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ASSIST U5CINCCENT PA AS APPROPRIATE TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FOR
USCINCCENT REGIONAL NEWS MEDIA POOLS ENTRY INTO THE AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY (AOR) . DETAILED INFORMATION SUPPORT ARRANGEMENTS
AND ITINERARIES FOR EACH POOL DEPLOYMENT WILL BE FORWARDED BY
USCINCCENT TO CASO (AP) FOR APPROVAL.
(S) RELEASE OF INFORMATION AUTHORITY WILL ULTIMATELY BE DELEGATED
eY MESSAGE TO USCINCCENT, USCINCCENT FWD JIB (S) , AND OTHER
COMMANDS DESIGNATED BY ASO- (PA) AND USCINCCENT AS REQUIRED OR UPON
ACTIVATION OF THE JIBS.
ASO (PA) WILL ASSIST USCINCCENT PA AS APPROPRIATE ON A
ONTINUING SASIS DURING THIS OPERATION.
(2) THE U. S. INFORMATION SERVICE (USIS) REPRESENTATIVES AND THE
PAOS IN THE AMERICAN EMBASSIES IN SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR, OMAN,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, BAHRAIN AND OTHERS AS NEEDED, WILL PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE IN IDENTIFYING HOST NATION SENSITIVITIES REGARDING PA
POLICIES FOR THIS OPERATION. ADDITIONALLY, THESE REPRESENTATIVES
WILL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY LOCALLY BASED U. S. MEDIA PROVIDE
ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING POLICIES REGARDING HOST-NATION MEDIA AND
INTERFACE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
(3) SUPPORTING UNIFIED COMMANDERS WILL COORDINATE IN ADVANCE W~TH
USCINCCENT PROPOSED CHANGES TO PA GUIDANCE RELATING TO OPERATION
DESERT SHIELD.
(A) US AMBASSADORS, USIA REPRESENTATIVES AND COMPONENT COMMANDERS
WILL BE KEPT ADVISED OF MILITARY PA ACTIONS AFFECTING THEIR AREAS
OF RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH APPROPRIATE PA CHANNELS.
0. POLICY. DOD POLICY, IN THIS OPERATION. REQUIRES TAKING AN
ACTIVE APPROACH TO INFORMING THE AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL
PUBLICS. EVERY EFFORT WILL SE MADE TO DISSEMINATE ACCURATE,
COMPLETE AND TIMELY INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE NEWS
MEDIA TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE CONSISTENT WITH OPERATIONAL
SECURITY (OPSEC) , PERSONNEL SAFETY AND HOST NATION SENSITIVITIES.
E. ASSUMPTIONS. THE FOLLOWING ASSUMPTIONS CAN BE MADE FOR PA
PLANNING PURPOSES:
(1) THE ACTION DESCRIBED IN THIS OPLAN IS OF EXTREMELY HIGH,
WORLD-WIDE MEDIA INTEREST.
(2) THE DOD NATIONAL NEWS MEDIA POOL AND/OR REGIONAL NEWS MEDIA
POOLS WILL BE ACTIVATED IN THE AOR CONSISTENT WITH HOST NATION
SENSITIVITIES AND APPROVAL.
(3) STATEMENTS TO NEWS MEDIA AND/OR PUBLIC WILL SE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH APPROVED PUBLIC AFFAIRS GUIDANCE.
(A) THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF (JCS) PA RESPONSE CELL WILL BE
ACTIVATED TO ASSIST USCINCCENT AND TO ADVISE THE NATIONAL COMMAND
AUTHORITY (NCA) OF THE PA ASPECTS OF THE OPERATION.
(5) THE MAIN JOINT INFORMATION BUREAU (JIB) WILL BE ACTIVATED IN
RIYAOH, S. A. IT WILL BE COLLOCATED WITH USCINCCENT FORWARD.
INITIALLY JIB WILL BE MANNED BY CDL DON KIRCHOFFNER, USA; CAPT
MIKE SHERMAN. USN; MAJ OLIN SAUNDERS, USA; CAPT KEVIN BAGGETT,
USAF; AND CAPT TOM LAROCK, USAF. TEMPORARY COMMERCIAL PHONE
NUMBER IS ~1 1-s6S-)-A79-123A.
(S) SUBORDINATE JIB WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT CJTFME AND MANNED BY
LCDR RON MORSE, PHONE ~1 (-S~3-72S-A)2. AN ADDITIONAL SUBORDINATE
JIB WILL BE ESTABLISHED AT DUBAl UAE; WITH POTENTIAL JIBS AT ABU
OHABI. UAE USIS OFFICE; USIS OFFICE MANAMA, BAHRAIN; AND OTHER
LOCATIONS AS REQUIRED.
(~) MILITARY SUPPORT OF NEWS MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES (NMRS) WILL BE
DEFINED lAW PARAGRAPHS 3. A. (I) (A) - (G) S. A. -K, AND CJCS MSG REF
E.
(8) ALL PA ACTIONS WILL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE DOD, JCS
AND USCINCCENT DIRECTIVES. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY STATED OTHERWISE.
3. (U) MISSION. USCINCCENT. AS DIRECTED BY OASD- (PA). WILL
EXECUTE AN ACTIVE PA PROGRAM THAT CONVEYS TO EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL
AUDIENCES THE RESOLVE OF THE USG TO PROTECT ITS REGIONAL INTERESTS
AND AFFORDS NMRS APPROPRIATE ACCESS TO UNCLASSIFIED, TIMELY AND
ACCURATE ACCOUNTS OF U. S. OPERATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE PRDGRAM
SEEKS TO ILLUSTRATE U. S. FORCES ABILITIES TO DETER AND DEFEND.
AND IF NECESSARY FIGHT AND DEFEAT ENEMY FO~CES. THE FOLLOWING
THEMES SHOULD BE STRESSED DURING MEDIA VISITS TO ALL UNITS:
A. U. S. FORCES ARE ONE PART OF A MULTINATIONAL FORCE ASSEMBLED IN
DEFENSE OF THREATS TO WORLDWIDE VITAL INTERESTS.
B. U. S. FORCES ARE PRESENT IN SAUDI ARABIA TO SET UP DEFENSIVE
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