LOGNOTE--CHIEF, OPERATIONS GROUP, 17 NOVEMBER 1983

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP94-00798R000200330009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2012
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 17, 1983
• Content Type: MISC

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LOGNOTE -- Chief, Operations Group, 17 November 1983
fine and that everything there is in good shape. He says the area
around the bureau is very quiet and reception is good. Five new
antennas were put up, which is about all the roof area would hold.
The only problem remaining in Islamabad is the P&TT problem which
Islamabad Unit. says that the new quarters in Islamabad are
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is working on. This is not a new problem; it is a startup
Talke with about Austrian Bureau and
As to Austrian Bureau, said he did not want to comment on
anything that had been done in the past but that the bureau
technically "was a mess." In fact, he added, there had been so
much patch work over the years that he and Wich felt that it would
be impossible to fix it up and that a complete overhaul was
required. They are very pleased with the plans to relocate the
technical section in the basement. They are satisfied that the
weatherproofing has been done satisfactorily and says that
the relocated equipment will provide enough heat to insure dryness
in the area. They are looking toward mid-March to have the move
of the technical unit into the basement completed. After that the
former engineering area will be reorganized into working space for
monitors. Then the antennas will be looked at, and after that the
coimno section.
could be a help to Islamabad for day-to-day operations but that
periodic visits by an American engineer still were essential.
Unit at Austrian Bureau. He said he felt that
our decision to retain technical responsibility for the Islamabad
problem we had when the unit was established and which recurs from
time to time, as it has with the move. The line from London to
Karachi is clear. It is the Karachi-Islamabad link that repeatedly
gives trouble. [simply will have to keep worrying this with
PUTT as has~ to din the past. says he was pleased by
I asked about the VCVC circuits on the Vienna end. ~ said he
understood from hat BBC had finally decided to obtain
a 15 kilohertz "music quality- line. Apparently there are two
stereo lines out of England which are underutilized and one of
which could be made available. The charges have been negotiated
down and now look like something in the range of $3,000 a month
although this figure may not represent the full information of
tails and connections. The new line, if established, will run
from Austria through Switzerland joining a British Telecom
connection at the French-Swiss border, then across France and
probably by microwave over the Channel. The circuit will provide
a eat deal of capacity. BBC will retain the original VCVC line.
that he believed had told Kline quite recently
that~ had decided to go into London to get the money.
We'll hope for the best.
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had very high regard fort I BBC's number two STAT
engineer at Caversham, as have all of us who have worked with him.
does not know but he feels, again as we all do, STAT
that anything will be an improvement over his predecessor.
He said the BBC was still having problems with the circuits for STAT
the satellite dish they have established in Crowsley Park. He
said BBC's original plan had been to connect the antenna to
Caversham with land lines. He had pointed out how backward this
was and urged them to substitute a microwave link. They are trying
to do this now but are having some problems with the South
Oxfordshire Planning Commission. I expect this will be worked
out in due course, as they say.
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