
SUBJECT: Trip Report--London, Vienna Bureaus 21-25 September 1987
1. London Bureau, PMU. On 21-22 September I visited London Bureau,
PMU and the BBC Monitoring Service. I met wit
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BBC operations;
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PMU personnel on current headquarters'
concerns and dis
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editing and terminology questions.
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strongly urged that UD
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and the fl-el re-divide coverage of sources to a and to
concen ra a obi a newspapers they receive via sate late ax, ana leave
which contain signs .cant amounts of time-sensitive material (eg.,
EKONOMICHESKAYA GAZETA and OGONEK) are not received via fax, whereas some
faxed papers would not repay close attention by PMU or an one else (eg.,
LESNAYA PROMYSHLENNOST and PIONERSKAYA PRAVDA). indicated
that PMU and LD are overtaxed- they want to drop age o as many
sources as le. tentatively suggeste TIMES as
a possible candidate for UD scanning.
3. Reston Move Impact. I informed PMU and LD of UD's temporary
shutdown due tote move to Reston, and requested special attention in
the interim to economic issues (especially EKONOMICHESKAYA GAZETA and
discussions of the second year of the current five-year plan and of the
rely of official statistics); PMU/LD indicated they would help
out
4. Press Selection Lists.l tasked if DAILY REPORT 25X1
could send messages in response to selection lists, in cases where listed /'
items seem unlikely candidates for DR publication. I explained that time
constraints would hinder this and that most items are discarded for
reasons of space rather than newsworthiness per se. However, I agreed to
pass the suggestion to the Soviet DR book chief. I also encouraged PMU
to use the "UD attention" flag in selection lists for doubtful items.
PMU indicated that they are already using this method more often in
preference to filing FYIs.O 25X1
pointed ou a some sources
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SUBJECT: Trip Report--London, Vienna Bureaus 21-25 September 1987
5. Soviet TV Summaries. During the briefing by I Ion BBC
operations, learned that a BBC monitor spends considerable time
scanning Soviet TV and preparing detailed summaries (five-hour sample
attached) to meet British Defense Minist
DIA's analogous in- eres in oviet to is
optimistic LD can service DIA's requirement and transmit pictures as
needed to headquarters via INTERNET . Mike indicated that LD only needs a
specific requirement on this.
6. APN Coverage. also mentioned that BBC has the
capability to monitor APN; they do not normally do so, since this
require taking personnel and equipment off of other wire services.
7. UD TV Projects. I described UD's experiments with TV gistin
and the Burlatskiy and Chernobyl special projects, to
8. Editing: I passed on to LD and PMU some guidelines from the
Soviet DR b ok chief for headlines and keying of item 'th special
reference to Soviet Foreign Ministry press briefings.
9. Terminolo indicated that BBC plans to stick by
its establis a translations of the economic terms khozraschet,
samofinansirovaniye and samookupayemost; a detailed message from PMU on
these terms will be forthcoming. On the phrase "obkom partii (party
obkom)" the feeling seemed to be that even though the word "party" is
redundant it should be left in since that is how it appears in Russian.
Pat Smith indicated that PMU finds NO UNCERTAIN TERMS extremely valuable
and plans to request an increased number of subscription copies. 0
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KOMMUNIST if there are prob ems wit t
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should continue to file FYI comparisons of texts of Gorbachev speeches as
published in KOMMUNIST with other versions.)
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SUBJECT: Trip Report--London, Vienna Bureaus 21-25 September 1987
12. Selection, Terminology.
I discussed selection and terminology
with I explained to them that UD would be
effectively shut down until late October due to the move to Reston; I
encouraged them to use the "UD attention" flag for less time-sensitive
items thereafter. They asked for any reference works, substantive or
linguistic, that I thought might be relevant, with special reference to
economics issues and terminology. In particular, they identified JPRS
Soviet Union reports, especially KONR4UNIST; the next printout of the
SMITE Soviet military terminology data base; the Russian economics
glossary now in preparation in UD; and the most recent AG Soviet
commentators list. They also indicated that they find NO UNCERTAIN TERMS
very useful. F-1
13. CSCE Dele ation. On 24 September I visited) ` CIA
representative on the U.S. delegation to the Vienna CSCE followup
meeting. indicated that the delegation was dissatisfied with
FBIS lateral servicing.- He mentioned as specific examples o material
a should have been i ed to CSCE but was not coveredthe Alma-Ata riots
and the CPSU Central C'nmmitte in June. plans a follow-up
14. Meetin With Bureau Editors. On 25 September I met with
Austria bureau editors. passed along some guidelines from the Soviet
DR book chief on headlines and coding. We discussed the lateral
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his requirement pful here. On the phrase "obkom partii
(party obkom)," indicated that the bureau needed an n
message from DR 7spec~i ying one or another preferred translation.
15. MBFR Delegation. On 25 September
I visited the U.S. MBFR delegation. We met wit CIA
rer)resentative n the delegation? public a airs officer;
son Service; and Maj. John Markowitz
of DI told us that the delegation was
ca ions. expressed special
interest in the current rethinking of Soviet military strategy and
doctrine, its implications for Soviet arms control behavior and the
extent to which it is driven by a need to reallocate resources within the
Soviet economy. He mentioned the JPRS translation of "M.V.
Frunze--Military Theorist" by Gareyev as particularly useful along this
line. He also indicated interest in any Soviet writing on the
conventional force balance in Europe. invited to
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Distribution:
1-Addressee
1-Chrono
1-C/Prod
1--C/Ops
1-C/AG
1-C/DRD
1-C/LRB
1-Terminology Coordinator
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