CIA-RDP83-00586R000300270011-0.pdf

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00586R00030027001 1-0 aad S-E-C-R-E-T aad 26 April 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR: Staff Personnel SUBJECT: Letter of Information GENERAL 1. Henoi on Negotiations: Following President Johnson's 31 March speech in which he stated his intention not to seek re-election anda announced a partial bombing halt in Vietnam, the Okinawa and Saigon Bureaus were on the alert for a response from Hanoi. At 1146 GMT on 3 April the Henoi Domestic Service announced an impending statement. Subsequently the text of this statement was monitore…

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00586R00030027001 1-0 ; ww _ S+E-C+R-E-T SUBJECT: Letter of Information, 26 April 1968 security situation hes generally reverted to the pre-Tet offensive status. A large military operation designed to clear Viet Cong elements from the environs of Saigon was initiated during March. Although mortar and rocket attacks on Tan Son Nhut airfield diminished in frequency and Vietnam, | most foreign airlines have not yet resumed service to South Vietnam. 50X1 3. Panama Coverege: In order to cover President Robles’ impeach…

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00586R00030027001 1-0 ‘ ~~ . 5-H-C--R-E-T SUBJECT: Letter of Information, 26 April 1968 PAD also provided information for a Department of Stete report to U.S. missions in Hong Kong, Moscow, and Tokyo to the effect that Peking broadcasts the IISSR have maintained a high level of anti-Soviet virulence. fr 30X1 >. Hanoi on U.S. Elections: Biweekly Special Memorandums reviewing Hanoi and Liberation Radio propaganda on the U.S. election campaign were instituted by PAD on 19 April, in response to a request from the Dir…

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00586R00030027001 1-0 . ww S-E-C-R-E-T SUBJECT: Letter of. Information, 26 April 1968 the translation was completed in an hour and promptly run on the Wire Service. Several linguists from the Near East Branch of Asia Division combined to prepare & reverse translation from i English of two documents for an Organization component. S0Xx1 7. Press and Docunent Exploitation: A 17 April letter from the Chief of Operaticns to the Chiefs of the London and Austrian Bureaus directed that press monitoring et both bureaus sh…

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00586R00030027001 1-0 S-H-C-R-E-T SUBJECT: Letter of: Information, 26 April 1968 PUBLICATIONS 10. Daily Report Changes: On li April the West Europe section of ‘the Daily Report was detached from the Middle East, Africa & West Europe volume, which was retitled "Middle East & Africa." The detached section was incorporated in the Latin America book, which was in turn retitled, "Latin America & Western Europe." Concurrently, new formats for the tables of contents, page headings, and country breakdowns were. effected …

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00586R00030027001 1-0 . ww S-E-C-R-E-T SUBJECT: Letter of Information, 26 April 1968 add programs for Australia, New Zealand, and parts of the Far East on 5 May as part of its expanding effort to reach a world audience. The BBC covers this transmitter. 14. MOS Services: Those bureaus concerned with USSR monitoring have been requested to supply special coverage plans for’ the forthcoming annual Radio Day in the USSR on May 7th. All bureaus’ are reminded that the intelligence community can use all substantive ma i …

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00586R00030027001 1-0 ww" S-E-C-R+-E-T SUBJECT: Letter of Information, 26 April 1968 19. Quality Control: In conjunction with bureau efforts to _ provide fully edited copy, the Publications Division is returning to the field as promptly as possible selected items of copy with appropriate comments and editorial handbook references. These are reviewed by the appropriate editorial branch chief and the Chief, Processing Branch, “pene Division Chief to the appropriate bureau. 20. Editorial Training: The Air Force comm…

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/08/15 : CIA-RDP83-00586R00030027001 1-0 ° ww 4 S~-E-C-R-E-T SUBJECT: Letter of Information, 26 April 1968 | Administrative Staff is responsible. subject: listed as the responsibility of the Bureau Chiefs are referred to Routing of Communications. Subjects 0x1 should be so addressed, PERSONNEL 2h. New loyees ia — 25. Reassignments Assi ent Monitor, Caribbean Bureau nine Staff, 50X1 50X1, A wa Area Officer, USSR Division ' Editor, Publications Division Editor, Publications Division From Radio Operator East Coast Bureau Editor Public…