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# 14-00000It is prohibited to depart on the USSR areas not installed securities. Antique and other art may be shipped out provided you obtain permission from the Ministry of Culture and have paid a duty amounting to that per cent of the price on it.Detailed must be immediately reported.Intourist Exchange Vouchers are available at all border points and most hotelsService bureaus in hotels will tell you addresses and office hours of money exchanging offices...Rubles for Photographers and Cine camera lovers. It is a rare tourist who forgets the pleasures of photographs in a foreign country.In the Soviet Union everything and everywhere save objects coming under the head of the economy's defence This applies to all types of military technology seaports, major hydrotechnical objects, railway junctions, tunnels, railway bridges, industrial enterprises, and the like. Aerial photography and terrestrial panoramic photography and photography within 25 kilometers from the frontier are prohibited. Ask for permission of the administration listing you or your camera inside factories, research institutes and the like. It stands to reason, too, that when you photograph a factory you must first obtain their consent.If you intend to make a film for commercial purposes (for subsequent showing at cinemas or television, etc.) apply to Sovesportfilm (G. Maly Ansky Perculek, Moscow).tel. 229-42 02. Bear in mind that all negative colour materials (films, paper, etc.) of non-Soviet Union are adapted weekly for Agfa and Il ford Intourist Service.Every hotel has an Intourist representative (nowhere in the Soviet Union) and we advise you to consult him on arrival The service bureaus are staffed with people who speak foreign languages, and you will have no difficulty in communicating with them.One of their major functions is to exchange the vouchers issued to you by your travel agent for Intourist coupons, and to provide all other services.250Intourist takes care of youThe service bureau will relieve you of all travel cares and book tickets for you on internal and international railway and air- lines. It will help you extend your visa and perform all other pertinent formalities.The service bureau books tickets to theatres, concerts, cinemas and sports comments. Make sure that you book tickets well in advance, for every Muscovite is an avid theatre-goer and sports- fan and tickets are scarce.The price of a theatre and concert ticket is 2 to 3.50 rubles, and of a cinema ticket 40 to 70 kopeks.The service bureau will tell you what is showing at Moscow's theatres, concert halls and cinemas.If your tour does not cover excursions and you wish to see the sights of Moscow, the service bureau will be glad to recommend the best sightseeing itineraries.If you need a guide interpreter, the service bureau will be happy to provide one. Intourist guides speak English, Bulgarian, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, Hungarian, German, Polish, Portuguese, Ruman- ian, Serbo-Croatian, Finnish, French, Greek, Swedish and Japanese. The services of a guide interpreter cost up to 3 hours--rubles, for every subsequent hour--1 rubble 50 kopeks.You can hire a car for a sightseeing tour of Moscow and environs or order a long-distance telephone call through the service bureauIf you are unwell, the service bureau will summon a doctor for you. As you know, medical services in the Soviet Union are free of charge.Approach your hotel service bureau with anything that is of interest or trouble you. The receptionist will be glad to advise you and to render all the necessary assistance## If You Are Passing Through MoscowIf you are passing through Moscow and have only a day, this is what we recommend you to see:1.  Excursion by car or tourist coach. A three-hour tour will give you a general idea of old and new Moscow. The tour starts from Hotel National in the heart of the city and finishes there7